Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pushed back on a &#8220;hoax&#8221; during the second Republican presidential primary debate that was started by Vice President Kamala Harris several weeks ago and was pushed during the debate by a leftist debate moderator and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC).
Harris promoted the smear campaign about Florida’s African-American history curriculum back in July, claiming that “in the state of Florida, they decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
Harris seized on one sentence from the 216-page <a href="https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/20653/urlt/6-4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">curriculum</a> that noted that freed slaves at times used skills they learned and developed during slavery to help themselves later in their lives: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
The language in the Florida curriculum is virtually <a href="https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-african-american-studies-course-framework.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identical</a> to the language that the College Board includes in its current curriculum for AP African American Studies, which is <a href="https://newsroom.collegeboard.org/advanced-placement-student-participation-and-performance-climb-unison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">available</a> in thousands of schools across the U.S.
Dr. William Allen, former chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Florida’s African American History Standards Workgroup member, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> Harris, teachers unions, and anyone else promoting the allegations, saying that they are spreading “lies.”
During the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Univision&#8217;s Ilia Calderón brought up the issue, claiming that DeSantis &#8220;hurt&#8221; many people because of the curriculum and asked what he would say to those people.
&#8220;So first of all, that&#8217;s a hoax that was perpetrated by Kamala Harris,&#8221; DeSantis began. &#8220;We are not going to be doing that. Second of all, that was written by descendants of slaves. These are great black history scholars.&#8221;
While responding, Scott repeatedly interrupted, saying: &#8220;Take the line out.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to stop playing these games. Here&#8217;s the deal. Our country&#8217;s education system is in decline because it&#8217;s focused on indoctrination, denying parents&#8217; rights,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;Florida represents the revival of American education. We&#8217;re ranked number one in the nation in education by US News and World Report. My wife and I, we have a six-, five-, and three-year-old. This is personal to us.&#8221;
&#8220;We didn&#8217;t just talk about universal school choice, we enacted universal school choice,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;We didn&#8217;t just talk about Parents&#8217; Bill of Rights, we enacted the Parents&#8217; Bill of Rights, we eliminated critical race theory and we now have American civics and the Constitution in our schools in a really big way. Just like President Reagan asked for and his farewell address back in 1989. Florida is showing how it&#8217;s done. We&#8217;re standing with parents and our kids are benefiting.&#8221;
Calderón then asked Scott to weigh in on the issue.
&#8220;There is not there is not a redeeming quality in slavery,&#8221; Scott said, even though neither DeSantis nor the curriculum ever said that. &#8220;He and Kamala should have just taken the one sentence out. America has suffered because of slavery.&#8221;
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DeSantis calls out Univision moderator for spreading <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> Harris&#39; &quot;hoax&quot; that Florida teaches slavery is beneficial <a href="https://t.co/bYRF6s0R8V">pic.twitter.com/bYRF6s0R8V</a>
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Scott has previously touted Harris&#8217; attacks against DeSantis, saying: “What slavery was really about was separating families, about mutilating humans, and even raping their wives. It was just devastating. So I would hope that every person in our country — and certainly running for president — would appreciate that.”
DeSantis responded directly to Scott at the time: “Part of the reason our country has struggled is because D.C. Republicans all too often accept false narratives, accept lies that are perpetrated by the Left. And to accept the lie that Kamala Harris has been perpetrating even when that has been debunked, that’s not the way you do it. The way you lead is to fight back against the lies, is to speak the truth. So I’m here defending my state of Florida against false accusations and against lies. And we’re going to continue to speak the truth.”
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“Part of the reason our country has struggled is because D.C. Republicans all too often accept false narratives, accept lies that are perpetrated by the Left. And to accept the lie that Kamala Harris has been perpetrating even when that has been debunked, that&#39;s not the way you… <a href="https://t.co/oDfCPIKkwR">pic.twitter.com/oDfCPIKkwR</a>
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis revealed during Wednesday night&#8217;s Republican presidential primary debate that if elected he plans to use the U.S. Department of Justice to go after &#8220;all&#8221; woke district attorneys funded by Democratic megadonor George Soros.
DeSantis — who has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-throws-another-woke-soros-prosecutor-out-of-office">removed</a> two Soros district attorneys in the state of Florida — made the remarks while at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
<div class="dw-mm-player-container">&#8220;How do you think about dealing with the root causes of crime, especially this revolving door of the criminals that just get out and come back and commit another crime?&#8221; co-moderator Dana Perino asked.</div>
&#8220;Well, the crime in the cities is one of the strongest signs of the decaying of America, we can&#8217;t be successful as a country if people aren&#8217;t even safe to live in places like Los Angeles and San Francisco,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Just being in Southern California over the last couple of days, my wife and I have met three people who have been mugged on the street. And that would have never happened 10 or 20 years ago.&#8221;
DeSantis said that his administration backs law enforcement in the state and the result of that has been a 50-year low in crime in the state.
