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Holly Bullard

1 year

As Texans mobilize to fight against universal vouchers, let's take a look at how it's going here in Florida. HB1 (bill enacting universal vouchers) went into effect July 1, and schools started in early-to-mid August. It's been quite the rollercoaster!🧵👇

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

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Refusing to pay overtime is called wage theft and it’s a federal crime. Wantonly breaking the Federal Labor Standards Act is pretty much as anti-worker & anti-union as you can get. Looking at you @Teamsters

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Trump: I hated to pay overtime. I hated it. I shouldn't say this, but I wouldn't pay it

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Florida: where a bill criminalizing homelessness went into effect six days after a devastating hurricane made thousands homeless

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

It's happening already. UCF English department says their anti-racism statement violates state law, and it's suspended. Free state of Florida!

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@HollyBullardFL

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Remembering when our governor said insurers would return to Florida, just “knock on wood” we wouldn’t have any big storms in 2023 or 2024… great plan!

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

I had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction in 2020, because, cancer. I don’t want to overstep but I’m assuming Florida’s First Lady did too. HB1421 that passed today has this language that REALLY seems to ban insurance coverage of breast reconstruction after cancer.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 months

The National Weather Service telling Floridians to hide in our basements is quite something

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 months

If you’re angry about privatization of Florida’s public lands and parks, wait til I tell you about our public schools!

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

Half of Florida rn

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

The history of the Ocoee massacre is being distorted by these FL Dept of Ed rules. And it intentionally continues to memory-hole WHY the whites went on such a rampage in 1920. It was not 1 person voting. Have you EVER heard of The Florida Movement? No? That's purposeful. 🧵1/10

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

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“I said, ‘What I am mapping out here is too bad and too egregious and I can’t take this anymore.’” Florida Man of the Year James Gaddis, DEP whistleblower

SpearIt

@SpearIt

1 month

James Gaddis, a cartographer in the Florida DEP Office of Park Planning, leaked details on the state’s plans to add golf courses, pickleball courts and lodges at state parks says he was fired last week but doesn’t regret making the proposals public.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

@davidminpdx These people realize the fetus dies too in this instance right

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

There are 4,108 homes for sale in Broward County, Florida. There are 14,955 AirBnbs in Broward County, Florida.

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@texasrunnerDFW

1 year

There are 3,329 homes for sale in Austin There are 12,127 Airbnbs in Austin 🚨 DO YOU GET IT YET?🚨

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

Point is this: when the government targets marginalized communities it always, always, always affects the broader community, all of us. It diminishes all of us.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

There you have it. A strong majority of Florida voters—including 52% of registered Republicans, 59% of independents—think Florida lawmakers shouldn’t have extended K12 vouchers to the wealthiest Floridians.

Poll: Floridians sour on school voucher expansion

Sixty percent backed the status quo.

floridapolitics.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

SA Worrell was duly elected with 67% of the vote.

Orlando Sentinel

@orlandosentinel

1 year

Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell from office

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

8 days

Just a reminder that public school principals do not leave town in hurricanes—they’re at their school if it’s used as a public shelter. Because, public schools rock, actually.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

8 months

Geriatric millennials are having a NIGHT

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 months

Betty Osceola shares a strongly worded letter sent to DEP pointing out that the proposed golf courses would disturb several Native American burial grounds

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

For $676m, we could have given each public school teacher in Florida a $5,000 bonus. Instead we are giving $8,000 coupons to families for private school tuition they paid themselves last year. Our teachers are paid $51k on average btw, 48th in the nation

Florida Policy Institute

@FloridaPolicy

1 year

"...roughly 7 in 10 new scholarship awards are going to students already enrolled in private school, at what FPI estimates is a $676 million cost to the state. This is more than triple the initial estimate by the Florida House." Full statement 👇👇 #sayfie

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

8 months

Florida has the highest housing inflation and rent burden in the country, so of course the Legislature is about to criminalize homelessness

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

Dear Miamians: The DeSantis Admin just rejected $259 million in SNAP for low income families with school age children for this summer.

Because Miami

@BecauseMiami

9 months

WE’RE #1 : Miami is MOST EXPENSIVE U.S. city for groceries — costing $327.89 weekly! Also highest inflation rate (DOUBLE national average), least affordable housing market (80% of income spent on housing), and auto insurance (256% above national average) #BecauseMiami

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 month

This person is on New College’s board of trustees. Unbelievable. Can someone remind him that Florida, where the public college is that he purportedly serves, has the nation’s largest Haitian American community by far, w/deep roots here? This is flailing, desperate, gross behavior

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

Reminder: Florida is now the most regressive state in terms of tax code per ITEP. This means that for low income Floridians, it is absolutely not "tax free" to raise a child (there's more than just diapers to buy to raise a kid...)

