Members of Ron DeSantis Staff admitted in court that “Wokeness” means activism against social injustice and injustices in the criminal justice system. Therefore when DeSantis says “Florida is the place where woke goes to die”, he’s for anti-awareness, anti-knowledge and anti-truth. He wants systemic injustices UPHELD, he’s PRO-status quo, PRO-injustice and he’s against change in injustices.

In other words, Republicans “War on Woke” means “War on Freedom”.

DeSantis and Republicans wants everyone to stay “asleep” and do nothing to change injustice and the status quo. Those who speaks out against DeSantis and Florida Republicans, like Disney or the Tampa Bay Rays gets PUNISHED (as detailed in videos below). DeSantis also passed Anti-Protest laws to punish and criminalize protesting. This is classic Anti-democratic, Authoritarian, Fascist, Banana Republic Dictator behavior.

 

DeSantis Struggles To Attract Voters As ‘War On Woke’ Backfires

According to a new poll, a majority of Americans actually like whatever “woke” means, and that’s a big problem for people like Ron DeSantis. As the Florida governor returns from a test trip to Iowa, he is finding it hard to attract supporters who aren’t already diehard Republicans. You can win a primary that way, but you will get stomped in a general election with nothing more than your base to back you up.

Today’s Republicans are about TAKING AWAY people’s rights and forcing their OPPRESSIVE POLICIES down people’s throats. They belong in RUSSIA or NORTH KOREA.

 

In Andrew Warren suspension trial, Gov. DeSantis officials answer: What does ‘woke’ mean?

‘It’s a slang term for activism, progressive activism.’

Per the above article: “During the three-day trial this week challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, attorneys for Warren were able to put that question to aides for DeSantis, who called Florida the place where “woke goes to die” in his victory speech after being reelected last month.

Jean-Jacques Cabou, Warren’s attorney, noted DeSantis referred to Warren in his announcement of the suspension as a “woke ideologue” who “masqueraded” as a prosecutor. Then he asked some DeSantis officials what “woke” means to them.

Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ Communications Director said “woke” was a “slang term for activism … progressive activism” and a general belief in systemic injustices in the country.

Ryan Newman, DeSantis’ General Counsel, echoed the part about systemic injustices, specifically regarding the criminal justice system.

“To me it means someone who believes that there are systemic injustices in the criminal justice system and on that basis they can decline to fully enforce and uphold the law,” Newman said.

Asked what “woke” means more generally, Newman said “it would be the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.”

Newman added that DeSantis doesn’t believe there are systemic injustices in the U.S. He also emphasized he believed Warren’s “wokeism” led him to sign the pledge not to prosecute abortion crimes, the primary factor that led to his suspension.

 

 

All you hear out of Republicans these days is “WOKE” this and “WOKE” that because they don’t have ANY policies to talk about which will help improve people’s lives. People are FED UP with Republican’s “WOKE” and Culture Wars Bullshit!

 

A GOP war on ‘woke’? Most Americans view the term as a positive, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds

By 56%-39%, Americans say ‘woke’ means being aware of social injustice, not being overly politically correct.

Per the above article; “Republican presidential hopefuls are vowing to wage a war on “woke,” but a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds a majority of Americans are inclined to see the word as a positive attribute, not a negative one. Fifty-six percent of those surveyed say the term means “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices.” That includes not only three-fourths of Democrats but also more than a third of Republicans”.

“Overall, 39% say instead that the word reflects what has become the GOP political definition, “to be overly politically correct and police others’ words.” That’s the view of 56% of Republicans. Independents, by 51%-45%, say “woke” means being aware of social injustice, not being overly politically correct. Most Americans understand that to be woke is to be tuned in to injustices around us,” said Cliff Young of Ipsos”.

“The findings raise questions about whether Republican campaign promises to ban policies at schools and workplaces they denounce as “woke” could boost a contender in the party’s primaries but put them at odds with broader public opinion in the general election”.

 

Judge Blocks DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE Act’ From Applying To Colleges

Court BLOCKS the Stop WOKE Act from being enforced in higher education.

