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Oh, yes, they do.
They also masturbate.
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It's so unnatural to live under chastity that nuns and monks do what others do, with one exception: they never admit it.
In the Catholic religion, priests aren't allowed to fuck, not even her married. That's why, for a century (and probably all centuries) their brains, under the constraints of celibacy, became stuck and were fucking those who had no voice: children.
In the Orthodox religion, priests must be married, so there's less of that disease going on.
In the American religion (baptists, evangelicals, pentecostals, mormonics, jehovaists, etc), almost every priest (minister, etc) fucks and makes money from it.
William West, a former enslaved person who joined the Metropolitan Police in the nation's capital after fighting in the Civil War, arrested the president Grant for carriage speeding, 150 years ago.
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So, the only president to be arrested before was someone who was speeding with horses.
Trump is being arrested for paying a hooker, using public money, after fucking her, so that she doesn't speak. Of course, he should have been arrested for supporting uprising against his own country, for stealing money, for getting momey from Putin, for racism, for sexism, for wanting to "have a date" with his daughter, for insults, and so many other things. But he keeps escaping.
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Listen to NPR. It's a good source of info. Unlike Microsoft, Fox News, Newsmax (a far-right cable news channel that makes one wanna puke), etc.
Grant ultimately paid a $20 bond but didn't show up to court.
It's like apples and oranges
Grant made a minor mistake.
Trump has been a big-time thug for years.
Donald Trump will be charged with a crime over hush money paid to a porn star - US media reports
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Of course, nothing will happen to him.
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A grand jury voted to indict him on criminal charges, after investigating a $130,000 pay-out to Stormy Daniels in an attempt to buy her silence over an alleged affair.
Mr Trump, the FIRST US PRESIDENT to face charges, denies wrongdoing.
He is also being investigated in several other cases.
Nothing will happen to him.
The embarrassment would have normally been enough to kill a minimally decent human being, but he's neither recent nor human. He's a pachydermous monster.
Nothing should happen.
This will unite the Republican party.
I understand, of course, that for mafiosi, being criminally charged is a badge of honour. It ensures that the rest of the mafia will cling more to him. But the law must be followed. On several occasions, trump has acted against the law and, yes, against the interests of many millions of citizens of his country. He even supported an insurrection. So the law must apply to him, just as it applies to anyone who's disturbing peace and stealing or lying under oath.
Read that and think about what that woman said.
And that sir,is why this weeks episode of "get Trump at all cost" is a problem.
We as citizens, which Trump is a US citizen, are innocent until proven guilty. Pelosi said it backwards,s howing us the democrats true colors.
Friends,
The indictment of former President Donald Trump simply doesn’t pass the smell test.
The Department of Justice already looked into the facts and decided there was no case to be made against the former President. That didn’t matter to Alvin Bragg, the District Attorney who lets violent criminals off the hook in Manhattan, but has been laser-focused on pursuing a politicized prosecution of President Trump.
Politics should never tip the scales of justice, and I believe that Congress has every right to investigate the conduct and decision-making of the Manhattan D.A.’s office in the coming weeks and months.
Did you read that folks?? The Department of JUSTICE has ALREADY looked into all this and decided there was NO CASE. Now just what the hell makes this fellow in new york with a chip on his shoulder think he is any smarter?
It is all bullshit folks.
Still, it's great that he's been charged.
We ALL know that.
Most of the big mafiosi, like him, are "above" the law.
What is wholly laughable though, as I explained above,
is the mass hysteria of his minions, all suffering from
hybristophilia (the mental disease that makes people
like or love criminals, murderers, etc.)
( I explained it and someone who can't think replied, in his usual sophisticated manner: "you are just plain wacked in the head." )
Example,
"“Given that the DOJ and FEC declined to bring charges in this matter, the Manhattan DA’s case appears to be politically motivated.”
— U.S. Senator John Hoeven, North Dakota
Look at the support Trump is getting. Some from people that have grievances with him.Even his enemys know this is bullshit.
Clearly, Trump is getting support. We all knew that. There will be NO consequence of him being charged with a crime. The reason he's getting support isn't because he's not a criminal, but because he is. He's getting support because despite all his crimes (including insurrection) he managed to escape. He's created a cult of personality.--------------------------------------- added after 4 minutesThe disease you and millions of other trump cult religionists are suffering from is called hybristophilia in medicine. It is precisely the same mind disease that many women (and men) fall in love with serial killers.
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Jan McGee said she believed Musk would invest millions in her school if she sent $100,000 upfront.
She'd talked with the scammer for at least 4 months despite being warned by school staff, per WESH.
A charter school principal in Florida has resigned after sending a $100,000 check of the school's money to a scammer posing as Elon Musk.
Charter schools. Good for the Repuckers.
I was able to read this page thru another way and can't link to that page. Some news program on my computer can link it but does not show website name or anything else.
But it says in so many words, how can offering school choice be authoritarian.
It also states clearly that teacher UNIONS fight school choice tooth and nail. Gee I wonder why?
Given parents a choice in kids education is not wrong.
Strange you think it is ok for parents to let their kids make Frankenstein's of their bodys but it is not ok to decide where to send them to school.
Your last sentence doesn't make sence. I don't approve of parents letting their children do anything to their body unless there's a good medical reason to do so AND recommended and approved by a doctor. I'm also ok to let parents deside what school their children should attend. As far as I'm concerned, parents have every right to send their kids to the Christian dungeons of their choice or even out of the country to learn to be a Mexican Drug Lord. All I ask is that they pay for it out of their pockets and not with my tax dollars. My tax dollars and all other taxes collected for education SHOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. If that's too hard for you to understand.......... Google it.
