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600 groups with $2B in revenue mobilize 3,000 May Day protests in a ‘red-blue’ alliance, probe finds

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FIRST AT FOX: Some 600 groups, including hard-line communists and groups affiliated with the Democratic Party, are mobilizing all over the country today to demonstrate for May Day, socialism’s high holy day.

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A Fox News Digital investigation has identified a sprawling «red-blue» network with combined annual revenue of about $2 billion organizing some 3,000 protests and events and advancing what critics describe as an anti-American agenda. They have called for Americans to skip work, school and shopping.

At the center of the May Day mobilization, which has expanded from earlier indications, is a network of communist, socialist, Marxist and other far-left organizations, led by chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America and a network of groups – including the People’s Forum, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, ANSWER Coalition and Code Pink – funded by an American-born tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, based in Shanghai, promoting the propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party. 

The Communist Party of the USA has rallied workers to «rise against MAGA on May Day,» promoting leaflets by the «People’s World,» its Marxist-Leninist publication. The Revolutionary Communist Party has put out a call to dismantle the «capitalist-imperialist system.» The Maoist Communist Union has summoned members to join the «Anti-Imperialist Contingent» at the New York City protests.

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The deeper concern, critics say, is that the pro-communist and pro-socialist network, symbolized by the color of red, is promoting May Day events with traditionally blue organizations that make up the Democratic Party network, including nonprofits Indivisible, MoveOn.org and the American Federation of Teachers, as well as at least 13 state and local chapters of the Democratic National Committee, including the California Democratic Party.

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The California Democratic Party is using the pro-Democratic tech platform, Mobilize.us, to promote «Workers over Billionaires May Day rally» protests, like at the corner of Monroe Street and Highway 11 in Indio, Calif. In its publicity material, the California Democratic Party notes it’s «the largest state party in the nation with more than 10 million members.»

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The Ohio Democratic Party Progressive Caucus, North Carolina’s Young Democrats of Moore County, Young Democrats of Wisconsin and the Yuba County Democratic Central Committee are on the official list of organizers for a coalition, «May Day Strong,» promoted online. 

In Ohio, the Licking County Democrats organization is hosting a «May Day Strong» protest at the courthouse in Newark, promoting the national event’s official mantra: «No Work No School No Shopping.» The groups didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Meanwhile, local chapters of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, an openly communist group in the Singham network, organized «Art Build» projects across the country, including in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, to build May Day signs at its «Liberation Centers,» located in about 25 metropolitan U.S. cities. Members shuttled inside, painting banners and readying their protest gear.

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Leaders at the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s Chicago «Liberation Center» post anti-ICE signs on its window, seen on Jan. 29, 2026, promoting student walkouts and the message, «Chicago Resists.» It later hosts an «Art Build» sessions to support teacher and student walkouts for May Day 2026. (Kamil Krzaczynski for Fox News Digital)

«The increasing willingness of mainstream Democrats to align with extremist socialist groups is a major factor in why the Democratic Party is losing the center more and more, and why so many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless,» Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa told Fox News Digital.

«May Day has a proud history of honoring workers,» she said, «but too many Democratic organizations have allowed that tradition to be hijacked by the activist fringe — including groups aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, pushing a fantasy agenda that has failed everywhere it has been tried.»

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«The increasing willingness of mainstream Democrats to align with extremist socialist groups is a major factor in why the Democratic Party is losing the center more and more, and why so many lifelong Democrats find themselves feeling politically homeless.»

— Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa

Together, political analysts say the new May Day network shows how a once-fringe ideological coalition has moved into the bloodstream of Democratic-aligned organizing — linking communist groups, socialist chapters, anti-Israel activists, labor unions, immigration groups, climate organizations and Democratic Party affiliates in a national protest campaign critics say is less about worker solidarity than about advancing a radical political agenda.

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"May Day Strong" issued a media advisory

On the eve of May Day, organizers sent out a professionally composed media advisory, with the email’s metadata directing readers to reply to a name associated with public relations for a Chicago teachers’ union. (Fox News Digital)

In a reflection of the coordination of the red-blue alliance, the «May Day Strong» coalition issued a press release at 4:39 p.m. on Thursday with the email’s metadata identifying the sender as Adolfo Flores, a public relations expert at On Point, a media relations firm that has done public relations for the Illinois Federation of Teachers, which works closely with the Democratic Party. Flores didn’t return a request for comment.

