Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state

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Source: wfla.com





by: Sam Sachs Posted: Mar 2, 2023 / 12:16 PM EST Updated: Mar 2, 2023 / 05:25 PM EST



TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet or legislature to register with the state or face fines.

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In the bill, Brodeur wrote that those who write “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature,” and receives or will receive payment for doing so, must register with state offices within five days after the publication of an article that mentions an elected state official.

If another blog post is added to a blog, the blogger would then be required to submit monthly reports on the 10th of each month with the appropriate state office. They would not have to submit a report on months when no content is published.

For blog posts that “concern an elected member of the legislature” or “an officer of the executive branch,” monthly reports must disclose the amount of compensation received for the coverage, rounded to the nearest $10 value......................................

Read more: https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-who-write-about-governor-to-register-with-the-state/

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My god. Can you imagine the logistics involved!! Besides just being plain horrid!!

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Video: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveils “Digital Bill of Rights” proposal.

[elleng]

1. Cancel Amendment 1, why not try???

[LonePirate]

5. The Second Amendment is the only one which Republicans care about so why not cancel the 1A?

[COL Mustard]

2. Um...Ron, there's this pesky little thing called the First Amendment

Government can’t police speech. I thought you’d have learned about that. Didn’t you go to law school or something?

[bullimiami]

3. Republicans sure love the freedoms.

[RKP5637]

9. Yep, this is called bringing more freedom to Florida. Anyone believing this crap is a damn fool.

[raising2moredems]

39. Hypocrites..

States rights except when they don't agree. Parents rights except when they don't agree. Any judge who thinks such an effort violates the First Amendment needs to be immediately removed.

[Bayard]

4. Show me your papers, please!

[DENVERPOPS]

6. Galloping towards that

Corporate Fascist Tyranny more and more everyday....

DeSantis is just demonstrating to the Republican Party that *HE* is THE guy to do it.........

[Rebl2]

21. Yep

[Hortensis]

25. Not to worry. "Seems...not super constitutional."

You know, "corporatists" REALLY don't like this kind of stuff. Profitable decisionmaking requires stable, predictable conditions. And it absolutely requires protection from government extremism. They're all taking note of the attacks on Disney these days.

[DFW]

31. Indeed.

Using “corporate” as an all-purpose swear word resembles how the Republicans use “liberal.” Use it too often, and it loses its meaning other than “it’s bad and we don’t like it.”

[Hortensis]

35. :) As said. Disney became a RW target for being too responsive

to modern cultural changes; or for another favorite factional "what do they want THAT to mean?" word, being too "woke."

[ZonkerHarris]

7. Florida Mussolini is really pushing the fascism hard.

[RKP5637]

8. I hope Americans are paying attention to WTF this guy is doing in Florida. It's dangerous!!! n/t

[elleng]

10. I wish Floridians were paying attention.

[Timeflyer]

20. Many of us are, but the rethugs just keep pouring in--like the non-native pythons in the Everglades.

Then they take over, consuming everything in their path.

[elleng]

23. Sorry my folks are not there any longer to vote D;

Glad they're not watching the chaos.

(They're both deceased.)

[RKP5637]

26. Exactly!!! I don't see how many can love this guy. It's scary and reveals such lacking

of being introspective. ... update ... it's like someone posted, it's like an invasive species of predators taking over in Florida.

[sakabatou]

11. Repukes officially going against the First Amendment? Not surprised, but wow.

[DownriverDem]

12. Keep talking

1st Amendment? How long will repub voters put up with this insanity?

[DFW]

32. Put up with it?

They love it. It makes them feel “secure.”

[Mr. Evil]

36. What's that old quote?

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

- Ben Franklin

[malthaussen]

46. That one, at least, is not apocryphal.

It's context, however, might surprise and dismay you.

-- Mal

[rpannier]

13. Trump will bludgeon him over this

Even if Trump thinks it's a good idea, he'll use it against de santis by whipping up his supporters in a "He's secretly trying to silence him and them."

[dalton99a]

14. NEXT: DeSantis signs bill to require preapproval of articles or broadcasts that mention DeSantis

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Fascist clamp-down in action. DeSatan is an evil mofo. And FL re-elected him. I won't be visiting.

[MOMFUDSKI]

16. What is the

OR ELSE?

[Yavin4]

17. DeSantis is becoming King Joffrey

[TeamProg]

18. That is NUTS! Public figures don't get to control what is or how things are said about them. n/t

[MayReasonRule]

19. Come at me bro... Feeling lucky are ya, punk?

Blog this ya' Nat-C Fascist...

FFS

Reason never desists, for without "reason", our freedoms cease to exist.

Which is why...

Reason, never desists.

