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• RON DESANTIS CAN'T HELP HIMSELF, LNCH INQUIRY INTO BUD LIGHT FOR AD WH TRANS ACTRSIF YOU THOUGHT DISNEY WAS ENOUGH TO OCCUPY THE FLORIDA ERNOR, PLEASE THK AGA.BY ERIC LUTZJULY 21, 2023RON DESANTIS MPAIGNS ANKENY, IOWA JULY 15.STT OLSON/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVERON DESANTIS IS A BULLY. AND LIKE MANY BULLI, ALL THE BLTER AND CHT-PUFFG MOSTLY SERV TO BETRAY HIS OWN GLARG AQUACY—NAMELY, THAT HE’S AN ABSURD WEIRDO WHOSE AMBNS FAR EXCEED HIS APTUS. CASE POT: THE FLORIDA ERNOR’S THREAT TO BEG AN “QUIRY” TO BUD LIGHT’S QUICKLY-ABANDONED MARKETG MPAIGN FEATURG TRANSGENR SOCIAL MEDIA STAR DYLAN MULVANEY.“WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE BALL LIKE THAT, YOU’RE NOT FOLLOWG YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY,” DESANTIS TOLD FOX NEWS’ JSE WATTERS THURSDAY EVENG, ANNOUNCG PLANS TO VTIGATE THE BEER BRAND’S PARENT PANY, AB INBEV. “IT ULD BE SOMETHG THAT LEADS TO A RIVATIVE LAWSU FILED ON BEHALF OF THE SHAREHOLRS OF THE FLORIDA PENSN FUND, BEE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE’S GOTTA BE PENALTI FOR WHEN YOU PUT BS ASI TO FOC ON YOUR SOCIAL AGENDA AT THE EXPENSE OF HARDWORKG PEOPLE.”TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.THE IA—WHICH DESANTIS ALSO RAISED A LETTER THURSDAY TO FLORIDA’S STATE BOARD OF ADMISTRATN—IS SO PATENTLY STUPID THAT BARELY SERV A FULL REUNTG. SO THE GIST IS THIS: BACK APRIL, BUD LIGHT PARTNERED WH MULVANEY FOR A MARKETG MPAIGN, WHICH QUICKLY ABANDONED AFTER NSERVATIV THREW A TANTM. DPE THROWG MULVANEY UNR THE B, BUD LIGHT HAS NTUED TO SUFFER THE WRATH OF THE RIGHT, AND HAS STGGLED TO REGA S SAL NUMBERS. ACRDG TO DESANTIS, THAT DIP SAL—WHICH NSERVATIV THEMSELV BROUGHT ABOUT—MAY MEAN THE PANY “BREACHED LEGAL DUTI OWED TO S SHAREHOLRS.”“ALL OPTNS ARE ON THE TABLE,” DESANTIS WROTE, ACCG THE PANY OF “VIRTUE SIGNALG.”IF THIS IDTIC “QUIRY” TO THE BEER PANY SOUNDS FAIAR, ’S PERHAPS BEE TEXAS SENATOR TED CZ—A FAILED GOP PRINTIAL NDIDATE WHOSE RANKS DESANTIS SEEMS POISED TO JO—ALREADY ANNOUNCED A PROBE OF HIS OWN TO THIS MATTER OF GRAVE NATNAL IMPORT BACK MAY. SO NOT ONLY IS THIS PERFORMANCE BY DESANTIS STUPID; ’S ALSO UNORIGAL.WHICH ISN’T SURPRISG: MUCH OF DESANTIS’S ACT IS BORROWED OM DONALD TMP. AND EVEN ONE OF HIS MOST HIGH-PROFILE STUNTS—SENDG MIGRANTS TO BLUE ENCLAV (I.E., G HUMAN BEGS AS PAWNS TO PROTT JOE BIN’S BORR POLICI)—WAS