&#8220;And yes, when I had two progressive prosecutors that weren&#8217;t following the law in Florida, I removed them from their posts and the people of Florida are safer as a result of it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;As President, I will use the Justice Department to bring civil rights cases against all of those Left-wing Soros funded prosecutors, we&#8217;re not going to let them get away with it anymore. We want to reverse this country&#8217;s decline. We need to choose law and order over rioting and disorder.&#8221;
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Ron DeSantis at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPdebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOPdebate</a>: &quot;As president, I will use the Justice Department to bring civil rights cases against all of those left-wing, Soros-funded prosecutors. We&#39;re not going to let them get away with it anymore.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/UtXbnfc9qY">pic.twitter.com/UtXbnfc9qY</a>
&mdash; Never Back Down (@NvrBackDown24) <a href="https://twitter.com/NvrBackDown24/status/1707211689085526500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A Tampa man identified as a former federal prosecutor is a suspect in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> road rage stabbing incident that took place on Tuesday morning.
Authorities arrested Patrick Douglas Scruggs, 38, on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault and armed burglary, <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2023/09/27/howard-frankland-stabbing-suspect-is-former-assistant-us-attorney/#:~:text=Patrick%20Douglas%20Scruggs%2C%20who%20worked,another%20motorist%20after%20a%20crash." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Tampa Bay Times</a>. Records show he was released from jail after posting $65,000 bail.
A LinkedIn page for Scruggs showed he worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa from 2013 to 2023 before joining an Atlanta-based private law firm in May, the news outlet reported. Scruggs has experience working in January 6 cases and others over the years.
The Florida Highway Patrol put out a news release that explained what led up to the alleged stabbing on the Howard Franklin Bridge. It involved people in multiple vehicles.
A 40-year-old driver and his 43-year-old wife pulled over to help a 35-year-old man from Tampa who was slumped over in his sedan while stopped in the travel lanes, per authorities. At some point, the man woke up and accelerated forward, crashing his sedan into the couple&#8217;s car. He then backed his sedan out and crashed into a passing vehicle driven by Scruggs.
Scruggs pulled over, walked over to the 35-year-old&#8217;s vehicle, and stabbed the driver with a pocket knife, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers added that Scruggs also tried to stab the couple as they tried to help the victim before the husband and wife fled.
Scruggs was detained by a St. Petersburg Police Department officer who was driving by the scene, authorities said. The stabbing victim was taken to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, they added, <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/suspect-arrested-for-stabbing-driver-multiple-times-after-crash-on-howard-frankland-bridge-troopers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per Fox 13</a>.
Scruggs’ attorney, John Nohlgren, gave a statement to the Tampa Bay Times that stressed his client is innocent until proven guilty and claimed the incident was &#8220;a chaotic situation involving multiple crashes caused by only one person on one of our area’s busiest bridges.&#8221;
&#8220;That person was not Mr. Scruggs,&#8221; the statement added. “There is much more to this incident than what is being reported and we are diligently working to bring to light the full facts of what occurred. We urge that the public keep an open mind and withhold from making judgments. We will bring forth all of the facts and make them known to the authorities in the proper forum.&#8221;

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A woman whose childhood medical condition and hospital treatment were featured in the tragic Netflix documentary “Take Care of Maya” is finally getting her day in court.
Maya Kowalski was just nine years old when she started having asthma attacks and headaches. Her symptoms soon evolved to include lesions on her arms and legs, and cramping in her feet, which began to curl so she couldn’t walk without assistance. Her parents, Jack and Beata, took her to a doctor to find out what was wrong with their daughter, with at least one thinking the girl’s condition was all in her head.
“But Maya would be crying 24/7,” Jack, 61, <a href="https://people.com/take-care-of-maya-munchausen-by-proxy-accusation-maya-kowalski-mom-death-by-suicide-7509016" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> People Magazine in June. “We knew she wasn’t faking.”
Finally, the Kowalskis found Dr. Anthony Kirkpatrick, who evaluated Maya and diagnosed her with a rare disorder known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, an impairment of the nervous system that increases pain sensations – meaning even the slightest stimulus could cause severe pain to Maya. Kirkpatrick treated Maya and found that the only thing that worked for her condition was monthly infusions of the powerful anesthetic ketamine, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune <a href="https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2019/01/27/doctors-suspicion-tears-apart-venice-family/986798007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> back in 2019.
