* After a year-long investigation, the American Association of University Professors assessed that Florida was under an “ideologically-driven assault unparalleled in U.S. history. … What is unfolding in Florida is horrifying.” In short, more “freedom” is not unfolding in higher ed. Unsurprisingly, a spokesperson for Gov. Ron DiSastrous called the AAUP investigation a “hoax.”
* According to the Insurance Information Institute, fewer than 20 percent of Florida homeowners have flood insurance.
* The Sunshine State is still one of 10 states that refuse to expand Medicaid as part of the ACA.
* “I have no desire to ‘improve’ or ‘reform’ ObamaCare. I intend to repeal it.”–Ron DiSastrous.
* According to PEN America, Florida “leads” the U.S. in school-book bans.
* Among the many that the charisma-challenged DiSastrous doesn’t get along with: political consultants. Exhibit A: Jeff Roe, a prominent GOP strategist, who recently resigned as the top adviser to the governor’s controversial super PAC, “Never Back Down.” And Iowa’s just days away.
* “Throuple”: New term for a sexual threesome, thanks to the media coverage of Florida “power couple” Christian and Bridget Ziegler. The former has been Florida GOP chairman, the latter a co-founder of “Moms for Liberty.”