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"Let it go." That's not just the smash hit song from Disney's 2013 movie "Frozen," writes former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine. It's also excellent advice for Ron DeSantis. |
In his feud with Disney, the Florida governor "taught Disney a lesson about the cost of wading too deep into the culture wars." He should have let it go there, says Levine, but instead DeSantis "turned his battle against Disney into a war — one that will cost him, and the state, in untold ways." Levine presents the historical context in which Disney grew to be a cultural and economic superpower — and among the largest private employers in the Sunshine State. But now DeSantis is jeopardizing all that — even going so far as to threaten to build a prison right next door to the Magic Kingdom. "The feud with Disney is a warning to companies large and small that DeSantis's political vendettas trump good faith, fairness and even the economic interests of his constituents." How will this end? In some ways, Levine writes, DeSantis has already lost. "This is not a good trait for a presidential aspirant, least of all a Republican who should be for free markets and capitalism." Instead, DeSantis "appears unhinged, nasty and vindictive just as the presidential race is coming into focus, leading many Republicans to wonder: How is this guy different from Trump?" Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, May 12. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Bernard Goldberg, Emmy Award-winning writer and journalist |
Republicans want a candidate who believes Trump really won in 2020, but Democrats want a candidate who can beat Donald Trump. If Biden doesn't look like that guy, the people behind the curtain who have been calling the shots in the White House may convince him that it's time to go. |
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By Dennis Aftergut, former federal prosecutor |
Had the jury ruled for Trump, imagine the incalculable harm that would have been wrought on equal treatment for women as conservatives flooded the airwaves with messaging that it's men who are being abused. Fortunately, in courtrooms facts matter, not cultural narratives made up by politicians and their enablers. |
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By Liz Peek, former partner at Wertheim & Company |
When only 29 percent of independents back you, and you are losing steam with all the voter blocks that put you in the Oval Office, something must change. Certainly, the pace of Biden's campaign must pick up. If he's actually running. |
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By Will Marshall, founder and president of the Progressive Policy Institute |
What the America Firsters fail to grasp is that by thwarting Russia's land grab in Ukraine, the United States and its NATO allies can deal a double blow to Xi's hyper-nationalist ambitions. First, Russia's defeat would discount its value as a counterweight to the liberal democracies. Second, it would raise the bar against a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. |
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