Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying his damnedest to win the award for the most fascist leader in the U.S., this time calling on fellow Floridians to join the state’s long-disbanded version of a second-string National Guard—a move critics (reasonably) fear could be used to enforce right-wing extremist goals without any real oversight.
This state-funded organization was authorized in 1941 as a paramilitary group originally called the Florida Defense Force. The guards served under the command of the governor and were there to fill in for the state’s National Guard, who were fighting the Nazis overseas. The group was disbanded in 1947 after the end of World War II, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.
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According to the FLSG website, the director position comes with a $400- to $500-per-day stipend, and whoever is hired must have a “strong background in military operations and culture” in order to lead guard members.
Guard members must be between the ages of 18 and 60. “Ideal candidates will have demonstrated experience in military style operations, emergency management, leadership and problem solving,” says the memo.
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l suspect that you overestimate the character of this diverse country. Perhaps properly inserting “… (anyone) that I would want to have anything to do with (wants) …” would improve accuracy.
DeSantis insists the guard will be helping out in state “emergencies” such as hurricanes. But as Robert Mayer of Boynton Beach pointed out in a letter to the editor: What if DeSantis’ version of an emergency includes “controlling voter turnout or people protesting the non-vaccinated?”
The Sheriff of Utah County, Utah (which is Provo) accused the county’s State Attorney of eating children. He is investigating the cannibalism of children.
I can think of an organization in Utah that’s been ritualistically abusing kids for almost 200 years now. Shouldn’t be too hard to track 'em down, either.
The first funerals for the Uvalde victims were today, which means that Ted Cruz was, naturally, as far away from his constituents as possible, playing celebrity poker.