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Gingrich decries ‘insane’ Florida bill for register of bloggers critical of DeSantis
The Guardian ^ | Mon 6 Mar 2023 14.06 EST | @MartinPengelly

Posted on 03/06/2023 1:18:33 PM PST by conservative98

A Florida bill that would require bloggers who write about the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, to register with the state proved a step too far even for the godfather of far-right Republicanism, the former US House speaker Newt Gingrich.

“The idea that bloggers criticising a politician should register with the government is insane,” Gingrich wrote on Twitter.

“It is an embarrassment that it is a Republican state legislator in Florida who introduced a bill to that effect. He should withdraw it immediately.”

The bill was introduced by Jason Brodeur. It states: “If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must register” with the appropriate state office.

The bill defines “elected state officer” as “the governor, the lieutenant governor, a cabinet officer, or any member of the legislature”. As penalty for failure to comply, it posits fines of up to $2,500.

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Nonetheless, DeSantis’s press secretary told NBC the governor would “consider the merits of the bill in final form if and when it passes the legislature”.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: billofrights; bloggers; desanctimonious; desantis; firstamendment; fl; florida; gingrich; grauniad; jasonbrodeur; manchesterguardian
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To: heavy metal
desantis didn’t write it...

Agree. But if he is against it, he should speak out.

41 posted on 03/06/2023 2:15:55 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

you’re calling him “demeatball” indicates you’re stuck on stupid...


42 posted on 03/06/2023 2:18:26 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal

Not much.


43 posted on 03/06/2023 2:18:35 PM PST by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: Diogenesis

what is that??


44 posted on 03/06/2023 2:22:33 PM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: Skwor
All the bill proposes is effectively openness and disclosure of one's biases.

I took it to disclose any payment for the post. Like political ads state who or what paid for them.

45 posted on 03/06/2023 2:23:22 PM PST by DejaJude (I'll be back, again.)
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To: bankwalker

Looks we found Florida Man again. This time he’s a state senator from Daytona.


46 posted on 03/06/2023 2:24:36 PM PST by lodi90
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To: heavy metal

you put so many people down for Desantis
that he must be a more miserable bastard than i imagined.

thank you for exposing how horrible he is.

which toxic heavy metal are you?
then there is this, too:

https://realrawnews.com/2023/03/desantis-had-advance-knowledge-of-mar-a-lago-raid-texted-with-ag-garland/


47 posted on 03/06/2023 2:27:35 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: conservative98
If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must register” with the appropriate state office

Who elected this guy who flunked civics and hasn't read the Constitution?

48 posted on 03/06/2023 2:29:30 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Diogenesis

hey karen...

telling the truth isn’t putting anybody down...


49 posted on 03/06/2023 2:30:48 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: conservative98
the godfather of far-right Republicanism

When was the last time you heard the media call anyone "far-left"?

50 posted on 03/06/2023 2:38:29 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Diogenesis

I don’t know how you acquired such a kooky view of Ron DeSantis, but if you seriously think any of that is true, seek help.


51 posted on 03/06/2023 2:48:09 PM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Joe Brower

https://realrawnews.com/2022/10/desantis-tries-to-turn-military-against-trump/

https://realrawnews.com/2022/10/military-brass-excoriates-desantis-for-shaking-hands-with-biden/

https://realrawnews.com/2023/03/desantis-had-advance-knowledge-of-mar-a-lago-raid-texted-with-ag-garland/

https://realrawnews.com/2022/09/trump-desantis-is-deep-state/


52 posted on 03/06/2023 2:52:31 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: CodeToad
As far as I could tell, it would apply to any paid blog post whether it was for or against any government official.
53 posted on 03/06/2023 3:07:55 PM PST by DejaJude (I'll be back, again.)
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To: Diogenesis
"Real Raw News" is your information source? That explains much.

Here's a few stories you may have missed:

Marine Sniper Kills Ukranian Pedophile in Baltimore

GITMO Shoots Down French Military Plane Carrying Paratroopers

...and let's not miss this gem:

Marines “Unalive” Clinton Clones in New York and San Diego

Gotta watch for those clones... they're everywhere.

54 posted on 03/06/2023 3:09:07 PM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: conservative98

Far left communist Martin Pengelly calling Gingrich the godfather of far-right Republicanism, LOL!

The Bolshevik @sswipe at The Harridan using Newt Gingrich to reinforce their beliefs in an article about Ron Desantis. The same media organ that used to love Russia when it was the Soviet Union is now lecturing about freedom.


55 posted on 03/06/2023 3:12:19 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Renfrew

“Are blogs even a thing anymore?”

I’ve had a weekly political/business/personal Journal since 1.12.96... 28 years, and still going strong.


56 posted on 03/06/2023 3:26:30 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: conservative98

It’s a troll.


57 posted on 03/06/2023 3:37:01 PM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: Diogenesis

DeSantis is also reportedly seeking “First Night” for him,
from any newlywed woman in Florida - HIS state.
= = =

Does any newlywed woman anywhere still have a “First Night”?


58 posted on 03/06/2023 4:44:45 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Skwor
It is not insane if you consider they are now actually in kind donations providing free advertising for the party message.

No: what is bad for the goose is also bad for the gander. Once you must register with the gov. for being critical of gov. then FR would also have to do so, and which would lead to monitoring and paying fees. And to censorship. Unconstitutional.

59 posted on 03/06/2023 5:12:39 PM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212

Slippery slope argument. The bill specifically says those paid to write an article, which then leads to the practice of lying and presenting the post as an independent opinion. I should have left the free part out of my earlier post. FR is not paid to write for anyone.

We can be purists all we want, fact is when you fight fair and the other doesn’t, you lose. In war you do not play nice and this is very much a war.


60 posted on 03/07/2023 4:35:23 AM PST by Skwor
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