In case you missed it, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, as part of a political stunt, just put a group of Venezuelan migrants on a plane and sent them to Martha’s Vineyard. Here is CNN: Two planes carrying migrants were sent by Florida...
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It’s Ron DeSantis vs. Charlie Crist in Florida
I will be keeping an eye on this race. Here is NPR: Democrat and longtime politician Charlie Crist has won the primary for governor in Florida and will face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November, according to a race call...
What is the deadliest road in America?
Over at VOX, Marin Cogan has a piece on the deadliest road in the United States. It is located in Florida. Cogan writes: “Out of the 60 hot spots they identified as having a high number of deaths, seven of them...
Florida is becoming an abortion destination state
Florida right-wing governor Ron DeSantis and the conservatives in the state legislature have not yet blocked abortion in the state. According to Manuel Bojorquez’s piece at CBS News, women are flocking to Florida to have the procedure done. Here is...
When you start banning books that are “objectionable” to parents, stuff like this is bound to happen.
A Florida man wants to ban the Bible from public schools. He wonders if Florida parents really want their kids exposed to rape, bestiality, cannibalism and infanticide. Psalm 137:9 says: “Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes...
What if Disney left Florida?
The governor of Colorado has rolled-out the red carpet for Disney. Here is Dana Milbank: Mickey Mouse needs a sanctuary city. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Hades) got his state legislature this week to abolish the favorable tax arrangement that brought Disney World to Orlando and...
What Florida history students may not learn if Gov. Ron DeSantis gets his way
Here is Gillian Brockell at The Washington Post: The Florida state legislature kicked off Black History Month by advancing bills that would allow parents to sue a school if any instruction caused students “discomfort, guilt or anguish.” The bills have...
The Author’s Corner with Brad Stoddard
Brad Stoddard is Associate Professor of History at McDaniel College. This interview is based on his new book, Spiritual Entrepreneurs: Florida’s Faith-Based Prisons and the Carceral State (University of North Carolina Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Spiritual...
Tweet of the day
From a Seminole County, Florida school board meeting: Based on what he says here, Michael Beck should be pro-choice on abortion, but something tells me he is not. Here is his entire speech. It picks up at the 1:48:10 mark:...
Florida history teacher: “I do not teach critical race theory”
Jessica Morey teaches African-American history, Advanced Placement U.S. history, A.P. U.S. government, and economics at St. Francis Catholic High School in Gainesville, Florida. She says she does not teach critical race theory. In a recent piece at The Gainesville Sun,...
Val Demings (D-Fla.) is planning a run against Marco Rubio
Demings was a House manager in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial and was on Joe Biden’s vice-presidential shortlist. Political scientists Ashley Daniels and Pearl Dowe think Demings has a chance of taking Rubio’s Senate seat if she can mobilize Black...
“You can repeal Obamacare from the comfort of your own home”: When the GOP encouraged its members to vote by mail
I found Amy Gardner’s piece at The Washington Post through Tom Sullivan’s post at Hullabaloo. There was once a time when the GOP loved mail-in voting. No more. Here is Gardner: Republican operatives worth their salt remember well the Sunshine...
Video of the Day
Cocoa Beach, Florida:...
Is Florida congressman Matt Gaetz going to Newsmax?
I’ve always thought he was more suited to be an opinion host on right-wing cable than a congressman. Here is Axios: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has privately told confidants he’s seriously considering not seeking re-election and possibly leaving Congress early...
The worst moment of Election Day violence in American history
It happened 100 years ago today in Ocoee, Florida. Here is Gillian Brockell at The Washington Post: There are at least 129 accounts of what happened that day in Ocoee, and they vary wildly. Some said the attack was a...
Are you serious Marco Rubio?
I used to think this was the worst Marco Rubio video: But did you see this clip from a Rubio pro-Trump speech on Sunday night?:...
Lara Trump and the court evangelicals try to win voters in Florida
Last night Lara Trump, the wife of Donald Trump’s son Eric, spoke to an “Evangelicals for Trump” rally in Pensacola, Florida. The event was followed by a “town hall event” that included court evangelicals Paula White, Jentezen Franklin, Tony Suarez,...
Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida Cuts the Positions of 34 Professors
It’s happening. Small colleges, many of them Christian colleges, are making significant cuts in order to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Southeastern University is the largest Assembly of God educational institution in the United States. According to the school’s Wikipedia...
Trump’s Choice of Church for His “Evangelicals for Trump” Rally Today
As we have discussed a few times already here at the blog, Trump will be speaking at a big “Evangelicals for Trump” rally later today in Miami. The event will take place at the King Jesus Ministry Church, evangelical megachurch. ...
Why a Florida County Public Library Will Not Be Subscribing to *The New York Times*
The librarians of Citrus County, Florida wanted to buy a digital subscription to The New York Times, but the country commission will not let them do it because, as everyone knows, The New York Times is “fake news.” Yes, this is a...