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Texas Judge Invites Disney To Relocate Theme Parks To The Lone Star State

A Texas judge has invited the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) to bid farewell to the “extremists in Florida” and relocate its Sunshine State attractions and operations to the Lone Star State.

Benzinga

Mike Bianchi: Woke sports organizations are ignoring women’s rights in transgender debate

They used to call Nancy Hogshead-Makar a leftist liberal, a tolerant Democrat and a fierce feminist who dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of female athletes.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida’s congressional map: An about-face in GOP strategy and a setback for Blacks

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — “I can hear the moans.’‘

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DeSantis tests limits of his combative style in Disney feud

In taking on Disney, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is testing the limits of his combative leadership style while sending an unmistakable message to his rivals

The Independent UK

Disney’s $578 million tax break left untouched in DeSantis feud

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have put a bull’s-eye on special perks that Walt Disney Co. has enjoyed in his state for more than 50 years, but he’s keeping his hands off hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks recently lavished on the entertainment giant.

Tribune News Service

Ron DeSantis' Disney stunt backfires

Florida Republicans' rush to dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District might also contravene state law

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Editorial: Unneeded guidance on transgender issues in Florida

The governor of what he declares “the freest state in these United States” is once again sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong. On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ health department issued guidance advising against gender identity treatment for children and teenagers outside of counseling. It was another mean-spirited effort to…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Disney ‘punishment’ could blow up in DeSantis’ face

The Facebook post from last Saturday is comedy gold. A man in a DeSantis 2020 hat topped with a mouse-ear headband poses in front of a few cars with their hoods up. The caption: “Patriot Convoy just did a BLOCKADE @ the Entrance of Disney. Car Trouble. No one visiting…

Orlando Sentinel

Ron DeSantis get any more anti-gay, anti-trans? Oh, yes. He can

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ health department has once again dismissed the best minds in medical science to play Republican Party politics with people’s lives.

Miami Herald

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The Independent UK

‘Democracy in Florida is not functioning.’ Governor’s rigged maps rob Black voters of power

Governor Ron DeSantis’s redistricting gambit means ‘for all intents and purposes, there’s currently … one-man rule’, says one former GOP strategist

The Guardian - US

Is Florida’s rapid-fire smackdown of Disney even legal? Experts raise questions

MIAMI — In four days, the proposals went from drafts to law.

Miami Herald

Biden trashes GOP for attacking Disney over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law: ‘Christ, they’re going after Mickey Mouse’

President Joe Biden is giving lots of love to Mickey Mouse while trashing the GOP at the same time.

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DeSantis’s Disney action marks new culture war phase ahead of 2024 election

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s move against Walt Disney Corp. this week shows he’s willing to take the Republican Party’s culture war to new heights — with a frontal assault on one of his state’s biggest and most iconic employers — as he jockeys for position in a potentially crowded 2024…

The Independent UK

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law new guidelines involving race-based discussions in businesses and school, part his campaign against critical race theory

Tribune News Service

Continuing culture war focus, Florida Gov. DeSantis signs law restricting teaching of race-related issues in schools, private-sector employee training

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis imposed restrictions Friday on the way race-related issues are taught in public schools and in private workplaces in Florida. Lessons that might make some people uncomfortable would be banned.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis signs bill eliminating Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek district; Fitch warns of bond downgrade

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law two bills targeting The Walt Disney Co. on Friday, eliminating the company’s special Reedy Creek district and stripping its exemption from the “Big Tech” social media bill.

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The Independent UK

Disney government dissolution bill signed by DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill dissolving Walt Disney World’s private government, after the entertainment giant criticized a measure that critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law

The Independent UK

DeSantis signs bill to dissolve Disney’s governing agreement in wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’

For decades, Disney has effectively taxed itself to provide services for the company town it created. Florida officials warn that without the special tax district, the burden could fall on taxpayers

Axios

DeSantis signs bill to end Disney's self-governing status

The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday voted to eliminate the special status of Reedy Creek.

The Independent UK

Voting groups sue over Florida congressional map

Voting rights groups have sued Florida over a congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature

The Guardian - US

Florida’s examples of banned topics in math books derided as ‘political theater’

Education officials release four examples among the 54 math textbooks they rejected last week because of ‘prohibited topics’

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why are Disney and DeSantis feuding in Florida?

The Florida Legislature has passed a bill to dissolve a private government controlled by Disney that provides municipal-like services for its 27,000 acres in the Sunshine State

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russia to stage sham referendum in south Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian leader tells residents in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia not to give personal information to Russian forces. Plus, 350,000 fewer American kindergarteners vaccinated against common diseases

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