The College Board, the group that publishes Advanced Placement (AP) exams, accused Florida‘s Education Department, under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ leadership, of “slander” over comments that its proposed curriculum for a pilot AP African American Studies course “lacks educational value.” The College Board also refuted reports that it caved to …
Read More »Well, Trump Is Now Suggesting Ron DeSantis Is a Pedophile
Donald Trump recently has been ramping up his attacks on Ron DeSantis ahead of a potential 2024 Republican primary showdown. We’re not going to lie, we figured it take the former president a least a few more months before he started accusing the Florida governor of pedophilia. Trump has been …
Read More »DeSantis Calling Special Session to Punish Disney for Opposing Anti-LGBTQ Law
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called a special legislative session to finalize the government’s decision to revoke Disney‘s control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District. The state’s legislature voted last year to strip the media company of special taxing and self-governance provisions in the area around its Florida park after …
Read More »DeSantis Moves to Ban CRT From Florida's Public Higher Education
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced plans to “reform” the state’s public higher education system by banning schools from “supporting campus activities or programs that promote divisive concepts like DEI and CRT.” The proposed reforms are the latest in a string of moves by DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education …
Read More »College Board Kicks Off Black History Month by Caving To Ron DeSantis
The College Board has stripped down its proposed Advanced Placement African American Studies curriculum to remove topics that Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education accused of violating the state’s “Stop Woke” law. Florida blocked testing of the program in the state’s schools earlier this month on grounds …
Read More »Trump Bashes DeSantis as a 'Globalist' Jeb Bush Fan Because Why the Hell Not
Donald Trump wants to make America great again, and so on and so forth, but now that he’s started rallying for 2024, the former president seems a little more interested in cutting down Ron DeSantis. He followed up a pair of low–energy rallies packed with well-worn talking points on Saturday …
Read More »Kamala Harris Marks Roe's 50th Anniversary in Florida: 'We Are Fighting Back'
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Tallahassee, Florida — a state whose leaders are discussing changing the timeline for abortions to 12 weeks of pregnancy from 15 and impeding the distribution of abortion pills — on Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The landmark 1973 decision …
Read More »At Florida Universities, Big Brother DeSantis Is Watching
At first glance, the University of Central Florida looks the same as ever. Students mill around the modern, spread-out campus, crowding into the food court, making plans for the weekend. But beneath the surface, Governor Ron DeSantis’s Orwellian campaign against “Critical Race Theory” has caused professors to cancel classes that …
Read More »Trump's Jewish Allies Are 'Begging' Him to Condemn Kanye. He's Refusing
Republican Jewish activists, leaders, and perennial GOP donors are waging a behind-the-scenes pressure campaign to force Donald Trump into denouncing and disowning rapper Kanye West, Trump’s on-and-off friend and political supporter. It’s not working. According to three sources with knowledge of the matter, this multi-pronged — and so far unsuccessful …
Read More »'Don't Say Gay' Bill Sponsor Accused of Covid Relief Fraud
A federal grand jury indicted Republican Florida state Rep. Joe Harding, who sponsored the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, for Covid business relief fraud and money laundering, the justice department announced on Wednesday. Harding illegally obtained or tried to obtain more than $150,000 in pandemic loans from the Small Business Administration …
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