disturbing from the start. florida republican governor ron desantis reactivated the state guard last year under broad language about its purpose and provisions to allow volunteers to carry weapons. but new reporting about the force, which reports directly to desantis, wants to bring his war against wokeness to the u.s. military, suggests it s an even bigger red flag than expected. with many volunteers quitting or being escorted out of training after raising concerns about how heavily militarized it is. from the new york times, quote, one of the recruits described the training as more like a military fantasy camp than the practical instruction expected in topics such as how to respond to hurricanes. the volunteers said they had expected sessions on such things as how to set up distribution of water and other resources during disasters. but that training, a copy of the schedule shows, came only at the very end after classes on marksmanship and the concealed carry of weapons as well as
quitting in disgust, including one leader calling it a quote, military fantasy camp. then there is the stuff desantis is doing where you can t improve on the headline. like this one. desantis signs florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste. what could go wrong? yeah. that s the headline about you at home as governor, is the next thing people in your state say, yeah, i want him in charge of all the country, too. even the big political stunts that ron desantis so excited about, so eager to promote. those have been not turning out well for him either. like his much heralded fight against disney. however much he likes to crow about it, it has resulted in a major lawsuit against him by disney which is the state s largest employer. and there is his ongoing series