Afternoon thunderstorms are a daily occurrence here on the Florida Gulf coast during the summertime & this day was no exception. These have moved offshore & will rain themselves out over the Gulf. The cloud formations with these powerful storms are always a sight to behold.
"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
#Florida plans to invalidate the drivers licenses and ticket those who drive through Florida with licenses from several states, including: Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, and Hawaii.
Though ostensibly an immigration law, what this really does is destroy consistent travel rights across the US. A clear violation of the commerce clause. And the RealID Act as well.
If you live in #Florida, PLEASE check this week to make sure you are still registered to vote. Do it again in six months. DeSantis and Florida republicans have wiped hundreds of thousands of voters, mostly Democrats, from the system, focusing on those that were by mail registrations. #politics
4 ways in which Ron DeSantis' "War on Woke" looks a lot like efforts to censor and distort #history in places like Putin's Russia and Erdogan's Turkey:
Invented threats
Criminalizing historical discussions
Punishing those who don't fall in line with the preferred history
Officials for years have been cleaning up hundreds of thousands of tires from the ocean floor off Broward, removing what was once meant to create a fish habitat but turned out to be an environmenta…
Florida Republicans just enacted a new law that allows doctors and insurers to refuse any and all medical care to LGBTQ people, any time they feel like it.
When someone says "I'm not going to vote, because both parties are the same," they are saying "I don't care if LGBTQ people are not even allowed to have health care. That doesn't matter to me."
A breathtaking morning at the Navarre Beach Pier. Measuring 1,545 feet long and towering 30 feet above the ocean, it's the longest pier in the Gulf of Mexico.
“#Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state constitutional amendment that would limit government intervention in #abortion procedures across Florida meets the necessary requirements to appear on ballots this November, and at the same time upheld Florida's 15-week abortion ban.”
The country is experiencing some very frigid air. Here in NM, it's 12 degrees right now. So I thought a view of Florida on the beach at sunrise might be nice. Even when it's cold there the AC is usually still running. This is under the Juno Pier, a place I enjoyed many sunrises. How cold is it where you are?
In the Florida Everglades at sunrise, you witness a simple yet captivating scene. The sun's arrival paints the sky with warm tones, and a subtle mist rises off the water, adding a touch of tranquility to the marshy landscape.
“Police cleared the ousted chair of the #Florida#RepublicanParty of rape allegations on Friday, but said they have asked prosecutors to charge him with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance. #voyeurism
The Sarasota Police Department said in a statement that a review of a cellphone video Christian Ziegler made of the Oct. 2 encounter showed that it was “likely consensual,” making it impossible to charge him with rape” https://apnews.com/article/e3c9ef16c7d88883d2743357c50e1525
#Florida Governor Ron #DeSantis and his top aides are having internal discussions about when and how he should drop out of the 2024 presidential race — Bloomberg
1/... "When the AG raised objections in court documents to the proposal to put up a reduced amount of collateral, Letitia James drew attention to another matter entirely: #Trump appears to be trying to move assets out of her reach.
Dennis Fan, a sr assistant solicitor general at AG’s office, alerted appellate judges at the state’s First Judicial Department that Trump has sneakily relocated business entities from #NewYork to #Florida. #legal
A proposed amendment to enshrine access to #abortion in #Florida's constitution moved one step closer to appearing on the November 2024 ballot after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates surpassed the required number of validated signatures.
”Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in #Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” #LGBTQ
‘We’ll never be done’: The growing challenge to remove thousands of car tires from ocean floor (www.sun-sentinel.com)
Officials for years have been cleaning up hundreds of thousands of tires from the ocean floor off Broward, removing what was once meant to create a fish habitat but turned out to be an environmenta…