Don Moynihan: DeSantis also getting rid of any state support for the arts. Its just an incredibly grim vision for how the state relates to society. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/a...

It is incredibly infuriating that all the complaining about cancel culture paved a path to this, where state officials are saying that they are allowed to censor any faculty speech that contradicts them. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Fla. argues it could stop professors from criticizing governorwww.insidehighered.com A nationally prominent conservative lawyer, hired to defend the state’s Stop WOKE Act, asserted that what public university professors say in classrooms “is the government’s speech.” The national impl...

Important to note that the state has already been censoring professors for years in Florida. Now, they just want to formalize the process. My field, public policy and administration, would be impossible to teach under these conditions. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/an-assault...

An Assault on Reason; An Assault on Rightsdonmoynihan.substack.com The broader context of Florida barring professors from testifying in a voting rights case

If you put in "Florida higher education" in "The Free Press" you would have zero idea that the state has passed laws that censor speech there. And why would you. Weiss et al provided the script for the Stop Woke Act.

DeSantis also getting rid of any state support for the arts. Its just an incredibly grim vision for how the state relates to society. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/a...

DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Floridawww.nytimes.com Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers.

I’m curious what their explanation is. Is it just “all these orgs are woke” or is it “the government shouldn’t support the arts”?

Why not both?

Typically Republican.

I think that Art Basel Miami should change location.

The charitable explanation (?) is probably how conservatives internalized the "Piss Christ" and line of cases about arts, which I'm even now having a hard time buying as I type. Still doesn't make it less dumb and less authoritarian.

Irony - joseartgallery.com/articles/nap...

Napoleon Bonaparte: A Muse and Monument in Artjoseartgallery.com Paintings of Napoleon Bonaparte: This article explores how great artists depicted him, the diversity of his images, and his enduring influence on art.

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