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Even a cursory dip into the statistics of social and economic well-being reveals that Florida falls short in almost any measure that matters to the lives of its citizens. More than four years into the DeSantis governorship, Florida continues to languish toward the bottom of state rankings assessing the quality of health care, school funding, long-term elder care, and other areas key to a successful society.
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It’s what Floridians in the know have been saying.
you can just say you are doing great things and your voters believe you.
Sorry for Democratic politicians; it doesn't work for you (as much).
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Fostering a Nation-Leading Economy
In 2022, Florida’s unemployment rate continued to decline, dropping to a low of 2.6 percent in November — the lowest among the nation’s top ten largest states and 1.1 percent lower than the nation’s. November marks two consecutive years (24 straight months) that Florida’s unemployment rate has remained below the nation’s. Florida also continued to exceed the national job growth rate for the 20th consecutive month in November 2022.
Florida’s labor force grew by 352,000, or 3.4 percent, over the year, more than double the national labor force growth rate of 1.5 percent over the same time period.
Through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, this year, more than $66 million has been awarded to 22 communities and educational institutions for this purpose, which is projected to create more than 19,000 jobs and training opportunities for Floridians over the next 10 years.
In 2022, the Rural Infrastructure Fund (RIF) awarded more than $13 million to 27 rural communities in Florida to help facilitate the planning, preparing, and financing of infrastructure projects in rural communities that encourage job creation, capital investment, and the strengthening and diversification of rural economies.
To build on this progress and provide relief from the Biden administration’s policies, the Freedom First Budget provided $1.24 billion in tax relief to Floridians, including a gas tax holiday that lowered the price of gas in Florida by 25.3 cents and saved Floridians $200 million and a sales tax holiday on diapers and baby clothes for one year, providing $120 million in tax relief.
Hurricane Response and Recovery
In 2022, Florida deployed a record response to Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida, provided immediate support after Hurricane Nicole, and continued to spearhead recovery from previous storms that impacted the Sunshine State.
Hurricane Ian:
First responders from across the state and nation deployed to Southwest Florida following Hurricane Ian. Law Enforcement, Fire Rescue, and Search and Rescue (SAR) operations rescued and evacuated over 2,000 residents in impacted areas. During the course of the activation, state-led air support clocked over 457 flight hours while conducting evacuations and providing supplies to critical areas.
Within two days of landfall, over 43,000 utility restoration personnel were responding in Florida, with over 30 states providing support. Thanks to the continuous work of these restoration personnel, over 2 million utility accounts had power within four days of landfall.
The Florida Department of Transportation restored access to Pine Island in less than three days and emergency repairs to the Sanibel Causeway were completed in just 15 days.
Within 48 hours after landfall, 20 Points of Distribution (PODs) were operational, with another eight coming online within 72 hours. These PODs distributed over 51 million bottles of water, 14 million meals, and 308,000 bags of ice.
Hurricane Nicole:
Hurricane Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Indian River County and traveled up the peninsula and through the Florida Panhandle before exiting into Georgia. This event brought widespread coastal erosion on the East Coast, resulting in damage or degradation to many structures near the water and causing an estimated $213,652,220 in damages. The response to the impacts of Nicole were made more complex by the ongoing Ian recovery efforts, as responders were still operating in the field and many structures remained vulnerable. Over 8,500 hot meals were served during this event and shelters supported survivors displaced from their homes. Response and recovery efforts continue in the affected areas.
Hurricane Michael:
This year, Governor DeSantis reaffirmed Florida’s commitment to Hurricane Michael recovery through more than $222 million awarded to impacted communities through DEO’s Rebuild Florida program. This funding is in addition to $217 million in mitigation funding awarded to Hurricane Michael Communities.
Florida Continues to Be the Education State and 2022 Was the Year of the Parent
With Governor Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida’s education system has soared to new heights, and has solidified Florida as the Education State.
This year’s accomplishments include record funding for students, teacher pay, school safety, and mental health, achieving the highest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) rankings in Florida’s history, becoming the #1 ranked state in education freedom, continuing to secure the title of #1 higher education system in the nation, and implementing multiple groundbreaking laws and rules to uphold and expand parental rights and support veterans.
Protecting Parents’ Fundamental Rights
Governor DeSantis signed House Bill 1557, Parental Rights in Education, which reinforces parents’ rights to make decisions regarding the upbringing of their children and prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through 3rd grade.
The rights of parents to be informed of and make decisions about what library and instructional materials their children are exposed to in school was enhanced and elevated with the enactment of House Bill 1467.
Governor DeSantis also signed House Bill 7, which includes provisions to prevent discriminatory instruction in K-20 public schools, ensures Florida’s students are not subject to Critical Race Theory indoctrination, and defines individual freedoms based on the fundamental truth that all individuals are equal before the law and have inalienable rights.
For the second consecutive year, Florida was named Number 1 for “Parent Power” by the Center for Education Reform, which measures the extent to which states have policies that put students first, value the unique needs of every family, and empower parents to oversee their child’s education.
The Heritage Foundation ranked Florida as Number 1 in “Education Freedom” for issues including education choice, regulatory freedom, academic transparency, and return on investment.
Investing in Florida’s Students and Teachers
In June, Governor DeSantis signed the Freedom First Budget which devoted $29 billion for PreK-20 education in the 2022-2023 school year.
The state invested a record $800 million, an increase of $250 million, to continue raising the teacher minimum base salary, as well as salary increases for veteran teachers and other eligible instructional personnel. Since 2020, Florida has committed more than $2 billion to increase teacher pay.
