Nearly every state agency in Florida abandoned its core mission of helping people in service to DeSantis’ failed campaign.

DCF’s Secretary even plowed thru Iowa snow, while 2.1 MILLION kids went hungry, so that Ron could lose all 99 counties.

Was it worth it?

“The state’s disinterest means the families of an estimated 2.1 MILLION children who would have been eligible for the program won’t receive the additional help paying for grocery bills at a time when inflation continues to drive up food prices.”

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🚨 JUST IN: The Florida GOP has introduced sweeping new legislation imposing unprecedented state control over the work of LGBTQ or allied charities, and aggressively targeting the rights of trans employees to exist in government workplaces.

This bill is NOT just about pronouns. HB 599 uses vague language to ban all private charities or nonprofits from requiring any sort of instruction, training, “or other activity” about LGBTQ people.

This is a blatantly unconstitutional attempt to stop the work of @equalityfl and other LGBTQ-serving and allied orgs.

DeSantis appointees have proposed a rule implementing SB 266 in our state colleges and universities which bans any support or funding for student groups involved in "social issues" or engaging in "political or social activism".

It's censorship + exclusion like we've never seen.



The definition of "social issues" is so broad, that student groups in Florida's public colleges and universities wouldn't be able to advocate for much of anything at all-- not their own free speech rights, not for diversity and inclusion, not even for Israel or Palestine.

JUST IN: After a 2-year battle, the DeSantis administration has agreed to settle my public records lawsuit against them for illegally hiding COVID health data while the Delta variant ripped thru Florida killing 23,000 people.

We persisted. We prevailed. We held them accountable.





The DeSantis administration finally gave us the public records we requested after lying in court saying they didn’t exist.

This agreement requires them to:

✅ Issue weekly reporting of public health data for 3 years

✅ Pay my legal team $152,500 in attorneys’ fees/costs

AMAZING! The momentum behind our Florida Senate campaign continues to grow with new endorsements from Dem Senators Geraldine Thompson, @VicTorres_FL, @loriberman and @ShevrinJones!

I’m honored to have earned support from this group of trailblazers. Thank you! Together we WIN! “As someone who has spent over 40 years fighting for underserved communities in Central Florida, I know how critical it is to elect leaders who will stand up for the most vulnerable among us. Carlos Guillermo Smith is that leader, and I am proud to endorse him.”

Ron DeSantis' entire political brand is centered around his story of how he took on "woke" Disney and won!

The "corporate kingdom has come to an end", he bragged.

Turns out, that story was a fairytale-- Ronnie lost and was just stunningly outmaneuvered by the Mouse. 🧵 Ron DeSantis invested nearly everything into promoting his narrative of how he stuck it to Disney for having the temerity to oppose his agenda.

He wrote op-ed's about it, bragged on Fox News, and made it a central focus of his new book.

That House of Cards is now collapsing....

Proud to walkout with @UCF students today to protest Ron DeSantis hostile right-wing takeover of higher education and to #standforfreedom! 📣

Young people are organizing to protect academic freedom, diversity programs (DEI), and LGBTQ students— all under attack in Florida. Hundreds of @UCF students rallied in support of Diversity, Equity, + Inclusion programs Ron DeSantis wants to ABOLISH!

We need to save the Multicultural Student Center, LGBTQ+ Support Services, Hispanic Serving Institution Programming and Outreach AND MORE! #standforfreedom

“A #StandforFreedom statewide movement and walkout is scheduled from 12-1PM Thursday on Florida college campuses….host organizations stated ‘We’re asking that you walk out of your classes, jobs and other obligations to meet at your campus student center.’ tallahassee.com/story/news/loc… “The demonstration will demand bringing an end to what organizers say is "the DeSantis administration's attacks on LGBTQ+ and BIPOC students, faculty and staff." The march will request to restore diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in all colleges across the state.”

"Ron DeSantis took his culture warring to new extremes...trying to yank a nonprofit theater’s liquor license because it allowed another company to rent out its theater for a drag show."

"They’re going after the charity that runs the venue — in this case, the @OrlandoPhilOrch." "In Ron DeSantis’ America, it’s apparently fine for a parent to take a minor to a movie that features total nudity, rape, sodomy or body dismemberment or to see a vulgar comedian or racist speaker … but not a drag show." -@Scott_Maxwell
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