Politicians’ warnings of decline persist because they invoke fear for the country’s security, anxiety about another country gaining more power and anger about the United States’ various problems. While Trump’s messages of American carnage are dramatic, exchanges of this sort are not uncommon in U.S. politics.
Florida & Beyond, and All Opinions
Florida Agriculture Took a $2 Billion Hit from Hurricane Milton
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said Thursday that the financial damage to the state’s agriculture industry from Hurricane Milton will likely exceed $2 billion. Those figures add to the more than $1.5 billion in damage already suffered from Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Debby, and Hurricane Idalia that hit the Big Bend area of North Florida over the past 13 months.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, October 18, 2024
A face-off between Palm Coast mayoral candidates Cornelia Manfre and Mike Norris on WNZF’s Free For All, unemployment numbers are released, The music duo Wandering Spiral, featuring Michelle Davidson and Rick de Yampert at Flagler Beach’s Gathering Place, and in praise of Robert Caro and “The Power Broker.”
Looking Past Trump’s Lies to Understand Temporary Protected Status
Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, U.S. Sen. JD Vance, have criticized the Biden administration’s decision to allow Haitian nationals who are in the U.S. to apply for permission to stay under a legal classification called Temporary Protected Status. Here is what this designation means and how it’s made.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, October 17, 2024
Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols’s first Drug Court session, Election turnout and interest in politics in the United States compared to other countries, and “The Big Money Behind the Big Lie.”
Will Rogers’s Charitable Political Wisdom
For those trying to come to terms with a particularly tumultuous election year full of deep divisions, ideological invective and personal insults, guidance can come from Will Rogers, a historical figure whose insights into American politics still prove useful.
Florida Court Rules It’s OK to Shoot a Dog in Stand Your Ground Situation
In a case stemming from a man who killed a pit bull when he and his Chihuahua felt threatened, an appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law can apply to cases involving animals. A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal said a Palm Beach County circuit judge improperly denied a stand-your-ground immunity hearing for Cassanova Gabriel, who was charged with crimes including cruelty to animals.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Flagler Cares hosts its quarterly Help Night from 3 to 7 p.m., the Flagler County Tourist Development Council meets, the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets, remembering Lebanon’s Elias Khoury.
The Nobel Peace Prize to Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Group
The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation created by survivors of the two US atomic bombs that were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall for a marathon meeting, A Community Presentation on Sand Dunes By Florida Sea Grant and UF/IFAS Extension Flagler, Food Truck Tuesdays, campaign ads, the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960, Machiavelli’s refuge.