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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 23, 2025

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Fascist ICE A Menace by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Bunnell City Commission takes on the rezoning of nearly 1,900 acres to industrial, the Flagler County Beekeepers Association meets, visiting the caves of Altamira and Lascaux, and that first moment when Maria Justina encountered the bull.

‘Jaws’ and Those Two Musical Notes that Changed Hollywood

June 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Many film historians see ‘Jaws’ as the first true summer blockbuster.

Two simple notes – E and F – have become synonymous with tension, fear and sharks, representing the primal dread of being stalked by a predator. And they largely have “Jaws” to thank. Fifty years ago, Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film – along with its spooky score composed by John Williams – convinced generations of swimmers to think twice before going in the water.

Court Strikes Down Law Requiring Posting of 10 Commandments in Classrooms

June 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The 5th U.S. Court of Appeals, often described as one of the most conservative courts in the nation, found the law unconstitutional because it violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment, which bars the government from endorsing a religion or creating laws that favor one religion over another.

This Will Not End Well

June 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

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We’ve been here before. It’s never ended well. It’s never ended, period. A few bunker-busters aren’t about to end it either, whether they have Fordow’s Mount Doom in the bag or not. The opposite always happens in the Middle East the moment Israel and the United States substitute barbarism for diplomacy. Always.  There’s not been a single exception to the rule since 1956, the last time the United States intervened to stop Israeli aggression on a neighbor. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 22, 2025

June 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Trump Tank by Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines

Gamble Jam for musicians of all ages and just about all instruments, at Gamble Rogers Recreation Area, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, David Foster Wallace’s commencement and Kenneth Fearing’s Big Clock.

How School Choice Went from Minority Boost to Middle Class Hand-Out

June 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Originally developed as a tool to help Black children attend better schools, school voucher programs now serve a different purpose.

School voucher programs had been pitched as a tool to provide children from low-income families with quality education options. They have now evolved into subsidies for middle-class families to send their children to private and parochial schools, redirecting money from public schools, many of which are serving Black students, while ironically adopting language from civil rights activists pushing for equal access to quality education for all children..

DeSantis, Appeasing Conspiracy Theorists, Signs ‘Chemtrails’ Bill

June 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed controversial legislation that bans weather geoengineering and prohibits what conspiracy theorists call “chemtrails.” The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia, will require the Department of Environmental Protection to track and investigate complaints from residents about suspected weather modification or suspicious activity.

Ex-US Attorney Roger Handberg Joins GrayRobinson in Orlando as Litigator

June 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Roger Handberg during his last appearance at Flagler Tiger Bay Club in September, when he was still U.S. Attorney. (© FlaglerLive)

Former Middle District of Florida U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg has joined GrayRobinson in its Litigation practice. Handberg, who will be based in GrayRobinson’s Orlando office, brings more than two decades of experience in high-stakes white-collar defense, government investigations and complex litigation to the firm. GrayRobinson is frequently the firm Palm Coast government retains for special cases; the firm is representing the city in the Splash Pad case. It represented it in last year’s charter-amendment case. It is representing it to defend against Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris’s lawsuit against his own city.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 21, 2025

June 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, the Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County meets, what Hallmark birthday wishes sound like in China, a few words about the Chinese Exclusion Act now that these laws are back in vogue.

Jason DeLorenzo, Palm Coast’s Chief of Staff and Target Mayor’s Attacks, Leaving to Be Assistant City Manager in Palm Bay

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Jason DeLorenzo was a Palm Coast City Council member for five years and the administration's community development director and chief of staff for six. (© FlaglerLive)

Jason DeLorenzo, Palm Coast government’s community development director and chief of staff for the last six years, previously a city council member for five years, and one of the administration’s most institutionally versed and versatile executives, will be leaving City Hall July 11 to be the assistant city manager in Palm Bay in Brevard County. The move up for DeLorenzo is a huge loss for the city administration, and a portend of a brain drain exacted by Mayor Mike Norris’s continued scorched-earth assaults on the city administration.

Smartphones vs. ICE

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Smartphone witnessing helped spur the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

Across the United States, Latino organizers are raising their phones, not to go viral but to go on record. They livestream Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, film family separations and document protests outside detention centers. Their footage is not merely content. It is evidence, warning – and resistance.

