Ron DeSantis Is A Threat To Democracy
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is taking Trump's threat to democracy to the next level in Florida.
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Gov. DeSantis and his allies have turned Florida into a platform for his likely presidential campaign, but the latest bill forcing bloggers to register with the state government if they write about the governor or other elected officials is an assault on democracy.
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.
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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…
