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Mar 18 4 tweets 1 min read
Florida’s legislature is giving $6 million to fund fake clinics. Fascist Governor Desantis signed the 2024 Florida budget, including $6 million going directly to fake clinics. On top of that, he signed a bill into law giving $466,000 of tax payer dollars to develop a government Image website to uplift fake clinics and keep pregnant people in the dark about their options.
These fake clinics do real harm to pregnant people.
- Dressing up untrained, non-medical volunteers in white coats with stethoscopes
- Exposing patient identities
Feb 16, 2023 11 tweets 4 min read
1/ Moving to Florida? Think about it! – Part I.
Ron De(ath)Santis, Florida's authoritarian governor for more than four years, expanded and continues to expand his political and prosecutorial authority over Floridians through new laws, committees, and judicial appointments. 2/Here are some examples and facts:
- Office of Elections Crimes and Security (OOECAS): The measure makes it clear that the state prosecutor, who reports to the Florida attorney general, has authority over election and voting-related issues.
Feb 15, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
One of the most significant things in life is reading, which is also an essential component of a good education. It aids in paving the way for upcoming social, professional, and personal development.
These notable quotations about reading and learning are from prominent people: - A home without a book is darker than one without a lamp. – Henryk Sienkiewicz
- The school library may well be the most important room in any public school building. – Chris Crutcher
- There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. – Mary Ellen Chase
Feb 15, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Moving to Florida? Think about it!
Florida has always been a little different.
Well, a lot different. Every day, strange news or new laws, regulations come out of Florida! Image Florida's fascist governor pushed four new bills through various committees.
All four will becoming law since the the legislature is controlled by a super majority of far-right Republicans. Here are the highlights of those proposed bills:
Feb 14, 2023 14 tweets 3 min read
INTERESTING FACTS: about the World’s most unusual libraries.
The library is a haven for those who love to escape, and the temple of learning. Reading could provide access to a world of research, creativity, and most importantly can educate. Image Here are six of the most unusual libraries in the world:
-Biblioburro (Columbia) - Teacher Luis Soriano had two donkeys that he nicknamed Alfa and Beto, which together make the word "alphabet" in Spanish. In order to read stories to pupils, he saddled up the donkeys,
Feb 13, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
The majority of people believe that a good education is crucial because it lays the path for future social, professional, and personal growth.
However, in the past year, the GOP has intensified its comprehensive attack on what teachers are permitted to say or teach Image in schools about equity and inclusion, racism, gender identity, LGBTQ+ issues, and American history.
According to a Washington Post investigation, 137 rules affecting what children may study and do in the classroom have been approved by 35 states. Image
Feb 7, 2023 11 tweets 3 min read
1/ Why don't Americans pay close attention to the Republican Party's fascist movements before it's too late?
Why do people not recognize fascism as a serious domestic threat?
Why don't they care that white nationalism is on the rise in the United States? 2/ Can they not see what is going on in America?
The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks anti-Semitic behavior nationwide, found 2,717 incidents in 2021. That's a 34% rise from the year before.
Feb 6, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
1/ Education is one of the most powerful aspects of life. Here are some famous people’s quotes about education and learning:
“The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.” – Malala Yousafzai 2/ “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” – Diogenes
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” – Ernest Dimnet
Feb 6, 2023 19 tweets 5 min read
1/ What is happening in America? Why are politicians dictating what educators can say or not say in their classrooms?
Is it accurate to suggest that most of Hitler's initiatives in Nazi Germany are emulated and followed by Republicans? You decide! 2/ It’s happening not just in Florida, but all over the United States! 35 mainly Republican states have introduced 137 bills limiting what schools can teach with regard to race, American history, politics, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Feb 6, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
1/ The week ahead: - MONDAY - Florida lawmakers will return to the state Capitol to finalize their efforts to strip the Walt Disney Company of its special governing powers, the latest round in a feud between Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the entertainment giant. 2/ – TUESDAY - President Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address to Congress.The annual address will provide Biden with a chance to highlight key priorities and agenda items.
Feb 4, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
The Nazis in Germany - just like De(ath)Santis in Florida -, aimed to de-intellectualise education: they did not want education to provoke people to ask questions or think for themselves. original.newsbreak.com/@matthew-c-woo… The Nazis first focused on changing what students learned - just like De(ath)Santis.
Hitler changed the core curriculum to emphasise sports,history & racial science as the most important subjects.
