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US Army Veteran, Retired IT Professional, and Apistevist. He/Him. Reads and speaks German πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ but can't write it well.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration and the GOP-led legislature are working to expand the reach of the so-called "Don't Say Gay" law.

DeSantis expanding Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law was always the plan https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/desantis-florida-expanding-dont-say-gay-law-rcna76136

America’s queerest fast-food chain, Hamburger Mary’s, is suing Ron DeSantis for his attacks on drag shows in Florida.

Hamburger Mary's sues Ron DeSantis over Florida drag ban https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/ron-desantis-hamburger-marys-florida/

β€œThis Is A Battle To The Death”

Following former Trump’s indictment, Rumble promoted videos of right-wing pundits and QAnon figures pushing civil war rhetoric on its β€œBattle Leaderboard Top 50.”

On Rumble’s leaderboard, right-wing pundits and QAnon figures are agitating for civil war after Trump’s indictment | Media Matters for America https://www.mediamatters.org/rumble/rumbles-leaderboard-right-wing-pundits-and-qanon-figures-are-agitating-civil-war-after

Better known as the β€œStop WOKE Act,” the measure placed restrictions on the teaching of concepts involving race and gender in higher education.

11th Circuit panel won't lift injunction on provisions of Florida law restricting university instruction | Florida Record https://flarecord.com/stories/640321818-11th-circuit-panel-won-t-lift-injunction-on-provisions-of-florida-law-restricting-university-instruction

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My grandma used to say, "It's only a joke when we *all* laugh." And I don't find this funny, either.

"Shows like 60 Minutes don’t translate to the modern context. There was a time when Congressmen would have been ashamed to repeat scurrilous charges on national TV...But the MTGs/Trumps have no shame."

’60 Minutes’ Past its Prime – Outside the Beltway https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/60-minutes-past-its-prime/

How will teachers explain β€œadultery” to 5-year-olds? Who knows. But there is a loophole.

Texas bills would force classrooms to display the Ten Commandments (KJV edition) https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/texas-bills-would-force-classrooms

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Not only that, but how is a chaplain qualified to advise students academically?

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"A school district may employ a chaplain instead of a school counselor," reads SB 763

Texas lawmakers want to replace trained school counselors with untrained chaplains https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/texas-lawmakers-want-to-replace-trained