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In The Walt Disney Co.��s seemingly never-ending game of corporate Whac-a-Mole, a new trouble spot has arisen: Americans have less money to spend on amusement, imperiling growth at Disney theme parks.

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Theme parks have taken on much greater financial importance at Disney over the past decade. They have been the ATMs that have paid for Disney��s costly expansion into streaming and picked up the slack for the company��s atrophying cable television business. Last year, Disney Experiences, a division that includes theme parks and cruise ships, contributed 70% of Disney��s operating profit, up from about 30% a decade ago.

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Bob Iger, Disney��s CEO, has called theme parks and cruise ships ��a key growth engine.�� Last year, Disney said it would spend roughly $60 billion over the next decade to expand its parks and to continue building Disney Cruise Line. Josh D��Amaro, chair of Disney Experiences, is expected to unveil an array of specific expansion projects Saturday at a fan convention in Anaheim, California.

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But there are reasons to worry that the U.S. economy could be headed toward a recession. In addition, the global postpandemic surge in travel is largely over.

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Iger has been trying to move Disney beyond a tumultuous period when activist investors sought to alter the company��s direction. Disney fended off the attacks, but its share price has fallen more than 25% since early April.

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The remainder of Disney��s quarter was solid. Companywide revenue increased 4% from a year earlier, to $23.2 billion, slightly above Wall Street expectations. Adjusted per-share income increased 35%, to $1.39, beating expectations by 20 cents. Disney lifted its full-year target for adjusted earnings growth to 30%. Disney previously told investors to expect 25%.

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Movies provided some of the quarterly upside. ��Inside Out 2,�� released in June, took in $1.6 billion worldwide and reversed a slump at Disney-owned Pixar. ��Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,�� from Disney��s 20th Century Studios, was a hit in May, collecting nearly $400 million.

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Tate Fall is overwhelmed.

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When she signed on to be director of elections in Cobb County, Georgia, last year, she knew she��d be registering voters and recruiting poll workers, maybe fixing up voting machines.

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She didn��t expect the unending flood of disinformation �X or at least, she wasn��t prepared for how much it would overtake her job. She has had election deniers shout at her at public meetings, fielded weekend calls from politicians panicked about a newly circulating falsehood, and even reviewed conspiracy theories circulating on Nextdoor forums that might worsen skepticism among distrustful constituents already doubtful that the democratic system is reliable and secure.

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And that was before the election went sideways.

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In the weeks since former President Donald Trump was targeted in an assassination attempt and Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, adding Tim Walz to the ticket, conspiracy theories have surged. The claims were pushed by pundits and politicians like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican known for promoting far-right conspiracy theories, who represents part of Fall��s jurisdiction.

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The implications for Fall��s workload will not be good, she said, noting that conspiracy theories can make it harder to reach constituents who already find elections to be mystifying, like ��magical�� events.

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��Anytime there��s a big event, that��s an opportunity for bad actors to seize on that and act on it,�� said Fall, 30. ��It��s our job to make sure we��re answering those questions effectively and communicating to our voters.��

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Increasingly, her generation of elections officials must multitask as defenders against disinformation and its consequences. On any given day, they are debunking claims that masses of dead people are contaminating the voting pool or that mail-in balloting is susceptible to fraud. In just the past year, they have been flooded with inane demands for details about their employees, faced harassment campaigns targeted at their female family members, received intimidating letters laced with fentanyl and been subjected to fake threats of bombings and break-ins.

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