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Greg Abbott asked other governors for help patrolling the Texas-Mexico border. Ron DeSantis answered the call.

Although border encounters have fallen since Title 42 ended Thursday, Texas’ top Republican asks for “all available law enforcement personnel and resources.”

The Texas Tribune

DeSantis criticizes Trump for implying Florida abortion ban is 'too harsh'

Gov_ Ron DeSantis is criticizing Donald Trump for implying Florida's new six-week abortion ban is “too harsh.”

The Independent UK

DeSantis to send Florida National Guard soldiers to Texas for border security

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that he plans to send over 1,100 National Guard soldiers and law enforcement officers to Texas to assist with border security between the United States and Mexico

The Independent UK

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Ron DeSantis Confirms (Again) That His Attack on Disney Was Political Retribution

He either doesn't understand or won't admit why this violates the First Amendment.

Reason

Disney asks judge to dismiss DeSantis-appointed board's lawsuit in latest tit-for-tat

Disney is asking a state judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a governing board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney World

The Independent UK

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Executive Orders Are Fewer In 2023 Than In 2022

DeSantis' notable executive order was the suspension of Andrew Warren who refused to prosecute abortion cases.

Zenger

What diversity professionals should know about DeSantis' DEI funding cut

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis cuts funding for diversity programs at universities in the state.

Fortune

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Are you a doctor who hates treating gay people? Come to Florida, where Ron DeSantis has legalised bigotry

The sunshine state’s healthcare professionals will soon be able to deny treatment on religious or moral grounds. Thanks a bunch, governor, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

How Republicans and right-wing media turned Jordan Neely’s killer into a hero

From the outset of the media spectacle surrounding the case, right-wing lawmakers and commentators have sought to focus Jordan Neely’s death as a failure of Democratic policy around crime while justifying the actions of the man who fatally choked him, writes Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Mem Fox book banned in Florida, as lawmakers conflate nudity and sexuality

Failure to comply is a third-degree felony, which can carry a prison sentence of up to five years in Florida.

The New Daily

Speaker at UK conservatism event echoes far right in attack on ‘globalists’

Kevin Roberts repeatedly mentions idea criticised as antisemitic trope at conference attended by Tory MPs

The Guardian - UK

Florida is investigating a teacher who showed a Disney movie with a gay character

The film, Strange World, tells the story of a family of explorers and includes a character who has a crush on another boy. The fifth-grade teacher says a student's mother lodged a complaint.

WEKU

Mem Fox's book Guess What? reportedly included in controversial 'book ban' in Florida

Renowned children's author Mem Fox says a message from her literary agent that one of her books had been banned in the US state of Florida made her "howl with laughter".

ABC News

Pence allies create super PAC to bolster likely presidential bid

The “Committed to America” PAC can raise unlimited donations.

Axios

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The Conversation

Guess What? Mem Fox’s children's book has been banned in Florida as 'pornography' – but bathing is not a sexual act

Australian author Mem Fox’s 1988 picture book Guess What?, illustrated by Vivienne Goodman, has been banned in Duval County, Florida over allegations of “pornography”. Why? Because one illustration depicts the main character, “old witch” Daisy O'Grady, taking a bath.

The Independent UK

Pence allies launching super PAC to back former vice president's expected 2024 candidacy

Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination

Axios

As Trump gains steam, DeSantis bets big on Iowa to reverse momentum

Trump lost the first-in-the-nation caucuses to Ted Cruz in 2016.

Ballotpedia

DeSantis signs Florida SB 256, unions file lawsuits

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed Senate Bill 256 on May 9. In part, the bill says that except for unions representing law enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and firefighters — which are exempted from the bill’s provisions — “[A]n employee organization that has been certified as a bargaining agent may not…

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WEKU

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning DEI initiatives in public colleges

This move follows recent efforts by Gov. DeSantis to crack down on what he calls "woke indoctrination" in schools.

Al Jazeera

DeSantis bans funding for Florida college diversity programmes

Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and likely US presidential candidate, says programmes impose an ‘ideological agenda’.

The Independent UK

DeSantis curtails diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Florida state colleges

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that blocks public colleges from using federal or state funding on diversity programs, addressing a concern of conservatives ahead of the Republican governor’s expected presidential candidacy

Ballotpedia

Union Station: 2023 sees highest number of public-sector union bills introduced in state legislatures since 2018

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The Independent UK

Trump calls DeSantis a ‘rank amateur’ as he blasts governor’s media strategy

Former president says Florida governor has ‘no personality’ and not a lot of ‘political skill’

Salon

DeSantis in Iowa — the press goes wild

This signals that we are in for some very silly coverage of the 2024 Republican presidential primary

The Guardian - US

FBI investigation into Trump-Russia collusion relied on shaky intelligence, says John Durham report – as it happened

Special counsel also concludes no charges should be brought against the FBI

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