Pic Of The Moment: More Proof The GOP Is Now Closer To Russia And China Than To The USA

[EarlG]

Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state

[Ocelot II]

1. And North Korea. TFG's BFF Kim would approve.

[SouthernDem4ever]

2. The state of Florida is infected with an illness

So far it's undetermined which illness but it causes people to do really fascist things.

[RKP5637]

5. Amputate Florida and let it float out to sea and sink. n/t

[catbyte]

14. Bugs has the right idea.

[RKP5637]

16. Yep!!! LOL!!! and wouldn't take much as Florida is already sinking. n/t

[ancianita]

12. It's the legislature of Florida that's infected. It's not the state. There are plenty of sane,

healthy Floridians fighting the good fight here.

Be careful with that baby when you try to throw out the bathwater.

[speak easy]

37. After the 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022 elections,

can you seriously suggest that Florida is a battleground state? It's red. There isn't much left to throw out with the bathwater, or seawater for that matter.

No one I hope is suggesting that we abandon Floridians to their fate, but damn if we waste more big time DNC bucks or resources on the 2024 FL elections. GA, even TX would be a better bet, and that's saying something.

And no, I will never forgive FL Democrats for the butterfly ballot and pregnant chads. One factor in many, but the whole history of the 21st Century would have been vastly different if a few Dems had had their heads screwed down there.

We show that the butterfly ballot used in Palm Beach County, Florida, in the 2000 presidential election caused more than 2,000 Democratic voters to vote by mistake for Reform candidate Pat Buchanan, a number larger than George W. Bush's certified margin of victory in Florida.

The American Political Science Review https://www.jstor.org/stable/3117714

[ancianita]

42. Quote where I suggest it's a battleground state. Yes, it's red. Yet you & other DU'ers suggest

that Florida Democrats get tossed into the dustbin of history instead of helping Florida Democrats win.

Did anyone here contribute to Charlie Crist against DeSantis?
Or to Maxwell Frost?
OR TO VAL DEMINGS, IMPEACHMENT MANAGER, for heaven's sake?

Easy for you to say "no, I will never forgive FL Democrats for the butterfly ballot and pregnant chads" when Democrats weren't in charge of ballot manufacturing.

With all your hate for those who counted, you fail to remember two major events that caused Democrats almost irreparable harm in Florida:

1. the Brooks Brothers riot, which included

Brad Blakeman, Republican strategist.[2]
Chuck Royal, legislative assistant to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)[15]
Duane Gibson, a Don Young aide on the House Resources Committee who worked for Ted Stevens, then became a lobbyist associated with Jack Abramoff[16]
Garry Malphrus, who became deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Bush administration[14]

Joel Kaplan, who became a policy advisor in the Bush administration, and later Vice President of U.S. Public Policy for Facebook, Inc[17][18]
Kevin Smith, a former GOP House aide[14]
Layna McConkey Peltier, a former Senate and House aide[19]

Marjorie Strayer, an aide to New Mexico's Republican congresswoman, Heather Wilson.[7]
Matt Schlapp, a former Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) House aide, becoming the White House political director during the Bush administration,[14] and director of the American Conservative Union in 2014
Roger Morse, a former House aide who became a lobbyist

Roger Stone,[20] a self-described "GOP Hitman"[21] and former member of Nixon's Committee for the Re-Election of the President
Rory Cooper, a former staffer for the National Republican Congressional Committee and later the White House Homeland Security Council[14]

Steven Brophy, a former GOP Senate aide to Senators Fred Thompson, Bill Frist, and in 2003, Representative Marsha Blackburn, and later became V.P. at Dollar General[22]
Tom Pyle, a former Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) staffer who later worked for Koch Industries[14]

2. The landmark interference by SCOTUS in the Bush v Gore decision -- what they ruled in overruling the FL Supreme Court was unconstitutional

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), was a landmark[1] decision of the United States Supreme Court on December 12, 2000, that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. On December 8, the Florida Supreme Court had ordered a statewide recount of all undervotes, over 61,000 ballots that the vote tabulation machines had missed. The Bush campaign immediately asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the decision and halt the recount. Justice Antonin Scalia, convinced that all the manual recounts being performed in Florida's counties were illegitimate, urged his colleagues to grant the stay immediately.[2] On December 9, the five conservative justices on the Court granted the stay for Bush, with Scalia citing "irreparable harm" that could befall Bush,

And here we are. The current SCOTUS failure to have ANY ethics. Nevermind an ethics office. ALL begun by John The Pirate Roberts in 2000.