In his press release, Flores wrote, organizers say more than «3,000 May Day events» nationwide will mobilize workers and students under the banner «Workers Over Billionaires,» framing the protests as a response to what they call an «authoritarian billionaire takeover of government.» The advisory highlights large-scale actions, including «more than 100,000 students expected to walk out» and coordinated efforts in multiple cities urging «No Work, No School, No Shopping,» with some leaders stating «we can and will shut it down to secure prosperity for all working people.» 

The coalition’s core demands – «Tax the rich,» «No ICE. No War,» and «Expand Democracy, not corporate power» – are paired with broader claims that the system is «rigged» by elites, that policies are «attacking our neighbors» and «turning ICE loose on our neighborhoods» and that current leadership is «seeking to end democracy as we know it,» according to the press release.

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Across statements, participants, including traditionally Democratic-aligned leaders from the Illinois Federation of Teachers and Chicago Teachers Union, the National Education Association, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers, 50501 and the United Auto Workers, among others, emphasize mass mobilization and collective action, arguing «we are organizing… to demand change» and that «real change happens when working people act together.»

COMMUNISTS, DEMOCRATS USE #NOKINGS RALLY TO CALL FOR MAY DAY STRIKE: «SHUT IT DOWN»

General strike literature on a table during a No Kings protest in St. Paul, Minnesota

General strike literature is displayed on a table during a No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 29, 2026. Protesters gathered with flags from various organizations, including the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. (Derek Shook/Fox News Digital)

The so-called «red-blue» alliance exposes a growing challenge inside Democratic politics, political experts say, as the Democratic Party’s activist infrastructure increasingly overlaps with groups and influencers, like controversial Democratic Socialists of America influencer Hasan Piker, as they echo anti-American rhetoric and propaganda narratives promoted by U.S. adversaries, including China.

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In the 600 estimated total, Indivisible, one of the largest Democratic Party-aligned grassroots networks in the country, has at least 200 chapters nationwide supporting May Day events, from Yorktown, N.Y., to Tempe, Ariz., appearing alongside about 80 chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America. 

Indivisible has received millions of dollars in funding over the years from billionaire George Soros’ philanthropy network, and it has led the organizing for three «No Kings» protests produced after Trump’s inauguration to protest his administration. Many of the groups involved in «No Kings» protests are organizing the May Day events, reflecting the shared ecosystem of anti-Trump rhetoric built around this professional protest infrastructure.

Law enforcement officials said alleged would-be assassin Cole Allen attended a «No Kings» protest in Los Angeles, according to his family, before attempting to kill Trump the night of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this past weekend. His manifesto parroted the precise language that the groups rallying for May Day have alleged against Trump, calling him a «pedophile,» «traitor» and «rapist,» among other unsubstantiated aspersions.

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Allen’s hometown of Torrance, Calif., where he lived with his parents before boarding an Amtrak to allegedly kill Trump and cabinet members, is hosting a May Day protest Friday evening at the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard, where local activists have regularly held «No Kings» protests. 

In its promo, the Torrance protest organizers noted: «A core principle behind all our events is a commitment to nonviolent action.»

However, they wrote more prominently: «Because when the billionaires break every rule, it’s going to take more than a rally to stop them.» 

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Among the strongest forces behind the protest ecosystem, fusing increasingly with Democratic groups, is the network tied to Singham, the American-born tech tycoon living in Shanghai. A Fox News Digital investigation found that Singham pumped an estimated $278 million into the constellation of groups driving divisive street mobilizations in the U.S., like the May Day protests. BreakThrough News, a media outlet in the Singham-funded network, regularly parrots language the tycoon delivered at a conference in Shanghai last fall, expressing support for the Marxist «new world order» of the Chinese Communist Party and decrying the «fascism» of the U.S.

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For some political analysts in the Democratic center, the alliance with socialists represents an ill-fated quest to win over working people.

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 «The Democratic Party used to speak the language of work, wages, dignity, family, safety and upward mobility,» said Derosa, the Democratic strategist. «Now it’s morphing into a pamphlet for the Democratic Socialists of America: slogans instead of policy, disruption instead of leadership and the demonization of free enterprise instead of a serious plan to help working families get ahead.» 

«That is not how you build a majority. That is how you turn a governing party into a protest movement — and a losing one,» she said.

Undeterred, late Thursday afternoon, the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s chapter in North Carolina reminded members to meet at «the Quad» on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the May Day protests, pressing the narrative, «We are many. They are few.»

