The details are starting to surface, but something is still sketchy. According to required state financial disclosure filings, Ron DeSantis is reporting an additional $1.25 million in income from Rupert Murdoch’s publishing house Harper Collins.
However, given the fact that Megyn Kelly was paid $10 million by Rupert Murdoch for her 2016 effort to remove Donald Trump, the $1.25 million being reported by Ron DeSantis doesn’t fit. [Unless there are going to be a series of payments.] Additionally, according to the Florida financial disclosure rules, this income report is for last year, 2022. “the financial disclosure is due July 1 of each year for the preceding calendar year.” (link)
(Via Politico) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took home $1.25 million from his publisher for writing a book he released in February, according to a state financial disclosure filed Friday.
The book money is the first additional stream of income beyond his government salary that DeSantis has reported since he won election to lead Florida in 2018. (read more)
By now everyone is well aware how books are used as laundering and payment mechanisms for politicians, media influencers and people in positions of power. The entire book deal dynamic in politics is just another way to skirt campaign finance and laws on limits for contributions.
Given the nature of the stakes at play in combination with the scale of money being thrown around by billionaires, Wall Street and multinational corporations, I highly doubt that Ron DeSantis was only paid $1.25 million for his book. It just doesn’t pass the commonsense sniff test.
We will not know until July 1, 2024, how much income Ron DeSantis received in 2023.
All the suspicious cats remain, well, suspicious….
I loathe DeScumbag almost as much as Obama.
Wasted and misdirected loathing, IMHO.
They are just the shills, focus your energy on those who put them in place.
Its like the “hit man” vs the person who HIRES the hitman.
Unfortunately, there will always be someone who will kill for $; there will always be shallow fools that will run for office, not to SERVE Ameruca and Americans, but to line their pockets (DeSantis and Obama, and pretty much all the rest).
Again, focus on those that buy and sell people, THEY are the ones who have earned your loathing.
IMHO, these politicians are lightweight dillatants, shallow,,souless ghouls, worth at most contempt and a little unsymathetic pity, cause they ARE pitiful.
I loathe the RNC and the Chamber of Compromise, Dutch… more than I loathe the Democrats…and I never thought when I began my political journey in 1968 sitting up until midnight as a 5th grader watching both party conventions that I would ever say that.
Come on, Arm… put them all in the same pot and loathe the equally. It’s only fair.
And I am not sure why you said that right now?
I loathe Wallstreet and the multinational companies parasiting in America.
I loath Epsteins billionaire client list and how they attack President Trump
I loathe Soros money and how it has corrupted our prosecutors and our District Attorneys
I loathe the Republican Congressmen who allowed themselves to be bought out by the multinational companies through the Chamber of Commerce.
No truer words, Dutch!
Those same people that buy the politicians have also bought the DS bureaucrats also.
At least you know where maobama’s heart is..
That is how much I loathe Megyn Kelly. She must never be allowed to remake herself into a friend of conservatives. She is a chameleon.
Not so sure about that. I think she’s been red pilled by the trans agenda.
But just saying, I don’t trust any talking head. They have to earn it every time.
I can appreciate Joe Rogan on some episodes, and loathe others. I’m not looking for a friend, just a voice speaking truth.
Kelly saw the tide turn and changed directions, having found an issue she could use to try to regain credibility (and audience $). She can go jump in a lake. I absolutely despise people like her.
She can jump in a lake. Murdoch gave her $10 million, and she remains alive, so she is still playing for their team.
Greedy as hell and selling her beauty every time she cakes on the make-up. She is cut from the same mold as Hillary Clinton and cannot be trusted to ever say anything except her own lies with real conviction.
Wasted Time … and Wasted money. These Billionaires have more money than good sense.
” GOTTA SPEND IT SOMEWHERES “… How ABOUT NOT AGAINST The PEOPLE ?
( The Reason for Don Henley to Write This Song – Loree Rodkin – )
Sorry, who would be attracted to something like that? I genuinely don’t understand. Way too many red flags.
It would be interesting to read about how many copies that they sell to how many people.
Remember this?
Kelly’s argument that wearing blackface on Halloween is okay.
It got her removed from nbc.
I had forgot.
She did go after Trump in 2016, made millions and got canned by nbc.
She ain’t hurting for money.👀😳
Megyn Kelly framed Roger Ailes to weaponize Fox against Trump at Murdoch’s orders.
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Just to be clear, he didn’t write it. Likely the ghostwriter was in on strategy/planning sessions to save time and get the stories and positions right when he or she wrote the book. (One of my daughters-in-law is a ghostwriter. It pays nice.)
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Markle, Obama, Fetterman and Feinstein.
I doubt Ronda had much to say re strategy. The Uniparty wrote the book.
