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Behind the News: The DeSantis Agenda w/ Paul Ortiz

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Do Public Sector Unions Have the Power to Take the Power?

The Dream Defenders are not a mass party, but they do represent a threat to the existing racist status quo. Do they have the power to take the power? Probably not, but they're perceived as a threat nonetheless. And that pisses DeSantis the hell off and he can't achieve his goals unless he wipes us out. That's why when January 2023 started, the first attack he launched was not HB 999. It was the anti-union attack because we're the only force dug left in the entire state.

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