Everyone who broadly condemns Florida can knock off the virtue signaling outrage suggested about Florida Democrats.

We're still fighting the good fight. Where is the DU support? HUH?

[CrispyQ]

39. They (TPTB who dictate to the media) like to use maps like this to divide us:

When the reality is this:



There are some big blue dots in FL!

Genius Marge Green looks at the top map & thinks splitting the country is easy. My repub cousin about flipped out when I posted these two maps side by side & said "Leave it to the libs to try to make it look like they have more voters than they do." He's college educated but has bought into so much BS that he doesn't even question. The worst republican is better than any democrat. What does it take for decent people to finally turn their back on this party?

[ancianita]

45. Yes, big ones!

One might think that since 2000, general elections have been rigged or something.

[Hortensis]

40. Yup. To be properly careful,

people who want to smear everyone in a state as unworthy or inferior might insert a forbidden target, like, oh, “black,” for Florida or other targets to see if it still feels appropriate for people like them.

Guessing most here would probably choose not to post, a different kind of locational difference between DU and those who gather on trumps site.

[treestar]

62. but they elected them

so the test is the next election - will they throw the crazies out?

[malaise]

20. The state of Florida has filled itself with rightwingers from

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South America, Latin America and the Caribbean - go figure

[ancianita]

44. Yes, but to escape from those authoritarian governments, not to intentionally re-establish them.

They are constantly being lied to by oligarch operatives, and threatened when voting Democratic. They believe vote by mail is what they're told -- dangerous -- when it's the ONLY ballot protection given by federal law. In a racist state in a racist southern region, they keep their heads down or "if they can't beat 'em, join 'em" when it comes to business.

More support should be given by DU and this party to register Democrats in FL, whose registration is down by 100,000. Young Democrats are registering voting age high schoolers and college kids here; at least I like to believe it's true because I get texts from them, though I've not been able to contact them.

[RKP5637]

3. It's so damn pathetic. And FFS, these fools talk of freedom. n/t

[LonePirate]

4. 1A: Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press

This bill is a clear cut violation of the First Amendment, not that Republicans care about that.

What’s even worse is how members of the press are not immediately calling out this bill as blatantly and intentionally unconstitutional. We have to fight these fascists with fire. We cannot simply ignore them and hope they go away.

[CrispyQ]

10. I thought the press was slow to react to McCarthy's giveaway of the J6 material to Carlson.

WTF?

Our press will help reelect Trump even if all they do is give him camera time every time he says something outrageous.

[LymphocyteLover]

29. haha, that's genius!

[Farmer-Rick]

30. Exactly

I really don't think DeSatan will win if TFG runs.

Too many Republicans still love the wannabe dick tater and the American Oligarchy really love their pet monster, much like they loved their monster Hitler.

[ancianita]

52. Koch, big dog oligarch of the DeSantis 42-billiionaire network, vows to beat TFG in the primaries.

We'll see if he does it.

[Walleye]

6. You wouldn't think Florida would have so many snowflakes

Are they setting up a whole new office for this, do they realize how many people are going to want to register. What department as a government is this in, does DeSantis ever do any actual governors stuff?

[PJMcK]

7. Do any of these idiots know anything about Constitutional law?

I mean, this is stupid on its face. Such a law would never pass a judicial review. I learned this in 7th grade. What is wrong with these morons?!

[MayReasonRule]

17. Malevolent delusions know no bounds...

The Nat-C Fascist GOP are Machiavellian actors purveying their malevolently delusional crimes against humanity.

They have the same three goals that Nat-Cs/Nazis have always had...

Intimidation
Incarceration
Extermination

...of anyone or anything that dare oppose their criminally sadistically depraved agenda.

May reason rule.

[LonePirate]

27. They have judge, particularly SCOTUS, in their pocket so the Constitution only means what they want.

[louis-t]

51. I've always said repugs LOVE the Constitution

exc ept for the parts that they hate and want to change.

[Initech]

64. I'd be willing to bet good money they've never actually read the Constitution.

Except for the 2nd amendment.

[usedtobedemgurl]

8. This is a Florida bill?

I want every blogger in the US to write about them!!! It is kind of like passing a bill that a person cannot get an abortion in the state. Then you realize you cannot legislate for other states. The stupid is strong in this one.

[MayReasonRule]

22. The Streisand Effect is now The DeSantis Effect

An entire nation of patriots all rising up to blog the same thing...

Feeling lucky punk?
Well are ya' punk?

