Ron Bonjean: Florida governor should be focusing on quality of life issues. He says he's probably doing this so he can suck up to Donald Trump and get money from donors. Bonjean asks why the governor is hanging out with Elon Musk, a self-described "lobotomized" billionaire.Bonjean: When you stand next to Elon, no one's looking at you. You know what I mean? And it was a good like slap slap a do on this guy.
Meta will sell Giphy in an antitrust loss, and the man who ran a Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s private jet is now tracking Ron Desantis. Also, the latest in the culture wars: A Florida school has limited access to Amanda Gorman’s poetry, and Target will remove some Pride merch after a backlash. Plus, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his presidential run on Twitter Spaces… and it didn’t go quite as planned. And the Surgeon General warns that social media may be harmful to young users. Then, a listener question on HBO Max rebranding to Max.
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