The 2022-2023 budget raised per-student funding for K-12 to a historic $8,143, which represents a $710 per student increase since the 2018-2019 school year.
Maintaining the #1 Rank for Higher Education
Florida was ranked as the #1 system for higher education in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for the 6th straight year
U.S. News and World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Colleges rankings placed the University of Florida (UF) and Florida State University (FSU) among the top 20 public universities in the country.
With the signing of Senate Bill 7044, Governor DeSantis reformed higher education in Florida by enacting accountability for tenure, adding transparency requirements for tuition and fees, aligning general education courses, and transforming the accreditation process.
Promoting Student Achievement
Florida became the first state in the nation to fully transition to progress monitoring-based school accountability with the signing of Senate Bill 1048. The move officially replaces the Florida Standards Assessment with progress monitoring to measure students’ growth and provide information to students, parents, and educators in a more timely and actionable manner.
The results of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) demonstrated once again that keeping children in school throughout 2020 and 2021 has put Florida students well ahead of their peers, especially with younger and educationally at-risk students who were harmed the most from distance-learning in other states.
In 2022, Florida’s 4th and 8th grade students earned the state’s highest ever NAEP rankings in both reading and mathematics. When adjusted for demographics, Florida’s 4th grade students were the best in the nation.
Florida also demonstrated historic progress toward closing achievement gaps with the nation’s narrowest gap between Hispanic and white students in Grade 8 reading and the narrowest gap between students with and without disabilities in all grades and subjects.
In Harvard University’s May 2022 report, “Student Development Harmed Much Less in States with Open Schools During COVID”, the report found that Florida’s approach to keeping schools open paid off for Florida’s students:
“Harvard study says that gaps in ‘math achievement by race and school poverty’ didn’t widen in school districts in states like Florida and Texas that mostly kept schools open.”
“Interestingly, gaps in math achievement by race and school poverty did not widen in school districts in states such as Texas and Florida and elsewhere that remained largely in-person. Where schools remained in-person, gaps did not widen. Where schools shifted to remote learning, gaps widened sharply. Shifting to remote instruction was like turning a switch on a critical piece of our social infrastructure that we had taken for granted.”
“A recent left-dominated MSNBC panel even begrudgingly admitted that Florida has emerged pretty well from the pandemic.”
Becoming the #1 State in the Nation for Workforce Education by 2030
To date, Governor DeSantis has committed more than $5 billion to workforce education since 2019, and according to Lightcast’s November 2022 annual Talent Attraction Scorecard, Florida ranks #1 in the nation for attracting and developing a skilled workforce. Postsecondary enrollment has increased by 12% with more than 380,000 students currently enrolled and a record 772,000 students enrolled in high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.
Florida’s education system became the number one in the world for entrepreneurship education and training, with more than 20,000 students earning an industry certification in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ESB), mostly since 2020.
Over $125 million was secured for nursing education to support the future workforce which will serve the complex health care needs of our communities.
$100 million to establish the Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education (PIPELINE) program to financially reward colleges and universities for their nursing education programs, based on student success.
$25 million to establish the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) fund for schools to work toward combating the shortage of nursing instructors by recruiting faculty and clinical preceptors for nursing programs with funds matched dollar-for-dollar by community health care partners.
In September, Governor DeSantis announced that nearly $30 million will be dedicated to support workforce development in the Space Coast region as part of a groundbreaking, multi-agency initiative to support competitive industries in the area. The Department of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Education, CareerSource Florida, Enterprise Florida and Space Florida have partnered in this initiative to identify high demand industries and match them with workforce education opportunities in the Space Coast region. Industries that will benefit from these investments include aviation and aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and cybersecurity and information technology.
In September, Governor DeSantis announced a major expansion of Florida’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training as well as the creation of new opportunities for apprenticeships in Florida. Prior to 2019, there were fewer than 1,000 students a year enrolled in CDL training programs, and with this expansion, state institutions will have the capacity to train more than 3,500 students every year.
Creating Resilient Students
First Lady Casey DeSantis proposed, and the State Board of Education unanimously approved, a groundbreaking shift in how Florida supports the health and wellbeing of its students. Florida cemented the first in the nation approach to reframe and rethink the way mental health is taught in schools, shifting from the traditional, stigma-laden mental health education model to an empowering new model based on resiliency.
Developing Active and Informed Citizens
The Florida Civics and Debate Initiative expanded civics education and competitive debate opportunities to 237 schools across 45 school districts and is on pace to reach more than 400 schools and every Florida district through the 2022-23 school year. Hundreds of students from across the nation convened in Orlando to compete in The Great Debate, the second annual National Civics and Debate Championship hosted by the Florida Civics and Debate Initiative.
The 2022 Summer Civics Professional Learning Series offered ten, three-day professional development sessions for teachers, in preparation for Florida’s revised civics and government standards. Participating educators gave overwhelmingly positive feedback, saying the summer learning sessions enhanced their civics content knowledge and the program’s presenters modeled effective teaching strategies.
Florida observed the first statewide recognition of Victims of Communism Day in schools as established in House Bill 395.
DOE hired 24 civic literacy coaches and captains to support districts and schools throughout the state implement high-quality civics instruction on a regional basis as part of Governor DeSantis’ Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative that is paving the way for Florida to become the nation’s leader in civics education.
Protecting Kids and Ensuring Parental Rights from Agendas Pushed by WOKE Ideologists
Governor DeSantis and state agencies continued to reinforce parents’ fundamental rights to make decisions regarding the upbringing of their children. Building on the Parents’ Bill of Rights, Governor DeSantis signed a bill that prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through 3rd grade, and prohibits instruction that is not age appropriate for students and requires school districts to adopt procedures for notifying parents if there is a change in services from the school regarding a child’s mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being.
