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UPDATED, 4:23 PM: An official with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said that the state was behind the movement of migrants from Texas to California, actions that Gov. Gavin Newsom likened to kidnapping. Alecia Collins, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Emergency Management, said…

A recent episode of Vice newsmagazine series, which contains a report about Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, was removed from the schedule ahead of its previously announced premiere on Showtime. The fourth episode in Vice‘s fourth season, titled “The Gitmo Candidate…

Joe Biden may have stumbled yesterday at the US Air Force Academy graduation, but the President had some swagger tonight. “There were extreme voices threatening to take America for the first time in our 247-year history and a default on our national debt,” said Biden with a swing at Donald Trump and…

UPDATE, 5:20 PM: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis today won a victory in his legal skirmishes with the Walt Disney Company — but not for the reasons he wanted to. The 2024 GOP White House contender had sought to have the federal judge in Disney “retaliation” lawsuit against DeSantis disqualified for bias…

This year’s Gay Days, the annual LGBTQ+ pride event that draws tens of thousands to Walt Disney World and other attractions around Orlando, is taking place amid concerns over the ultimate impact of a series of new laws championed by Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis. Although Disney is not a sponsor…

(Updated with more details) Ron DeSantis is running for President. Making it official today after months of proxy campaigning, the Florida Governor unveiled his 2024 White House ambitions just before a scheduled Twitter hosted interview with the social media company's owner Elon Musk. Earlier…

Elon Musk basically confirmed today that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to announce his candidacy for the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Twitter tomorrow in an interview with the platform's owner himself. Asked at a conference today about news reports to that effect, Musk said: “So we are…

If you figured the war between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis was going to take a breather for the weekend, think again. A day after the Bob Iger-run Mouse House gave the aspiring White House candidate a pro-business black eye and pulled the plug on long-time plans to move 2,000 California staffers to…

A spokesman for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis downplayed Disney’s announcement that it was canceling a planned project that would have moved thousands of employees from California to the Sunshine State. Jeremy Redfern, the governor’s press secretary, said in a statement, “Disney announced the…

Just over a week ago, Bob Iger rhetorically asked the adversarial  Gov. Ron DeSantis if Florida really wanted Disney's considerable business and tax revenue, or not. Now, without mentioning the would-be presidential contender nor his attacks on the company, the Mouse House has pulled some of that business…

The Walt Disney Co. is asking a judge to dismiss or stay a state lawsuit brought by the special district that oversees its Florida resort property. In a motion filed in Florida state court in Orange County (read it here), Disney called the lawsuit “moot,” also claimed that state law requires that the…

"Does the state want us to invest more, employ more and pay more taxes or not?" Disney CEO Bob Iger rhetorically asked today of the on-going attacks on the Mouse House by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. "There’s .. a false narrative that we’ve been fighting to protect tax breaks as part of this,' the…