Florida: Laboratory Of Authoritarian Idiocy

Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:

Her baby has a deadly diagnosis.  Her Florida doctors refused an abortion.  —  Florida abortion ban includes exception for fatal fetal abnormalities.  But her doctors told her they could not act.  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Deborah Dorbert is devoting the final days before her baby's birth to planning the details of the infant's death.

Ray Hartmann / Raw Story:   Florida doctors refuse abortion for woman whose baby is expected to live less than 2 hours

Maya Yang / The Guardian:   Florida couple unable to get abortion will see baby die after delivery

Ana Ceballos / Tampa Bay Times:

Florida is considering a ‘classical and Christian’ alternative to the SAT  —  Gov. DeSantis has talked about finding alternatives to the College Board, which administers the SAT and Advanced Placement classes.  — Sommer BrugalMiami Herald  —  TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Ron DeSantis …

John L. Dorman / Insider:   Florida state officials are weighing ‘classical and Christian’ alternative to the SAT: report

Digby / Digby's Hullabaloo:   DeSantis' culture war shot o' the day

Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:   Florida Mulls ‘Christian Alternative’ to the SAT

Hackwhackers:   Tweets Of The Day  —  Watching Fox has very negative consequences — … Haley grabs third rail —

Tengrain / Mock Paper Scissors:   Meanwhile, in Floriduh  —  You've got to be eff'ing kidding me:

Diane Ravitch's blog:   Florida: State Officials Consider “Classical, Christian” Test as Replacement for the SAT

Raw Story:   Florida education officials discuss SAT alternative focused on ‘Western tradition’

Laura Bassett / Jezebel:

Florida Teacher Is Fired for Posting Viral Video of Empty Classroom Bookshelves  —  The state is cracking down on books about racism and LGBTQ+ issues in schools, and teachers are now being punished for sounding the alarm.  —  Brian Covey, a substitute teacher in Jacksonville, Florida …

Washington Post:   Teacher fired after DeSantis says bookshelf video was ‘fake narrative’

David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement:   Florida Teacher Who Posted Viral Video of Empty Library Shelves Fired Day After DeSantis Claimed It Was a ‘Fake Narrative’

Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   More casualties in Ron DeSantis's war on free speech

WJXX-TV:   Substitute Duval teacher behind viral video showing empty bookshelves in middle school library fired

Jesus Florida Christ.