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

So are any of our Florida or national press living here going to ask the question “holy crap why is our governor’s campaign sharing videos glorifying serial killer movie characters??”

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

This was it earlier today. They deleted it

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 months

Florida spent $4B on vouchers this year, in case you thought another state out did us

ProPublica

@propublica

2 months

Arizona’s school voucher experiment has led to a budget meltdown. The state this year faced a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of which was a result of the new voucher spending.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Just dropped my son off at his lovely daycare in Sarasota, and another mom was coming out from drop off with a literal Nazi shirt on. SS symbols, the eagle symbol, red & black. Unmistakable. She’s who is given comfort by state and local leaders who deride “diversity & inclusion”

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Something kind of incredible happened today in deep red Sarasota County (where i live)— the school board voted 3-2 for a superintendent who appears to want to do the job of supporting kids and not division. Cofounder of M4L in minority, lost.

Sarasota Schools

@sarasotaschools

1 year

The Sarasota County School Board has named Mr. Terrence Connor as our new Superintendent of Schools! Learn more

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

🚨 Vouchers in FL are being given to wealthy Florida families, and then money ran out, before they could pay out the vouchers for kids with disabilities who were already in the program. (I think it might be that they didn’t have enough in the bank for paying out 1st payments)

Rep. Allison Tant

@AllisonTantFL

1 year

@AngieNixon @StepUp4Students I'm hearing this as well a lot. Schools that can't make payroll will close. And one of my nearby schools told me that all but 2 of the yr students were prior Mc Kay scholarship kids (meaning kids w disabilities) and that new, wealthy families were approved before current ones.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

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@norm_clips @Martina @Teamsters As of 7/1/2024, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires most salaried workers who earn less than $43,888/yr to be paid overtime (thanks to Biden administration, who increased that salaried amount from Trump’s which he cut back to $35,568). Increases to $58k in ‘25. So, no.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

17 days

While FL’s insurance commissioner said somehow solar panels are a risk for homeowners (🙄) the opposite is true — in the wake of Helene, low income & older Georgians keep their AC & medical devices powered thanks Georgia BRIGHT, & IRA (Biden’s) Solar for All program

Capital Good Fund

@cgfund

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Georgia BRIGHT is about bringing the benefits of solar and storage--lower bills, cleaner air, resiliency--to the families that need it most. One of our first lessees, the Thomas Family, shared this powerful story about how their system helped them during #HurricaneHelene

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Florida is ranked 49th in access to mental healthcare by Mental Health America

Florida Politics

@Fla_Pol

1 year

. @RonDeSantis says Maine mass murder 'could be another example' of failed mental health system. But he doesn't blame the guns. Reporting by @AGGancarski #FlaPol

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

Reminder: Florida is still ranked 48th in average teacher pay.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

Creating a new entitlement for the wealthiest Floridians by giving $8,000 for every student in private schools is a fiscal time bomb for our state. We may have 'plenty of money!!' right now, but maybe talk to a legislator who had to cut BILLIONS in 2010-11.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

But when we come together across race, religion, gender— to knock down barriers for some— we ALL win.

Florida Policy Institute: The Florida Timeline

Learning from our policy past to shape our future.

www.youtube.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 month

Florida’s life expectancy fell fourth-fastest in the US in most recent CDC data; fastest by far of large states

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

5 months

85% of kids in Florida go to public school. Enough of this. Businesses who rely on an educated workforce—where are you!??? Speak up for our public schools! A future without public schools is a hollowed out society (and economy btw!!)

Florida Freedom to Read Project

@FLFreedomRead

5 months

Our Governor spoke at a Homeschool Conference held here in our state. He opened with this thought in support of school choice over sending your kids to public schools (which in the state of FL have been run by Rs for over 2 decades).

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

This is cool. Local teens here in Sarasota at Boys & Girls Club decided to focus their group project on the child labor protection rollback bill, HB 49. If you're a teen, or care about teens in FL, consider signing:"Petition: Let Kids be Kids. Stop HB49.

Have you seen this petition yet?

Let Kids be Kids. Stop HB49.

www.change.org

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Did you know if we did this, Social Security would be permanently solvent? That raising the retirement age while lifespans are falling in the US is NOT the only policy choice?

