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☆ Opinion: DeSantis is trying to climb the Trump wall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Opinion Patrick T. Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The DeSantis plan, rolled out at a press conference at the Texas border Monday, lays out steps that should satisfy most Republican border hawks. His immigration plan showcases a candidate interested in effective policymaking beyond pure sloganeering, even if some major questions surround a few key details. The former President noted the similarities — “His plan is my plan,” Trump told Semafor and ABC News on Tuesday. Then, there are the ideas in DeSantis’ plan that have a harder time standing up to scrutiny. Similarly, cutting federal funding to non-governmental organizations that provide aid to those who cross the southern border would be less effective than it sounds.

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☆ Six-figure earners are flocking to Florida—those coming from NYC or San Francisco could save up to $200,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Americans who are making six-figure incomes and looking to make their dollars stretch even further are flocking to Florida. The Sunshine State has gained the largest number of high-income workers who make at least $200,000, according to SmartAsset's most recent analysis. Florida's lack of state income tax also means high-earners are typically taxed less there compared to other metro areas around the country. High earners living in San Francisco could save around 24% of their salaries by moving to Miami, SmartAsset's study reveals. Here's how much money someone making between $150,000 and $650,000 can save by moving from San Francisco or Chicago to Miami, according to SmartAsset.

Organizations: The Sunshine State, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Fort, San, Sunshine State . Locations: Florida, Miami, Manhattan, New York, United States, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, San Francisco, Chicago

☆ It's not just spy bases in Cuba, China could be sending troops right to Florida's doorstep: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

China is planning a new joint military training facility in Cuba, per The Wall Street Journal. At 100 miles off Florida's coast, the facility would put China's troops at Florida's doorstep. Intelligence officials told the Journal China's move is a likely response to US's involvement in Taiwan. The officials told the Journal that the facility could allow China to "house troops permanently on the island" and "broaden its intelligence gathering" against the US. The new facility in Cuba would be just 100 miles off Florida's coast, and effectively allow China to station troops right at the Sunshine State's doorstep.

Persons: —, Mao Ning, Mao, Biden, Miguel Díaz, Xi Jinping, H.R Organizations: Street, Service, Privacy, China, US, White, Foreign Ministry, Intelligence, Associated Press, Cuban, Trump, McMaster, CBS, State Department Locations: China, Cuba, Taiwan, Cuban, Florida, Havana, South, Russia

☆ Chris Christie criticizes 2024 rival Ron DeSantis' 'small' fight with Disney World: 'Does that prove you're really a tough guy?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Christie cited DeSantis' battle with Disney as the GOP aiming "small," in the "Ruthless" podcast. Ron DeSantis this week over his bitter crusade against Walt Disney World as an example of the party wasting its time on "small" political issues. DeSantis also passed policies into law that coincide with the policies Christie cited, such as making school vouchers universally available in Florida. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley urged Walt Disney World to consider relocating from Florida to South Carolina. Later in the podcast, when asked to provide a one-word thought about DeSantis, Christie chose "interesting."

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☆ A former Florida GOP state lawmaker says many people in the state capital are 'terrified' of Ron DeSantis and his political enforcers: 'They just chop off heads and move on'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An ex-Florida lawmaker told WaPo that many in Tallahassee are "terrified" of DeSantis and his team. "There's no inner circle because they just chop off heads and move on," the former lawmaker said. This year, boosted by a GOP supermajority, DeSantis ramped up his conservative policymaking agenda. DeSantis has earned the endorsements of 100 of the 113 Republican state lawmakers in Florida, with 12 remaining neutral and only one backing former President Donald Trump. A former Republican state lawmaker told The Post that people are "terrified" of DeSantis and his political operation.

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☆ As Casey DeSantis prepared to become the first lady of Florida, she sought to model herself after Melania Trump: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Casey DeSantis sought to model herself after Melania Trump as she prepared to become Florida's first lady, per WaPo. DeSantis inquired with an aide about the sort of clothes that Melania Trump wore, per the report. Casey DeSantis, a former television journalist, was known by her colleagues for skillfully preparing for assignments and interviews during her professional career. But Casey DeSantis also made it clear that she wanted to pursue a different course than Florida's previous first ladies. Throughout her husband's political career, Casey DeSantis has been a huge force that has helped guide him.

