Sunburn -- The morning read of what's hot in Florida politics -- 9.9.22

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% :-- OPINIONS --"Congress's first job right now: Safeguarding democracy" via The Washington Post editorial board -- Congress has a lot on its to-do list ahead of November's midterm elections, confirming circuit-court judges, funding the government and possibly enshrining same-sex marriage protections along the way.
51% : "I think it's just bizarre that they're trying to equate people that fled communism from Cuba under things like the Cuban Adjustment Act and Pedro pawn to someone running drugs across the southern border.
51% :"Miami Beach proposes more police officers in South Beach in $800 million city budget" via Aaron Liebowitz of the Miami Herald -- Miami Beach officials are proposing increasing law enforcement in South Beach, known for rowdy crowds during spring break and other holidays, in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year that boosts overall spending on city operations.
48% : According to Christina Noce, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida, clinics in Tallahassee and Jacksonville had to bring in more personnel to deal with the influx of out-of-state patients.
46% : The subpoenas are specifically seeking to understand the timeline of Save America's formation, the organization's fundraising activities, and how money is both received and spent by the Trump-aligned PAC."After debate citing indoctrination and Nazis, Miami-Dade School Board rejects LGBTQ month" via Sommer Brugal of the Miami Herald -- After listening to more than three hours of angry debate, with one side likening the measure to student indoctrination and the other talking about how Nazis ostracized gays and lesbians with a pink triangle, the Miami-Dade School Board voted to slap down a measure recognizing October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History Month and teaching 12th graders about two landmark Supreme Court cases impacting the LGBTQ communities.
36% : The Florida Department of Law Enforcement slideshow told officers that traffic stops preceded "nearly every serious race riot in the United States" but provided no details about the police brutality that accompanied the stops.
36% : Otherwise, they risk leaving our nation and our schools in the hands of Republicans, whose activist vanguard deems public education a major internal threat to the country.

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