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After $17.5 Million Splurge on His Office and Friends’ Hires, Ex-UF President Ben Sasse Says He Is ‘Dang Proud’

August 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Ex-University of Florida President Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending to $17.3 million when compared to his predecessor. The costs included hiring several of his former U.S. Senate staffers, including two who were allowed to work remotely from the Washington, D.C., area. Sasse said he was “dang proud” of new initiatives run out of the president’s office, aggressively defending what he called his “‘go bigger’ approach” and efforts to establish “new initiatives” at the school.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, August 18, 2024

August 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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That Girl Lay Lay in Jacksonville, Farmers’ Market at European Village, a federal court decision in Iowa bodes ill for Florida advocates of the freedom to read.

Trump Could Be Barred From Canada as a Convicted Felon

August 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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At first blush, Canadian immigration law provides an easy answer: anyone convicted of a criminal offence is inadmissible. But there are several reasons why this simple rule may not prevail for Donald Trump. In the case of convictions outside of Canada, the first step to consider is whether the offence in question is also an offence in Canada.

Florida House Democrats Urge DeSantis Not to Pass Up 2025 Summer Food Assistance Program for Kids

August 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Sunshine State was one of 13 states that passed up millions in federal funds for the summer EBT program that gave low-income families $120 for school-aged children this year.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, August 17, 2024

August 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Phone-free schools by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

Last day of early voting, Coffee with Commissioner Spradley, the Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Florida Surf Film Festival, the torture of being on hold, a few words from Mohsin Hamid.

J.D. Vance, Poornographer

August 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The reality – one that J.D. Vance only subtly acknowledges in his memoir – is that he is not poor. Nor is he a hillbilly. He grew up firmly in Ohio’s middle class. His “Hillbilly Elegy” memoir is part of a genre called “poornography.” Created mainly by middle- and upper-class people for like-minded readers, this long line of novels, films and plays can end up spreading harmful stereotypes about poor people.

Palm Coast Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Series of Events

August 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Incorporated in 1999, Palm Coast is one of Florida’s youngest cities, and we are excited to celebrate 25 years of being Florida’s city on the rise. We invite all Palm Coast residents to commemorate this milestone through a series of special events highlighting our community’s vibrant spirit and history.

The “School Choice” Swindle Is Demolishing Public Schools

August 16, 2024 | Pierre Tristam | 73 Comments

Paul Renner channeled his inner Jerry Falwell school choice. (© FlaglerLive)

“School choice” is an orchestrated demolition of public schools and the social contract. The focus-group euphemism masks the thieving of tax dollars to subsidize private schools, transforming what was once an aspiration of fringe Christian and anti-government militants into state doctrine. Flagler County schools are losing close to $11 million this year to “choice.”

Embattled Old Dixie Motel Submits Makeover as ‘Hotel Henry,’ But a Suspicious Flagler Planning Board Balks

August 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The latest rendering of the planned Henry Hotel in place of the Old Dixie motel.

For three years, the cryptic owners of the decrepit Old Dixie motel have been promising county officials that they’re getting ready to submit renovation plans and end the building’s history as an eyesore to nearby residents and a legal ordeal for the county. On Tuesday, the county’s Planning Board finally got to review that plan. But it couldn’t bring itself to approve it as board members fear the motel owners are “trying to pull the wool over eyes,” while the owners had yet to secure key steps for development.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, August 16, 2024

August 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Election results by Guy Parsons, PoliticalCartoons.com

Flagler and Florida Unemployment Numbers Released this morning, early voting winds down to its last two days, the BBC World Service’s theme meets Henry Purcell.

When Public Access TV Was an LGBTQ Safe Space

August 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The producers of LGBTQ+ public access series viewed them as a blend of entertainment, art and media activism.

While many people might think LGBTQ+ representation on TV began in the 1990s on shows like “Ellen” and “Will & Grace,” LGBTQ+ people had already been producing their own television programming on local stations in the U.S. and Canada for decades. Hundreds of LGBTQ+ public access series were produced across the country. In a media environment historically hostile to LGBTQ+ people and issues, LGBTQ+ people created their own local programming to shine a spotlight on their lives, communities and concerns.

New Lines of Attack Form Against Affordable Care Act

August 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The Affordable Care Act is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of yore, but in a fresher take from Republican lawmakers who say key parts of the ACA cost taxpayers too much and provide incentive for fraud. Several House Republican leaders have called on two watchdog agencies to investigate, while Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) fired off more than half a dozen questions in a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Senator Proposes Banning Smoking in All Florida Public Places

August 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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While he supports a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana, state Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, said Thursday he will propose legislation that would ban smoking of all types in public places.

