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[Sirwalterraleigh]

In Citizens United, the Federal Government had a law (the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act) that fined companies for spending on campaigns within a certain number of days of a general election. In O'Hare Truck Service, Scalia specified that the First Amendment protected against "going to jail or being fined." The Federal Government was fining Citizens United (the corporation).

In O'Hare Truck Service, the City of Northlake declined to include the O'Hare Truck Service on its rotating list of companies available to perform towing services. As suggested by Scalia, this is neither prison nor a fine, and is not protected by the First Amendment.

Scalia's opinions on the two cases are consistent with each other.

Ok…but “dissent” is misleading

…because Scalia spent 30 years trying to rig everything to give rich men and their businesses autonomy to buy what they wanted…
…and the easiest way to do that is make everything they do “free speech” and therefore “hallowed ground”.

He served Disney here.

 

[mkt]

Hey, a boat payment is a boat payment.

How much do you think the attorneys doing the grunt work on both sides of this sh!!show take home after their student loan payments?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Thanks.

It sounds like you have the same opinion I do of Citizens United and Bellotti.

Well it happens to be the correct one…in this case

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

How much do you think the attorneys doing the grunt work on both sides of this sh!!show take home after their student loan payments?

Same as Florida unemployment

 

[mkt]

Same as Florida unemployment

I think it’s hilarious that I, a professional creative, out-earn most of the attorneys I know.

What a cked economy we live in

 

[Tha Realest]

I posted one a few pages back as well with another donor saying it factored into his decision to pull back. Poor decisions in general of which this is just one of many.

I’ve only seen Peterffy - a longtime Trump donor and friend - mention Disney (among social issues) as a reason. That’s one. Still haven’t seen any other donors pull away.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I don't use ignore because it reminds me about why the real world is trending the way it is. Despite the idiocy of some of the arguments, the fact that they're participating in the discussion means that even "our idiots" are more informed than a lot of people in the real word.

Why the manifesto, Karl?

 

[hopemax]

Why the manifesto, Karl?

I don't want my brain to experience a rapid unscheduled disassembly when someone recounts what their friend or relative read on social media. This helps me recalibrate my own "people can't really believe this stuff, can they?" radar.

 

[Disstevefan1]

The governor has already addressed this, claiming to not be aware of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

If the governor said this he is stupid or he thinks Floridians are stupid.

 

[lewisc]

If the governor said this he is stupid or he thinks Floridians are stupid.

Assume he didn't know it, might as well assume Santa is real, wouldn't any legitimate legislative hearings have enlightened him?

Ignorance is no excuse.

 

[scottieRoss]

It’s also a California-based company. FL would have no claim on non FL-based revenue sources.

Disney Parks and Resorts is a Florida Corporation.

 

[Chi84]

He doesn't need that vote while it's a field of 10 because those people are always going to be more anti-Trump than pro-DeSantis.

Phase 1: Get through the early debates as the clear #2. This is about name ID more than anything else. It's "no press is bad press" time.

Phase 2: Other non-Trump candidates drop out after failing to crack double-digit support in the early primaries.

Phase 3: Consolidate normieCon and #NeverTrump support and pray that it's bigger than 50%.

Phase 4: Absorb incoming fire from Trump, which will have the benefit of making DeSantis appear reasonable by comparison in preparation for a pivot in the General.

Phase 5: Pray that Trump doesn't go nuclear with a third party campaign.

This is along the lines of what I was trying to articulate earlier.

Opinion | Don’t Count Ron DeSantis Out — The Wall Street Journal

If he wants to win, he has to ease up on the culture war and start appealing to moderate primary voters.

apple.news

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I don't want my brain to experience a rapid unscheduled disassembly when someone recounts what their friend or relative read on social media. This helps me recalibrate my own "people can't really believe this stuff, can they?" radar.

You’re confusing the hell out of me…
…and I DIG IT!!!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The amount of time being spent to legitimize the clown show on here tonight is very puzzling.

The national landscape is being completely misread

 

[WDWHero]

“Ignore” is an excellent option if someone provokes you to the point of insults or personal attacks.

Well-articulated and honest opinions need to be politely considered if you want true discussion to occur. At the very least it makes you examine your own position a bit more thoroughly.

Eh, there’s some in here who try to sound smart by being devils advocate for the sake of arguing and it’s not really worth engaging because it takes to off-topic territory anyways. It’s more for my own sanity.

 

[WDWHero]

I don't use ignore because it reminds me about why the real world is trending the way it is. Despite the idiocy of some of the arguments, the fact that they're participating in the discussion means that even "our idiots" are more informed than a lot of people in the real word.

It just keeps me on track more, that’s all

 

[flynnibus]

Eh, there’s some in here who try to sound smart by being devils advocate for the sake of arguing and it’s not really worth engaging because it takes to off-topic territory anyways. It’s more for my own sanity.

So you joined today and have already honed how you tolerate the user base here?

 

[WDWHero]

So you joined today and have already honed how you tolerate the user base here?

 

[hopemax]

You’re confusing the hell out of me…
…and I DIG IT!!!

I mean I followed up reading this thread with a visit to my Twitter account. I only follow 19 people who are mostly local journalists, or EpiTwitter and a few about Ukraine. But just from those 19, I was exposed to these fine words from a well-known actor “I’m particularly grateful that he is a guardian of free speech in the midst of the most insidious and treacherous assault on our constitutional rights since our nation’s founding.” And someone who believes the voting age should be raised to 21, trying to have a serious discussion with a satire account that was arguing that it should be raised to 25. But thanks to places like WDWMagic, I have some pre-exposure to draw from. It’s a Brave New World out there. I should probably read that at some point.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

On Meet The Press today they discussed DeSantis' feud with Disney with GOP criticisms of DeSantis, including from Marco Rubio which I hadn't seen before. The gist of the conversation is that the feud is not going well for the governor.

On the same note, has anyone else noticed that Fox News suddenly has a lot fewer DeSantis-Disney World stories on their home page?