Alternative Title: "Meatball Ron is looking for another court to lose in."
I doubt this will ever go to court. Discovery would be too interesting because InBev has better lawyers & they will get access to the FLGOPs emails. May even be able to prove in court that the FLGOP tanked Florida's financial interests.
DeSantis gets spanked in courtrooms so often I'm starting to think that's his kink.
DeSantis lamented the company’s “political agenda,” as embodied by hiring spokesmodel Dylan Mulvaney, as having cost shareholders, especially in Florida, where the state seems to have held stock for months as the state’s politicians and others on the right mocked the brand and helped to erode its market share.
It is impressive how consistently the “party of personal responsibility” finds someone else to blame for the consequences of its own actions.
Walton has devised his own criteria for named heatwaves in the US, based on duration and extremity, on a one to five scale similar to hurricanes. Heatwave Chevron is classed as a four and is “historic”, Walton said. The meteorologist said he has a list of 20 oil and gas companies – including Exxon and Shell – for...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. Republicans are strongly opposed, arguing the ethics bill could “destroy” the high court.
A New Jersey man whose 24 year prison sentence for fraud was commuted by Donald Trump has been charged with orchestrating a new Ponzi scheme. Eli Weinstein was one of 143 people who were granted executive clemency in the final hours of Trump’s presidency. Less than a year after leaving prison, authorities say Weinstein...
The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who said students should be allowed to learn the “full truth” of American history.
Former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk’s acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the company, several sources told CNN.
This comic goes over the political history of technology in the workforce, showing that even automation to reduce manual labor was introduced as class warfare against the laborers, and that sabotage, protests and legal action were needed to preserve worker's rights.
Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the area as long as 12,000 years ago have become more exposed and vulnerable, due to hurricanes, flooding and looters.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters packed the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night, marking the 28th straight week of demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Protest leaders promised further “days of disruption” lie ahead.
After 9 months, the New Orleans Police Department’s use of facial recognition has resulted in zero arrests and multiple false positives (lailluminator.com)
Ron DeSantis Staffer Fired Over Nazi Symbol Video Once Praised Nick Fuentes (www.newsweek.com)
[Resolved] Lemmy.world currently down (www.isitdownrightnow.com)
Florida pensions took a bath on 'woke' beer ... and Ron DeSantis wants revenge (floridapolitics.com)
Strange brew: Why did Florida's pension fund hold $50M of 'woke' Bud Light parent company stock?
Ex-meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas firms to shame them (www.theguardian.com)
Walton has devised his own criteria for named heatwaves in the US, based on duration and extremity, on a one to five scale similar to hurricanes. Heatwave Chevron is classed as a four and is “historic”, Walton said. The meteorologist said he has a list of 20 oil and gas companies – including Exxon and Shell – for...
The Senate Judiciary panel will consider ethics rules for the Supreme Court (apnews.com)
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. Republicans are strongly opposed, arguing the ethics bill could “destroy” the high court.
Advocates say new Florida standards require slavery to be taught as 'beneficial' (www.wmfe.org)
The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for teaching African American history in the state.
Author who duped Greg Abbott calls him ‘one of the dumbest people in the country’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Convicted Ponzi schemer granted clemency by Trump charged with new Ponzi scheme (www.cnbc.com)
A New Jersey man whose 24 year prison sentence for fraud was commuted by Donald Trump has been charged with orchestrating a new Ponzi scheme. Eli Weinstein was one of 143 people who were granted executive clemency in the final hours of Trump’s presidency. Less than a year after leaving prison, authorities say Weinstein...
Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’ (www.cnn.com)
The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who said students should be allowed to learn the “full truth” of American history.
The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeks (lemmy.world)
Young Americans blame SCOTUS, GOP for unforgiven student loan debt (www.axios.com)
Young Americans are piling the blame for their student debt balances on conservatives, according to a poll by Generation Lab....
Can I share my Keytar here? (lemmy.world)
Custom painted Roland AX-7 inspired by Henrik Klingenbergs AX-1. It’s signed by Sonata Arctica. It’s my first keytar and it’s so much fun to play!
A match made in heaven (i.postimg.cc)
Hundreds of thousands of vote-by-mail requests erased from Florida's system (nbc-2.com)
Most everything has an expiration date, but one thing you may not have expected to expire was your vote-by-mail ballot.
I think it's time for our fur babies to join Lemmy, too. Lemmy, meet Lelah! She loves lounging in her pajamas and judging us for staying up past our bedtime. (lemmy.world)
Laid-off Twitter Africa team 'ghosted' without severance pay or benefits, former employees say | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk’s acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the company, several sources told CNN.
White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Calls for “Holy War” Against Jews (newrepublic.com)
The far-right influencer, who once sat down for dinner with Donald Trump, made the comments at an “America First” rally.
It's Official, Say NOAA and NASA: This June Was the Hottest Ever Recorded on Earth (www.commondreams.org)
NASA called the soaring heat "part of a pattern of increasing global temperatures, as a result of human activities, mainly carbon dioxide emissions."
Vibrating haptic suits give deaf people a new way to feel live music (www.npr.org)
To celebrate Disability Pride Month, Music: Not Impossible brought vibrating haptic suits to a Lincoln Center dance party.
I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) : What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future. (thenib.com)
This comic goes over the political history of technology in the workforce, showing that even automation to reduce manual labor was introduced as class warfare against the laborers, and that sabotage, protests and legal action were needed to preserve worker's rights.
Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts dating back 12,000 years from natural disasters, looters (phys.org)
Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the area as long as 12,000 years ago have become more exposed and vulnerable, due to hurricanes, flooding and looters.
Protests swell in Tel Aviv for 28th week as anti-government movement vows more 'days of disruption' (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters packed the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night, marking the 28th straight week of demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Protest leaders promised further “days of disruption” lie ahead.