In April, the Florida Department of Health issued guidance on the treatment of gender dysphoria for children and adolescents to ensure that Floridians are aware of the long-term, irreversible effects of clinical care promoted by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
In June, the Agency for Health Care Administration issued a report based on its research and analysis which recommended against covering sex reassignment treatments as reimbursable health services because they are not consistent with generally accepted professional medical standards and are experimentational and investigational. The FDA found these “treatments” may cause irreversible damage and severe long-term health issues, including brain aneurisms.
Safeguarding the Right to Life in Florida and Supporting New and Existing Families
In Florida, we know that we are better when everybody counts. In April, Governor DeSantis signed the Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Act, to protect the lives of Florida’s most vulnerable by prohibiting all abortions after 15 weeks of gestation, the most significant protections for life in Florida history.
The Agency for Health Care Administration performed visits to all licensed abortion clinics in Florida to ensure that they were in compliance with Florida law and following safe protocols when providing health services to women, upholding abortion clinics to the same standards as all other licensed health care facilities in the state. These visits resulted in The Agency issuing Emergency Suspension Orders to those not following the law and compromising patients’ safety.
To ensure moms and dads are equipped with tools to support their families following birth, Governor DeSantis signed the largest tax relief package in the state’s history, including a one year holiday on diapers, a one year holiday on baby and toddler clothes and shoes, and a three month holiday for children’s books.
In April, Governor DeSantis signed groundbreaking legislation to support involved fatherhood in Florida. Education programs, mentorship programs, and one-on-one support are available to encourage responsible and involved fatherhood. Additionally, $70 million was allocated to provide a wide spectrum of family and youth support through state agency collaboration.
The Department of Children and Families continues to implement First Lady Casey DeSantis’ Hope Florida – A Pathway to Prosperity initiative, expanded this year to enhance the comprehensive network of support for Floridians across the state. This year, the Hope Florida initiative was expanded to foster and adoptive families with dedicated Care Navigators to meet their immediate and future needs.
Ensuring Comprehensive Cancer Care
In March, Governor DeSantis shared that after going through both treatment and surgery for breast cancer, First Lady Casey DeSantis is cancer free, thanking those who supported their family and issuing hope for those battling this disease.
To support cancer centers across the state, Governor and First Lady Casey DeSantis dedicated a record $100 million for cancer research and care in Florida’s 2022- 2023 budget, an increase of $37 million, or nearly 60%, over prior year funding.
Spearheaded by First Lady Casey DeSantis, the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health collaborated to launch Florida Cancer Connect, an initiative that focuses on providing information on cancer treatment, caregiver tools, and stories from brave Floridians who have fought this disease on one centralized website. Floridians can use this cohesive tool to access a centralized resource of trusted information from local medical practitioners to help themselves and their families make informed decisions when it matters most.
Ending Substance Use Disorder and Overdose
In July, Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo joined First Lady Casey DeSantis at a round table to announce a statewide advisory on the dangers of fentanyl, now the leading cause of death in the United States for those 18-45 years old. Following this, Florida unveiled its historic steps to fight overdoses from Substance Use Disorder and disrupt the opioid epidemic.
The Florida Department of Health, Department of Children and Families, and Agency for Health Care Administration have partnered to implement a network of addiction care, Coordinated Opioid Recovery Network (CORE), the first of its kind in the United States. This places Florida as a leader in sustainable addiction and opioid recovery. CORE has been implemented in 12 counties (Brevard, Clay, Escambia, Gulf, Marion, Pasco, Volusia, Citrus, Duval, Flagler, Manatee, and Pinellas) this year and will continue to bring additional counties into CORE in phases.
This comprehensive approach from care and peer navigators directly within an emergency department, to sustainable overall health care, expands every aspect of overdose response and treats all primary and secondary impacts of substance use disorder. The network does not solely depend on emergency response for overdoses and Substance Use Disorder. It ensures patients are stabilized and treated for coexisting medical and mental health conditions through dental care, primary care, psychiatric evaluation, maternal care, and social support services. Social support services can address career training, housing, or food insecurity.
The Department of Health has continued its efforts with the Department of Children and Families to ensure that our first responders have access to naloxone, also known as Narcan, through the Helping Emergency Responders Obtain Support (HEROS) program. Florida has also worked to provide naloxone at the county health departments throughout the state.
Data-Driven Response to COVID-19
Governor DeSantis began 2022 ensuring Floridians were able to access treatment for COVID-19. When the Biden Administration chose to pause the distribution of life-saving monoclonal antibodies, the state sprang into action to ensure our first in the nation, statewide monoclonal distribution sites were equipped to distribute this treatment to those who needed it. Florida understands that early treatment saves lives.
In February, the Surgeon General joined Governor DeSantis to announce significant changes to Florida’s COVID-19 guidance including pushing back on unscientific corporate masking, reducing isolation for all Floridians including those in schools and daycares, and recommending that physicians should exercise their individual clinical judgement and expertise based on their patients’ needs and preferences. This guidance ensured that Floridians could live freely and that the State was following science, not Dr. Fauci.
Governor DeSantis and the Florida Department of Health continue to exhaust all efforts to protect those at highest risk for COVID-19, while realistically assessing vaccine safety and precautionary measures by establishing the new Public Health Integrity Committee.
The committee will be overseen by the State Surgeon General to assess federal public health recommendations and guidance to ensure that Florida’s public health policies are tailored for Florida’s communities and priorities.
