A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out. Not in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis is among 13 Republican governors whose states opted out of the federal program, citing their opposition to what they deride as “welfare” and their unwillingness to cover administrative costs.
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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, July 7, 2024
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, the Guttmacher Institute tracks an increase in abortions since the Dobbs ruling, Margaret Atwood, Aunt Lydia on freedom.
France’s Surging Far Right: Forming a Government Is a Tall Order
France’s extreme-rightist National Rally was ahead after the first round, but alliances are likely to coalesce between the leftist, centrist and moderate right political parties to form a united front against far-right candidates in most electorates in the second round of voting. This would likely make it difficult for National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella to secure enough seats in the National Assembly to win an absolute majority after Sunday’s vote.
Donald Trump’s Ten Commandments, Updated
Diane Roberts lets Donald Trump speak his soul: Like I told the Faith and Freedom Coalition (great people), “If I took this shirt off you’d see a beautiful, beautiful person, but you’d see wounds all over me. I’ve taken a lot of wounds.” You know who else took a lot of wounds? Jesus.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, July 6, 2024
The Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up , big dumb cups, a space odyssey and Greg Crister’s Fat Land, Bandshell Sounds of the Summer Concert Series.
Americans Once United Over Tragic Events. No Longer.
Public tragedies have contributed to the increasing political polarization and the sectarian tone of political rhetoric today because the public’s understanding of tragic events has changed. After a tragedy, accounts now focus on assigning blame, typically centering on social blame, in which societal institutions such as the government, industry, civil society and even American culture are held responsible.
Lt. John Peacock Marks 25 Years with Palm Coast Fire Department
Lieutenant Peacock joined the Palm Coast Fire Department in June 1999 after obtaining his Firefighter certification from Florida State Fire College and his EMT certification from Saint Augustine Tech, now known as First Coast Technical College.
Plaintiffs Ask Judge to Order Return of Banned Books to School Library Shelves as Lawsuit Continues
Lawyers for the plaintiffs said Escambia officials had restricted 1,031 books under the county’s review process. As of June 27, “some 178 challenged books remain restricted, although no decision has been made about the validity of the challenge,” according to the motion. The motion said that, while restrictions should be lifted on all books, the request for an injunction was limited to seven books.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, July 5, 2024
First Friday Garden Walks at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, First Friday in Flagler Beach, Joe Biden’s completely irrevocable need to pull an LBJ and withdraw.
End of Chevron: How Courts, Not Executive Agencies, Will Have the Final Word on Many Regulations
Federal Chevron deference is dead. On June 28, 2024, in a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court overturned the 40-year-old legal tenet that when a federal statute is silent or ambiguous about a particular regulatory issue, courts should defer to the implementing agency’s reasonable interpretation of the law.