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Don Lemon says Florida feels like the 1950s all over again with all the book banning

CNN took away Don Lemon’s prime-time soapbox and stuck him as a morning show host, but that doesn’t mean he can’t still speak truth to power. This morning, he spoke about Florida’s new book bans, which make it feel like the 1950s all over again in the Sunshine State. Teachers can even be charged with a crime for distributing these books to their students and maybe even thrown in jail. It’s outrageous!

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Judd Legum and a local Florida TV host spoke about this same issue a day ago, so the media’s trying to make it a thing. Florida’s education commissioner, Manny Diaz Jr., posted the text of the bill everyone’s talking about:

Who could be against that? You’d be surprised.

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Yes, read a sample on air on CNN. They certainly wouldn’t air the illustrations in “Gender Queer” without blurring them out.

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Oh no, teachers and librarians can’t distribute pornography to children in Florida. Explain why they should, Lemon.

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