Category: desantis

Disney Crowd Sizes ‘Shockingly Low’ Amid Backlash

Walt Disney World crowd sizes over the July 4th long weekend were “shockingly” thin, according to tracking data provider Touring Plans, which predicted that the low-attendance trend seems poised to continue amid ongoing conservative backlash to what some describe as a woke agenda. Disney has been embroiled in a legal and political fight with Florida…


Vivek Ramaswamy to Let Volunteer Fundraisers Keep 10 Percent of Money They Raise

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy told The Epoch Times in late June that his campaign was “decentralizing the process of getting people to support us.” “What does that mean? Actually make volunteers accountable for bringing more people into the movement,” said the biotech entrepreneur and anti-ESG investor. A July 10 announcement from his campaign makes it…


Vivek Ramaswamy to Let Fundraisers Keep 10 Percent of Money They Raise

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy told The Epoch Times in late June that his campaign was “decentralizing the process of getting people to support us.” “What does that mean? Actually make volunteers accountable for bringing more people into the movement,” said the biotech entrepreneur and anti-ESG investor. A July 10 announcement from his campaign makes it…


DeSantis Supports Revoking China’s Trade Status

WASHINGTON—Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Sunday he would take steps to revoke China’s permanent normal trade relations status if he won the 2024 White House race. “I favor doing that. I think we probably need Congress but I would take executive action as appropriate to be able to move us…


Trump Touts Farm Record in Iowa Rally

With the Iowa caucus slowly drawing nearer, 2024 hopeful Donald J. Trump made the case that he was “the most pro-farmer president that you’ve ever had” at a rally in Council Bluffs, a town across the Missouri River from Nebraska. To support his case, Mr. Trump ran through a long list of actions he’d taken…


LIVE NOW: NTD Good Morning (July 7): Biden Admin. Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine?; Yellen Criticizes CCP for Treatment of U.S. Firms

Controversial cluster bombs sent to Ukraine? They’re expected to be part of a new aid package, set to be announced on June 7. Over 100 countries have banned the weapons, find out why. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticizes Beijing on her second day in China.  She brought up punitive actions taken against U.S. firms and new…


NTD Good Morning (July 7): Biden Admin. Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine?; Yellen Criticizes CCP for Treatment of U.S. Firms

Controversial cluster bombs sent to Ukraine? They’re expected to be part of a new aid package, set to be announced on June 7. Over 100 countries have banned the weapons, find out why. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticizes Beijing on her second day in China.  She brought up punitive actions taken against U.S. firms and new…


Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction on Parts of Newly Passed Florida Election Law

Parts of Florida’s new election law as they pertain to non-U.S. citizens and third-party voter registration groups were blocked by a federal court judge on July 3 after voting rights groups filed a lawsuit. In his 58-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction on SB 7050, which was signed into law by Gov. Ron…


DeSantis Aims to Push Disney Lawsuit After 2024 Elections

The Walt Disney Company in April filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and seven other officials alleging harm to its business (pdf). In May, the governor announced his intention to run for president. The lawyers met on June 15 via videoconference and on Tuesday filed a joint report (pdf). Disney’s team proposed a…


Trump Goes After DeSantis’s Stance on National Sales Tax

President Joe Biden touted “Bidenomics” Wednesday and his record on the economy. Could a federal sales tax replace income tax? Former President Donald Trump is bashing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s new plan, as the two try to change minds in the Republican primary. Will Congress vote on it? We hear from a tax analyst about…