Persons: Casey DeSantis, Melania Trump, DeSantis, —, Ron DeSantis —, readying, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, Florida Gov, The Washington Post, The, Sunshine State, Republican Party of Florida, GOP Locations: Florida, Tallahassee

☆ Coming of Age in the Sunshine State
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Carl Hiaasen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

THROUGH THE GROVES, by Anne HullWhatever it meant to be a Floridian while I was growing up is no longer accessible as an identity. Too many beautiful places have been drained dry, or buried beneath concrete. That’s what happens when the population of your home state explodes almost sevenfold in your lifetime. Anne Hull conveys the loss starkly in “Through the Groves,” her new memoir: “Almost nothing in Florida stays the way it was. It was Central Florida in the ’60s, when Disney’s bulldozers were gassing up on the horizon.

Persons: Anne Hull, Groves, ”, It’s, Hull Organizations: THE Locations: THE GROVES, Florida, Central Florida

☆ Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, blasts Ron DeSantis over his endorsement struggles with Fla. GOP members of Congress: 'Not particularly a relationship guy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on Friday said Gov. Suarez made the comment as he critiqued the governor's endorsement record among Florida Republicans. While on "Fox & Friends," Suarez said that he was a "people person" who could connect with voters. Ron DeSantis isn't "a relationship guy" as he sought to explain the governor's struggles with securing endorsements among the Sunshine State's plethora of GOP House members. "You know, the governor is not particularly a relationship guy," Suarez said on the program.

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☆ Disney's parks division is driving big profits, a bright spot as the streaming biz struggles and ESPN's future is unclear. Here's how that could factor into Bob Iger's CEO succession plans.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Disney CEO Bob Iger has reorganized the company into 3 core units: entertainment, ESPN, and parks. Parks' growing prominence comes as the company faces looming decisions over Iger's CEO. Travel bans "dramatically impacted" results for Disney Parks during the intense early years of the coronavirus pandemic, Heger noted, adding that parks are now generating more revenue and operating profit than they did in pre-COVID times. The parks' success is "helping to offset" losses from Disney's "DTC," or direct-to-consumer streaming business, Heger added. Josh D'Amaro, the current chairman for Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products, would be a likely figure appearing on any shortlist of CEO contenders.

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☆ News organizations are preparing to cover Trump’s historic arraignment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The high-stakes indictment puts news organizations, and the nation as a whole, in uncharted territory. News outlets have been preparing in haste for this moment since last week, when the charges were formally unveiled against Trump. Anchors, correspondents, reporters, and photographers from every major national — and international — outlet have descended on Florida to cover the historic proceeding. Other outlets set the stage in their own ways. The move — once again — puts newsrooms in a not unfamiliar position: to take Trump live or not?

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, newsrooms, — Organizations: CNN, Trump, Television, Sunshine State, Authorities, playbook Locations: Florida, New Jersey, Miami, South Florida, York, Bedminster

☆ The US has the second-highest number of endangered species. California, Florida, and Arizona lead the nation in threatened creatures.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US is second behind Indonesia for the number of endangered species, according to a new report. Among US states, California, Florida, and Arizona have the most threatened species. The report draws its data from a conservation group's Red List of Threatened Species. California, Florida, and Arizona held the top spots in the US for most endangered species: The Golden State had 18, followed by 13 in the Sunshine State, and seven in the Grand Canyon State. The US total of 1,178 endangered species includes 43 mammals and 284 types of fish.

