Actually, it’s his Astroturfed “Moms for Liberty” that is rolling this out nationally at his direction. > #DeSantis inspires push to make book bans in Republican-controlled states easier livenowfox.com/news/desantis-…
1) Unmasking “Moms for Liberty” - a nonprofit claiming to advocate for “parental rights,” appears to be using parents as pawns to advance a far-right agenda. mediamatters.org/critical-race-…
2) We must emancipate U.S. kids from groups like Moms for Liberty
Some media outlets tend to give the ultraconservative, book-banning organization a pass for its links to #extremism. Here’s why that’s a mistake. msnbc.com/the-reidout/re…
3) Moms for Liberty has targeted teachers, administrators, parents, and school board members, orchestrating #harassment campaigns that have left people fearing for their safety—and in some cases, their lives. vice.com/en/article/dy3…
4) The Right-Wing Money And Influence Behind Moms For Liberty
The group, which claims to be about “parent rights,” has ties to the January 6 #J6 insurrection and #ChristianNationalists. They also have a chapter in Bucks County. buckscountybeacon.com/2022/10/the-ri…
5) Conservative group Moms for Liberty claims Joe Biden is trying to turn kids trans and gay. Perhaps not surprisingly, there is no evidence to support any of the allegations. thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/mom…
6) Moms for Liberty's Florida roots have spread across country, influenced local school politics fox13news.com/news/moms-for-…
8) Parents, educators in Pa. and beyond organize against Moms for Liberty. “My goal is to ensure that people in the LGBTQIA and BIPOC communities feel safe, respected, and valued,’ educator Ariel Franchak said s #Educationpenncapital-star.com/civil-rights-s…
9) Judge rules against Moms for Liberty in Brevard school board public speaking policy lawsuit
An Orlando judge ruled that the policy did not infringe on speakers' First Amendment rights. floridatoday.com/story/news/ni9…
14) Moms for Liberty functions through local chapters across the United States, giving the appearance of a grassroots movement to what critics speculate is really an astroturf operation. sourcewatch.org/index.php/Moms…
#Debtceiling deal includes permitting reforms. People familiar w/the provisions, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the language includes review timelines + a lead agency charged with shepherding a project’s #environmental review. eenews.net/articles/debt-…
1) The bipartisan agreement includes language to ease transmission deployment and address storage for renewable energy development, but the particulars remain under wraps.
2) Democrats, for their part, are circulating talking points about the White House not giving in on judicial reviews for energy projects and protecting key portions of the National Environmental Policy Act and other landmark laws.
1) Saurav Ghosh, dir of federal campaign finance reform at the Campaign Legal Center, said while the right conditions of contribution limits have been applied by #DeSantis PAC in soliciting the donations, their actions 2 raise $ blurs the line that separates super PAC + campaign.
2)Super PACs R supposed 2 be independent, + this sure doesn’t look like independence,” he said. “[The draft committee entity] doesn’t change the fact that the super PAC appears 2 have underwritten cost of fundraising 4 that entity, which is tantamount 2 paying costs 4 thecampaign
Since ‘21 lawmakers proposed nearly 900 anti-#LGBTQ+ bills, nearly 500 of which were introduced this year in 49 state legislatures+Congress. Many bills target rights of #transgender people by curtailing “basic healthcare, education, legal recognition & the right to publicly exist
DeSantis set to relaunch migrant flight program with 3 new vendors
The program, which could start as soon as contracts are finalized, will involve an undetermined number of migrants and could last until June 30, 2025. #immigrationtampabay.com/news/florida-p…
1) Picked were #ARS Global Emergency Management, #GardaWorld Federal Services & the co that carried out last year's migrant flights 2 Martha's Vineyard: #Vertol Systems Co. Inc. That's according to a "notice of intent to award" notice published on Monday. vendor.myfloridamarketplace.com/search/bids/de…
1) By legislating a ban on Gain of Function Research (GOFR) in Florida, what are you advocating and promoting with regard to #biomedical research really DeSantis? #science
2) Are you legislating that only medical research in the state of Florida will be farther removed alternatives such as single-protein or replication-incompetent virus in vitro studies, in silico modeling,…
3) or further removed long-term genetic sequence comparison of samples collected from patients are under increasingly intense investigation to replace GOFR? #biomedical#research