Comrade ‘crackers‘, there were moments in the before time when many people, most believing the narrative engineering from the professional political media, thought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be a voice for freedom and democracy. However, those thoughts dispatched quickly when the actions of the former comedic actor showed a deep red totalitarian underbelly and opposition parties were made illegal, the state took control over all media and even religion was deemed adverse to the interests of the state.
History indeed rhyming, as the ‘new Ukranian democratic norms‘ merged with the totalitarian fiats and timing around the pandemic.
Perhaps we should not have been surprised given that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the entire European Union were quick to exploit the opportunity COVID-19 created.
Essential citizen definitions quickly promoted, digital identifiers manifested, vaccine passports rushed to assembly, bar and QR code scans for human activity created gateways for permission granted by the state. Meanwhile unregistered movement was restricted, quarantine camps set up and mandatory vaccine compliance was the law.
So, we travel 5,000 miles west from Ukraine, arrive in the sunshine state of Florida circa 2022/2023 and watch as State government takes control over private industry, new laws dictate rules upon local school boards, proposed laws now discussed to ban opposition parties, state officials inserted into newly created government agencies as monitors to regulate commercial activity, and then suddenly something within the latest development under Governor Ron DeSantis starts to rhyme with Ukraine.
FLORIDA – […] Senate Bill 1316: Information Dissemination, would require any blogger writing about government officials to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics.
Yes comrade crackers, the skin of the state is so thin to criticism that words create harm against public officials and must be regulated. Permission to criticize must now be requested and registered with the state government or face financial penalties.
[…] In the bill, Brodeur wrote that those who write “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature,” and receives or will receive payment for doing so, must register with state offices within five days after the publication of an article that mentions an elected state official.
If another blog post is added to a blog, the blogger would then be required to submit monthly reports on the 10th of each month with the appropriate state office. They would not have to submit a report on months when no content is published.
For blog posts that “concern an elected member of the legislature” or “an officer of the executive branch,” monthly reports must disclose the amount of compensation received for the coverage, rounded to the nearest $10 value.
Failure to file these disclosures or register with state officials, if the bill passes, would lead to daily fines for the bloggers, with a maximum amount per report, not per writer, of $2,500. The per-day fine is $25 per report for each day it’s late.
The bill also requires that bloggers file notices of failure to file a timely report the same way that lobbyists file their disclosures and reports on assessed fines. Fines must be paid within 30 days of payment notice, unless an appeal is filed with the appropriate office. Fine payments must be deposited into the Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund if it concerns an elected member of the legislature.
[…] Explicitly, the blogger rule would not apply to newspapers or similar publications, under Brodeur’s proposed legislation. […] Should the bill pass, it would take effect immediately upon approval. (read more)
Why would I provide the context of Ukraine for an outline highlighting the totalitarian mindset that is sweeping through Florida?
The answer is a very simple and visible connective tissue, a connection born from within the schools funded by George Soros, linking both the installation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the branding, management and handling of a notoriously thin-skinned Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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Hate speech laws about to be passed in Florida under FAUX conservative governor Ron Desantis.
Penalty for having the “wrong” opinion? 3rd degree felony and 5 years in jail! pic.twitter.com/Bi3ThOOwB7
— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) March 2, 2023
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RELATED – […] Despite the seemingly cordial tone of the interview, Mr. DeSantis at one point became irritated with his interlocutor.
Mr. Charter writes that when he asked Mr. DeSantis how he would handle American relations with Ukraine, the governor referred “to Biden being ‘weak on the world stage’ and failing at deterrence.”
Mr. Charter pressed for more detail: How would a President DeSantis handle the conflict in Ukraine?
“Perhaps you should cover some other ground?” the governor replied. “I think I’ve said enough.” (link)
No. Words.
This all has to do with the installation of DeSantis as President…an appeasement to the ornery masses who are unwittingly…like sheep…being led along…
This has everything to do with Trump and his policies…which run absolutely contra to the World Government view…He must be stopped at all costs….
Those running this game fear … absolutely fear… National Identity…Trumps Mantra…America First…
Whenever a Leader of any Country spouts, praises, upholds, facilitates, bakes in National Identity…that Leader becomes a target…
WITHOUT National Identity, a globalized government and its policies take root and can hold…WITH National Identity…that Globalist goal necessarily fails.
Ukraine is the means of Global Redistribution. Putin stands in the way. With Biden in power, the US has effectively stepped aside and has opened the flood gates for the subversion of the US autonomy…China is not the problem…because this globalized system mirrors theirs..and those in power in China will continue to happily oppress its masses while continuing to fill their pockets..
There are no viable Democratic candidates…hence DeSantis…
It still goes back to the schools, colleges and parents…those parents better wise up or their precious children…those of average skill sets and intellect (which the Government deems to be useful serfs) will be digging ditches…
DeSantis retains his unfettered First Amendment rights, while someone such as Trump or even here, Sundance, are ham stringed…
The irony couldn’t be richer.
Complete truth. And well-said, K.
Cultural Marxism – Joe Biden
Cultural MAGA – Ron DeSantis
Full Spectrum MAGA – Trump
I got to see DeSantis in the flesh where my daughter lived in St Augustine. I could smell the sulphur and the lawn sprinklers were not on.
