>

Right out of the fascist playbook; othering, disdain for human rights, and rampant sexism.
If you can't hear those warning alarms blaring, you must be deaf. I mean, JFC! >

Transvestite and/or transgender exposure. What the fuck does that even mean? >


What the fuck does that even mean?

Thats the beauty of it.  It can mean anything.  Sure there's the obvious meaning of preventing Drag Story Time at the library, but its broad enough to cover existing while trans. >

I presume it could extend to a woman that doesn't look feminine enough, too. No more short haircuts for you, missy! And put on a skirt! >

does it apply to the WWF? after all, that's drag. >

What's the World Wildlife Fund got to do with cross dressing? >

yea the wwe or whatever hasn't been wwf in like 25 years lol >

May 6, 2002 is when it changed >

i'm surprised at how close i was, i coulda been 15 years off easy >

“Don’t tread on me, tread on them!” >

That's clever. >

If you are a student and you ever feel your privacy has been violated - you have rights:
Report a FERPA Violation here
Also contact your University Registrar and file a formal complaint. >

Florida is becoming a fascist state and the fact University Presidents are in on it shows education in Florida is becoming a joke. >

DeSantis was mad TX one upped him by doing this same shit a couple months ago. >

This is the part in the article that really jumped out to me:

The survey requires a breakdown by age, regardless of whether the student is age 18 or older, of people prescribed hormones or hormone antagonists or who underwent a medical procedures like mastectomies, breast augmentation or removal and reconstruction of genitals.

Do you hear that, Republican women? Even if you're straight and cis, they still may be digging into your medical history (which theoretically is supposed to be private) if you want a boob job, breast reduction, or if you have to have breast tissue removed due to cancer. This is not going to only affect trans people, so even if you're a trans bigot, think twice before supporting this fascist shit. >

Republican women at best don’t care and at worst are cheering it on because it would never happen to them personally because they are the on the right side.  And if it does happen to them, they go into leopard face eating mode. >

100%. But they wouldn't subject ME to that! They're just talkin about those evil, pedo drag queens subjecting our sweet babies to gross sex shows!" -Republican women. >

“He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”
It’s all about intentionally hurting people they feel deserve it. >

I came to the realization modern Republicans believe the governments only purpose is hurting people and fielding a military (which is another effective way to hurt people) >

I don't say this lightly, this is Hitler shit. >

The first group Hitler attacked was the LGBT community, in 1933. >

And these lists in fla and tx are for eventual camps >

They won’t call them camps though. They will be something like “Conversion Therapy Centers” to which you can be involuntarily committed for breaking laws that say your presence in public is obscene. This is the road we are on. >

Every time I see a headline about DeSantis, it's literally just him being an asshole. He seems to avoid his job as governor completely but wields the office's power like it gives him the right to be a prick to whichever groups he personally dislikes. Man's a bully, nothing more, and his constituents are nothing but toadies. >

And that's why he's so popular.
The Southern Baptists have lost their minds over same-sex marriage being legalized and now directly threaten the American experiment. >

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
​
....Yeah somehow I'm reminded of this poem when I read what the repugs are doing. >

But for them, thats not a warning, its a game plan. >

Correct.  First, go after the trans.  Then the gays/lesbians.  Maybe go after people who are child-free since they must be homosexual for not having kids. >

After they force through historically unpopular abortion bans the next item on their agenda will be attempting to ban all contraceptives, as they've already begun taking about. The GOP wants government oversight in every private aspect of your life, from the doctors office to the bedroom. >

And then they'll quote 1984 and say it was about liberals.... >

Actual antifa author too lol >

I can’t believe this hasn’t been said yet. Doesn’t this feel like a step towards genocide? Even just seeing the word “elimination” in the article was chilling.
Desantis knows what he is doing, and it’s despicable. >

Yes. Yea, it does. And is. >

This guy is actually dangerous. How is he popular? >

Re-read the first part of your comment and then think back to 2016. That’s what the republicans want. They want to strip the rights away from anyone they don’t like and they’ll vote for candidates who show that they’re willing to do that. >

The conservatives have turned the working people against each other in favour of the rich.  
They keep upping the rhetoric since it is working.  It is only a matter of time before we see (more) anti-trans violence >

This shameless trumphumping science denying sociopath is going to turn out to be the next totalitarian ruler of our country if he manages to win the 2024 election. It is very early still, but he is highly favored by the Repugnicans. He also, unlike Trump, has a brain and is competent, possibly making him even more dangerous than Shitler was. >

Yeah… in a way I almost find him more dangerous that Trump…. He’s more competent and less lazy in his evil… and Trump is often pointlessly inflammatory and stupid beyond what is necessitated by his shitty policies, which helps generate more opposition to him. >

Why has it become so politically normalized to target us like this? We're people for pity's sake... >

There are a lot us of fighting for you. >

You can see how scared and angry this makes us, sometimes it's hard to remember we do have friends and allies out there. Thank you for supporting us >

We support you.  It's completely unfair what is happening and you have me in your corner for as long as I live. >

I’ve been rapidly accelerating my plans to leave FL and this Nazi f**k behind.  Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.  Guy has the personality of a fence post. >


Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.

I can only hope you're right, because with Moore being decided, I have my doubts.
Furthermore, my faith in America has been shattered ever since 2016. I wish I could confidently say that DeSantis would lose, but I don't have that confidence. >

Has Moore been decided already? I haven’t heard anything about it recently. If so then democracy is over. >

No, but oral arguments for it concluded weeks ago. The final vote has yet to occur. >

I wish they would just do it then. Everybody knows what the decision will be anyway. >

It’s hard to say. I’ve heard some rumblings that the Court still wants to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. The backlash from Roe really spooked the Con Justices. Also, the Democrat SCJ’s have laid out a pretty strong argument against Moore, which pissed the Cons off because they really wanted to buy it. But they’ll likely only implement a portion of Moore rather than the whole thing. Not great, but not the worst outcome either. I guess we’ll know for certain come summertime… >


Not great, but not the worst outcome either.

Any shift towards losing democracy in this country is a loss, so that's not really comforting. >

Very true. But if I’m forced to choose between walking towards a cliff’s edge and sprinting towards it, I’ll choose the walk. Still concerning, but now there’s more time to potentially change course entirely. >

So in Florida they want to know how many transgender people are at their universities that don’t affect anyones way of life but they give no shits about their Covid numbers and how many people died during the pandemic. Got it, guess fascists have to have their priorities straight. >

"I WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR GENITALS, I WANT TO BE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE SEXUAL PARTS IN YOUR PANTS. GENITALS ARE REALLY THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT."
-typical Conservative >

It’s weird how much Republicans are so interested in genitals of adults, but also children and peoples’ sex lives. >

Conservatives are at war. They want a genocide.
It was never about "the children". >

First, they came for the communists…this shit is fucking terrifying. >

The Nazis asked for the same kind of info on people >

DeSantis is out here freely showing everyone he's a Nazi >

As a life-long, born and raised Florida resident, and fiancée to a transgender woman (we're in our early 20s) this is getting fucking terrifying.  
If anyone in a sane state/country (particularly Minnesota or Finland) has 2 jobs available, we're honestly looking to get out sooner rather than later. I can provide resumes upon request.    
Fuck DeSantis, I used to love my home. >

Now would be a very good time to look at your family tree to see if you qualify for citizenship in another country through descent. >

What sort of resources exist to explore this? I don't think we'll find anything on her side due to very short generational length, but maybe mine might have something. >

Ancestry .com and other similar genealogy sites are a pretty good place to start once you get an idea of some ancestor that came from another country. Check the country's citizenship laws though to make sure they pass down multiple generations. >


Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the number and ages of their students who sought gender dysphoria treatment, including sex reassignment surgery and hormone prescriptions, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Why he’s conducting the survey wasn’t completely clear. 

…

“We can see cuts in funding for universities to treat students with this condition, and I think an all-out elimination of services is certainly on the table,” said House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell.
The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda and to reject “the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and committing to “removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023,” according to a Department of Education news release.

…

The current memo asks universities to “provide the number of encounters for sex-reassignment treatment or where such treatment was sought” as well as data for students referred to other facilities. It says to protect students’ identities when completing the information.
The survey requires a breakdown by age, regardless of whether the student is age 18 or older, of people prescribed hormones or hormone antagonists or who underwent a medical procedures like mastectomies, breast augmentation or removal and reconstruction of genitals. >


The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda

I get this creeping feeling that the reason Ben Sasse is at UF is DeSantis keeping him nearby and involved in the "right fights" in preparation for running together for the White House. >

As someone who can see the mansion Sasse is moving into out their bedroom window, I hate this comment. >

Throw your cigarette butts into their yard for me. >

Ight imma head out of the south now. >

That's what they want too. This is the republican strategy. Maintain power with this culture war nonsense. It drives left leaning people away and riles up their base. They do this kind of stuff because they're scared of losing power. The hard truth though is that these states need MORE left leaning people moving to these places to end their minority rule. The problem is why would anyone on the left want to move to Florida or any very conservative place just to hope that their vote will eventually matter in tipping the scales for Dems? Move to a place like Florida when you see shit like this in the news? It's an understandably hard sell for most. >


That’s what they want too. 

Explicitly. 
Sen. Josh Hawley predicts the overturning of Roe v. Wade will cause a 'major sorting out across the country' and allow the GOP to 'extend their strength in the Electoral College'

"I think we will see a major sorting out across the country that is already underway, as we speak, as states move to change their laws or adopt new laws in response to this decision," he said. "I think it'll probably redraw some demographic lines around the country, and will lead to impacts in voting patterns, I think, all around the country."
Hawley said that individuals may make decisions about where they choose to live in the United States based on those laws, possibly relocating in the process.
"More and more red states, they're going to become more red, and purple states are going to become red, and the blue states are going to get a lot bluer," he said.

