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I Run a Food Pantry. Without Food Stamps, It’s Not Enough.

May 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Even regular food drops are not sufficient to alleviate food insecurity or hunger for many. (© FlaglerLive)

Pantries are a critical piece of the anti-hunger puzzle, but they’re filler pieces. Government nutrition programs — with the infrastructure and funding to get the job done — should be the centerpiece. SNAP is the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program, feeding nearly a quarter of all U.S. children. But the end of a Covid-era boost in benefits is leaving nearly 13 percent of the population experiencing food insecurity.

Beethoven’s Ninth at 200

May 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Symphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven’s remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY

Symphony No. 9, sometimes referred to as the Choral Symphony, was the capstone to Beethoven’s extraordinary career. In the 200 years since its debut, the symphony has become an essential composition in the orchestral repertoire and is often cited as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.

Media Coverage of Campus Protests Is Out of Focus

May 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Protest leaders at Columbia University are interviewed. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

To the students taking part they are, in the words of one protester, “uplifting the voices of Gazans, of Palestinians facing genocide.” But to many people outside the universities, the focus has been on confrontations and arrests. Where does this disconnect come from? Most people don’t participate in on-the-streets protests or experience any of the disruption that they cause. Rather they rely on the media to give a full picture of the protests.

Election Laws Hamper 3rd Party Candidates Beyond Spoiler Role

May 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on March 30, 2024, in Los Angeles.

The two major parties have largely run minor-party competitors out of business in intentional ways. Democratic and Republican officeholders adopt laws making it more difficult for others to run. But although a third party is not likely to have much electoral success anytime soon, they do enrich American politics.

Can Biden Stop Israeli Sadism?

May 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Palestinians crowd a street as smoke billows from Israeli strikes in Rafah on May 7, 2024.

Israel entered Rafah, a city that marks Gaza’s southern border crossing with Egypt, on May 7, 2024, launching a military offensive that the U.S. and others have cautioned Israel not to pursue. As always, Israel ignored the cautions and pressed on, running up the mass-killing tally despite Hamas accepting a cease-fire proposal.

Paul Auster, An American Writer with a European Sensibility

May 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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With the passing of Paul Auster, who died of lung cancer on April 30 at the age of 77, the aesthetics of postmodernism retreated another significant step back into the past tense of history. Auster became closely associated with postmodern style because of his highly self-conscious and self-reflexive fiction. In 2017, he wrote that he “wanted to turn everything inside out.”

Do Americans Really Think the Country Is ‘On the Wrong Track’?

May 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Researchers who run the American Communities Project, which explores the differences in 15 different types of community in the United States, believe the surveys are asking a question with no real meaning in the United States in 2024 – a question that may have outlived its usefulness.

Ancient Rome Knew LGBTQ Rights Better Than the Catholic Church Ever Has

May 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A Vatican declaration, the “Infinite Dignity,” opposes gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy. Yet even in the ancient Roman Empire, individuals could transgress traditional conceptions of gender roles in various ways. While Roman notions of femininity and masculinity were strict as regards clothing, for instance, there is evidence to suggest that individuals could and did breach these norms, although they were likely to be met with ridicule or scorn.

The Fear and Loathing Behind GOP’s Christian White Nationalism

May 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Joseph Mallord William Turner's "The Deluge" (1805)

MAGA adherents to Aryan tough-guy Jesus see America becoming less white and less Christian, so they’re freaking out, flailing around, breaking things — such as your right to control your own body, your right to read what you want, identify however you want, and love who you want.

The Supreme Court Cozies Up to Union-Busting in Starbucks Case

May 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The global coffee shop chain is challenging the NLRB, the federal agency responsible for enforcing U.S. workers’ rights to organize, saying that the agency used the more labor-friendly of two available standards when it asked a federal court to order the company to reinstate workers at a Memphis, Tennessee, store who lost their jobs in 2022 amid a nationwide unionizing campaign.

Fund Mass Transit, Not Maddening Highways

May 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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For too long, policymakers have sold us the false choice that we must fund highways above all else. They continue to waste billions of our tax dollars on highway expansion projects that pollute our air and increase traffic, instead of funding sidewalks, safe biking routes, and robust public transportation options. This has resulted in a system where most people must drive for every trip to meet their daily needs. It doesn’t have to be this way.

AI Imaging Scams and Spam

May 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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AI-generated content has become another “weird trick.” It’s visually appealing and cheap to produce, allowing scammers and spammers to generate high volumes of engaging posts. Much of the content is still clickbait: Shrimp Jesus makes people pause to gawk and inspires shares purely because it is so bizarre. Facebook is encouraging it.

What Student Protesters Want

May 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Columbia University students express their solidarity with Palestinians at a protest on April 30, 2024.

