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DeSantis, Florida GOP Are Keeping Disney Campaign Donations: Report

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Florida Residents File Lawsuit To Preserve Disney's Special Tax District Status

The feud between the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis detoured into litigation as three state residents filed a lawsuit to block the newly-passed law that will dismantle Reedy Creek Improvement District, Disney’s special tax district.

Benzinga

Editorial: Supreme Court may have handed Florida Democrats a gift. Will they fumble their chance?

It was Florida Democrats’ worst nightmare materializing. With the party’s chances of winning elections looking bleaker, out-of-state donors began writing the state off, the Miami Herald reported last week.

Miami Herald

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Editorial: Floridians expect sensible gun laws. This is insanity

Want to carry a gun? Go ahead. No background check. No training. No registration. Take it anywhere you like. Hide it or carry it openly. Your call.

Tribune News Service

Fabiola Santiago: What’s behind the Supreme Court's bid to overturn Roe v. Wade? A hidden GOP agenda against women

What’s behind the manipulated and blatantly partisan U.S. Supreme Court bid to overturn a critical landmark decision that allowed women in this country the right to make the most important decision of their lives — whether or not to become mothers?

Miami Herald

US Senate candidate leads first lawsuit challenging dissolution of Disney World’s Reedy Creek district

ORLANDO, Fla. — Three Central Florida taxpayers represented by a lawyer running for U.S. Senate are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis over the dissolution of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Orlando Sentinel

Charlie Crist hones message a year into campaign trail for Florida governor

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist on Wednesday continued to hone his messaging as he faces a competitive Democratic primary for Florida governor, attacking Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as “the worst governor in Florida’s modern era” and avoiding any mention of his primary opponents.

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4 Democratic women legislators to watch in a post-Roe America

We're in the midst of a generational political moment.

Axios

Ballot Bulletin: New York Court of Appeals overturns congressional, state Senate district maps

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

Ballotpedia

Will debate over abortion affect Florida governor’s race? Democrats hope so

MIAMI — Lily Kalandjian, a 19-year-old University of Florida junior, was checking her social media Monday night when she got a notification about the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggesting the court will strike down Roe v. Wade.

Miami Herald

Lynn Schmidt: Give peace a chance in America's culture wars

I have a confession when it comes to the culture war our society is mired in: I consider myself a pacifist on this front. As the battles rage on between the woke left and the anti-woke right, it seems clear to me that there will be no winners, only losers.…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Assault on abortion rights may be just the beginning

The biggest shock was that the U.S. Supreme Court leaked a draft opinion.

Tribune News Service

Ron DeSantis says attendees at White House Correspondents Dinner are ‘reviled by so many Americans’

The Florida governor unloaded after a reporter asked about the event.

The Independent UK

Florida politicians react to leaked draft opinion on overturning Roe v. Wade

Florida politicians of all stripes reacted swiftly to the news Monday night of a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that suggests the court is in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion.

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Benzinga

Texas Republican Seeks To Drop No-Fly-Zones Over Disney Theme Parks

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t the only Republican lawmaker taking aim at the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) is seeking to eliminate the company’s federal no-fly-zone privileges over its U.S. theme parks.

Salon

Disney, DeSantis and the First Amendment

Call it the upside of Citizens United: Restricting corporate speech on political grounds is an obvious violation

Axios

Exclusive: Hogan predicts Trump loses GOP stranglehold post-midterms

"We won’t win back the White House by nominating Donald Trump or a cheap impersonation of him," Hogan will say in a speech at the Reagan Library..

Orlando Sentinel

Lawmakers suspect Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to take control of Disney World’s government

ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida lawmakers suspect Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to replace Disney World’s special government district with a new one that he would control.

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Jack Brewer files police report against MSNBC host Joy Reid over comments about Black children being used at DeSantis photo-op

The former NFL player wrote in a letter to the MSNBC host that her remarks ‘placed these kids in danger’

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Florida Department of Education rejects 41% of K-12 mathematics textbooks

The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 K-12 mathematics textbooks for reasons such as the inclusion of what it deemed prohibited instructional topics and the failure to align with state education standards. The rejected textbooks made up 41% of the 132 textbooks submitted to the education department for review.

Salon

Biden, Noah roast Fox News at WHCD

Trevor Noah also let out some memorable zingers at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Ukraine hopes to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol

Zelenskiy said about 100 civilians who sheltered in steelworks would arrive in Zaporizhzhia today. Plus, the tense wait for a supernova

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Gov. DeSantis gets it right on Florida’s rooftop solar

What a pleasant surprise. On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have gutted the rooftop solar industry in Florida. This editorial board, along with many other opponents of the proposed changes, held out hope that the governor would see the measure for the one-sided, utility-company cash grab…

The Independent UK

GOP governor Asa Hutchinson criticises DeSantis for ‘punitive approach’ to Disney

Mr Hutchinson, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, is one of a few GOP governors willing to criticise members of his own party

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis Disney attack violates Republican principles, GOP rival says

Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas appears to have no problem with anti-LGBTQ+ policies but says private business should not be target

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