* *“Floridians are already facing barriers to economic self-sufficiency because of the state’s inadequate safety net. Under the cuts being floated right now in Congress, we could see food insecurity among Florida children and adults skyrocket.”–Florida Policy Institute CEO Sadaf Knight.
* According to Visual Approach Analytics, Florida is the destination taking the biggest hit from the reduction in seats on flights from Canada. Airports in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and Orlando seeing up to a 30% cut in April. MAGA tariffs and national insults matter.
* Canada is paying for those digital billboards we’re now seeing, such as “TARIFFS ARE A TAX on hardworking Americans.” It may be ironically helpful in case hardworking, MAGA cult-followers hadn’t figured that one out yet.
*The unpopular Senate Dem leader, Jason Pizzo, has left the party. Among those not missing him: Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried. “The FDP is more united without him,” said Fried.
* Tariff pushback: A conservative advocacy group, New Civil Liberties Alliance, is representing a Florida company, Emily Ley Paper Inc., that is suing Trump for imposing tariffs—via emergency executive powers–on all imports from China. The New Civil Liberties Alliance is financed by billionaire Republican mega-donor Charles Koch.
* “I’ve always known that (DeSantis) was selfish and sometimes condescending.”—GOP State Rep. Alex Andrade, who endorsed DeSantis for president in 2023. H also has led the House’s investigation of the transparency-challenged, “mistakes were made” Hope Florida Foundation.