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DeSantis asks state colleges for data on critical race theory, diversity courses amid 'Stop WOKE' legal battles
ABC News ^ | 04 Jan 2023 | Kiara Alfonseca and Will McDuffie

Posted on 01/05/2023 12:02:42 AM PST by blueplum

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office has requested data on courses and programs that include “diversity, equity and inclusion” and “critical race theory” despite legal challenges to his law restricting such content.

ABC News has obtained a copy of the Dec. 28 governor’s memo.

In the memo, Office of Policy and Budget Director Chris Spencer asked State University System and Florida College System administrators to document “the expenditure of state resources on programs and initiatives...

...Schools are told to send this information no later than Friday, Jan. 13, according to the memo.

This memo comes almost two months after a judge temporarily blocked DeSantis’ “Stop WOKE” Act....

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: courts; crt; education; stopwoke

1 posted on 01/05/2023 12:02:42 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum; Joe Brower

If these colleges don’t want to stop teaching woke crap, then fine. Let’s stop funding them with state (= people of Florida) money.


2 posted on 01/05/2023 2:32:15 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: blueplum

According to some FReepers, DeSantis is a deep state troll who just does these things to curry favor with us.


3 posted on 01/05/2023 3:17:48 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (We are being manipulated by forces that most do not see)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Lol right? He’s the only R actually taking action against leftism. The rest of em, including Trump just a bunch of loud words and hooey!


4 posted on 01/05/2023 3:45:35 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: blueplum

Said it, DEFUND no more tax payer money for puke programs


5 posted on 01/05/2023 5:07:16 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: blueplum; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; ...
Yes, DeSantis is but a loyal agent of the Deep State, who is simply posing as the most conservative governor in the United States at present, just to foil Donald Trump's run in the 2024 Presidental election. Never mind that he hasn't even said he's running -- that's all part of the dark and devious plan. And anyone who doesn't believe this is just a faux-conservative and no better than the Marxists currently inhabiting the swamp.

That bit of delusion aside, it's enjoyable to see these bureaucratic bastards finally, at long last, being held accountable for their decades-long attempts to punch holes in the lifeboat. Over the side with 'em, says I.

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

6 posted on 01/05/2023 5:16:21 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Erik Latranyi

“According to some FReepers, DeSantis is a deep state troll who just does these things to curry favor with us.”

It seems to be a sickness among supposed conservatives - they do everything they can to insure the radical Left wins while bitching bout it.

They have become brainwashed without even realizing it - I’ve watched it happen over the years.


7 posted on 01/05/2023 5:26:20 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Joe Brower
The Deep State fears DJT. Fact. They will use any foil to get him. Desantis would be as good of foil as any.

I guess you forgot how the deep state treated Trump ( i.e. us ).

8 posted on 01/05/2023 5:28:04 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: blueplum

Ron Desantis is without fault!! It’s true!! He is truly Godlike IMO. Down with Trump up with our new GOP God-King Deo Sanctus I!!!!


9 posted on 01/05/2023 5:29:58 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Joe Brower

“his 46-year-old spouse, a political dynamo in her own right, who is said to have had her sights set on the role of First Lady for years - while her influence behind the scenes has been compared to that of Nancy Reagan over her husband Ronald. “
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11598789/First-Lady-waiting-Ron-DeSantis-wife-Casey-dazzles-Florida-governors-inaugural-ball.html

imo, DeSantis has a lock on Florida and we need a Rep in Florida for at least 4 more years. I really hope he can talk his spouse out of WH dreaming.


10 posted on 01/05/2023 5:30:17 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: trebb

Trump could get the 81+ million votes to win in ‘24. Neophyte Desantis would be lucky to crack 60 million in the general.


11 posted on 01/05/2023 5:31:48 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

Doesn’t change a word of what I said...I wasn’t coming out “pro-DeSantis”, I was coming out anti-brainwashed morons who think they’re rational conservatives.


12 posted on 01/05/2023 6:05:26 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: central_va
"Ron Desantis is without fault!! It’s true!! He is truly Godlike IMO. Down with Trump up with our new GOP God-King Deo Sanctus I!!!!"

Irony, thy name is central_va.

13 posted on 01/05/2023 6:32:57 AM PST by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: central_va
I didn't forget anything. And the DS and their media lackeys had already penned more than a few hit pieces against DeSantis until about a month ago, when they realized they could make up stories to use DeSantis as a foil against the Donald. It doesn't matter if DeSantis wants that or not -- the left will weaponize him just like they do everything else. And from the looks of the ongoing circular firing-squad that their false narrative has created both here and in the conservative sphere in general, they have been fairly successful.

This counterproductive infighting will continue until the ruse is finally seen by those constantly delivering all this not-so-friendly fire, and unit cohesion is again restored.

It can't happen too soon.

14 posted on 01/05/2023 6:36:33 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: blueplum
Good article. It did paint Casey DeSantis in a very positive light. And I suppose it's only natural that comparisons would be made of her and former first ladies. However, after completely reading the article, I saw nothing that indicates that Casey is "White House dreaming". Just because she carries herself with style and poise -- could that not be simply living up to the role she currently has? I see fans urging her aspirations, but that is all.

This is what I mean when I refer to 'invented narratives' -- which others just take at face value and run with them, as un-rooted in reality as they are. Like everyone worrying about DeSantis going against Trump in 2024, when Florida's Governor hasn't even said he's running. These inventions are false, and need to be quashed, not repeated.

15 posted on 01/05/2023 7:08:29 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: blueplum

But wait.....I thought he was a flaming liberal??? wha????


16 posted on 01/05/2023 10:04:15 AM PST by blackberry1
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To: central_va

When Trump stops paying his anti DeSantis bloggers, the party can heal itself.

Until then....he’s dug his own hole. When you find yourself in a hole, rule number one is stop digging. If he doesn’t he”ll never get 270 and he’ll be a three time loser.....


17 posted on 01/05/2023 10:09:21 AM PST by blackberry1
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To: blackberry1

All hail Desantis. The God of MAGA, the true king!!!!


18 posted on 01/05/2023 10:11:15 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: blackberry1
But wait.....I thought he was a flaming liberal??? wha????

"JEB WAS AT THE INAUGURATION!!!"


19 posted on 01/05/2023 10:57:46 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Erik Latranyi

May be or may be not. You can not read what is in his mind.

But DeSantis won by almost 20 points. Trump lost by 10 points.
Like coach Lombardi said, winning is everything.


20 posted on 01/06/2023 8:41:51 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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