U.S. Conference of Mayors in Tampa Will Take Up Resolution Critical of ICE Raids

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The U.S. Conference of Mayors is holding its annual meeting in Tampa this weekend, and one of the resolutions they are poised to vote on calls upon federal authorities to focus their deportation actions on convicted criminals, and not on undocumented individuals who “contribute to their local communities.”

New Teen Driver Requirements, Including 6-Hour Course and Real ID Rules, Take Effect July 1

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Beginning July 1, new requirements go into effect for Florida teens ages 15 to 17 seeking a Class E Learner’s Permit. These changes, enacted by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), are aimed at enhancing driver education and safety for new motorists.

Flagler County’s Unemployment Steady at 4.2%, Labor Force Is Flat, Florida Unemployment at 3.7%

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in May, after inching up earlier in the year, while Flagler County’s unemployment remained at 4.2 percent, where it was last month. In Flagler, 2,339 residents are unemployed, almost exactly the same number as last month but about 300 more than at this time last year. The labor force was flat, adding barely two dozen people to a total of 55,625. The labor force is an indication of the number of working-age people and families moving to the county. It is almost unchanged from a year ago.

Palm Coast Planning Board Rejects Rezoning That Would Allow Concrete Mixing Plant on Hargrove Grade, Citing Pollution

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A rendering of what the SMR concrete batch plant would look like on Hargrvove Grade.

The Palm Coast Planning Board rejected a request to rezone 37 acres on Hargrove Grade on the west side of U.S. 1 to heavy industrial so a national could build a concrete mixing plant there. The land includes 10 acres of wetlands, overlaps within the protection zone of two public well sites that furnish water to the city, and would not be far from acreage zoned for a hospital or a medical building. The batch plant would be the only one in Palm Coast. Those factors, along with traffic, noise and pollution, played into the reasoning of board members and members of the public who opposed the rezoning. 

Ryan Nelson, 33, Accused of Marital Rape on Mother’s Day, Among Other Domestic Violence Charges

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Ryan William Nelson, a 33-year-old Bunnell resident of County Road 2006, has been at the Flagler County jail since Wednesday on four felony charges, including a second-degree felony count of marital rape, an alleged assault that took place last Mother’s Day, and a first-degree felony count of tampering with a witness.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, June 20, 2025

June 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Political Violence and Mass Shooting in Minnesota by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News

The Friday Blue Forum, Michael Martin’s Ellis Island ancestry, the opening Genesis-like lines of “The Columbia History of Literature.”

Is Israel’s Bombing of Iran Illegal?

June 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Israeli Prime Miniser Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister's Office/Facebook)

This is not the first time Israel has advanced a broad interpretation of self-defence. In 1981, Israel bombed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor, which was under construction on the outskirts of Baghdad. It claimed a nuclear-armed Iraq would pose an unacceptable threat. The UN Security Council condemned the attack. As international law stands, unless an armed attack is imminent and unavoidable, such strikes are likely to be considered unlawful uses of force.

Double-Edged Resolution Calling on Mayor Norris To Do Better Falls Short at Flagler GOP After Sharp Debate

June 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A Flagler County Republican Party resolution that failed was calling on Mayor Mike Norris to remember what he ran on, but also to acknowledge his misconduct since his election. (© FlaglerLive)

In a remarkable display of the polarizing effect Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris is having within his own party–and the party’s own internal strains– the Flagler County Republican Party could not agree on a double-edged resolution about Norris at its monthly meeting last week. The voice vote was not a failure of support for Norris, exactly. It spoke more about the party, its fractured membership and its complicated relationship with Norris. 

Out-of-State Students May Face 10% Tuition Hikes at Florida Colleges and Universities This Fall, More Next Year

June 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Out-of-state students attending Florida universities could see a 10 percent increase in tuition this fall and an additional hike the following school year, under a rule unanimously adopted by the state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday. Florida has the nation’s third-lowest tuition and fees for out-of-state students, at an average of $21,690 in 2023-2024. That was about 28 percent lower than the national average of $30,140.