…

"I would look for Republicans, as a result of this in time, to extend their strength in the Electoral College," he said. "And that's very good news for those of us who want to see Republican presidents elected, that want to see a Supreme Court that remains conservative." >

It’s fucking insane that he openly says “if the exact same people move different places, and nobody changes their mind or opinions on anything, it makes us more likely to win the election.     
It shows part of how fucking ridiculous the electoral college is… when the EXACT SAME voters produce different results for a NATIONAL ELECTION if they move around within the country a little >

Increased gun checks, database or a registration system? NO! Government over reach! Slippery slope! Confiscation is next. rabble rabble don't tread on me
Literal government database on transgender individuals? YES, save me government! It's all on the level. No future actions will be taken.  rabble rabble please tread on them
Absolutely ridiculous. Repubs still can't see the obvious slide into fascism. >


Repubs still can't see the obvious slide into fascism

They choose not to see because they're fine with it. The boot will only ever stomp on someone else's face, not theirs, and those people deserve it in their eyes. The nation needs to be saved from the woke gay trans agenda and any efforts undertaken to fulfill the rebirth of the nation to former glory are justified. Everything will work out and only the right people will be hurt >

Jokes on them. If they knew history, they'd know how it played out 80 years ago. 
Only the wealthy GQP will not get the boot, and even then we've seen the infighting begin amongst them. John Doe living paycheck to paycheck will be the next victim, after minorities and LGBTQ, once they get to gut social security and Medicare, and the cult will still blame Democrats or liberals or whatever Rupert Goebbels tells them to blame. >

He wants to create concentration camps. >

Just wants to have them numbered and documented on a list.   History has shown us that’s never gone bad before.  /s >

He probably just wants to do something innocent and harmless like make them wear armbands signaling they're transgender so we know they use the right bathrooms. >

Maybe send them to some kind of camp to sort out there issues. >

Maybe he wants them to concentrate on what he views as their transgressions. >

How is this legal? >

That’s the fun part - it’s not >

Until some fascist ass legislatures and judges make it legal. >

It isn't legal at the federal level... yet. What i fear is that it would be argued up to the SCOTUS and then turned into a federal ruling. >

Remember when centrists/moderates thought DeSantis was preferable to Trump? Yeah, the queer community hasn’t forgotten, which is why the queer community is overwhelmingly left wing/progressive. 
DeSantis is a clear fascist who is trying to instigate a genocide or ethnic cleansing of trans people from the state by depriving them of basic rights guaranteed by the constitution such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (to name a few). Where a trans life is criminalized, the liberty to express yourself as a trans person is criminalized, and the pursuit of information or resources that may lead to happiness is also criminalized. 
DeSantis is a fascist and any good American should be cautious of someone advocating for him as any form of elected representative. >

I mean, how do you even deny the Nazi shit going on here… >

These people have been sold lies for decades about what communism and fascism is - have heard it hurled as insults at anything/anyone from their republican leaders they cherish. They've bought the lie and drank the koolaid.  
To sum it up: To people that vote party line republican, Desantis would have to spontaneously transform into Adolf Hitler and start goose-stepping to believe that he might just be a nazi.
​
And even then.. >

This jackass gets a crumb of power and he cannot go one day without making an ass out of himself abusing it. 
And republicans, notably, love him for it. 
Remember this if he ever tries to pretend he's some moderate instead of the open bigot he loves to be. >

This will be used to arm anti LGBTQ legislation. More attempts by Republicans at convincing people to vote against their own self-interest because of cultural fears.
Republicans obsession with stamping out anything related to LGBTQ folks is abhorrent, prejudiced, and selfish. >

That's terrifying. I can't imagine how it must be for the folks stuck in FL. >

DeSantis will be gone in either 2 years if he wins the Presidency or 4 years due to term limits.
I'm more concerned about what follows him. >

DeSantis as president would be terrifying >

The same people who don't want to register their guns out of the paranoia that they'll be seized will have no problem with people being registered. >

Watch this guy real carefully. >

What’s bonkers is that he thinks this plays well for his presidential plans.  If people came out to vote out trump this is significantly more overt than trump was with no clear indication that it would be a winning plan for the country. >

Idk, not long ago I would have agreed. But every month something new comes out that should be the end for a bunch of these assholes and it somehow gives them more power and approval. 
At this point, I don't doubt this polls well with whoever he's catering to. These people have some insane think tanks crunching all the data. None of this is done blindly. Heck, to get all the Florida university presidents on board? Like wtf. 
So yeah, I won't underestimate anything else coming from them. The House has shown to also be heavily compromised only a week into the term, so we really are in uncharted fascist waters. >

Yeah fuck that. Next thing you know everyone will have to wear badges that mark their birth genitals. >

Or go naked. >

He’s just got some free pink triangle badges he wants to give out. >

Remember folks, when Republicans do crazy shit like this it is to deflect our attention away from even crazier shit that they are doing >

I don't know, I think we're seeing a lot of primary crazy right out in the open now, it's come to that. >

True. I think in the earlier days, they definitely deflected. But now that they know that they can get away with fascism in the open, they're not hiding it as well >

I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are  headed toward a confrontation with fascism. >

Aren’t we already kind of in a confrontation? I mean Trump literally tried to seize power on Jan 6th after months of denying that he had lost. >

We are, but people refuse to believe it.  They either support a fascist dictatorship (because they are pissed off same-sex marriage is legal) or they have their head in the sands. >

Democrats should seek the details of Republicans who use birth control or have had an abortion.  Just to mildly threaten them as they do to others >

He literally wants to kill us all >

Right out of the fascist playbook; othering, disdain for human rights, and rampant sexism. >

Anyone who turns in their neighbors to Ron DeSantis is genuinely pitiful. >

What a fucking psycho >

Do Republicans still pretend to want small government? >

By small government they mean stuff like cutting the social safety net so that it hurts all the people they hate.  They don't mind that it will hurt Conservatives as well, as long as they think it hurts the people they hate more.   
When they say they want small government, they aren't talking about the way they use the government as a tool to punish the people they hate.  It's only when the government can be used to help people that they want small government. >

The Republican version of small government is where the governor uses the state to make lists of people he intends to harm for political gain. >

Ron DeSantis hates freedom. >

I'm an intern at the Florida governor's office. This story is incredibly one sided and is missing many key details. Governor Desantis is doing his best to ensure conservative family values in this country. He's working hard day and night collecting pictures of transgenders genitals and has been personally cataloging them for hours on end. 
He's working so hard, I sometimes hear him moaning from his office. Poor guy never quits. >

Had me for a second. >

Friendly reminder that this is the same man that legitimately threatened to invade Georgia if the Dems won the midterms there. He is literally copying Putin’s actions front to back. >

The first step in persecuting large groups of people: identify the TARGET. 
DeSantis is starting to make me concerned. >

As a parent or a trans kid … I have no clue what my family can do to get out of here if this man becomes President. It’s horrifying. >

FL needs to get the Russia treatment, they should get sanctioned and companies need to start pulling out of the state. >


The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

and 

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States

How about the federal government start enforcing this? Are transgender people citizens? Yup. Then Florida is violating that amendment. End of story, full stop. >

New recruiting videos for other state colleges, "well, at least we aren't Florida!" >

He’s REALLY fascinated by what people have in their pants, almost like he has a fetish or something >

That’s some Gestapo shit >

This is beyond disturbing. In addition to his anti- LGBT agenda, he’s going after universities, professors, African- American studies programs…the list grows every day. He’s allowing the “Moms for Liberty” group in FL to remove books from public and school libraries. There are groups in parts of Florida fighting back hard, thank goodness (see The Florida Freedom to Read Project), but they are outnumbered by the right-wing voters all over the state who re- elected this awful man. >

Trans people are really receiving a lot of persecution in the United States and the United Kingdom. It seems very popular the politicians to target trans rights and trans people.
The scary thing is it resembles the early persecution of the Jews in Nazi, Germany.
And the persecution of homosexuals during the 80's. >

I fucking hate desantis. Trump 2.0 but even more cruel. >

First, I didn't think anyone could be worse than Dick Cheney. Then I thought no one could be worse than Trump. I keep getting proven wrong over and over. >

As someone very leftist currently in Florida I'm increasingly convinced I need to distance myself from socialist/communist groups or contacts before that info leads to serious issues from a fascist state government >

He thinks this is how you win elections >

I am surprised to see them doubling down on the identity politics.   Trump often times had the sort of Michael Jordan “Republicans buy sneakers too…” vibe >

My wife is a trans woman and we are literally moving out of Florida next month due to shit like this. They are already forcibly detransitioning trans kids. And we know that they won’t stop at just the kids next. >

Mmm why would someone ever seek details out of a certain very specific demographic? I WONDER WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AFTER. 🤔 HMMM. >

Impeach this sick bigot. He should be nowhere near any public office. >

Republican men are literally OBSESSED with penises. >

There’s something so evil with picking on a marginalized,  powerless segment of society that turns my stomach. To use trans, gays or immigrants as scapegoats is the cheapest, most disgusting method of generating political power. It’s crack for the reactionary crowd. This is turning into a contest to see who can be the most cruel. >

Proof right here that it’s not about “protecting the children”- these people are in university which means that they’re old enough to do what they want and be who they want to be. It’s not about saving children from predators (otherwise they’d focus on churches), it’s about erasing any and all people who don’t conform to their racist, misogynist, bigoted standards and beliefs. It’s literally insane the depths they’re willing to sink to and how openly brazen and proud they are of their actions. They truly believe everyone not like them is an abomination and it’s their holy duty to destroy us all. >

This is about creating a wedge issue. If the universities give up the information you isolate the trans people, if they don't, you can attack the universities. 
Some real fucking authoritarian shit >

