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Commentary

Journalists Say Trump’s Caravan Claims Are ‘Evidence-Free.’ It’s a Lot Worse Than That.

October 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The Roughly 2000 Honduran migrants making their way toward Mexico, on Oct. 21. (biotchy)

Journalists have a duty to give context, not just to report on whether a sound bite contains truth on a sliding scale. Otherwise, it’s journalistic malpractice.

Trump’s Responsibility

October 27, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 75 Comments

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Trump can’t have it both ways. He can’t revel in his powers of denigration and incitement then take cover behind a bogus sense of outrage and his usual deflections when the incitement and denigration arm fuses and kill people.

Trump’s Bone Saw Problem

October 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Trump can’t be lavishing praise on tyrants and think it’s not another way of saying, as he did of white supremacists last year, that “some of them are fine people.” He can’t be equating journalists with scum and not have blood on his hands.

Even As Voter Registration Soars, Bogus Fraud Claims and Real Voter Suppression Live On

October 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Experts are predicting record-high midterm voter turnout. But millions of U.S. citizens are being systematically inhibited — either blatantly or covertly — from casting votes this November.

Elizabeth Warren’s Identity Problem

October 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Trump’s racism is obvious. He’s using the name Pocahontas as a racial slur. But Elizabeth Warren stepped into a controversial issue without much sensitivity for the people who are most affected by it.

A Better Way To Fight Homelessness: Decriminalize It

October 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Law enforcement is often used as a first response to address homelessness. Many communities criminalize it instead of connecting the homeless with essential services, assuming they’re available.

News-Journal Redemption: Krys Fluker Is Paper’s New Editorial Page Editor

October 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Krys Fluker, when we were neighbors. (c FlaglerLive)

Krys Fluker has just been named editorial page editor of the Daytona Beach News-Journal. FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam cheers the appointment of his old colleague.

Palm Coast’s Shocking Electric Tax Scheme

October 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 67 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland took control of the city council well before the firing of Jim Landon. She is now overreaching. (© FlaglerLive)

Out of nowhere the Palm Coast City Council is about to ram through a large tax increase on residents and businesses with hardly any discussion, no hearings, no public education. No wonder we have tea parties.

The GOP’s Kavanaugh Playbook Was Textbook Abusive Behavior

October 10, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Kavanaugh defenders said a lot about the presumption of innocence. But in truth they were following a much more menacing playbook, common to many abusers called out for their behavior.

Saint Kavanaugh

October 4, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 66 Comments

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Whether Kavanaugh was confirmed or not is irrelevant: whoever’s next might be less personally sleazy, more temperamentally amoebic, but judicially? Same shill, different name.

The Cruelty of the GOP’s Kavanaugh Charade

September 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

A few of us posted about sexual assault in general or about our own past assaults on our Facebook pages. Then the private messages began. The details are painful to talk about.

Why Women Don’t Report Sexual Assault

September 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

That urge to discredit accusers of sexual assault like Christine Blasey Ford is exactly why it takes so long for some to come forward in the first place.

Nobody In the White House Is Part of ‘the Resistance’

September 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Administration insiders admit Trump’s dangerous, but they’ll stick with him as long as he cuts billionaires’ taxes, deregulates corporations, and feeds the military-industrial complex.

Stand Your Ground Vigilantes

September 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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Instead of allowing the police to perform their jobs, some gunslingers hiding behind stand-your-ground laws take the responsibility of pursuing criminals upon themselves.

When McCain’s Odes to Honor and Civility Ring False

September 3, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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The “straight talk” people praise McCain for is actually what most of them can’t stand about politicians: They say noble words but cast ignoble votes.

Without Fear Or Favor. Or Whining.

August 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Juan Gris' 'Le Journal,' 1916. press freedom

Defending the press against Donald Trump’s “enemy of the people” attacks may have its place, but reporters’ best bet is to shut up and do their job well: it’s the most eloquent response.

If Your Boss Makes Millions, It’s Not Because of the ‘Market’

August 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Board rooms as CEOs' penthouses. (Peter Dutton)

On average, America’s CEOs make 312 times what their workers take home — and that has nothing to do with supply and demand. Simply put, markets don’t set executive pay. Board rooms do.

