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[News] Pence Stuns CNN Anchor With Nonchalance About ‘Dangerous’ MAGA Voters ( www.thedailybeast.com )

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GOP lawmakers predict ‘fistfight’ between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert ( www.independent.co.uk )

Tension between the two congresswomen has been rising in recent weeks

Panicked Trump Wants Georgia Evidence Tossed to Stop Third Indictment ( newrepublic.com )

Trump is doing everything he can to stop the investigation into his efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.

DOJ Finally Abandons Trump in E. Jean Carroll Rape Defamation Case ( www.thedailybeast.com )

The Department of Justice said Tuesday it was abandoning the defense of Trump in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.

State laws targeting LGBTQ rights have a new foe: federal judges ( www.nbcnews.com )

A record number of bills aimed at restricting the rights of the LGBTQ community have become law in the past three years, but the majority of those that have faced legal challenges haven’t held up in court, according to an NBC News analysis, legal experts and the American Civil Liberties Union, which has filed legal challenges...

Ron DeSantis' presidential bid is giving life to a struggling Florida Democratic Party ( www.nbcnews.com )

The Florida governor's inability to close the gap in the polls against Donald Trump has breathed new life into a party that has been stuck in the political wilderness.

Column: Bidenomics has been a boon for working class voters. Why don’t they give him credit? ( www.latimes.com )

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acronymesis , 1 year ago

OP wants criticisms backed up with "facts and citations" (though I'm sure actual facts will be conveniently ignored), so please allow me!

Ron DeSantis is a fascist, full stop.

Early Signs of Fascism

Credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: https://news.yahoo.com/sc-campaign-stop-ron-desantis-235300263.html

Disdain for Human Rights: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/15/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard

Identification of Enemies as a Unifying Cause: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/04/desantis-republicans-woke-big-business-war/10947073002/

Supremacy of the Military: https://thebradentontimes.com/house-seeks-to-expand-desantis's-state-guard-p26177-158.htm

Rampant Sexism: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/politics/desantis-signs-anti-trans-bill/index.html

Controlled Mass Media: https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-book-bans-libraries-republicans-9f3c944117e58bb5a3e4c9fef0d3b0e0

Obsession with National Security: https://apnews.com/article/florida-texas-national-guard-desantis-986db9ff82c92e49890173ab4ba9da12

Religion and Government Intertwined: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/09/12/what-message-is-desantis-sending-with-religious-full-armor-of-god-rhetoric/

Corporate Power Protected (He's turned this one on it's head! Rather, it's stripping power from corporations who don't toe the line): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/28/florida-gov-ron-desantis-legal-feud-with-disney-world-explained/70361872007/

Labor Power Suppressed: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-anti-union-bill-into-law-calling-it-paycheck-protection-34156024

Disdain for Intellectuals and The Arts: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-05/florida-liberal-arts-college-gov-ron-desantis-wants-to-take-over

Obsession with Crime and Punishment: https://www.wesh.com/article/desantis-news-conference-monday/43753550

Rampant Cronyism & Corruption: https://www.aft.org/press-release/new-report-reveals-gov-desantis-role-florida-home-insurance-crisis-workers-and-allies

Fraudulent Elections (This is another one turned a bit sideways, if not on its head; prosecuting "fraudulent" voters who believed they were eligible to vote to deter others who might not be sure of their eligibility): https://www.aclufl.org/en/news/why-ron-desantis-voter-fraud-bust-already-falling-apart-court

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Trump Threatens to Appoint ‘Maybe Even Nine’ Supreme Court Justices if Elected ( www.rollingstone.com )

The ex-president praised the Supreme Court’s devastating decisions during a summit for Moms for Liberty — a right-wing, anti-government group — on Friday