I’d really appreciate if Governor Short Rib would stop with the performative culture war garbage and focus on things like skyrocketing home insurance, failing education, and eroding shorelines to name a few. 
Ron-Ron, if you are reading this, please put down the energy drinks and start doing your job. >

This dude sure is obsessed with genitalia that's not his. >

My dad and my grandfathers were all Shriners & Masons. Every year they did a drag show to raise money, wearing wives' wigs, shaving their legs & often buying dresses & shoes large enough. Can't recall it adversely effecting anyone's kids or marriages. Not trans but for pete's sake, I am so tired of this fake hysteria. >

Is this part of the Republican plan to single out transgender students because they are actually part of the Democratic party voter base. I wonder if Governor DeSantis is listening to the Betsy DeVos policy on Transgender bathrooms in schools or not? >

Folks, they are straight up copying the way Russia became a genocidal Nazi state. >

The goal of these laws is to simply make life so uncomfortable for trans people that they will "voluntarily" remove themselves.  For people like DeSantis the preferred method of "removal" is that they do themselves in.  Failing that he and his followers would be almost as happy to see them flee to the blue states. >

And then they point to suicide rates to say that transition is the problem. Obviously it's hard to measure, but everything indicates that harassment hurts, and support and transition reduce suicide rates for trans people. >

The only suspense is whether this "better than Trump" strategy will work.  How weak is the American voters mind? >

they thought the "you're fired guy" from TV would make a swell president and then some of them tried to overthrow the government to keep him there >

All of that information is protected by HIPAA >

They aren't requiring the names, just the quantity of treatments. 
These people are lawyers, they know exactly how to establish a pogrom within the bounds of the law. >

Because the GOP has not bullied young trans people enough. /s >

This person should never become President.   Talk about hate state. >

So when a case goes to court, and it turns out it's a CIS female woman who decides to counter sue the family to Hell and back, and sets a precedent, what then? >

I really just don’t see how this dude has a chance in hell at President as Gen Z matures into regular voters. >

This is alarming. >


Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the number and ages of their students who sought gender dysphoria treatment, including sex reassignment surgery and hormone prescriptions, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Why he’s conducting the survey wasn’t completely clear. DeSantis has been criticized by LGTBQ advocates for policies seen as discriminatory, including banning instruction on sexual and gender identity in early grades and making it easier for parents to remove books related to the topic in public schools.
“We can see cuts in funding for universities to treat students with this condition, and I think an all-out elimination of services is certainly on the table,” said House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell.
The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda and to reject “the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and committing to “removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023,” according to a Department of Education news release.

Yeah, that's not suspicious at all./S >

Hey Florida trans students. Your fascist governor wants to know everything about you and your life for...reasons.
Nothing to see here except the actual big brother deep state identifying and tracking their political/religious enemies. >

And this is why we have laws like HIPAA. >

Classic fascism; find an already marginalised group without much of a voice and blame all of societies ills on them. 
Come to think of it, it's classic US foreign policy; the country needs someone to focus all ills on: Libya, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Germany,.. 
Funny, isn't it? >

DeSantis is looking to start another fascist scapegoat wave. The United States is fucking doomed if he wins the presidency. >

This guy apparently has a LOT of fucking free time to be doing stupid shit like this. What a huge government overstep, and the people who support this are huge hypocrites. Shut this down. >

The party of "staying out if people's lives" sure spends quite a bit of time all up in people's lives >

I feel like it’s getting to the point where every day I’m saying “This guy is one of the most dangerous politicians in America.” Personally I think he IS the most dangerous. >

In no universe would DeSantis request such info for the students’ benefit… methinks the ass seeks to cut funding because it’s ‘too small a population’ or use it to undermine protections to LGBTQIA persons. >

First it was Abbott in Texas looking for driving licence details, now this.
As a bisexual guy, I am so glad I live in a country that at the moment respects my choices. >

That's some proper Nazi shit >

This sounds like the beginning of a systematic persecution. >

We...we're just fucked. Like this guy is going to be the Republican nominee in 2024 and we won't have the hate of trump to save us this time.   
we're fucked. >

Hmm. How about we dig into DeSantis’ sex life? How often and who do you do? What porn do you watch and how often do you masturbate? What do you think about when you masturbate ?
Gets a bit uncomfortable when they’re asking about YOUR sex life doesn’t it? >

If politicians are so concerned about the children’s welfare, keep them away from churches >

The party that routinely attacks “big government” sure does like to be big government >

Americans have no idea how close they are to a dictatorship. >

A little over half of them do and that's why the dictator wannabes are doing everything they can to invalidate their majority vote. >

DeSantis will probably end up the nominee.  Ted Cruz is a perennial dud.  Trump will be in prison or sitting in criminal court.  Larry Hogan will get clobbered by liberals and conservatives because of he sat on the fence, he will either get called a RINO or a moral coward.
DeSantis will have clout in the Ku Klux Klan and "The Confederacy Did Nothing Wrong" States.  Beyond that I don't see him doing well any where else.  Frankly I'm pretty sure that 2024 is already decided and the Democrats could run a week old Tuna Sandwich and win.
That's how fed up everyone that isn't a homophobic racist bigot is with the Conservatives and GOP approved strategy of domestic terrorism.  I wouldn't be surprised to see the House and Senate under Democrat control. >


domestic terrorism strategy

More Republicans shot up another substation today >


DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda

Author of the article should really not be describing his agenda as if 'anti-woke' makes any sense at all. Quoting someone describing it like that is something else, but outside a quote describe it how it really is, not how republicans prefer to frame it. >

At this point, the fourth estate is as culpable for fascism as the GOP. >

Building a registry of transgender people to harass and exterminate, no doubt… >

Dude they’re grown ass adults and can transition or take hormones if they so choose. Leave them alone! >

Is this another example of small government and individual freedom? >

What is this it with his fascination with  gay-drag shows-transgender and  of course race?  
It’s a rhetorical question, no need to answer 
There is no way on Gods green earth or the heavens above that this homophobic racist jackass should be in charge of anything.
Don’t say gay
don’t stop a pandemic 
don’t teach….anything 
Do find ways be divisive 
do ship migrants at taxpayer expense 
do blow the maga whistle for your own ego
It’s seems like some people try harder to people horrible human beings than others, he puts so much effort into it
what a waste of life he is >

Worst part is he could conceivably be the next president. There's enough yahoos out there who love these triggers. >

I hope all these things are put on blast 24/7 when he runs. You out his "accomplishments" out to the general public he'll lose the general.
His bigotry will mobilize Gen Z to vote to protect themselves, their friends, and family. I'm a teacher in FL and more recently I've had a handful of kids that identify as non-binary. I've also seen others when the kids are going to their next class. There are also other LGBTQ+ kids. They have buttons or patches on their belongings; sometimes they'll wear are shirt or something showing pride.
I'm sure some of them will be of voting age in '24 and I bet they'll be happy to vote against that fascist fuck DeSantis.
His lack of personality won't help him in the general. I'm honestly not sure he'll actually make it out of the primary, since he can't debate worth a damn.
If he debates he'll probably suck. If he doesn't, all the other candidates will scream that he's a coward, too scared to have his ideas challenged.
The GOP needs to just fuck off already. I'm really sick of them holding us back. >


What fucking year is this?
What is their OBSESSION with transgender persons? >

This man needs to be stopped. He is absolutely out of control. How far will he go? >

Sounds awful Hitlery >

Ok Hitler >

He's going to get people killed. >

That’s exactly what he WANTS. >

The message here is clear: if you’re trans an value your life, get the hell out of Florida. >

The right are desperately trying to keep this culture war in trans people going to mask that they literally have nothing to offer the people. So they scapegoat us. I hope one day we can just live our farm lives like the humans and people we are. >

These people should be looking at their brothers/sisters and other family members before they look at transgenders or transvestites; how many times have you heard of those in the “trans” community been arrested for indecent exposure or harm to a child! WV people should be looking in their own backyard! UGH! How much more pathetic shit are we going to tolerate! >

This is who these people are (fascist) republicans … We were warned…l >

And this is why my senior is not even entertaining any schools in Florida or other states with this draconian governors. >

Are they gonna be marked with a star and put in gender reassignment camps next? Transgender people are like 1% of the population yet theyre persecuted by the GOP like they're the biggest threat to the country. When Republicans know they're the biggest threat to democracy they have to deflect by going after the weakest among us. How pathetic and evil. Certainly not Christian. >

How is this unabashed fascist still in power? The entire checks and balances system in the US is in a need of a major overhaul. >

As even a closeted trans woman in Florida I am genuinely scared for my well being, especially for those who are out. >

Ron DeSantis has no right to personal information on these students. The only reason he would want this info is to harass and persecute them, violate their civil rights, and invade their privacy. If a person is transgender, who is Ron DeSantis to judge and dictate who a person is and rob them of their Constitutional right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? YOU CAN'T tell another human being who they are. Only they know that. If their bodies don't match who their brain, and dare I say souls, tell them they are, then THAT is who they are. Transgender people are not new. There is mention of them in ancient Assyrian texts and all throughout history. The Founding Fathers knew of them and so does everybody else. They have the right to exist. >

We have an anti-trans mayor in my city. 
He won with less around 30% of voters showing up for the election. He wrote a piece defending Hitler as a good person. It was a mail in election. 
The mid terms had a 27% turnout for voters 18-29.
If you stand by, and let these people take office, you might as well be voting for them. You're helping them win. People in my town say, "I just didn't like the other guy, so i didn't vote." So you say you support LGBTQ people, but stood aside while someone like that takes office? You don't care. You're not an ally. These people are gaining power all over the country, and so many people are okay doing nothing. >

Why would they need these details? Aren't people in university adults? What fascist shit is this? >

Tell that high-pitched motherfucker to mind his own fucking business. >

This is from the party that doesn’t want government interference in people’s lives? The party of small government? >

