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Alfamia Feb 10, 2023

@SaysDana Feb 10, 2023

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More cruelty out of Florida: The Florida state legislature just passed a bill that would allow Ron DeSantis to relocate migrants from ANY state — not just Florida. This is inhumane. This is evil. Don't ever think that Ron DeSantis is sane. He is Trump, but worse.

Alfamia Feb 3, 2023

Heidi Li Feldman Feb 3, 2023

This 5th Circuit ruling that history requires that domestic abusers get access to guns says the quiet part out loud: the current Supreme Court's jurisprudence pretty much says that every form of subordination and oppression that was permitted when a constitutional provision was adopted must be allowed today.
#LawFedi #Bruen #USvRahimi #Guns #Patriarchy #Misogyny #DomesticViolence #ViolenceAgainstWomen

Alfamia Jan 30, 2023

Judd Legum Jan 26, 2023

RT @[email protected]

1. Florida teachers are being told to remove all books from their classroom libraries OR FACE FELONY PROSECUTION

The new policy is based on the premise that teachers are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies.

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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1617518566953349120

Florida teachers told to remove books from classroom libraries or risk felony prosecution

Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other "unvetted" book — inaccessible to students, or risk felony prosecution. The new policy is part of an effort to comply with new laws and regulations championed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R). It is based on the premise, promoted by right-wing advocacy groups, that teachers and librarians are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies.

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Alfamia Jan 30, 2023

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Judd Legum Jan 26, 2023

2. First, Dr. Laurie Breslin, the head of curriculum for the school district, confirmed that all books in classroom libraries must be vetted before they can be made available to students.

She also confirmed the TEACHERS and LIBRARIANS have NO TIME to do this

So what happens?

Alfamia Jan 30, 2023

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Judd Legum Jan 26, 2023

3. The district is recruiting VOLUNTEERS to come into classrooms and review the teachers books.

Who is likely to volunteer? The same right-wing activists who are pushing the idea that teachers are using books to "groom" or indoctrinate students

Alfamia Jan 30, 2023

Democracy Docket Jan 26, 2023

State Supreme Court decisions are usually final, but that's not stopping North Carolina Republicans from asking their newly red state Supreme Court to rehear cases the GOP lost last term. Their intention is quite clear, @[email protected] argues.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-latest-gambit-from-north-carolina-republicans/

The Latest Gambit From North Carolina Republicans

From Marc | North Carolina’s Republican Legislature has never been shy about abusing its power to undermine free and fair elections.

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Alfamia Jan 30, 2023

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Judd Legum Jan 26, 2023

@[email protected] @[email protected] 7. Perhaps the most disingenuous part of the meeting is when another DeSantis-endorsed Manatee County school board member, Richard Tatem, suggested that teachers covering up their libraries was just an overreaction

Alfamia Jan 30, 2023

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Judd Legum Jan 26, 2023

@[email protected] @[email protected] 8. This week, teachers in Manatee county received messages from school principals stating: "Remove or cover all classroom libraries until all materials can be reviewed"

The teachers were doing exactly what they were instructed to do!

It was no an overreaction.

Alfamia Jan 30, 2023

Rick Hasen Jan 26, 2023

RT @[email protected]

Join @[email protected] Law professor @[email protected] tomorrow for a virtual conversation with Rachel Maddow. The event kicks off a semester-long series. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3kKkuA0

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/UCLA_Law/status/1618333027813171204

Safeguarding Democracy Project: Rachel Maddow opens spring events slate

The twin impacts of the 2022 elections and the work of the Jan. 6 committee in Congress continue to develop as the new year begins. In this dynamic atmosphere, UCLA School of Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project has assembled a slate of events for the spring semester, kicked off by a conversation with celebrated journalist Rachel Maddow on Jan. 26.

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Alfamia Jan 25, 2023

Cory Doctorow Jan 25, 2023

#Moderna is quadrupling the cost of #covid #vaccines, from $26/dose to $110-130. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel calls the price hike "consistent with the value" of the #MRNA vaccines. Moderna's manufacturing costs are $2.85/dose, for a 4,460% markup on every dose:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/moderna-may-match-pfizers-400-price-hike-on-covid-vaccines-report-says/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/24/nationalize-moderna/#herd-immunity

Moderna CEO: 400% price hike on COVID vaccine “consistent with the value”

Lawmakers have already called Pfizer's similar plan "pure and deadly greed."

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