Democrat Josh Weil Running for Senate in Bid to Unseat Ashley Moody

June 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Josh Weil campaigning in Palm Coast on the last day of the special election for a congressional seat last April 1, which he lost to Randy Fine. (© FlaglerLive)

After boosting his profile during an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. House, Democrat Josh Weil announced Wednesday that he will try to unseat U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., in 2026.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, June 19, 2025

June 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Trump Phone Friends and Family Plan by Rick McKee, CagleCartoons.com

Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, the Library of America delivers a new Wendell Berry, who speaks with Bill Moyers and gives us a few lines about Old Jack.

Tourism Invasions Provoke a Backlash

June 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Large-scale protests have made Barcelona synonymous with social resistance to the negative impacts of predatory and extractive tourism, but it is far from alone: popular destinations such the Canary Islands, Málaga, and the Balearic Islands have all seen massive protests against the excesses of tourism over the last year.

Historic Telesurgery Connects Central Florida and Angola in Medical Breakthrough

June 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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In a groundbreaking medical milestone, Dr. Vip Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration, successfully performed a robotic prostatectomy on a patient located in Angola, Africa — while operating from the Nicholson Center in Celebration, Florida. The procedure spanned nearly 7,000 miles, making it the longest distance telesurgery ever completed and setting a new global benchmark in surgical innovation.  

Charter Review Committee’s 5 Slots Draw 27 Applicants With Variety of Backgrounds Except in Age

June 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It's not Constitution Hall, but still" Palm Coast is having trouble attracting qualified candidates to serve on its Charter Review Committee. (© FlaglerLive)

After a slow start, the call for applicants to Palm Coast government’s Charter Review Committee drew 27 candidates by the time the window closed at 5 p.m. this evening, 11 of them over the weekend. The applicants bring a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. The council wanted choices. It now has them and then some but for its pronounced boomer skew.

A Commissioner Is Surprised That Closing Palm Coast Library Is Among Options After Questioning Need for 2 Branches

June 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

The Nexus Center, a south side library and the county's future home of its Health and Human Services division, is approaching completion off Commerce Parkway. (© FlaglerLive)

With County Commissioner Pam Richardson questioning the necessity of one library and Commissioner Kim Carney questioning its staffing requirements, the future of Flagler County’s two county libraries is uncertain. The Palm Coast library isn’t going away, and the new South Side library, called the Nexus Center, will open later this summer. But how either will be managed is unsettled in a way that the local library system hasn’t ever been before, with Richardson at one point ready to stop construction on the new building and Carney promising not to add a single employee to staff it. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

June 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Liberating California by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

Paul Peterson at Flagler Tiger Bay Club, the Flagler County Contractor Review Board meets, Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the library, Margolis & Cox’s dishonest cherry-picking quote from Martin Luther King’s “The Other America.”

Extremists Like the Minnesota Shooter Are Not Lone Wolves

June 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The threat of domestic violence and terrorism is high in the United States – especially the danger posed by white power extremists, many of whom believe white people are being “replaced” by people of color. extremists are almost always part of a pack, not lone wolves. But the myth of the lone wolf shooter remains tenacious, reappearing in media coverage after almost every mass shooting or act of far-right extremist violence. Because this myth misdirects people from the actual causes of extremist violence, it impedes society’s ability to prevent attacks.

Palm Coast Launches Government-Wide Risk Assessment to Drive Efficiency

June 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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In response to City Council direction and residents’ calls for continual advancements, the City of Palm Coast will conduct an Entity‑Wide Risk Assessment this summer. National consulting firm Plante Moran has been selected through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process to lead the effort.

Palm Coast Approves Sharply Increasing Development Impact Fees on Builders, Citing ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’

June 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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With some pushback from the Flagler Home Builders Association but notable unanimity from the dais and no complaints from the public, the City Council today approved sharply increasing fire, parks and transportation impact fees in hopes of further shifting the burden of development toward new residents. Last year the council did likewise with water and sewer impact fees. 

Commissioners Punt on Appointing Sean Moylan Interim County Attorney in Motion That Possibly Violates Sunshine

June 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Assistant County Attorney Sean Moylan, left, and County Attorney Al Hadeed. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission on Monday voted 4-1 to delay considering appointing Assistant County Attorney Sean Moylan the interim county attorney, and required each of its members to submit three candidates’ names to the administration’s human resources department by July 14 for consideration for the position. The motion was vague, leaving it to HR possibly to rank the candidates outside of a meeting. That would be a violation of the sunshine law.