There are critics of the diagnosis and treatment since doctors don’t know what causes CRPS or exactly how to treat it, but the ketamine injections allowed Maya to return to life as an ordinary young girl.
But Maya would still have relapses, and in October 2016, her parents took her to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, when she was having a stomachache so severe she was stuck in the fetal position.
Seven months earlier, the same hospital seemingly accepted Maya’s diagnosis, implanting a port so the young girl could easily receive intravenous treatments for the condition. But in October 2016, doctors at the hospital started doubting Maya’s diagnosis and believing that her mother was suffering from Munchausen by proxy, a condition in which a parent seeks attention from doctors and medical personnel by faking a child’s illness.
The hospital filed an abuse report, but child welfare officials closed it that same day after speaking with Maya’s specialist, according to court documents reviewed by the Herald-Tribune.
But hospital staff wouldn’t let it go, and called in Dr. Sally Smith, a pediatrician and part-time medical director of the Pinellas County Child Protection Team. The hospital filed a second abuse claim with more details, alleging that Maya’s mother Beata wanted to put her daughter in a coma and became angry when Maya asked for food. The abuse report also stated that Maya wasn’t really in pain.
An attorney for Maya’s family, Jennifer Anderson, told the Herald-Tribune in 2019 that Beata was “an advocate for her daughter.”
“And my sense is it struck these ER doctors that we know better than this pushy mom who’s coming in here telling us how to do our job,” Anderson added.
Howard Hunter, lead counsel for the hospital, pushed back on the family&#8217;s claims in his opening statement to the jury, arguing that once the hospital filed the report, it was the Department of Children and Families who set visitation parameters, who could and couldn&#8217;t see Maya, and what she was allowed to have in her room.
&#8220;The hospital was put in the position of having to implement those Orders. We are going to ask you to avoid conflating what was ordered by the Court with what was done by the hospital. The hospital is not the Court or DCF,” Hunter said.
Beata, a registered nurse who escaped communist-era Poland, eventually committed suicide, believing that doing so would lead the hospital to let Maya go home and take her condition seriously. Sadly, she was right.
Just days after Beata took her own life, the case against the Kowalskis was dropped and Maya was allowed to leave the hospital – after keeping her for three months under a court-ordered separation that only allowed Beata to speak to Maya on the phone with someone listening in. Their devastating phone calls can be heard in the Netflix documentary.
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The Kowalskis sued the hospital and Dr. Smith, alleging the medical center’s negligence led to Beata’s death, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girl-neflixs-taking-care-maya-was-imprisoned-battered-mothers-suicide-rcna116911?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&amp;_branch_match_id=1133745504221936325&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=NBC%20News&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKzkstL9ZLLCjQy8nMy9bPjQpIt0isysh2SQIA6Nd9yiQAAAA%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“I was medically kidnapped,” Maya, now 17, told People Magazine earlier this year.
&#8220;Maya Kowalski was falsely imprisoned and battered. She was denied communication with her family,&#8221; attorney Anderson told jurors now that the trial for the lawsuit is finally underway. &#8220;She was denied communication with the outside. She was told that her mother was crazy. She was told by social workers, one in particular, that she would be her mother.&#8221;
Hunter, attorney for the hospital, argued in his opening statements that Maya was never battered, and that, &#8220;whenever there was a touching of Maya, it was done for therapeutic reasons or to comfort her.&#8221;
&#8220;There was no intention to harm her and never any point at which a reasonable person could take offense on how she was touched or how her care was managed,” he added.
Jack Kowalski told the Herald-Tribune in 2019 that he believed his lawsuit would show that Smith and the hospital knew they were making a false child abuse report but refused to drop it even though evidence showed they were wrong. He said Maya’s health deteriorated rapidly under their care and refusal to treat her as she had been in the past.
The hospital denies the Kowalski&#8217;s allegations, telling The Daily Wire in a statement that &#8220;Our priority at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital is always the safety and privacy of our patients and their families, and we are vigorously defending against the false allegations made in the suit.&#8221;
&#8220;Our staff are required by law to notify Florida’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) if they suspect abuse or neglect. It is DCF and a judge – not Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital – that investigates the situation and makes the ultimate decision about what course of action is in the best interest of the child,&#8221; the hospital continued. &#8220;We are determined to prevent any chilling effect on the obligation of mandatory reporters, including teachers, first responders, and healthcare workers, to report suspected child abuse in order to protect the most vulnerable among us.&#8221;
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to <a href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</a> for a list of additional resources.
Editor&#8217;s Note: This article has been updated to include more context from the defense.

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She Had A Rare Medical Condition But Hospital Staff Suspected Abuse. Her Family’s Lawsuit Just Went To Court.