Senator Patty Murray

@PattyMurray

1 year

Did you know that billionaires are paying the same rate into Social Security as someone making $160,000 a year? It’s simple: if you have a higher income, you should chip in more—and that starts by making sure those at the very top finally pay their fair share.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

6 months

New College dropped by double digits in the US News rankings in the last year. Their president was awarded with over $1m in compensation, for a college with less than 800 students. Maybe this isn’t about “meritocracy” after all, folks

Craig Pittman

@craigtimes

6 months

New College of #Florida board approves $200k bonus for political hack who's already making a bigger salary than his predecessor who had actual higher ed experience. via @swalker_7

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

@justin_chermol @LLunaTrexing @MaElviraSalazar @CBSMiami Jim DeFede is a state treasure

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

In Florida, lawmakers are voting on a 6wk abortion ban Thur, while they have 22,500 people with severe disabilities on a waitlist (APD) for services for YEARS & YEARS. There's a record surplus -- they could fund entire list for $1.2 B.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

That’s right. Taxpayer money in Florida is being used to buy voucher families big screen TVs..and DISNEY tickets. Couldn’t make this up.

Florida school vouchers can pay for TVs, kayaks and theme parks. Is that OK?

A new list of allowable expenses for the publicly funded program is raising eyebrows.

www.tampabay.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 month

And which state has had the most people covered by Obamacare, by a mile? You guessed it. The Sunshine State. 6.7m Floridians have been covered at some point by Marketplace plans, more than 800k more than the 2nd place state, Texas.

Secretary Janet Yellen

@SecYellen

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I’m proud to share that nearly 50 million, or 1 in 7 U.S. residents, have been covered through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces over the last decade.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

“Holly Bullard, Chief Strategy Officer for the Florida Policy Institute, told Popular Information that the ‘real scandal’ is that, while DeSantis pumps billions into vouchers, Florida teachers are grossly underpaid compared to their counterparts in other states.”

Judd Legum

@JuddLegum

1 year

1. In March, @RonDeSantis signed a massive expansion of the state's school voucher program, including $8,000 vouchers for thousands of homeschoolers Now, parents are exploiting the program, using taxpayer dollars for Disney World passes, PS5s, & 55" TVs We have reciepts 🧾🧾🧾

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

5 months

Over half a million Florida kids and their parents HOPE to get access to health care back

Florida’s Voice

@FLVoiceNews

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WATCH: @CaseyDeSantis says "Hope Florida" program has worked with faith-based community to help Floridians get off welfare and public assistance, become more self sufficient and successful "We're the first state to do [this] [...] Can you help the single mom? She's having a hard

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

In Sarasota County where I live, hundreds of families will lose childcare because their commission chair is mad his wife’s nonprofit wasn’t recommended to be funded by an advisory committee. Really.

Craig Pittman

@craigtimes

1 year

#Florida county commission (whose members include state GOP chairman) votes to cut out funds for childcare, homeless services, Boys and Girls Clubs via @SaundraAmrhein

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

5 months

A federal judge just told the DeSantis administration that they have no right to go around a new law in order to kick kids off KidCare. Good. Now let’s get all those kids you kicked off their coverage BACK double down on the KidCare expansion implementation

Joan Alker

@JoanAlker1

5 months

BIG + GOOD news for kids: The federal judge in Tampa has DISMISSED the DeSantis Administration's case to bring down 12 months continuous eligibility for kids in CHIP‼️ The state was seeking to undermine this protection not just for kids in Florida but nationwide.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Sunday above the fold coverage. Vouchers in Florida pay for TVs, Disney ..

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

While using FL taxpayer money to pay for TVs, Disney tickets, etc, for private families w/ vouchers is upsetting— the REAL scandal is the juxtaposition of these recent headlines. Hundreds of thousands of kids are being cut from Medicaid. Meanwhile, $2B in NEW $ for vouchers.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

I was about to call my pediatrician today to get my 2 yo vaccinated Monday. This is a huge f-u to parents of small children in Florida. Can I drive to Georgia???

