"Preposterous in an ethical society, but we’re actually not that anymore here in the land of feverish #Trump idolatry a la Fidel #Castro in 1959. The American right-wing caudillo, who tried to derail democracy and took off with secret military documents he shared and hid from the FBI, can do no wrong."
First and most importantly, because it's accurate.
But nearly as important is the recognition that a huge part of the Spanish speaking community is more interested in Spanish speaking dictators than ones who speak Russian, Hungarian or even German.
And the GOP knows this! The GOP has successfully convinced a lot of people that the Democrats are the ones like Castro and Chavez. Many people here lived nightmares under these men and the GOP constantly tells them the Democrats are them.
The folks DeSantis crushed on his road to nowhere (Will Bunch Newsletter)
“DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign will be remembered as nothing more than a punchline. But the American carnage he imposed on everyday people to make himself feel big will stain the red clay of the Florida peninsula for many years to come.”
People living in the US, if you live in a "red" state be hyper vigilant. Your state legislature might try to shove through a complete rewrite of your state constitution on your 2024 ballot and write it in a way makes you think it's a good thing!
The Florida Legislature is proposing rewriting our constitution because pesky judges keep throwing out their federally and locally unconstitutional laws. Oh and they really don't like for citizens to be able to form their own ballot initiatives to amend our constitution. Ohio knows what I'm talking about.
“#Florida Republicans have hit dozens of voter registration groups with thousands of dollars of fines, the latest salvo in an alarming crackdown on voting in the state led by Governor Ron DeSantis,” The Guardian reports.
Republican lobbyist Chris Dorworth’s “attempt to sue the young woman at the center of the Matt Gaetz underage sex trafficking scandal has backfired … , with the woman filing a response that repeatedly accuses the lobbyist of raping her.” 7/8/23
The #Everglades put on a show, last night. A thunderhead drifted south and caught the sun over the cypress. This is about 10 photos, all stitched into one to maintain the scale of the sawgrass prairie, the trees and the sky, beyond it. #FindYourPark
Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 and older, arguing a ball…
See the long list of local renter-protection laws likely to be dissolved if Ron DeSantis decides to let a controversial, landlord-backed bill go into effect.
At least four Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to travel to Philadelphia later this month to speak at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a Florida-based nonprofit that didn&#…
The federal charges against former President Donald Trump over classified documents have propelled the city of Miami to the center of a storyline that had been thought to be unfolding in Washington.
Hundreds of people turned out for a town hall meeting on school safety hosted by the Broward County school district on Monday. The vast majority of speakers railed against a plan to require students to use clear backpacks — a proposal which now may be scrapped.
Francis Suarez, Miami’s second-term mayor, has filed papers to run in the Republican presidential primary, casting himself as a conservative problem solver as he faces an FBI probe over payments from a developer seeking help from the city.
A judge has put on hold key parts of a lawsuit filed by Florida against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after the federal agency said it expects to make a decision by Oct. 31 on the state’s …
