"Texas delegates voted on a 2024 platform at the state’s GOP Convention on Saturday and aim to tally the votes by Wednesday to finalize their platform for the coming year. The proposal called for new legislation to solidify fetal personhood ideology into law, define abortion care as homicide and criminalize in vitro fertilization, first reported by feminist writer Jessica Valenti.”
@Jonathanglick@StillIRise1963 frankly, the cruise ship industry is one of the biggest threats to the environment. And it's essential to the economy here.
@StillIRise1963 Was the, "Mrs. Alito is too powerful to be controlled by a simple Supreme Court Justice" letter supposed to feed the narrative that the court is justified in controlling women's health?
“ 'The global orange juice industry is in crisis. The Florida industry has all but disappeared, and Brazilian groves are plagued by disease, rising costs, and unfavourable growing conditions, leaving global orange juice supplies at their lowest point in decades,' he said.”
In a civilized country, the city crew cutting down the giant tree in your yard would have said something to you. Knocked on the door. Asked if you needed to get out of the driveway or something. No words have been exchanged.
@StillIRise1963 Neither does the governor of Florida. Why elect leaders who will address a real environmental and economic crisis when you could have someone who will just distract you with manufactured culture war outrage instead?
@StillIRise1963 While DeSantis may not be up for re-election this year, Floridians may want to think about local elections and going for a US senator who will promote federal responses to this and their homeowners insurance crisis instead of attacking immigrants, librarians, and any regulation of the ghoulish health “care” industry that made him filthy rich.