John Oliver on the Failure of the Rightwing Takeover of New College in Florida

New College Takeover of USF Sarasota-Manatee: The Lelgislature at Its Worst

Florida legislators used private budget conference negotiations to strip the University of South Florida of its Sarasota-Manatee campus, transferring the property to New College, bypassing public debate through the state's 72-hour budget review rule. Originally intended to promote legislative transparency, the rule now effectively prevents lawmakers from proposing spending amendments during the final days of the session. The post New College Tak…

John Oliver on the Failure of the Rightwing Takeover of New College in Florida

John Oliver took a piercing look at Ron DeSantis’s takeover of New College in Sarasota. When DeSantis first became governor of Florida, a legislator told him about this little bed of radicalism, and DeSantis admitted that he had never heard of it. But then he realized that attacking it and remodeling it would help build his resume for his bid for the Presidency. New College was, like Hampshire College, a progressive institution where there were …