In this episode: Ron DeSantis is now threatening television stations with criminal prosecutions unless they take down ads supporting a ballot measure that would overturn Florida’s near-total ban on abortion. It’s the latest escalation in DeSantis’ increasingly extreme efforts to use the powers of state government — and the pocketbooks of Florida taxpayers — for political campaigns against citizen-led petition drives to end the statewide abortion ban and legalize marijuana.

Show notes

For further reading and listening:

Ron DeSantis’ Administration Is Threatening to Prosecute the Media for Airing Pro-Choice Ads (Slate)

Ron DeSantis blurs lines, burns cash in tax-funded campaign to block abortion and marijuana ballot measures (Seeking Rents)

Delayed and Denied: How Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Criminalizes Medical Care (Physicians for Human Rights)

Hemp execs pledge millions to Republican Party of Florida, texts reveal (CBS News)

DeSantis, Florida House pay outsiders to influence financial statement on abortion measure (Tallahassee Democrat)

Florida politicians will go further to interfere with abortion – unless Florida voters stop them (Seeking Rents – The Podcast)

The think tank behind Project 2025 is also behind some of Florida's most extreme laws (Seeking Rents)

Because of Florida abortion laws, she carried her baby to term knowing he would die (CNN)

Florida DOT’s driving high ads are ‘propaganda,’ marijuana campaign tells TV stations (Miami Herald)

DeSantis turns to TV lobbyists to stop Florida voters from overturning a statewide abortion ban (Seeking Rents)

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