The Daily Populous

Friday June 18th, 2021 day edition

image for Florida Will Now Force Kids to Observe a 1-Minute “Moment of Silence” in School

Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into a law a “Moment of Silence” bill that serves no educational purpose whatsoever but will allow Republicans to say they put prayer back in public school.

He said that after referencing the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

To put that another way, Fine thought about Parkland, blamed it on kids having “issues,” and thought the cure was forced silence.

But other Republicans, including DeSantis, admitted what everyone else knows is true: This is all about injecting Christianity in schools:.

No court decision has ever said otherwise, and no atheist group has ever called for censorship on those matters.

DeSantis is lying because he’s a Republican and he knows his conservative Christian supporters are dumb enough to believe him.

By the way, the law says “students may not interfere with other students’ participation” during the silence. »

Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday

Authored by edition.cnn.com

(CNN) President Joe Biden said that signing legislation into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day -- a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States -- will go down as "one of the greatest honors" of his presidency.

"I regret that my grandchildren aren't here, because this is a really, really, really important moment in our history.

The President specifically noted that Opal Lee, the activist who campaigned to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday, was in attendance. »

Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on municipal broadband

Authored by arstechnica.com

Any cable provider and even many DSL lines can provide those speeds—but no one considers DSL to be modern broadband.

At the federal level, congressional Republicans have been trying to ban municipal broadband nationwide, while Democrats have tried to preempt the restrictive state laws.

The list of states that impose significant limits on municipal broadband does not include Ohio for now. »

Capitol storming couple who declared ‘this is war’ are arrested by the FBI

Authored by deadstate.org

A South Carolina husband and wife have been arrested and charged by the FBI for their role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, ABC4News reports.

John H. Getsinger Jr., 52, and Stacie Ann Hargis-Getsinger, 43 were arrested on Tuesday and later released on $75,000 bond.

Stacie Getsinger reportedly expressed “concern” that the couple would go to prison for being in the Capitol building. »