WHY DeSantis? Awkward, personality challenged, no political skills.
There is something missing in this story. Dig!
Dad installed Nielsen rating boxes, before a move to Florida. Then what? DeSantis grew up in town on fringes of Tampa where McGill AF base is rife with a 3letter agency. Went to spook University, member of spook club of Pa and Sonny Bush. History major. Went to Harvard for law degree, and entered Jag…..then To Gitmo. Involved in torture how? Also legal advisor to Seal team. Mil records redacted. Job at DOJ then Congress. Something feels really “spooky” about this guy.
Looks like a candidate for the Patriot Front.
THAT…was funny 🤣
Like O’Butthole, he has NO characteristics of his own,or any ideology of his own, so easy to control. The exact opposite of Trump, who can’t be bought or controlled. JFK was the same as Trump, rich and his own man.
Can’t get “Spookier” than the CIA. That’s how Obama (and his Michael Levon Robinson “wife”) got his job.
Funny thing is Desantis is as dumb as a rock. He is obviously just a grunt for the WEF.
Don’t forget St Ron is college buddy of old NV money & political clout Adam Laxalt.
Laxalt lost the 22 Senate race by less than 400 voted with over 3 million cast. Not a peep out of Laxalt…no recount request…nada.
All planned to set narrative that Trump lost the midterms.
These people are scum & must be destroyed BAMN!
Have to factor in the $ Murdoch promised Elon, to bail him out of the Black hole he fell in, buying what turned out to be a CIA front, that he’s now stuck with.
The $ for Elon, from Murdich being contingent on Elon using Twitter to advance Ron.
No, they aren’t trying to hide it, but then they never really HAVE tried very hard, and WHY would they?
WE, or whoever had any curiosity, have known about the ciorruption of Pelisi, Mitch, Mitt, Kerry, Hillary (OMG, Hillary!) and the rest, for MANY years.
And we have done SQUAT about it, so why should they bother to hide it?
I appreciate your comments. Might I suggest you avoid the trap of abbreviated thoughts in typeset and instead outline complete thoughts (without abbreviated concepts) and use fully structured sentences.
Ya know, you could always start your own blog… 🙂 LOL – Love you man!
I see what you did there Sundance 😁
Same here. But it’s all good.
Sundance, that style causes people to actually think, and not be lead by their nose:-))))
The billionaires would make a lot more money under a Trump economy, but most seem to prefer having a corrupt Desantis administration under which they have more control, and only the minutest chance of ever going to prison.
👍You’re correct emet.
👌But these uniparty antiConstitutional Corporate Globalist billionaires cannot stand the rest of us having a competitive shot at wealth creation.
😉These corrupt billionaires prefer a little less profit 📈 and whole lot more control.
Wall Street sell out middle America. All the Major businesses are now owned overseas, brought to you by, you guessed it, billionaires.
I have concluded that everyone in powerful corporate positions has an “Epstein Island” in their closet…it might be child porn, insatiable sexual appetite, money, drugs, affairs, saying/writing stupid stuff in emails/letters, etc….truths they don’t want exposed…the evil that is leading this war against us and more importantly, Christ, know what those weaknesses are and control them.
And thus the leverage of extortion!
The biggest industry in the world is child rape trafficking. Once you get to a certain level in your white collar career, you are asked to join the company. If you refuse, they normally kill you.
I don’t think they would make a lot more money.
We don’t have free markets now and there is not price competition. Part of what Sundance is teaching us.
We need both the Federal Government smaller and the large corporations to be broken up into competitive pieces.
An example is banking: 2008 Too Big to Fail. Fast forward and the banks are even bigger. They need to be broken into smaller more competitive pieces. Same for all industries. Bring manufacturing back to the US.
I go back to Ma Bell. Broken into 6 pieces and innovation and price competition were unleashed.
Billionaires on Epsteins client list will make less under a Trump presidency because they will be in jail.
Make sense now?
Koch brothers, Sea Island billionaires, Soros money, etc… all on Jeffrey Epstein’s client list.
Well I do have to say….
I love the suspicious cats…One of my favorites.
I think I will practice that look in front of a mirror.
It most certainly speaks volumes when directed toward liars.
Thank you Sundance for your analysis.
Blessings To One And All !
There’s got to be some kind of FEC/ election law hanky panky here. Basically a news network invested money in a candidate for president.
Marcus, not only that.
They essentially kicked President Trump off the channel and offered RDS unlimited time to pitch his “wares.”
Isn’t there something about equal time under the law?
Unexpectedly.
Next you’ll be telling me that “The ‘Globalist’ Koch Network Blows $70M of Donor Cash to ‘Stop Trump.’”
