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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that requires public schools teach the history of communism in classrooms. The Republican governor signed SB 1264 into law to “tell the truth about communism in the state of Florida.” “The bill requires teaching on the history of communism in Florida public schools‚ beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. According to the bill’s text‚ the lessons will be ‘age appropriate and developmentally appropriate’ for each age‚” FOX 13 Tampa Bay reports. “We’re going to tell the truth about the evils of communism‚” DeSantis said in front of a podium that read ‘Anti-Communist Education.’ “We’re going to tell the truth about the unprecedented death toll of the 20th century at the hands of communist tyranny. 100 million killed at the hands of communist regimes‚ spreading from China‚ to the Soviet Union‚ to Cuba‚” he continued. WATCH: #BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation requiring the accurate teaching of communism's destructive history in schools &;quot;100 million killed at the hands of communist regimes [..] Those are the facts‚ and those are what we need to be very clear-eyed about.&;quot; &;quot;This will add… pic.twitter.com/IVvUVb72SA — Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) April 17‚ 2024 According to Florida’s Voice‚ the curriculum requirements include: Teaching the history of communism in the United States The atrocities committed in foreign countries under communism comparative discussion of extreme political ideologies The increasing threat of communism in the United States The economic‚ industrial‚ and political events that have preceded and anticipated communist revolutions The communist policies and practices of Cuba and Latin America We tell the truth about communism. pic.twitter.com/i0bpSKCgqM — Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) April 17‚ 2024 Florida’s Voice reports: DeSantis added how the state has made significant efforts to combat communist influence‚ including providing resources that the Florida Department of Education that can be used to help educate students. “I want to thank the legislators for spearheading this‚” he continued. “We’re proud of the legislation that we’ve done‚ we’re proud of the funding that we’ve done.” DeSantis also honored the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pig invasion‚ by the celebrating the service and bravery of those who partook in it the historic event. “63 years ago we had a lot of brave men suit up and fight communism‚ and fight tyranny‚” he said. “We are committed to telling the truth of this ideology and we are going to make sure that people have a very accurate understanding of the human carnage that has resulted from communist regimes throughout history.” Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. complimented the governor for his work to advocate for the victims of communism and help promote education and awareness of the ideology. He explained how it was unfortunate that some people in the state are not exposed to the evils of the belief system since they didn’t have a family member or relative who experienced it first hand. WATCH: WATCH: Gov. Ron DeSantis officially signs new law that ensures Florida students learn the accurate‚ destructive history‚ heartbreaking death tolls of communism and socialism pic.twitter.com/P9SwgH5Jdj — Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) April 17‚ 2024 Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs ‘Anti-Communist Education’ Bill Into Law ‘We’re going to tell the truth about the evils of communism‚’ says the governor.https://t.co/JQz130186y — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 18‚ 2024 From FOX 13 Tampa Bay: Rafael Montalvo‚ president of Brigade 2506 Veterans Association‚ was among the people who addressed the crowd at the Hialeah Gardens Museum. The museum features a building funded through the Florida Department of State that was constructed to honor “the noble efforts of the 2506 Assault Brigade during the Bay of Pigs Invasion.” “The most important fight against communism is the one that’s done in the schoolrooms‚” Montalvo said. “That’s where the battle is happening right now. And this is going to be a tool that’s going to give us the victory in that area.” Florida’s public school students currently can encounter lessons on communism in high-school social studies classes and in a seventh-grade civics and government course. A high-school U.S. government class that is a requirement for graduation also includes 45 minutes of instruction on “Victims of Communism Day.” Florida also previously had a course titled ‘Americanism vs. Communism‚’ which was required for public high school students between 1961 and 1991. With the state set to bolster its communism history offerings in schools‚ Diaz highlighted how anti-communism sentiment is strong in South Florida. The measure authorizes the education department to seek input from “any individual who was a victim of communism or any state or nationally recognized organization dedicated to the victims of communism‚” as it crafts standards for the curriculum.

