(image via Equality Florida) Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Thousands of students across Florida organized class walkouts on Thursday to protest the proposed “don’t say gay” bill under consideration by the Florida Legislature. https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1499501314505527297 • AP News: An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, according to Nielsen ratings. That surpassed the audience of 37.2 million for Donald Trump’s last such address in 2020. • Raw Story: Accused MAGA rioter Guy Reffitt had an emotional day in court after prosecutors called on his own son, 19-year-old Jackson Reffitt, to testify against him. Prosecutors say Reffitt threatened to kill his children if they turned him in. https://twitter.com/kenbensinger/status/1499459406525714442 • Axios: Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, is pretty much a bomb. Two weeks after its launch, even the Trumpster has only posted one message to his followers (who number less than 1 percent of his Twitterdom). • New York Times: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol says there appears to be enough evidence to conclude that Donald Trump and some of his allies may have conspired to commit fraud attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 election. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1499346391533039622
