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Can we get articles from sources that don't require a subscription!? I'm starting to think this is about getting peoples information.  Rediculous
GOP: "We need transparency in the governement!"
"Okay, show us these records."
GOP: "Not for us... just the Democrats." >

Indeed...I don't know who invented the idea of "Rules for thee not for me" but I'd wager it was a Republican empty skull lol >

I t believe it’s attributed to the Romans but they appropriated a lot of things so maybe someone else? >

Pretty sure George Santos came up with that actually >

You're both right. George Santos was the Roman emperor who coined the phrase. >

Come to think of it...wasn't he THE founders of Rome? Back when he worked under the twin aliases,  the brothers Romulus and Remus? >

We would have heard about a wolf killed in 9/11. >

The Florida Sunshine Law just keeps eating it.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is using a legal concept historically wielded by the president of the United States as a justification to keep some information secret, sparking concerns from open-government advocates that Florida’s public records laws could be undermined.
DeSantis has invoked executive privilege on several occasions in recent court battles, a right that is not defined in state law or mentioned in the Florida Constitution. >

This probably isn't going to hold up to further court scrutiny. >

He'll just fire the judges who disagree with him. >

Not following Florida directly, but didn't he already do that?  Or was it the AG or something. >

Hillsborough County District Attorney. A judge recently ruled that DeSantis violated the first amendment by firing him, but also said that the court in question didn’t have the authority to reinstate him. >

A federal judge. It will now go to state courts which will have the authority to reinstate him if they rule the same way. >

As a lay person, and forgive me if this is an ignorant question, but why does the Judge need to be reinstated if the firing itself wasn't permissible. Shouldn't the judge simply return Monday morning as if this whole affair never occurred? >

It was a District Attorney not a judge. The Federal Judge was ruling on this case due to an appeal I'm guessing, I don't quite remember.
Back to your question though, While this federal judge found it was in violation from a federal perspective which might give the district attorney the capability to sue for civil damages, he didn't have the power to grant the job back to the DA, as that was up to the state.
The reason he cant just walk back in as if the whole affair never occurred is that since hes been suspended, people were told to probably remove his access to things and security to not allow him in the building on the orders of the Governor, someone much higher in power than the DA. So until a state judge overrules the governor and said ruling allows IT, security, and other departments to allow the DA to work again, he's suspended.
Edit: Legally there is also probably a big no-no too for the DA to try and do stuff while still officially suspended from a state perspective. >

Thank you, I really appreciate the explanation. >

How is Great Value Trump doing on the homeowners insurance crisis?  Maybe instead of banning books and vaccines and giving every zygote a gun at conception he could do something to benefit his state. >


homeowners insurance crisis

This.  We are being EATEN ALIVE by insurance premiums in Florida.
I have a concrete block house built in the 1950s.  It has a brand new roof that I paid to install.  My last homeowners 's insurance premium for one year of coverage was SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.
DeSantis is such an idiot.
This premium excludes water damage, and has like a six percent deductible for hurricane damage.
The prices are shooting up, and the coverage is going down.  This is unsustainable. >

He’s a genius. He does nothing but tilt at windmills and got elected in a landslide. Florida voters are the idiots >

Eh, Florida Democrats dug up the bloated corpse of Charlie Crist to run against him - you know, the guy who lost the general election as a Republican, a Democrat, AND as an Independent.
I not once saw any ads for him here in Tampa. It's like the opposition just said fuck it and did the bare minimum. >

Where are the voters though? We can’t abstain from responsibility. “The party didn’t excite me and tickle my balls so I stayed at home and let the fascist win” isn’t a great look.
There is zero chance the GOP doesn’t take over the entire country with this attitude. Republicans will always vote for whomever the R is, and they’ll rush the voting booths to do it. Democratic voters expecting the “perfect candidate” will never be satisfied as there isn’t one. >

You’re right, but Kari Lake managed to piss off enough Rs that she lost. So there is hope >

Boebert almost did the same. She won her election by barely 500 votes (close enough to trigger an automatic recount) in a district that went R+9 in 2020 and got redder in the redistrict. >

If this dude gets elected president the US is going to have a serious problem. >


The US is going to have another serious problem. >

Just add it to the pile >

The pile is gettin pretty high lol
Not saying you contribute but your state has sent one of the worst influences on politics to the senate for far too long...my state is no better though.  We've had one decent federal politician in my lifetime and I don't even get to vote for him because I'm not in his district lol. We also continue to send, literally the most useless senator ever, Cindy Hyde Smith to congress when precisely zero things she's put her shakily drawn X to have passed the full senate...I'm pretty sure she's never had anything successfully pass a committee either but I don't know that one for sure. >

This is infuriating and terrifying. Sitting Presidents are the only ones with executive privelage, not govenors. Nothing in the constitution grants govenors this power. This dude is acting with impunity and isn't being held accountable. 
It's been terrifying and depressing watching so many vile people in power violate the law and others' rights without consequences. >


Sitting Presidents are the only ones with executive privelage, not govenors.

