An Appeals Court in Florida overruled a lower court and reinstated Governor Ron DeSantis’ ban on face-mask mandates by school districts. The decision overrides not only public health experts but common sense. At the same time, it guts local control, not permitting school districts to protect the health of their students. DeSantis’s hostility to face mask mandates will cause more cases and more deaths. Unnecessarily. Blood on his hands.

Ron DeSantis is not going to lose any sleep over COVID deaths in Florida caused by him. It is apparent that DeSantis is another malignant narcissist and psycho in the Traitor Trump image.
I’m surprised DeSantis isn’t riding a horse bareback and shirtless in an effort to show that he is tougher than Ras-Putin and Traitor Trump combined.
One can only dream that Haunt-Us DeSantis will be exposed to the “Mu” variant but survive with an extreme case of long-term COVID so he suffers horribly for the rest of his miserable for-everyone-else life.
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I wonder who’s paying DeSantis? .
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This from the party that prattles on ad nauseam about limited government. Phonies and hypocrites without an ounce of shame or true civic responsibility. Big government DeSantis is throwing red meat to his base.
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and lately the meat is not just red but rotting—yet they rush to take their fill
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And the game goes on. I’m assuming the court possibilities are endless. DeathSentence would probably prefer this to remain in the courts (at least until midterms/ govr election), so he doesn’t have to do too much enforcement on the now 13 school districts defying his orders. [And more might go that route if their combo of mask & vax refuseniks results in too many out on quarantine at any given moment,] That could get a little hairy, maybe weaken his support. After all, all he’s really trying to do is keep the far-right cohort intensely engaged, but I assume he needs broader Rep support to stay afloat.
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Laws
Physics laws
Are set in stone
Legal laws
Are shifting prone
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The First District Court of Appeals has fifteen judges; all have been appointed by the right wing. Even Crist’s appointee was from when Crist was a Republican. One of the Republican toadies is making the call. Court appointments matter. It is part of the right wing strategy to maintain minority rule. https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_First_District_Court_of_Appeal
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It is part of the right wing strategy to maintain minority rule.
YUP
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Mineority rule.
It’s mine, DAMit! Keep your paws off it!
PS I never knew Christ was once a Republican. But that was back in the days of Lincoln.
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Reporter Gary Fineout laid it bare in his tweet on this matter:
“This has been a constant refrain from the 1st DCA in a line of cases over the last several years. In essence, no citizen, no taxpayer etc. really has a legal right to challenge the actions of government. And if there is a dispute it’s a political matter that’s out of their hands.”
So, basically in Florida, in which we only have one Democrat at the state level, a Republican controlled statehouse, a Republican packed court, etc , “The party of small government,” is ruling with an iron fist and the citizen has no means of effectively challenging them.
They’ve taken unitary executive theory and applied it to the governor. I’ve lived in Florida for 18 1/2 years though Bush, Crist, Scott, and now DeSantis. With the exception of Crist, it’s been a game of who can outdo the rest, with “outdo” defined as, “Screw the people of Florida.”
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“Coughing Karen”
Coughing Karen
Coughs and coughs
Breathin’, bearin
Virus drops
Yells at people
With a mask
“Covid sheeple!”
“Scaredy cats!”
https://www.newsweek.com/maskless-woman-coughing-nebraska-fired-sap-covid-19-virus-mask-1627321
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SomeDAM Covid Coward
A Covid coward
Is what I am
Afraid of covid
Afraid SomeDAM
Cowering Covid Cowards
Covid cowards
Cower in closets
Cowering hoards
In clothes deposits
Crouching Covid Cowards
Covid cowards
Little flowers
Slouching towards
Gomorrah’s Towers
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Biden’s speech could have added comment about the group within anti-vaxxers whose opposition is limited to attention seeking. The party of grievance attracts loud mouths who like a spotlight on them individually because they never developed adult thinking and behavior.
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Bandates (banned mandates)
DeSantis and his bandates
Are on and they are off
And districts with their mandates
Are paying with a cough
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Bandits also works
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A bandate on the mask
Is Ron DeSantis’ task
The mandates must not stand!
DeSantates till the end!
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DeSantate: see bandate
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