Republicans hoping to be Trump's VP pick took turns violating Trump's gag order on his behalf, ignoring the GOP's long-term effort to call itself the "law and order party."
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Anti-abortion forces, white evangelicals and others have made it clear that political ideology is much more important than women’s lives and that women have little value in their world.
Trump vowed that on his first day in office, he plans to roll out a massive deportation effort. And he plans to give police immunity from prosecution to prevent them from having answer for any "mistakes" they make.
The late Florida former Governor and former Senator Bob Graham adored people. It didn’t matter who they were. That just begins the contrast between him and the rage-driven, paranoid bullies running the state today.
Why not defang the ethics watchdogs? As if any politician in Florida would ever do anything shady. Besides, ethics laws are just plain rude.
Florida's bought-and-paid-for Legislature has delivered a bill that amends Florida statutes to delete all references to climate change. Thanks to them, climate change is gone. Erased. Kaputt. Ya no es. C’est fini.
A trial in Tallahassee has opened challenging a 2023 Florida law designed to make registration of voters by third party groups more difficult if not impossible.
The Florida Supreme Court Okays 6-Week Abortion Ban, but Clears Abortion-Rights Amendment for Ballot
The Florida Supreme Court further degraded women's reproductive rights with their decision. But at the same time they allowed a ballot measure to proceed which is designed to limit government interference with those same rights.
Misogyny is at the heart of these attempts to regulate women’s bodies: the right wing is determined to control female sexuality and, at the same time, punish women for it.
Florida lawmakers passed a bill that says no local government is allowed to protect outdoor workers from worsening heat. No limiting their hours. No requiring access to water. Definitely no shade.
Suppressing human rights and destroying the Constitution haven’t been entirely smooth sailing of late: the Stop-Hurting-White-Folks’-Feelings movement has run into some legal trouble.
The uber-Right keeps wishing chicks would just pipe down and accept their place in the Christian Nationalist order as good mothers, good wives and serving wenches at the masculinist feast.
Florida will continue to spend an ever-increasing amount of taxpayer money on pipes and pumps and seawalls, but considers anything that might deal with the causes of climate change to be “an obsolete program or whatnot.”
Trump’s toadies and bootlickers agree: The Martyr of Mar-a-Lago is the savior of America and his pal Putin is not only a genius, he’s the defender of white Christianity.
Fox News’ Jesse Watters also smells a rat. You have to admit it’s weird how Taylor Swift became instantly famous after only 16 years of chart-topping albums.
Along with a host of other loony issues—and a fear of bears—Florida's Legislature is all-in on trashing the First Amendment this year; apparently too many citizens say too many things that hurt their feelings.
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