In truth, the concept of executive privilege for a governor is just as defined, by constitution or statute, as the concept of executive privilege for presidents: it isn't, and neither should have it. >

Embarrassingly, after your comment, I discovered that govenors have successfully claimed executive privilege. 
I always picture it as only pertaining to national security. Eg a president's discussion with intelligence agencies regarding a legislators potential treason should not be made available to the legislators.
And seeing as how national security is not in the purview of a govenor, I assumed they could not claim it. >

It's interesting how powers are claimed as much as granted, and atrophy from disuse.
Remember that the Supreme Court granted itself the power of Judicial Review, and yet, President Jackson said in apocryphal, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it."
If DeSantis continues to claim executive privilege and other people let him get away with it, then in time, any future exercises of that power can invoke precedence (there's a familiar word), and the power will be sanctified by time and tradition.  (The if is doing a lot of heavy lifting there and many lawyers are hard at working contesting that).
Power does not solely comes from law. The law is a source of legitimacy for a nation of laws, but the sources of power are far murkier for us social creatures, as we are not so far removed from Frankish kings had struggled to exercise their ancient powers and rights by nothing more than making it up and seeing what they could get away with.
In a very real sense, if a leader says they have a power and other people agree, then they have that power, no matter what the laws or institutions have to say. >

And this right here is why the GOP shrieks about "states rights". They want their racist trash states to be dictatorships unto themselves with no accountability or oversight so that they can pull authoritarian shit like this unobstructed. >

Exactly. It’s not about “what the people want” it’s about taking from the working class and giving it to the rich all while subjugating people to their religious controlling beliefs. Not taking federal aid purely to stay in control and half of the idiot  civilians just cheer because they think they are getting their religious freedums and having the ability to shit and jeer on someone lower than them. >


DeSantis has invoked executive privilege on several occasions in recent court battles, a right that is not defined in state law or mentioned in the Florida Constitution. Most recently, a Leon County judge recognized executive privilege in an order denying a public records request seeking the identities of “legal conservative heavyweights” DeSantis consulted when picking state Supreme Court justices.

DeSantis has the courts saying, "yes, sah". At least one judge. >

He became governor in 2018 in a razor thin victory over Andrew Gillum. Gillum was later revealed to be a closeted meth head. 
If I knew then what I know now, I'd still vote for the closeted meth head. >

At least they get stuff done! >

Spending taxpayer money to kidnap migrants and making life worse for trans kids and teachers aren't really things to brag about. >

Rules for thee, not for me!
Fascist Floridians Prefer Pan Handle Hitler. >

Peninsular Pol Pot >

No, he's not a king. He's the Grand Wizard. Very different >

This is the problem with allowing pieces of shit like trump to get away with, well, shit.  Other people (Santos, I'm looking at you) start thinking, "Well, if he got away with it, so can I."  And now we have desantis trying to get away with shit.
Merrick, start fucking charging people already. >

DeSantis acts more like a dictator every day, and certain people love him for it. He’s absolutely going to run for President in 2024, and we’re in serious trouble if he wins. If he acts this way now, imagine how he’ll act when he’s the President. >

Thank you. >

Party of small government lmao. This dudes a wannabe dictator and we’re getting a good example on just how deceptive and shitty DeSantis would be as president. The literal deep state that the right is so afraid of is right in front of them. >

DeSantis is a scary dude. He represents for me, a future of competent authoritarians.
He’s managed to “lock in” Florida by using a variety of strategies and approaches. People will claim he’s incompetent. He won his last election in double digits.
He’s effective and we should worry about effective authoritarians. >

Once again, my daily mantra: DeSantis is one of the most, if not the most, dangerous polititians in the country. >

The media are complicit in the war Republicans are waging on democracy and the United States. Defy them - unite, organize and mobilize in defense of democracy. Promote democracy in your house and defend it in the street. Rise up. >

Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside, you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalise criminals and rule you like a king!

