DeSantis: 1 / Disney: 0 — Disney drops lawsuit against Florida governor



Disney is no match for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

Last February, DeSantis signed House Bill 9B, which established the central Florida tourism oversight board as a replacement for Disney’s long-standing Reedy Creek improvement district. This put an end to the tax breaks and power that Disney held in the Sunshine State.

While Disney tried to sue DeSantis, the company just agreed to drop the lawsuit.

“It turns out when you do things like try to sexually indoctrinate children and confuse them, it turns out you’re held accountable in Florida,” Sara Gonzales says.

Blaze TV contributor Matthew Marsden has some wishes of his own for Disney.

“I hope they go bankrupt,” he says, adding, “I think they’re an evil corporation.”

Gonzales agrees, calling Disney “just garbage.”

“There’s no fixing it, because no matter how many people you have at a lower level who are good people or good at their jobs or whatever, the executives are making these decisions, and it affects the entire company,” she says.

What’s happening to Disney is what happens when ordinary people fight back against the wokeness infiltrating major companies that once seemed too big to fail.

“What we need to do is support other things and give them an alternative,” Marsden says.

Adam Johnson agrees, noting that what’s happened to many of the child Disney stars is good enough reason to stay away.

“Look at how all the Disney kids turned out right,” Johnson says. “That right there should have been enough information of who these people were at the core of them. Because those kids were around the people who were producing all these things.”

“I just can’t wrap my head around a stranger wanting to talk to my child about sex,” he adds.


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Gov. Ron DeSantis says he would support law banning gender transition surgeries on children



Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told podcaster Lisa Boothe that he would absolutely support legislation preventing children from undergoing gender transition surgery.

What are the details?

During a recent interview on the political commentator's "Truth with Lisa Boothe," DeSantis said that he would support a ban on such surgeries for minors.

“The Florida Department of Health has issued guidelines for treating gender dysmorphia, recommending against gender transition, puberty blockers, and hormones, but would you support a state law banning any of those medical interventions for children?” Boothe asked at one point of the podcast.

DeSantis responded in the affirmative and said that "gender-affirming care," such as transitional surgeries, would be on the same footing as allowing a 12-year-old to get a tattoo — which is not permitted in the state.

“I would ban the — yeah, I would ban the sex change, the operations,” DeSantis said. “I think that it’s something that — you can’t get a tattoo if you’re 12 years old. When they say ‘gender-affirming care,’ what they mean, a lot of times, is you are really, you’re castrating a young boy, you’re sterilizing a young girl, you’re doing mastectomies for these very young girls."

In April, the Florida Department of Health issued a press release on gender dysmorphia, which spoke out against transgender treatments for children.

A portion of the report read, "Systematic reviews on hormonal treatment for young people show a trend of low-quality evidence, small sample sizes, and medium to high risk of bias. A paper published in the International Review of Psychiatry states that 80% of those seeking clinical care will lose their desire to identify with the non- birth sex. One review concludes that 'hormonal treatments for transgender adolescents can achieve their intended physical effects, but evidence regarding their psychosocial and cognitive impact is generally lacking.'"

The department, instead, recommends that families seek out supportive services through counseling.

"Social gender transition should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents," the guidelines stated. "Anyone under 18 should not be prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy. Gender reassignment surgery should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents."

Further, "encouraging mastectomy, ovariectomy, uterine extirpation, penile disablement, tracheal shave, the prescription of hormones which are out of line with the genetic make-up of the child, or puberty blockers, are all clinical practices which run an unacceptably high risk of doing harm."

DeSantis during the interview also added that 80% of gender dysmorphia cases "resolve themselves" as children grow.

"You're doing things that are permanently altering them, and then they're not gonna be able to reverse that, and so I don't think it's appropriate for kids at all, I think the guidance is right, but I think that there should be additional protections," he continued. "Because, you know, when you're growing up, there are things that, you know, it's an awkward time, and it seems like there's a concerted effort in society to push these kids in to do some type of medical intervention, and in our judgment, that's not healthy."

Liberal teacher claims 'kids are dying' because of Florida parental rights law



A liberal teacher that was highlighted by the "Libs of TikTok" account said that the media needed to be less reactionary and added that kids are "dying" because of the debate over the Florida parental rights law.

Florida teacher Ravi Ramirez told Brian Stelter on CNN+ that she was criticized by trolls online after the Libs of TikTok account posted her video complaining about the Florida law.

Ramirez told Stelter that the media should not engage in "reactionary behavior" and instead report the facts.

"Already, teachers have lost jobs. Many teachers have had to take down safe spaces, posters from their classroom. Many of them have had to change the way they speak to their kids. So I think focusing on the human impact of these black and white letters on a piece of paper, you know what is this doing to our family, what is this doing to our teachers, the stress levels," Ramirez said.

"I think it's too much and I think it’s a personal attack on public education in general. They want to privatize education. They don’t want to make education accessible to all people. So it's important to ensure that, you know, we don't want to get reactionary behavior, which is very human and normal, but provide the facts, but never forget the real impacts," she continued.

"You know, kids are dying because of this and that’s my biggest concern," Ramirez claimed without evidence.