Miami Herald

@MiamiHerald

2 years

Every state but Florida pre-ordered COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Florida’s Rep Gaetz is demanding that low income schools get 80% federal cut, infants get nutrition cuts & much more OR he shuts down the government & Florida seniors will be delayed in getting SS checks, no one home at Medicare, etc.He wants to be our governor in 2026.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

10 months

This is a message to every person who has ever made a joke about Florida, or has counted us out as a state worth investing in… “it’s too big, too hard, too expensive.” A grassroots effort to get abortion on the ballot, led by Floridians and mostly FL $… just sent me this

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

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@BettyPFingal @HC_Richardson Excellent question. So in a recent US Supreme Court decision (called Grants Pass) they found that homelessness was not a protected class and that by and large, laws like HB 1365 can stand. Read more here

No Shelter Here: Florida’s New Anti-Vagrancy Law Misses the Point

Funding Housing First initiatives is the wiser and more forward-thinking approach.

www.floridapolicy.org

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

8 months

Today’s Editorial in the Orlando Sentinel. Florida’s children deserve so much more. The Legislature must prioritize education & protect them from employer exploitation.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

6 months

Average teacher pay in FL is now 50th in the nation. Last. (!!) While average starting pay is 16th. This is intentional - called pay compression - which any MBA will tell you pushes out seasoned employees,& which I wrote on & warned about here in 2019

DeSantis Announces Commitment to Teacher Raises — But Questions Remain About Veteran Teacher Pay

Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Monday that his budget proposal for the 2020-2021 fiscal year will include $603 million to raise the starting teacher salary across the state to $47,500.

www.floridapolicy.org

Andrew Spar

@andrewsparfea

6 months

Average teacher pay in Florida has fallen from 48th to 50th in the most recent NEA salary rankings released today. For all the patting on the back that the Gov and Commissioner do for increasing teacher pay, it’s clear the emperor has no clothes. Florida must do better.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

5 months

A state that is opting out of a child summer hunger program, suing the feds to kick kids off KidCare, and just shrugs when over 500k kids fall off Medicaid, is not pro-child. Proud to work with the folks quoted in this article to support our kids 💪

DeSantis' conservative policies may cause a season of shortage for Florida kids

About 2.1 million low-income Florida kids could’ve qualified for more than $250 million in federal aid. But the DeSantis administration said ‘no.’

www.tallahassee.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

4 months

I’m up for suggestions on how to keep people with AR-15s/ bump-stocked guns from entering my son’s daycare. I’m trying to find a solution that will *keep my son alive* that whackos can’t work around. I’m frustrated. Suggestions are welcome. #BanAssaultWeopons

Jimmy Patronis

@JimmyPatronis

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I’m up for suggestions on how to keep @tiktok_us off of my eldest son’s iPhone. I’m trying to find a solution that he can’t work around. I’m frustrated. Suggestions are welcome. #BanTikTok

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

10 months

the FL legislature is moving bills that allow 16-year-olds to 1) work up on a rooftop (SB460) and 2) overnight on a school night (HB49). Santa, they're trying to replace you

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

8 months

Do you know who DOES deserve a statue in every town and city and county in Florida? Sec. Jonathan Gibbs, the father of FL public education. Didn’t know that? Maybe ask yourself why. And what statues they’re debating instead.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

3 months

Someone who had a great mentor (who trained them to fill their spot and then made it happen) told me once their mentor told them “success without succession is failure in disguise” and I think on it daily

AshleyStevens

@The_Acumen

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If I speak my truth, y’all will not like it. I will say this, there is something deeply sinister about holding onto power until the day you die. Even if you think you’re doing good, why haven’t you trained up the generations behind you to take over so you could pass the baton?

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

only 19% of FL voters support main provisions in HB49, rolling back child labor protections. Yet today the senate companion was filed as well. Please @Disney @Target @Publix … pull your support for this toxic exploitative mess ..talk to your folks at @FloridaRetail @FRLAnews

Florida Politics

@Fla_Pol

9 months

Poll: 72% of Florida voters oppose bill loosening child labor protections Reporting by @JesseScheckner #FlaPol

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

….ANNNNND they removed the sentence saying it’s suspended!

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

10 months

@wtflanksteak Mr Bean so knows what’s up too

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@MoonshotErin Well our policy , many leaders yes but this state has 22m people, who I care a lot about . Just saying

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

Do Florida lawmakers not realize that the reason high school starts so early is because of money? It’s about using the same bus fleet for all the schools—are they doubling transpo $? (No)

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

2022: “The bill only says to third grade!! Read the bill!! It’s not for older kids. You didn’t read the bill..DEBATE ME” (I , in fact, read the bill)

Leslie Postal

@lesliepostal

1 year

About 27,000 FL teenagers took AP psych last year. But it looks like the class won't be an option this year. Florida bans AP psychology over gender identity, sexual orientation lessons, College Board says

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

🚨ICYMI The DeSantis Admin today sued the feds to overturn a new rule protecting kids from being kicked off KidCare for missing premium payments— risking a further delay in Florida’s KidCare expansion (& could affect all US CHIP programs). Only state to sue for this.

