Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' retaliatory war on Disney escalated further on Monday, when he signed a bill that strips the company of its special self-governing status in Florida. Disney's self-governed district in central Florida, which has allowed the company for decades to raise taxes and issue bonds in the area to maintain and build infrastructure for the Walt Disney World Resort, was always a weird arrangement. But DeSantis' attack on it was not inspired, as he's suggested, by a meaningful agenda to rein in corporate power. It was instead an attempt to punish Disney for daring to speak out against his homophobic policies and to bully the company into complying with his crusade against so-called wokeness.
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The latest bombshell court filing is a nightmare for the network. Read more. |
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These are not the actions of a man expecting to be cleared of wrongdoing. Read more. |
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Tennessee's governor is eager to advance the culture war agenda, but there's an awkward detail hanging overhead. Read more. |
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It's mostly unanimous, but with a twist from some Republican-appointed colleagues. Read more. |
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"Black History, Uncensored" is a ReidOut Blog series that highlights work by Black creators targeted by GOP bans.
White fragility and willful ignorance of Black history have always posed an obstacle to the truthful teaching of America's past and present. But we haven't seen conservatives this rabid — and coordinated — in their effort to hide these truths since the post-Civil War Redemption era.
Here, we explore works Republicans want to keep under wraps. |
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On Sunday, MSNBC Films presents the third episode of "When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story," a four-part series from TIME Studios. This week, Giuliani goes global as a terrorism expert after 9/11. Then, fueled by the same ambition, he brings his playbook to Ukraine in the name of Donald Trump.
Watch an all-new episode of "When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story" on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC, and streaming on Peacock. |
A new episode of the special podcast mini-series "Into America presents Street Disciples: Politics, Power and the Rise of Hip-Hop" is now available. In episode four, host Trymaine Lee explores how in the late 90s, mainstream hip-hop had largely begun to shed its political messaging. Then, the backlash against a Republican government brought politics back to hip-hop once more, leading to the mobilization of a generation and the first hip-hop president: Barack Obama. Listen now. |
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