Trial Begins For Lawsuit Filed By Family Featured In Netflix Documentary 'Take Care Of Maya'

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized the U.S. Senate on Monday after the chamber of Congress eliminated its dress code for lawmakers over the weekend, appearing to accommodate Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman.
&#8220;We need to be lifting up our standards in this country, not dumbing down our standards in this country,&#8221; DeSantis <a href="https://twitter.com/ReOpenChris/status/1703844051064177062" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fetterman-rule-senate-cuts-dress-code-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directed</a> the Senate&#8217;s sergeant-at-arms to stop enforcing a dress code for senators a few months after Fetterman made headlines for disregarding the rules.
The change is expected to go into effect next week.
DeSantis <a href="https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/desantis-speaking-at-sheriffs-office-hangar-in-jacksonville/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> at Craig Municipal Airport in Jacksonville on Monday, announcing that all Florida first responders would receive $1,000 bonuses for the third year in a row. But as the governor balances his responsibilities as the state&#8217;s top official and bids for the White House in 2024, he took a moment to slam the Senate for allowing lawmakers to choose what they wear on the Senate floor.
&#8220;Did you guys hear the U.S. Senate just eliminated its dress code?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;Because you got this guy from Pennsylvania who&#8217;s got a lot of problems — I mean, let&#8217;s just be honest, like how he got elected? Well, I mean, he got elected because they didn&#8217;t want the alternative.&#8221;
&#8220;But he wears like sweatshirts and hoodies and shorts — and that&#8217;s his thing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So he would campaign in that, which is your prerogative, right? I mean, if that&#8217;s what you want to do. But to show up in the United States Senate with that and not have the decency to put on proper attire. I think it&#8217;s disrespectful to the body. And I think the fact that the Senate changed the rules to accommodate that, you know, I think looks — speaks very poorly to how they consider that.&#8221;
Relaxing enforcement of the dress code, which appears to be more of a tradition than a written policy, is sure to make life easier for Fetterman in particular. The freshman senator, who has a penchant for hoodies and shorts, reportedly worked around the rules for the Senate floor by popping in to vote from the doorway of the Democratic cloakroom or side entrance.
Fetterman&#8217;s preference for cozy attire was seen as a good sign for the senator as he struggled with depression and anxiety following a near-fatal stroke last year, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fetterman-depression-senate-return-hoodies-shorts-771886ba8f3caee9be9674d186cd656b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a>.
&#8220;People close to Fetterman say his relaxed, comfortable style is a sign that the senator is making a robust recovery after six weeks of inpatient treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where medical professionals treated him for clinical depression with medication and fitted him for hearing aids for hearing loss that had made it harder for him to communicate,&#8221; the report said.
Axios noted the clothing standards were previously relaxed to allow women to show their arms.
 Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the state is launching a billboard campaign in Chicago, Illinois, to recruit law enforcement officers to the state of Florida.
&#8220;We are launching law enforcement recruitment billboards in Chicago, where crime rates are soaring and officers are unappreciated,&#8221; DeSantis wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. &#8220;While dozens of Illinois officers have already relocated to Florida, we look forward to welcoming many more with open arms and a $5,000 bonus.&#8221;
The billboard shows an image of a police officer and says, “Citizenship matters. Law enforcement matters.”
“Make the Smart Move to Florida!” the billboard added. “$5,000 bonus for new officer recruits.”
The billboard directs those who are interested to visit floridajobs.org.
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A statement from the governor&#8217;s office highlighted the contrast in the operating environment that recruits face in Illinois vs. Florida:
<blockquote>Under Illinois <a href="https://legiscan.com/IL/text/HB3751/2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a>, foreign nationals are now able to become police officers. Additionally, earlier this year, Illinois became the first state to completely eliminate its cash bail system, allowing dangerous criminals back into communities. In contrast, Governor DeSantis has signed historic law-and-order legislation for three consecutive years, <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2023/05/01/governor-ron-desantis-signs-third-consecutive-anti-crime-pro-public-safety-legislative-package/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including House Bill 1627 earlier this year</a>, which protects Floridians from these disastrous “bail reform” policies being pushed by liberal politicians and prosecutors in high-crime jurisdictions across the country.</blockquote>
“Florida strongly supports law enforcement and has consistently enacted commonsense criminal justice policies to keep our communities safe,” DeSantis said. “We stand behind our citizen officers, and we give them the tools to succeed professionally and personally. Other states deputize non-citizens, enact policies that favor criminals over victims, and work to overtly or covertly defund the police, but not in Florida. I look forward to welcoming the Illinois men and women in blue to the law-and-order state.”
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The statement said that a program that DeSantis signed into law in 2022, the Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program, has led to more than 2,700 law enforcement recruits joining the police forces in the state, including 750 recruits from 48 states.