Hey DeSantis...Come at me ya' homophobic, genocidal bastard!!!!!!!!

He's bitten off waaaaay more than he'll ever be able to chew... much less swallow!

Here's to him choking on it...

[usedtobedemgurl]

24. I hope he chokes publicly and then he is never seen again! nt

[peppertree]

9. To say nothing of the greasy mafia movie reject who wants to ban the Democratic Party (!)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143039953

[niyad]

11. Backpfeifengesicht. I nearly lost my lunch. WHO, exactly, is going to keep track

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of every blogger in the world? An electronic tripwire of some kind, alerting them when certain keywords are used? The taxpayers of the state should be thrilled.

So, if I write "the melanin-challenged-footware-shod dictator is the south end of a northbound horse", would that let me escape notice?

[CaptainTruth]

13. Republicans no longer care about the Constitution.

[SWBTATTReg]

15. Ah, our Communist Overloads have spoken. NT

[Ford_Prefect]

18. It is a prior restraint on Freedom of Speech. No way this is legal. They are politicians and public

servants. They are thus legitimate and appropriate subjects for public comment. The state may not regulate such speech in any fashion or form.

[Initech]

19. Florida is basically just morphing into North Korea at this point.

Fuck Ron Desantis!

[Harker]

21. Fiefdom of the press.

I think we know how that progresses.

[Traildogbob]

26. Did anyone

See the video of the Fox Host idiot at a Florida “Diner” asking who would vote for DeSatan? Every damn one wants trump. Even one wearing DeSatan shirt.
Stay the fuck away from Diners. They breed and feed trump cultists. How about an occasional coffee shop interview media?
Good Florida folks, you got a problem down there.
North Korea, China, Russia and Hungary have some good folks fighting as well. Not going too well.

[Traildogbob]

43. 😂😂😂😂

[LymphocyteLover]

28. fucking fascists!!!

God damn it!

[Raven123]

31. So you have to have a license to be a journalist?

[Raven123]

55. Interesting from the the party that complains of too much government interference

[TeamProg]

32. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[TeamProg]

33. Chalk-up another lawsuit in the mind-state of Floriduh.. These official positions (jobs) are paid

by the public and therefore OWNED by the taxpayers.

[Marthe48]

35. Sounds like good time to brush off the prank names

Willie Makett, I.P. Freely to register, and nickname this guy Hugh Jassol

[Kid Berwyn]

38. Nothing to Hide, Reich.

Always be punching NAZIs.

[aggiesal]

41. Papeles, por favor n/t

[blueinredohio]

46. This guy looks to me

like a cross between Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. Florida wants to be the home of American fascism.

[bringthePaine]

48. this is what snipers refer to as "painting the target" which, in this case, is FREE SPEECH🤨

[oldsoftie]

49. I dont even think THIS Scotus would let that fly. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

50. Propaganda is necessary for the Russiapublican party to survive.

[muriel_volestrangler]

53. It's literally a Russian law from 2014:

See https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17694653 and https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5690410/putin-signs-law-forcing-bloggers-to-register-with-russian-media-office

[Rhiagel]

54. This doofus won his seat in 2020 thanks to a ghost candidate.

The ghost "progressive" candidate siphoned votes away from the Democratic challenger.

[Duppers]

56. 👍 And they'll repeat this tactic.

[COL Mustard]

58. Da, Tovarisch.

You will comply. We have ways of making you talk. (Sorry, wrong authoritarian but same idea).

[Marthe48]

59. I wish Pics of the day showed fewer r's

I can read the headlines and get incensed, don't need to see their ugly faces. Getting to where I log in to DU, and either scroll down so I can't see the pic of the day, or get to a forum. I'd rather see Dems who are fighting the good fight, and feel inspired and encouraged.

Just my opinion.

[turbinetree]

60. Maybe zippy the pin head should re-read the Constitution and the First Amendment....

does this state have the funds to sue bloggers.....lots and lots of bloggers.....his shorts / underwear must be really twisted and cutting off the circulation to his whatever is between his ears .........

[Evolve Dammit]

61. The entire party is our biggest threat to democracy.

[Maraya1969]

63. That is fascism. How can they be so fucking stupid!

[IronLionZion]

65. GOP skips the first amendment and goes all in on the second

[AZLD4Candidate]

66. The Constitution is just a damned piece of paper

don't wave it their faces.

[whfinlay]

67. First Amendment

This amendment gives us the right to criticize our government, also referred to as Freedom of Speech.