Robert “Sideshow Bob” Terwilliger, Jr. 

This quote has always stuck with me and is becoming more apparent as I see this fascist Republican rise over the last 20+ years. >

That episode aired in 1994, for people wondering if the GOP has really changed over the years, their mindset has been the same. >

Executive privilege? 
You are a governor of a shitty state, not the president. >

DeSantis should be behind bars >

In criminal activities, sunshine must be avoided at all costs. >

The US is a garbage fire. >

You have a chance to lead, to make life better for people. You chose the opposite, to pander. >

Cool so he's absolutely hiding something huh? >

American Hitler does it again. >

He's above the law and the rest of Floridians--with a few notable exceptions-- are beneath it. He's a king in all but crown >

Mini-trump. Asshole thinks he’s above the law. >

I hate all brown Nazis especially DeSantis. >

Lol how can he invoke a power not granted to him by the Florida Constitution? >

He’s just practicing to be the next prez. >

I've considered changing from NPA to vote against him in the primaries but then looked at the rest of the projected field.
Might be better to support a strong opposing candidate. >

Everytime i see DeSantis in the news i just think "Florida, what the fuck?" >

He doesn't have executive privilege.  Let's not waste time and just seize the record.  I am so tired of letting Republicans lie about shit and get away with it. >

Ffs, where's Bugs Bunny with that big ass saw already?.. Can we do to Florida what Texas wanted to do to itself? >

'Not a king' but nobody wants to step in and do something about it lol. Sounds like he's got a king's privilege already. Like, he claims executive privilege which isn't in their constitution or anything, so why isn't that illegal and why isn't he just arrested? Cause everyone is falling in line behind the despot. >

Executive Privilege does not exist for him. >

I can’t image that any Fortune 500 companies will be relocating to Florida. They might say the wrong thing or offer health benefits that Little Ronnie Reich’s Fuhrer doesn’t approve of and make themselves targets of potential litigation. They could find themselves the next Disney or Ernst Rohm. Their employees would complain about the move having children or be forced to quit. >

The beautiful thing about DeSantos is that he has the Florida legislature (who collectively can't get on bended knee fast enough to please him) writing a law saying the Governor doesn't have to resign to run for higher office. 
This means that Florida Tax Payers will pay for DeSantos to run for Prez, and when he loses, he can come back to the cozy fiefdom he has created for himself. >

He's a fascist. This is expected behavior. >

So does that make it acceptable.... >

So does that make him not a fascist... >

In addition to using taxpayer dollars to fund these immigration stunts and his outright fascist "anti-woke" policies regarding Florida education, there's also the matter of DeSantis' handling of the pandemic and deliberately hiding statistics and politically damaging information from his constituents.
There's a reason DeSantis is trying to invoke whatever he can to keep a focus off his actions as governor. Any kind of scrutiny will wreck him in the general; most of us don't think America would be better off if it were more like Florida. >

Elect a clown, expect a circus >

The sequel to King Ralph sucks. >

I mean is anyone surprised, this guy wants to be King of Florida… >

this dude literally is just diet trump. >

Nothing about Trump is diet. >

Man, am i glad i left that dumpster fire of a state. >

I wish someone would help him see the ground level, from the very top of a very very very very high building. Maybe when he’s eating steak, someone will knock on his door, and in a tizzy, he gets up with steak knife in hand, and maybe he trips, maybe he trips… >

DeSantis would just remove any Florida Judge that dared to defy him, because he also gave himself that power. >

When you learn a new phrase and start using it everywhere whether it makes any sense or not >

Governors can claim executive privilege? >

DeSantis is a lot of things, truly, but a king isn’t one of them. >

For a brown Nazi like DeSantis there are rules that apply to everyone else and rules that only apply to him. >

DeSantis is a fucking chode. >

My Fellow Americans 
Paul Revere is calling from the grave
The dictator is coming,  the dictator is coming,  the dictator is coming 
Beware the red scourge called the treason republican party it is being financed by the putin red wave to dismantle our unity and to destroy our Democracy 
Beware the desantis, mccarthy, jordan greene and santos traitors who are pawns >

I hate him so bad I’m not a floridiot but I live in Florida >

Hey, I’ve seen this one before!