SamCBorn
Brendan NyhanA politician using state power to try to control what is taught in higher education - what would you say if you saw it in another country? https://twitter.com/jdmortenson/status/1628984073128448002?s=20
don albertson@brendannyhan I'd say that other country is just like our Republicans.
@dga12 @brendannyhan they wouldn’t be calling it “freedom.”
Sam Oldman 🐀@brendannyhan I am seeing it happen in another country –. yours.
2xfo
True Slicky@brendannyhan So glad Gov. DeSantis is around to let us know what can / can't be cancelled.
History Departments at Colleges & Universities? Cancelled
21nfreedman@brendannyhan we did see it happen, Germany beginning in the 1930’s. 🤨🤨🤨
@brendannyhan If you're banning history, you're on the wrong side of it.
@brendannyhan if the feds weren't busy hanging out at every social media office TALKING WITH YOU online, they might have time to investigate him.
There is no doubt he is breaking federal laws by undermining education imo, and there certainly is probably cause, but they have their PRIORITIES
There is no doubt he is breaking federal laws by undermining education imo, and there certainly is probably cause, but they have their PRIORITIES
jmht@brendannyhan Probably the same as I say now.. it's autocratic - and socialist ("public" control of production). And it's totally on message for DeSantis and the neoconservatives.
Darwin Woodka@jmht @brendannyhan Nah socialism means the workers own the means of production, not the government.
Locksmith@brendannyhan In all current socialist states, as you know, the government is the "workers". Even in the US, the government *is* the people.
f*cking b*tch club@brendannyhan I hope someone is covering the resistance to these measures. I’m sure not all teachers are on board.
@brendannyhan I would say it's fascism and I'll say it about this country too. DeSantis is a fascist and the GOP is FULL of fascists.
Sterling Hammer 
@brendannyhan straight up fascism. Textbook even, ironically.
Rox yells @the voidNot anymore, those have all been banned. *ba dum dum hiss*
LouD@brendannyhan
The beginning of a dictatorship. I have said it before and I will say it again, this sure does look like the beginning of Gilead.
The beginning of a dictatorship. I have said it before and I will say it again, this sure does look like the beginning of Gilead.
f00f/eris/continuum/etc@brendannyhan the people who support this bill definitely would support it in other countries
sadly, most Americans seem to only oppose authoritarianism when the authoritarians forbid things they care about.
@brendannyhan dictatorship. Banana republic. Third world country.
And here we are.
And here we are.
Lilyshome@brendannyhan DeSantis is a Fascist. Exactly how many hate bills does he have to further to convince Floridians that they are doomed?
gavinisdie 
@artesianspring @brendannyhan probably a bill that would restrict floridian's movement throughout the US
Tylor Sweeney@brendannyhan @Gargron absolutely heartbreaking just how much he is destroying Florida’s education system from Kindergarten all the way up to secondary and post-secondary education.
Savera@brendannyhan this, dear citizens, is a trend that’s here to stay for a while. We can only hope Canada will step in and offer some sort of “you can stay here while contributing your skills and money” policy.
Drtuck@brendannyhan taxpayers are going to be in the hook in ways they have never imagined. The costs will be astronomical to dismantle, rebuild, dismantle and then restore competitive public education in the state of Florida. Seniors will have a disproportionate share of the costs. DESantis wants to keep you all poor, dumb and distracted while he robs you blind.
Big Head Tales
mlem@brendannyhan Is it too late to sink Florida?
mc_lewis@brendannyhan See https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/athabasca-university-board-fires-president-who-fought-alberta-government-on-staff-relocations-1.6734249 Blatant political interference also
Athabasca University board fires president who fought Alberta government on staff relocations | CBC News
Peter Scott, the Athabasca University president who openly defied the province’s direction to drop the institution’s move to virtual operations, was fired by the school’s board of governors Wednesday.
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Ross Greensill@brendannyhan
I'm Australian and not overly familiar with US pol systems. Are any Florida (or Fed) Republicans standing up to this guy. This is bizarre .... and dangerous.
I'm Australian and not overly familiar with US pol systems. Are any Florida (or Fed) Republicans standing up to this guy. This is bizarre .... and dangerous.
Nathan Kalmoe@brendannyhan Will teachers be able to discuss the 13th, 14th, 15th, & 19th Amendments of the Constitution, or are those banned too?
@NathanKalmoe @brendannyhan too disturbing, even worse than an active shooter
ニルス・スキニール@brendannyhan The US would sanction it, unless it was a fascist or monarchist state.
gladiola@brendannyhan The removals also appear significant. By removing directives to engage the public, it goes against Cardinal Newman's "Idea of a University" from the Victorian era. It's really regressive. It's not clear what would come of it; it would likely make the state taxpayer not an injured party of a loss of services.
By removing an obligation to intellectually advise government officials, it would likely make the state itself not an injured party from further truncations. That's besides the damage it would do by not providing the advice. One area where university advice greatly helps people: agriculture.
They're setting up to shut down their state schools with these removals. The obligations removed would dampen legal challenges by creating a situation that would make it harder to show injury or loss. This would make it easier to defend against legal challenges by having rulings thrown out as a matter of procedure due to lack of standing.
@brendannyhan "Looking like 1939 around here," would be about what I would say. Pretty much wrecks Florida with fascism.
JoeStewart@brendannyhan
I do not understand how he was re-elected with a landslide - I mean he obliterated the Dem candidate.
I do not understand how he was re-elected with a landslide - I mean he obliterated the Dem candidate.
William Fonseca 🌲🌲@brendannyhan Imagine If this was occurred in North Korea
LG Media@brendannyhan looks like #DeSantisDictatorship is aligning with North Korea policy.
EarthlingThis is deSatan's test run for 2024. If he succeeds in Florida, this could bring a lot of donor money, endorsements and finally the GOP nomination.
But it is also a test for Democrats to show that they can fight back against advancing fascism, because in 2024 there will be probably a lot more GOP fascist attacks on democracy in many states.
Aaron S. Veenstra@brendannyhan May not "espouse...equality" but must base history curriculum on a document that famously declares us all to have been "created equal."
Just Darby@brendannyhan - They’ve moved on from CRT. At least critical race theory sounded scary/negative. How do you decide that three positive concepts - diversity, equity and inclusion are somehow a communist plot?
marktaylor@brendannyhan Yes. Keep all the Republican loonies in Florida.
Peter Koopman 🦣@brendannyhan
Why are you still acting surprised? You live in a country that voted for Trump as president.
Why are you still acting surprised? You live in a country that voted for Trump as president.
Chris Beach@brendannyhan this concept of “equity” is 100% political programming.
Teach equality, not equity.
No child should be endoctrinated into Marxism, or any other extreme form of political ideology.