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    Michael Hiltzik: Disney lawsuit shows Ron DeSantis at his bullying, bumbling worst

    No one needs to pay hard-earned cash to be entertained by a Disney product anymore. Not as of Wednesday, when the giant entertainment conglomerate filed a federal lawsuit to quash the efforts of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to punish it for speaking out against DeSantis' "don't say gay" law. The 77-page legal complaint, filed in federal court in Gainesville, Florida, aims to stop what it terms "a ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Apr 28, 2023 4 minutes
    Ron DeSantis answers questions during a news conference at the headquarters of the former Reedy Creek Improvement District that a newly appointed board now calls the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Monday, April 17, 2023. DeSantis said that the Florida Legislature will reassert state control over the special taxing...

    No one needs to pay hard-earned cash to be entertained by a Disney product anymore.

    Not as of Wednesday, when the giant entertainment conglomerate filed a federal lawsuit to quash the efforts of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to punish it for speaking out against DeSantis' "don't say gay" law.

    The 77-page legal complaint, filed in federal court in Gainesville, Florida, aims to stop what it terms "a targeted campaign of government retaliation — orchestrated at every step by Gov. DeSantis as punishment for Disney's protected speech."

    That campaign, the lawsuit says, "threatens Disney's business operations, jeopardizes its economic future in the region, and violates its constitutional rights."

    Whether Disney can make that

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