Education in "racial awareness" began at school!
Feb 3, 2023 18 tweets 4 min read
Can people call Florida’ governor, Governor De(ath)Santis Fascist? You decide!
The mainstream media call his governorship ‘authoritarianism’.
Authoritarianism implies the absence of democracy—a dictatorship. Image In some ways, we can agree with them that De(ath)Santis's governing style fits the definition of dictatorship.
How about to call it Fascism? Or call him Fascist?
Feb 2, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
Moving to Florida? Think about it!
Florida has always been a little different. Well, a lot different. Every day, strange news comes out of Florida, and the machete is just another example of an alarming trend of crimes committed with that type of weapon. When you hear about machete attacks, you can't help but think about how they happen more frequently in Florida than in any other state.
There are quite a few machete-related crime stories; here are some short versions some of those incidents:
Jan 24, 2023 11 tweets 3 min read
1/ Moving to Florida? Think about it! Every scam, every indecent plot against God and man has originated or been perfected in Florida. As one cop put it: Florida is “The Deadbeat Capital of the World”! Here are some weird/funny(?) stories about Floridians: 2/ - Losing money in a poker game can get anyone heated. But setting the winner’s car on fire is never an appropriate reaction, unless, of course, you live in Florida. It all started when Michael Psilakis Jr., 21, lost $3,500 to a close friend(?).
Jan 23, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
1/ Moving to Florida? Think about it! The Sunshine State seems to consistently provide the most bizarre yet hilarious news. Here are some weird/funny(?) things to laugh on or not! Yes! All incidents happened in Florida! 2/ Florida Man hanging from a traffic light and pooping on cars. Yes, in a surprise to nobody, a Florida man named Roy Stern climbed a Miami traffic light, and defecated on cars passing below.
Jan 22, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
1/ Don’t call it ‘extremism’, called it what it is: Fascism! Don’t call them ‘extremists’, call them what are they: Fascists! Don’t call it ‘freedom’ when it's Fascism! You CANNOT call it ‘freedom’ when it’s put a ban on abortion, taking away women' bodily autonomy, Image 2/ when it's put women in jail for what they didn’t do, when induce a “barbaric” labor of pregnant prisoners without consent, when it's don’t have adequate and affordable health and childcare, when it’s don’t take care or want to take care of its elderly or its veterans,
Jan 22, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
1/ THE WEEK AHEAD: Monday - Tax season officially gets underway on January 23. That's the first day the IRS will start accepting 2022 federal income tax returns. Before you start to panic, that is not the day your return is due, its April 18! 2/ Tuesday - The judge overseeing the Atlanta-area special grand jury that has been investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia has scheduled a hearing for January 24!
Jan 16, 2023 13 tweets 3 min read
1/ Democrats or Republicans? Which political party is better for the country? Here are some facts to help you decide:
1. Since 1948, ten of the eleven recessions have occurred under Republican Presidents - about one recession every six years. 2/ 2. Democratic presidents create more than twice as many jobs per year as Republican Presidents. As of 2022, former President Bill Clinton was the president who created the most jobs in the United States, at 18.6 million jobs created during his eight year term in office
Jan 15, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
1/ The week ahead: Monday - is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights leader. Also, the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, also kicks off on Monday. 2/ Tuesday - Reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were sentenced in November following fraud and tax crimes convictions, have been ordered to report to two different federal prisons in Florida on January 17.
Dec 28, 2022 12 tweets 4 min read
1/ Love Florida Governor Ron De(ath)Santis? Want to move there? Think twice before you do move there and consider these FACTS:
1. Housing market - Florida is ranked #31 in affordability of owning a home. The market is still hot; home prices are steadily going up! 2/ The median sale price for single-family homes in the state was a much higher $407,000 as of August 2022. The median for condos and townhouses was $305,000.
2. Homeowners insurance - Homeowners in Florida pay the highest premiums in the country,
Dec 26, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
Reading in the comments area after some articles about Florida Fascist Governor Ron De(ath)Santis as Republicans are praising him, makes us question, do those people have any knowledge about the real De(ath)Santis, his policies and his ideology? Image 2/ Let’s look back at his actual policy record, starting with his tenure in Congress, what might help better illuminate exactly where De(ath)Santis falls on the typical far-right political spectrum. During his three terms in Congress, De(ath)Santis sponsored 52 bills! Image