I’m sure there are many supporters in Florida of this move, who only see this as protection against Antifa and similarly destructive organizations.
Where are the wiser voices to point out lessons from Weimar Germany?
Don’t fight communism in ways that enable fascism. You’ll lose your freedom either way.
Great point.
Hence my remark about the schools and colleges…without actual history lessons, what child or young adult would learn this??!!
Instead they are fed fluff…talk about a diversionary education..a “look over here and not at what we are doing” sort of thing.
For parents or prospective parents, we are well past whether there is any spiritual or economic value in paying for a college or university education at this stage of the Republic’s development.
The real question, when will parents en mass withdraw their children from public schools and either home school with like minded parents or support obtaining a GED and then get on with natural learning of skills either or on the job or avocationally.
Absolutely. Sending your child to any school is insane. No wonder homeschooling has increased since Covid shutdowns. I have been homeschooling since 5th grade. He’s now in 8th. I wouldn’t care at this point if he couldn’t read, write or multiply; being illiterate is preferable to the death of his innocence through his mind, body and soul.
Luckily, he’s a whizz at reading and writing, but math, well, I’m trying my best.
Oh, and went to used book store and bought real history books by real historians.
Good work! Keep it up, you can do it. We raised two intelligent, creative daughters who can think for themselves doing the exact same thing. We were far from perfect, but bright kids can make up for flawed teachers (parents).
When a parent reads to a child, or teaches them how to bake, or play a musical instrument or whatnot, the child is given so much more than any school can give.
Kudos to you, Flouva!
The saying….
As much as I disagree with statements and views….
I will always uphold the right for those views and statements to be made.
Period.
…it’s called Freedom of Speech..
They never taught us about Weimar Germany because the educators were closet commies than and open commies today.
And regarding fascism, it is a part of communist regimes. It’s not the opposite end of the spectrum.
Yes the totalitarian Paradox.
The slippery slope I feared when the terms HATE CRIME and HATE SPEECH were introduced, has led to the deep state mutating the terms into non-existant crimes all on their own. The term HATE in both these terms, is only a descriptor clarifying a type of crime… an adjective that describes the (suspected) motive of that crime. That adjective has now been changed to an additional noun creating HATE CRIME and HATE SPEECH.
Number ONE… it is not a crime to hate! It is not a crime to voice that hate. It is FREE SPEECH!
There are no separate categories of crime established where HATE is the crime. No real, legally created law was created to cover HATE. Yet somehow, convictions and punishment have been decided to “be more devastating” for those who commit a crime under those circumstances. In addition, actions or words that in the past, were considered distasteful or upsetting are now being looked at as crimes where no other statutes have been violated.
Current impressions of “what is categorized as HATE CRIME or HATE SPEECH” implies that expressing hatred of anyone or group is, in itself a crime.
To apply the adjective “HATE” to a crime, requires that an existing “on the books” law was committed.
NO NEW CATEGORY OF LAWS has been enacted. It is simply some powerful people trying to convince you there had been!
Its the “slippery slope” or clovis piven (or whatever it is) and I too, saw it coming when they pushed “hate crime legislation” as I saw it for what it is.
When is enough, enough?
When the population, en mass stands up, and says “ENOUGH!”
Intimidation works, right up to the moment it stops working, and when it stops working, THEY have nothing else.
Their only hope is to slaughter us, en mass before that moment comes.
dutchman: Cloward-Piven. Clovis was too busy ruling the Franks.
Cloward and Fox-Piven.
Inside out, Upside Down and Sideways.
Top down bottom up inside out.
Cloven (hooved) Piven
And the concept of “hate” is completely subjective. “…expressing hatred of anyone or group” is not even what’s involved in most cases labeled as involving “hate”…Instead, it’s merely short-hand for “anything I disagree with” or– more likely “anything that varies from the government line.”
Pointing out that black-on-black crime is a problem can get scholars like Heather MacDonald labeled as “hate” speakers requiring extravagant “insurance against violence” when she comes to speak on campus….It’s that use of “hate” that has morphed easily into “mis” or “disinformation,” with all those terms merely meaning speech the government wants to censor. (wrongthink)
THANKS FOR THAT GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO CLARITY, CONSTITUTIONALITY, AND SANITY!!
Many of us have been harping on this absurd, warped and unconstitutional invasion of 1A rights and, even more importantly, freedom of thought.
It should be said, once and for all, that the Constitution of the United States can only forbid unlawful behavior. It has absolutely no jurisdiction in matters of thought or opinion.
Senator Torquemada (I mean Brodeur) is an utter disgrace!
And there you have it! Florida and Ron Desantis are part of the establishment take down of America. But like the do in DC with the two parties and attempt to give the impression there is a difference and that you have a choice…so Ron and company have and are doing the same thing in Florida. More proof that President Donald J Trump IS the only man for President we need and want! MAGA only! This is not going to be good for Ron. This is actually quite a stupid move! He is exposing himself to even normies here!
And Crist laughing all the way to the bank and didn’t have to do a thing but stand there and say, “BOO!”, And DeSkunkdemanious has to do all the work.
I have no problems with desantis cleaning the child porn and grooming standards out of the schools. States have long been dictating curriculum and safety standards in the govt skools, some of which I disagree with.
The rest of this is insanity.
Took Florida long enough.