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Fox News Digital’s Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report.

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Acting AG Todd Blanche says Newsom’s DOJ claims are not ‘grounded in fact’

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday rejected California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims that the Justice Department is politically targeting him, saying the governor’s assertions are not «grounded in fact.»

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Blanche responded to comments made by Newsom, who said last month that the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, under orders from President Donald Trump.

While Blanche declined to comment on any ongoing investigations, he dismissed the governor’s claims.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche rejected California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims that the Justice Department is politically targeting him, saying the governor’s assertions are not «grounded in fact.» (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

«The only thing I’ll say about what he chose to do and what he chose to say is, I’m not sure his words are in any way grounded in fact,» Blanche said during a news conference.

«He’d have to address that,» Blanche added.

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Newsom claimed June 15 that Trump had directed the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife in an effort to undermine a potential White House campaign.

The California governor has described the investigation as a politically motivated «fishing expedition» by Trump’s DOJ, saying he and his wife have «nothing to hide.» Newsom has also argued the inquiry is aimed at him because he is considering a presidential run, saying, «To get me, he’s coming after my wife.»

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«Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean Tweets. He’s coming after me because I am considering running for President,» Newsom said. «Because he hates that I’ve consistently called him out – over and over again – for his lies and deceit. Donald Trump is simply the most corrupt President in American history.»

Blanche also rejected Newsom’s broader characterization of the situation.

«He can choose to say whatever he thinks helps him,» Blanche said. «It doesn’t make it true.»

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Sources previously told Fox News the investigation has been ongoing since 2025 and is based on whistleblower complaints related to Newsom and his wife’s personal finances. The matter is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.

Federal sources confirmed to Fox News there are investigations involving Jennifer Siebel Newsom, but Fox News has not learned of any federal investigation directly targeting Gov. Newsom himself.

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The Justice Department has not publicly confirmed any investigation involving Newsom or his wife.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is a documentary filmmaker who runs The Representation Project, a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance feminism through media production. Fox News Digital previously reported the charity has faced «pay-for-play» allegations, with critics claiming corporations with business interests in California donated to the organization in an effort to gain influence with Newsom.

«There are clearly no boundaries to what Donald Trump will do to get his way or to challenge those who get in his way. This is not presidential behavior, and the Governor and I will continue to speak truth to power because the American people deserve so much more,» Jennifer Siebel Newsom said in a previous statement to Fox News.

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Following Blanche’s remarks Wednesday, the governor’s office posted a meme on social media with the caption, «Why you always lyin.»

The governor’s press office also wrote, «Trump goons know that it’s not a crime to lie to a reporter.»

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has described the Justice Department’s alleged investigation as a politically motivated «fishing expedition.» (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached out to Newsom’s office for additional comment.

Fox News Digital’s Bonny Chu and Robert Schmad contributed to this report.

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Zelensky repudió el ataque ruso contra Kiev e insistió en que reforzar la defensa aérea es una prioridad absoluta para Ucrania

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«Hasta ahora, sabemos que, trágicamente, 13 personas murieron en este ataque ruso. Mis condolencias a sus familias y seres queridos», escribió Zelensky vía X.

El presidente de Ucrania, Volodimir Zelensky, informó que al menos 13 personas murieron y más de 90 resultaron heridas tras un ataque ruso contra Kiev, que además causó daños en más de 20 puntos de la capital, principalmente en edificios residenciales.

Según el mandatario, Rusia lanzó durante la noche “más de 70 misiles de varios tipos contra Ucrania, casi la mitad de ellos balísticos, junto con casi 500 drones de ataque, incluidos ‘shaheds’ impulsados por chorro”. Agregó que “el golpe principal fue dirigido a Kiev” y que las defensas antiaéreas lograron interceptar “un número significativo de los objetivos entrantes, pero no todos”.

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Zelensky insistió en la necesidad urgente de reforzar la defensa aérea del país. «Los suministros de defensa aérea para Ucrania son una prioridad absoluta y crítica. Las contribuciones al programa PURL siguen siendo esenciales: ayudan directamente a salvar vidas“, afirmó.

Además, sostuvo que “cada acuerdo bilateral que alcanzamos con nuestros socios en materia de defensa aérea realmente marca la diferencia” y agradeció el apoyo de los países aliados.