Woah not even pretending he isn't he local ku klux klan leader, discriminating against minorities in broad day light for no legal reason but his gratuitous terroristic hate >

Sounds like DeSantis is doing his impression of what Hitler did to the Jewish people before he started killing them. >

Before Nazi Germany started the mass murder of those they found undesirable, they worked hard to identify them and take away their legal protections. The parallels are falling into place. >

If this fascist fuck wants "details", he can go petition one of his corrupt judges (who is then willing to lay his own career and ass on the line) for a subpoena. Good luck justifying - in a pure legal sense - the 'need' for those details.
Otherwise, every university that opts to cooperate with this tyrant is going to get slapped with so many FERPA violations that they're going to be bankrupt, cut off from federal funding and likely closed in short order. >

Fascists gonna fascist. >

Party of small government. 🙄 >

Fuck this clown. I gotta leave this state. >

For all the belly aching libertarians and MAGA hats do over government overreach, they’re pretty ducking silent right now. >

But hey, "not everyone you disagree with is a Nazi" right? /s >

Take him to court >

Next up there will be arm bands designating your gender and then concentration camps >

Shit. >

God damn he is such a monster. The universities have to seek new accreditation from a different accrediting body each year I think too. Good way to bog down the system and alienate people from it. It’s the GOP way! >

Please stop this manic! >

The party of Limited Guvment >

Someone punch this bastard in the teeth already. >

Gilead wasn't fiction >

“No government overreach for me, but not for thee.” >

Can we call it a genocide yet? >

Nope. Not fascism at all. Nothing like Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in any way. >

I think the end result is that students struggling with gender issues will no longer present to university health centers out of understandable fear.  When the number of students seeking help for these issues declines by 90%, DeSantis can declare that he fixed the problem. >

And the rise in suicides will just be a coincidence, of course >

That’s enough privacy invasion. >

Why are these people so obsessed with trans? What is the fear here? I just don't get it. >

The requested info should be protected health information, right? >

If you can't hear those warning alarms blaring, you must be deaf. I mean, JFC! >

Transvestite and/or transgender exposure. What the fuck does that even mean? >


What the fuck does that even mean?

Thats the beauty of it.  It can mean anything.  Sure there's the obvious meaning of preventing Drag Story Time at the library, but its broad enough to cover existing while trans. >

I presume it could extend to a woman that doesn't look feminine enough, too. No more short haircuts for you, missy! And put on a skirt! >

does it apply to the WWF? after all, that's drag. >

What's the World Wildlife Fund got to do with cross dressing? >

yea the wwe or whatever hasn't been wwf in like 25 years lol >

May 6, 2002 is when it changed >

i'm surprised at how close i was, i coulda been 15 years off easy >

If you are a student and you ever feel your privacy has been violated - you have rights:
Report a FERPA Violation here
Also contact your University Registrar and file a formal complaint. >

“Don’t tread on me, tread on them!” >

That's clever. >

Florida is becoming a fascist state and the fact University Presidents are in on it shows education in Florida is becoming a joke. >

DeSantis was mad TX one upped him by doing this same shit a couple months ago. >

This is the part in the article that really jumped out to me:

The survey requires a breakdown by age, regardless of whether the student is age 18 or older, of people prescribed hormones or hormone antagonists or who underwent a medical procedures like mastectomies, breast augmentation or removal and reconstruction of genitals.

Do you hear that, Republican women? Even if you're straight and cis, they still may be digging into your medical history (which theoretically is supposed to be private) if you want a boob job, breast reduction, or if you have to have breast tissue removed due to cancer. This is not going to only affect trans people, so even if you're a trans bigot, think twice before supporting this fascist shit. >

Republican women at best don’t care and at worst are cheering it on because it would never happen to them personally because they are the on the right side.  And if it does happen to them, they go into leopard face eating mode. >

100%. But they wouldn't subject ME to that! They're just talkin about those evil, pedo drag queens subjecting our sweet babies to gross sex shows!" -Republican women. >

“He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”
It’s all about intentionally hurting people they feel deserve it. >

I came to the realization modern Republicans believe the governments only purpose is hurting people and fielding a military (which is another effective way to hurt people) >

I don't say this lightly, this is Hitler shit. >

The first group Hitler attacked was the LGBT community, in 1933. >

As I understand it, there was a thriving LGBT community in Berlin before the fascists came along. >

Yes! There was beginning to be a broader acceptance of the queer community in Germany at that time.
It was getting to the point that mainstream magazines of the time were publishing articles urging parents to raise their children by the "gender of their heart", thus respecting and affirming trans youth.
Berlin was home to Magnus Hirshfield's Institute for Sexual Sciences, which provided research, healthcare, and advocacy for LGBTQ Germans during the Weimar Republic period.
The Nazis burned all of the research done by the institute and then committed genocide against LGBTQ people in Nazi territories. >

Every time I see a headline about DeSantis, it's literally just him being an asshole. He seems to avoid his job as governor completely but wields the office's power like it gives him the right to be a prick to whichever groups he personally dislikes. Man's a bully, nothing more, and his constituents are nothing but toadies. >

And that's why he's so popular.
The Southern Baptists have lost their minds over same-sex marriage being legalized and now directly threaten the American experiment. >

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
​
....Yeah somehow I'm reminded of this poem when I read what the repugs are doing. >

But for them, thats not a warning, its a game plan. >

Correct.  First, go after the trans.  Then the gays/lesbians.  Maybe go after people who are child-free since they must be homosexual for not having kids. >

After they force through historically unpopular abortion bans the next item on their agenda will be attempting to ban all contraceptives, as they've already begun taking about. The GOP wants government oversight in every private aspect of your life, from the doctors office to the bedroom. >

And then they'll quote 1984 and say it was about liberals.... >

Actual antifa author too lol >

I can’t believe this hasn’t been said yet. Doesn’t this feel like a step towards genocide? Even just seeing the word “elimination” in the article was chilling.
Desantis knows what he is doing, and it’s despicable. >

Yes. Yea, it does. And is. >

This guy is actually dangerous. How is he popular? >

Re-read the first part of your comment and then think back to 2016. That’s what the republicans want. They want to strip the rights away from anyone they don’t like and they’ll vote for candidates who show that they’re willing to do that. >

The conservatives have turned the working people against each other in favour of the rich.  
They keep upping the rhetoric since it is working.  It is only a matter of time before we see (more) anti-trans violence >

So in Florida they want to know how many transgender people are at their universities that don’t affect anyones way of life but they give no shits about their Covid numbers and how many people died during the pandemic. Got it, guess fascists have to have their priorities straight. >

This shameless trumphumping science denying sociopath is going to turn out to be the next totalitarian ruler of our country if he manages to win the 2024 election. It is very early still, but he is highly favored by the Repugnicans. He also, unlike Trump, has a brain and is competent, possibly making him even more dangerous than Shitler was. >

Yeah… in a way I almost find him more dangerous that Trump…. He’s more competent and less lazy in his evil… and Trump is often pointlessly inflammatory and stupid beyond what is necessitated by his shitty policies, which helps generate more opposition to him. >

Why has it become so politically normalized to target us like this? We're people for pity's sake... >

There are a lot us of fighting for you. >

You can see how scared and angry this makes us, sometimes it's hard to remember we do have friends and allies out there. Thank you for supporting us >

We support you.  It's completely unfair what is happening and you have me in your corner for as long as I live. >

I’ve been rapidly accelerating my plans to leave FL and this Nazi f**k behind.  Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.  Guy has the personality of a fence post. >


Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.

I can only hope you're right, because with Moore being decided, I have my doubts.
Furthermore, my faith in America has been shattered ever since 2016. I wish I could confidently say that DeSantis would lose, but I don't have that confidence. >

Has Moore been decided already? I haven’t heard anything about it recently. If so then democracy is over. >

No, but oral arguments for it concluded weeks ago. The final vote has yet to occur. >

I wish they would just do it then. Everybody knows what the decision will be anyway. >

It’s hard to say. I’ve heard some rumblings that the Court still wants to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. The backlash from Roe really spooked the Con Justices. Also, the Democrat SCJ’s have laid out a pretty strong argument against Moore, which pissed the Cons off because they really wanted to buy it. But they’ll likely only implement a portion of Moore rather than the whole thing. Not great, but not the worst outcome either. I guess we’ll know for certain come summertime… >


Not great, but not the worst outcome either.

Any shift towards losing democracy in this country is a loss, so that's not really comforting. >

Very true. But if I’m forced to choose between walking towards a cliff’s edge and sprinting towards it, I’ll choose the walk. Still concerning, but now there’s more time to potentially change course entirely. >

"I WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR GENITALS, I WANT TO BE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE SEXUAL PARTS IN YOUR PANTS. GENITALS ARE REALLY THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT."
-typical Conservative >

It’s weird how much Republicans are so interested in genitals of adults, but also children and peoples’ sex lives. >

Conservatives are at war. They want a genocide.
It was never about "the children". >

First, they came for the communists…this shit is fucking terrifying. >

The Nazis asked for the same kind of info on people >

DeSantis is out here freely showing everyone he's a Nazi >

As a life-long, born and raised Florida resident, and fiancée to a transgender woman (we're in our early 20s) this is getting fucking terrifying.  
If anyone in a sane state/country (particularly Minnesota or Finland) has 2 jobs available, we're honestly looking to get out sooner rather than later. I can provide resumes upon request.    
Fuck DeSantis, I used to love my home. >

Now would be a very good time to look at your family tree to see if you qualify for citizenship in another country through descent. >

What sort of resources exist to explore this? I don't think we'll find anything on her side due to very short generational length, but maybe mine might have something. >

Ancestry .com and other similar genealogy sites are a pretty good place to start once you get an idea of some ancestor that came from another country. Check the country's citizenship laws though to make sure they pass down multiple generations. >


Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the number and ages of their students who sought gender dysphoria treatment, including sex reassignment surgery and hormone prescriptions, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Why he’s conducting the survey wasn’t completely clear. 