But Florida did eventually get around to it 🙄
Example—Arizona Governor signed bill banning CRT– July 2021.
DeSanctimonious in Florida signed bill banning CRT….April 2022.
A lot of other States have/had already done the same before Florida did.
And CRT is just one example….
But to listen to DeSanctimonious and others he was the leader and “crusader” who led the charge! 🤪
The Top Guv ? Sickening.
I chuckle every time a mention about his record/ground breaking policies is made …
President Trump could have DeSanctimonious crawling towards an exit door after one debate just by comparing his policies to other State Governors.
I believe that is one of the reasons DeSanctimonious has been silent regarding Kari Lake.
Kari has some great policies she wanted enacted in AZ. And with the spotlight on her…it would have highlighted that DeSanctimonious isn’t what is/has been promoted.
You think he is a Crusader?
A couple Days ago, He blocked people who were going to buy his book from a Public Venue NOT RENTED OUT to a PRIVATE PARTY, because they were wearing MAGA, and some body commented, well, they made the Free Speech of Graffiti illegal… They made it illegal to hang huge banners on overpasses ….
Read my posts again …
He thinks he is.
His puppet masters are trying to portray him as a crusader…leading the way…
I have had nothing but loathing for him since he came before the primaries to “support ” Kari Lake at a rally.
He is a fake. And every one around him is fake.
He’s doing a lot of positive things. It’s the motive behind the actions that is questionable.
Everything he cleaned out recently to set the stage, he will soon let it all back in.
A man who will BLOCK CITIZENS from a BOOK SALES Party, for wearing MAGA GEAR is going to do ANY THING AT ALL, that you’ve seen ANY Other Tyrant ever on this earth do, with what small amount of Time he has left to do anything WITH.
One day, eons sooner than he thinks, he walks into his office and finds a serious Heavyweight sitting in his chair. The heavyweight will motion to someone behind Ds and say “Do It”… Oh, but not in here. The Carpet..” And a large person steps behind Ds, and escorts him out a door, to somewhere….
What the actual hell? This is insane. Everyone needs to contact this guy sponsoring the bill..
Florida Rep. Jason Brodeur (R- Lake Mary)
More good reading about RDS:
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/06/26/ron-desantis-savior-or-snake/
Swamp Snake.
A breakdown of Christina Pushaw resume is also worth looking into.
I have noticed her Wikipedia page has been “cleaned”.
I always see that as a red flag-
She just appeared and got a job with DeSanctimonious.
Prior to that she was working for Mikheil Saakashvili. He appears to be one shady character. He is currently serving a prison sentence in the country of Georgia for Abuse of Power and grevious bodily injury.
Note–his “resume ” states he was prior Governor of Odessa (Ukraine). Was kicked out of the country at one point…Zelensky pardoned him.
She worked for him 2018-2020. He was convicted and she then began working for DeSanctimonious in 2021 and became his PR person.
Coincidence? Highly unlikely.
Whew! That IS one heck of a resume’!
My gut tells me that she was selected to be DeSanctimonious physical version of Kayleigh McEnany.
Except Christina is as someone stated…a rubber face. A cheap imitation of the beauty and brains of Kayleigh.
I can imagine the Swamp Critters planning it out all the moves well in advance.
Her association with Koch NGO is interesting also.
I have another gut instinct also. And will throw this out for investigation.
Wonder if she was friends with Ivanna Platovska while in Ukraine. If you want to know about her– Trollstoy Jan. 7 Twitter post is a place to start.
Omg. They will cheat in the primaries. They are corrupt. They will cheat trump.
Did they actually define what “blogging” is? Will it ultimately end up meaning “anyone who types, writes, speaks, or enables a person to put their speech (written or verbal) onto a web page, blog page, video page, or social media page”?
Yes, it will mean all of those things and more.
WHY would they stop there?
If I text my brother a short message, questioning election results, am I not “spreading disinfo” in their eyes?
START with the blogs, but keep going until ALL speech is controlled.
And there you have it…..
Or when I texted a loved one “Faux-chi is a Mass Murderer”
Not in this bill from what I understand. Only those paid. Need to look at this a little deeper, but that’s what Im seeing right now. But, even if it is, they always set a precedent, that they can use in the future. You know, a little at a time so as that we don’t notice!
…and so their enablers will scoff at our warnings and say, “It’s only for PAID bloggers — has nothing to do with your precious freedom-of-speech!” (Or as Arnold would say, “Screw your freedom of speech!”)
Those are the people that enrage me. What is happening would not be possible without the “useful idiots” who continue to vote for and defend democrats AND continue to ridicule and scorn outsiders and rabble-rousers.
None of this would be possible without election fraud.
They no longer need useful idiots for elections. They have election fraud: voter roll manipulation, rigged machines, and a judiciary who permits laws to be broken, cuz no intent.
The useful idiots are there to intimidate and silence the majority. Allowing this to happen.
So basically any blog that can pull advertising. Have a following of 15, that gets you 3 cents a month in advertising? you are now an influencer who will need permission to speak.
No. My understanding is, anyone who is paid to blog. Has nothing to do with you or me typing comments, or word rage toward government…but is it an open door to something more to come? Can’t trust establishment, and Ron is proving to be just that. Hopefully though, this is optics, and he is actually working with Trump.