CRIBBED OM THE GREG ABBOTT PLAYBOOK. DESANTIS’S TRANSFORMATN OF FLORIDA TO A PETRI DISH OF FAR-RIGHT POLICY MAY HAVE MA HIM A NATNAL FIGURE. BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR HIS SIGNIFINT FICIENCI AS A NATNAL NDIDATE—CLUDG, BUT NOT LIMED TO, HIS LACK OF ANYTHG APPROXIMATG PERSONALY OR CHARISMA.THAT’S LEFT HIM WH NOTHG BUT CULTURE WAR. IT MAY PLAY WH ANY MEMBERS OF THE VERY-ONLE RIGHT STILL THKG ABOUT BUD LIGHT, BUT IS MORE LIKELY TO NFE ANYONE WHO LOGGED OFF OM THIS ANE NTROVERSY MONTHS AGO. PERHAPS WILL EVEN IRK REPUBLINS WHO DON’T LIKE THE IA OF ERNMENT TRYG TO EXERT NTROL OVER RPORATNS’ AD MPAIGNS, OR AT LEAST THOSE WHO WOULD PREFER THEIR PARTY LEARS FOC ON SOMETHG OTHER THAN PISSG NTTS WH BUD LIGHT AND DISNEY, THE LATTER OF WHICH DESANTIS HAS BEEN FDG WH FOR MORE THAN A YEAR OVER S THEN-CEO’S RELUCTANT, D-CRICISM OF FLORIDA’S HIO “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW.BETWEEN THAT DISNEY DT-UP AND HIS PRINTIAL BID, MAY BE HARD FOR DESANTIS TO FD THE TIME TO BATTLE BUD LIGHT. BUT ’S POSSIBLE HIS SCHLE ULD BE EEG UP PRETTY SOON, BASED ON RECENT REPORTS OUT OF HIS FLOUNRG RACE FOR THE GOP NOD: “THE ENTIRE MPAIGN IS ON THE BRK,” A SOURCE FAIAR WH THE MATTER TOLD NBC NEWS AFTER DESANTIS FIRED ABOUT A DOZEN STAFFERS THIS WEEK. “I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHG LIKE .”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARTMP PLANS TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAST ELECTN CHARG BY THROWG HIS LAWYERS UNR THE B: REPORTBY BS LEVEVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT ARIANA GRAN AND HER NEW BOYIEND, SPONGEBOB (ETHAN SLATER)BY KENZIE BRYANTVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHERIC LUTZ
• HUH? LORD JAMAR SAYS ‘MOONLIGHT’ AND ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’ ARE PART OF A GAY AGENDA
• STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS
• ‘MOONLIGHT’ CAPTUR THE COMPLEXI OF GROWG UP GAY AND BLACK AMERI
• HOLLYWOOD, LGBTQ ACTIVISTS LA-LA LAND AFTER PRO-GAY ‘MOONLIGHT’ WS BT PICTURE
• DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD
• ‘NOT-AT-ALL-SECRET GAY AGENDA’: DISNEY EMPLOYE BREAK DOWN ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ TO CHILDREN’S SHOW, DEGENRIZG THEME PARKS
• MOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALEMOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALE
• THE GAY AGENDA BLUEPRT: A PLAN TO TRANSFORM AMERI