The protesters are demanding divestment, meaning the sale of financial assets either related to Israeli companies or shares in other corporations perceived to assist the Israeli military. In addition, many protests include calls for the disclosure of those financial ties. They also feature demands for colleges and universities to distance themselves from Israel by ending study-abroad programs and academic exchanges.

The Down Side of Pot Legalization: Potency on Steroids

May 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Many of today’s cannabis products barely resemble the ‘weed’ that most middle-aged adults grew up with.

There are arguments for and against increasing legalization of cannabis for adult use in the U.S., but expanded access to legal cannabis also may have unintended consequences for adolescents. These consequences are compounded by the increasing potency of some cannabis products.

What Cities Can Learn from Seattle’s Racial and Social Justice Law

April 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The right-wing political campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion policies taking place in several states across the U.S. has called into question the nation’s commitment to achieving racial equality. In this landscape, Seattle is marking a milestone of sorts – the first anniversary of adopting its Race and Social Justice Initiative ordinance.

Gaza Protests: College Administrators Fall For Right-Wing Trap

April 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A student is arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024.

Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from college presidents and police. College presidents routinely caved to the demands of conservative legislators, angry taxpayers and other wellsprings of anticommunist outrage against students striking for peace and civil rights. They’re doing it again regarding Gaza-war protesters.

Chief Engert: How Flagler County Jail Stepped Up to Ensure Brendan Depa’s Continuing Education

April 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Brendan Depa, in the orange shirt, arriving for a hearing in court last June, before his transfer to the Flagler County jail. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and its jail were not responsible for the education of Brendan Depa, the former Matanzas High School student arrested over a year ago on a charge of aggravated battery of a school employee. Nevertheless, the jail, under the supervision of Chief Daniel Engert, has ensured that a team of volunteers and professionals have continued Depa’s education, with notable and continued successes.

The Cicadas Are Coming. But Not to Florida.

April 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Cicadas climb up a tree at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.,

In the wake of North America’s recent solar eclipse, another historic natural event is on the horizon. From late April through June 2024, the largest brood of 13-year cicadas, known as Brood XIX, will co-emerge with a midwestern brood of 17-year cicadas, Brood XIII.

Why Do Your Groceries Cost So Much? Price-Gouging, Not Inflation.

April 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 87 Comments

Snap, crackle and gouge. (© FlaglerLive)

According to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission, the largest grocery retailers — which include Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon, which owns Whole Foods — used the pandemic as an excuse to raise prices across the board. The same is true for big agribusinesses like Tyson Foods and DuPont, which sell the lion’s share of meat products and seeds. These giant companies wrote themselves a blank check during Covid, which they now expect us to pay for.

The Stepped Up Assault on Abortion and LGBTQ Rights Ahead

April 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Pro-abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 15, 2024.

When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to get an abortion in June 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the court “should reconsider” other rights it currently recognizes – like the rights for same-sex couples to have sex and marry. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on these and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life.

From Reagan’s Shining City on a Hill to Trump’s Apocalyptic Christian Nationalism

April 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet Donald Trump during a reception in August 1983.

While Reagan and Trump – two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents – used religion to advance their political visions, their messages and missions are starkly different. Trump’s religious vision is rooted in white Christian nationalism, the belief that the white Christians who founded America hoped to spread Protestant beliefs and ideals. According to white Christian nationalists, the founders also wanted to limit the influence of non-Christian immigrants and enslaved Africans.

Brendan Depa’s Sentence: Neither Vengeance Nor Mercy. Only Humane Justice.

April 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Brendan Depa with his grandmother in 2020. (Depa family)

On May 1 Circuit Judge Terence Perkins will sentence Brendan Depa on a charge that carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. The punishment will be nowhere near that: the sentencing guidelines don’t call for it, the incident doesn’t warrant it, and Perkins is not a hanging judge. The question is whether he will impose any prison time, and whether reason and justice, not mercy or vengeance, will prevail. 

Could a Video Game Developer Win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

April 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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How do we account for other language-based forms of expression? If performed works such as theatre or songwriting can be considered literature, where is the limit? And why aren’t video games considered a form of expression?

Journalism in Crisis

April 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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In journalism school, students learn their craft while engaging with critical questions about their roles and responsibilities. They are often taught by previous or current journalists, whose work experiences prepare them to help students tackle reporting challenges. Crises ask journalism educators, students and practitioners to grapple with sharing stories about what the future could hold. What will journalists’ jobs look like in five years? Or 25 years?

Antarctica’s Sea Ice Hits Another Low

April 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Even just a decade ago, sea ice reliably rebuilt itself each winter. But something has changed in how the Southern Ocean works and the area covered by sea ice has decreased dramatically.

Taylor Swift’s Homage to Clara Bow

April 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Clara Bow appeared in 58 films in just over a decade.

