USA: Florida: Ron DeSantis gets brutally owned by one of Florida's largest papers: "What a fraud. What a phony."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is said to be positioning himself as the next Donald Trump, a mantle coveted not just for its political benefit amongst lunatic right-wing extremists but also the seeming immunity it provides from media scrutiny. The most heartless decisions and bigoted distortions of reality are portrayed as savvy, not savage, if they’re made with obvious political cynicism aimed at revving up the MAGA base.

DeSantis has spent more than a year benefiting from this dangerous double standard, whether it’s on voter suppression, violence against Black Floridians, environmental poisoning, or, and especially, his homicidal approach to Covid-19.

A recent study found that had DeSantis worked to get people vaccinated in his state, instead of working relentlessly to raise doubts about science, deny low-income communities access to the vaccine, and push treatments owned by donors, the lives of more than 17,000 Floridians could have been spared this past summer alone. He has genocide levels of blood on his hands, and yet last week, DeSantis went on a victory tour of sorts, celebrating Florida’s recent decline in cases following a full summer leading the nation in every grim category.

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USA - 'Real Estate Florida: Appalling': DeSantis Refuses to Back Calls for Inspection of Aging Florida Buildings After Condo Collapse

As the Tampa Bay Times noted, the 136-story residential building in Surfside "was going through its 40-year recertification process when it crumbled at about 1:20 a.m. on June 24. Experts say the tragedy has exposed weaknesses in the state's building inspection process, and some state legislators, structural engineers, and insurance agents have suggested that it's time for the state to update laws that apply to coastal high rises."

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