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DeSantis Unveils Billboards In Democrat State Seeking To Recruit Law Enforcement Officers To Florida

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> narrowed the focus of its federal lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis this week to claim that he politically retaliated against the company.
The company amended its lawsuit to drop other claims that it made in the case, including that the state &#8220;breached the company’s contractual rights, took property without compensation and violated its due process rights in a yearlong dispute over a special tax district that includes Disney World,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/disney-narrows-desantis-lawsuit-to-focus-on-free-speech-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg News</a>.
The revision shrinks the amended lawsuit nearly in half compared to the original suit.
Disney claims that they wanted to drop the claims because they are being addressed in a lawsuit at the state-level.
A spokesperson for DeSantis said in a statement: “The governor welcomes Disney’s surrender on all of its claims challenging his legislative acts.”
A Disney spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC that the company would “continue to fight vigorously to defend these contracts, because these agreements will determine whether or not Disney can invest billions of dollars and generate thousands of new jobs in Florida.”
Disney suggested in May this year that it had pulled out of building a billion dollar office complex because of “changing business conditions.”
“Given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project, including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with construction of the campus,” said Josh D’Amaro, Disney’s theme park and consumer products chairman. “This was not an easy decision to make, but I believe it is the right one.”
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The company had become enraged after the 44-year-old governor stripped it of its control over a special tax district that was created in the 1960s that allowed the company to enjoy special benefits that no other company in the state had.
“Disney announced the possibility of a Lake Nona campus nearly two years ago. Nothing ever came of the project, and the state was unsure whether it would come to fruition,” DeSantis’ Press Secretary Jeremy Redfern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-signals-new-action-against-disney-not-over-after-old-board-made-last-minute-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time. “Given the company’s financial straits, falling market cap and declining stock price, it is unsurprising that they would restructure their business operations and cancel unsuccessful ventures.”
Disney had already <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/24/disney-layoffs-second-larger-wave.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">laid off</a> 4,000 employees in recent months with more jobs expected to be cut due to the company’s financial struggles.
Disney has sued the state of Florida, claiming that they are the victims of “a targeted campaign of government retaliation,” and Disney CEO Bob Iger implied during a recent earnings call that the company may retaliate in response to its feud with the governor by withholding development plans in the state, asking, “Does the state want us to invest more, employ more people, and pay more taxes, or not?”
D’Amaro said later on in his statement, however, that the company still has plans to invest $17 billion in Walt Disney World and create 13,000 jobs there over the next decade.
While some Republicans have tried to attack DeSantis over his battle with Disney, the company is not popular with Republican voters, according to recent polling on the topic.
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I want to put Disney&#39;s unpopularity with Republicans in perspective: 
64% of Republicans view Disney negatively.
Those are Liz Cheney numbers. <a href="https://t.co/kOO0ETU1DC">pic.twitter.com/kOO0ETU1DC</a>
&mdash; Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href="https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1659295800256524300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> slammed a protester who heckled him during a press conference on Thursday in Jacksonville.
DeSantis, who is running for president, was talking at an event at Culhane&#8217;s Irish Pub when the heckler tried to blame him for the shooting in the city last month — which DeSantis strongly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftists-protest-desantis-at-jacksonville-prayer-vigil-black-democrat-councilmember-slaps-back-a-bullet-dont-know-a-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">condemned</a> at the time.
&#8220;First of all, I did not allow anything with that,&#8221; DeSantis said as the protester continued to talk. &#8220;I’m not going to let you accuse me of committing criminal activity. I am not going to take that. I am not going to take that.&#8221;
&#8220;To say that I’m letting — that guy was Baker Acted,&#8221; DeSantis continued, referencing the prior incident when law enforcement officials had placed the suspect on a mental health hold years before the tragedy.
&#8220;He should have been ruled ineligible [to buy a gun], but they didn’t involuntarily commit him and so, they weren’t—&#8221; DeSantis said as the heckler continued to interrupt.