RON DESANTIS CAN'T HELP HIMSELF, LNCH INQUIRY INTO BUD LIGHT FOR AD WH TRANS ACTRSIF YOU THOUGHT DISNEY WAS ENOUGH TO OCCUPY THE FLORIDA ERNOR, PLEASE THK AGA.BY ERIC LUTZJULY 21, 2023RON DESANTIS MPAIGNS ANKENY, IOWA JULY 15.STT OLSON/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVERON DESANTIS IS A BULLY. AND LIKE MANY BULLI, ALL THE BLTER AND CHT-PUFFG MOSTLY SERV TO BETRAY HIS OWN GLARG AQUACY—NAMELY, THAT HE’S AN ABSURD WEIRDO WHOSE AMBNS FAR EXCEED HIS APTUS. CASE POT: THE FLORIDA ERNOR’S THREAT TO BEG AN “QUIRY” TO BUD LIGHT’S QUICKLY-ABANDONED MARKETG MPAIGN FEATURG TRANSGENR SOCIAL MEDIA STAR DYLAN MULVANEY.“WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE BALL LIKE THAT, YOU’RE NOT FOLLOWG YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY,” DESANTIS TOLD FOX NEWS’ JSE WATTERS THURSDAY EVENG, ANNOUNCG PLANS TO VTIGATE THE BEER BRAND’S PARENT PANY, AB INBEV. “IT ULD BE SOMETHG THAT LEADS TO A RIVATIVE LAWSU FILED ON BEHALF OF THE SHAREHOLRS OF THE FLORIDA PENSN FUND, BEE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE’S GOTTA BE PENALTI FOR WHEN YOU PUT BS ASI TO FOC ON YOUR SOCIAL AGENDA AT THE EXPENSE OF HARDWORKG PEOPLE.”TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.THE IA—WHICH DESANTIS ALSO RAISED A LETTER THURSDAY TO FLORIDA’S STATE BOARD OF ADMISTRATN—IS SO PATENTLY STUPID THAT BARELY SERV A FULL REUNTG. SO THE GIST IS THIS: BACK APRIL, BUD LIGHT PARTNERED WH MULVANEY FOR A MARKETG MPAIGN, WHICH QUICKLY ABANDONED AFTER NSERVATIV THREW A TANTM. DPE THROWG MULVANEY UNR THE B, BUD LIGHT HAS NTUED TO SUFFER THE WRATH OF THE RIGHT, AND HAS STGGLED TO REGA S SAL NUMBERS. ACRDG TO DESANTIS, THAT DIP SAL—WHICH NSERVATIV THEMSELV BROUGHT ABOUT—MAY MEAN THE PANY “BREACHED LEGAL DUTI OWED TO S SHAREHOLRS.”“ALL OPTNS ARE ON THE TABLE,” DESANTIS WROTE, ACCG THE PANY OF “VIRTUE SIGNALG.”IF THIS IDTIC “QUIRY” TO THE BEER PANY SOUNDS FAIAR, ’S PERHAPS BEE TEXAS SENATOR TED CZ—A FAILED GOP PRINTIAL NDIDATE WHOSE RANKS DESANTIS SEEMS POISED TO JO—ALREADY ANNOUNCED A PROBE OF HIS OWN TO THIS MATTER OF GRAVE NATNAL IMPORT BACK MAY. SO NOT ONLY IS THIS PERFORMANCE BY DESANTIS STUPID; ’S ALSO UNORIGAL.WHICH ISN’T SURPRISG: MUCH OF DESANTIS’S ACT IS BORROWED OM DONALD TMP. AND EVEN ONE OF HIS MOST HIGH-PROFILE STUNTS—SENDG MIGRANTS TO BLUE ENCLAV (I.E., G HUMAN BEGS AS PAWNS TO PROTT JOE BIN’S BORR POLICI)—WAS CRIBBED OM THE GREG ABBOTT PLAYBOOK. DESANTIS’S TRANSFORMATN OF FLORIDA TO A PETRI DISH OF FAR-RIGHT POLICY MAY HAVE MA HIM A NATNAL FIGURE. BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR HIS SIGNIFINT FICIENCI AS A NATNAL NDIDATE—CLUDG, BUT NOT LIMED TO, HIS LACK OF ANYTHG APPROXIMATG PERSONALY OR CHARISMA.THAT’S LEFT HIM WH NOTHG BUT CULTURE WAR. IT MAY PLAY WH ANY MEMBERS OF THE VERY-ONLE RIGHT STILL THKG ABOUT BUD LIGHT, BUT IS MORE LIKELY TO NFE ANYONE WHO LOGGED OFF OM THIS ANE NTROVERSY MONTHS AGO. PERHAPS WILL EVEN IRK REPUBLINS WHO DON’T LIKE THE IA OF ERNMENT TRYG TO EXERT NTROL OVER RPORATNS’ AD MPAIGNS, OR AT LEAST THOSE WHO WOULD PREFER THEIR PARTY LEARS FOC ON SOMETHG OTHER THAN PISSG NTTS WH BUD LIGHT AND DISNEY, THE LATTER OF WHICH DESANTIS HAS BEEN FDG WH FOR MORE THAN A YEAR OVER S THEN-CEO’S RELUCTANT, D-CRICISM OF FLORIDA’S HIO “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW.BETWEEN THAT DISNEY DT-UP AND HIS PRINTIAL BID, MAY BE HARD FOR DESANTIS TO FD THE TIME TO BATTLE BUD LIGHT. BUT ’S POSSIBLE HIS SCHLE ULD BE EEG UP PRETTY SOON, BASED ON RECENT REPORTS OUT OF HIS FLOUNRG RACE FOR THE GOP NOD: “THE ENTIRE MPAIGN IS ON THE BRK,” A SOURCE FAIAR WH THE MATTER TOLD NBC NEWS AFTER DESANTIS FIRED ABOUT A DOZEN STAFFERS THIS WEEK. “I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHG LIKE .”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARTMP PLANS TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAST ELECTN CHARG BY THROWG HIS LAWYERS UNR THE B: REPORTBY BS LEVEVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT ARIANA GRAN AND HER NEW BOYIEND, SPONGEBOB (ETHAN SLATER)BY KENZIE BRYANTVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHERIC LUTZ