…

“We can see cuts in funding for universities to treat students with this condition, and I think an all-out elimination of services is certainly on the table,” said House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell.
The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda and to reject “the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and committing to “removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023,” according to a Department of Education news release.

…

The current memo asks universities to “provide the number of encounters for sex-reassignment treatment or where such treatment was sought” as well as data for students referred to other facilities. It says to protect students’ identities when completing the information.
The survey requires a breakdown by age, regardless of whether the student is age 18 or older, of people prescribed hormones or hormone antagonists or who underwent a medical procedures like mastectomies, breast augmentation or removal and reconstruction of genitals. >


The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda

I get this creeping feeling that the reason Ben Sasse is at UF is DeSantis keeping him nearby and involved in the "right fights" in preparation for running together for the White House. >

As someone who can see the mansion Sasse is moving into out their bedroom window, I hate this comment. >

Throw your cigarette butts into their yard for me. >

Ight imma head out of the south now. >

That's what they want too. This is the republican strategy. Maintain power with this culture war nonsense. It drives left leaning people away and riles up their base. They do this kind of stuff because they're scared of losing power. The hard truth though is that these states need MORE left leaning people moving to these places to end their minority rule. The problem is why would anyone on the left want to move to Florida or any very conservative place just to hope that their vote will eventually matter in tipping the scales for Dems? Move to a place like Florida when you see shit like this in the news? It's an understandably hard sell for most. >


That’s what they want too. 

Explicitly. 
Sen. Josh Hawley predicts the overturning of Roe v. Wade will cause a 'major sorting out across the country' and allow the GOP to 'extend their strength in the Electoral College'

"I think we will see a major sorting out across the country that is already underway, as we speak, as states move to change their laws or adopt new laws in response to this decision," he said. "I think it'll probably redraw some demographic lines around the country, and will lead to impacts in voting patterns, I think, all around the country."
Hawley said that individuals may make decisions about where they choose to live in the United States based on those laws, possibly relocating in the process.
"More and more red states, they're going to become more red, and purple states are going to become red, and the blue states are going to get a lot bluer," he said.

…

"I would look for Republicans, as a result of this in time, to extend their strength in the Electoral College," he said. "And that's very good news for those of us who want to see Republican presidents elected, that want to see a Supreme Court that remains conservative." >

It’s fucking insane that he openly says “if the exact same people move different places, and nobody changes their mind or opinions on anything, it makes us more likely to win the election.     
It shows part of how fucking ridiculous the electoral college is… when the EXACT SAME voters produce different results for a NATIONAL ELECTION if they move around within the country a little >

Increased gun checks, database or a registration system? NO! Government over reach! Slippery slope! Confiscation is next. rabble rabble don't tread on me
Literal government database on transgender individuals? YES, save me government! It's all on the level. No future actions will be taken.  rabble rabble please tread on them
Absolutely ridiculous. Repubs still can't see the obvious slide into fascism. >


Repubs still can't see the obvious slide into fascism

They choose not to see because they're fine with it. The boot will only ever stomp on someone else's face, not theirs, and those people deserve it in their eyes. The nation needs to be saved from the woke gay trans agenda and any efforts undertaken to fulfill the rebirth of the nation to former glory are justified. Everything will work out and only the right people will be hurt >

Jokes on them. If they knew history, they'd know how it played out 80 years ago. 
Only the wealthy GQP will not get the boot, and even then we've seen the infighting begin amongst them. John Doe living paycheck to paycheck will be the next victim, after minorities and LGBTQ, once they get to gut social security and Medicare, and the cult will still blame Democrats or liberals or whatever Rupert Goebbels tells them to blame. >

He wants to create concentration camps. >

Just wants to have them numbered and documented on a list.   History has shown us that’s never gone bad before.  /s >

He probably just wants to do something innocent and harmless like make them wear armbands signaling they're transgender so we know they use the right bathrooms. >

Maybe send them to some kind of camp to sort out there issues. >

Maybe he wants them to concentrate on what he views as their transgressions. >

How is this legal? >

That’s the fun part - it’s not >

Until some fascist ass legislatures and judges make it legal. >

It isn't legal at the federal level... yet. What i fear is that it would be argued up to the SCOTUS and then turned into a federal ruling. >

Remember when centrists/moderates thought DeSantis was preferable to Trump? Yeah, the queer community hasn’t forgotten, which is why the queer community is overwhelmingly left wing/progressive. 
DeSantis is a clear fascist who is trying to instigate a genocide or ethnic cleansing of trans people from the state by depriving them of basic rights guaranteed by the constitution such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (to name a few). Where a trans life is criminalized, the liberty to express yourself as a trans person is criminalized, and the pursuit of information or resources that may lead to happiness is also criminalized. 
DeSantis is a fascist and any good American should be cautious of someone advocating for him as any form of elected representative. >

I mean, how do you even deny the Nazi shit going on here… >

These people have been sold lies for decades about what communism and fascism is - have heard it hurled as insults at anything/anyone from their republican leaders they cherish. They've bought the lie and drank the koolaid.  
To sum it up: To people that vote party line republican, Desantis would have to spontaneously transform into Adolf Hitler and start goose-stepping to believe that he might just be a nazi.
​
And even then.. >

This jackass gets a crumb of power and he cannot go one day without making an ass out of himself abusing it. 
And republicans, notably, love him for it. 
Remember this if he ever tries to pretend he's some moderate instead of the open bigot he loves to be. >

This will be used to arm anti LGBTQ legislation. More attempts by Republicans at convincing people to vote against their own self-interest because of cultural fears.
Republicans obsession with stamping out anything related to LGBTQ folks is abhorrent, prejudiced, and selfish. >

That's terrifying. I can't imagine how it must be for the folks stuck in FL. >

DeSantis will be gone in either 2 years if he wins the Presidency or 4 years due to term limits.
I'm more concerned about what follows him. >

DeSantis as president would be terrifying >

The same people who don't want to register their guns out of the paranoia that they'll be seized will have no problem with people being registered. >

Watch this guy real carefully. >

What’s bonkers is that he thinks this plays well for his presidential plans.  If people came out to vote out trump this is significantly more overt than trump was with no clear indication that it would be a winning plan for the country. >

Idk, not long ago I would have agreed. But every month something new comes out that should be the end for a bunch of these assholes and it somehow gives them more power and approval. 
At this point, I don't doubt this polls well with whoever he's catering to. These people have some insane think tanks crunching all the data. None of this is done blindly. Heck, to get all the Florida university presidents on board? Like wtf. 
So yeah, I won't underestimate anything else coming from them. The House has shown to also be heavily compromised only a week into the term, so we really are in uncharted fascist waters. >

Yeah fuck that. Next thing you know everyone will have to wear badges that mark their birth genitals. >

Or go naked. >

He’s just got some free pink triangle badges he wants to give out. >

Remember folks, when Republicans do crazy shit like this it is to deflect our attention away from even crazier shit that they are doing >

I don't know, I think we're seeing a lot of primary crazy right out in the open now, it's come to that. >

True. I think in the earlier days, they definitely deflected. But now that they know that they can get away with fascism in the open, they're not hiding it as well >

I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are  headed toward a confrontation with fascism. >

Aren’t we already kind of in a confrontation? I mean Trump literally tried to seize power on Jan 6th after months of denying that he had lost. >

We are, but people refuse to believe it.  They either support a fascist dictatorship (because they are pissed off same-sex marriage is legal) or they have their head in the sands. >

Democrats should seek the details of Republicans who use birth control or have had an abortion.  Just to mildly threaten them as they do to others >

He literally wants to kill us all >

Right out of the fascist playbook; othering, disdain for human rights, and rampant sexism. >

Anyone who turns in their neighbors to Ron DeSantis is genuinely pitiful. >

What a fucking psycho >

Do Republicans still pretend to want small government? >

By small government they mean stuff like cutting the social safety net so that it hurts all the people they hate.  They don't mind that it will hurt Conservatives as well, as long as they think it hurts the people they hate more.   
When they say they want small government, they aren't talking about the way they use the government as a tool to punish the people they hate.  It's only when the government can be used to help people that they want small government. >

The Republican version of small government is where the governor uses the state to make lists of people he intends to harm for political gain. >

Ron DeSantis hates freedom. >

I'm an intern at the Florida governor's office. This story is incredibly one sided and is missing many key details. Governor Desantis is doing his best to ensure conservative family values in this country. He's working hard day and night collecting pictures of transgenders genitals and has been personally cataloging them for hours on end. 
He's working so hard, I sometimes hear him moaning from his office. Poor guy never quits. >

Had me for a second. >

Friendly reminder that this is the same man that legitimately threatened to invade Georgia if the Dems won the midterms there. He is literally copying Putin’s actions front to back. >

The first step in persecuting large groups of people: identify the TARGET. 
DeSantis is starting to make me concerned. >

As a parent or a trans kid … I have no clue what my family can do to get out of here if this man becomes President. It’s horrifying. >

FL needs to get the Russia treatment, they should get sanctioned and companies need to start pulling out of the state. >


The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

and 

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States

How about the federal government start enforcing this? Are transgender people citizens? Yup. Then Florida is violating that amendment. End of story, full stop. >

New recruiting videos for other state colleges, "well, at least we aren't Florida!" >

He’s REALLY fascinated by what people have in their pants, almost like he has a fetish or something >

That’s some Gestapo shit >

This is beyond disturbing. In addition to his anti- LGBT agenda, he’s going after universities, professors, African- American studies programs…the list grows every day. He’s allowing the “Moms for Liberty” group in FL to remove books from public and school libraries. There are groups in parts of Florida fighting back hard, thank goodness (see The Florida Freedom to Read Project), but they are outnumbered by the right-wing voters all over the state who re- elected this awful man. >

