Tag: Ron DeSantis

Twitter/X Comment About Baltimore Mayor Shows How Racists Now Use ‘DEI’ Instead Of The N-Word

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott talks about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after a cargo ship collision.Screenshot: X/Twitter In the aftermath of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, Mayor Brandon M. Scott addressed the tragedy (he referred to it as “unthinkable”) and urged folks to pray for the impacted families. Instead of praising […]

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Twitter/X Comment About Baltimore Mayor Shows How Racists Now Use ‘DEI’ Instead Of The N-Word

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott talks about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after a cargo ship collision.Screenshot: X/Twitter In the aftermath of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, Mayor Brandon M. Scott addressed the tragedy (he referred to it as “unthinkable”) and urged folks to pray for the impacted families. Instead of praising […]

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This List of States Trying to Reverse Black Progress is Terrifying

Photo: Nathan Howard (Getty Images) House Bill 2430 and House Bill 2475 both aim to prohibit public educational institutions in Oregon from requiring or encouraging students that “any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another.”

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Here’s A List of States Trying to Reverse Black Progress

Photo: Nathan Howard (Getty Images) House Bill 2430 and House Bill 2475 both aim to prohibit public educational institutions in Oregon from requiring or encouraging students that “any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another.”

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A List of States That Have Banned, Limited and Attacked DEI

Photo: Nathan Howard (Getty Images) House Bill 2430 and House Bill 2475 both aim to prohibit public educational institutions in Oregon from requiring or encouraging students that “any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another.”

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A List of States That Have Banned, Limited and Attacked DEI Initiatives

Photo: Nathan Howard (Getty Images) House Bill 2430 and House Bill 2475 both aim to prohibit public educational institutions in Oregon from requiring or encouraging students that “any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another.”

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What Year is This? See What Kentucky Wants to Do to Statewide College DEI Initiatives

Young African American student writing in classroomPhoto: Vladimir Vladimirov (Getty Images) Florida isn’t the only battleground in the war on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. In Kentucky, lawmakers just moved one giant step closer to destroying DEI efforts on college campuses throughout the Bluegrass State. Google’s Global Chief DEI Officer On The Importance Racial Equity […]

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Pass the Popcorn: Ron DeSantis and Libs of TikTok Are Going At It!

Janice Schakowsky (IL) David Schweikert (AZ) Greg Steube (FL) Eric Swalwell (CA) Norma Torres (CA) Juan Vargas (CA) Nydia Velazquez (NY) Nikema Williams (GA) The bill stipulates that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, must sell TikTok to an American company within six months. Otherwise, TikTok will be banned from U.S. app stores. A company associated […]

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DeSantis Is in a Feud With Libs of TikTok, in Funniest Twist of Events

Janice Schakowsky (IL) David Schweikert (AZ) Greg Steube (FL) Eric Swalwell (CA) Norma Torres (CA) Juan Vargas (CA) Nydia Velazquez (NY) Nikema Williams (GA) The bill stipulates that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, must sell TikTok to an American company within six months. Otherwise, TikTok will be banned from U.S. app stores. A company associated […]

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NAACP Advises Black Student-Athletes to Keep Their Talents Away From Florida Universities

Look what you’ve done, Gov. Ron DeSantis. Nearly a week after the Florida governor got his wish and the entire diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program at the University of Florida (UF) was eliminated, the NAACP has had enough. Oscar-Winning ‘American Fiction’ Writer Cord Jefferson On The Challenge of Getting His Movie Made Off English […]

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Florida Closes a Particularly Stupid, Cruel Legislative Session

Rising insurance rates aren’t the only way climate change is affecting Florida, though. It’s also getting hotter. So while Republicans put Band-Aids on their state’s insurance crisis, they also took the time to ensure that workers struggling to pay skyrocketing rents and insurance premiums aren’t extended luxuries like a bottle of water or a sit […]

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Florida’s Legislature Has Outdone Itself This Time

Rising insurance rates aren’t the only way climate change is affecting Florida, though. It’s also getting hotter. So while Republicans put Band-Aids on their state’s insurance crisis, they also took the time to ensure that workers struggling to pay skyrocketing rents and insurance premiums aren’t extended luxuries like a bottle of water or a sit […]

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DeSantis Got a Slew of DEI Experts Fired at University of Florida

ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2024/02/06: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaks during a press conference at Blue Springs State Park in Orange City. During his remarks, DeSantis highlighted the state’s successful efforts to protect Florida’s manatees and improve water quality. (Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA (Getty Images) No part of the country has been hit harder […]

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Ben Sasse Is DeSantis Hatchet Man as UF Fires All DEI Staff

Over the course of Friday’s hearing, Trump’s legal team argued for an August 12 start date for the trial, even while claiming that going to trial before the presidential election would be “unfair” and tenuous because of the other cases stacked against him. They claimed that federal prosecutors’ proposed start date of July 8—which would […]

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Florida’s New Driver’s License Rule Is Blatant Trans Voter Suppression

“It’s forcing them to out themselves,” said Smith of the restrictions on amending licenses. This could in turn subject them to anti-trans harassment and violence, “which is already on the rise,” Smith noted. What’s happening now to trans people in Florida with their drivers’ licenses just exacerbates a problem that trans voters and voting rights […]

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Hold up! Is This Fla. Surgeon General Playing a Political Game With Children’s Lives?

