Crash Course: Florida's GOP fell apart in one year

Now Christmas joy is too "woke" for MAGA [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbDBkczg0NW1qMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvY28xZGNnZXJtMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOTVqc2dnN29wNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdHhndHFtd2cyNS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvM3BuNGVqM3Zlby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsva3JuMXlzNDdrcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveTRhY2o4OWRjNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Last year, Florida was supposed to be the future of the GOP — now the state party is in shambles For months, there were glowing reports that[ DeSantis's "miracle" win in FloridaÂ](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvajl2NXZ5bHZjdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)would [render Trump a "non person](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbmxvd2E5ZWJ5cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)." [Polls showed DeSantis leading Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZnd4NHN4eGpzMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in the [GOP primary, often by robust margins](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvb3RvYW9tajU0aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Then DeSantis officially announced his presidential run, while Trump got arrested and charged with 91 felonies in four separate jurisdictions. Since then, there's been a stampede of GOP support back to the glowering orange criminal who first captured their hearts with his blunt racism. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvanlsZnB5ZzA4ai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNHVyaWt6OWY3eC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMjlwMzAzNWk4cC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveHJwbmI1bTI2dS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdGI0NWVqYWluay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc29XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Two decades after "The Return of the King," we still remember Aragorn's warning about US militarism Whether [Viggo Mortensen](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc2UyNGp4cGgwOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) had [J.R.R.] Tolkien’s words on his mind [during the press junket for the 2002 release of “The Two Towers,”](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvazU2ZDVueTBiOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) the second movie in Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth adventure series, is unclear. But his stance on America’s [post-9/11 military response](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYnU4d3FvdWVkNy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to terrorists destroying the Twin Towers in New York and attacking the Pentagon was plain. Mortensen wore a t-shirt on which he wrote “No More Blood for Oil” during the “Two Towers” press junket, stoking furor amid the conservative right and, well, a lot of other people. Al Qaeda’s attack on the United States gave rise to a strain of nationalism that viewed questioning the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the escalating probability of war in Iraq as un-American. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMHF4aTIzdGE2My8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). [Subscribe to Salon today](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNmlqcjY1Y2R0bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and unlock more benefits! Up Next ... - Sgt. Aquilino Gonell [defended the Capitol](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMnRvNjZ5Ym1vYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on Jan. 6. Now he says Republicans would "keep us from protecting the Capitol" if Trump tries another coup -  MAGA hears Trump's [Hitler impersonation](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvazYxcXRiZjl6Ny8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) loud and clear - Trump lawyer [brags](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcDR6YTBtdXNwNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) about being sanctioned nearly $1 million - MTG [explodes](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsva2w3N2wxZnVjcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) at Lindsey Graham - New poll shows that over 40% of GOP Iowa caucusgoers say [Trump's rhetoric makes it more likely they'll support him](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNXBiM3plNG80Zy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - The least any city can do is make sure its buildings remain [standing](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsva3FreHdjZ25yNy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Even [bankruptcy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZTEyc3VueHFvYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) can't save Rudy Giuliani - Now Christmas joy is [too "woke" for MAGA](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbmE5dmhhb3R0aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Before you go ... Saving the American chestnut: A story of renewal, regrowth and hope [From Rae Hodge](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNXN2bHdib3k0cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg1MTVvbnozc28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZX3YhYFl8A8C7lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): Once called “the redwood of the east” with a typical height of more than 100 feet and a diameter up to 10 feet, the American chestnut is a historical icon of Appalachian ecology. Its destruction was also an archetypical North American ecological disaster. But now, amid the rising despair and psychological weight of climate change, citizen scientists are using community conservation to restore an ecology of hope for the trees. Their victories are preserving more than a keystone biological species. They’re saving a living vessel of ancient stories from cultures around the world — including the hidden histories of their own mountain homes. [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmV92IWBZfAPAu5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801 ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnZArWP0QiaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbmVwbm83czh5c1cDc3BjQgplfdiFgWXwDwLuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Made with Letterhead [Letterhead logo]