Party Split or Not, Republicans Using George Soros to Smear Other Republicans Is Offensive

August 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Roped-in again: George Soros. (Central European University)

The GOP primary that has degraded into absurd name-calling pits tea-party-backed Scott Sturgill against conservative Mike Miller in the Edgewood, Orlando, and Winter Park area.

I Grew Up In the Segregated South. For Me, Supreme Court Rulings Are Personal.

August 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The author shares her grave concern for what Brett Kavanaugh’s influence could mean for communities of color, women, the LGBTQ community, and others who’ve fought to advance civil rights.

If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, “Tree-City” Palm Coast Can Too

August 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry by requiring pension funds and other such investments to be green. Why not yours?

Flagler’s Elections Supervisor Urges Confidence in Voting System: Your Ballot Won’t Be Hacked

August 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart at a candidate hobnob organized by the Chamber of Commerce last month, where a straw poll was also conducted. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart outlines the latest measures to make the county’s election system hack-proof and challenges voters to turn out and cast a ballot.

Schools Are Safer Than Your Home

August 13, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 11 Comments

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We’re making fortresses of the safest places in America, out of fear that one of those 120,000 schools might at some point be the target of a shooting.

America’s Pre-Existing Condition

August 3, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 26 Comments

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Florida is among the states suing to end the requirement that people with pre-existing conditions be covered by insurers. It’s the latest cynical attempt to end Obamacare.

Amazon’s Deceptive Bargain With Local Government Purchasing–at Local Business’ Expense

August 1, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Amazon’s bid to dominate local government purchasing has gone under the radar. IKt’s appealing on the surface, but could make it harder for agencies to buy from local vendors.

Protest and the Double-Edged Sword of ‘Civility’

July 25, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Uncivil action may be a necessary strategy, just as civil disobedience, bearing witness, and making politicians uncomfortable were critical to the civil rights movement.

Restricting Food Stamps Use at Farmers’ Markets Is One More Way To Hurt the Poor

July 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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The government just canceled its contract with the company that makes the card readers necessary to read food stamps cards at farmers markets.

Truth Derangement Syndrome

July 20, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 67 Comments

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Donald Trump once said he could shoot someone and not lose any votes. He’s right in the sense that he changed the rules of right and wrong, truth and lies, morality and immorality.

Local Police Should Not Collaborate With Immigration and Customs Enforcement

July 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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As reports of abuse at ICE emerge and increase, robust sanctuary policies that end the collusion with local law enforcement that ICE relies on gain urgency.

Before Vilifying Russia, U.S. Policy Apologists Might Try Looking in the Mirror

July 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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A bellicose stance toward Russia has become so routine and widespread that we might not give it a second thought. That makes it all the more hazardous.

Sheriff Staly on Operations Center: “I Will Not Tolerate Blaming Victims of This Building, My Employees”

July 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly, right, with County Commission Chairman Greg Hansen, center, and County Administrator Craig Coffey before today's meeting on the Sheriff's Operations Center. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly delivered a 2,000-word statement on the troubled Operations Center during Monday’s workshop on the matter. The full text is reproduced here.

Behind Scott’s Executive Order Protecting Public Beach Access: New Law’s Confusing Signals

July 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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A new law that could potentially restrict public access to beaches prompted an executive order from Gov. Scott that echoes an ordinance Flagler passed last month.

What’s At Stake If Brett Kavanaugh Joins the Supreme Court

July 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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All Americans say they value personal freedom, especially the right to make our own decisions about our private lives. Expect that to end.

Drug War Blowback: Why Those Central American Immigrants Are Still Coming

July 10, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Between the drug war and the backing of brutal regimes, the U.S. created conditions in Central America that families are desperate to flee — even if they risk being separated.

Abolish ICE

July 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is supposed to keep Americans safe. Instead, it’s terrorizing refugees, families, and small children.

From Food Stamps To Housing Allowances, There’s an All-Out War On Kids

July 3, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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It’s not just on the border: the Trump administration is targeting food stamps eligibility, rent subsidies and other safety-net measures that protect children.

