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DeSantis’ campaign is getting to the tire fire stage. After raising around $20 million when he launched his campaign, now his big donors are leaving. Now he's fired a third of his staff in a move that his campaign is strategically calling a "reset".

Just in time to inject some media adrenaline, DeSantis' hand-picked "experts" in African American history have released their K-12 guidelines for Florida schools. And it's good news, everyone! It turns out that slavery wasn't so bad. DeSantis' team told us so!

Some extra credit reading:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-deemed-uniquely-unlikable-by-ex-gop-rep-after-sugar-shaming-kid/ar-AA1evvnb

https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0007er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0007&Session=2022

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/20/florida-black-history-teaching-standards-00107067

https://popular.info/p/meet-the-scholars-who-created-floridas

Music:

Holizna - Strangers

Tentacles - Dark (CC BY 4.0)

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