DeSantis tweaks Florida book challenge law, blames liberal activist who wanted Bible out of schools
by The Independent
The Independent— Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has acknowledged that a law he enacted two years ago making it easier for people to challenge books in schools and libraries has caused problems for school districts
Fortune—A liberal activist who tried to pull the Bible from Florida schools just forced Ron DeSantis to scale back the state’s book ban law. "When they need to make stupid stupider, they send me up," Chaz Stevens said.
Daily Kos—DeSantis ratchets up the rhetoric against ‘weaponization’ of school book challenges. ‘They’re going to be holding many principals or teachers accountable,’ governor says by Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix The DeSantis administration plans to punish teachers and principals deemed to be exploiting public school book challenges to, in the governor’s view, “weaponize” Florida’s parental rights laws. DeSantis leveled that charge Monday during a news conference in Pensacola. On Tuesday, he raised it again during a second news conference in Jacksonville, where he signed...
Newsweek—Biden Blames Trump for Florida's 'Nightmare' Abortion Law. President Joe Biden went on the attack against Donald Trump while campaigning in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, blaming the former president for the state's six-week abortion ban set to begin next week."Next week, one of the nation's most extreme anti-abortion laws takes effect here in Florida," Biden told supporters at Hillsborough Community College, according to a report from Roll Call. "It's criminalizing reproductive health care before women even know whether they're pregnant. I mean, this is...