May reason rule where delusion dwells.

[Phoenix61]

22. Prince Ronald the Delicate!!! 😂😂😂

[Fullduplexxx]

24. At what point does the national guard march in and save Florida from meatball Mussolini

[RKP5637]

27. FL Mussolini now has a force under him, supposedly, you know, to stop the election fraud. Ha!

With a recent appropriation of money, I think it might go from 500 to 1,500. Hey, didn't Hitler do similar. This jerk has a small SS under him.

[meow2u3]

28. Someone has to stop Midget Mussolini

before he tries his shit on the whole country. If he "wins" (read: gets installed), we can kiss America goodbye.

[ShazzieB]

29. Welcome to totalitarianism. 😟😠😬😔

Because that's where this is headed. DeSatan wants to be Supreme Dictator, without absolute power over absolutely everything.

[thenelm1]

30. The little Napolean complex is strong in this one, isn't it? n/t

This crap might work in Florida which has always been more than a bit right-wing nuts, but does this fool actually think this will fly on a national stage?

[Martin68]

33. WTF? Florida is now a member of the Russia-China-Turkey-Cuba, et al. Club which makes

criticism of officials and elected politicians a crime? It cannot be allowed to stand given our 1st Amendment protections. I'm hoping DeSantis has gone too far out on that fascist limb and will come crashing down in the end. Attacking private companies like Disney for their free speech, censoring school library books, attacking equality for LGBTQ people. Our system will eventually reject these reprobates like a pack of enraged white blood cells encountering a disease vector in the bloodstream.

[MayReasonRule]

48. It's akin to long-term COVID...

You survive the initial infection only to discover that your body has turned against you.

This wholesale abrogation of human decency is an affront to all.

His continued crimes against humanity expose the sordid depravity of his ongoing plans...

Intimidation
Incarceration
Extermination

Same as they've ever been since there have been Nat-Cs/Nazis.

Reason does not desist.
Reason always resists.

For there is no freedom in the absence of reason.

May reason rule.

[Ford_Prefect]

34. The next Reich begins in Tallahassee...

[uncle ray]

37. well, thats one way to get people to start blogging.

[Abigail_Adams]

38. What damn cowards!

If Brodeur's bill passes, does anyone doubt DeathSentence will sign it into law? It will certainly be challenged, but it's appalling to think this can happen in the US. Let's kick Florida out of the Union. And support bloggers who defy the rule if it passes.

[Stuart G]

40. One more word: "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" ...First Amendment ..Bill of Rights

.....(from Library of Congress, exact words)..............First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. The Republican Party keeps stealing directly from Putin's playbook

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[ancianita]

42. It's privatizing & monetizing free speech.Fascism: you can have as much free speech as you pay for

Then, of course, only the wealthy will have totally free speech. And corporations. This has already existed.

This is what "law in commerce" is; this is what it's done by slowly overtaking constitutionally protected human rights.

The way out through court rulings is one thing. Courts' enforcement of their rulings is a whole 'nother thing.

Democracy dies the more that courts fail to enforce rule of law, because of the pathological powers of corporate commerce that result in loss, harm and damage to humans as part of their "nothing personal, just business" inhumanity.

[Ray Bruns]

43. At what point did Republicans decide to wipe their ass with the constitution?

[samsingh]

44. they are following the russian script

[malthaussen]

45. I can hardly wait until Jim Wright hears about this...

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... the Guv waited until he was off in Michigan before they did this.

Might not affect Beau, though. Does the bill cover video blogs?

On edit: he has. He was suitably salty. Conclusion: "Screw you, Ron RonDeSantis. Consider this my registration. Come and get me.
Bring your friends."

-- Mal

[Paladin]

47. Wonder what an SS uniform would look like with white shrimper boots.

DeSantis seems bound and determined to model it for us.

[getagrip_already]

49. Does this apply to out of state bloggers? what defines a "blogger"?

Would someone from say, new york writing a post on DU or DKOS be required to register in FL?

That would seem to be interstate trade in addition to a violation of the 1a.

[RobinA]

50. First Amendment Aside

How would this even work? I live in PA. Florida state law enforcement can't just roam the country picking up unregistered bloggers. And their subpoena would be no good here. Pretty feeble, if you ask me.

[Dr. Strange]

52. Right?

Can't tell which is larger: the unconstitutionality or the unwieldiness.

[twodogsbarking]

51. Next up, train rides to eternity.

They told us to never forget so let's all listen.

[Javaman]

53. Well Florida just told Texas to "hold my beer".

Florida is now the most fascist state in the nation

[keithbvadu2]

54. More bureaucracy.

What happens to the info collected?

Does he send it to Tucker?