El humo se eleva desde un edificio de apartamentos dañado durante los ataques con misiles y drones rusos de la noche anterior, en el marco de la invasión rusa de Ucrania, en Kiev (Ucrania), el 2 de julio de 2026 (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

El mandatario indicó que las tareas de rescate continuaban en Kiev, donde los equipos de emergencia retiraban escombros, buscaban sobrevivientes y asistían a los afectados. “Se ha reportado daño en más de 20 sitios en toda la ciudad, la mayoría de ellos edificios residenciales comunes. También hubo daños en una estación de ambulancias, un instituto de investigación, un hotel y negocios”, señaló.

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Zelensky precisó además que cinco personas resultaron heridas en la región de Kharkiv, entre ellas una menor de edad, mientras que otras dos sufrieron lesiones en la región de Kiev, donde también se registraron daños en infraestructura civil. Asimismo, indicó que durante la noche las fuerzas rusas atacaron las regiones de Sumy, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia y Cherkasy.

El presidente ucraniano destacó la importancia de avanzar en acuerdos para fortalecer las capacidades antibalísticas y reiteró su expectativa de que Estados Unidos autorice licencias para sistemas Patriot y otras iniciativas de cooperación en materia de defensa. “Estos son los tipos de pasos que pueden detener esta guerra y prevenir ataques como este. Agradezco a todos los que están con Ucrania, con nuestra gente y con nuestros esfuerzos para proteger la vida”, concluyó en su mensaje en X.

Ante este escenario, el alcalde de la capital, Vitali Klitschko, afirmó que Kiev sufrió el mayor ataque de las fuerzas rusas desde el inicio de la invasión y agregó: “Mañana, 3 de julio, queda declarado como día de luto en Kiev, en memoria de las víctimas del ataque más masivo del enemigo contra la capital”.

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Una explosión ilumina el cielo sobre la ciudad durante un ataque con misiles y drones rusos, en el marco de la ofensiva de Rusia contra Ucrania, en Kiev (Ucrania), el 2 de julio de 2026 (REUTERS/Anna Voitenko)
Una explosión ilumina el cielo sobre la ciudad durante un ataque con misiles y drones rusos, en el marco de la ofensiva de Rusia contra Ucrania, en Kiev (Ucrania), el 2 de julio de 2026 (REUTERS/Anna Voitenko)

Por su parte, el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia informó que lanzó un ataque nocturno contra objetivos militares en Kiev. De acuerdo con la versión la cartera, la planta Radioniks, que elabora “sistemas de navegación para misiles de crucero de emplazamiento terrestres de largo alcance Flamingo, misiles tácticos Fire Point 7 y 9, misiles Neptune-MD y misiles tierra-aire del Proyecto Clone”, fue bombardeada. El comunicado oficial señala que “las producciones de la fábrica influyen directamente en la capacidad de combate de la Fuerza Aérea Ucraniana y en sus defensas antiaéreas”.

El reporte militar también indicó daños en la planta de montaje ATLON AVIA, donde se producen los drones de largo alcance An-196 Liuti y los drones de asalto Magura UA, así como otros modelos de vehículos aéreos no tripulados. Entre los objetivos señalados figuran las fábricas Kievski Radiozavod y Trimen Ukraina, especializadas en sistemas de colimado y ópticos de puntería para tanques y blindados, además de piezas para múltiples tipos de drones espías y de ataque.

La empresa Kiev-25 del grupo PV group Ukraina, encargada de sistemas de lucha radioelectrónica Lima, también resultó alcanzada según el ministerio ruso. Además, el ataque incluyó la planta de ensamblaje aeronáutica Antonov, dedicada al diseño y producción de drones como el An-196 Liuti.

Varios residentes se encuentran junto a un bloque de apartamentos dañado durante un ataque con misiles y drones rusos, en el marco de la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Rusia, en Kiev, Ucrania, el 2 de julio de 2026 (REUTERS)
Varios residentes se encuentran junto a un bloque de apartamentos dañado durante un ataque con misiles y drones rusos, en el marco de la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Rusia, en Kiev, Ucrania, el 2 de julio de 2026 (REUTERS)

Tras el informe ruso y los detalles dados por el jefe de Estado ucraniano, la alta representante de la Unión Europea para Asuntos Exteriores, Kaja Kallas, anunció que el jueves se propondrán nuevas sanciones contra entidades que apoyan el complejo militar-industrial ruso, como respuesta al ataque masivo contra edificios residenciales en Kiev. “Seguiremos aumentando el coste hasta que Rusia entienda que no puede ganar”, publicó Kallas en la red X.