According to Daily Mail‚ U.S. lawmakers are demanding answers about a $1 million collaboration between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the CCP-run Chinese Academy of Sciences to make bird flu viruses more dangerous to people. American taxpayers are footing the bill for the project‚ the outlet reports. “This research‚ funded by American taxpayers‚ could potentially generate dangerous new lab-created virus strains that threaten our national security and public health‚” a bipartisan group of Congress members wrote in a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. “Earlier this year it was revealed the United States government was funneling $1 million to China to see if scientists could make ‘highly pathogenic avian influenza’ more contagious to mammals using gain-of-function research. The research involves infecting ducks and geese with different strains of viruses to make them more infectious‚ and studying the viruses’ potential to ‘jump into mammalian hosts‚” Shadow of Ezra writes. “It is being funded through the US Department of Agriculture and the main collaborators on the project are USDA Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory‚ the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute – a Wuhan lab partner. Joe Biden’s administration announced it will work with 50 countries to identify and respond to infectious diseases‚ with the goal of preventing a pandemic that the US’ own research could actually spark.” 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝘂 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗯 – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 Earlier this year it was revealed the United States government was funneling $1 million to China to see if… pic.twitter.com/6leUoTbyZT — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) April 17‚ 2024 * Image from Shadow of Ezra X Post * Daily Mail reports: The research comes as fears about bird flu rise. A farm worker in Texas caught the H5N1 strain that is racing through cattle across the US earlier this month‚ becoming only the second ever American to be diagnosed – and experts are bracing for more cases. In February‚ it was revealed the United States government was funneling $1million to China to see if scientists could make ‘highly pathogenic avian influenza’ more contagious to mammals using gain-of-function research. Government records showed the collaboration began in April 2021 and is scheduled to be funded through March 2026. The USDA previously told this website the project was applied for in 2019 and approved in 2020. The research involves infecting ducks and geese with different strains of viruses to make them more infectious‚ and studying the viruses’ potential to ‘jump into mammalian hosts‚’ according to research documents obtained by the watchdog group White Coat Waste Project and shared exclusively with this website. It is being funded through the USDA and the main collaborators on the project are USDA Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory‚ the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute – a Wuhan lab partner. And it has been ongoing despite similar research being restricted in 2022 and growing concerns that dubious Chinese studies may have started the Covid pandemic. “The health and safety of Americans are too important to just wing it‚ and Biden’s USDA should have had more apprehension before sending any taxpayer dollars to collaborate with the CCP on risky avian flu research‚” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told the New York Post in February. “They should know by now to suspect ‘fowl’ play when it comes to researchers who have ties to the dangerous Wuhan Lab‚ and simply switching from bats to birds causes concern that they are creating more pathogens of pandemic potential‚” she added. Sen. Joni Ernst demands answers on Biden’s USDA spending $1M on ‘dangerous bird flu experiments’ with China https://t.co/erqI8fxFCV pic.twitter.com/j47IuAdgg0 — New York Post (@nypost) February 15‚ 2024 NEW – USDA and Chinese CCP lab are creating lethal bird flu viruses as part of $1m collaboration – funded by US taxpayers: report https://t.co/aRbF5UEyka — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 17‚ 2024 From the New York Post: Such viral experiments have “already caused outbreaks and killed humans‚” Ernst also wrote to Vilsack‚ noting that “China’s labs have notoriously lax safety standards.” Other bird flu testing will take place at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in Athens‚ Ga.‚ while the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute will complete statistical modeling for the experiments. Federal grant data portals show the award date was Jan. 26‚ 2021‚ and $632‚813.50 has been doled out so far. Performance dates for the 60-month project stretch from April 1‚ 2021‚ to March 31‚ 2026. USDA spokesperson Allan Rodriguez accused Ernst of spreading “misinformation” by not reaching out to the department directly about the research and said the “project was applied for in 2019 and was approved in 2020.” “USDA’s funding is only being committed to the specific components carried out by our own team located in Athens‚ Georgia‚ and is not [in] any way contributing to research taking place in the UK or China‚” Rodriguez said. “Because animal diseases present a global threat‚ it is common for international researchers to conduct independent research that’s connected to the same end goal — but what Senator Ernst lays out in her letter is far off base from what’s actually transpiring‚ and on top of that is based on approval decisions that predate this Administration.” Diane Cutler‚ a former grant fraud investigator for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General‚ told The Post it was “disingenuous for USDA to insinuate that its research is separate and is not contributing to the research in China when clearly an official collaboration to conduct this research has been established within USDA’s system of records.”