Persons: —, Jane Smart, Smart Organizations: Service, State, Sunshine State, International Union for Conservation of, International Union for Conservation, IUCN's Centre for Science, Associated Press, AP Locations: Indonesia, , California, Florida, Arizona, California , Florida, Nations

☆ Caged and cut open for bile: The fight to free Asia’s farmed bears
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But international experts say it remains a lucrative industry in China, where domestic sales of bear bile remain legal. “They’ve got massive hair loss, they’ve often got broken teeth from (biting the bars of their cages) in frustration and pain.”But eliminating bile farming has proved difficult. But China is “the biggest market for bear bile products by far,” with roughly 15,000 bile bears in captivity and plenty of demand, he said. Ursodeoxycholic acid, one of the main components in bear bile, has been medically proven to help dissolve gallstones and treat liver disease. And there’s no internationally recognized scientific evidence showing bear bile can cure other ailments promoted in TCM.

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☆ Target and Disney trip up on the Pride divide
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Jennifer Saba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A shopping cart is seen in a Target store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File PhotoNEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Target (TGT.N) and Walt Disney (DIS.N) are fighting different battles over a similar social issue. Of the two, retailer Target has the harder balancing act. The $62 billion retailer run by Brian Cornell last week decided to pull some items from its 2023 collection celebrating Pride Month. Some of Disney’s employees were upset by the regulation and Iger took a stand on their behalf.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Walt Disney, Brian Cornell, ”, Bob Iger, Ron DeSantis, Iger, Marjorie Taylor Greene, John Foley, Sharon Lam Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Target, Pride, Disney, Sunshine, Cornell, Walt Disney, Fox News, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn, New York, U.S, Florida, Orlando, UK

☆ Trump has already shattered the lead DeSantis seemingly held in polling: Monmouth
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis led all listed Republican candidates in a Monmouth University poll. New polling from Monmouth University shows that Trump now leads the governor by 24 percentage points. Ron DeSantis in polling in recent months, shattering the lead held by the leader of the Sunshine State, according to a recent Monmouth University poll. In December 2022, DeSantis was the leading candidate among Republican and Republican-leaning respondents to Monmouth University's poll, drawing in 39% support to Trump's 26%. While DeSantis took his time to announce his run for president, Trump picked up a bevy of GOP endorsements including more than 50 representatives, 11 senators, and two governors.

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☆ What to do if you see an alligator and how to survive an attack, according to a wildlife expert who keeps pet gators
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Graham Flanagan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If an alligator bites you, don't try to pry its jaws open. But, in reality, alligators don't often attack humans. Alligators don't eat peopleAlligators have been lurking in Earth's waters for tens of millions of years. Don't try to run in a zig-zag pattern, as that'll just take you longer to go farther. Don't try to pry open the jaws.

☆ Terrifying video shows a storm flooding decks and hallways of a Carnival Sunshine cruise ship leaving passengers seasick
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Terrifying videos show a coastal storm flooded the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship over the weekend. Passengers told WCIV about "horrific" conditions and not hearing updates from crew for over 12 hours. Carnival Cruise Line said the storm delayed the ship's arrival to Charleston. It's a cruise ship passenger's worst nightmare: Rough coastal storms hit the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship over the weekend, flooding some decks of the vessel and delaying its return to port. Carnival Sunshine is now sailing on its next cruise," the statement read.

☆ Disney is seriously unpopular with GOP primary voters in key states, internal DeSantis 2024 campaign data and leaked audio show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But DeSantis 2024 campaign polling shows it could help him with Republican voters in a primary. Ryan Tyson, pollster for the campaign, found the company was deeply unpopular among Republicans primary, according to findings shared with The Messenger. "The campaign thinks this is a very good issue for primary voters," Dan Eberhart, CEO of drilling services company Canary, LLC, told Insider. Neither campaign responded to a query from Insider addressing whether they had polling that conflicted with the DeSantis campaign findings. When combining this week's calling efforts with online donations, the DeSantis campaign raised $8.2 million in the fist 24 hours of the campaign.