La funcionaria confirmó que el personal de la UE en Kiev se encuentra a salvo tras el bombardeo, que dejó al menos 13 personas muertas y decenas de heridos.

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DeSantis announces plans to use new state law to target dozens of alleged terrorist groups

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, announced on Wednesday the state’s intention to use a new state law to designate dozens of groups as terrorist organizations, a move that would still require approval by the Florida Cabinet, prompting legal objections from at least one of the groups.

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HB 1471 was signed into law earlier this year and went into effect on Wednesday.

The governor said the state plans to implement its new statutory authority to «identify, designate, and combat terrorist organizations operating in Florida» in the first use of powers established under the legislation.

Florida officials plan to designate more than 90 groups as terrorist organizations, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations the Muslim Brotherhood and Antifa, though the proposed designations must be approved by the governor and Cabinet before they are finalized under the statute.

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The governor said the state plans to implement its new statutory authority to «identify, designate, and combat terrorist organizations operating in Florida.» (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

«Last December, I signed an Executive Order to eliminate the influence of radical terrorist ideologies and the organizations that promote them in Florida. This year, I signed legislation to strengthen those protections and give Florida permanent statutory tools to combat terrorism while defending the Constitutional rights of our citizens,» DeSantis said in a statement. «Today, we are officially designating terrorist organizations under Florida law. In addition to CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, we are adding Antifa to the list—along with more than 90 Foreign Terrorist Organizations, including cartels.»

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However, under HB 1471, the Chief of Domestic Security may designate qualifying organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations, but the governor and Cabinet may approve or reject those designations by majority vote before they are published in the Florida Administrative Register.

Some of the foreign organizations added to the list include the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and gangs such as Cartel de Sinaloa, Tren de Aragua, Cartel del Noreste and Cartel del Golfo.

The new law allows the governor and Cabinet to approve or reject designations initially made by the chief of domestic security within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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«Keeping our community safe starts with identifying the threat,» Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass said. «The safety of our community is strengthened by that knowledge every day, and reinforced by the collaboration between our officers, our federal partners, and—most importantly—the people we serve.»

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HB 1471 was signed into law earlier this year and went into effect on Wednesday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HB 1471 directs agencies to deny groups public support and taxpayer funding. The law also establishes state enforcement mechanisms and criminal penalties for providing material support to designated terrorist organizations.

More specifically, the law restricts certain public benefits, funding and institutional support connected to designated groups, and creates criminal penalties for knowingly providing, attempting to provide or conspiring to provide material support or resources to a designated domestic terrorist organization.

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The law also ensures that foreign or religious legal codes cannot override the U.S. or Florida Constitutions in state courts.

CAIR, a Muslim civil rights group, condemned the move and said it would continue challenging the state’s actions, following the governor’s announcement on Wednesday, saying the organization does not engage in «terrorist activity» and has not been charged or convicted of a crime. CAIR and CAIR-Florida have also previously sued over DeSantis’ December executive order targeting CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood.

«Throughout CAIR’s long history, our civil rights organization has worked to protect the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech, religious freedom and equality under the law,» the group said in a statement. «We have also pursued justice for all people, including American Muslims impacted by hate. This is exactly why Gov. DeSantis has repeatedly targeted our organization. We see through Gov. DeSantis’ latest biased attempt to punish us for our views and our values. We look forward to fighting these baseless attacks in court and proving once again that the Constitution is stronger than any politician’s bigotry.»

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Florida officials plan to designate more than 90 groups as terrorist organizations, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Brotherhood and Antifa. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg)

Critics, including CAIR and civil liberties groups, argue the designations are politically motivated and threaten First Amendment-protected speech and association. DeSantis and state officials have argued the law is aimed at preventing taxpayer support for groups they say promote or support terrorism.

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CAIR and civil liberties groups said they would challenge the designation as baseless and unconstitutional.

«Florida’s imminent designation of our clients is both dire and unmoored from reality. CAIR and CAIR-Florida’s speech and advocacy are protected by the First Amendment, which includes their right to criticize the governor, other officials, and their policies. We’re asking the court to protect our clients’ cardinal freedoms,» Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, said in a statement.

The designations, if approved by the Cabinet, would operate under Florida law and would not be the same as a federal foreign terrorist organization designation, which is made by the U.S. State Department.

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