Pennsylvania and Kentucky have primaries for offices from ward commissioner and school board to governor (KY.) Philadelphia, PA and Jacksonville, FL have elections for mayor.
If you haven’t voted early and these elections are yours, please vote. It affects everyone. #Vote
800 members of Fla Nat Guard
200 agents (in teams of 40) from state Dept of Law Enforcement
101 state highway patrol troopers
20 agents from state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission & the Department of Emergency Management
5 fixed-wing aircrafts
17 unmanned drones
10 waterborne vessels
i/:Where are the constitutional lawyers when you need them?/I
Ok, it is the #NationalGuard, so it is probably fine to send them from one state to another, but sending law-enforcement officers from #Florida to #Texas on such a massive scale without federal requests etc.? IDK
And NO to the Guard:
"The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the US Army and the US Air Force when activated for 👉federal👈 missions..."
"...National Guard units are under the dual control of state governments and the federal government."
Didn't Mr. [#RonDeathSentence have to ask permission from the federal government?
Sending the National Guard, which is part of the US Armed Forces, from one state to another at the request of just a governor seems pretty unsafe to me, more like a "private army" of the governor.
Did the state legislature declare war?
Is there an emergency in #Florida?
If Donna Deegan loses tonight then it maybe time for me to give up on #Florida and move away since some states are shifting right and it's becoming impossible to vote them out due to gerrymandering and outflow of population
New College students holding their own graduation ceremony with lawyer and civil rights activist Maya Wiley, instead of the official commencement staged by Republican Party apparatchiks.
Good morning, Jacksonville! Early voting for the mayor’s race is May 1-14, with the general election on May 16. We’re going to take back Florida, one election at a time—and this is an important one. The state’s largest city needs a Democratic mayor.
Voting early helps our Democratic volunteers refine their GOTV outreach. Get out there and vote for Donna Deegan!
Tomorrow there is a mayoral race happening in Jacksonville #Florida between Donna Deegan and the Desantis backed candidate. If you have friends family or live in the area DO NOT forget to vote and please encourage others to vote. This race could provide us a road map into taking back our state from the fascists.
#DeSantis announces #Florida state colleges are now welcoming whites only, and minorities are invited to leave. "Florida’s getting out of that game." Academics should boycott the state. I'm done going there.
Andrew Gillum won't be prosecuted again since a jury found him not guilty for lying to the FBI and were deadlocked on the other charges. It was a hit job setup by our governor and his lackeys and this further proves it. #Florida
Disney's "Strange World" is an animated film for kids, about a family of explorers who journey to a mysterious subterranean land.
A fifth-grade teacher showed it to her Earth Science class as a teaching aid. Now she's being investigated by the state. Because the movie happens to contain a gay character. And, in #Florida, the #Republicans have made it illegal for anyone to be gay. Even animated characters.
Florida Republicans' voter suppression law was absurd, and a federal judge quickly overturned it. However, a panel of three Trump-appointed judges on the 11th Circuit reinstated the law.
Because of those three Trump-appointed judges, over 1.6 million Floridians are unable to vote. 23% of the Black people in #Florida cannot vote right now, because so-called "progressives" in other states didn't give enough of a shit to show up and vote in the 2016 presidential election.
"The inquisition has arrived. Bring in the children for questioning!"
In Florida, a public school teacher of 10 year old kids is under investigation because she showed a cartoon movie to the pupils.
The movie is about science and exploring, but in the movie one of the characters is gay, and now the teacher has been reported to the state for violating the "Don't say gay" laws introduced under republican governor Ron DeSantis. #Florida#uspol