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Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 race, says voters 'want to give Trump another chance'
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Supporters of Nikki Haley react to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leaving the 2024 presidential race. tinyurl.com/43b4hedf
Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 race, says voters 'want to give Trump another chance'
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Quick Glance: Donald Trump's Confusion in New Hampshire
- The New Hampshire primary, similar to the Iowa caucuses, lacked real competition.
- Trump confused his Republican primary opponent Nikki Haley with former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- Haley expressed concern over Trump's cognitive ability to hold the presidency.
- Trump displayed erratic behavior by repetitively telling the same stories and statements without awareness.
Students threaten to sue DeSantis over rejection of AP course on African American studies
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Quick Glance: DeSantis claims that an AP African-American studies class was "pushing an agenda."
- Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that his administration will reject a new Advanced Placement course on African-American studies for high school students because some of the topics attempted to use Black history to advance a political agenda.
- "Now who would say that an important part of Black history is queer theory?
- That is somebody pushing an agenda on our kids,"According to DeSantis.
- "We want to do history," he said, noting that he considers Black history to be American history.
- Legislators of color, including state Sen.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration rejects African American AP course: The state Department of Education claims it does not comply with Florida law.
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Quick Glance: Outrage Grows After Florida Denies AP African-American Studies Course
- When asked if DeSantis' efforts to prohibit classroom discussions about race have affected how he teaches, he said, " I can never stop the conversations they're having with each other, but I stick to the Florida state standards for African American history and other social studies standards that are integrated within the course, and that's just the route we go."
- Although neither the College Board nor the Florida DOE would release the details of what had irked the DeSantis administration, one right-wing outlet, the National Review, claimed to have obtained a copy of the curriculum and blamed the course for teaching Critical Race Theory.
Florida Judge Says Gov. Ron DeSantis' 'Stop Woke' Law Is Unconstitutional: Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said that the act violates the First ...
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Quick Glance: DeSantis' election police unit announces cases of voter fraud
- Ron DeSantis announced criminal charges against 20 people on Thursday for voting illegally in 2020, the first big public step by the Republican's controversial new election enforcement team.
- DeSantis has already lauded Florida for conducting a smooth 2020 election.
- More voting fraud charges, according to Peter Antonacci, a former Broward County Supervisor of Elections appointed by DeSantis to run the election police squad.
- "Everyone wants elections to be secure, but Ron DeSantis, who has never refuted Donald Trump's Big Lie," she continued, "is the last person we can trust with 'election police.'"
Teacher reflects on teaching AP African American Studies for 1st time: The College Board has launched an AP African American Studies course. Marlon ...
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Conservatives take aim at tenure for university professors: MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory ...
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Florida law limiting LGBTQ discussions takes effect — and rocks schools: The White House said the Education Department would welcome civil rights challenges to ...
washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/01/dont-say-gay-florida-law/
Is This the Earliest “Campaign Reboot” Ever?: All while Trump is trying to kill DeSantis with ads about pudding fingers.
slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-reboot.html
Quick Glance: Ann Coulter Issues a Two-Word Warning Regarding Ron DeSantis' Abortion Ban
- Republicans' efforts to significantly restrict or outright outlaw abortion access have been met with strong opposition from voters across the country.
- Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit, was less than thrilled with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' signature of legislation prohibiting abortion beyond six weeks in the state.
- According to polls, a majority of Floridians oppose an abortion ban.
- According to a survey performed last February by the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida, 57 percent of Florida voters opposed a previous bill that limited access to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
DeSantis’ Culture Warrior: ‘We Are Now Over the Walls’ : In Chris Rufo, the Florida governor has found a useful weapon for the multi-front culture war he hopes ...
politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/24/chris-rufo-desantis-anti-woke-00088578
Quick Glance: Disney uses a royal family clause to thwart Ron DeSantis' Florida power play.
- DeSantis also proposed renaming the area the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and establishing a new board of supervisors to oversee it.
- Florida lawmakers have objected to the new agreement, vowing to find a legal way to repeal or void it.
- "All agreements signed between Disney and the District were appropriate, and were discussed and approved in open, noticed public forums in compliance with Florida's Government in the Sunshine law," The Walt Disney World Resort said in a statement.
- The Florida Legislature established it so that Disney could build the infrastructure for Walt Disney World at no cost to Florida taxpayers.
USF faculty condemns bills to alter Florida higher education: ‘Just baffling’: A survey found 86% of faculty have concerns about the legislation.
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Ron DeSantis vs. the College Board?: The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
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What DeSantis is doing to Florida schools, explained: From book bans to a hostile campus takeover, here’s a rundown of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s conservative ...
vox.com/policy-and-politics/23593369/ron-desantis-florida-schools-higher-education-woke
What is critical race theory?: And why are some American politicians trying to ban it from schools?
economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/07/01/what-is-critical-race-theory
Vice President Harris: Florida leaders ‘extremist’ for banning AP African American studies course
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Paid articlePaid Watch live: DeSantis to begin 2nd term with eyes on 2024 presidential race: Gov. Ron DeSantis will be sworn in for a second term in Tallahassee on Tuesday ...
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The Professors Silenced by Florida’s Individual Freedom Act: Governor Ron DeSantis’s anti-critical-race-theory legislation is already changing how professors in ...
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/ron-desantis-florida-critical-race-theory-professors/672507/
Florida voters ate up his war on ‘woke.’ DeSantis 2.0 will unleash even more | Opinion
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Judge blocks DeSantis law on barring 'woke' education in Florida: A judge in Florida blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts certain race-based ...
torontosun.com/news/world/judge-blocks-desantis-law-on-barring-woke-education-in-florida
Ron DeSantis Is Enabling the Speech Police: Someday, progressives may be in a position to abuse a new Florida law.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/ron-desantis-individual-freedom-act-free-speech/672211/
African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It's More Important Than Ever
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Studying race theory doesn’t mean embracing it | Letters to the editor - South Florida Sun Sentinel
sun-sentinel.com/opinion/letters/fl-op-letters-study-critical-race-theory-20210920-wgapzy36hfcbzjyajaspipi3pe-story.html
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