* Florida’s economy is the 15th largest in the world.
* According to Planned Parenthood, Florida is among 19 states where access to abortion is now “severely restricted.”
* “Whatever happened to the separation of powers? The fact that the Florida Legislature is just bending over backward to do what the governor wants. I mean, why are we elected?”–State Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, in reference to Republican legislative leaders deferring to Gov. DeSantis to draft a new congressional (redistricting) map.
* Banning math textbooks over critical race theory? Go figure.
* Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings, a Senate-candidate opponent of Marco Rubio, nearly doubled the latter’s fundraising in Quarter 1 of 2022. It’s the fourth consecutive quarter Demings has outraised Rubio.
* “I want every woman in Florida to know that when I am the first woman governor of Florida, you’ll have an ally—not an enemy—in the governor’s office,” promised Nikki Fried. “Women in Florida deserve better.”
* Democratic bumper sticker possibility: “Abort DeSantis’ Agenda.”
* DeSantis bumper sticker reality: “Pro-Strife.”