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July 8, 2022

Ohio House Republicans are advancing a bill to teach BOTH SIDES OF THE HOLOCAUST

https://twitter.com/RepWeinstein/status/1545446189310640131

This is a friendly reminder that Ohio House Republicans are advancing a bill to teach BOTH SIDES OF THE HOLOCAUST.
12:34 PM · Jul 8, 2022 from Hudson, OH·Twitter for iPhone


I think he is referring to this ? If you are in OH and can correct me, please do.

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA134-HB-327

https://ohiohouse.gov/members/casey-weinstein/news/ohio-republican-lawmaker-wants-to-require-teaching-german-soldiers-holocaust-perspective-in-classroom-censorship-bill-109365

this article is dated March 25th but the bill is still alive.

COLUMBUS— Today, State Reps. Brigid Kelly (D-Cincinnati) and Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson), demanded House Bill (HB) 327, the ‘Both Sides’ bill, be barred from any further consideration by the Ohio House after the Republican bill sponsor said in a recent interview that educators should teach “German soldiers’” perspective of the Holocaust. The bill sponsor then proceeded to make several inaccurate and anti-Semitic claims about the Holocaust during the interview.

“Claiming there are two neutral and legitimate sides to the Holocaust is nothing short of denial,” said Rep. Weinstein, a Jewish member of the Ohio House. “Trying to wipe out and ignore our history while imposing big government on school districts to limit First Amendment rights in an unconstitutionally broad and vague way is chilling and reminiscent of the ‘thought police.’”

The ‘Both Sides’ bill would make “failing to fairly present both sides of a political or ideological belief or position” conduct unbecoming of an Ohio educator, which prompted widespread alarm from teachers and concerned parents. Educators and potentially-impacted organizations across the state have asked how teachers would be expected to confront difficult subjects. How do you teach both sides of the Holocaust? Of 9/11? Of slavery? Of Ukraine?

“These comments are absolutely reprehensible, and reveal HB 327’s true intent: to force our educators to teach ‘both sides’ of topics like the Holocaust, slavery or 9/11 that unequivocally have only a right side and a wrong side. This is exactly why we must trust well informed educators, not partisan politicians, to determine what is taught in our classrooms so our children are best prepared for the future,” said Rep. Kelly.


ETA: Lurkers, if you need ANY reason in November to vote Democratic up and down the ballot, THIS ... is a reason, one of many. The Democratic Party would NEVER EVER allow such a piece of excrement to be introduced into any state legislature or Congress.
July 8, 2022

UK's Larry the Cat clarifies a few things

https://twitter.com/Number10cat/status/1544922919888994304

Time to clarify a few things:
1. I’m not “Boris Johnson’s cat”
2. Like all Prime Ministers, he’s only a temporary resident of Downing Street
3. I live here permanently. When he finally goes, I stay
4. Yes, it’s all very embarrassing but it will be over soon




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_%28cat%29
July 7, 2022

Kudos to you Brits, from a Yank

Yes, Boris should never have been elected (no fault of our DU Brits, of course)

Yes, Boris should have been gone a long time ago (I am sure our DU Brits can cite the reasons chapter and verse).

Yes, he lied his way through many things, including Brexit, and helped to get Brexit accomplished.

However...in contrast to my deeply dysfunctional government, he IS going, per multiple sources, at 710 AM EST.

Trump ? Psychopathic felon is STILL not in prison and will be running for President again, I am sure.

Kudos to the UK, your society, your government and you DU Brits.

eta: Oh, I see he is only resigning as Tory Party head ? Still...kudos. He's been damaged.

eta2: So he did resign as PM AND Tory Party Head, correct ?


Steve
Anglophile



July 5, 2022

No surprise here: Alex Jones Says Highland Park Shooter was Programmed by the FBI

https://hillreporter.com/watch-alex-jones-says-highland-park-shooter-was-programmed-by-the-fbi-134813

Alex Jones has regularly been hurt by claims that most mass shootings are false-flag operations. The radio host was sued by the parents of the victims of Sandy Hook and lost. Jones has also been de-platformed by a number of social media sites.

The InfoWars host, though, has not seemed to have learned his lesson. During a Tuesday segment, Jones claimed that the Highland Park shooter was programmed by the FBI.

Jones told his fans, “Well, it turns out our psycho poster boy of mind control … from the 4th of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was more prolific than I even knew. More videos of him on Facebook and other places have surfaced reaching out to his FBI handlers. Here’s one of those clips.”

The host then played a clip of the alleged shooter saying, ” I’ll see you all later. Goodbye, Mr. FBI agent, OK?”


Anything for a buck. Dude has no conscience.
July 4, 2022

Florida Governor signs law requiring students, faculty be asked their political beliefs

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/559881-florida-gov-signs-law-requiring-students-and-faculty-be/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday signed legislation mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their beliefs in an effort to promote intellectual diversity on campuses.

“We obviously want our universities to be focused on critical thinking, academic rigor,” DeSantis said during a news conference Tuesday, according to the Naples Daily News.

“We do not want them as basically hotbeds for stale ideology,” he said.

“It used to be thought that a university campus was a place where you’d be exposed to a lot of different ideas,” DeSantis said. “Unfortunately, now the norm is, these are more intellectually repressive environments,” he added.


THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. This is reminiscent of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. It is the proverbial camel's nose in the tent, the notching up of the temperature for the goldfish.

IT IS NOT THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S BUSINESS what students' and faculties' political beliefs are. This is an uwarranted intrusion about First Amendment rights.

Upon the election of either Crist or Fried, they need to immediately get this law off the books.
July 3, 2022

Orange County vote-by-mail ballot tracking page

https://ocfelections.gov/track-my-vote-mail-ballot

I do not know how much detail is provided once you actually cast your vote by mailing it. Right now, my page just says I have requested the ballots for both the Florida primary and general elections, which is correct.

Maybe other Florida county supervisor of elections have the same thing, on their web page ? To find your supervisor of elections web page, just type your county name and "supervisor of elections" into Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo/your search engine of choice and I'm sure you can find it easily.

Let's vote out the horrible DeSantis and his horrible crew !! Let's vote out ALL Republicans state-wide !

July 1, 2022

Kinzinger: "This debate really was filled with a bunch of arm-pit farters (besides) Liz Cheney"

https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1542869181716201472

This debate really was filled with a bunch of arm-pit farters and then there was Liz Cheney, the only serious person up there.


Ok, Kinzinger might be a conservative Republican and a past MAGA supporter, but that was a funny line about the Wyoming Republican primary.

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