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Austrians used to have to pay a monthly levy if they had a #radio or #TV in their household or business. This year, the government changed the way the levy is charged. Now all households & businesses must pay the full levy, even if they have no TV. For Austrians who hitherto paid the radio-levy only, this is a serious price increase.

The move was unpopular, to put it mildly. One party was against it: the nationalist Freedom Party.

Guess who won the general #elections in #Austria last month.



The U.S. Justice Department sent a letter to Elon Musk’s America PAC warning the political action committee that its $1 million sweepstakes for registered voters in swing states could break a federal law against paying people to vote, CNN reports. In the contest, a person from a swing state who is registered to vote and signs a petition supporting First and Second Amendment rights will be randomly selected as the winner.

https://flip.it/cTjjJ6

#Musk #Trump #Elon #Vote #Register #Election #PAC #2024Election






This dude is a hero

John Wilson, who until Oct. 10 was the general counsel for the Health Department, said in a sworn affidavit filed Monday that he received the drafts directly from DeSantis’ office and that attorneys for the office “directed me to send them under my name and on the behalf of the Florida Department of Health.”

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-desantis-abortion-ad-amendment-4-john-wilson-rcna176580

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759.29.1.pdf

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