Inside Florida’s Political Firestorm with Nikki Fried

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What happens when you’re the only one in the room willing to say what no one else will? Nikki Fried knows the feeling all too well.As Florida’s former Agriculture Commissioner and now Chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki has spent her career challenging power from the inside out. She’s been arrested protesting abortion bans, turned a low-profile government role into a platform for progress, and refused to stay silent in the face of growing extremism in her home state.In this powerful conversation, Nikki opens up about the political battles most people never see—the clashes with Ron DeSantis, the controversy around Alligator Alcatraz, and why the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t…