What about a vlog? How does that content differ from a blog? So, once they add video blogs to written blogs then what about podcasts? Aren’t they similar to vlogs?
Why does an UNPAID blogger get free speech but a PAID blogger have to register with the state of FL? What does money have to do with any of this?
Do you see the slippery slope?
No. I see a cliff.
And we’re on that slippery slope headed towards that cliff currently.
Respectfully, there is zero chance that there is an alliance.
Sundance could work for cash… always a workaround.
Anyone who COMMENTS.
will it include out of state “hate speech”?
Wow!!! Just wow! The faux is coming off real fast.
“I’m not content to just keep taxes low and stay out of anything else. I mean I believe woke ideology is pernicious…my polices are helping to protect people from having the woke ideology shoved down their throats in institution after institution.”…
“Some of these Republicans, they just sit back like potted plants, and they let the media define the terms of the debate. They let the Left define the terms of the debate. They take all this incoming because they’re not making anything happen.” – Ron D-Minus
So Ronny should define the terms?!…such as “Hate speech”?!?!!
Heh…Ron D-Minus— worthy of Trump, that one.
Someone with a BIG voice needs to address this campaign against Sundance (a blogger in FL) and utterly humiliate them.
They are suffering under the sunshine he puts on them. Does anyone have contact with say Bannon or perhaps PDJT?
Does this mean that since the Truth Social was created by Trump Media and “Trump” it too can be banned or will have to register,
” Truth Social is a social media platform created by Trump Media & Technology Group, an American media and technology company founded in October 2021 by former U.S. president Donald Trump.”
As I said below any curtailment of Free Speech is really bad, even it you don’t agree with their opinions.
Remember there is a HUGE difference between opinions & threats/encouragement of violence or even actual violence.
good point…the war against MAGA continues
Cpuld this bill be named the CTH bill?
Free speech is a slippery slope, especially lately.
If Free Speech of any group whether you agree with them or not is curtailed, then basically our First Amendment has been trashed. H3LL, the First Amendment has already been basically shredded by most Social Media planforms and even through many governmental organizations!
Remember there is a difference between Free Speech and threats of violence, encouragement of violence or actual physical violence.
Just as many Liberals saw the banning of many people on social media as a good, there are probably many conservatives who think that what DeSantis is doing with speech as good.
Yeah, another real “freedom lover”.. Except it’s their “freedoms” they’re concerned with, not ours!
That’s their democracy! Tyranny over us! And I hope to God they are right and that all this clammer from them about “their” democracy being at stake is true…and that it falls by the wayside and crumbles with all their NWO 💩! Then….we shall have our Republic back! To hell with “their” democracy! Watch the way they use words to trick one into thinking they are on our side. They are not on our side and their democracy is actually tyranny to us! “It all depends on what the meaning of “is” is!” Bill Clinton trying to slither out of impeachment by word confusion! That was after he lied!
I wonder where the DeSantis’ sycophants are that were in total denial several weeks ago when Ron became nothing more than an errand boy paid by the globalist/WEC/uni-party donors to advance their policies and deep-six DJT/MAGA. In fact it was even mentioned that Ron was supposedly duped but will somehow eventually see the light of day and make a turnaround even though the reality is that he willingly accepted money and campaign staff members from the opposition to perform their bidding. Given that FL’s new legislation banning free speach and political expression has to cross Ron’s desk for a signature to become law, I wonder what excuse the DeSantis’ sycophants will come up with if Ron signs it or will they finally accept the reality of Ron’s actual political affiliation and express their disgust in his devious turncoat behavior?
I expected RDS to make a case out of the horrific beating of a special aide teacher’s aide in FL…have not heard anything…have I just missed it? Discipline in schools– the lack of it, esp according to race, blaming “disparate impact,” is a huge problem, and now THIS? I hoped it might start a national debate, but of course, the story … disappeared.
That’s cuz the wrong color of student slammed and knocked out the right color of teacher.
Now if the races were reversed- they would still be talking about it 24/7.
No different than Buttigieg saying the WH has been in East Palestine since day 1….and yes, people believe it because I sat next to one on the plane. And no matter what I showed them- videos or otherwise would convince them differently.
Free State of Florida!
Well if RdS signs this he’s signing the death warrant of his presidential candidacy. I’m not all enamored with the press due to their failures to be unbiased or even honest about it. I am not in favor of this sort of thing where they must comply with some regs because they wrote about those we elect and got paid for it.
There’s many things that could be done to effect the control that is perhaps needed to stop the press from putting out opinions as fact or that harm elected officials. Not making them register as if we are a Soviet Republic.
After all the good moves they’ve made to do this (even if it doesn’t pass) is just plain stupid.
The bill exempts news organizations like the MSM. It targets bloggers specifically.
Imagine that…kind of like how Pfizer is exempted from liability.
For the corporate press, SCOTUS needs to revisit NYT vs. Sullivan, a huge mistake that allowed the press to go all the way to calling public figures fascists, killers, or whatever, with no recourse.
Note: The idea that there is no “malice” when outlets like WaPo and the NYT are sources that intel leaks to and sources that are used specifically against the enemies of dems— come on, we’re really pretending there is no provable “malice” when there is a campaign to prove the president is a Russian agent?
“Well if RdS signs this he’s signing the death warrant of his presidential”
Don’t you see? They get that Ron isn’t going to fool enough people to pull this off. In response they just kicked their battle plan up a notch.