Trans people are really receiving a lot of persecution in the United States and the United Kingdom. It seems very popular the politicians to target trans rights and trans people.
The scary thing is it resembles the early persecution of the Jews in Nazi, Germany.
And the persecution of homosexuals during the 80's. >

I fucking hate desantis. Trump 2.0 but even more cruel. >

First, I didn't think anyone could be worse than Dick Cheney. Then I thought no one could be worse than Trump. I keep getting proven wrong over and over. >

As someone very leftist currently in Florida I'm increasingly convinced I need to distance myself from socialist/communist groups or contacts before that info leads to serious issues from a fascist state government >

He thinks this is how you win elections >

I am surprised to see them doubling down on the identity politics.   Trump often times had the sort of Michael Jordan “Republicans buy sneakers too…” vibe >

My wife is a trans woman and we are literally moving out of Florida next month due to shit like this. They are already forcibly detransitioning trans kids. And we know that they won’t stop at just the kids next. >

Mmm why would someone ever seek details out of a certain very specific demographic? I WONDER WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AFTER. 🤔 HMMM. >

Impeach this sick bigot. He should be nowhere near any public office. >

Republican men are literally OBSESSED with penises. >

There’s something so evil with picking on a marginalized,  powerless segment of society that turns my stomach. To use trans, gays or immigrants as scapegoats is the cheapest, most disgusting method of generating political power. It’s crack for the reactionary crowd. This is turning into a contest to see who can be the most cruel. >

Proof right here that it’s not about “protecting the children”- these people are in university which means that they’re old enough to do what they want and be who they want to be. It’s not about saving children from predators (otherwise they’d focus on churches), it’s about erasing any and all people who don’t conform to their racist, misogynist, bigoted standards and beliefs. It’s literally insane the depths they’re willing to sink to and how openly brazen and proud they are of their actions. They truly believe everyone not like them is an abomination and it’s their holy duty to destroy us all. >

This is about creating a wedge issue. If the universities give up the information you isolate the trans people, if they don't, you can attack the universities. 
Some real fucking authoritarian shit >

I’d really appreciate if Governor Short Rib would stop with the performative culture war garbage and focus on things like skyrocketing home insurance, failing education, and eroding shorelines to name a few. 
Ron-Ron, if you are reading this, please put down the energy drinks and start doing your job. >

This dude sure is obsessed with genitalia that's not his. >

My dad and my grandfathers were all Shriners & Masons. Every year they did a drag show to raise money, wearing wives' wigs, shaving their legs & often buying dresses & shoes large enough. Can't recall it adversely effecting anyone's kids or marriages. Not trans but for pete's sake, I am so tired of this fake hysteria. >

Is this part of the Republican plan to single out transgender students because they are actually part of the Democratic party voter base. I wonder if Governor DeSantis is listening to the Betsy DeVos policy on Transgender bathrooms in schools or not? >

Folks, they are straight up copying the way Russia became a genocidal Nazi state. >

The goal of these laws is to simply make life so uncomfortable for trans people that they will "voluntarily" remove themselves.  For people like DeSantis the preferred method of "removal" is that they do themselves in.  Failing that he and his followers would be almost as happy to see them flee to the blue states. >

And then they point to suicide rates to say that transition is the problem. Obviously it's hard to measure, but everything indicates that harassment hurts, and support and transition reduce suicide rates for trans people. >

The only suspense is whether this "better than Trump" strategy will work.  How weak is the American voters mind? >

they thought the "you're fired guy" from TV would make a swell president and then some of them tried to overthrow the government to keep him there >

All of that information is protected by HIPAA >

They aren't requiring the names, just the quantity of treatments. 
These people are lawyers, they know exactly how to establish a pogrom within the bounds of the law. >

Because the GOP has not bullied young trans people enough. /s >

This person should never become President.   Talk about hate state. >

So when a case goes to court, and it turns out it's a CIS female woman who decides to counter sue the family to Hell and back, and sets a precedent, what then? >

I really just don’t see how this dude has a chance in hell at President as Gen Z matures into regular voters. >

This is alarming. >


Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the number and ages of their students who sought gender dysphoria treatment, including sex reassignment surgery and hormone prescriptions, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Why he’s conducting the survey wasn’t completely clear. DeSantis has been criticized by LGTBQ advocates for policies seen as discriminatory, including banning instruction on sexual and gender identity in early grades and making it easier for parents to remove books related to the topic in public schools.
“We can see cuts in funding for universities to treat students with this condition, and I think an all-out elimination of services is certainly on the table,” said House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell.
The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda and to reject “the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and committing to “removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023,” according to a Department of Education news release.

Yeah, that's not suspicious at all./S >

Hey Florida trans students. Your fascist governor wants to know everything about you and your life for...reasons.
Nothing to see here except the actual big brother deep state identifying and tracking their political/religious enemies. >

And this is why we have laws like HIPAA. >

Classic fascism; find an already marginalised group without much of a voice and blame all of societies ills on them. 
Come to think of it, it's classic US foreign policy; the country needs someone to focus all ills on: Libya, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Germany,.. 
Funny, isn't it? >

DeSantis is looking to start another fascist scapegoat wave. The United States is fucking doomed if he wins the presidency. >

This guy apparently has a LOT of fucking free time to be doing stupid shit like this. What a huge government overstep, and the people who support this are huge hypocrites. Shut this down. >

The party of "staying out if people's lives" sure spends quite a bit of time all up in people's lives >

I feel like it’s getting to the point where every day I’m saying “This guy is one of the most dangerous politicians in America.” Personally I think he IS the most dangerous. >

In no universe would DeSantis request such info for the students’ benefit… methinks the ass seeks to cut funding because it’s ‘too small a population’ or use it to undermine protections to LGBTQIA persons. >

First it was Abbott in Texas looking for driving licence details, now this.
As a bisexual guy, I am so glad I live in a country that at the moment respects my choices. >

That's some proper Nazi shit >

This sounds like the beginning of a systematic persecution. >

We...we're just fucked. Like this guy is going to be the Republican nominee in 2024 and we won't have the hate of trump to save us this time.   
we're fucked. >

Hmm. How about we dig into DeSantis’ sex life? How often and who do you do? What porn do you watch and how often do you masturbate? What do you think about when you masturbate ?
Gets a bit uncomfortable when they’re asking about YOUR sex life doesn’t it? >

If politicians are so concerned about the children’s welfare, keep them away from churches >

The party that routinely attacks “big government” sure does like to be big government >

Americans have no idea how close they are to a dictatorship. >

Half are trying to stop it and the other half is ok with it. That’s the problem we face. They’re ok with turning a blind eye to all of this because it benefits them and their pipe dream ethnostate. >

DeSantis will probably end up the nominee.  Ted Cruz is a perennial dud.  Trump will be in prison or sitting in criminal court.  Larry Hogan will get clobbered by liberals and conservatives because of he sat on the fence, he will either get called a RINO or a moral coward.
DeSantis will have clout in the Ku Klux Klan and "The Confederacy Did Nothing Wrong" States.  Beyond that I don't see him doing well any where else.  Frankly I'm pretty sure that 2024 is already decided and the Democrats could run a week old Tuna Sandwich and win.
That's how fed up everyone that isn't a homophobic racist bigot is with the Conservatives and GOP approved strategy of domestic terrorism.  I wouldn't be surprised to see the House and Senate under Democrat control. >


domestic terrorism strategy

More Republicans shot up another substation today >


DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda

Author of the article should really not be describing his agenda as if 'anti-woke' makes any sense at all. Quoting someone describing it like that is something else, but outside a quote describe it how it really is, not how republicans prefer to frame it. >

At this point, the fourth estate is as culpable for fascism as the GOP. >

Building a registry of transgender people to harass and exterminate, no doubt… >

Dude they’re grown ass adults and can transition or take hormones if they so choose. Leave them alone! >

Is this another example of small government and individual freedom? >

What is this it with his fascination with  gay-drag shows-transgender and  of course race?  
It’s a rhetorical question, no need to answer 
There is no way on Gods green earth or the heavens above that this homophobic racist jackass should be in charge of anything.
Don’t say gay
don’t stop a pandemic 
don’t teach….anything 
Do find ways be divisive 
do ship migrants at taxpayer expense 
do blow the maga whistle for your own ego
It’s seems like some people try harder to people horrible human beings than others, he puts so much effort into it
what a waste of life he is >

Worst part is he could conceivably be the next president. There's enough yahoos out there who love these triggers. >

I hope all these things are put on blast 24/7 when he runs. You out his "accomplishments" out to the general public he'll lose the general.
His bigotry will mobilize Gen Z to vote to protect themselves, their friends, and family. I'm a teacher in FL and more recently I've had a handful of kids that identify as non-binary. I've also seen others when the kids are going to their next class. There are also other LGBTQ+ kids. They have buttons or patches on their belongings; sometimes they'll wear are shirt or something showing pride.
I'm sure some of them will be of voting age in '24 and I bet they'll be happy to vote against that fascist fuck DeSantis.
His lack of personality won't help him in the general. I'm honestly not sure he'll actually make it out of the primary, since he can't debate worth a damn.
If he debates he'll probably suck. If he doesn't, all the other candidates will scream that he's a coward, too scared to have his ideas challenged.
The GOP needs to just fuck off already. I'm really sick of them holding us back. >


What fucking year is this?
What is their OBSESSION with transgender persons? >

This man needs to be stopped. He is absolutely out of control. How far will he go? >

Sounds awful Hitlery >

Ok Hitler >

He's going to get people killed. >

The message here is clear: if you’re trans an value your life, get the hell out of Florida. >

The right are desperately trying to keep this culture war in trans people going to mask that they literally have nothing to offer the people. So they scapegoat us. I hope one day we can just live our farm lives like the humans and people we are. >