"I want to save kids lives. If I acknowledge one child and letting them know that they are safe with me, and that they are loved by me, that can make such a huge difference, it can change and save their lives, so let's not let them forget that," she concluded.

The segment with Ramirez was a lazy and sloppy regurgitation of liberal talking points against the Florida law. Stelter also appeared to justify the creator of the Libs of TikTok account being doxxed by the Washington Post in the segment.

Here's the video of the teacher's comments:

The deranged lib teacher claims the parents who don't want to sexually indoctrinate kids "don't want to make education accessible to all people."
"Kids are dying because of this," she declares, citing no evidence and with no push back from Stelter. pic.twitter.com/rgHajmOA9Z
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 21, 2022

[H/T: NewsBusters.]

Fla. governor Ron DeSantis proposes law that would protect drivers who kill or injure demonstrators if they're fleeing a 'mob'



Flordia Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced on Monday a proposed new law that would protect drivers who kill or injure demonstrators if the drivers are fleeing a "mob."

The move comes following the death while under police restraint of George Floyd and amid heightened tensions across the U.S. between law enforcement and protesters.

The proposed legislation will be filed for the March 2021 session.

What are the details?

On Twitter, DeSantis wrote, "Today I announced bold legislation that creates new criminal offenses and increases penalties for those who target law enforcement and participate in violent or disorderly assemblies. We will always stand with our men and women in uniform who keep our communities safe."

Today I announced bold legislation that creates new criminal offenses and increases penalties for those who target… https://t.co/WiPAeCn7gA
— Ron DeSantis (@Ron DeSantis)1600709362.0

DeSantis released the proposal on Monday. It targets protesters and increases existing penalties for such actions as "toppling monuments or blocking roadways," Insider reported.

The bill, titled the "Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Protecting Law Enforcement Act," would also criminalize certain road-blocking protests, and violation of the law would create a third-degree felony for those who "obstruct traffic during an unpermitted protest, demonstration or violent or disorderly assembly."

In the proposed law is a new protection against liability for drivers who kill or injure protesters if they are "fleeing for safety from a mob."

A portion of the proposal reads, "Driver is NOT liable for injury or death caused if fleeing for safety from a mob."

Protections for police officers

The proposed law would also include protections for individual police officers and departments at risk of losing funding.

"Florida cities that enact any legislation aimed at reducing funding allocated to their police forces amid activists [sic] call to 'defund the police' would have their access to state grants and aid revoked," Insider reported.

The bill, if passed, would deny bail to any persons arrested for a crime "during a violent or disorderly assembly" until their first court appearance.

Further, the Republican governor is calling for a mandatory six-month sentence for any persons convicted of striking a law enforcement officer "during a violent or disorderly assembly."

A "violent or disorderly assembly," according to the bill, is defined as a group of seven or more people who are "involved in an assembly and cause damage to property or injury to other persons."

'I will not allow this kind of violence'

During a Monday press conference, DeSantis said, "Our right to peacefully assemble is one of our most cherished as Americans, but throughout the country we've seen that right being taken advantage of by professional agitators, bent on sowing disorder and causing mayhem in our cities. I will not allow this kind of violence to occur here in Florida."

He also added, "[The law will] require a felony if you incapacitate any of the roadways. We see people take over interstates. That is absolutely hazardous. It's not fair to motorists who get caught up in that, so that will be unacceptable."

You can read more about the proposals here.

Governor Ron DeSantis Announces New Legislation in Polk Countywww.youtube.com

Anything else?

In May, a protester jumped on the hood of a vehicle during a demonstration in Minneapolis.

Video footage of the incident showed a driver attempting to move through the crowd that swarmed the vehicle. As the driver accelerated, the protester was forced to get off. The driver, according to reports, then made a U-turn and hit the protester, knocking them to the street.

In June, an angry mob smashed the windshield of a police patrol vehicle in Florida while it was transporting arrestees to jail. Police officers were forced to retaliate and go after the rioters.

In July, violent rioters converged on the vehicle of a 58-year-old man with cerebral palsy. The man, who was just trying to make his way down an Ohio street, said that he was worried that the demonstrators would kill him.

The list goes on and on.

What is the opposition saying about this?

Florida House Minority Leader Evan Jenne told Politico, "Most of this stuff is already illegal, [DeSantis] is just hell bent on silencing any voice of opposition. None of this is about policy ... it's about buoying President [Donald] Trump, who has slipped precipitously in the polls. It's dog-whistle base stuff."

Ignoring the repeated examples of protesters threatening violence against innocent drivers, the African-American Policy Forum said DeSantis' proposal was trying to give drivers a license to mow down protesters.

"Ron DeSantis sending as loud a signal as possible that he is okay with, and would even encourage, anyone who wants to use their car or truck to mow down BLM protesters," the organization wrote in a Monday tweet. "We should not understate how dangerous this is."

MSNBC's Chris Hayes added, "Today a GOP Senator released an ad jokingly (?) endorsing killing liberal journalists, and Ron De Santis introduced a bill in Florida making it legal to run over protesters with your car. So it's not just randos in line at rallies."