Oh, wait … pull quote:
“The money is in addition to a $200 million+ fund established by corporate backers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign, and will likely be used for “digital advertising on the issue of electability in the presidential race,” in addition to direct mail. In such scenarios, high percentages of donor cash ends up in the pockets of campaign consultants and vendors.”
https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/06/29/globalist-koch-network-blows-70m-of-donor-cash-to-stop-trump/
I am going to report these assh*les to the Postmaster General if they send me one more piece of mail. Harrassment by mail is a serious offense.
However, given the fact that Megyn Kelly was paid $10 million by Rupert Murdoch for her 2016 effort to remove Donald Trump, the $1.25 million being reported by Ron DeSantis doesn’t fit.
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“We gave Kelly double her lands in Scotland, matching estates in England. Ron D. turned for … for much less.” — Rupert Longshanks
Book Deals:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/amy-coney-barrett-book-deal
The going price for a Supreme Court Justice ruling that sealed the steal: $2M.
ACB is a cheap whore. Was that her scantily clad in one of those Justice Kavanaugh frat party kegger party pictures?
She should’ve at least held our for a few more trailing zeroes to go along with a coup d’etat in the US.
ACB:
Refuses election integrity appeals
Ruled for mask mandates
Ruled for bioweapon injection mandates
Ruled for business closures
Longer list. Those suffice for me to call her out, as phony and bought a R as DeSantis. Does some things you want to like her for. But she gets on her knees and services her clients when a few large are dropped on her nightstand right in front of you.
She is forever known in my household as Amy Phoney Barrett.
please will these types of ads cause any damage to President Trump, Oh forgot thats why Desantis was bought and paid for He is more than willing
to go to any level to bring President Trump down but up to now he has been able to just walk ahead or around Desantis little scum bag
Pshhht. $1.25 million. Chicken feed compared to the klintons ozeros and brandons. And probably bushys but I guess they aren’t electable anymore they are going to try to fly the meatball.
Fry the 🧆 meatball. He is really a 🌭.
That will cover his student loan debt.
Book deals really ways of transferring funds and making them seem legitimate.
And since a book is actually produced, that laundered money comes out CLEAN as a WHISTLE!
If you can actually call it a book. It’s more like verbal pudding.
But what happens when there are warehouses full of unsold books?
They get sold at Sam’s Club for $2.99
They’re donated to libraries or given to universities or government employees as gifts in kind.
Made a comment about that somewhere here this morning down thread.
The corporate pimps are not even attempting to hide their purchase of political whores 😈👿💰
Donald Trump is the choice of the people. We aren’t paying him. It is costing him — personally! 🙏🇺🇲
Simple solution: The $1.25mil was just the down payment. Expect more “book money” to come in after the Presidential run announcement, and more as the campaign progresses and DeSantis tries his best to dirty up Trump, followed by a final balloon payment if Trump doesn’t reach office by one reason or another. We’ll know the full amount of just how many pieces of silver he sold out for by July 1, 2025.
That helped to clarify my thoughts Cynic. It may be a performance-based book deal with progress-payments along the way and a balloon-payment coming after the election if Trump is not elected.
2022 – $1.25M for – Down Payment
2023 – $15-20M – book was best seller to libraries and various government agencies (for Christmas gifts to employees); #1 in book sales in Israel and Ukraine
local Phila TV news this morn covered Moms for Liberty conference and said ‘controversial’ guests were Trump, Desantis and Niki Haley. all things Republican are controversial now to listeners of regular TV and NPR etc. people believe this. my relatives & friends believe this & listen to NPR MSNBC. they’re also very patriotic Americans but they trust the news.
Americans trusting the news is what got us in this mess.
NO matter what Trump 2024 and Trump can only save our country that destroy by socialism Democrat and corrupt joe Biden Administration,
MAGA 2024,
Blackrock owns some of Dom!n!on and Fox. Fox gives money DeSuck*ss. He then has a fundraiser at Dom!n!on lawyers office. This seems problematic without even unwinding all the gears. What other investment firms with a stake in voteware have donated to Stumpy? How much has Elon given rontato in the way of cash?
The book deal scheme sounds like the NCAA NIL payment racket.
Remember when prostitutes Mark Levin and Glenn Beck despised Trump ? They were paid off through book sales.
It should be noted that Matt Gaetz pushed Trump to endorse DeSanctus. Snakes all
Matt Gaetz is not a snake.
Yes, just a down payment , staggered for purposes as S described…
So now that he’s a millionaire will he leave us alone? Nope. Lust and greed. Power for money. Power for idolization. Power to compensate for lacking. Power for Power. Despicable. And if you aren’t aware of Loomer’s reporting on the McCarthy/CA GOP/RDS plan to steal our ability to select our own national candidate search that one out. The REP E Country Club Set simply cannot allow the “vermin of the smelly Walmart shoppers” to control things. Nope, what would Club For Growth and The Chamber of Commerce think?
