So, yesterday I filed a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, over his executive order that strips from local school districts the authority to make reasonable rules protecting the health and safety of our kids. It’s a little more nuanced but that’s the gist
Let me get this straight. Public schools in Florida can’t pay teachers a living wage but Gov DeSantis spent $12 million of our money to transport migrants from Texas to Massachusetts as a stunt to get on Fox News and own the libs?
Vote
@CharlieCrist
and
@KarlaforFlorida
My kid, pointing out that drag queens aren’t inherently sexual and if you’re a school board member who thinks they are, you should explore that on your own time and not during your office hours. Proud mom here.
As a female parent of a male adolescent child with Down syndrome, I think this is the ideal solution. That it offends fragile snowflakes doesn’t even register. I wouldn’t want to send him alone into a men’s room full of these assholes anyway.
In case you were wondering just how ridiculous the Republican overreach is in Florida… I have to sign permission slips for my sons John and William to be referred to as Jack and Will.
If you don’t live in Florida you may not know what a HUGE FUCKING STORY this is, I’m sitting outside the mall in my car, laughing so hard my stomach hurts.
BREAKING: The FL State GOP Chair and his wife who co-founded Moms for Liberty are reportedly being investigated for sexual battery after a woman alleging she was in a sexual relationship with the couple filed a complaint.
This is precisely why I, a bomb-ass, over-educated, happily married Gen X mother of two adoring children, rally against overturning Roe. To shut these fuckers up.
How many of the women rallying against overturning Roe are over-educated, under-loved millennials who sadly return from protests to a lonely microwave dinner with their cats, and no bumble matches?
I’m Judi, I’m 51 (ouch!), GenX, Jewish mom and a
#GunSense
#ProPublicEd
voter in Florida. You bet I’m voting for
@JoeBiden
and every Democratic candidate up and down my ballot.
Bill Maher is wrong. DeSantis wasn’t worried about pedophilia or child sex predators at Disney - he was worried about LGBTQ people being treated as human beings. So no, DeSantis wasn’t right.
I’d love to hear from other parents of HS kids in Florida - what are we going to do? My husband and I both have degrees from FSU. Our son is a shoo-in for Bright Futures but is a Florida university going to be good enough for him? Should he even consider our alma mater?
Every parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children.
This is a God given right that the government does not give you and cannot take away easily.
This professor can take a hike with this nonsense. We reject it completely.
I
#WearOrange
for my kids and yours, kids can’t learn if they’re terrified and ALL kids deserve to be safe in school, at home, on the playground, at the movies, in daycare, everywhere they go. Text ORANGE to 644-33 to find a event near you
@MomsDemand
Hey
@CollegeBoard
@AP_Trevor
we need some help in
#Florida
. Our district just put out a list of prohibited topics for AP Capstone research projects. This infringes on my PARENTAL RIGHTS to educate my child in a manner that will make him competitive for college and beyond.
Private schools in my area are pivoting to virtual for next week… but public schools are forbidden from doing that by the MIA governor. So, fuck them kids? Is this how they plan to destroy public education?
@NoLieWithBTC
@WFTV
OCPS Legal has since backtracked a little, but the damage is done. These bad bills are designed to create confusion and chill speech.
Florida: both of our senators signed onto this temper tantrum and they’re refusing to work because their feelings are hurt. We deserve to be represented by people who want to work for all of Florida, not for their cult leader. Vote
@DebbieforFL
and blue up and down your ballot.
@oygbiv
@OCPSnews
She can say what she wants on her personal social media. She should not be using her official account, her title, and our taxpayer funds to spread this propaganda that has zero nexus with school board matters.
Today, we honor the memory of the 6 million Jewish lives murdered during the Holocaust.
The past few months have witnessed more strident antisemitism than at any time since the Holocaust — even at major universities and previously esteemed institutions.
Florida has enacted
Here’s why dual enrollment is not a substitute for AP Psych. My kid’s options for dual enrollment are UCF, UF, and Valencia. In two and a half years when he’s applying to college, those schools will be WORTHLESS and probably unaccredited.
Happy birthday to Paxton and the ACA!!! Without it, our entire family would be uninsurable at any cost because of Will, who turned 13 last month - previous generations of kids with Down syndrome very often didn’t get the healthcare they needed.
#HappyBirthdayACA
Today marks the 14th birthday of ACA. Tomorrow, we celebrate the first birthday of our son Paxton. ACA's impact on our lives has been profound, and we've decided it's time to share our story.