Flagler’s Election Turnout Tracks Down from 2020 But Elections Supervisor Lenhart Applauds Candidates’ Civility

August 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart says she's proud of this primary's candidates, who have maintained a level of civility unseen in recent years, but she'd like to see more voters turn out. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s election turnout is tracking lower than in the 2020 primary as a variety of factors, including new laws restricting voter freedoms, have taken full effect. As of today turnout is less than 16 percent in the primary election in Flagler, with two days of early voting plus election day left. But Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart said she was proud of local candidates, who have maintained a level of civility unseen in years.

Flagler County Readies to Adopt Tougher Rules to Protect Trees from Demolition on Development Sites

August 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

A stately oak on the property of the future Radiance development. The developer was never required to take account of mature trees or design the development in a way that protects the canopy. A proposed county ordinance would change that for future developments, but Radiance would not have to comply. (Andy Dance)

Flagler County government is belatedly moving toward adopting a tree ordinance that would significantly increase tree-protection measures, either by reducing the number of trees cut, by increasing replanting requirements, or by establishing a tree fund that will be a form of replacement bank developers may pay into, to compensate for the trees destroyed on a development site.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, August 15, 2024

August 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

We have nothing to smear! by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

Only three days left for early voting, Story Time for preschoolers in Flagler Beach, the Supreme Court’s decision criminalizing homeless sleeping, the homeless crisis in Florida.

Harris’s Joy, GOP Mockery: Nothing New to Black Women

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Black women in the U.S. have a history of struggle against violence and oppression. And too often when they experience joy, and show it, ridicule follows. They are said to be too loud, too emotional – well, too “Black women.” History shows that this is a familiar dog whistle.

Kamala Harris Gains with Hispanics Extend to Florida

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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New multistate polling of Latino voters shows that the substitution of Kamala Harris for Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket plays well nationwide and in Florida. Equis Research conducted surveys of 2,183 registered voters who identify as Hispanic or Latino in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas. The group says the polling between July 22 and Aug. 4 suggests a “Latino reset.”

Religious Leaders Warn Schools of Liability Dangers of Voluntary Chaplain Program

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

From left to right Revs. Joe Parramore, James Golden and Rachel Gunter Shapard photographed on Jan. 25, 2024. Golden and Gunter Shapard spoke against HB 931, which would authorize public and charter school districts to allow chaplains in schools. (Photo by Jackie Llanos/Florida Phoenix)

School districts have shown little interest in welcoming volunteer chaplains to serve in their facilities, an initiative recently permitted by the Legislature that, according to the ACLU, could create legal liability for schools and risk creating an environment of “religious coercion and indoctrination of students.” For school boards and districts that may move to implement the program, religious and civil rights leaders have recommended approaches they believe would best protect children.

An Inside Look at the Army Corps’ Beach Renourishment Along Flagler County’s Shore as It Nears Completion

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The beach renourishment project that started in Flagler Beach last month after almost 20 years of planning and waiting is nearing completion at remarkable speed, with operations moving to the area of the Flagler Beach pier and north of it starting in the middle of next week and windup expected this month. The project is little short of the recreation of earth. Here’s a detailed tour for those unable to make it to the project site.

A Mast Arm Crashes Onto State Road 100 at the Foot of the Flagler Beach Bridge, Impeding Traffic

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The mast arm fell across the westbound lanes of State Road 100 at North Flagler Avenue in Flagler Beach in mid-morning. (Flagler Beach Police)

It isn’t yet clear why, but a traffic-light-bearing mast stretching over State Road 100 at Flagler Avenue in Flagler Beach, just before the bridge, bent and struck the road this morning around 10:30, causing some havoc with traffic. No one was hurt.

Ernesto, Soon to Be Major Hurricane, Will Veer Far from Coast But Create Dangerous Rip Currents and Surf

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Though Tropical Storm Ernesto, which will become a hurricane today, is veering far east of the coast, the Flagler and Florida coastlines will see dangerous rip currents and heavy surf that may further damage beach renourishment efforts in Flagler Beach, starting Thursday. Some of the sand dredged onto the beach there in the last few weeks was eroded by heavy surf from Tropical Storm Debby.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Some religious groups abandoning Trump by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

The River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee meets, the Flagler County Canvassing Board meets, Carlos Lazoda wonders about America as a City on a Hill.

‘Misogynist Radicalization’ and What Parents of Boys Should Know

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Many parents are worried about their children using social media. But these concerns tend to focus on privacy, exposure to explicit material or contact with strangers. But looking at sexism and misogyny in schools and the influence of social media, it is also important for parents to understand how algorithms work. These can drive misogynistic content towards boys and young men and make extreme views seem normal.

These can drive misogynistic content towards boys and young men and make extreme views seem normal.

Producer of Lab-Grown Poultry Sues Florida Over ‘Cultivated Meat’ Ban

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A California-based producer of lab-grown poultry filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Florida ban on selling or manufacturing “cultivated” meat. UPSIDE Foods, Inc., contends, in part, that the law violates a constitutional prohibition on favoring in-state businesses over out-of-state competitors.

