Iger's a Democrat, Not a Bill Clinton

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Some Disney employees think Iger may be reading a little much into the tea leaves here. Left wing activists at Disney walked out of that town hall meeting really feeling that Iger reaffirmed the company's commitment to promote their causes. By the end of the day, employees in the LGBT Pride Slack channel were broadly hypothesizing that Disney allowed its latest animated feature, Strange World, to bomb on purpose. The theory was that executives didn't put much marketing muscle behind it because its failures give them an excuse not to center more films on LGBT characters.

Disney CEO Bob Iger hints that the company may ease up on the political activism, San Francisco is piloting a program that gives over a thousand dollars each month to eligible transgender and gender non-conforming residents, and a bipartisan group of senators look to rein in big tech surrounding app store markets. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.

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