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Interesting tidbit regarding Harry Truman.
Truman pre-approved a state funeral in Washington. When he died, Bess nixed it and all the activities were in Independence.

 

We could argue about it for days and days!

 

If your hoobastank, you better take a shower.

 

My hooba smells like the piney woods.

 

Surprised the left let it get to this.

 

How Trump's attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes

"Trump spokesman Steven Cheung pushed back against the idea that the former president attacks people based on race, saying in an emailed statement that Trump “doesn’t have a racist bone in his body and anyone saying otherwise is a racist and bigot themselves.”"

 

Meanwhile, out of Florida (as opposed to “in Florida”):

For many, Florida has changed. What was once a proudly purple state has turned an angry red, they say. Gov. Ron DeSantis, with the dedicated backing of a Republican supermajority in the state legislature, is waging war on what he calls "wokeism" — a term he has loosely defined as "a form of cultural Marxism." But many — people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, non-Christians, teachers, union members, students — feel it is a war against themselves, as they face ridicule, discrimination, and, potentially, violence.

The NAACP, Equity Florida and the League of United Latin American Citizens each issued travel advisories for Florida. The NAACP advisory states, in part, "Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ individuals."

"Under the leadership of Gov. DeSantis, the state has become hostile to Black Americans and in direct conflict with the Democratic ideals that our union was founded upon," the advisory states.

There exist widespread reports of people abandoning the state because they no longer feel welcome here. Following her family's exodus to Pennsylvania in May, former Brevard County resident and Democratic Party activist Stacey Patel told FLORIDA TODAY, "It's like breathing, you know? After holding your breath for a really long time."

Nikki Fried, the state's former commissioner of agriculture and current Florida Democratic Party chair, predicted 800,000 immigrants had left the state after DeSantis signed SB 1718 into law. It imposes strict restrictions and penalties to deter the employment of undocumented workers in the state.

Democrats also count themselves among the groups feeling persecuted. Patel's family was vilified, she said, for its party affiliation.

Siebenaler, who has stepped into the position of legislative chair for the Democratic Women's Club of Florida, attended an early June meeting of the Santa Rosa County Commission to call out Commissioner James Calkins for labeling the Democratic Party as evil.

"I took an oath to defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic," she told the governing board. "And I must speak out against the hate speech that is emanating from the Santa Rosa County Commission dais."

Calkins has been admonished on several occasions by the public and his peers for his incendiary rhetoric and disruptive behavior. But Siebenaler is not one to typically show up at county board meetings.

"It's very, very upsetting. We've lost all sense of sanity, logic and civil discourse. It's so difficult to sit in on meetings because it's such a clown show," Siebenaler said. "People are so dramatic, so theatrical. It makes me just so sad that we have gotten to the point where the average person doesn't want to go to these meetings, where all people do is yell and scream."​

Proud purple to angry red: These Florida residents feel unwelcome in 'new' Florida — USA TODAY

 

The mass exodus of people of color from Florida is all part of the design. Turns the state even redder.

 

Those are all wealthy suburbs. And almost always vote Dem. Three of them are in Cook County.

 

Smart

 

Fine. The exodus reduces their electoral college numbers and reps.

BTW, having been in the South, I noticed that most of the menial/labor intensive jobs are done by people of color with a significant lack of Hispanics (as compared to CA), so query, "who do Floridians think are going to do these jobs when that labor force leaves?"