The man then made a claim that is difficult to hear on the video of the exchange, to which DeSantis responded: &#8220;No, no. There is the truth. There is something about the truth. It’s not — everyone doesn’t have their own truth. No.&#8221;
&#8220;You don’t get to come here and blame me for some madman,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That is not appropriate and I’m not going to accept it.&#8221;
The man then claimed that DeSantis had &#8220;allowed&#8221; something to happen, to which the governor fired back: &#8220;Oh, that is nonsense. That is such nonsense. We’ve done more — we’ve done more to support law enforcement in this state than anybody and throughout the United States. Our crime rate in Florida is at a 50-year low.&#8221;
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&#8220;We have enacted policies so that people have a chance to live in safety. We have attracted people to come to this state in large part because we’ve had a commitment to public safety, so the notion that somehow we’re not supportive of safety is absurd, and we’ve put our money where our mouth,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;We’ve put support behind policies to hold people accountable who hurt other people. You haven’t seen us releasing people from prison. When they hurt — when you do the crime, you do the time.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NEW</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantis</a> absolutely DESTROYS leftist heckler blaming him for the racist murders in Jacksonville. <a href="https://t.co/4ezEEYRYU8">pic.twitter.com/4ezEEYRYU8</a>
&quot;First of all, I did not allow anything with that. Well, listen — excuse me! I’m not going to let you accuse me of committing criminal activity. I…
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The founders of Moms for Liberty, a parental rights group, plan to sue the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/southern-poverty-law-center-splc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Southern Poverty Law Center</a> (SPLC) for defamation after it labeled the coalition an extremist group.
The Florida-based Moms for Liberty launched in 2021 after COVID restrictions paused typical schooling and moved education behind masks or online. The results for students caught in the pandemic were disastrous as mental health issues <a href="https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/pediatric-childrens-mental-health-crisis-ECRI-top-safety-concern/644731/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">jumped</a> and test scores <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-are-back-and-confronting-devastating-learning-losses-11662472087" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slumped</a>.
Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice co-founded Moms for Liberty with Bridget Ziegler, who has since exited the group, leaving Descovich and Justice in charge. The trio founded the group not only to push back against detrimental health policies, but to reinforce parental authority over a child’s education as well. Since its founding, Moms for Liberty has expanded to include hundreds of chapters across almost every state in the U.S.
In 2022, the SPLC in its annual Year in Hate and Extremism <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/year-hate-extremism-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> called Moms for Liberty an “extremist” coalition of “far-right antigovernment parents” known for “intimidating and harassing teachers and school officials.” It said Moms for Liberty is “one of the most recognized names in the anti-student inclusion movement” for the group’s opposition to explicit and Critical Race Theory materials being available and taught to students at school.
The designation is false and libelous, Justice told The Daily Wire. Descovich and Justice are in the early stages of planning a lawsuit against the SPLC for defamation.
“We’re not threatening to do it, we’re going to do it if we feel that we have an ability to do that,” Justice said. “Defamation is a hard claim in court, but it is certainly affecting our chapters and hurting our chapters all over the country, and intentionally so is the point. And it’s totally unfounded.”
The SPLC’s designation places Moms for Liberty alongside neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups, as well as conservative Christian groups such as the Family Research Council, an example of critics’ observation that the SPLC often conflates mainstream conservatives and activists with racists and bigots.
“The designation is being used widely by the media. There are people, liberal activists, that are using it to try to hurt our chapters, to try to hurt our moms,” she continued. “The SPLC has put a target on the back of every American mom and dad. Shame on them.”
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Justice said the main Moms for Liberty office in Florida is receiving examples of how the SPLC designation and description of the group is impacting members’ ability to conduct outreach. In one example reported in <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-do-not-co-parent-with-the-government-justice-descovich-education-rights-d9609fc6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a>, a Moms for Liberty event planned to take place at Milwaukee’s Italian Community Center was canceled after a reporter inquired to the event space’s booker about the group. In the ensuing article about the cancelation, the reporter described Moms for Liberty as “a group designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an extremist antigovernment organization.”
“The SPLC needs to be held accountable,” Justice said, “and we’re going to work to do everything we can to make sure that they’re held accountable.”
Justice said she also suspects that Moms for Liberty has been singled out for pressure from the federal government. She said she has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the Department of Justice and the White House for information on how the SPLC listing might be used.
“We want to know, how is this list being used? How is the federal government using this list? Are they using it?” Justice said, pointing out that President Joe Biden has <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/05/white-house-records-biden-personally-met-splc-staff-6-times-foreshadowing-renewed-attacks-parent-groups/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met</a> with representatives of the SPLC multiple times in the White House. “What are they discussing? What are they talking about?”
“The American people want to know. American people are tired of the federal government being weaponized against us. We will not be shamed or silenced out of defending our parental rights and our children and the future of our country. And so we’re going to do everything that we need to do to get the right information to be able to hold the SPLC accountable,” she said.

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Forecasters with the federal government predict <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hurricane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane</a> Lee will reach Category 5 status by the weekend as it heads toward the United States, though its extended track remains uncertain.
Maximum sustained winds are expected to reach 160 miles per hour by the weekend, putting the storm at the high end of the <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale</a> with the potential for &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; damage.
&#8220;Many of the models are calling for remarkable rates of intensification, beyond rates normally seen with model forecasts,&#8221; the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT3+shtml/071459.shtml?" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thursday discussion post</a>.
