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For those of you out there who have gotten so dejected with #Florida and #RedState politics ruining the U.S.A. that you wanted to kick us out, here is your joyful reminder that there are good people doing the work. Today I went and took pictures after a peaceful protest that saw 3 blocks of Central Avenue in St. Petersburg centered on a pride rainbow painted intersection chalked with more rainbows and retribution for DeSantis and Trump than one could count.

On Friday, on my way home from work, the Florida Department of Transportation was surrounded by cops as they painted over an artistic, apolitical mural at an intersection adjacent to our campus. I rolled down the window, gave a thumbs down, and booed. The police wished me a nice weekend. Later, two reverends were arrested for kneeling and praying on a Black Lives Matter mural across town that the governor had ordered painted over. I posted on Next Door. My suspicions that most are not ready to rise up to this moment were corroborated by the myriad responses cheering on a rogue government preventing speech in small communities.

#USPol
#FloridaFascism
#DeSantis
#StreetArt
#RadicalGraffiti
#protest

Low horizontal photo of a Pride Rainbow painted intersection surrounded by sidewalks that have hundreds of chalked images and messages of solidarity against hate.

Chalked up sidewalk in the foreground is speckled with shade from live oak branches. Immediately in foreground, there is the shortened name of our city, St. Pete, in rainbow letters. Hundreds of other words and images cover the sidewalk. A burgundy sedan passes from top left to middle rich in the image, having just passed through the rainbow painted intersection in the background. People are gathered on two of the corners.

Chalked messages cover a sidewalk. In the middle, "RESIST" is written in capital rainbow letters. Some sidewalk squares are completely colored. A crosswalk is in the background, down the street three blocks from the rainbow painted intersection we were protecting today.

Chalked sidewalk squares in the foreground lead to a crosswalk in the background. Images on the sidewalk include a trans explicatory colored fist surrounded by a rainbow, an eye surrounded by a rainbow, a USian flag surrounded by a heart above many hands of different rainbow colors. In the foreground there is a cut off message to DeSantis. It was likely not kind.

State Lawyer Quits Over Ron DeSantis’s Unconstitutional Attacks on Abortion Amendment

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/21/florida-desantis-abortion-amendment-lawyer-quits/

#VoteYesOnAmendment4Florida #FloridaFascism #LegalizeAbortion #ReproductiveFreedom #ProChoice

Is Ron DeSantis secretly preparing an effort to block Florida's abortion measure?

A Friday night report alleging fraud in the Amendment 4 petition-circulation process sparks concerns about how the anti-democratic governor will respond.
#reproductiverights
#floridafascism #FloridaPolitics #RonDeathsantiscorruption https://www.lawdork.com/p/is-ron-desantis-secretly-preparing

FCC chair smacks down Ron DeSantis’ 'dangerous' attempt to censor pro-choice ad

#FascistRonDeathSantis #FloridaPolitics #floridafascism #reproductiverights #voteharriswalztosavedemocracy
https://www.alternet.org/desantis-pro-choice-ad/

Ron DeSantis So Proud Of Jackbooted Thugs Harassing Innocent Abortion Amendment Supporters

https://www.wonkette.com/p/ron-desantis-so-proud-of-jackbooted?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

#LegalizeAbortion #ReproductiveFreedom #ProChoice #FloridaFascism #DeSantisMustGo

#DeSantis thinks he can make #climateChange disappear if he mandates that #textbooks delete any mention of it. Once again I ask, why would any company hire people from #Florida? Businesses want smart, #educated employees who understand important issues, and can take them into account when creating solutions. Florida students are receiving a censored education without the topics that are relevant to the present and future.

#FloridaFascism #DeSantisDystpoia #VoteBlue

https://www.latintimes.com/florida-officials-demand-removal-references-climate-change-before-they-can-accepted-use-556237

#ViewpointDiscrimination is now the default policy in #Florida. These #fascists are now just banning every book they don't personally like, regardless of whether the content is legitimately objectionable. Make no mistake, this is #totalitarianism.

#bookBans #FloridaFascism #DeSantisDystpoia #RonDeSantisIsANazi #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024 #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/06/rightwing-mom-was-so-outraged-by-this-book-about-book-banning-that-she-got-it-banned-from-school/

The #DOJ needs to immediately open an investigation into the #antiConstitutional and unlawful practices of #Florida's #education department. The #FirstAmendment, and governing legal precedent clearly prohibit the intermingling of #religion and state, and the imposition of religious views on the captive student audience in our #publicSchools. #DeSantis wants to turn Florida into a #Christofascist #theocracy, and the DOJ must stop him.

