#California Governor #GavinNewsom portrays himself as a progressive leader and future presidential material. And he has been known to go toe-to-toe with folk like #Trump and #DeSantis .

That doesn't mean he's a good person, or that his political aspirations ought to be encouraged. Not if his first big post-election policy shift is throwing #trans folk under the bus.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/gavin-newsom-breaks-with-democrats-on-trans-athletes-in-sports-00215436

Andrew Tate Expresses Disappointment in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for Caving to Media Pressure

https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-03-03/andrew-tate-expresses-disappointment-in-florida-gov-ron-desantis-for-caving-to-media-pressure

Andrew Tate says he was disappointed in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for saying he and his brother aren’t welcomed in Florida after they landed in Fort Lauderdale

#politics #trump #Tatebrothers #humantrafiking #florida #pardons #desantis
From Heather Cox Richardson
Tate Brothers, rapists and human traffickers, arrive in Florida forgiven by Trump

#DeSantis urged to declare #emergency over #toxic red tide #algae off #Florida coast
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/florida-red-tide-ron-desantis

#DeSantis proposes mandatory #deathpenalty for undocumented #immigrants convicted of capital crimes

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-14/desantis-proposes-mandatory-death-penalty-for-undocumented-immigrants-convicted-of-capital-crimes.html

#Florida governor is advancing his anti-immigrant crusade with a measure that experts consider unconstitutional

Oy.

“Casey #DeSantis considers running for #Florida governor amid push from top donors

The wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has long been rumored as a potential 2026 candidate, but the prospect is inching closer to reality.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/casey-desantis-considers-running-florida-governor-push-top-donors-rcna191075

Russia building electronic registry of LGBTQ+ citizens
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/russia-is-building-an-electronic-registry-of-lgbtq-citizens

* Trump's compatriot Vladimir Putin
* raids across Russia yielding data to supply Russian list
* Orwellian plan in discussion 2024+
* Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed so-called “international LGBT movement”
as “extremist organization” at urging of Putin
* DeSantis (Florida) was up to something not so dissimilar a couple of years ago

#fascism #Putin #Trump #DeSantis #homophobia #transgenocide
#LGBTrights

During the transition, it appeared Trump was enacting some
payback on Florida Gov. #Ron #DeSantis for running against him in the primaries
-- by putting the former Republican presidential candidate through a series of toxic public embarrassments.
️First, he attempted to bulldoze DeSantis out of his gubernatorial duty of choosing someone to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) when Trump selected him as his Secretary of State
by publicly pushing for his daughter-in-law Lara Trump to be appointed to the seat.
(That drive died down and DeSantis did ultimately pick his attorney general for the gig.)
️Then, as what would-be-for-nought uproar swelled around Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Secretary of Defense in light of an at-the-time undisclosed sexual assault allegation,
it was reported that Trump was considering pulling Hegseth from consideration and replacing him with DeSantis.
That news cycle lasted just long enough for those invested in DeSantis’ future political prospects to get their hopes up. Trump ended up sticking with the accused sexual assaulter.
️Now this week, DeSantis’ own onetime deeply loyal Republican state legislature is doing Trump’s DeSantis humiliation gambit for him.
In a stunning turn of events in the state legislature Monday, Republican leadership not only defied DeSantis by shutting down the special session he’d called for
and scrapping a DeSantis-backed immigration bill he’d asked them to pass,
they also introduced their own version of the legislation, which they named after the President:
coined the #TRUMP Act.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/a-reoccurring-theme-of-trump-ii-for-desantis-getting-humiliated

“Republican Lawmakers in #Florida Rebel Against #DeSantis in Rare Power Move

In a special session on Monday, leaders seemed to be declaring their independence from a governor who has wielded so much power that legislative sessions have become largely predictable rubber stamps.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/us/desantis-florida-trump-immigration.html

DeSantis Rushes to Use “Gulf of America”

#SYCOPHANT

Leave it to Ron #DeSantis to use an emergency weather advisory to showcase his unending allegiance to #Trump.

In a Monday state executive order warning Floridians of a fast-approaching winter storm, the governor referred to the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been referred to for at least 353 years, as the “Gulf of America.” The usage made #Florida the first state to fall in line with Trump’s plans to rename the ocean

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/desantis-rushes-to-use-gulf-of-america/

Our apple polishing governor, Ron “WhiteBoots” #DeSantis has issued a weather related order wherein he refers to an area of low pressure over the “Gulf of America”. Not the most idiotic thing to catch up on today, but still plenty #stupid.

[thread] Ashley Moody
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Moody

* Am. attorney, politician (R-FL)
* attorney general of Florida 2019+
* supported lawsuits invalidating Affordable Care Act
* advocated against voting rights for former felons
* Trumpist/2020 election denialist
* Jan 2025, FL Gov DeSantis selected Moody to succeed U.S. Sen Marco Rubio
* anti-abortion / antiLGBT

#Trump2 #GOP #MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #antiLGBT #transphobia
#DeSantis #AshleyMoody
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #transgenocide

In #Florida
the 'Governor' #DeSantis
changes the law on post-divorce alimony
(obviously to the detriment of women)
thus making it more difficult for women
rebuilding a life after a divorce.

Basically in the #MAGAs States
they are taking the status of women back to 1950

and there are women who voted MAGA !!!
MAGA women VOTED to be oppressed.

Just got a response from our #Florida retirement community management re: #DeSantis' order to raise flags to full height on Jan 20th...

"We have been directed by Sun [Communities] to keep flags at half-staff until end of January "

WIN!

cc: @GottaLaff @lisamelton

#ACLU sues #Florida Gov. #DeSantis for not calling special elections for state House and Senate seats https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/aclu-sues-florida-gov-desantis-for-not-calling-special-elections-for-state-house-and-senate-seats/ar-BB1rbOZq

#Florida moves backwards on electric cars - by Jason Garcia #climate #evs #desantis #publix

https://jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-moves-backwards-on-electric