FLORIDA CENSORSHIP: OBSTRUCTING EDUCATION
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Welcome to the Space Coast Progressive Alliance
The Space Coast Progressive Alliance advances progressive policies at the local, state and national level through education on critical issues, coordination of activities among local and state progressive organizations, and providing internet resources.
We are a grassroots organization of concerned citizens who strive for domestic and international policies beneficial to the well-being and self-determination of Americans and all peoples of the world, for protection of civil and personal liberties, and for progressive environmental, economic, labor, health care, social welfare, education, foreign, and defense policies.
October Letter to SCPA Membership
Dear SCPA Members,
The 2020 new reality of Coronavirus in our community has tapped SCPA’s ability to reinvent itself in a virtual format. The result has been an expanded viewership on both Zoom and Facebook Live. It has brought us new members who are anxious to help solve the many problems before us.
We found our way into virtuality with our favorite format, a panel of outstanding experts on each subject, followed by a Q&A. This began with a conversation to ascertain the safety and well being of our membership and followers. Speakers helped us navigate the agencies and services available during:
- May 7: Coping with Covid; Then, we presented compelling, hot topics of the day
- July 2: Your Mail. Your Vote. Your Voice (as we watched our postal system being sabotaged just when the pandemic necessitated mail-in Primary voting).
- August 6: The Color of Injustice; Being Black in America (as communities erupted into protest after witnessing the reality that vestiges of pre-Civil War mentality persist in the police departments that violently devalue Black lives).
- Sept. 10: The Perversion of Truth, Media and Democracy (when truth and science are needed to make smart election choices but are lambasted as “fake news”; and journalists are attacked for seeking answers).
- Oct. 1: At The Edge of Authoritarianism in America (as our system of peaceful elections are under attack through voter suppression and intimidation).
- Sept. 16: Our acting president, Raed Alshaibi, initiated an urgent, live conversation in Melbourne Auditorium, open to Zoom and Facebook viewers: Law and Leaders Summit: a productive and enthusiastic dialogue between Chiefs of Police and community leaders and elected officials.
The first week of November will most certainly be an unsettling time as we wait for election results. SCPA will NOT hold its First Thursday event while the dust settles. Until then, we will be implementing our Action Items that you hear so much about. Join us!
We will be participating in demonstrations, working for candidates in this most crucial election,
writing letters, calling our Congresspersons. Join us!
And please let us know in what direction you wish to see SCPA go next. We look forward to your comments and participation on committees. Sign up on SCPAflorida.com.
Current News and Information
From Our Facebook FeedMore than a cough: New study shows red tide exposure can cause neurological woes ... See MoreSee Less
More than a cough: New study shows red tide exposure can cause neurological woes
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Some 280 SWFL volunteers helped with a Roskamp Institute study that showed some people develop neurological problems after breathing red tide toxins- Likes: 0
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Michael Flynn tried to overturn an election. Now he's trying to oust Sarasota's GOP leader ... See MoreSee Less
Michael Flynn tried to overturn an election. Now he's trying to oust Sarasota's GOP leader
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Trump's first national security adviser is getting involved in GOP politics in the Florida county where he now lives, applying to join party leadership."He (DeSantis) is planning to call a special session in November, that is what he has signaled,” said Bracy, a Democrat representing part of Orange County. “And he is signaling that he will institute an all-out ban on abortions here in our state." ... See MoreSee Less

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A week from the August primary election, Democratic lawmakers are warning that Gov. Ron DeSantis will further restrict access to abortion care, an issue that Florida voters may consider when casting t...“I believe that the teachers that become great teachers don’t become great teachers because they’re sitting in some university lecture hall listening to some professor bloviate,” DeSantis said at the Tuesday press conference at a high school in Pasco County. ... See MoreSee Less

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced alternate routes for Floridians in all walks of life to become teachers, but with a catch: People would need only a two-year associate degree to lead a classroom...Can we pay back to all the teachers all the money they paid in to get certified! That would be be great
The GOP doesn't want well educated citizens; it's too hard manipulate/con well informed people.
"After months of negotiation, the budget reconciliation bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act has finally been signed into law by President Biden. The bill aims to reduce costs for families during the current spike in inflation by investing heavily in healthcare and tackling climate change.
The bill invests over $400 billion between energy security and climate change measures, and an expansion of the Affordable Care Act including prescription drug benefits. It will also reduce the federal deficit by $300 billion. These costs are covered through a combination of IRS tax enforcement for corporate and wealthy taxpayers making more than $400,000 a year, new fees on stock buybacks, and prescription drug pricing reform."
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What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Your Family? - ParentsTogether
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The bill aims to reduce costs for families during the current spike in inflation by investing heavily in healthcare and tackling climate change."The status of minors in a post-Roe America: Not mature enough to make decisions over your own body, but mature enough to be forced to continue with a pregnancy." ... See MoreSee Less

'Hell State America': Florida Appeals Court Won't Let Parentless 16-Year-Old Get an Abortion
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"The status of minors in a post-Roe America: Not mature enough to make decisions over your own body, but mature enough to be forced to continue with a pregnancy."
The governor also slammed college schools of education as “a magnet for a lot of ideology.”
“We would prefer people with real world experience and academic proficiency in the core subjects when they’re teaching English, math, science, not saying, ‘Oh, I got I went to the School of Education somewhere and they taught me kind of how to teach,’” DeSantis said. “Because I’ve seen that, and I’ve been very underwhelmed by it.”
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DeSantis wants retired police, firefighters to be teachers
www.orlandosentinel.com
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants to expand his plan to have military veterans as classroom teachers to include retired first responders such as police, firefighters and EMTs.FIRST retired military that dint work now retired police an fire fighters hen that don't work DeathSantis will probably recruit prison inmates from the state prison well he can pay pennies on the dollar like thy typically do prison inmates but aw look we found the only group who will get paid less then teachers just think of the skills thy can teach the children
He's a a$$
FL's U.S. senators fight phantom communists, Gestapo as the world burns - Florida Phoenix ... See MoreSee Less

FL's U.S. senators fight phantom communists, Gestapo as the world burns - Florida Phoenix
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It’s been a while since we checked in with Florida’s two brilliant and attractive U.S. senators, Rick Scott and Marco Rubio. First of all, they are both very upset about that terrible, horrible, n...Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Medicare for All Florida monthly meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. ... See MoreSee Less

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Join us, for the Medicare for All Florida statewide monthly meeting - on Wednesday, August 17, at 8pm ET! We'll hear from special guest speakers: inspiring candidates, running for state or local offic...