Florida Policy Institute

@FloridaPolicy

9 months

NEW: In a just-released statement, FPI CEO Sadaf Knight calls the state's lawsuit against CMS "a big step backward" after the recent expansion of FL's KidCare program. Full statement below 👇👇👇

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

11 months

Fun fact: Florida has long had more people on ACA Marketplace coverage (aka Obamacare) than any other state — and it ain’t close. Last year 3.2 million Floridians signed up, 1 in 5 in the nation on Marketplace coverage

WFLA NEWS

@WFLA

11 months

“We need to have a health care plan that works. ObamaCare hasn’t worked. We are going to replace and supersede with a better — better plan.” DeSantis says his health care plan would ‘supersede’ ObamaCare

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

6 months

"(DeSantis) just invited Satanic chaplains into public schools, whether he likes it or not.” -Lucien Greaves, co-founder of the Satanic Temple on Gov. DeSantis signing HB931

'Not a religion': Florida Gov. DeSantis signs school chaplain bill, says Satanists not welcome

Ron DeSantis just signed a bill allowing for Florida school chaplains. Satanists want to participate. DeSantis says no: "That is not a religion."

www.tallahassee.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 months

As a born and raised Floridian, the basement scenes in Home Alone FASCINATED me

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

@staceyeileen That’s an excellent question

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

11 months

Any other Floridians feeling extra chipper this morning?

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

6 months

In Florida, the state can sue your family in civil court even after you’re dead to recoup these “pay-to-stay (in prison)” fees

States Unfairly Burdening Incarcerated People With “Pay-to-Stay” Fees

www.rutgers.edu

Billy Binion

@billybinion

6 months

This story is bananas. Florida charges people $50 a day for their stay in prison. The state wants this woman to pay $127,000 because she was sentenced to 7 years—even though she only served 10 months. A perfect example of how the gov’t sets people up to fail upon release.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 years

Doesn’t feel like the Free State of Florida this morning

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@HollyBullardFL

1 year

not even 6 months ago, this person literally signed a 6-week ban (effectively a total ban) for Florida

DeSantis said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, after avoiding a direct answer for months

When Ron DeSantis said during last week’s Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, some anti-abortion activists called it the news they...

apnews.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

6 months

HOT TIP: If you find yourself defending going around federal rules to kick thousands of kids off healthcare by grousing about “personal responsibility,” you’re losing

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

8 months

Florida looking at MISSISSIPPI like….

Joan Alker

@JoanAlker1

8 months

Mississippi House passes Medicaid expansion 96-20! I've said it before -- all states will get there eventually. This isn't a partisan issue - its purely a fight between extremist R's and more reasonable R's. How long do you leave $ on the table + let your citizens get sicker?

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

3 years

Florida factoid of the day: did you know that our 1868 Constitution included free university for all? (This was our Reconstruction constitution; the 1885 snap-back-to-confederacy constitution axed it, of course)

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

23 days

Time for @NewCollegeofFL board of trustees to push him off. Do you really need this on top of all the other scandals you’re dealing with?

The Serfs

@theserfstv

25 days

Chris Rufo having been caught being registered on the Ashley Madison database is melting down and blocking anyone who debunks his lies

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@HollyBullardFL

6 months

Over 460k kids in FL have lost Medicaid in 1 year, & now the most sick kids are being pushed off, parents are desperate. Don't tell me "you care about babies" & then do this.

After losing Medicaid, parents of Florida’s sickest kids are in limbo

Florida has dropped 460,000 kids from Medicaid over the last year. In March, the state removed children with complex chronic conditions. Though the state says most parents received ample warning, m…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

11 months

If you are a legislator or media w/ a health beat in FL, please read Joan's blog. In short: next wk, the state is going to (without warning) require EVERY Medicaid, SNAP & TANF user to sign up for a new web portal, with 2 factor auth. (they'd need email plus a cell).

Joan Alker

@JoanAlker1

11 months

Breaking: On top of unwinding millions of Floridians will have to create a new account next week online. My blog explains: Florida’s Rolling Out a New Medicaid/SNAP Eligibility System Next Week – Throwing Gas on the Unwinding Fire via @GeorgetownCCF

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

2 months

Time to vote Florida! Our public schools & students need us to weigh in & vote for school board candidates who support all of our children & do not invite chaos into our schools. (In Sarasota, that’s Edwards & Barker) Aug 20 is last day to vote!! Get to it!

