investigate in your book, sir? well, i think you gave an excellent summary of it in your previous segment. the only thing i would add is that i think behind the federalist society effort were a bunch of billionaires who were using the federalist society as kind of a screen. and down the hall from the federalist society, literally in the same building, was the judicious creations network, where the same billionaires dump their money to run their ads against garland and for gorsuch kavanaugh and. barrett and in the court now with the 6 to 3 majority seeing flotillas of phony front groups come in, also backed by billionaire interests, to give the court instructions, now that they ve got them on the court, as to what it is the billionaire interest who put them on the court now want them to do. you say at multiple points in the book that citizens united was effectively when the rubicon was truly crossed. why was that decision so
battle royal could be brewing between donald trump and florida governor ron desantis as speculation grows about 2024 bid for the white house. you are looking at the first ever desantis flotilla in jacksonville. organizers saying that over 1300 boats registered to honor the governor. remember, flotillas have been a hallmark of pro trump floridians to express their support while he was in office. but are moderate republicans slowly moving on from donald trump and his weighty baggage? in favor of perhaps a more palatable leader? according to the washington post desantis has been quietly building his fundraising networks while gaining national attention for his attacks on president biden and his focus on culture war issues. plus, the second year in a row desantis has been donald trump in a straw poll at a
to cubans there and even bring those that want to seek asylum back and the administration is against it and even the cuban government has held out the possibility that they could encounter trouble. what do you think they mean by that? neil, those are distractions. i ve been telling my people and i represent thousands of those people that have been wanting to get on the flotillas, that is not the way to do things. the way to do things is to unite in one voice. democrats and republicans on the floor and in the senate and at the white house. and say to the international community that united states is with the people of cuba. that s why i m saying we need internet. the moment we have internet, we ll see what they re doing about cubans. they re being killed. their heads are being cracked open.
not quaint boats off sauce iyachts.100 people are living og tag flotilla of barges the paper describes as decrepted. some hold jobs. one woman bought a boat for 15 ground because rent for studio apartment had grown to $3,000 a month. do the math it, will pay for itself in half less a year. might sound like venture it s third world. like tent camps aren t designed to be lived on permanently. during storms endangers jerry lives and cause huge amounts of damage. these flotillas are illegal. exploiting housing bay area doesn t seem interested in it or serious about fixing it. whether it s san francisco or new york or seattle, when you think of homelessness you think of major cities. the homeless crisis is not limited to big population centers. some of the hardest hit places are small cities and towns where even a small homeless population can put
they ve organized themselves bringing cargoes, planes, ships here. and in the afternoons, mornings when you look on your borderways between the island of st. croix that was not hit very hard, that has become a base camp. and there are flotillas, guys in speed boats bringing supplies to st. thomas and st. john. your constituents, are they safe? we ve heard reports of looting going on, even heard reports of some areas in the caribbean where there are looters with machetes. so what are you hearing? so, you know, i ve made it a point of being on the ground. i flew into san juan. the coast guard were really great in getting me to st. thomas, spent several days there. actually took a speedboat with some guys and spent the time on