Hate crimes are laws against thought. How can one determine with certainty what is in another person’s heart and mind? Politicians will use crimes against thought to support their own political position. These laws are very dangerous and can come back to bite you when the next group of politicians comes to power. I am shocked that the Florida legislature would pass a law that portends to know what is and is not hate. If they do (assuming I am understanding this correctly), it would be highly advisable for DeSantis to veto the bill.
Can we call it Sundance’s Law?
oh my, just when so many thought that DeSantis was going to be a savior…
yes, I have run into a few who think DS is gonna be better than the WOKE minions but they will have to face reality soon.
Also, we have DS followers in
Buck Sexton
His partner on the radio
Fox News – all in…even Levin has praised his new book to keep his job at FOX
more and more DS supporters appear every day. That makes the WOKE happy.
Spread the word high and low, far and wide. Yes, people will look at you with crossed eyes, but remember it is the media that has educated us about DS and yes, the tell is obvious….but, people don’t want to believe that no one thinks or reacts like Trump!
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This egregious unconstitutional crap isn’t the only garbage Jason Brodeur has pushed. Time to write, call, investigate, complain. The man is a half-wit leftist.
https://jasonbrodeur.com/2022-issues/
https://jasonbrodeur.com/call-jason/
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Thx. Hopefully, he’ll get voted out after pulling this crap.
Even Steve Lehto, Lehto’s Law, did a you tube commentary on this law; 15 mintues:
My first thought was this is a “set up”, and that RDS would make a big point of Veto’ing this bill, to try to polish his image, as a “champion of FREEDOM”.
FREEDOM and LIBERTY are the “watchwords” for all ‘soundbites’ of the donor class handled candidates, now.
Watch Nikki or RDS, they will try to fit those words into every statement, as many times as possible.
Surprised RDS didn’t parrot Nikki, when asked about Ukraine, saying we MUST “Defend FREEDOM and LIBERTY in Ukraine, “no matter the cost”.
His handlers must have noticed how Nikki didn’t get any traction with that, and hence told him to avoid it, much like KL was told by consultants to avoid commenting on Covid mandates or Election Integrity in her campaign for Governor.
MAGA, and events have made it impossible, for the phoney “conservatives” to masquerade as something they aren’t, any more.
Its no longer sufficient to tout platitudes of lower taxes, strong military, rail against big government, and give lip service to “social issues”,.and the reason is PDJT and MAGA, and THEIR reactions TO PDJT and MAGA.
THEY created COVID, as a responce to PDJT and MAGA, THEY created Ukraine, THEY were FORCED to steal elections in a way that was so obvious, so THEY created the issues, that are now hung around their necks, like dead, rotting sea gulls, and they can’t avoid them.
(Paraphrasing)
I KNOW Kari Lake. Kari Lake is a friend of mine.
Gov. DeSantis, you are NO Kari Lake!
You can’t fake authenticity, and you can’t run as MAGA, when you ain’t; its TOO obvious.
You might be onto something Dutchman.
However, actions already speak louder than words, silence on Mara Lago and Kari Lake, and overt take down and removal of any opposition at his events will “Trump” a Trojan horse legislation intended showcase Ron DeShamdemic as a sage leader.
Think “fail BIGLY” with a certain distinct Queens NY accent!
steph_gray and RF Burns, wanna meet up and have fun when DeSanctimonius starts slithering through the Granite State?
It would be amazing stagecraft to see President Trump invite RD to debate him at one of his Granite State rallies.
If so, sign me up.
Just saw your identical use of “Trump”….. must be in the air!!!!!
President Trump earned the right of respect of his office by his actions.
It is like the respect accorded greeting another man, “Good morning, Sir!”
Donald John Trump is the current and worthy legitimate President-in Exile of the Republic of the United States of America.
Your last sentence sums it all up…and underlines why Trump is so popular despite the criticisms and attacks made against his manner of communicating, his policies, him personally….
Authenticity and sincerity always ‘Trump’ superficiality and obfuscation.
Excellent point, Dutchman!
The blogger part of the bill is hidden down in the last section of the bill below a couple of unrelated administrative legislative changes which suggests to me this was a genuine attempt to quietly slip it thru.
Another warning flag of its ties to the DeSantis campaign is section 4 of the bill “This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.” It dispenses with the usual 60 days or longer wait period between bill signing and a law taking effect meant to provide the public with advance awareness. Someones in a real hurry. Wonder who.
Another subsection caught my eye as I fear it may indeed include Sundance. Wonder if all us regular commenters will need to register too?
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Section 3. 286.31(d)
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“Compensation” includes anything of value provided to a
150 blogger in exchange for a blog post or series of blog posts. If
151 not provided in currency, it must be the fair-market value of
152 the item or service exchanged.
“anything of value” is incredibly wide and vague –could it iinclude donations?
We need to spread this far and wide. Has anyone seen any State Senators interviewed about this? Is it a lone Senator or does it have broad support by the legislature?
150 -152 are line numbers in the webpage text.
(Is there still an edit button? It’s invisible to me now even when I remove all security settings. It used to become visible when my cursor went over it on the right below the posted comment. No worries, hope people can overlook my usual sticky keys and typos)
This Bill will expose any FL. R. rep. who signs onto it for what they truly are.