“given the fact that Megyn Kelly was paid $10 million by Rupert Murdoch for her 2016 effort to remove Donald Trump, the $1.25 million being reported by Ron DeSantis doesn’t fit.” Ja,Ja,Ja,Ja,Ja. He’s dumber than we thought. He signed a contingent deal based on metrics. And he ain’t hitting his numbers. So sorry. No more soup for you.
Reminds me of how crooked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger of Georgia wrote a book called “Integrity Counts” after he helped the Democrats steal the 2020 Presidential election from Donald Trump. Simon & Schuster published it, and gave him a very advance, although I’m sure it didn’t sell many copies …
I hope some book deals are legitimate–Kari Lake just released a book.
As A Floridian, I feel ignored as my Governor gallivants across the country on his useless Campaign. I paid my Insurance and Taxes recently and I assure you it “Ain’t Purty” !
More and More People are talking about going “Bare” this Hurricane Season if they do not have a Mortgage. Why? They point to the still unfixed mess on our West Coast from last years storm. It might just be wiser to put all those thousands of dollars in a personal savings account and pay for our own repairs. Yes Guys, the Insurance rates are THAT HIGH!
You ought to take a peek at DeFraud’s donor list. Of course Republicans Governors Association for 50 MILLION & Club For Growth at 20 Million…few other 20 Million donors.
Keep going & see how many insurance companies and agents, builders & developers, banks & underwriters, medical affiliated companies… even World of Disney & Anheuser Busch give St Ron 50k apiece.
It’s worth a good long look, especially you being a Floridian.
Book deals have to be recognized for what they are: money laundered RICO payoffs.
They should be outlawed and prosecuted as election interference.
You are right but impossible to prove … just as the payments via NETFLIX to the Obamas when they were “members of the NETFLIX Board” as well as Writers or Contributors of various shows, series and specials.
Just as celebrities are paid in advance via royalties for running their mouths in public via having their stuff re-run or printed.
… and so it begins.
To get a good glimpse of where this is headed …. go to a local Barnes & Nobel (one of the last bastions of printed books).
On a regular basis for the past few years, I venture to Barnes & Nobel every 6-8 weeks to re-stock and I venture into the History and non-fiction sections … last time there I counted at least 10+ Books with Barrack and/or Michelle Obama’s names on the cover as authors or co-authors with others. The books are not selling, but the advance payments are still PAID via the Publisher by “somebody”, just sayin’.
At least that will be before the nominating convention. It is definitely something we should be looking to spill on him before the Primary season is over, if the Meatball isn’t liking his wounds back at his Governor’s Mansion by then.
DeSanctimonious can be bought and sold to the highest bidder.
VSGPDJT can’t be bought by anyone.
Has side-by-side comparison been made between Trump book sales vs all other political/government “official” book sales? Actual purchases – not transactions for the unsold pallet loads donated as part of the illegal immigrant welcome packets or gift bags?
Money in politics corrupts anyone who ouches it. Until money is removed from politics we will not have honest politicians.
I wish someone would give me 1.25 million. Just sayin. If they have so much money to throw away I am ready to really put that money to work for a good purpose.
I believe that not to long ago, when some of Desantis donors was fleeing the Campaign, Fox went in and told him they would support him for everything that he needed and I believe He was also given about 10 million for the book deal and he is such a scum bag he was bought and paid for in the beginning by Griffin who told the world that’s what he did and his reasons for buying him. another dirt bag with money
false choices are why i will not ‘vote’ again. why participate in a system entirely rigged against your ‘votes’?
does it really matter if 100% vote Trump if a majority of the ‘votes’ have ZERO MEANING?
keep pretending if it makes you feel better.
or else do something about it.
the Founders fought the british for similar abuses.
Is he hanging around Hunter Biden!!! You know, book deals, art, etc…. politicians never cease to amaze me!!! 😆
Ron has the worst fake smile of anyone I’ve ever seen.
He can’t even fake a smile, but believes he can bring our country back on course.
Book tour my hind end.
Campaign tour that is an ETHICS violation. Exactly why St Ron pressured his legislature to SEAL his travel records… retroactively…so FL taxpayers can’t know where he travels and how (billionaire donors private jets billed to FL taxpayers) he gets there.
A federal ETHICS complaint was filed May 30 to the FEC bc DeFraud’s people have taken state donated money & transferred it to the Never Back Down super PAC.
I’ve been told that’s a big No No…or at least the way they’re going about it.
Hopefully, Sundance will look into the details of this ETHICS complaint & explain it to us in laymen’s terms…and follow up on how it proceeds.
So how much corrupt money did Ron take??