Palm Coast Gets Just $5 Million for Wastewater Projects and $125,000 for YMCA In $115.1 Billion State Budget

June 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

House Speaker Daniel Perez (left) and Senate President Ben Albritton (right) took part in a traditional hanky-drop ceremony marking the end of the legislative session. (Tom Urban/NSF)

One of the more-contentious legislative sessions in recent history came to a close late Monday as lawmakers approved a $115.1 billion budget for next fiscal year and prepared to send it to Gov. Ron DeSantis. It is about $3.5 billion smaller than the budget for the current fiscal year. Lawmakers also approved a $1.3 billion package of tax cuts, dominated by the elimination of a commercial-lease tax that has long been a target of business lobbyists, but no broad cuts in the sales tax.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Food Truck Tuesdays in Palm Coast’s Town Center, the Palm Coast City Council meets, the indifference of Americans as Israel bombs Iran, as John McCain sang about it, Andre Gide gliding on ice.

Israel-Iran ‘Threshold War’ on Brink of Nuclear Escalation

June 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Smoke rises from locations targeted in Tehran amid the third day of Israel’s waves of strikes against Iran, on June 15, 2025.

Israel’s conflict with Iran represents far more than another Middle Eastern crisis – it marks the emergence of a dangerous new chapter in nuclear rivalries that has the potential to reshape global proliferation risks for decades to come. What began with Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and other targets has spiraled into the world’s first full-scale example of a “threshold war” – a new and terrifying form of conflict where a nuclear weapons power seeks to use force to prevent an enemy on the verge of nuclearization from making that jump.

Florida Was Set to Shield Lawmakers’ Home Addresses Before Minnesota Assassination

June 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Florida lawmakers in April overwhelmingly passed a bill (SB 268) to create a public-records exemption that would prevent the release of home addresses and telephone numbers of legislators and members of Congress. Also, the exemption would apply to the governor, lieutenant governor, state Cabinet members, county commissioners, property appraisers, elections supervisors, school superintendents, school board members, mayors and city commissioners.

County Officials Say There Will be No Fuel Depot Or Landfill on 1,900 Acres Bunnell Seeks to Rezone Industrial

June 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Protesters opposed to the rezoning demonstrated ahead of a Bunnell City Commission meeting last week. The item was not on the agenda. (© FlaglerLive)

There will be no fuel depot or fuel farm, nor a landfill, at the nearly 1,900 acres Bunnell city government is speeding through a rezoning from an agricultural designation to industrial, Flagler County officials said this evening. 

A Democratic Lawmaker Is Assassinated. Right-Wing Influencers Vomit Disinformation.

June 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Immediately after Minnesota House Leader Melissa Horton’s assassination, right-wing influencers marred Hortman’s death and smeared Gov. Tim Walz on a pile of lies. In a different, saner world, they would be humiliated and slink away. But the smart money is that during the next moment of national crisis and mourning, they will again lie for profit.

Plan to Save the Beaches Still Elusive With No Solid Alternative to Sales Tax, But Commissioners Agree to Keep Talking

June 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

For Flagler County's embattled beach-management plan, the way forward remains unclear. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County commissioners agree that the county’s beach-management plan must include all 18 miles of beach, and do not dispute its $120 million cost over the next six years. As accomplishments, that was no small thing today for the issue that has most vexed and divided the commission’s five members. But with three commissioners still opposed to increasing the county sales tax, a funding plan remains elusive. Without it, the rest is moot as a viable beach well into the future. 

Man, 26, Faces Felonies for Placing Secret Video Cameras in His Ex’s and Her Daughter’s Bedrooms

June 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The State Attorney’s Office on Friday filed a second-degree felony charge of video voyeurism against Jonathan Bernard Mahan, a 26-year-old Bunnell resident, after his video cameras were allegedly found in the bedrooms of his 43-year-old ex-girlfriend and of her 18-year-old daughter’s. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

ICE Law and Order by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

The Flagler County Commission meets in workshop at 9 a.m. to discuss the beach management plan, what may be a do-or-die meeting, Charles Van Doren and the great game-show fraud.

How Orwell’s ‘1984’ Explains the Debasing of History to Control You

June 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

George Orwell’s ‘1984’ has some lessons for 2025.