Crics labeled as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Perhaps will even irk Republins who don’t like the ia of ernment tryg to exert ntrol over rporatns’ ad mpaigns, or at least those who would prefer their party lears foc on somethg other than pissg ntts wh Bud Light and Disney, the latter of which DeSantis has been fdg wh for more than a year over s then-CEO’s reluctant, d-cricism of Florida’s hio “Don’t Say Gay” law.

Crics labeled as the "Don't Say Gay" law. The g-of-age film "Moonlight" is gettg cril acclaim and ser Osr buzz for tacklg the subject of gay black youth livg Miami.

HUH? LORD JAMAR SAYS ‘MOONLIGHT’ AND ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’ ARE PART OF A GAY AGENDA

Related: 'Moonlight' Explor Often Unseen Gay, Black Male ExperienceOthers are hopeful that the aftermath of Print Barack Obama's historic ph for same-sex marriage, there has been some steady growth wh the black muny support of LGBT rights. "This may be optimistic, but I don’t thk bee of the ntent 's gog to be hard to market, " said BET entertament edor Clay Cane, who directed the documentary, "Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay the Church, " about some Ain-Amerins' fah-based bias agast the LGBT muny. As "woke" as some members of the Amerin public purports self to be, there is still some reticence — even a liberal bastn like Hollywood — to fully embrace gay romance on screen, and one between two leads of lor.

"It's easy for (Osr voters) to market a 'Capote, ' which surrounds a murr a small town, or a film like 'Milk' (about gay polician Harvey Milk) that you know is gog to end an assassatn, " he add. "Graham, the 64-year-old outspoken nservative Christian and son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, took to his Facebook page on Tuday to ment on the fact that the Osr for "Bt Picture" went to a movie about the g of age of a gay Ain-Amerin man. "From the reviews I have read, 'Moonlight' portrays a young gay Ain-Amerin g of age and stereotyp him as vlent, a dg aler, and a nvict.

Jt se you didn’t know, Lord Jamar om the hip-hop group Brand Nubian is homophobic, transphobic, sexist and many other thgs that n only be revealed , you gused , a s-down wh VLAD TV. In a recent tch-up wh the channel, DJ Vlad qutned Lord Jamar on recent media news, such as a gay character beg Bety and the Beast and the recent Bt Picture Osr w for the film “Moonlight-g” (Lord Jamar’s words, not ours).

STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS

Lord Jamar rpond wh another claim that a “special tert group” is phg some sort of gay agenda. When DJ Vlad brought up a gay Co-Cola mercial volvg a pool boy, Lord Jamar ranted, “Why all of this now?

It’s not that they love gay people…this jt fs to a certa agenda that they have. Acrdg to Lord Jamar, “you take out the gay sh*t that movie, that ltle movie would have never even gotten any kd of regnn by the Amy. Never md any artistic mer or geni the movie has (a movie Lord Jamar hasn’t seen by the way) — only won Bt Picture bee ’s gay.

DJ Vlad also asks Lord Jamar when is the right age for a kid to be exposed to gay “ncepts” and “imagery. ” He later asserts that eventually kids will be exposed to the gay-ns at some pot. Lord Jamar then argued that he gets upset when people try to e “the gays” to ntrol Black people.

‘MOONLIGHT’ CAPTUR THE COMPLEXI OF GROWG UP GAY AND BLACK AMERI

” So, acrdg to Lord Jamar, homosexualy is a vis that mt be ntaed or else the whole Black populatn will fall victim to ? The irony of all of this is Lord Jamar then go on to discs his gay iend (who’s probably Black) that he grew up wh and who’s gay weddg he attend.

