Joe Mullins, the former Flagler County Commissioner disgraced out of office two years ago after recurring scandals and outrageous behavior, including belligerently trying to get out of a traffic stop by telling a cop that he ran Flagler County, announced on Friday that he will run for the congressional seat Rep. Mike Waltz is vacating to join Donald Trump’s cabinet as national security adviser.
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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, November 18, 2024
The Flagler County Commission meets in workshop to discuss the case of developer Mark Langello’s impact fees, the Land Acquisition Committee meets, ghost guns and an epidemic of violence.
The Taliban’s Violent Erasure of Women Through Its ‘Vice and Virtue’ Law
A newly passed “vice and virtue” law is among the most repressive and discriminatory measures ever enacted by the Taliban, an Islamist fundamentalist group controlling Afghanistan. The new law seeks to completely silence women in public. They are prohibited from speaking, singing or praying aloud. The law also attempts to literally erase them from view, ordering women to cover every part of their body and face in public.
Florida Universities Are Cutting Ties to 7 ‘Countries of Concern’
The state university system’s Board of Governors next week is scheduled to receive a report about the law, which targeted ties to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Syria. The law, in part, largely prevented state universities and colleges from participating in agreements or partnerships with schools based in the countries of concern.
Where Florida Went, The Nation Is About to Follow
Goodbye to America defining itself as a Beacon of Hope, the Light of Freedom, or any of that other stuff they told you in 3rd grade: the rule of law, checks and balances, free speech, science-based health care, and son on: we saw it all in Florida. It was just prelude.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, November 17, 2024
Jake’s Women at City Repertory Theatre, a final matinee, the Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, John Oliver on the West Bank, and a look at “Welcome To Hell,” a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody.
Sewage and Fertilizer Threaten Florida Manatee’s Main Food Source, and Survival
Research shows manatees are eating less seagrass – traditionally their primary food source – and more algae than in decades past. This change occurred along Florida’s Atlantic coast during a period of extensive seagrass decline. This represents an emerging threat to the species’ survival.
Immunized Against Science: What Robert Kennedy Jr. as Health Chief Would Mean
Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. Should Kennedy win Senate confirmation, his critics say a radical antiestablishment medical movement with roots in past centuries would take power, threatening the achievements of a science-based public health order painstakingly built since World War II.
House Speaker Opposed to Releasing Matt Gaetz Ethics Report on Alleged Sexual Misconduct
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is trying to put the brakes on a document that could harm Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General by preventing a report on Matt gaetz’s alleged sexual misconduct from being released to the Senate. before Gaetz’s confirmation hearing.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, November 16, 2024
Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley, “Jake’s Women,” the Neil Simon play, at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Celine Dion singing Piaf at the Olympics: a rewind.