A Dagger in the Heart of Unions, Workers and Democracy: Behind the Janus Ruling

June 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A National Nurses United rally. (Facebook)

Their end game is to overturn a fundamental premise of majority rule, and lock in place permanent Constitutional changes to bar any limits on oligarchical rule.

Being Separated From My Child Nearly Destroyed Me

June 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The administration’s policy of separating families is torture, and Trump’s executive order to incarcerate families together doesn’t solve the crisis.

Ralph Nader’s Open Letter to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

June 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Not a friend of Nader's. (Mathieu Thouvenin) jeff bezos

Given your successful tax avoidance mania, you should be ashamed of yourself, Nader tells the Amazon founder. “You should spend some personal time” with the homeless.

We Get It. Trump Is Awful. But Standard-Issue Democrats Are Not an Alternative.

June 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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The neoliberal establishment that runs the Democratic Party party holds fast to the very policies that are making it shrink into oblivion, argues John Atcheson.

Cruel and Usual Trump

June 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 81 Comments

President Trump and Melania Trump signing a 'Be Best' initiative the day after Sen. Senator Jeff Merkley was barred from examining a children's detention center in Brownsville, Texas. (White House)

The Trump-Sessions zero-tolerance policy of separating children from their parents at the border has no precedent except in America’s slavery times.

If Trump Is Giving Diplomacy a Chance in Korea, His Critics Should, Too

June 14, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The North Korea negotiations are far from over, and could still tip from a fragile diplomacy back to middle-school insults, but diplomacy isn’t just the better way. It’s the only way.

Beyond Donation of 25 FHP Used Cars to Puerto Rico, an Island’s Policing in Crisis

June 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Puerto Rico-bound. (Governor's Office)

Puerto Rico right now is all about a cattle pen of system failures — but one of the most important is its broken and bleeding law enforcement structure.

The Truth About ‘Sanctuary Cities’

June 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A rally in defense of sanctuary cities. (Chris Devers)

The term “sanctuary city” typically refers to a jurisdiction that wants to limit the use of local law enforcement resources to carry out federal law enforcement work, in violation of constitutional protections.

Pious Homophobes Win One

June 10, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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The Supreme Court in its wedding-cake ruling declared gays once again second-class citizens, at least when their sexuality has to compete with someone else’s more stone-throwing version of Christianity.

Ex-Sheriff Jim Manfre on Troubled Operations Center: How We Got Here

June 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Jim Manfre, right, after being recognized for his service by newly-elected Sheriff Rick Staly in January 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

Former Sheriff Jim Manfre, who completed his term in 2016, offers his side of the history of the acquisition of and subsequent issues with the potentially sick Sheriff’s Operations Center.

Questioning War Is No Disrespect to Veterans. It’s a Civic Duty.

June 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Americans remain unconcerned about wars the U.S. is currently fighting (at last count, we’re bombing at least 7 countries) though they foot the bill both in tax dollars and lives.

John Ward’s Insult To Puerto Ricans

May 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

John Ward, a Republican candidate for Congress from Florida's 6th Congressional District, doesn't think Puerto Rican storm escapees 'belong' in Florida.

John Ward is a GOP candidate for the congressional that includes Flagler. He doesn’t think Puerto Rican storm refugees–American citizens, all–should register to vote in Florida. He’s wrong.

Voices From the Grave
Maj. Sullivan Ballou’s Last Letter to His Wife

May 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Maj. Sullivan Ballou’s letter to his wife, written a week before he was killed at Bull Run in 1861, is one of the great eulogies of sorrow and divided duty to nation and family. As a memorial to the victims of war, who include survivors, especially civilians, the letter has few equals.

Israel’s Mass Shootings

May 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

A scene at the Gaza fence east of Gaza City in late April. (Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem)

You can always depend on Israel periodically to mass-murder bunches of Arabs in proportions as lopsided and unforgiving as our own mass shootings in the U.S., then scapegoat the bloodletting.

Want to Attract Women? Try Not Hating Us.

May 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The recent attack in Toronto by a man who identifies as an “incel” has called attention to the disturbing and flourishing online incel community.

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