The state also successfully filed a petition for a Statewide Grand Jury to investigate crimes and wrongdoing committed against Floridians related to the COVID-19 vaccine. The pharmaceutical industry and the FDA have refused to release patient-level data for independent researchers. The state will lead further surveillance into sudden deaths of individuals that received the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida, based on autopsy results, collaborating with the University of Florida to compare research with studies done in other countries.
Empowering Patients and Ensuring Individual Freedoms
In April, Governor DeSantis signed the No Patient Left Alone Act, to guarantee Florida families the fundamental right to visit their loved ones who are receiving care in hospitals, hospices, and long-term care facilities. No health care facility in Florida may require a vaccine as a condition of visitation and every health care facility must allow their residents and patients to be hugged by their loved ones.
Additionally, the Governor’s Freedom First Budget invested nearly $4 million to increase transparency in prescription drug prices. The funds support the modernization of Florida’s prescription drug price transparency website known as MyFloridaRx and additional analysis of Medicaid pharmacy claims for potential fraud, waste, and abuse.
Ensuring Cost-Effective Care through Transparency in Health Care and Prescription Drug Prices
Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, the Agency for Health Care Administration is marshalling efforts to increase access to essential medications for vulnerable Floridians while also saving taxpayer dollars through the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program.
In July, Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order 22-164 to provide meaningful reforms to state agency contracts with Pharmacy Benefit Managers and directed the Agency to implement provisions in the Freedom First Budget to directly negotiate prices for prescriptions drugs ineligible for importation, including insulin and epinephrine. This will reinforce the demand for Florida’s Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program and provide another avenue to impact the price Floridians pay for prescription drugs.
Investments in our Heroes
Governor DeSantis’ Freedom First Budget made record investments for First Responders in Florida, including $1,000 bonuses to local government first responders and $5,000 bonuses to any newly certified and relocated law enforcement officers coming to Florida. Florida has awarded more than 600 $5,000 bonuses to Law Enforcement Officers who are new to the profession in the Sunshine State.
Governor DeSantis created an innovative Military Veterans Certification Pathway (Senate Bill 896) to help veterans begin careers in education by allowing their military service to count toward the requirement for a temporary educator certificate under the mentorship of a certified teacher. To date, more than 500 veterans have applied to take advantage of this pathway.
In June 2022, Florida Launched the Hometown Heroes Housing program to help eligible frontline community workers such as law enforcement officers, firefighters, educators, healthcare professionals, and active military or veterans purchase a home in Florida.
To date, the Hometown Heroes program has provided 3,145 homeowners with more than $46 million in first mortgage down payment and closing cost assistance, thereby supporting more than $905 million in home loan transactions.
Governor Has Secured Over $3.3 Billion in Funding for Everglades Restoration and Protection of Water Resources Since Fiscal Year 2019-20
The Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget includes more than $1.2 billion for Everglades restoration and the protection of water resources. This includes, but is not limited to:
More than $500 million for Everglades restoration projects.
$125 million for the wastewater grant program for projects to construct, upgrade, or expand wastewater facilities, to provide advanced water treatment, and to convert from septic to sewer.
$50 million in alternative water supply funding for 33 projects stretching from the Panhandle to Palm Beach, which, once fully online, will create more than 36 million gallons of potable water each day.
Nearly $31 million to combat harmful algal blooms and red tide, including funding for innovative technology projects to support water quality improvements throughout the state.
More than $22 million to support seven priority water quality and nutrient reduction projects in Biscayne Bay through the Biscayne Bay Water Quality Improvement Grant Program
The FY 2022-23 budget brought the four-year total for Everglades and water quality protection funding to more than $3.3 billion, surpassing the goal of $2.5 billion and more than doubling the investment made in the previous four years.
As a result of this unprecedented investment, more than 50 Everglades restoration projects have broken ground, achieved a major milestone, or finished construction since 2019.
As a result of these projects, record water volumes are being sent south thanks to the operations of infrastructure to hydrate the Everglades, resulting in Florida Bay reaching salinity goals for the first time in decades.
We have also significantly reduced harmful discharges and are sending more clean water south to Everglades National Park than ever before.
In 2022, $75 million in state grant funding was awarded for 30 projects, including continued support for 13 legacy projects and 12 new projects. These initiatives are primarily focused on wastewater treatment improvements, including septic-to-sewer projects and land acquisition/conservation easements.
More than $1.1 billion has been directed to enhancing the resilience of natural and built infrastructure across Florida since 2019. The FY 2022-23 budget includes $270 million to fund the entire Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan for the first three years. In total, 76 projects are fu
I became a member of our socialist party and I’m trying to help as much as I can.
But I’m also a critical motherfucker and when I’m not agreeing with something, I speak up and try to change minds. I didn't become a member to follow, but to direct.
Fostering a Nation-Leading Economy
Florida is #7 in the US on the unemployment rate. That definitely not bad.
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A gas tax holiday that lowered the price of gas in Florida by 25.3 cents is nice for Floridians, but this does increase the deficit and does not address the cause of high gas prices; oil companies price gouging consumers to increase their profits. So, DeSantis is just enriching oil companies with tax-dollars. Biden proposed a bill to fight gas price gouging by oil companies and Every Republican voted against that bill, including Ron DeSantis.
Hurricane Ian Response and Recovery
Ron DeSantis didn’t get high praise for his early response, but later he is getting high approvals from Floridians.
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However, he is also stealing credit from Biden, who is supporting Ian Response efforts.
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And as a thanks, Ron DeSantis politicized the catastrophe to demonize the liberal media.