One track on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow. Bow was a woman way ahead of her time, a star who owned her success and her sexuality. There’s the popular perception that Bow was a victim of her own demons. But her story is anything but a cautionary tale.

Supreme Court Will Decide Constitutionality of Laws Like Florida’s Against Homeless

April 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A homeless person near an elementary school in Fruitdale Park in Grants Pass, Ore.

On April 22, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could radically change how cities respond to the growing problem of homelessness. It also could significantly worsen the nation’s racial justice gap.

A Bittersweet Arab American Heritage Month

April 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

At Orlando's Arab-American Fest last year. (© FlaglerLive)

April is National Arab American Heritage Month. It should be a time to celebrate the contributions of the over 3.5 million Arab Americans who strengthen our proud nation. But right now, it’s impossible to feel celebratory as Palestinian-Americans reel from the immense pain and horror of an unfolding genocide against the 2.3 million Palestinians of Gaza, as Israel’s unrelenting bombardment and mass starvation of civilians continues. Adding insult to injury, Israel is using U.S.-supplied weapons to commit these atrocities.

Loneliness Is Killing Middle-Ages Americans

April 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A study makes clear that middle-aged Americans today are experiencing more loneliness than their peers in European nations. This coincides with existing evidence that mortality rates are rising for working-age adults in the U.S.

Bob Graham Was Among the Rare Dissenters to Dare Resist Bush’s Iraq War Lies and Follies

April 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Bob Graham speaking at an Obama campaign rally at the Tallahassee Senior Center in September 2008. (Florida Memory)

War fever was rampant in October of 2002 – 9/11 was still raw – and Team Bush was busy smearing anyone who voiced any qualms about kicking butt. Dissent was deemed “unpatriotic.” But Bob Graham had qualms and refused to knuckle under.

Israel’s AI-Aided Massacre of Gazans

April 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Israel has made unlivable or razed three out of four home in Gaza.

The Israeli army used a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to generate lists of tens of thousands of human targets for potential airstrikes in Gaza. One intelligence officer said the system “made it easier” to carry out large numbers of strikes, because “the machine did it coldly”.

The Dis-Education of Brendan Depa

April 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Brendan Depa when he was at his ECHO group home. He wasbeen in detention at a juvenile jail starting in late February 2023, then at the Flagler County jail since turning 18 last August. He is to be sentenced on May 1. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, the now 18-year-old former Matanzas High School student to be sentenced on May 1 on a first-degree felony count of assaulting a teacher’s aide, is alone being punished for what in fact amounts to a systematic and catastrophic failure, on the part of Matanzas High School and district officials, to follow Depa’s Individualized Education Program, which set out guidelines and requirements on how to contend with his mental health issues.

Iran’s Strategic Failure Against Israel

April 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Iran’s unprecedented multi-front attack on Israel constitutes a de facto declaration of war and marks the first direct assault against Israel from Iranian soil. However, despite the scale of the operation, it appears to be a tactical failure.

Why Is Palm Coast Backroom-Dealing Tax Incentives with a Private Company?

April 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Town Center Boulevard is to the left. The 37 acres DC Blox acquired to build a data center is to the right. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast is in the middle of a secret deal with an Atlanta-based company called DC Blox, which bought 34 acres in Town Center for $3.3 million last fall. It plans to build a data center there to land several undersea internet-data cables, by way of Flagler Beach. The city and the county are cooking up some kind of tax incentive with the company. We don’t know how much. We don’t know for how long. Presumably, we’ll find out only when the deal is sealed. 

Israel Damaged or Destroyed 70% of Gaza’s Homes

April 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Palestinians look for survivors after a Israeli strike in Gaza on Oct. 31, 2023.

Over a decade ago, a United Nations report described the Gaza Strip as virtually unlivable, adding that it would require “Herculean efforts” to change that. Today, after six months of bombardment, mass displacement and siege by Israel, the task of rebuilding Gaza seems practically unimaginable.

‘I’m Not black, I’m O.J.’: O.J. Simpson and the Race Trap

April 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

O.J. Simpson listens to testimony during his 1995 trial, in which he was acquitted of murder charges.

Simpson was charged in two murders and during the trial became the epitome of Black, male toxicity. Though acquitted – in large part because of the Los Angeles Police Department’s racist history of police brutality – his trial exposed the racial divisions within America and the deep-seated resentment that many Black people had for the U.S. criminal justice system.

Trump on Trial: What the Images Might Show

April 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Three things will be worth looking for in the visual coverage of Trump’s appearance: surprises, body language and symbolic juxtapositions. But even in the most camera-friendly jurisdictions, such as New York and Florida, photojournalists are subject to strict rules about placement and procedure.

Dunes

April 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Dune films remind us of just how beautiful, mysterious, expansive and changeable sand dunes can be. For centuries these wonderful landforms have filled humans with awe – and in some cases fear and foreboding – because of the apparent remoteness and risks associated with the deserts they are synonymous with.