1st Amendment?
Used to be when presented a false allegation, one would demand a public apology.
Not felony and 5 years.
Didn’t John Adams sign this and end his chance at supreme awesomeness?
Actually, the law that Adams signed was much LESS extreme than this and wasn’t even something he had supported–he just decided not to veto it, after it passed by a significant majority in Congress.
The Sedition Act (bundled together with immigration and citizenship restrictions as The Alien and Sedition Acts) essentially made libel against public officials criminal. Not criticism, only provable lies. And it didn’t require anyone to register to criticize public officials or voice an opinion.
It may be hard to believe, but the newspapers in the 1790s were even worse than they are today. Newspapers of that time were normally aligned with one of the major political parties and would run absolutely insane hit pieces accusing the leading figures in the opposing party of such tactics as secretly plotting to dissolve the Republic, get rid of the Constitution and declare themselves king or of accepting a massive bribe in exchange for handing control of the country back to England. One memorable article in a prominent Democrat-Republican (Jefferson’ party) newspaper literally claimed Adams was a hermaphrodite. Other articles of the time, often claiming to have seen or even to possess evidence that didn’t actually exist, would accuse candidates they opposed of Satanic sacrifices, rape and murder, crazy plans to confiscate everyone’s property and other similarly egregious, totally fabricated nonsense.
Eventually, the Senate got so fed up that they passed a law (by a significant majority) to criminalize libel against public officials–the law did not criminalize regular criticism and the political debate of that era was actually quite robust, with very public conversations occurring about the most important issues of the day.
Adams actually OPPOSED this bill and had tried to persuade Senators to vote against it, but the momentum was too strong and it eventually ended up on his desk, with only his signature remaining before it would become the law of the land. Yet, Adams still came close to vetoing this law, as made clear by some of his surviving correspondence on the topic.
Unfortunately, the veto process wasn’t nearly as straightforward then as it would become. Washington had never used the veto or, as far as anyone knew, even considered using it throughout his eight years as POTUS, and there was a widespread feeling at the time that the idea of the President vetoing a law that had been passed by Congress would be sort of dictatorial and, even if technically allowed, would violate the principles of Republican government…. and the prospect of using the veto was especially tricky for Adams, who was often accused by political opponents of having an unseemly affection for the trappings of monarchy and a lust for more power. Adams was both brilliant and irascible and he didn’t always suffer fools well, which was most likely what made these accusations effective with a segment of the population–there’s no evidence they were ever rooted in anything real and I’ve never come across a historian who put any stock in them. However, if Adams had used the veto for the first time, after Washington had never used it, the optics of Adams claiming greater executive power for himself, instead of following Washington’s example of restraint, would have given his enemies plenty of ammunition in the next election.
Ultimately, of course, Adams did sign the law, and, ever since, lazy historians have tended to attribute Jefferson’s defeat of Adams in the Election of 1800 as being somehow connected to this decision. While we can’t read people’s minds today, much less go back in time 223 years and read people’s minds then, this strikes me as a VERY unlikely explanation for the outcome in 1800. In 1796, the free states had enough electoral votes to decide the election and Adams won the Presidency by carrying every free state, while Jefferson carried every slave state and came up just short. By 1800, the slave states now held more electoral votes than free states. This time, although Adams–who never owned a slave and had remarkably modern views on race for somebody living in the 1700s and 1800s–once again won every free state, that was no longer enough to win the election and Jefferson swept the slave states to take the Presidency.
DV Meca, thank you! Greatly appreciated your historical knowledge and insight into the nature of the media and politics of John Adam’s day.
With the way the modern media treats President Trump I wondered what had happened to the Sedition Act. Checked and indeed it expired 1801.
Posted over at GWP:
This is SO beyond bizarre that I can’t help but wonder…
1. If it passes as promised, De Santis won’t sign, in an attempt to bolster his lagging conservative credibility cred.
2. It’s a shot across the bow to Sundance over at Conservative Treehouse, who is a Floridian, regularly calls out the good governor, and is widely read in conservative circles.
Betting on #2.
What is GWP?
The Gateway Pundit
TGP
Psalm 97:10
O you who love the LORD,
hate evil.
Perhaps we should question those pushing this madness to define Evil instead of hate.
Hate crimes are thought crimes. Anyone who supports “thought crimes” is a danger to a free and independent man.
And untruthful. Because if you “hate” a white person and use violence, it is NOT a “hate crime.” Gee, why not?
My mother taught me from a very early age (I first recall her telling me this when I was four) never to cede a single civil liberty to the government, ever, for any reason. Any civil liberty ceded was a step towards tyranny.
You have a great mother!
We should call DeSantis what he is.
Pence 2.0
He is a RINO back stabber waiting in the wings.
The Emperor D’Santis paraded through the realm, fully convinced everyone was admiring his new suit — guess what? He was naked and didn’t know it!! What a joke!
This should not be surprising. In his first term as governor DeSantis passed a law making it illegal to criticize a certain foreign government so it’s not a stretch to try to outlaw criticism of his own government. The “slippery slope”.
To be fair most politicians on both the left and right don’t believe in free speech and have supported similar laws across the country.
Florida passes law protecting Israel from criticism
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/florida-passes-law-protecting-israel-criticism
Texas did similar. May 2, 2017.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/anti-israel-policies-are-anti-texas-policies
From the article.