Maybe you remember how Trump couldn’t care less when California had devastating wildfires.
However, that’s what you get from Republicans, the party who called spending money on hurricane relief for Harvey and Irma “Theft”: only registered users can see external links
And in 2022, every single Florida house republican voted against disaster relief funding:
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So, remember who is helping you; the Democrats.
I have no idea if you accept the science of climate change, but if you live in Florida, I suggest you do, because the hurricane damages to Florida will only increase, if the world doesn’t massively increase its efforts on the energy transition.
Florida Continues to Be the Education State and 2022 Was the Year of the Parent.
I’m sure you support banning books and still consider yourself an advocate of free speech. That’s what the stupid culture war propaganda makes you believe. They are even firing teachers now over showing an image of Michelangelo statue, calling it porn. Are you such a ridiculous prude too? It doesn’t look like it when I look at your profile. Do you really agree with Republicans being so ridiculous about nudity? Better block those kids from the internet then, because they will find millions of sites like this one, with your pictures on it.
How about the right of parents who want their kids to have a modern education. Why are you only thinking about the most extreme Christian zealots and giving one parent the power to block a book for all the children of other parents. Is that really you, or are you more moderate, but you just are tricked into accepting what the most extreme prudes want?
Sure, Florida’s Higher Education is pretty good, but remember that these are mostly paid by students and it’s getting so expensive now that only rich people can afford it. In any case, Ron DeSantis does not support paying for Higher Education, so why are you praising him for something he is not responsible for?
The basic education, from kindergarten until the twelfth grade, is supported by the state and that school system is vastly underperforming.
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Ron DeSantis introduced a trick to make his state look better, by testing kids constantly. That way the only learn to do the tests better, but they are not actually learning anything useful. But I’m sure he puts a nice spin on that too.
I’m skipping a big part, because I cannot find anything really supporting RonDesantis' policies or results of his actions in there.
Covid-19 response:
Florida is pretty high in the worst death rates in the US.
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If you are happy with Florida distributing those monoclonal antibodies, understand then that there was a huge shortage, because monoclonal antibodies are hard to produce, and it should be distributed nationally to the people who need them the most, not selfishly hoarded for your own people.
Ensuring Cost-Effective Care through Transparency in Health Care and Prescription Drug Prices:
Isn’t it a little embarrassing that the US has to buy medicines from Canada, because it’s cheaper there? Do you think transparent pricing will do anything? Big pharma doesn’t care. They are masters at justifying those ridiculously high prices and bribing your politicians to keep them high. Instead of supporting Republicans who keep your system the most expensive in the world, better support progressives who support a system like Canada has, so you don’t have to go there for medicine.
Investments in our Heroes
Just window dressing. Your nurses are incredibly underpaid.
You are referring to investments in infrastructure? Just understand that Republicans vote against investments for infrastructure again and again and Democrats actually care about improving the state of your infrastructure and public facilities. Those funds you are referring to are most likely part of the $1.2 trillion ‘bipartisan’ infrastructure bill that Democrats fought for. Both senators from Florida—Marco Rubio and Rick Scott—voted against the infrastructure bill. DeSantis is a governor, but if he wanted those infrastructure investments, he could have convinced them to vote in favor of them.
First, let's get the hurricane storm stories out of the way. Any governor, even the most mediocre, will respond to such catastrophies. It's not hard to plead to the Feds for help. Utilities of every ilk will receive help from neighboring utilities as this is a semi-official deal between national utilities. I help you now, you help when it happens to us.
It's easy to have low unemployment rates when there's two jobs for every worker. Some say that DeSantis opened the state early after Covid and that's why business is booming. It's also why the state got hammered by Covid.
There's a teacher shortage in the state. That's why he approved non-qualified people to become teachers.
The truth is, you are a Trumpie and DeSantis wants to be president so, he brings all this shit about "woke". Well, you brought a lot of data to the game. What I noticed though is that there were no references. I did. Here's what was said.
DeSantis weaponizes the cultural wars to distract attention from the core missions of his governorship, which is to starve programs geared toward bettering the lives of ordinary citizens so he can maintain low taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Florida is the ideal haven for privileged Americans who don’t want to pay their fair share of taxes. It has no income tax for individuals, and its corporate tax rate of 5.5% is among the lowest in the nation. An investigation by the Orlando Sentinel in late 2019 revealed the startling fact that 99% of Florida’s companies paid no corporate income tax, abetted by tax-avoidance schemes and state officials who gave a low priority to enforcing tax laws.
This is a pattern that shows up in the statistics of many Republican-led states, which on average commit fewer dollars per-capita to health care, public education, and other crucial services compared to their blue counterparts, while making sure corporations and wealthy individuals are prioritized for tax relief. Arizona cut taxes every year between 1990 and 2019, following up with a shift to a flat tax this year that will cost its budget $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, its public-school spending ranks 48 among the 50 states.
In Florida, the state’s tax revenues come largely through sales and excise taxes, which fall hardest on the poor and middle class. A 2018 study by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that Florida had the third least-equitable tax system of the 50 states. In the state’s “upside-down” tax structure, the poorest 20% of Florida families paid 12.7% of their income in taxes, while the families whose income was in the top 4% paid 4.5%, and the top 1% paid 2.3%, according to the study.
Florida taxpayers get less for their money than residents of many other states. The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that studies health-care systems globally, found in its 2022 “scorecard” that Florida had the 16th worst health care among the 50 states. It’s no wonder that Florida ranks below the northern blue states in life expectancy and rates of cancer death, diabetes, fatal overdoses, teen birth rates, and infant mortality.