These people should be looking at their brothers/sisters and other family members before they look at transgenders or transvestites; how many times have you heard of those in the “trans” community been arrested for indecent exposure or harm to a child! WV people should be looking in their own backyard! UGH! How much more pathetic shit are we going to tolerate! >

This is who these people are (fascist) republicans … We were warned…l >

And this is why my senior is not even entertaining any schools in Florida or other states with this draconian governors. >

Are they gonna be marked with a star and put in gender reassignment camps next? Transgender people are like 1% of the population yet theyre persecuted by the GOP like they're the biggest threat to the country. When Republicans know they're the biggest threat to democracy they have to deflect by going after the weakest among us. How pathetic and evil. Certainly not Christian. >

How is this unabashed fascist still in power? The entire checks and balances system in the US is in a need of a major overhaul. >

As even a closeted trans woman in Florida I am genuinely scared for my well being, especially for those who are out. >

Ron DeSantis has no right to personal information on these students. The only reason he would want this info is to harass and persecute them, violate their civil rights, and invade their privacy. If a person is transgender, who is Ron DeSantis to judge and dictate who a person is and rob them of their Constitutional right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? YOU CAN'T tell another human being who they are. Only they know that. If their bodies don't match who their brain, and dare I say souls, tell them they are, then THAT is who they are. Transgender people are not new. There is mention of them in ancient Assyrian texts and all throughout history. The Founding Fathers knew of them and so does everybody else. They have the right to exist. >

We have an anti-trans mayor in my city. 
He won with less around 30% of voters showing up for the election. He wrote a piece defending Hitler as a good person. It was a mail in election. 
The mid terms had a 27% turnout for voters 18-29.
If you stand by, and let these people take office, you might as well be voting for them. You're helping them win. People in my town say, "I just didn't like the other guy, so i didn't vote." So you say you support LGBTQ people, but stood aside while someone like that takes office? You don't care. You're not an ally. These people are gaining power all over the country, and so many people are okay doing nothing. >

Why would they need these details? Aren't people in university adults? What fascist shit is this? >

Tell that high-pitched motherfucker to mind his own fucking business. >

This is from the party that doesn’t want government interference in people’s lives? The party of small government? >

Woah not even pretending he isn't he local ku klux klan leader, discriminating against minorities in broad day light for no legal reason but his gratuitous terroristic hate >

Sounds like DeSantis is doing his impression of what Hitler did to the Jewish people before he started killing them. >

Before Nazi Germany started the mass murder of those they found undesirable, they worked hard to identify them and take away their legal protections. The parallels are falling into place. >

If this fascist fuck wants "details", he can go petition one of his corrupt judges (who is then willing to lay his own career and ass on the line) for a subpoena. Good luck justifying - in a pure legal sense - the 'need' for those details.
Otherwise, every university that opts to cooperate with this tyrant is going to get slapped with so many FERPA violations that they're going to be bankrupt, cut off from federal funding and likely closed in short order. >

Fascists gonna fascist. >

Party of small government. 🙄 >

Fuck this clown. I gotta leave this state. >

For all the belly aching libertarians and MAGA hats do over government overreach, they’re pretty ducking silent right now. >

But hey, "not everyone you disagree with is a Nazi" right? /s >

Take him to court >

Next up there will be arm bands designating your gender and then concentration camps >

Shit. >

God damn he is such a monster. The universities have to seek new accreditation from a different accrediting body each year I think too. Good way to bog down the system and alienate people from it. It’s the GOP way! >

Please stop this manic! >

The party of Limited Guvment >

Someone punch this bastard in the teeth already. >

Gilead wasn't fiction >

“No government overreach for me, but not for thee.” >

Can we call it a genocide yet? >

Nope. Not fascism at all. Nothing like Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in any way. >

I think the end result is that students struggling with gender issues will no longer present to university health centers out of understandable fear.  When the number of students seeking help for these issues declines by 90%, DeSantis can declare that he fixed the problem. >

And the rise in suicides will just be a coincidence, of course >

That’s enough privacy invasion. >

Why are these people so obsessed with trans? What is the fear here? I just don't get it. >

The requested info should be protected health information, right? >

If you can't hear those warning alarms blaring, you must be deaf. I mean, JFC! >

Transvestite and/or transgender exposure. What the fuck does that even mean? >


What the fuck does that even mean?

Thats the beauty of it.  It can mean anything.  Sure there's the obvious meaning of preventing Drag Story Time at the library, but its broad enough to cover existing while trans. >

I presume it could extend to a woman that doesn't look feminine enough, too. No more short haircuts for you, missy! And put on a skirt! >

does it apply to the WWF? after all, that's drag. >

What's the World Wildlife Fund got to do with cross dressing? >

yea the wwe or whatever hasn't been wwf in like 25 years lol >

May 6, 2002 is when it changed >

i'm surprised at how close i was, i coulda been 15 years off easy >

If you are a student and you ever feel your privacy has been violated - you have rights:
Report a FERPA Violation here
Also contact your University Registrar and file a formal complaint. >

“Don’t tread on me, tread on them!” >

That's clever. >

Florida is becoming a fascist state and the fact University Presidents are in on it shows education in Florida is becoming a joke. >

DeSantis was mad TX one upped him by doing this same shit a couple months ago. >

This is the part in the article that really jumped out to me:

The survey requires a breakdown by age, regardless of whether the student is age 18 or older, of people prescribed hormones or hormone antagonists or who underwent a medical procedures like mastectomies, breast augmentation or removal and reconstruction of genitals.

Do you hear that, Republican women? Even if you're straight and cis, they still may be digging into your medical history (which theoretically is supposed to be private) if you want a boob job, breast reduction, or if you have to have breast tissue removed due to cancer. This is not going to only affect trans people, so even if you're a trans bigot, think twice before supporting this fascist shit. >

Republican women at best don’t care and at worst are cheering it on because it would never happen to them personally because they are the on the right side.  And if it does happen to them, they go into leopard face eating mode. >

100%. But they wouldn't subject ME to that! They're just talkin about those evil, pedo drag queens subjecting our sweet babies to gross sex shows!" -Republican women. >

“He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”
It’s all about intentionally hurting people they feel deserve it. >

I came to the realization modern Republicans believe the governments only purpose is hurting people and fielding a military (which is another effective way to hurt people) >

I don't say this lightly, this is Hitler shit. >

The first group Hitler attacked was the LGBT community, in 1933. >

As I understand it, there was a thriving LGBT community in Berlin before the fascists came along. >

Yes! There was beginning to be a broader acceptance of the queer community in Germany at that time.
It was getting to the point that mainstream magazines of the time were publishing articles urging parents to raise their children by the "gender of their heart", thus respecting and affirming trans youth.
Berlin was home to Magnus Hirshfield's Institute for Sexual Sciences, which provided research, healthcare, and advocacy for LGBTQ Germans during the Weimar Republic period.
The Nazis burned all of the research done by the institute and then committed genocide against LGBTQ people in Nazi territories. >

Every time I see a headline about DeSantis, it's literally just him being an asshole. He seems to avoid his job as governor completely but wields the office's power like it gives him the right to be a prick to whichever groups he personally dislikes. Man's a bully, nothing more, and his constituents are nothing but toadies. >

And that's why he's so popular.
The Southern Baptists have lost their minds over same-sex marriage being legalized and now directly threaten the American experiment. >

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
​
....Yeah somehow I'm reminded of this poem when I read what the repugs are doing. >

But for them, thats not a warning, its a game plan. >

Correct.  First, go after the trans.  Then the gays/lesbians.  Maybe go after people who are child-free since they must be homosexual for not having kids. >

After they force through historically unpopular abortion bans the next item on their agenda will be attempting to ban all contraceptives, as they've already begun taking about. The GOP wants government oversight in every private aspect of your life, from the doctors office to the bedroom. >

And then they'll quote 1984 and say it was about liberals.... >

Actual antifa author too lol >

I can’t believe this hasn’t been said yet. Doesn’t this feel like a step towards genocide? Even just seeing the word “elimination” in the article was chilling.
Desantis knows what he is doing, and it’s despicable. >

Yes. Yea, it does. And is. >

This guy is actually dangerous. How is he popular? >

Re-read the first part of your comment and then think back to 2016. That’s what the republicans want. They want to strip the rights away from anyone they don’t like and they’ll vote for candidates who show that they’re willing to do that. >

The conservatives have turned the working people against each other in favour of the rich.  
They keep upping the rhetoric since it is working.  It is only a matter of time before we see (more) anti-trans violence >

So in Florida they want to know how many transgender people are at their universities that don’t affect anyones way of life but they give no shits about their Covid numbers and how many people died during the pandemic. Got it, guess fascists have to have their priorities straight. >

This shameless trumphumping science denying sociopath is going to turn out to be the next totalitarian ruler of our country if he manages to win the 2024 election. It is very early still, but he is highly favored by the Repugnicans. He also, unlike Trump, has a brain and is competent, possibly making him even more dangerous than Shitler was. >

Yeah… in a way I almost find him more dangerous that Trump…. He’s more competent and less lazy in his evil… and Trump is often pointlessly inflammatory and stupid beyond what is necessitated by his shitty policies, which helps generate more opposition to him. >

Why has it become so politically normalized to target us like this? We're people for pity's sake... >

There are a lot us of fighting for you. >

You can see how scared and angry this makes us, sometimes it's hard to remember we do have friends and allies out there. Thank you for supporting us >

We support you.  It's completely unfair what is happening and you have me in your corner for as long as I live. >

I’ve been rapidly accelerating my plans to leave FL and this Nazi f**k behind.  Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.  Guy has the personality of a fence post. >


Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.

