DeSantis and Florida GOP push hard-right agenda, including expanding ‘Don’t Say Gay’

DeSantis and Florida GOP push hard-right agenda, including expanding ‘Don’t Say Gay’

[ad_1] “Whether it is education or health, keeping parents in the dark is unacceptable,” state Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said in a statement. “Our schools should be teaching students to respect and obey their parents, not hiding critical information from them.” Republican policymakers are looking to reshape education in Florida’s K-12 and universities, much…

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DeSantis may remove another Florida prosecutor from office

DeSantis may remove another Florida prosecutor from office

[ad_1] The request is significant because the general counsel’s office handled the contentious suspension of Tampa prosecutor Andrew Warren. DeSantis removed Warren from office last August after the prosecutor pledged that he would not prosecute people under Florida’s new abortion restrictions or doctors who provide gender-affirming care, even though state law doesn’t address that presently….

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DeSantis is championing medical freedom. GOP state lawmakers like what they see.

DeSantis is championing medical freedom. GOP state lawmakers like what they see.

[ad_1] DeSantis’ attention to the issue is having real-world impact — and not just in Florida. GOP lawmakers across the country, in some cases emboldened by DeSantis’ ramped-up rhetoric, have introduced hundreds of bills this year under the medical freedom banner, including proposals to put lawmakers in charge of immunization requirements, ban the government from…

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What’s not in Ron DeSantis’ new book

What’s not in Ron DeSantis’ new book

[ad_1] The 250-plus page volume, like many political autobiographies, is selective with parts of his political ascent. DeSantis, who is expected to launch a bid for president in the spring, recounts door-to-door campaigning during his first bid for Congress but he doesn’t reference his decision to briefly run for U.S. Senate in 2016. And while…

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