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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,758 posts)
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 01:54 PM Mar 2023

Nowhere to Run to, Knowhere to Hide

Re: DeSantis attacks on journalism gets ire of backer Koch....

"...a spokesperson for Americans for Prosperity told The Intercept in regards to its lobbying against the bills. “One of the ways we do that is protect people from frivolous lawsuits targeting their speech by making it possible for judges to quickly review and dismiss bogus cases aimed at silencing opponents.”

“While our focus on this bill was on addressing the sections that would undermine those hard-won reforms, if those sections are changed, we will be neutral on the bill but not supportive of it,” the spokesperson went on. “We do not support the other aspects of the bill that are in direct opposition to the First Amendment.”

https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-taking-hits-from-a-surprising-source-over-his-attack-on-journalism/

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