John Oliver Shines Light on New College Takeover

John Oliver On The Conservative Attack On New College Of Florida

We know Ron DeSantis is a right-wing whack job. We also know DeSantis-appointed board trustee Christopher Rufo has made a career out of trolling liberal with made-up facts. But there's so much more! Here's a response by Don Moynihan, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, to the New York Times report that whitewashed the new regime: "It is not just the environment of New College itself, but the br…

John Oliver Suggests Florida College's Conservative Rebrand Was Worse Than Nazism

John Oliver Suggests Florida College's Conservative Rebrand Was Worse Than Nazism HBO’s John Oliver returned to 2023 and 2024 on Sunday’s edition of Last Week Tonight as he sought to explain why Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and current university president Richard Corcoran, and conservative activist Chris Rufo’s rebrand of New College of Florida is worse than the Nazis. Specifically, Oliver c…

John Oliver breaks down the stupid and corrupt conservative takeover of a liberal arts college

You may have heard about New College of Florida, the liberal arts school that has been taken over and largely dismantled due to Ron DeSantis’ ideology. (It was also the subject of a documentary that premiered this year at SXSW.) But, if you haven’t heard, John Oliver spent this week’s Last Week Tonight offering a good primer on the situation. Believe it or not, this conservative takeover is not only intellectually hollow, but it sure smells corr…

John Oliver Shines Light on New College Takeover

John Oliver exposed New College's $500K-per-degree political takeover—and the DeSantis playbook is running right now at UWF in Pensacola. The post John Oliver Shines Light on New College Takeover first appeared on Rick's Blog.