The last thirty mut are jt wonrful every aspect, and seeg Ltle/Chiron/Black grow as a black gay man is a wonrful journey to behold. District Court for the Northern District of Florida this past sprg, Disney acc DeSantis of retaliatn and vlatg the pany’s ee speech rights after spoke out last year agast the Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics, which rtricts stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty lawsu extensively ced DeSantis' own statements, cludg the book, as evince of s claim.

HOLLYWOOD, LGBTQ ACTIVISTS LA-LA LAND AFTER PRO-GAY ‘MOONLIGHT’ WS BT PICTURE

The basis for the su was that Disney's directors and officers allegedly vlated their rporate fiduciary duti by opposg Florida HB 1557 – also known as the "don't say gay" HB 1557 was first passed, Disney took no public posn on the bill.

DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD

Disney Executive Producer Adms to 'Secret Gay Agenda' | Natnal Review. Febary 27, 2017 (LifeSeNews) — Moonlight, a low-budget, “gay” g-of-age movie about a poor, bullied, black boy wh a dg-addicted mother, surprisgly won Bt Picture at the Amy Awards on Sunday night, givg homosexual activists a propaganda victory as well. Moonlight was spired by the play, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, by McCraney, who is homosexual.

‘NOT-AT-ALL-SECRET GAY AGENDA’: DISNEY EMPLOYE BREAK DOWN ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ TO CHILDREN’S SHOW, DEGENRIZG THEME PARKS

That’s out of proportn wh their numbers society, which is around two percent (for gays, lbians and bisexuals) of the populatn, acrdg to a large feral study. Strangely, GLAAD self csas agast the ex-“gay” movement and do not clu former homosexuals s “cln” formula. To the ntrary, GLAAD and other homosexual activist groups are csadg for laws that explicly ban ex-“gay” (pro-heterosexual) therapy for mors.

Cothran, who ns The Evince Mistry, based Florida, told LifeSeNews that for s homosexual activists have targeted the biblil valu that most black Christians hold ar, wh a particular foc on changg Blacks’ views on homosexualy and same-sex “marriage. [Disney Televisn Animatn senr vice print] Meredh Roberts and our learship over there has been so welg to my not-at-all-secret gay agenda. \u201cSCOOP: I've obtaed vio om si Disney's all-hands meetg about the Florida parental rights bill, which executive producer Latoya Ravene says her team has implemented a "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" and is regularly "addg queerns" to children's programmg.

1648591064The nference ll was likely to ease ternal tensns at Disney amid cricism that the pany, a major employer Florida at s Walt Disney World theme parks, remaed ntral as the Florida Legislature bated the ntroversial "don't say gay" bill. One of the film’s most memorable scen when a teenage Chiron star at himself his bathroom, his face bloodied om a fight wh homophobic school bulli.

MOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALEMOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALE

Durg a staff meetg on Florida’s recent enactment of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, an executive producer at Disney said she was advancg a “not-at-all-secret gay agenda” to sert queerns to children’s Ravene, executive producer for Disney Televisn Animatn, talked about how the stud’s treatment of her progrsive ias fied her negative expectatns of the pany, a vio obtaed by journalist Christopher Rufo. To my not-at-all-secret gay agenda, ” she said.

THE GAY AGENDA BLUEPRT: A PLAN TO TRANSFORM AMERI

Ravene’s leaked ments me out Tuday, the day after Florida ernor Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill by crics, which prohibs the teachg of genr inty and sexual orientatn to children krgarten through third ’s learship nmned the legislatn and attempted to lobby DeSantis to kill , but he refed to budge.

A group of California Disney employe staged a walkout last week to prott the measure, wearg rabow lors, holdg signs wh pro-LGBTQ slogans, and shoutg, “Say Gay, ” as they marched down the ernor slammed the pany for s hypocrisy phg domtic social-jtice while nductg bs Cha wh the blsg of the Che Communist Party, a regime notor for human-rights ab relatg to the Uyghur Mlims, Hong Kong, Tibet, etc. The Moonlight Market is a monthly outdoor ftival and marketplace on Pearl and Gay Streets Downtown Columb. Mark your lendar and jo at the next Moonlight Market on Pearl and Gay Streets!