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Archives for October 5, 2025

The US Edges Closer to War Footing with Venezuela

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

U.S. Marines park a Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter aircraft at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico on Sept 13, 2025.

For many in Venezuela, the question is no longer whether tensions with Washington will reach a boiling point – they already have. Rather, the big unknown now is whether the U.S. will follow up on threats and the sinking of drug boats with something more drastic: direct military engagement or even regime change.

Grand Jury Reported Imminent in Hope Florida Scandal

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

No one was watching the store when $10 million in state Medicaid settlement money was diverted to the Casey DeSantis-led charity Hope Florida. (Facebook/Casey DeSantis)

Subpoenas are being issued to Gov. Ron DeSantis staffers over the Hope Florida spending scandal. The subpoenas come as prosecutors in Tallahassee are convening a grand jury to meet during the week of Oct. 13, according to the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times. Hope Florida has been the subject of increasing scrutiny. Leaders of the organization faced lawmakers’ questions during the last Legislative Session.

Rampant Gaslighting About Freedom of Speech at Florida Universities

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

academic freedom trashed

Our state government is authoritarian and proudly ignorant, hell-bent on destroying what makes universities great — freedom of expression, critical thinking, creativity, exposing students to ideas that may challenge them (or even upset them), unfettered research, scientific rigor, and advances in knowledge based on data. Why would a scholar want to pursue a career in such a fact-resistant, small-minded, censorious state?

Do ‘Conversion Therapy’ Bans Violate Free Speech?

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Points of view are protected by the First Amendment. Medical therapy is not a point of view. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – treatment intended to change a client’s sexual orientation or gender identity – for young people. Kaley Chiles, a therapist in Colorado Springs and a practicing Christian, argues that the ban violates her right to free speech because it imposes “a gag order on counselors.” Colorado counters that the ban merely regulates the treatments that mental health professionals can provide because conversion therapy has been found to be “unsafe and ineffective.”

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 5, 2025

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Clay Jones shutdown

Final day of the Creekside Music and Arts Festival at Princess Place Preserve, final chance to see ‘Avenue Q,’ at City Repertory Theatre, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre in DeLand, the wonderful George Hanns turns 79.

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