In the days that follow, the storm is expected to slightly diminish to Category 4 status, which would still keep it as a major hurricane.
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11AM AST Sep 7: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lee</a> is forecast to become a major hurricane later today. Stay up to date with the latest at <a href="https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ">https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/OytGC4Atmo">pic.twitter.com/OytGC4Atmo</a>
&mdash; National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1699805035188900004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The NHC said the storm, which was moving over the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean as a Category 2 hurricane as of midday on Thursday, would likely travel north of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other nearby islands over the weekend and into next week. But, the agency added, these islands should continue monitoring for updates.
&#8220;Swells generated by Lee are expected to reach portions of the Lesser Antilles on Friday, and the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, and Bermuda this weekend. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,&#8221; the NHC stressed in one of its <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT3+shtml/071459.shtml?" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;key&#8221; messages</a>.
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A look at Hurricane Lee as it swirls in the western Atlantic Ocean this morning. The current maximum sustained wind gusts are 90 mph.
Lee is forecast to intensify rapidly into a powerful Category 5 hurricane (157+ mph sustained winds) by the weekend. <a href="https://t.co/OUpcEKCIfr">pic.twitter.com/OUpcEKCIfr</a>
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The outlook for next week for Hurricane Lee gets murky, as is often the case with extended forecasts, and even if it does not make landfall over North America, its effects could still extend far and wide.
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A <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-lee-set-to-explode-to-category-5-strength-prior-to-caribbean-us-impacts/1576688#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video from AccuWeather</a> showed that Hurricane Lee would turn to the north and, depending on the jet stream, could lead to a &#8220;direct impact risk&#8221; somewhere along the coast of the Mid-Atlantic, New England, or Canada. Another possibility is that the jet stream steers it away from the U.S.
The Atlantic hurricane season, which stretches from June 1 to November 30, is currently at its peak. Another hurricane named Idalia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/electric-vehicles-catch-fire-after-hurricane-idalia-flooding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slammed into Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast last week</a>, causing flooding, power outages, and <a href="https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/hurricane-idalia-death-toll/67-c1119bc7-30bb-45b6-9170-b7b8551a57d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least two deaths</a>.
Though it appears right now Hurricane Lee will not hit Florida, one local forecaster recommended that the rest of the East Coast keep watch. &#8220;Models continue to thankfully keep this well away from Florida, but should be monitored from the Carolinas to Eastern Canada,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/MattDevittWINK/status/1699800369126367544" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> WINK News chief meteorologist Matt Devitt.

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Democrat state lawmakers are more unified and committed to a leftist ideology than Republican lawmakers are to conservatism, according to a report from the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Republicans voted for conservative policies 77% of the time, while Democrats voted for liberal policies 87% of the time, according to the <a href="https://www.digital.cpac.org/foundation/centers-legislative-accountability">analysis</a> of all 7,400 lawmakers in the 50 statehouses during last year&#8217;s legislative sessions.
The study by CPAC&#8217;s affiliated Center for Legislative Accountability concluded that Democrats were more likely to &#8220;stick together&#8221; on issues important to the party&#8217;s base, while Republicans &#8220;broke apart.&#8221;
&#8220;Republicans run on conservative promises, but after they win more of them abandon the tough votes on key conservative policies when compared to Democrats whose first rule is to stick together,” the group said. “Our analysis shows how moderate Republicans broke apart on key issues like parental choice in education, securing strong voter ID, or putting a stop to COVID mandates.”
The analysis found a mismatch between the desires of the populace and how state representatives acted.
Ranking among the 10 states with the most liberal Republican lawmakers were Mississippi, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Idaho. That&#8217;s despite Republicans holding strong majorities in those legislatures, and the state&#8217;s population overwhelmingly voting for Republican in election after election.
As a group, Mississippi Republican lawmakers had an average conservative score of 58%, making them less conservative than Republicans in New Jersey, Maryland, and Oregon. The state where Republicans voted most conservative was a swing state: Wisconsin.
The findings emphasize that the states advancing conservative legislation are not doing it because of legislative dominance, but because of committed policymaking. Florida, for example, is a traditionally swing state in presidential elections, and Republicans don&#8217;t hold nearly the percentage of seats in the state legislature that they do in places like Wyoming. But those Florida Republicans take full advantage of the majority they do have, with a conservative score of 89%.
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Looking at state lawmakers regardless of party, West Virginia was rated the most conservative in the country. Not only did Republicans dominate the chamber, but they were also complemented by Democrats who were not particularly liberal.
The most-radical Democrats were in New Jersey, where they had a 0% conservative ranking, followed by Colorado, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Oregon, at 1%.