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 6, 2022. Photo: Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service (Getty Images) As Florida schools race to contain a potentially fatal measles outbreak, all eyes are on Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, whose response to […]

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Hold up! Is This Black Fla. Surgeon General Playing a Political Game With Our Children’s Lives?

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 6, 2022. Photo: Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service (Getty Images) As Florida schools race to contain a potentially fatal measles outbreak, all eyes are on Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, whose response to […]

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Fox News Twists Itself Into Wild Contortions on GOP “Informant” Fiasco

Fox News and other right wing media are currently engaged in absurdities that are as bad as anything they’ve attempted in recent memory. They are struggling to spin away everything from the collapse of an informant’s claims about President Biden to the GOP’s killing of a border security deal that Republicans themselves demanded. Yet in […]

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DeSantis Blames ‘Activists’ For Rampant Book Bans In Florida, But It’s Actually His Fault

NewsOne Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is working overtime at blaming any and everyone but himself and his fellow right-wing propagandists for the way his “kill the woke” policies have caused book bans in his state to get out of control. Last week, the governor of protecting white people […]

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Medical Shocker: Doctors Think DeSantis May Have a Backbone After All

Biden summarized his various business ventures over the past couple decades, which included a few partnerships with his nephew Hunter. But Joe Biden “played no role, was not involved with, and received no benefits,” his brother said. Republicans have also seized on two checks that James Biden gave his older brother, one for $200,000 labeled […]

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DeSantis Suddenly Finds Backbone in Responding to Trump VP Shortlist

Biden summarized his various business ventures over the past couple decades, which included a few partnerships with his nephew Hunter. But Joe Biden “played no role, was not involved with, and received no benefits,” his brother said. Republicans have also seized on two checks that James Biden gave his older brother, one for $200,000 labeled […]

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See Who’s Sadly At the Top of Trump’s Vice President Shortlist

Honestly, there is no such thing as an apt vice president pick for Donald Trump. The fact that the former president still has a shot at another term—despite all of his legal woes—is ridiculous. Trump’s supporters are some of the most loyal as they continue to bolster his quest for the White House. Abbott Elementary […]

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Megyn Kelly Comes for Black History, Teen Wears Black face in Sephora, Woman Stole Car with Twins in the Back and More Insane News

Photo: The Guardian Last year, a first-time author was dropped by her U.S. publisher and book agent after being accused of posting fake negative reviews on the Amazon-owned site Goodreads. Additionally, Cait Corrain’s behavior—known as review-bombing—targeted mostly authors of color. – Candace McDuffie Read More

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Ron “Never Back Down” DeSantis Backs Down on Disastrous Book Ban Law

“I can tell you from everything I know about it, he’s going to be found guilty,” Cohen, the former Trump lawyer, said during The New Republic’s Stop Trump Summit in October. “This is the Al Capone theory,” he added. “They didn’t get him on murder, extortion, racketeering, prostitution, etc., they got him on tax evasion. […]

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Ron DeSantis Finally Admits War on Books Has Been a Total Disaster

“I can tell you from everything I know about it, he’s going to be found guilty,” Cohen, the former Trump lawyer, said during The New Republic’s Stop Trump Summit in October. “This is the Al Capone theory,” he added. “They didn’t get him on murder, extortion, racketeering, prostitution, etc., they got him on tax evasion. […]

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If You Thought Ron DeSantis Would Be Less Awkward After Running Back To Florida With His Tail Between His Legs, Think Again

When his presidential campaign was in full swing, Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida were on the forefront of banning books in schools, which picked up considerably following the passage of the state’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law. However, now that the governor has returned to Florida after washing out of the Republican primary, […]

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In Florida, Children Now Need Permission Slips to Hear Black People Talk? Parent Is Outraged

In what seems like yet another brick in the wall of racism that Gov. Ron DeSantis is building around Florida, a Miami-Dade County parent is outraged after he allegedly had to sign permission slip for his daughter to hear an “African-American” speaker. Making Love Songs: The Story Behind Dionne Warwick’s “I Say A Little Prayer” […]

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What DeSantis-Driven Racist Policy is Impacting Florida Children This Time?

In what seems yet like another brick on the House That Gov. Ron DeSantis Built, a Florida school made a point to make sure parents knew exactly what their students were getting from an otherwise routine book reading. Making Love Songs: The Story Behind Dionne Warwick’s “I Say A Little Prayer” Off English Chuck Walter, […]

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Conservatives’ Newfound Hatred of California Is Wrong—and Sad

One reason people stopped making fun of California three decades ago was that it got displaced as the butt of national jokes by a place where people were said to be weirder even than people in California. That was, of course, Florida. I’d guess the wildly popular novelists Carl Hiassen and Elmore Leonard kick-started this […]

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