Largely because of DeSantis’s obstinacy, Florida is one of 10 states that have refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, an act of political spite that has cost those states billions in federal health care dollars and cost thousands of people their lives. More than 12% of Floridians are without medical insurance, a worse record than all but four other states. Despite having the country’s highest percentage of retirees, Florida has the worst long-term care among the 50 states, according to the American Association of Retired Persons.
Public schools fare no better than health care in DeSantis’s Florida. Not only did Florida rank 49th in the country for average teacher pay in 2020, but the Education Law Center, a non-profit advocacy group based in New Jersey, found in a 2021 report that the state had the seventh-lowest per-pupil funding in the country. Education Week, which ranks states public school annually, looking beyond mere test scores, placed Florida 23rd in its 2021 report, a lackluster showing for a large and wealthy state.
It says something about the state of our political discourse that Florida’s denuded public sector was not more of an issue in last year’s gubernatorial campaign. In endorsing DeSantis’s Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist, the Tampa Bay Times spent so many column inches on the incumbent’s demagoguery, vindictiveness, and authoritarian tendencies that it never even got to the minutiae of his governance. “No matter what you think about the state of the Florida economy or its schools or its future…,” the paper wrote, “the choice really is this simple: Do you want the state governed by a decent man or a bully?”
To be fair to the media, DeSantis and his allies manned the trenches of the culture wars so ferociously that it was all reporters could do to keep up with all the bomb throwing. How do you delve into the state’s tax policy when your governor is flying planeloads of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard or declaring war on Disney for issuing a statement in opposition to the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay Law”?
But that is very much the point of wedge issues, as they have been wielded by scurrilous politicians for decades, to anger and distract voters so they won’t notice the actions of public officials that mainly benefit the wealthy and are against the public interest.
As the 2024 election draws closer, DeSantis must not be allowed to accomplish nationally what he did in his state—cloak his service to the wealthy by frightening working people with stories about transgender recruiting and “socialist” college professors. There are unmistakable signs that Americans are focused on what an activist government can do for the public good, as evidenced by Floridians’ vote to increase the minimum wage.
The failure of DeSantis to better serve the most vulnerable citizens of his state is his weak underbelly in a national campaign.
HIS WOKE SHIT CRAP HIDES THE FACT THAT THE MAN ON THE STREET IS SUFFERING. The important stuff is not being addressed.
But 1 thing or 2, california can do alot to prevent forest fires but the Sierrea club types won't let the power company's do simple right of way Maintenace to clear away dry fuel for fires ,allowing them to spread.
Florida on the other hand, can't just pickup and move away from the hurrycanes.
Another key issue. How many Uhauls are coming out of florida compared to new york,california?
I suffer headaches to some level almost 24/7 because of my head injury.I have had ringing in the ears since I was 4. Right now,I can not hear the birds singing for the ringing.The sinus pressure is so great.
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Another mass shooting at a school. This makes more than 100 mass shootings this year. Please don't blame the firearms. Blame all those victims that decided to lay down dead or allowed to be injured by a firearmed villain.
More than 100 mass shootings impact U.S. so far in 2023
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Odd, this case is a woman!
To say none of that matters shows you are blind to the facts.
You are like a donkey pulling a cart with a carrot hanging over his head in front of his nose.
he has blinders on and thinks he will get the carrot.
Still, none of that matters. And what I mean by it is that this man/woman was able to obtain weapons not at one gun dealer but several.
Beasley, who was at the 4th of July parade in Highland Park, IL, when a gunman opened fire, ran over to the scene off Hillsboro Pike to find it crawling with police.
"Aren’t you tired of this," she said taking over the microphones after a news conference with Metro Nashville Police. "How is this still happening?"
Beasley continued at the microphones, passionately decrying gun laws.
"How are our children still dying and why are we failing them," she asked. “These shootings, and these mass shootings, will continue to happen until our lawmakers step up and pass safer gun legislation."
Why did this woman want to kill? Fix the the desire to kill, and guns could grow on trees and just rust.
there are possible many who are hardwired to kill.
The brain is a mysterious thing. Some are hardwired to believe in supernatural. Some are hardwired to kill. What if this is actually the case?
Not to mention some situations,like the grocery store killing last year,they talked about doing it online,in that case with a retired federal agent.
These traits could be used to put these people on watch list or if they continue much past their teen years, put them away in asylums to prevent them from harming others.
People that want to harm others, be it terrorist or idiots like that did this school shooting,don't deserve to be loose.
There's no way to detect mental illness
and lock all of them up.
You're an idiot.
Even if we could detect these illnesses,
they come in all kinds of varieties
and, also, aren't present all the time.
You're an idiot.
If someone is mentally sick once a year
but otherwise normal, do you lock
him or her up?
You're an idiot.
There's no way to fix this.
You're an idiot.
You see everything as black or white,
Good or bad. You don't understand that
there's a huge spectrum.
Sorry, did I already say you're an idiot?
If yes, please ignore my next sentence.
You're an idiot.
"Police later found a manifesto and surveillance maps indicating entry points into the school at Hale's home."
That indicates she planned to kill these people. Why?
Why didn't anyone notice anything? Or say something if they did?
NO! Please blame the society that is creating all that mental illness in people
and put guns in the hands of even the most mentally ill people.
You support creating a world that is only about money and working.
A hollow existence like that creates mentally ill people.
And your solution is then to blame those people.
How much more death do you need to see, before you understand
that blaming the shooters is not working as a solution?
Society is creating part of this problem,but not the way you want to think
People catering to 2 years that want to be girls instead of boys is just 1 issue.