“Governor Greg Abbott today signed into law House Bill 89 (HB 89), known as the Anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions) bill, which prohibits all state agencies from contracting with, and certain public funds from investing in, companies that boycott Israel.”
The slippery slope indeed.
Uniparty will use R’s to present these restrictive bills, as if they are righteous, only to be used against us.
Remember, it was G Bush Sr who gleefully introduced us to the One World Order.
As a Canadian Snowbird, I actually really liked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a person, BUT NOW I’m so GLAD that I chose to WAIT to see, how he handled “things” as a potential candidate for POTUS!
I have to say, that Ron DeSantis makes a “great figurehead” (man upfront for the cause), as he almost had me fooled too!
Why is it that the most desirable states to retire-in (in the USA), are mostly controlled by Democrats & RINOS?
Very strategic Desantis….. Round a good chunk of freedom lovers onto a peninsula surrounded by water with an easy 350 mile north border to seal them off, the freedom lovers that is, from the rest of the country. Florida and kinda Texas have really been the only push back during lockdown. Never underestimate the evil. I do not trust Ron in the least little bit and those he associates with. Prayers for the Sundance team as always.
Register at yours and all others’ peril connected with you..
The cameras know who you are and who all your friends are as well. And is telling the IRS as well.
Enter Vintra – a firm that is one of many testing new AI and surveillance applications with little public scrutiny and few formal safeguards against invasions of privacy.
https://www.arcamax.com/business/businessnews/s-2792143?fs
“… the governor referred “to Biden being ‘weak on the world stage’ and failing at deterrence.”
Mr. Charter pressed for more detail: How would a President DeSantis handle the conflict in Ukraine?
“Perhaps you should cover some other ground?” the governor replied. “I think I’ve said enough.”
In other words, he would start WWIII 🙁
Inside every establishment politician..is a tyrant waiting to get out
I do believe that DeSantis is starting or rather has been acting like some of the over zealous liberal Governors, like Newsom, Brown Whitmer Cuomo Inslee and many other liberal governors!
Difference being is that DeSantis seems to be have been sticking it to Globalist/ liberals!! Thus many conservatives are & have been cheering him on even though DeSantis has been skirting & actually breaking laws and even going against the constitution.
Hey even I was cheering him on in the beginning. However as some of us are starting to see, and mewekalvin mentioned sort of, the tyrant is starting to come out or maybe its been coming out.
Regardless of a person’s philosophy, no one should be able take an Americans constitutional rights away in any manner unless they have been threatening and/or injuring others .
Yes it is kewl to watch the Globalist/Liberals squirm like they make & have been making us Patriotic Americans squirm. However, if we skirt or break American laws to make them squirm we are just as bad as them.
Let’s say I have a blog in Florida, and it has google ads and or other ads. They’re not paying me to say anything, but I am still “getting paid.”
So if I say I don’t like that DeSantis or the SoS did/said ‘X,’ then what?
Does the state of Florida side-eye me because google ads pay me and google ads (Alphabet inc) don’t like Republicans?
Would I need to register my typewriter just in case?
To continue the thought, if I said anything in general about a Florida legislator, then let’s say someone snitches on me
to the legislator, am I going to have to prove I was not paid?
This might have to be re-thought.
interesting and opposite take on this from Clif High.
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Freedom of Speech! Yes.
Freedom of Reach? Eh, not so sure…
We are in War, 5th generation, global, unrestricted warfare. #5GUW. We will be in this War for decades. I shit you not.
We are fighting to Live!
We are fighting to keep the USA together and Alive!
We are fighting to avenge the victims of the [KM].
We are fighting to finish the [KM] that future generations shall not have to endure slavery!
We are fighting with information.
Yes, people are being killed in physical war. However, that is but a tactic in the larger, global 5GUW.
The main war is information.
This new development points out how powerful is information in our war, and proves the existence of 5GUW, much of which is not YET visible to the Populace of the Normies.
In Florida, they are proposing that if you write a blog about their elected public officials, you must register. Basically treating bloggers as lobbyists.
Note that they are not infringing on the public’s first amendment rights. No blogger who is doing it without payment need register.
The intent of the law has three goals.
Initially, it was concerning to see the headlines about this Bill. However, on reading the particulars, it is quite clearly focused ONLY on controlling abuses of the public media. Note that we do have Free Speech rights, and this Bill protects them by having NO abridgment of that activity as you are NOT required to register unless you are a PAID blogger.
So everyone can still call the governor, and other elected officials, whatever pejorative names they wish, or report any information on them, fact or fiction, as long as they are not being paid to so do.
You have Free Speech rights, but you have NO rights to use public financed and supported resources as a weapon against the social order, nor your political opponents. And the social order has the right to collective, perceptive, self defense.
This Bill will very likely pass. This is the form of legislation that will be arising in all the States as we get deeper into the Revealing of the 5GUW to the Populace.
Changes manifesting in Changing World.
Slippery Slope. Do you remember the Patriot Act?? How did that turn out for us?? Do you really think that the government is truly that benevolent?
The language of the bill in section 286.31(d) defined paid as receiving “anything of value” This vague definition raises the question of whether website advertisements or donations to cover the expenses of a blog would fall under “paid.”
