Ron Desantis - the Great Satan

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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/floridas-gov-desantis-declares-financial-war-woke-universities-state

 

Public universities should not be in the business of using taxpayer money to offer degrees in “zombie” studies but should embrace academic excellence and truth, and allow students to think for themselves, DeSantis said.

“Our institutions will be graduating students with degrees that will actually be useful,” he said. “We will be eliminating all DEI and CRT bureaucracies in Florida. It will wither on the vine.”

 

DeSantis offered a series of legislative proposals to flush political ideologies out of universities, including allowing university presidents and the university board of trustees to hold a post-tenure review on professors as needed.

 

He also wants to shift hiring authority to the university president that had been ceded to faculty.

 

DeSantis says he wants to ban the campus hiring committees’ use of DEI oaths that certify candidates will adhere to ideologies. One of them is Critical Race Theory—a Marxist ideology that divides people into oppressors and victims based on race or gender.

 

Currently, candidates who reject social justice ideology and embrace the belief of equality and a color-blind society get points deducted during the hiring process designed to weed out those who disagree, he said.

 

DeSantis said DEI bureaucracies had become a component of the administration within universities that are imposing a political agenda and ideologies such as implicit bias, which embraces the idea that America is systemically racist.

 

“These bureaucracies are hostile to academic freedom, and really they constitute a drain on resources,” he said.

 

DeSantis said he rejects the dominant view in academia around the country that higher education should impose ideological conformity to provoke political activism.

 

He proposed that higher education curriculums should require a course on the history and philosophy of Western Civilization.

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Florida parents consider fleeing the state over 'horrifying' DeSantis threat to eliminate AP courses (msn.com)

 

In an article published by the Post on February 16, journalists Hannah Natanson and Lori Rozsa explain, "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) warned Tuesday, (February 14) that he may withdraw state support for AP programs, intensifying his ongoing conflict with the College Board, which oversees all AP classes, including an African-American studies course the DeSantis Administration says leans left and lacks ‘educational value.’ Earlier this month, the College Board said it was revising the course to eliminate lessons on Black Lives Matter and the reparations movement.

 

American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, believes that eliminating AP courses from Florida high schools is a terrible idea. 

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Ron DeSantis injects chaos into the Chicago mayoral race (msn.com)

 

“I wholeheartedly agree with Governor Pritzker that there is simply no place in Chicago for a right-wing extremist like Ron DeSantis, and I am disappointed in FOP leadership for inviting him to speak to officers,” Vallas said in a statement on Friday.

 

“DeSantis’ record of trying to erase the LGBTQ community, banning books on Black history and much more is not in line with my values, the values of our community, or the values of the rank and file police officers who I believe have no interest in getting swept up in culture wars and national Republican Party politics," Vallas also said.

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DeSantis sues FDA for Canadian drug importation (msn.com)

 

And Gov. DeSantis says the state could be saving hundreds of millions of dollars every year, if Florida could bring in Canadian drugs.  But the FDA doesn’t allow it.  Two years ago, it looked like that was going to change.

 

A Promising New Program, Stuck in Limbo

In November of 2020, Florida became the first state in America to apply to the Canadian Drug Importation Program.

 

In 2021, the program still hadn’t been implemented, so President Biden directed the FDA to get things moving.

 

In 2022- still no progress, not a single pill imported from over the border, so in August, Gov. DeSantis sued the FDA.

 

"They have unlawfully withheld and unreasonably delayed this program, and we think this violates federal law," DeSantis said when the suit was filed.

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Ron DeSantis reveals his plan to 'Make America Florida' (msn.com)

 

DeSantis, who has not officially announced a 2024 presidential run but is widely considered a likely candidate, is releasing his new memoir, "The Courage to be Free: Florida's Blueprint for American Revival," on Tuesday by publisher HarperCollins. 

 

"A governor who leads by aggressively pursuing policies that defy the leftist ideology of the nation’s elites will face fire—not only by the legacy media but also from activist groups, Big Tech, and corporate America," he wrote. "When I took strong stands against the prevailing narrative on draconian coronavirus policies, I may have been vilified by the usual suspects, but I was able to save the livelihoods of millions of people throughout Florida."

 

"The right path forward is not difficult to identify; it just requires using basic common sense and applying core American values to the problems of the day," he continued. "But it will not be easy to achieve. It will require successfully combating a lot of powerful, elite institutions that have driven the country into a cycle of repeated failures."

[Ann]

Wow

 

 

[The Guy In Pants]

If a Bush endorses someone; that an automatic "&#%$ you" from me.

 

Pass.

[IDBillzFan]

19 hours ago, Ann said:

Wow

 

 

 

There is A LOT of speculation online that the dude you're looking at is not a security guard because no one at the bookstore has been able to verify who that dude actually is.

 

Which is more likely? That the dude who just beat the snotshit out of every leftist in Florida AND Disney has a problem with a dozen Trump protesters to the extent he would ask Paul Blart to make them leave , or that some Trumpsters decided to stage and record a little stunt?

 

 

 

Edited March 2, 2023 by IDBillzFan

[IDBillzFan]

It's amazing to me that Keith Olbermann has anyone still paying attention to his batshitcrazy rantings.

 

He's like Rob Reiner with more hair.

 

 

[The Guy In Pants]

Just now, IDBillzFan said:

It's amazing to me that Keith Olbermann has anyone still paying attention to his batshitcrazy rantings.

 

He's like Rob Reiner with more hair.

 

 

Didn't even know this chode was still alive.