#FloridaFascism #DeSantisDystpoia

https://www.rawstory.com/christian-nationalism-2668377519-2668377519

Overt, institutional #antisemitism in #Florida?? Get right out of town! Not Florida—that bastion of Constitutional #freedom, and champion of #religiousLiberty! I am shocked!

#FloridaFascism #DeSantisDystpoia #RonDeSantisIsANazi #FloridaNazis #antisemiticBigotry #BecauseFlorida

https://www.christianpost.com/news/jewish-family-claims-antisemitic-harassment-by-hoa-in-lawsuit.html

This is happening because #Christians are afraid they are losing #culturalDominance and they want to either #evangelize to #nonChristian #students or drill it into their heads that they are second-class citizens in this country, thereby making it easier for those like #DeSantis to force their #religion on them in other ways.

#FloridaFascism #Christofascists #ChristianNationalism #religionOfHate #ChristianIdiocy #UnderHisEye #Gilead #FirstAmendment #ReligiousFreedom

https://www.wonkette.com/p/ron-desantis-thinks-his-new-plan

“Despite #DeSantis’ contempt for #religiousLiberty, the #Constitution guarantees our equal treatment under the law, and DeSantis is not at liberty to amend the Constitution by fiat, at whim. He just invited #Satanic #chaplains into #publicSchools, whether he likes it or not.” ~#LucienGreaves, co-founder of the #SatanicTemple

#FloridaFascism #Florida #GOPfascists #DeSantisDystpoia #FireRonDeSantis #DeSantisTheFascist #FFRF #FirstAmendment #ReligiousFreedom

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2971526/desantis-tussles-satanic-temple-school-chaplain-bill/

If the law says #civilians can’t record an officer while they’re in the line of duty, and they also can’t challenge #police departments on what their officers do while they’re in the line of duty, then what power at all does a citizen have to protect themselves from #policeMisconduct?

#RonDeSantis #Florida #FloridaFascism #policeState #corruptCops #FireRonDeSantis #DeSantisDystpoia #DeSantisIsADangertotheWorld #RonDeSantisIsANazi #PoliceOversightCommittee

https://newsone.com/5165731/gov-ron-desantis-signs-bill-protecting-florida-police-officers-from-civilian-oversight-committees/

#Transphobic #Republicans continue to pretend there are legions of trans people who regret transitioning. In reality less than 1% of trans people who have transitioned indicate a desire to detransition. But Republicans have to keep telling this brazen lie to justify the intentionally discriminatory, #unconstitutional, #antitrans laws they crave.

#GOPfascists #GOPLies #RepublicansAreTheProblem #FloridaFascism #LGBTQ #transrights

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/23/bill-on-ids-insurance-for-trans-people-moves-in-florida-house/72311150007/

#QueerNewsTonight

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ #FloridaFascism #Fascism #USAShitShow
New #FloridaBill Could Effectively End All Legal Recognition Of #TransPeople 🏳️‍⚧️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y95oEvT4dHY

U.S. District Judge #RobertHinkle said that he thinks the #DeSantis #antiTrans law isn’t about preventing mutilation but about preventing trans youth from obtaining health care. That’s a pretty strong signal that DeSantis is about to get handed a defeat by the court.

#LGBTQ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FloridaFascism

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/court-sees-through-ron-desantis-lies-behind-his-law-banning-medical-care-for-trans-youth/

Ron #DeSantis is a #Republican #fascist who is taking credit for the accomplishments of Joe #Biden. Maybe if he had actually done the job he was elected to do he might have some accomplishments of his own that he could brag about, but this is just #pathetic. They attack #Democrats and their #policies, then they take credit for those policies when they need something to talk about.

#GOPfascists #GOPLies #RepublicansAreTheProblem #FloridaFascism

https://www.intomore.com/impact/politics/ron-dont-say-gay-desantis-mocked-for-touting-his-supposed-latest-achievement/

Innocent people convicted of crimes they didn't commit may have, while imprisoned, developed skills there which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit. They were also well taken care of by their jailers, fed, clothed, and sheltered better than they may have otherwise, and allowed many comforts provided free to them.
#DeSantis
#floridafascism

"The ethics of what we were reporting, we knew the numbers were bad,” a former #FDLE employee told #NBCNews. “We foot-stomped it to leadership over and over again; they did not care. They did not care.”

Each of the former FLDE employees said there was a pervasive sense among agency staff that the numbers needed to say what their leadership wanted — and those demands were coming from the #governor’s office for #political reasons.

#DeSantis #corruption #floridafascism

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-florida-law-enforcement-crime-50-percent-low-rcna105091