Rest Easy: Florida Law Erases and Bans All References to Climate Change

April 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

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You probably think Ron DeSantis and the yahoos, grifters, simps, dolts, and dunderheads who populate the Florida Legislature are collectively incapable of solving even one of the bazillion issues facing this state. But the Legislature has figured out how to fix climate change. Your bought-and-paid-for Legislature has delivered a bill that amends Florida statutes to delete all references to climate change. Thanks to them, climate change is gone. Erased. Kaputt. Ya no es. C’est fini.

Yes, Efforts to Eliminate DEI Programs Are Rooted in Racism

April 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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In the past year, a number of states have begun to dismantle their DEI programs. Alabama, Utah, Texas and Florida have all passed and signed into law anti-DEI legislation ranging from prohibiting diversity training to terminating all positions associated with DEI efforts. Florida lawmakers have restricted the teaching of what they call racially “divisive” subject matter in public schools, colleges and universities. Legislatures in more than two dozen additional states are considering similar measures.

For the Homeless, Housing Works, Not Handcuffs

April 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Too many communities are responding to rising homelessness by criminalizing the unhoused. It’s more humane and effective to house people. According to the National Homelessness Law Center, almost every state restricts the conduct of people experiencing homelessness. In Missouri, sleeping on state land is a crime. A new law in Florida bans people from sleeping on public property — and requires local governments without bed space for unhoused people to set up camps far away from public services.

Linda Martell: The Most Important Voice on Beyoncé’s New Album

April 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Country musician Linda Martell at her home in South Carolina in 2021.

The most important guest voice on Beyoncé’s’s album is the one least likely to be familiar to Beyoncé’s listeners: Linda Martell, the first commercially successful Black female country music artist. Two tracks on “Cowboy Carter,” “Spaghettii” and “The Linda Martell Show,” include spoken word commentary from Martell. By giving Martell a platform, Beyoncé simultaneously gives credit to her predecessor while staking her own place in the country music tradition.

Arrogance and Contempt in Palm Coast Council’s Election-Year Dash for New City Manager

April 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council’s rush to hire a new city manager mere months from an election that will turn over two, possibly three seats, shows mistrust of the acting manager, contempt for voters and the new council they’ll choose, and pathological arrogance on the part of current council members. The mayor knows better.

The Flood of anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Shadowing Nex Benedict’s Suicide

April 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A woman speaks during a candlelight vigil for 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict

Nex Benedict’s death is shadowed by the sentiment and ideology behind a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ laws sweeping the country. In 2024 alone, various state legislatures have introduced almost 500 such bills, many of which target LGBTQ+ youth in schools. Some of these bills restrict which restrooms transgender students can use and which sports teams they can join. Others censor the information that all students receive at school about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Jon Stewart Returns to Remind America What’s at Stake

April 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Jon Stewart does a segment on Feb. 13, 2024, on the Biden-Trump rematch. Screenshot, The Daily Show

Trump lashes out when politicians and journalists bring us closer to truth. Stewart criticizes them for keeping us in the dark. To Stewart, the solutions to America’s political spectacle are political accountability and increased transparency. To Trump, the solution is far simpler: He alone can fix it.

Expressing Support for Black Lives Matter On the Job Is Now Protected Speech

April 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The aftershocks of George Floyd’s death are still reverberating for Home Depot.

A Home Depot store violated labor law when it disciplined Antonio Morales, the National Labor Relations Board ruled. Morales, a Home Depot employee in the Minneapolis area, had drawn the letters BLM on a work apron and refused to remove them. The Home Depot decision establishes an important precedent for workers who express broad concerns about systemic racism.

The Problem With Finland’s Happiness

April 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Finland steadily ranks as the happiest country in the world. In March 2024 the country was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked as the happiness champion. The ranking is based on one simple question, using a ladder metaphor, that is asked to people across nearly every country in the world. But it may not be an objective question.

Rural Students’ Access to Wi-Fi In Jeopardy as Covid-Era Aid Recedes

April 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Students in rural America still lack access to high-speed internet at home despite governmental efforts during the pandemic to fill the void. This lack of access negatively affects their academic achievement and overall well-being. The situation has been getting worse as the urgency of the pandemic has receded.

Big Businesses Like Amazon and Space X Are Waging War on the NLRB, the Agency Protecting Workers’ Rights

April 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in 1933 the law that led to the National Labor Relations Board’s emergence. AP Photo

Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal proceedings, is unconstitutional.

Whether It’s Trump or Biden, U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

April 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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A Trump victory would raise fears of a new level of decline into fascist authoritarianism. However, a second Trump presidency would not necessarily implement a foreign policy any more destructive than what is normal for the U.S., as it has been under Biden.

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