I can only hope you're right, because with Moore being decided, I have my doubts.
Furthermore, my faith in America has been shattered ever since 2016. I wish I could confidently say that DeSantis would lose, but I don't have that confidence. >

Has Moore been decided already? I haven’t heard anything about it recently. If so then democracy is over. >

No, but oral arguments for it concluded weeks ago. The final vote has yet to occur. >

I wish they would just do it then. Everybody knows what the decision will be anyway. >

It’s hard to say. I’ve heard some rumblings that the Court still wants to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. The backlash from Roe really spooked the Con Justices. Also, the Democrat SCJ’s have laid out a pretty strong argument against Moore, which pissed the Cons off because they really wanted to buy it. But they’ll likely only implement a portion of Moore rather than the whole thing. Not great, but not the worst outcome either. I guess we’ll know for certain come summertime… >


Not great, but not the worst outcome either.

Any shift towards losing democracy in this country is a loss, so that's not really comforting. >

Very true. But if I’m forced to choose between walking towards a cliff’s edge and sprinting towards it, I’ll choose the walk. Still concerning, but now there’s more time to potentially change course entirely. >

"I WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR GENITALS, I WANT TO BE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE SEXUAL PARTS IN YOUR PANTS. GENITALS ARE REALLY THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT."
-typical Conservative >

It’s weird how much Republicans are so interested in genitals of adults, but also children and peoples’ sex lives. >

Conservatives are at war. They want a genocide.
It was never about "the children". >

First, they came for the communists…this shit is fucking terrifying. >

The Nazis asked for the same kind of info on people >

DeSantis is out here freely showing everyone he's a Nazi >

As a life-long, born and raised Florida resident, and fiancée to a transgender woman (we're in our early 20s) this is getting fucking terrifying.  
If anyone in a sane state/country (particularly Minnesota or Finland) has 2 jobs available, we're honestly looking to get out sooner rather than later. I can provide resumes upon request.    
Fuck DeSantis, I used to love my home. >

Now would be a very good time to look at your family tree to see if you qualify for citizenship in another country through descent. >

What sort of resources exist to explore this? I don't think we'll find anything on her side due to very short generational length, but maybe mine might have something. >

Ancestry .com and other similar genealogy sites are a pretty good place to start once you get an idea of some ancestor that came from another country. Check the country's citizenship laws though to make sure they pass down multiple generations. >


Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the number and ages of their students who sought gender dysphoria treatment, including sex reassignment surgery and hormone prescriptions, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Why he’s conducting the survey wasn’t completely clear. 

…

“We can see cuts in funding for universities to treat students with this condition, and I think an all-out elimination of services is certainly on the table,” said House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell.
The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda and to reject “the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and committing to “removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023,” according to a Department of Education news release.

…

The current memo asks universities to “provide the number of encounters for sex-reassignment treatment or where such treatment was sought” as well as data for students referred to other facilities. It says to protect students’ identities when completing the information.
The survey requires a breakdown by age, regardless of whether the student is age 18 or older, of people prescribed hormones or hormone antagonists or who underwent a medical procedures like mastectomies, breast augmentation or removal and reconstruction of genitals. >


The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda

I get this creeping feeling that the reason Ben Sasse is at UF is DeSantis keeping him nearby and involved in the "right fights" in preparation for running together for the White House. >

As someone who can see the mansion Sasse is moving into out their bedroom window, I hate this comment. >

Throw your cigarette butts into their yard for me. >

Ight imma head out of the south now. >

That's what they want too. This is the republican strategy. Maintain power with this culture war nonsense. It drives left leaning people away and riles up their base. They do this kind of stuff because they're scared of losing power. The hard truth though is that these states need MORE left leaning people moving to these places to end their minority rule. The problem is why would anyone on the left want to move to Florida or any very conservative place just to hope that their vote will eventually matter in tipping the scales for Dems? Move to a place like Florida when you see shit like this in the news? It's an understandably hard sell for most. >


That’s what they want too. 

Explicitly. 
Sen. Josh Hawley predicts the overturning of Roe v. Wade will cause a 'major sorting out across the country' and allow the GOP to 'extend their strength in the Electoral College'

"I think we will see a major sorting out across the country that is already underway, as we speak, as states move to change their laws or adopt new laws in response to this decision," he said. "I think it'll probably redraw some demographic lines around the country, and will lead to impacts in voting patterns, I think, all around the country."
Hawley said that individuals may make decisions about where they choose to live in the United States based on those laws, possibly relocating in the process.
"More and more red states, they're going to become more red, and purple states are going to become red, and the blue states are going to get a lot bluer," he said.

…

"I would look for Republicans, as a result of this in time, to extend their strength in the Electoral College," he said. "And that's very good news for those of us who want to see Republican presidents elected, that want to see a Supreme Court that remains conservative." >

It’s fucking insane that he openly says “if the exact same people move different places, and nobody changes their mind or opinions on anything, it makes us more likely to win the election.     
It shows part of how fucking ridiculous the electoral college is… when the EXACT SAME voters produce different results for a NATIONAL ELECTION if they move around within the country a little >

Increased gun checks, database or a registration system? NO! Government over reach! Slippery slope! Confiscation is next. rabble rabble don't tread on me
Literal government database on transgender individuals? YES, save me government! It's all on the level. No future actions will be taken.  rabble rabble please tread on them
Absolutely ridiculous. Repubs still can't see the obvious slide into fascism. >


Repubs still can't see the obvious slide into fascism

They choose not to see because they're fine with it. The boot will only ever stomp on someone else's face, not theirs, and those people deserve it in their eyes. The nation needs to be saved from the woke gay trans agenda and any efforts undertaken to fulfill the rebirth of the nation to former glory are justified. Everything will work out and only the right people will be hurt >

Jokes on them. If they knew history, they'd know how it played out 80 years ago. 
Only the wealthy GQP will not get the boot, and even then we've seen the infighting begin amongst them. John Doe living paycheck to paycheck will be the next victim, after minorities and LGBTQ, once they get to gut social security and Medicare, and the cult will still blame Democrats or liberals or whatever Rupert Goebbels tells them to blame. >

He wants to create concentration camps. >

Just wants to have them numbered and documented on a list.   History has shown us that’s never gone bad before.  /s >

He probably just wants to do something innocent and harmless like make them wear armbands signaling they're transgender so we know they use the right bathrooms. >

Maybe send them to some kind of camp to sort out there issues. >

Maybe he wants them to concentrate on what he views as their transgressions. >

How is this legal? >

That’s the fun part - it’s not >

Until some fascist ass legislatures and judges make it legal. >

It isn't legal at the federal level... yet. What i fear is that it would be argued up to the SCOTUS and then turned into a federal ruling. >

Remember when centrists/moderates thought DeSantis was preferable to Trump? Yeah, the queer community hasn’t forgotten, which is why the queer community is overwhelmingly left wing/progressive. 
DeSantis is a clear fascist who is trying to instigate a genocide or ethnic cleansing of trans people from the state by depriving them of basic rights guaranteed by the constitution such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (to name a few). Where a trans life is criminalized, the liberty to express yourself as a trans person is criminalized, and the pursuit of information or resources that may lead to happiness is also criminalized. 
DeSantis is a fascist and any good American should be cautious of someone advocating for him as any form of elected representative. >

I mean, how do you even deny the Nazi shit going on here… >

These people have been sold lies for decades about what communism and fascism is - have heard it hurled as insults at anything/anyone from their republican leaders they cherish. They've bought the lie and drank the koolaid.  
To sum it up: To people that vote party line republican, Desantis would have to spontaneously transform into Adolf Hitler and start goose-stepping to believe that he might just be a nazi.
​
And even then.. >

This jackass gets a crumb of power and he cannot go one day without making an ass out of himself abusing it. 
And republicans, notably, love him for it. 
Remember this if he ever tries to pretend he's some moderate instead of the open bigot he loves to be. >

This will be used to arm anti LGBTQ legislation. More attempts by Republicans at convincing people to vote against their own self-interest because of cultural fears.
Republicans obsession with stamping out anything related to LGBTQ folks is abhorrent, prejudiced, and selfish. >

That's terrifying. I can't imagine how it must be for the folks stuck in FL. >

DeSantis will be gone in either 2 years if he wins the Presidency or 4 years due to term limits.
I'm more concerned about what follows him. >

DeSantis as president would be terrifying >

The same people who don't want to register their guns out of the paranoia that they'll be seized will have no problem with people being registered. >

Watch this guy real carefully. >

What’s bonkers is that he thinks this plays well for his presidential plans.  If people came out to vote out trump this is significantly more overt than trump was with no clear indication that it would be a winning plan for the country. >

Idk, not long ago I would have agreed. But every month something new comes out that should be the end for a bunch of these assholes and it somehow gives them more power and approval. 
At this point, I don't doubt this polls well with whoever he's catering to. These people have some insane think tanks crunching all the data. None of this is done blindly. Heck, to get all the Florida university presidents on board? Like wtf. 
So yeah, I won't underestimate anything else coming from them. The House has shown to also be heavily compromised only a week into the term, so we really are in uncharted fascist waters. >

Yeah fuck that. Next thing you know everyone will have to wear badges that mark their birth genitals. >

Or go naked. >

He’s just got some free pink triangle badges he wants to give out. >

Remember folks, when Republicans do crazy shit like this it is to deflect our attention away from even crazier shit that they are doing >

I don't know, I think we're seeing a lot of primary crazy right out in the open now, it's come to that. >

True. I think in the earlier days, they definitely deflected. But now that they know that they can get away with fascism in the open, they're not hiding it as well >

I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are  headed toward a confrontation with fascism. >

Aren’t we already kind of in a confrontation? I mean Trump literally tried to seize power on Jan 6th after months of denying that he had lost. >

We are, but people refuse to believe it.  They either support a fascist dictatorship (because they are pissed off same-sex marriage is legal) or they have their head in the sands. >

Democrats should seek the details of Republicans who use birth control or have had an abortion.  Just to mildly threaten them as they do to others >

He literally wants to kill us all