Explain to them that they are male and this is how males live and get the fuck over it.No,society embraces letting them "Be what they want to be". Which results in a person with a mutilated ,drug induced shell of a body"
Still, this school shooter, Audrey Hale, was not just trans, but also diagnosed with an emotional disorder. She should have never had access to guns. If a counselor diagnoses an emotional disorder, that should be an immediate flag on people's record, making it impossible to buy guns legally. This person was in possession of 7 legally bought guns. That is asking for trouble.
But you probably don't support losing the ability to buy guns legally, when mental issues are diagnosed, for the other 99,8% of population groups who commit school shootings. Or am I mistaken?
So things like this can be stopped.
Also, perhaps someone needs to look at the hormone treatments that transpeople use and make sure there is no negative side effects, like depression or suicidal thoughts.
I would think if there is a link between all these shootings and the makers of meds, there should be some accountability.
No different than sueing the gun makers. Sue the drug makers of the pills these shooters were popping before they mentally popped themselves.
Tougher regulations or better application of current regulations are needed but, every time Dumbocrats try to do that, the Repuckers shoot it down.
Do you think there are legal 'psychotropic drugs'?
There are anti-depressants, but they are normally nor creating mental illness, but are designed to treat it. Still, I wouldn't want people who are on anti-depressants to have guns. That's a shitload of people in the US though, about 12%.
Trans people just might be the most mentally supported group in your country.
But, sure, if their doctor suspects any emotional disorder, that should be a red flag for owning guns. There is no reason to distrust those hormones. Trans men get testosterone, just like is raging through the bodies of every young men. Are you supporting keeping guns out of the hands of young men? The can now legally own a collection of AR-15's, while they are facing more loneliness and difficulties getting their life in order, than ever. Not a good basis for a stable mental state.
Trans women get Estrogen, just as is present in the bodies of biological women. That might even make them less of a risk, because mass shootings are by a large majority committed by men.
However, the risk is highest for young men with a history of violence and abuse. Murder and mass murder could be prevented by a lot, if any domestic abuse call to the cops would result in taking all the guns away and remove their license.
However, it's completely impossible to get this done at the moment, because there is no supporting system to restrict guns from diagnosed crazy people. There are many loopholes to buy guns, without any background checks. Republicans vote against any measure to improve background checks. Actually, they are working daily to remove any restriction on buying and owning guns. So how then can you get them out of the hands of even the craziest people?
OK, so they can't look in their pants and tell what they are,or were.
Mental illness, even Cat agreed to that in apost a few weeks ago that trans people have a mental issue.
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Ok so why didn't the "friend "warn anyone????
Leo, people knew about it,and this is the result of their LACK OF FUCKING ACTION TO DEAL WITH THE REAL ISSUE>MENTAL ILLNESS!
"Ms Patton, a former middle school basketball teammate of Hale, said that her friend had a history of mental health struggles."
That is a ANTISOCIAL issue at the very least.
Eh, that sentance states that trans people do NOT like how they are and they want change, and it says, that leads to social issues,
This recent school shooting was committed by a trans person that must have had a social issue,as the sentence states.
Telephones have been around over a 100 years.They are a tool to communicate. Cell phones, a good while now,I had the first 1 in my family.a 3 watt bag phone that would make or take a call almost anywhere,unlike this pos in my pocket now that can't reach out side the door of my wooden work shop building.
But don't expect phart to give you any rational answer.
He's blinded by his religious beliefs (that is, that guns
only save lives). The only way that he can reply is by
looking for information that confirms what he believes.
(This is called confirmation bias.)
He can't make a logical argument;
he can't compare facts;
he can't understand that there are places where people aren't afraid of their
neighbours;
he lives in constant fear;
he'll only accept what ultra-right-wing-reactionary-neo-nazi groups say
and reject anything else;
he has repeatedly said that it is fear of god that makes people ethical and, hence, anyone who's not afraid can't be ethical.
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Let me make it more explicit how a dialog with phart goes.
If someone, say, X, tells him
• X: "If I give you a gun, are you more or less likely to injure/kill someone?"
he'll reply by a single line, as follows.
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And if you continue,
• X: "But there's a lot of scientific evidence that gun control saves lives, see, e.g., only registered users can see external links "
then he'll reply as follows.
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That's what phart is like. It is futile to argue with him.
My ideas and beliefs are not all from religion or internet.
When I leave my home, my eyes are open to see, my ears are listening, my body is feeling.
And what I have witnessed the past couple of years is a drastic reduction in the quality of life my self and my neighbors are able to live due to the current administrations ideas.
For example, before the plandemic under Trumps leadership, my neighbors had jobs, my fridge was full, my wallet had a little cash in it because there was plenty of side work people wanted done that I could do.
Before Trump, my neighbors were out of work, alot of small business's went under during obama in this area, where i live,, my fridge was about empty,
just as it is now with obama 2.0 except there is so much hatred and division in this country now compared to before that NO ONE is willing to see the danger
If I lived like you Leo,in some utopia, I would not see suffering, so everything would look rosey.
I wouldn't hear of my neighbors house being broke into by a crook that was just let out of jail last week, I wouldn't see the tv news showing crooks cutting off their ankle monitors and going out to kill and rap# AGAIN while waiting for a trial for 2 previous 1's.
I could go on,but it is futile to try to get you to see the real world as it is on the ground here in the US. you see what the media projects to you, to continue to nourish that antigun, anti accountability mantra of the liberals.
Person was under dr's care for a mental issue. MY GOODNESS< who would have thouht? Is that not what people have been trying to explain to you!??? MENTAL ISSUES?
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