The ACLU, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund, and Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit against the unconstitutional Stop W.O.K.E. Act (HB 7) in August, which threatened Floridians’ First Amendment rights by censoring diverse viewpoints in our classrooms. This education censorship law is just the latest in the government’s attack on the First Amendment in classrooms. It also violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause as Black educators, students, and historical events are disproportionately targeted by this law.

In its ruling, the court did not mince words, calling this shameful legislation “positively dystopian.”

“The law officially bans professors from expressing disfavored viewpoints in university classrooms while permitting unfettered expression of the opposite viewpoints. Defendants argue that, under this Act, professors enjoy ‘academic freedom’ so long as they express only those viewpoints of which the State approves. This is positively dystopian. It should go without saying that ‘[i]f liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.’”

Florida is one of over a dozen states across the country that have passed laws aimed at censoring discussions around race and gender in the classroom. This is a huge victory for everyone who values academic freedom and recognizes the value of inclusive education.

 

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis & Republican’s Culture Wars Called Out

 

 

GOP’s ‘Woke’ war shredded by the singer behind ‘stay woke,’ Singer Erykah Badu

Many Republicans attack what they call “woke” politics, from Gov. DeSantis to former President Trump. Singer Erykah Badu, who first coined the term “woke” in her 2008 song “Master Teacher,” responds and offers context on the meaning of the term in an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber.

 

Historian Calls Ron DeSantis the ‘Florida Fascist’

 

Anti-Democratic Fascist Republicans are passing Laws banning books, limiting what Teachers can Teach and what can be discussed with huge fines of up to $10,000 for violations

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis wants to put cameras in classrooms. This short clip shows how oppressive and unbearable life could become unless Republicans are STOPPED and VOTED OUT.

 

Florida state attorney Andrew Warren is suing Governor Ron DeSantis, after DeSantis removed him from office for comments he made about abortion and gender-affirming medical care.

The fact that DeSantis had Florida state attorney Andrew Warren removed for comments he made about abortion and gender-affirming medical care proves DeSantis is AGAINST abortion and gender-affirming medical care. And it’s more proof that DeSantis behaves like a totalitarian, fascist, authoritarian, dictator.

 

FL State Attorney Suspended For Saying He Won’t Enforce Restrictions On Abortion

Florida Gov. DeSantis suspended a state attorney who said he won’t enforce restrictions on abortion and gender therapy. Hillsborough County state attorney Andrew Warren says “this is more than just about suspending an elected official.”

 

Suspended Florida state attorney speaks out against DeSantis

ABC News’ Kayna Whitworth spoke with state attorney Andrew Warren about being suspended after vowing to not criminalize abortion, saying he will “stand up for victims to fight for justice.”

 

Republican Ron DeSantis Punishes Disney and Tampa Bay Rays for Exercising Freedom of Speech

Ron Desantis Punishes Disney for exercising their Freedom of Speech

Walt Disney World has a special status that allows it to operate and run its Orlando theme parks as we know it. But because Disney denounced Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, state republicans are now calling to revoke Disney’s special status

 

Republicans are FABRICATING a “Woke Disney” Culture War for Profit

Jesse talks about the latest culture war absurdity related to the claim from conservatives that Disney is “WOKE.” It seems a bit coincidental that just as they are attacking Disney, they are also trying to cash in on content to brainwash kids that they are now creating and selling to conservative parents.

 

DeSantis Brazenly Admits To Punishing Disney

The GOP embrace of authoritarianism, and how Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a prime example of this, are discussed by Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, Rep. Charlie Crist

 

‘A Solution In Search Of A Problem’: DeSantis Goes After Disney’s Special Status

Fallout over Florida’s controversial new law that critics have called the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill continues. This is another example of how Republicans focus on divisive social issues instead of governing and actually doing things to improve people’s lives.

 

BIG Government “Solutions In Search Of A Problem” laws have become the hallmark of the Florida Republican Ron DeSantis’ Anti-Democratic Fascist Regime. Here’s examples;

• Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
• Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
• Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights
• Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms, such as the “Don’t say Gay” law. These laws doesn’t fix any existing problems, they’re a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
• Law mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their Political Beliefs (FL HB 233)
• Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated. (Bill 1467)
• DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
• Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
• Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is being condemned by academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
• DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
• Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
• Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
• Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule similar to how Dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
• Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
• Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
• Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
• Right Wing figures installed on the board of former Disney district. This is the same tactics used in Anti-Democratic Fascists Dictatorships
• Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money to their training facility after team tweeted against gun violence
• Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
• Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
• Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
• Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
• DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
• Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”.  Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
• Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
• DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.

