Universities

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced that he awarded over $12 million in funding to four separate government entities concerning aviation and defense. Three projects will be funded through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, including the establishment of a new major at Pensacola State College, and infrastructure for DeFuniak Springs and Jackson County. The funding […]

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden recently canceled another $7.7 billion in student loans for 160,000 borrowers, bringing the total forgiven to $167 billion. Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) denounced the erasure of debt in a recent interview with The Floridian, calling it "unfair" and an attempt "to win over young people." Notably, the White House moved forward on forgiving an […]

The state of Florida was most recently hit with headline-worthy protests as three women – part of a group known as “Queers for Palestine” – blocked exit 67 on Interstate-4 near Disney World holding signs that stated “Free Palestine” and “Lookup Nakba 1948.” The three women were arrested and charged with misdemeanor refusal to obey […]

As law enforcement cracks down on the antisemitic demonstrations on American college campuses, Congress seeks to ensure perpetrators receive full accountability for their actions. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) recently cosigned a letter issued by Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) demanding investigations of visa fraud perpetrated by college administrators to protect international students who participated in […]

MELBOURNE BEACH, FL—A Republican Lawmaker seeking a Florida Senate seat has remained unabashedly pro-Israel and pro-military action amidst a seven-month-long war with Hamas, a series of pro-Palestine college protests, and an apparent divide in the Democratic party over which entity to support. Late Sunday, Israel ordered around 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate the city of Rafah, […]

As we witness the pro-Palestine protests on college campuses, worsen, more information comes out that many of those arrested are not students and are instead professional agitators. Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) discussed the revelation in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Evening Edit while also condemning President Biden's brief address on the protests, saying the White House will "continue […]

Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” to discuss the nationwide anti-Israel protests occurring on college campuses. Rep. Donalds and some of his colleagues in Congress recently ventured down the block to George Washington University as demonstrations reached a peak. The Florida congressman said that it is urgent Americans push back against the […]

The protests against the State of Israel and in support of Palestine continue to make headlines as violence has begun to break out, yet the Biden Administration has done little in response. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) discussed the protests in a recent appearance on Fox News, dismissing the protesters as "zombies" who are the result of twenty […]

The anti-Israel protests at Columbia University reached a fever pitch Tuesday as police cleared Hamilton Hall, which had been occupied by protesters. Concerns of radicalization and further violence have prompted Congress to investigate the protests and who is funding them, as the White House does little in response. Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) discussed the investigations […]

The recent wave of antisemitism in America, particularly in the pro-Palestine protests on college campuses throughout the country, may not have developed organically in response to the Israel-Hamas war. Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) suggested this could be the case in a recent appearance on Fox and Friends First, saying Congress should look into where the money for these protests is coming from. […]

Mercedes Schlapp – host of “CPAC Now: America Uncanceled” and Former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications for former President Donald Trump (R) – spoke to The Floridian at CPAC’s Budapest conference to discuss the organization’s response to anti-Israel sentiments around the world, including protests that have occurred at college campuses […]

The antisemitic, anti-Israel protests across American college campuses, most notably Yale and Columbia, have made many Jewish students fearful to the point a Columbia professor told them to stay home. Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli condemned the protests, saying this was not only "a very dangerous moment for Jews in America," but for the American people as well. Chikli noted the irony […]

REDINGTON SHORES, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis slammed Ivy League universities for allowing pro-Palestine protesters to harass and bar Jewish students and professors from entering classrooms, calling administrators "weak" and "scared". "When you're chasing Jewish students around, and when you're not letting a Jewish professor enter a building, and you're targeting people like that, that's not free […]

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) might be getting involved with the ACC’s (Atlantic Coast Conference) lawsuit against Florida State University (FSU), which is being held in Mecklenburg, North Carolina – where the ACC operates. Just for clarity, Florida State and the ACC (the conference in which FSU athletics partake in), have engaged in dueling […]

Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) called out Columbia University amidst the anti-Israel protests that occurred Sunday on the South Lawn near the school’s Butler Library. Rep. Mast declared that America’s Ivy League institutions have “fallen.” This isn’t Damascus, Tehran, or Tripoli. It’s the campus of an Ivy League university in the largest city in America. Our […]

Senator Tim Scott (R) is now endorsing defunding Columbia and calling on its president to resign.

MIAMI, FL—Miami Democrats are refusing to reschedule a special election for their county chairman on one of the last nights of Passover, prompting some Jewish members to accuse the party of insensitivity to their religion. Miami-Dade's special election will be held on the same day as Shabbat, a Jewish day of rest and celebration beginning […]

WEST PALM BEACH— Moments after The Floridian released a video clip of Gov. Ron DeSantis expressing his disgust with, and calling for the expulsion of college students who have engaged in violent antisemitic acts depriving the civil liberties of Jewish students on their respective campuses, individuals apparently in support of the protests against Jews sounded […]