Leon County Indivisible
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TWENTY-FIVE MILLION AMERICANS are about to pay more for their health care—in some cases, a lot more. And while Donald Trump and the Republicans could stop it from happening, so far they’ve shown no willingness to do so. But now that process could run in reverse, because the program is set to expire on December 31.
A steady stream of media about Maxwell and the perpetrators of sex crimes against young girls seems to entirely miss the point that THEY ARE NOT THE VICTIMS. The person testifying should NOT be Ghislaine Maxwell. It should be Maria Farmer, along with any of the other victims who wish to speak out. This country has a long history of believing the perpetrators over the victims and this is the latest instance of that. ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES WHY THEY THINK MAXWELL SHOULD TESTIFY BUT THE VICTIMS SHOULD NOT.
mid the latest Legislative session in Florida, state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis have approved dozens of new laws.
Many of these pieces of legislation took effect on July 1, covering topics like education, state parks, crime, money, and much more. 139 new laws were took effect on July 1st.
The U.S. Supreme Court this month allowed the Trump administration to continue with its plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and shutter seven of its 12 Office for Civil Rights locations.
We’re victims to the greed of oligarchic technocrats, and humanity is worse off because of it. Here are specific actions you can take today to take action against the broligarchy.
Interest accrual on the debt of nearly 7.7 million student loan borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan will resume Aug. 1, the U.S. Education Department said Wednesday.
Most states have either moved to protect abortion access or restrict it. Twelve are now enforcing bans on abortion at every stage of pregnancy, and four more do so after about six weeks’ gestation, which is often before women realize they’re pregnant. In the aftermath of the ruling, AP-NORC polling suggested that support for legal abortion access might be increasing.
At the border, any traveler, regardless of citizenship status, may face additional scrutiny. Under a 2018 Customs and Border Protection policy, U.S. border agents are authorized to inspect electronic devices carried by any traveler, regardless of citizenship, without a warrant or probable cause.
A number of Democratic-held congressional seats could be impacted if redistricting were to take place, including those held in South Florida by Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jared Moskowitz and Lois Frankel. Rep. Kathy Castor (D) in the Tampa area and Rep. Darren Soto (D) outside of Orlando have also been floated as possible targets.
David Jolly is the only major Democrat running for Florida governor next year. But he’s still facing attacks and scrutiny about his Republican past over a key issue threatening party unity: abortion rights.
Although Josh Weil came up 14 points short to Republican Randy Fine in a special congressional election in Northeast Florida earlier this year, he stunned political observers by raising more than $15 million in a district that had elected a Republican by 33 points just five months earlier.
There may or may not be a stretch of pavement in the Everglades that exposes an alleged lie about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp.