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10. As a result, one Manatee teacher reported being forced to take Sneezy the Snowman and Dragons Love Tacos off the shelves pending review. Other teachers, fearing criminal liability, are telling students not to bring in "unvetted" books from home. https://t.co/gH4VWVbJSr — PolitiTweet.org
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9. And that's just the beginning. Materials prepared for an upcoming Manatee County School Board meeting include a 21-point list of procedures to ensure that classroom libraries comply with the new rules. https://t.co/jzv3x9hzRZ — PolitiTweet.org
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8. Restoring student access to classroom libraries is a complex process. First, someone must cross-check each book in their classroom library with the district library catalog Any book not currently held in the district libraries must be evaluated and approved by a librarian — PolitiTweet.org
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7. The Manatee County School District is mandating that teachers make their classroom libraries inaccessible until they can establish that each book is approved by a librarian Some teachers packed up their classroom libraries. Others covered up the books with construction paper https://t.co/NTHd2rFlQz — PolitiTweet.org
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6. Instead, all books in libraries or used in classroom instruction must be selected by a "media specialist" (aka, a librarian). This means that classroom libraries that are curated by teachers, not librarians, are now illegal. https://t.co/SzHzgellgw — PolitiTweet.org
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5. The new policy in Manatee, which is likely to be duplicated across Florida, was issued in response to HB 1467, which was signed into law by DeSantis last March. That law established that teachers could not be trusted to select books appropriate for their students. — PolitiTweet.org
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4. Another Manatee teacher called the directive "a travesty to education" that interfered with efforts to "connect with books and develop [a] love of lifelong learning." https://t.co/ETKxgoUgWB — PolitiTweet.org
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3. Teachers in Manatee County lamented the news on social media. "My heart is broken for Florida students today as I am forced to pack up my classroom library," one Manatee teacher wrote on Facebook. https://t.co/UiyhHQKHuo — PolitiTweet.org
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2. Officials from the Manatee County School District confirmed the new policy to https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ. The policy was communicated to principals in a meeting last Wednesday. Teachers are in the process of being informed now. https://t.co/zVjPKqfJ9N — PolitiTweet.org
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1. Florida teachers are being told to remove all books from their classroom libraries OR FACE FELONY PROSECUTION The new policy is based on the premise that teachers are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies. š§µ https://t.co/SzHzgelT64 — PolitiTweet.org
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3. In her appeal, Baggett says that allowing And Tango Makes Three to remain in a school library violates "the innate right of parents in regards to the care and upbringing of their children" https://t.co/LJm54P1vIL — PolitiTweet.org
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2. On January 4, the Escambia County School District voted 5-0 to reject Baggett's challenge to And Tango Makes Three, the true story of two male penguins who adopt a baby penguin. ON FRIDAY, BAGGETT APPEALED THE DECISION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD https://t.co/hMrEKarrff — PolitiTweet.org
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UPDATE: Baggett never responded to my requests for comment and never contested the on-the-record allegations of racism and homophobia by her former students. But she continues to seek the removal of more books from school libraries. She challenged five more books this week. — PolitiTweet.org
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1. Florida English teacher Vicki Baggett is seeking to remove 150 books from school libraries She says it's her "rā¦ https://t.co/LGH5E3ww8l
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@GarretHutchens @eckels_sam @CNN @FoxNews I read the actual decision and my tweet (and thread) are 100% accurate. — PolitiTweet.org
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@atrupar No one smoked weed in NYC before it was legalized. — PolitiTweet.org
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For updates and more reporting on DeSantis' efforts to limit free expression in Florida, subscribe to Popular Information. It's free to sign up https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org
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DeSantis illegally replaced Warren, an elected Democrat, with a Republican prosecutor because he disagreed with Warren's politics — PolitiTweet.org
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DeSantis suspended Warren because DeSantis claimed that made a blanket decision not to prosecute certain low-level criminal offenses. In fact, Warren simply created a presumption against prosecution, which is a completely valid form of prosecutorial discretion https://t.co/rtF4JiAyvG — PolitiTweet.org
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Although the judge found that DeSantis violated state and federal law, he also said that he does not have the power to reinstate Warren, which is the relief Warren requested — PolitiTweet.org
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BREAKING: A federal judge found Ron DeSantis violated the Florida Constitution and the First Amendment last year when he suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren — PolitiTweet.org
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I'm looking to connect with teachers, parents, and students in public schools in Manatee County, Florida. Signal/Text: 202-599-7124 [email protected] I will protect your identity. Please RT to spread the word. — PolitiTweet.org
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I'm currently looking for subscribers in Mauritania, Chad, Central African Republic, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan — PolitiTweet.org
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228,000 people subscribe to the Popular Information newsletter. It is read across all 50 STATES and 208 COUNTRIES. Find out what you're missing. It's free to sign up: https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo https://t.co/S3m7FTcFDS — PolitiTweet.org
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20. Please do not rely exclusively on algorithms controlled by right-wing billionaires for information. Get independent accountability journalism straight to your inbox by subscribing to Popular Information. It's free to sign up. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org
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19. Those issues include: The criminalization of poverty The prevalence of extended solitary confinement (which the UN considers a form of torture) The incarceration of people who actually need mental health treatment https://t.co/rBVxHGsfkM — PolitiTweet.org
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18. Price's tragic death is not an aberration. It is a consequence of fundamental problems with the American criminal justice system that impact millions of people. https://t.co/rBVxHGsfkM — PolitiTweet.org
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17. The lawsuit includes pictures of Price's condition at the time of his death, but the photos are too gruesome to share here. But the staff at the jail watched Price literally waste away, repeatedly describing his condition as "OK" — PolitiTweet.org
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16. Price's fingers and toes were severely pruned from "being submerged in standing water for a long period of time.ā Price was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. — PolitiTweet.org
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15. When EMTs arrived at the scene, they estimated he weighed just 90 pounds ā down from 185 pounds when he entered the jail a year earlier. — PolitiTweet.org
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14. But things were not OK. On August 29, 2021, "Sebastian County Jail corrections officers discovered Mr. Price lying his isolation cell, unresponsive, in a pool of standing water and urine." — PolitiTweet.org