 

DeSantis Proves An Apt Student Of Trump-Style Bully Politics

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history at New York University, talks with Ali Velshi about the next generation of Trump Republican as modeled in Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

 

The Right Wants Freedom For Themselves but Not For Others

 

DeSantis unleashes vengeance on Disney. This is the stuff of Nixon’s enemies list | Editorial

In an act of pure vengeance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used his powers last week to expand the legislative special session and strip Walt Disney World of the special taxing district that independently governs it.

Per the above article: “In an act of pure vengeance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he was using his powers to expand this week’s special session in a push to strip Walt Disney World of the special taxing district that independently governs it. It’s clear that the governor has been nursing a towering grudge against Disney ever since the company had the nerve to listen to its employees and — belatedly, but rightly — speak out against the “Don’t say gay” bill, withholding political campaign contributions in Florida. And it may be that the taxing district, which has been around since 1967 and encompasses two cities, is an outdated concept. The district functions much like a government, with the ability to issue tax-free bonds, provide police and fire service and, notably, build its own nuclear power plant”.

“This is the stuff of Richard Nixon and his enemies list. For those who may not remember, the country’s 37th president kept a list of enemies that was revealed during the Watergate scandal. Its purpose, according to Nixon’s assistant in a 1971 memo, was to plan “how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” And that’s what’s going on here”.

“He’s covering his tracks, though with the most transparent of excuses, by saying that he wants the Legislature to consider getting rid of all special taxing districts that were enacted before 1968 and haven’t been reestablished since. So far it looks like that would include just a handful of districts along with Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. House Speaker Chris Sprowls defended the governor’s move, saying the House has long contemplated this action. That doesn’t pass the smell test. In the war between Disney and DeSantis, this isn’t a grenade, it’s a precision missile strike, and it’s aimed right at Central Florida”.

“Back in 1971, Nixon’s list had 20 names on it. Over the next few years, it grew to 576 names. We all know how that ended. Now we have DeSantis’ frightening misuse of power. It must stop here, and that starts with lawmakers stiffening their backbones. Today, it’s Disney. Tomorrow, who knows?”

 

What is Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law? This law stigmatizes LGBTQ people, isolates LGBTQ kids, and makes teachers fearful of providing safe, inclusive classrooms.

 

DeSantis who pretends to celebrate free speech and business, used the power of his government to PUNISH Tampa Bay Rays after they spoke out in support of gun safety.

 

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., vetoed $35 million in state funding for a new Tampa Bay Rays training facility reportedly due to the team tweeting awareness about gun violence, according to reports.

 

 

All the Ways Republicans Are Trying to Make Protesting a Crime

So far this year, GOP lawmakers in 32 states have introduced over 80 anti-protest bills. This segment is a round-up of those bills, from the ones that could take your student loans to the ones that could make it a crime to taunt a cop. It explores the GOP’s go-to way of responding to protests: making them a crime.

This is another example of how Republicans are Anti-Democratic Authoritarian Fascist who are imposing harsh prison sentences to deter freedom of speech, protesting & decent, similar to dictatorships like China, North Korea and Russia.

 

Florida Republicans pass Anti-Democratic Authoritarian “Rioting Bill” to quash Freedom of Speech.

 

Republicans are destroying democracy & violating the First Amendment by passing over 90 laws to make protesting a felony offense and immunity to motorist who runs over & kills protestors.

 

Cops brutalize school students on campus with pepper spray and a taser.

 

FULL VIDEO: Cops brutalize school students on campus with pepper spray and a taser.

This what the United States is becoming under REPUBLICAN rule… a Anti-Democratic POLICE STATE where protesting can get you TASED, BEATEN, ARRESTED and MURDERED

 

REPUBLICAN’S AMERICA… a POLICE state where Citizens are ATTACKED and MURDERED by Police, the Military, Unidentified Secret Police Attacking and Illegally Detaining Citizens

 

Thanks to Republicans, the U.S. incarcerates more people than any other country in the world… even more than Communist China.