When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign. It’s a term used primarily to describe the present, but whose implications inevitably connect to both the future and the past. The president has revealed his ambitions to rewrite America’s official history to, in the words of the Organization of American Historians, “reflect a glorified narrative … while suppressing the voices of historically excluded groups.” Such ambitions are deeply Orwellian. Here’s how.

Flagler County Government’s Leadership Academy Graduates 12

June 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The graduates. (Flagler County Tax Collector)

Twelve executives, managers, and professionals graduated from the Flagler County Local Government Leadership Academy at a special ceremony at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Operations Center on Thursday June 12th at 4:30 p.m.

Maga Servility Ends in Humiliation for Santa Ono and UF

June 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Santa Ono takes questions from University of Florida trustees before they unanimously approved him as the school’s president-elect on May 27, 2025. He was rejected by the state Board of Governors on June 3, 2025. (Photo courtesy UF)

The trustees liked Santa Ono; Ron DeSantis liked him, especially since Ono, who was once all-in on diversity at UM, recently pulled a 180, loudly recanting his climate change-admitting, student protest-allowing progressive ways and parroting the governor’s War on Woke nonsense like a DeSantis Bot. It wasn’t enough. Poor old weathervane Ono fell victim to a nasty social media campaign against him, led by such intellectual giants as Don Trump Jr., who squawked “WTF!” on the twixter; New College trustee Christopher “They’re eating the cats!” Rufo, Sen. Rick Scott and the congenitally absurd Rep. Byron Donalds.

DeSantis Given Power to Investigate Local Governments for DEI, Overspending or Fraud

June 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Lawmakers are giving Gov. Ron DeSantis the power to probe local governments for overspending or fraud and for supporting DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives. One of the final provisions finalized late in the budget talks this week allows the Office of Policy and Budget (OPB) within DeSantis’ Executive Office to investigate local government “functions, procedures, and policies” involving misspending and mismanagement of taxpayer money, DEI and redundant functions. 

Jim Guines, Mentor, Maverick and Force to Be Reckoned With on Flagler County School Board for 11 Years, Dies at 93

June 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Jim Guines watching a retrospective of his life 10 years ago at a celebration of his legacy at Flagler Palm Coast High School. (© FlaglerLive)

Jim Guines, the forceful, witty, always independent and at times unpredictable member of the Flagler County School Board for 11 years until 2007–the man many had known as Smokin’ Jim for his storied barbecue–died this morning (June 15) at 93 after battling many illnesses and what Lawrence Durrell called “the slow disgracing of the mind.”

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 15, 2025

June 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Reality Father's Day cards by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, memories of Louis Robilliard’s musician family, a few words from Solzhenitsyn.

DeSantis Signs Warrant for Eighth Execution of the Year

June 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of murdering two people in 1993 in Duval County, setting the stage for a potentially record-tying eighth execution this year.

Stomping on a Senator: Another Dangerous Shift in American Democracy

June 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California is pushed out of the room after he interrupted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a news conference in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025.

Democratic leaders and a lone Republican senator decried the treatment of U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California and called for an investigation after he was removed from a press conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Political polarization and a shift in American political decorum may have contributed to the shocking moment of an American senator being forcibly removed from a press conference.

Four ‘No Kings’ Protests of Trump’s Authoritarian Swerve Draw Upward of 1,000 in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach

June 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 97 Comments

Today's anti-Trump demonstration on State Road 100, one of four in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, drew upwards of 500 people who stretched over 1,000 feet along the highway, in places several rows deep. (© FlaglerLive)

Demonstrators by the hundreds in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach this morning peacefully but loudly, festively and–for Flagler County–massively transformed major intersections, a bridge overpass and a 1,000-ft. stretch of State Road 100 in Palm Coast into the largest anti-Trump protests to date. The size of the protests surprised even organizers and frequent participants, two of whom, after attending every protest this year on State Road 100, said today’s was more than double any previous one. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 14, 2025

June 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Trump’s Parade by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

No Kings Rally in Palm Coast, a Legacy of Care: Flagler Cares’ 10-Year Celebration at the Palm Coast Community Center, Peps Art Walk in Flagler Beach, Enrollment Day at Daytona State College, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Monthly Meeting, a sublime juxtaposition about the new world, Wendell Berry on militaristic morons.

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