[Spartacus]

1 hour ago, IDBillzFan said:

It's amazing to me that Keith Olbermann has anyone still paying attention to his batshitcrazy rantings.

 

He's like Rob Reiner with more hair.

 

 

Disney could move to a more welcoming far left site, like Chicago or NYC

I understand there is a lot of property available at discount prices 

[Ann]

2 hours ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

There is A LOT of speculation online that the dude you're looking at is not a security guard because no one at the bookstore has been able to verify who that dude actually is.

 

Which is more likely? That the dude who just beat the snotshit out of every leftist in Florida AND Disney has a problem with a dozen Trump protesters to the extent he would ask Paul Blart to make them leave , or that some Trumpsters decided to stage and record a little stunt?

 

 

 

Seemed like a crazy, unforced error to me. Doesn’t surprise me one way or the other if it was the DeSantis camp or not.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

On 3/2/2023 at 11:21 AM, IDBillzFan said:

It's amazing to me that Keith Olbermann has anyone still paying attention to his batshitcrazy rantings.

 

He's like Rob Reiner with more hair.

 

 

 

Move Disney to Puerto Rico. 

[Spartacus]

Rs can't believe DeSantis has done more than issue a strongly worded letter.

so very un-Republican

 

DeSantis vs. Disney: Has the governor gone too far? (msn.com)

 

And even some Republicans think DeSantis has gone too far, with former Vice President Mike Pence telling CNBC that the governor's actions are "beyond the scope of what I as a conservative, limited-government Republican would be prepared to do."

[IDBillzFan]

2 hours ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

Move Disney to Puerto Rico. 

 

All that tells me is that Olbermann has never been to Puerto Rico.  There is only one reason to go to Puerto Rico: to catch a connecting flight to St. Lucia.

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https://www.outkick.com/media-cuts-away-as-ron-desantis-exposes-graphic-content-shown-to-children/

 

DeSantis played a video at the briefing showing images from some of the books parents objected to that were being used in multiple Florida school districts.

 

WARNING: These videos contain graphic content.

 

Exposing to the public directly to what exactly these books are telling and showing children was smart enough.

 

But what was even more impressive was that a number of media outlets were forced to cut their feeds of the briefing because the images were too graphic.

 

DeSantis Exposes Graphic Content Aimed at Children

By forcing media outlets to show the content in books targeted to children, DeSantis exposed how absurd their arguments are.

 

If this content is too explicit to be shown to adults watching on television during a midday news broadcast, how in the world is it appropriate for children?

 

The answer, of course, is that it isn’t appropriate.

 

But media outlets have been attacking him and his efforts to protect children by inaccurately claiming he’s “banning books.”

 

This briefing showed that far from “banning books,” he’s ensuring pornography and graphic content isn’t available to children in schools.

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Ron DeSantis Poses 'Danger to Democracy,' Kirschner Warns (msn.com)

 

Political and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner on Saturday dubbed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a "danger to democracy" as he is assessed as a potential 2024 alternative to Donald Trump.

 

DeSantis's policies, including his stances on LGBTQ rights and his implementation of a task force dedicated to pursuing alleged cases of voter fraud, have led pundits on both sides of the aisle to label him a Trumpist candidate without actually being Trump. This view has made him an enticing prospect for conservatives looking to move past the former president, and a target for liberals who view him as a similar existential threat to democracy

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DeSantis warns Dems 'there's a new sheriff in town,' vows to stop agenda in its tracks (msn.com)

 

"I think we have to recognize the left is trying to impose its agenda through all of our arteries in society, including corporate America. And so part of my job to protect the freedoms of my citizens is to ensure that the left not able to impose their agenda on them through corporate America, through bureaucracy, through universities," DeSantis told Maria Bartiromo Sunday. 

 

It was the first time since 1957 that Florida was the state with the largest percent increase in population.

 

Meanwhile, DeSantis embarked on a pro-police tour across a series of Democrat-run cities last month to show support for law enforcement - yet another indication as to why analysts think he is prepping a 2024 campaign announcement. 

 

"Yes, we have lower taxes, yes, we're a law and order state, and you see disorder around the country, but the dramatic difference in approach between a New York and an Illinois or California and Florida, we really just started getting more wealth, more investment and the state really took off," DeSantis said. 

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probably conducted the poll at New College

 

A new poll suggests Ron DeSantis’ 'anti-woke' crusade will backfire (msn.com)

 

The poll, conducted by Ipsos and published last week in USA Today, shows that 56% of Americans consider “woke” a positive term, meaning “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices.” 

 

But if most Americans believe “woke” is a positive term, why would they want a president to suffocate it, and replace it with autocratic power grabs and far right curricula?

 

The American right has long turned public school classrooms into culture war lightning rods, casting efforts to teach children about race or sex as evil, predatory, and un-American. These crusades have played out over decades, with political attacks on academic freedom to craft curricula, textbooks, and reading lists, full of distorted facts and revisionist history.

 

These assaults on democratic values and institutions are not to be taken lightly—but it is also critical to see how deeply contrary they are to most Americans’ beliefs.

 

DeSantis may believe that most Americans share the right-wing doctrine that America’s white Christian heritage is threatened by learning about history, racial injustice, and systemic racism—or that at least that his own charms will convince them of it. But in fact, he’s out of touch with Americans and American families, and that is the most important thing to know about his presidential aspirations. All that remains is for voters to tell him at the ballot box.

 

 

[IDBillzFan]

Fact check: true. Really dig this dude in front of a microphone.