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Gary Bates
@gbates16
Assistant Superintendent/Director of Instruction, Rensselaer Central School Corporation (Retired)
Port Charlotte, FLJoined December 2008

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“The Florida book banning law is un-American, unconstitutional and a disturbing insight into the fragile and unprincipled id of a Florida governor who has created his own bread and circuses for our age of distrust.”
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Ron DeSantis is an anti-science, anti-African American history, anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-education, anti-free speech, anti-human rights, wannabe authoritarian and bigoted bully with an A+ rating from the NRA. And he must never, ever, ever become President.
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What Ron DeSantis is doing in the state of Florida, particularly when it comes to public education, should terrify us all. We have to make sure that man never becomes President.
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“The banning of all books from schools until they can be reviewed by state authorities is as grotesque and un-American an act as can be committed. It’s a desecration of America’s most sacred freedom by DeSantis, a low man who seeks power by bullying.”
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This is insanity. We are "this close" to Fahrenheit 451.
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America needs to wake up and pay attention to what's going on down there. occupydemocrats.com/2023/01/23/fre
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A great review of FL. governor Ron Death Santis. He will love this.😃
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He's a Republican, and he's gonna HATE this parody for a LOT of reasons. washingtonpress.com/2023/01/20/bec
More people need be talking about what DeSantis is doing to education in Florida. Most recent development: Banning AP African American Studies because he claims it ‘lacks educational value’. This is completely unacceptable.
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Florida - where AP courses go to die thanks to the Death Santis administration.🤬
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SHOCKING: Ron DeSantis has BANNED the teaching of AP African American Studies in Florida. Florida has gone from Don’t Say Gay to Don’t Say Black.
You know what has bothered me the most about the Prince Harry story, it’s how his own family chose to make him the scapegoat for all their improprieties and expected him to take it for the rest of his life. Shame on all of them and the British Press. He is the real victim here.
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DeSantis’ 1st term: - Banned textbooks - Extreme gerrymandering - Abortion ban - Voter suppression - $5.7 billion in corporate giveaways - Skyrocketing housing costs - Crumbling property insurance market - Criminalized protests Let’s make sure he never becomes president
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Yay!
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BREAKING: Barry Croft Jr., the architect behind the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer and who wanted to blow up a bridge, was just sentenced to more than 19 years in prison — 3 years more than his co-conspirator was sentenced yesterday. Much-needed accountability.
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Now is the time to put politics and your views of Ted Cruz aside. His daughter tried committing suicide last night — and we should all be sending our best wishes to the entire Cruz family during this difficult, painful time.
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