☆ Biden bets DeSantis’ ‘Florida blueprint’ will help him flip the Sunshine State and win reelection
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Shevrin Jones, a Florida state senator and member of the Biden campaign’s advisory board of elected officials, said he’s eager to tell the country the story of what he’s seen under DeSantis’ leadership. Biden and DeSantis and their wives walk to meet with local residents affected by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on October 5, 2022. The voter registration advantage Florida Democrats had when President Barack Obama narrowly won the state in 2012 has flipped to Republicans. An adviser to the former New York City mayor told CNN that so far, there has been no outreach to Bloomberg’s operation from either the Biden campaign or the DNC. There was also a fleeting belief that they could push Biden over the top in Florida – though Trump ended up carrying the state by 3 points.

☆ The NAACP has warned Black people planning to visit Gov. Ron DeSantis' Florida that they would be traveling to a 'hostile' environment
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Major civil rights organization issues a travel advisory for Black people planning to visit Florida. Ron DeSantis and his administration have overseen a swathe of controversial laws and policies. It took aim at "Governor Ron DeSantis' aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools." The travel advisory warns that those traveling to the state should be aware that "Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals." The advisory also described DeSantis and his Florida government as on a "seeming quest to silence African-American voices."

☆ Breakingviews: Disney can play Scrooge with Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Walt Disney (DIS.N) isn’t mickey-mousing around. Disney’s threatened retreat from the state is meaningful, and it can get worse for the state’s leader, Governor Ron DeSantis. But overall, Disney is one of the largest employers in Florida, and a massive contributor to the tourism economy. Follow @thereallsl on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSWalt Disney is cancelling plans to build a nearly $1 billion corporate campus, according to an email to employees on Thursday. Disney parks chief Josh D'Amaro said "changing business conditions" prompted Disney to reconsider its 2021 plan to relocate employees.

☆ Disney can play Scrooge with Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

☆ Disney rocks DeSantis ahead of expected White House bid announcement
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Disney did not specifically blame DeSantis for the move, partly citing “changing business conditions.” But the message was clear. In keeping with his bruising political persona, DeSantis reacted defiantly to Disney’s announcement that it would halt the office project. “Ron DeSantis’ failed war on Disney has done little for his limping shadow campaign and now is doing even less for Florida’s economy,” the Trump campaign said in a statement. Another possible GOP primary candidate, former Vice President Mike Pence, also leveraged the Disney announcement to jab DeSantis. Given his political exposure on Disney and the combative political image that is central to his White House hopes, DeSantis probably has no option but to further escalate the showdown.

☆ Why Disney is stuck in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Disney World sued Ron DeSantis last month to keep control of its self-governing status in Florida. But a top Disney expert said the company is stuck in The Sunshine State. A leading expert on Disney World's history in Florida told Insider that the amusement park is tied to its Florida home, due to its expensive operations and sprawling size. "They're stuck there," Richard Foglesong, the author of the book "Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando," told Insider. Other Republicans are taking DeSantis to task for his dedication to fighting with DisneyRepublican presidential candidate Nikki Haley urged Walt Disney World to consider relocating from Florida to South Carolina.

☆ Sign Up for Well’s 5-Week Walking Series
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I stroll to straighten up my back when I’ve been hunched over a computer for too long. I walk with my teen to prompt her to open up to me. So we’re dedicating the entire month of June to exploring the joy of walking — and I hope you’ll come along with us. And, for an activity that’s so casual, the physical and mental benefits are tremendous — better sleep, reducing joint pain and lowering anxiety. But, if you need a little more motivation, the Well Newsletter will include walking inspiration this June.

☆ DeSantis signs law to cover up records of his travel and visitors ahead of anticipated 2024 presidential run
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

DeSantis signed a bill into law that will hide his travel records from public view. DeSantis signed the bill into law unceremoniously on Thursday afternoon, among more than 35 other bills. The security argument was nonsensical to Ben Wilcox, research director and co-founder of the good government organization Integrity Florida, given that the new law will apply to past travel records. "It strains credulity to suggest that hiding travel records could somehow prevent a security breach in the future," Wilcox told Insider. Another elections related bill is headed for DeSantis that will allow him to maintain his seat as governor while running for president.

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