This is fundamentally a First Amendment issue.
The left and globalists have been inching their way into more and more “reasonable” restrictions of speech. As Dantes just commented, we dare not take that one step down the slippery slope. “hate speech” — “misinformation” — “sneaky lobbyists” The justifications for curbing speech are endless as we are by inches choked of free speech.
The only reasonable answer of a free people to “reasonable” governments controls on speech is –Hell No.
A dollar Patreon donation for a coffee requires you to register.
Bad law, bad results.
Hate is an emotion that is felt personally by the individual, and, as a result it is thoroughly subjective in nature. There is nothing objective about it. For many bloggers, their goals when they voice an opinion, either positive or negative in tone, is to convey to their audience how they personally feel about an issue. Opinions are subjective. As a result, it is not possible for a second or third party to claim a negative opinion is ”hate speech.”
”Subjective information or writing is based on personal opinions, interpretations, points of view, emotions and judgment. It is often considered ill-suited for scenarios like news reporting or decision making in business or politics.”
The other side of the coin there is objective information or analysis which is fact-based, measurable and observable. Personal biases should not creep into objective assessment.
If SB 1316: Information Dissemination is considered by some to be a ”hate speech” bill, who is going to be able to state objectively that a piece of writing falls within the category of ”hate”, when ”hate” itself is a subjective emotion. In fact, anyone making the decision to determine ”hate” in a blog, is being subjective as opinions are personal viewpoints.
They don’t want you to know about Ron’s backstory:
https://americans4innovation.blogspot.com/2022/06/ron-desantis-fails-acid-test-of-loyalty.html
Funny story-was on another blog and comments were being made about this exact issue. One poster, who seemed to think this was a good idea said; “this is a way for them to track Sundance-who hates Ron DeSantis. I kid you not….
Sundance’s influence is obviously being felt; you are over the target!
This bill won’t affect Sundance or The Treehouse.
“ Initially, it was concerning to see the headlines about this Bill. However, on reading the particulars, it is quite clearly focused ONLY on controlling abuses of the public media. Note that we do have Free Speech rights, and this Bill protects them by having NO abridgment of that activity as you are NOT required to register unless you are a PAID blogger.”
You can read the rest in my post above.
“PAID” is loosely defined in the bill as receiving “anything of value.” That’s a pretty broad definition and open to interpretation by the powers that be. Donations? Advertising dollars? Most bloggers need to generate some funds to pay for keeping the website operational.
The bill would throw cold water on many who might be considering expressing an opinion that might annoy those in power. If passed, I don’t think it would survive the First Amendment test in the courts. Guaranteed it would end up in court. But it would buy DeSantis time to launch his campaign without bloggers from Florida being a concern.
Receiving donations and advertising revenue is not being “paid?”
And this bill leaves it a-OK for a newspaper reporter to be wined, dined and vacationed without having to report.
Senator Jason Brodeur, District 10, is the a$$ who introduced this Bill.
Vote. Him. Out.
And call your FL. reps. to make sure they will not be signing on.
Sounds like Marxists are coming in to Florida along the conservatives from ‘blue’ states.
In reality scary stories like this never go anywhere. The proverbial throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks.
If you think its due to Conservatives from blue states you’re probably right
Florida and Texas are top two states that people from west coast are moving to.
They’re passing this law to get it declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, as a violation of the First Amendment. Then, we can go after registrations and sending money to the government for Second Amendment protections. It’s a slow plan, but might work to establish a recent precedent that it’s unconstitutional to levy fees and registrations in order to receive rights under the Constitution.
Here’s an equally bad bill being created in washington state, which is the head of the snake that’s presently coiling itself around America.
The blogger bill coming out of florida seems like something from the tail end of that same snake.
https://thepostmillennial.com/washington-state-moves-to-create-ministry-of-truth-to-tackle-anti-lgbtq-and-anti-science-misinformation
Ron D had better veto this bill if the legislature passes it. I couldn’t believe what I was reading in the article so I read the text of the bill. OMG. Every news site on the planet is compensated for content. Bloggers should be no different and I can’t believe this is coming out of Florida of all places.
They can ALL go to HELL….
DeStalin?
Here is an article of interest about Ron DeSantis:
https://theduran.com/al-mayadeen-i-was-screaming-and-he-was-smiling-desantis-ran-guantanamo-torture/
I am spurred to search for more information after reading it.
I post it here as something to look into further.
If you are not familiar with The Duran, it is an independent news site that I trust. The two Alexanders that run it are smart, savvy, and tell the truth boldly. Check out their videos, posted each day.
Big fan of Alexander and Alex.
I start every day listening to Alex Christoforu and his YouTube. Then The Duran YouTube. Then Alexander Mercouris YouTube.
They are the best I have found regarding geopolitics.
Works for me because while doing chores it is just simpler to take the tablet and prop it and…listen away.
Alex is first because I do actually watch instead of listening. He does his podcast while walking around different parts of Greece!!
There is YouTuber- Stephen Gardner who has been having Colonel MacGregor on. I recommend it. Stephen Gardner asks the question and gives Colonel MacGregor a chance to answer without interruption.
So they have a huge black file on RDS and he is definitely another push button, totally controlled, Manchurian candidate.
His Mar a Lago inactions and bunker performances were merely them activating his handlers cell.