#HappyBirthdayACA
Florida House has passed a bill that would prohibit minors under 16 from being able to sign up for accounts on social media platforms. The bill was passed by a bipartisan 106-13 vote.
DESANTIS: "You actually learn more by watching somebody do it, and doing it yourself - than you do sitting in some of these schools."
"We believe that you learn by doing."
I was wondering that myself. It seems like he has completely given up on prevention and mitigation and switched to treatment, which is not available to children. Is he also profiting off of Regeneron, like Rand Paul?
Heard from a high school guidance counselor that kids are analyzing what reproductive rights they gain and lose in their college application decisions. WTF.
@notcapnamerica
This has always plagued me - I have a doctorate degree and I don’t feel qualified to teach my children! But moms for liberty who didn’t even graduate high school are clamoring to do it.
@washingtonpost
I do not feel ashamed that my vulnerable (vaccinated) kid got COVID after almost two years of masking and staying home and sacrificing just about damn near everything. I feel FUCKING FURIOUS at the people who DIDN’T do the stuff we did.
@jennycohn1
Engels served a public records request on my local school board asking for all their communications with me - after I spoke up against his terrorist tactics at a board meeting. Not sure what he thinks he’d find, but it’s pretty obviously an intimidation tactic.
NEW: The Florida Senate won’t confirm Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich to serve on the state ethics commission this legislative session, a rare repudiation to one of Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees.
DeSantis says he will be reappointing her.
Ok so now all y’all “this is the best we can do, two old white guys?!” have something to say? She’s 59. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A GEN X PRESIDENT, finally!!!!
My feed is FULL of women sharing their
#abortion
stories and I have not seen one man share a story of an abortion in which he was involved - yet every abortion started with a penis. Shame on you all for letting women do this raw, emotional, HEAVY work alone.
Fuck Ron DeSantis, he needs to keep the words “Down syndrome” OUT of his mouth. He doesn’t give a SHIT about my kid. We fucking SUED him to get my kid back into school. Kick his ass
@GavinNewsom
Whenever someone says “well, Florida elected him!” about DeSantis, I want to scream. We also voted for restoration of voting rights for re-enfranchised citizens and he fought to overturn that. It would have made a difference.
@gal_suburban
No kidding. We are suing DeSantis over the mask mandate ban and unbelievably, his response is essentially that he has the authority to carve out a class of students that enjoy more rights than those protected by the ADA/IDEA. He is completely out of control.
And if you live in Florida, remember that Governor DeSantis is deliberately holding off on a gas tax break until the midterms. You could be paying less for gas but our tyrant governor doesn’t want you to.
Helping my big kid get his sh*t together this morning and found a copy of Fahrenheit 451 in his backpack. If I find anymore banned books in your bag, I told him, I’ll be very proud of you.
And yes, there’s video. I didn’t get his whole speech, but I’m super proud of this kid. He’s 15 and spoke extemporaneously without any notes. Gets it from his mama.
My kid, pointing out that drag queens aren’t inherently sexual and if you’re a school board member who thinks they are, you should explore that on your own time and not during your office hours. Proud mom here.
I know I didn’t just see Jill Casey Black DeSantis on NBC with
@DashaBurns
thanking her husband Ron for picking up HER kids when she had cancer … they are also HIS kids, yes?
Speaker Johnson admitting they planned the vote so Al Green couldn’t be there. Fucker. The next time Dems have a one vote majority because a Republican is sick, they should vacate, elect
@RepJeffries
speaker and revoke the vacatur.
It should enrage every person in Florida that we have teachers who want to teach and kids who want to learn and the Board of Education is standing in their way. The board of EDUCATION.
@zandermoricz
@1NadineSmith
Let me clarify that: the principal, who knows you to be represented by counsel, should not be communicating with you outside of that counsel’s presence.
NEW: Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the U.S. and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime under a special Visa
NEW: To recruit & train members of a civilian force under his control, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ admin has hired a company that specializes in combat training and lists as one of its instructors a former U.S. Navy SEAL accused of war crimes.
w/
@lmower3
We have that president in
@JoeBiden
- what we don’t need is a hysterical jackass shrieking at Mickey Mouse and trans kids and whining about “duh narrative” and “duh elites” and destroying public education with his own Harvard and Yale background.
We need a president that is disciplined and focused on your issues — not other distractions.
We need a president that is able to take a 2 AM phone call.
In Florida, we’ve shown our mettle during crises — including COVID, BLM riots, and hurricanes — and would do the same as