The Show Notes: Reedy Creek Political Theater
Welcome! Police evacuated the U.S. Capitol when an unidentified aircraft was spotted circling the area. Turns out, it was a U.S. Army Parachute Team dropping into the Nationals game for military appreciation night. Nancy Pelosi was livid.
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Reedy Creek
The Reedy Creek Improvement District is suddenly all over the news as tensions escalate between Disney and Florida Republicans. I wrote about it extensively this morning and the implications of taking it away from Disney. Check it out here.
The Pelosi Cash Cow
Nancy Pelosi raised an eye-popping $4.4 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) at a Tuesday night fundraiser in San Francisco. Pelosi has raised a total of $1.6 billion for Democrats in her 20-years in office. More from Punchbowl.
Update: Russia Controls Mariupol
Russia officially controls the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol with the exception of a remnant group of fighters blockaded inside a vast steel plant. Putin dismissed a suggestion to storm the plant for fear of extending Russian casualties. Here is more news from Ukraine:
NEW: Biden unveils new weapons package for Ukraine. - Axios
The U.S. is transferring a fleet of Mi-17 helicopters, originally purchased for Afghanistan’s deposed government, to Ukraine. - WaPo
54% of Americans say Biden has not been tough enough on Russia. - AP News
Biden: Russian ships can no longer dock in U.S. - Fox News
Putin test-launches ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missile to make West ‘think twice’. - NY Post
HBO Booms While Netflix Busts
HBO added 3 million new subscribers in Q1 of 2022 while Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in over a decade. The stock of Netflix plummeted 35% yesterday and is down an additional 5% as of this writing. Netflix is planning to crack down on password sharing as the company estimates that 100 million households access the service through shared passwords. More from CNBC
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The rest of the news:
NEW: Elon Musk has the financing in place to buy Twitter. - WSJ