An early Nazi tool was to shut down businesses identified as Jewish

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Today, Florida SB1438 will be voted on by the state House - it's already passed the Senate. It is expected to easily pass and go on to DeSantis' desk.

Description from ACLU of Florida from when the Senate voted on it:

"Today, the Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 1438 (SB 1438), a bill that grants state agencies the power to target LGBTQ+ friendly businesses by giving the Department of Business and Professional Regulation discretionary authority to fine, revoke liquor licenses, and even shut down establishments. Additionally, it makes it a crime to admit young people to any performance, exhibit, play, or show that the state deems inappropriate, even if the child’s parents think it is appropriate for their family.

Make no mistake: SB 1438 is a blatant attempt to erase drag performers and silence the LGBTQ+ community.

“The unclear and vaguely worded bill will impact businesses and venues that host plays, musical performances, art exhibits, and other forms of expression that the state may subjectively deem inappropriate. Will parents be able to take their families to the opera if there are singers performing in roles that require cross-dressing? What about Shakespeare performances? Furthermore, all it would take is a teen with a fake ID for a business owner to lose everything. We have grave concerns that businesses may end up self-censoring rather than running afoul of the law and risk losing their license or becoming entangled with the criminal legal system.

“With this bill, Gov. DeSantis and certain politicians are imposing their personal beliefs on Floridians by punishing private businesses that support the LGBTQ+ community. The Governor likes to tout that he is ‘pro-businesses,’ but this bill is anything but that. This is an extreme governmental overreach of power. This is not democracy. This is not freedom.”

HIstorical reference:
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-boycott-of-jewish-businesses

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1. Florida turning Fascist way too easy for Dictator Ron.

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2. FL courts are going to be

overwhelmed. This is another obviously unconstitutional law.

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4. That doesn't matter to DeSantis. He is buying his way to a White House campaign on the

backs of the people of Florida. He has nothing to lose and everything to gain. He knows the stuff he is doing is unconstitutional and unamerican, he just doesn't give a rat's ass. He wants to be the most radical right-winger in the pack running for Washington and he sees that as the path.

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3. Next they will come with the thought police.