#Florida CFO backs a Senate bill that would allocate an initial $5 million in state funds to pay for Trump’s legal defense, then use state agencies and employees to collect additional money for #Trump when people renew their driver’s licenses.
“#Florida’s top health official called for a halt to using mRNA coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday, contending that the shots could contaminate patients’ DNA — a claim that has been roundly debunked by public health experts, federal officials and the #vaccine companies” #COVID 💉😷
Donald Trump in #NewJersey about to make remarks following his appearance in #Florida earlier today in a federal courtroom where his lawyers told the judge he was entering not guilty pleas to the numerous serious criminal charges.
Emmett Till’s murder, the sit-ins, Freedom Rides, & the March on Washington were distinct elements within the Civil Rights struggle that contributed to the larger goal of eliminating racial violence, challenging segregation, & achieving civil rights reforms. Collectively, they showcased resilience, strategic diversity, & the movement’s ability to leverage various forms of activism to effect change.
60 years ago this week, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, delivered “I Have A Dream” at a seminal event in American history. The idea of a march of thousands of people united in the search for justice, equality, and equal opportunity percolated in the minds of organizers for decades. Years before Black Americans had been thinking and strategizing.
👀 “A lawyer from Palm Beach County has filed one of the first legal challenges to disqualify #Trump from the 2024 presidential race under a clause in the U.S. Constitution's #14thAmendment.
The March on Washington did not happen, spontaneously. It grew out of decades of interconnected efforts by myriad civil rights stakeholders. Among these were the founding of the NAACP, the flowering of the movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, and the monumental court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
"At midday, more than 35 million people in southern #Texas, #Louisiana and #Florida were under excessive #heat warnings, watches and advisories extending through the three-day Juneteenth weekend, the National Weather Service said.
The growing frequency and intensity of severe weather across the U.S. is symptomatic of human-driven #ClimateChange, climate scientists say."
I was asked by my department head if I was interested in being the faculty representative at the big women in computing conference in Orlando. I replied that as a trans woman it's now “functionally illegal" for me to go to Florida. As in technically not illegal, but impossible to do so in a way that both complies with the law and is safe. Shocked that it's come to this. #Transgender#Florida
🤦🏻♀️”#Trump’s legal team is asking govt to reestab a secure facility at Mar-a-Lago so he can review classified discovery in #documents case.
..comes after he requested to review evidence at his #Florida home, prosecutors dismissed as “extraordinary” given it=very location where he’s charged w improperly handling some of most closely guarded secrets” #legal 1/...
Update from Ft. Pierce: Judge #Cannon did not set a trial date for the classified documents case during the morning session of the scheduling conference.
But she told prosecutors for the special counsel that their proposed July trial date is “unrealistic.”
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
👉 1/... "Prosecutors cd bring btw 30-45 addit'l criminal charges against #Trump in coming wks...
#DOJ made preparations to bring what is known as a “superseding indictment”—2nd set of charges against already-indicted defendant that cd incl more serious crimes — against T, & could do so in # of different venues, depending on how prosecutors feel case they have brought against him in #Florida federal court is proceeding...will depend in part on whether they feel #Cannon giving undue deference.."
A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...
As a registered Black voter who has had his Black-held Congressional district gerrymandered out of existence, rest assured when I tell you things aren’t as bad as you’ve heard. They’re WORSE.
–@clayrivers@ourhumanfam
The same article reports that public universities in Florida are having trouble hiring professors. "During [recruitment] conversations, 'more and more often, we are hearing, "Florida? Not Florida. Not now. Not yet," because they are looking at regulations' like this one, as well as bills passed and proposed by the Florida Legislature."
“#Trump is expected to be in attendance Monday in #Florida when Judge Aileen #Cannon presides over a hearing in his classified #documents case in which attorneys will address issues surrounding the classified materials in question.
The hearings will be under seal & held in a SCIF -- a specially-equipped secure room for viewing highly classified materials -- located in Fort Pierce, Florida” #legal#TrumpIndictment
The March on Washington was the product of a long and arduous journey. Each moment built upon the previous one, generating momentum and solidarity among civil rights activists. By the time the march occurred in 1963, it stood on the shoulders of decades of activism, struggle, and resilience.
Inflation is plummeting across America except in Ron DeSantis’ Florida (www.alternet.org)
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
Bill banning Pride flag would make showing support for LGBTQ a ‘political viewpoint' (www.rawstory.com)
A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...