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

4 years

@Starbucks Hi Starbucks! Only 3 of your leadership team of 45 are Black folks (6%). What are you doing to address that?

Starbucks Executive Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team Executive Leadership Team | Senior Leadership Team | Board of Directors

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

4 years

@tarantallegra @byjoelanderson It really really feels like he hid his illness and fight bc Hollywood would have quickly refused to hire him (a phenomenon I’ve read about), a travesty. Now his legacy proves this practice wrong, The strength! 💜😢 #WakandaForever

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@HollyBullardFL

2 months

@MaxChesnes @SilasMorgan1128 @FLDEPNews @TB_Times No, DEP, it doesn’t work that way. You cannot conjure a strawman to get out of this; they didn’t say there was a group behind it when they tried to slip this through so they don’t get to pawn off the outrage to a Dan Bongino concocted group stealing valor from Tuskegee Airmen

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

11 months

it's time to resign, Bridget, for the good of our community, and the reputation of our A-rated school district. There is not a path forward here.

Michael Barfield

@mbar62

11 months

The moral high ground just had a devastating earthquake.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

“Florida voters may have the final say in whether the state will expand Medicaid if Florida Decides Healthcare is able to collect enough signatures between today and early 2026. The organization sponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment is officially kicking off” TODAY!

Florida Politics

@Fla_Pol

9 months

Sunburn — The morning 🌅 read of what’s hot ☕ ☕ in Florida politics — 2.1.24 — Burnin’ 🔥🔥 today: Medicaid expansion, vape shops, DeSantis v. Disney, hemp, Salazar & 28 Years Later #FlaPol

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Undoubtedly this taco-hating lady named her kid Severus after the character in Harry Potter, not knowing that for millennia this name was more associated with Severus, the emperor of Rome who had African roots. But sure, keep banning books

AskAubry 🦝

@ask_aubry

1 year

I don't want to live anywhere there are no tacos.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

@AkilahObviously the sleeper cells have finished the mission & are returning to headquarters

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

No policymaker, legislator, state government, or adult can claim to protect children and then introduce this language for consideration. As a Florida mama bear I say hell no.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

8 months

There’s a bigoted guy named Radford roaming Tampa who murdered this nice man (Walt) in cold blood bc he was gay. This is terrifying & an obvious consequence of stoking anti-LGBT+ hate for political gain, added to “stand your ground” law ie “free pass to murder”

Shannon Watts

@shannonrwatts

8 months

Witnesses say the man who fatally shot John Walter Lay at a Florida dog park had harassed him for months with slurs and threats because he was gay; no charges have been filed against the gunman, who is claiming self-defense.

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

11 months

$125,000 per pupil FISCAL CONSERVATISM

Steven Walker

@swalker_7

11 months

DEVELOPING: New College of Florida asks state for almost half a billion dollars over next five years My latest for @HeraldTribune :

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

10 months

Bahamians helped build South Florida in the 1800s. Florida is home to the largest Bahamian American community, near Coral Gables. In September 2023 alone, Florida exported over $100m of goods to the Bahamas, & imported over $40m.

Florida Politics

@Fla_Pol

10 months

. @RonDeSantis now says it would take '12 hours' to 'flatten' the Bahamas in the event its residents attacked Fort Lauderdale. Reporting by @AGGancarski #FlaPol

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

1 year

Source (buy this book & beg Dr. Paul Ortiz-history rock star - to stay at UF):

Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from...

Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920

www.amazon.com

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

9 months

Well this is sorta bizarre …hahah ME?! Lol my charts and stats must be more powerful than I thought

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@HollyBullardFL

2 years

Under SB202/HB1, universal vouchers, MILLIONAIRES will get taxpayer money to cover their tuition expenses. Gov. DeSantis says that’s not a great use of taxpayer money. Today in committee Rep. Randy Fine said “I’m one of those millionaires that will get a scholarship.” #flapol

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Holly Bullard

@HollyBullardFL

7 months

His administration is suing federal HHS to overturn a new rule that would keep low-income kids on CHIP (health insurance) longer even if their parents missed a payment...bc they say it will cost the state a staggering $12 million a year. 0.08% of the surplus. Only state to sue.

Florida’s Voice

@FLVoiceNews

7 months

BREAKING: DeSantis expects strong budget surplus when the legislation reaches his desk, brags having substantially smaller budget compared to other large states "The surplus [is] close to $15 billion. After we go through with the budget, it will be over $15 billion."

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