The Bunnell City Commission meets, taking stock of the French electorate’s rejection of the neo-fascist Rassemblement National and Marine LePen, a few words on FRance from Mark Twain.
Florida & Beyond, and All Opinions
Unmasking the Lonely Incel Who Designed the World’s Most Popular 3D-Printed Firearm
The first 3D-printed firearm emerged in May 2013 with the release of the Liberator, a handgun created by Cody Wilson, a University of Texas law student and libertarian pro-firearms activist. Essentially a proof of concept, Wilson let the BBC film him firing the gun before releasing the open-source design for anyone to download.
Florida Among 13 States With GOP Governors Rejecting Summer Food Program for Kids
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.
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.
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.