DeSantis' Battle to End Black Majority Districts in Florida has Major Setback.
Florida's governor and GOP Presidential contender Ron DeSantis insisted that forcing black-majority districts would amount to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. He vetoed the Florida Legislature's original congressional district map and forced lawmakers to accept his own map, wiping out the North Florida district as Black-performing.
Read full storyIn Oklahoma, One School District is Forced to Remove Bible Quotes from Classrooms.
What some call the attempted ‘Christianization’ of students, a small Oklahoma public school district posted posters of Bible quotes in their classrooms, until forced to remove them.
Read full storyBook Bans: War on Ideas Escalates in FL and TX into Public Libraries.
The American Library Association (ALA) has recorded that nearly half of the book challenges within this year’s first eight months occurred in tax-payer funded public libraries, leaping from 16% in the same timeframe the previous year. The notable detail here is that many of the books under fire are by or about individuals of color or members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Read full storyElon Musk's Fremont Plant Sued Over Threats to Black Factory Workers.
Black workers at the main Tesla plant in Fremont, California have routinely been subjected to racist slurs and graffiti, including swastikas and nooses, according to a new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Read full storyAnother Reason to Dislike Elon Musk – Tesla Sued Over Threats to Black Factory Workers.
Black workers at the main Tesla plant in Fremont, California have routinely been subjected to racist slurs and graffiti, including swastikas and nooses, according to a new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Read full storyTHE FEST 21: Gainesville's Punk Rock Odyssey
THE FEST is an independent multiple-day, multiple-venue underground music festival held annually in Gainesville, FL. Originally established in 2002 THE FEST has grown from 60 bands, four stages, and two days to the massive monster it is now. This year THE FEST 21 features over 350 bands, comedians, and wrestlers, at 17 venues in and around downtown Gainesville.
Read full storyMTG Infighting with House Speaker over Funding Bill.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right Republican representative from Georgia who has been known to advocate ridiculous conspiracy theories has generally been an ally of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and to the chagrin of many in the House, McCarthy’s embracing of the far-right House Freedom Caucus of which Greene was a member believe it is a disservice to the American public.
Read full storyTrump's Lawyers Finally Respond to Request for Gag Order Against Him.
Special counsel Jack Smith sought a ‘narrow, well-defined’ gag order against Trump earlier this month in the ongoing 2020 election case. His team asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to apply the gag order in light of a pattern of “false and inflammatory” statements by Trump about the case as well as comments meant to intimidate or harass people he believes are potential witnesses against him.
Read full storyTrump in Deepening Legal Trouble as Smith Adds Hardcore Organized Crime Prosecutor
Special counsel Jack Smith who is prosecuting Trump in two of the Federal cases against him has added veteran Hague prosecutor James Whiting to his team. Whiting was instrumental to Smith in prosecuting war crimes and organized crime cases for Smith when he was lead investigator for the Hague and in his prosecution of the Kosovo War Crimes.
Read full storyFL Representative Instrumental in Push for Stricter Federal Gun Laws.
The 26-year-old freshman US Congressman from Orlando, Maxwell Frost, is the former organizing director for March for Our Lives, the student-led organization created following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in February 2018, where 17 people were killed.
Read full storyCity of Ft. Lauderdale Scammed for $1.2 Million.
City Manager Greg Chavarria confirmed that the Accounts Payable department in Fort Lauderdale was tricked by a scammer posing as a local construction firm employee, leading to the fraudulent payment.
Read full storyNew Anti-Porn Laws May Force Bible Websites Offline
Tales of rape, infanticide, bestiality and incest are readily available in the Holy Bible, which sits ready for impressionable young eyes to stumble upon on the internet. A new anti-pornography law in Virgina against websites that depict such things could force Bible websites to shut down there, even as websites like Pornhub have had no choice but to ban all users there (as well as Mississippi and Utah), lest they be held legally accountable for minors bypassing the age verification and viewing pornography.
Read full storyOpinion: DeSantis’ Flailing Campaign is Causing a Weakening of His Influence in Florida.
Once considered the future of the MAGA movement, a September 20th Emerson College Poll put DeSantis’ flailing presidential campaign behind Donald Trump by 47%. Because of this and perhaps his extreme laws targeting Blacks, LGBTQ and Migrant communities (many of which are either being challenged in court, or already struck down as unconstitutional) he is losing clout among Florida’s GOP.
Read full storyGOP Gov's Years-Long Affair: Betraying 'Family Values'?
A Republican Governor has been discovered to have carried on a clandestine, years long affair with Trump top aide Corey Lewandowski. South Dakota’s Kristi Noem, an out-spoken supporter of ‘Family Values’ was revealed to have been having an ongoing affair with the also married DC insider for several years, even though she has been married for 30 years.
Read full storyMarjorie Taylor Greene May Have Been Right About Lauren Boebert.
Though she tried to claim otherwise, Republican Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was reportedly escorted out of a performance of the “Beetlejuice” musical in downtown Denver, accused by venue officials of vaping, singing, recording and “causing a disturbance” during the performance.
Read full storyGOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Demonstrates Again Why People Hate Her.
Though she tried to claim otherwise, Republican Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was reportedly escorted out of a performance of the “Beetlejuice” musical in downtown Denver, accused by venue officials of vaping, singing, recording and “causing a disturbance” during the performance.
Read full storyTrump’s Georgia Trial Will be on TV – Can it be Fair?
DA Fani Willis has promised transparency in Trump’s trial for conspiracy and other charges relating to his and 19 co-defendants attempts to influence the 2020 election results In Georgia.
Read full storyTV Trial of Trump: Fairness Amid Chaos?
DA Fani Willis has promised transparency in Trump’s trial for conspiracy and other charges relating to his and 19 co-defendants attempts to influence the 2020 election results In Georgia.
Read full storyGun Rights Suspended in Albuquerque Under Governor’s Emergency Health Order.
Gov. Lujan Grisham suspended open and concealed carry laws in New Mexico’s Bernalillo County for at least 30 days starting Sept. 8. The announcement was prompted by the shooting deaths of young children in July and August, including 3 young girls and a boy.
Read full storyDeSantis' Friend and Appointee Suspended Again by Inspector General for ‘Inappropriate Behavior.'
Mike DiNapoli, Florida's state affordable housing director appointed by Republican governor DeSantis, has been placed on leave from his position for the second time. Mike DiNapoli had been previously suspended, but DeSantis reinstated him last month.
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