A 2021 analysis by The Daily Wire, which relied in part on CPAC&#8217;s categorizations of state bills, led to similar conclusions.
“The red states are actually the worst” when it comes to moderate Republicans, Andrew Roth, president of the State Freedom Caucus Network, told The Daily Wire in 2021. “A lot of Democrats know they can’t get elected with a D next to their name, so they put an R next to their name and then vote like liberals.”
The exact reason for the failure of the most conservative state legislatures to behave like conservatives is unknown. Candidates who are more apolitical tend to run as Republicans, since it&#8217;s the only way to win elections in deep red pockets of the country. The result is that statehouses in 2022 follow a similar pattern as local school boards: Often liberal even in conservative places, with few voters paying enough attention to local politics to notice.
Activists say that if the goal is conservative policy rather than just winning elections, voters and big donors alike should shift their focus from congressional seats and the presidency to state laws in red states, where they can notch wins and show the rest of the nation the result of conservative policies.
“Conservatives need to get real that maybe spending all this money on congressional races to get one vote that doesn’t actually affect policy is not nearly as meaningful as spending money in states where the money goes further and they can actually implement policy,” Thomas Bradbury, CPAC&#8217;s director of policy and advocacy, said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/19-statehouses-have-bigger-republican-majorities-than-florida-this-group-is-making-sure-they-act-like-it">19 Statehouses Have Bigger Republican Majorities Than Florida. This Group Is Making Sure They Act Like It.</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-did-wyoming-kill-school-choice-deep-red-states-often-dont-act-like-it-data-shows">Why Did Wyoming Kill School Choice? Deep-Red States Often Don’t Act Like It, Data Shows</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-legislatures-in-the-deep-red-states-that-sent-romney-and-cheney-to-washington-vote-like-liberals">Why Legislatures In The Deep-Red States That Sent Romney And Cheney To Washington ‘Vote Like Liberals’</a>
How conservative were the Republicans in your statehouse in 2022?
1. Wisconsin: 94% 
2. Michigan: 93% 
3. New Hampshire: 92% 
4. California: 91% 
5. Iowa: 90% 
6. Maine: 89% 
7. Colorado: 89% 
8. Florida: 89% 
9. North Carolina: 89% 
10. Pennsylvania: 87% 
11. West Virginia: 87% 
12. Georgia: 86% 
13. Ohio: 86% 
14. Kentucky: 86% 
15. Montana: 84% 
16. Tennessee: 84% 
17. Texas*: 83% 
18. Delaware: 82% 
19. Oklahoma: 81% 
20. Arizona: 81% 
21. Kansas: 80% 
22. Arkansas*: 79% 
23. Alabama: 78% 
24. Washington: 78% 
25. Minnesota: 78% 
26. Louisiana: 77% 
27. Missouri: 77% 
28. South Carolina: 77% 
29. Massachusetts: 75% 
30. Indiana: 75% 
31. New York: 74% 
32. Vermont: 74% 
33. Rhode Island: 74% 
34. Utah: 74% 
35. North Dakota*: 73% 
36. Virginia: 73% 
37. Illinois: 72% 
38. New Mexico: 71% 
39. Nevada*: 70% 
40. Idaho: 68% 
41. South Dakota: 68% 
42. Oregon: 68% 
43. Wyoming: 66% 
44. Maryland: 65% 
45. New Jersey: 59% 
46. Mississippi: 58% 
47. Alaska: 57% 
48. Connecticut: 54% 
49. Hawaii: 26%

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The left-wing magazine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rolling-stone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolling Stone</a> was forced to issue a correction this week in a report that falsely portrayed a group of purported neo-Nazis in Florida as being supporters of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
The article highlighted a small group of approximately two dozen individuals dressed in Nazi paraphernalia who marched in Orlando, Florida, over the weekend shouting obscenities.
The original article stated that one member of the crowd said, &#8220;We&#8217;re all DeSantis supporters! We like Ron DeSantis.”
However, what the article did not include was that the same person then immediately attacked DeSantis, meaning he was kidding with his previous remarks.
“F*** Ron DeSantis! Ron DeSantis is a joke,&#8221; the person <a href="https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1698398680510775703/video/1">said</a>. &#8220;Ron DeSantis is a joke.”
The correction from Rolling Stone stated:
<blockquote>The original version of this article quoted a marcher as saying, “We’re all DeSantis supporters!” without including his second remark, “F*** Ron DeSantis! Ron DeSantis is a joke. Ron DeSantis is a joke.” The story has been updated.</blockquote>
Some of the extremists in the crowd wore nazi swastikas or held swastika flags.
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Rolling Stone faced widespread backlash online over their story and their post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and were later forced to delete the social media post.

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