• In recent years bystander video has, arguably, triggered more change in the world than anything else. Without the visual proof of police abuse, it’s unlikely groups like Black Lives Matter would have made the inroads into public awareness that they have.
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• The maxim “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” has always been a bedrock of liberal democracy. Minus the right to express minority viewpoints without government reprisal, our constitutional edifice crumbles.
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• The governor is selling beer can koozies that poke fun at pandemic safety protocols. One shows a photo of him hoisting a beer, with the quote “How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?” emblazoned on the other side.
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• Florida lawmakers and youth advocates were “dumbfounded” last week when Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have given some juvenile offenders a chance of a clean start.
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• As the filibuster has been used in the Senate more and more frequently to block popular legislation, many have called for bringing it to an end. House representative and Senate hopeful Val Demings is making that a key part of her campaign to oust current Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
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• After a heated meeting in which more than 50 people offered public comment, the Orange County Commission voted Tuesday night to ban pet stores from selling puppies, kittens and rabbits.
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• Any American history course that relegates slavery and Jim Crow to “the past” fails its primary mission: using yesterday’s events to understand today’s world.
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