* Gunshine State’s Second Amendment Summer Celebration: The governor’s recommended budget includes a tax holiday for—that’s right, guns and ammo.
* Black GOP Rep. Byron Donalds has been endorsed for governor—not by Casey DeSantis’ husband—but by the president. At some point, Donalds will regret lawn jockey status with Trump.
* Statewide abortions were down 28% in 2024. It doesn’t happen without Florida’s ban on abortion beyond six weeks.
* The new president of Florida International University is former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez. There was no official search at the 56,000-student institution—just a request from the governor. The FIU Faculty Senate didn’t agree. Outgoing FIU president Kenneth Jessell called the Nunez appointment “dismaying.” BTW, FIU is reportedly in the running to land Trump’s future presidential library.
* Diploma-divide update: FAU dropped a requirement that presidential candidates hold a college degree. So, Kanye West, Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and Mike Tyson could be in the mix.
* “The greatest president in the history of the United States.”–That was Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez’s inexplicable take on Donald Trump. It gives fawning fealty a bad name.