Online trolls take over Hope Florida virtual board meeting with slurs, hate symbols, and adult images

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• Allah@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  idk guys i don’t think harassments of people is cool

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• drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought everyone learnt during Covid not to have open zoom calls.

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  • vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Obviously not everyone learnt from the pandemic…

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    • jonathan@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Florida in particular.

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• athairmor@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hope Florida is run by DeSantis’s wife has been involved in shady dealings.

  The meeting marked an attempt by the board to provide clarity as House Republicans probe a $10 million donation that Hope Florida, a charity and welfare program spearheaded by First Lady Casey DeSantis, received from a Medicaid settlement in October. Lawmakers are now investigating whether the foundation funneled those millions to political campaigns against the failed ballot referendum to legalize recreational marijuana.

  The foundation’s executive director, Erik Dellenback, announced his resignation a day after legislators grilled the foundation’s leaders about the donation funds during a House budget committee meeting.

  The Tampa Bay Times reported that Hope Florida split the $10 million evenly between Secure Florida’s Future and Save Our Society from Drugs — organizations that promptly poured a collective $8.5 million into Keep Florida Clean, a political action committee created to defeat Amendment 3 and run by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ then-chief of staff James Uthmeier.

  From the Tampa Bay Times article:

  Weeks after the DeSantis administration steered $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to a charity spearheaded by the first lady, the Hope Florida Foundation sent $5 million apiece to two separate organizations that gave millions to a political committee waging an anti-marijuana campaign championed by the governor.

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  • adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    JustRepublicanThings

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  weaning them off government assistance.

  What a horrific way to state such a thing, and basically, fuck Florida for this anyway.

  faith-based organizations

  No seriously, fuck Florida.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is no good side here

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Online trolls

  Russian bad actors

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  • XTL@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Interfering with the Russian good actors trying to do their job.

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