Stetson Honored Again as a National College of Distinction and for Equity and Inclusion

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

An image from last spring graduation at Stetson. (Facebook)

For a second year in a row, Stetson University has received national recognition as a College of Distinction with additional awards for its Business and Education programs, and initiatives for Equity & Inclusion, and Career Development.

In Major Leap for Public Art, Palm Coast Will Require Developers to Devote Portion of Project Costs to Art Fund

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

"The Butterfly Lady" by artist August Moreau was recently restored as part of the City's Public Art Maintenance program.

It’s taken 25 years, but Palm Coast appears ready to take the arts seriously. The City Council today agreed to a plan that will require developers to pay a small portion of their development costs into an arts fund that would be used to pay for public art installations. If such a fund was in place last year, it would have generated close to $1 million, city officials said.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, August 13, 2024

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Book Bans by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune.

Early voting continues, the Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, the Community Traffic Safety Team, muted Islamophobia so far in the presidential race, Armstrong’s “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky.”

Five Growing Threats to Academic Freedom

August 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Bobst Library at New York University. Academic freedom is under siege. (© FlaglerLive)

Professors across the country have sounded the alarm about infringements on academic freedom following crackdowns on pro-Palestine protesters on campus. The current conflict, however, is only the latest iteration of an intensifying decline in academic freedom.

FAA Grants Flagler County Authority to Fly Long-Range Monitoring Drones Along Coast

August 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Flagler County received long-awaited word from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Tuesday (August 6) that it was awarded a “Certificate of Waiver” – effective through July 2028 – for its “small, unmanned aircraft system,” or drone, operations that afford the county the ability to fly long-range monitoring missions of the coastline and other public safety monitoring missions. 

Flagler Humane Society Director Defends Shelter’s Euthanasia Record and Rejects Criticism as Inaccurate

August 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Tail high at Flagler Humane Society. (Facebook)

Amy Carotenuto, director of Flagler Humane Society, describes the society’s procedures, including euthanasia when necessary, and defends the society’s record in the face of recent criticism by current and former volunteers who spoke to the Flagler County Commission and the Palm Coast City Council.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 12, 2024

August 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Early voting continues, the different reaction to the boy who threatened to blow up Orlando with nukes and the one who placed bogus swatting calls to Flagler schools, the Flagler County Library Board of Trustees meets, the Bunnell City Commission meets.

What 3.2 Million-Year-Old Lucy Reveals

August 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

3.2-million-year-old female specimen of the genus Australopithecus afarensis, lucy

According to the coevolutionary tale of humans and their lice, our immediate ancestors lost most of their body fur 3 to 4 million years ago and did not don clothing until 83,000 to 170,000 years ago. That means that for over 2.5 million years, early humans and their ancestors were simply naked.

Appeals Court Backs DeSantis School Board Appointment, Rejecting Election

August 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Calculating a vacated seat by the moment when a resignation becomes effective rather than when it is announced, a three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected arguments by James Golden that an election should be held in November for the Manatee County school-board seat that will be vacated by Rich Tatem.

Time for TrumpOlympics™

August 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The “Festivities” scene featured LGBTQ+ activist DJ Barbara Butch, famous French drag queens, as well as singer Philippe Katerine as Dionysos.

As a fellow from a state the French have never heard of put it, these “woke Olympics” are “not going to fly in Oklahoma.” We need a new Olympics, a wholesome, American Olympics without the degenerates and the foreigners. Ladies and Gentlemen, here are the TrumpOlympics™!

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, August 11, 2024

August 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

CHICKEN BIGLY by Randall Enos, Easton, CT

Tabasco Brothers at the Golden Lion Cafe, farmer’s market, taking the measure of Parisian distances against Palm Coast sprawl, Sharath Mahendran’s “Building Beautifully” and a few words from Redburn.

Supreme Court Ruling May Put Presidents Above the Law. But Even Kings Never Were.

August 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

King John of England signs the Magna Carta in 1215.

Many observers say a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision from July 1, 2024, turns presidents into kings – but they underestimate how truly radical the ruling actually may be. In fact, though the court’s majority said it was honoring constitutional tradition, it appears to have created something entirely new: a legal tyrant, someone above the law, a privilege even kings never enjoyed.

Fake Endorsements Roil St. Johns County Republicans

August 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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St. Johns County Republican Party Chair Denver Cook says the party “learned that a fraudulent voter guide has been mailed to many Republican voters across the county.”

Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos for a 2nd Trump Term

August 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Alexei Woltornist, a former assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, encourages future appointees to bypass mainstream news outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post. Instead, they should focus on conservative media outlets because those are the only outlets conservative voters trust.

“Eradicate climate change references”; only talk to conservative media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second Trump administration would operate.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, August 10, 2024

August 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Stuck between Trump and a hard place by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Monthly Meeting, Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, Gamble Jam, dueling banjos revisited.

The Druze Community Devastated by the Attack on the Occupied Golan Heights

August 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Members of the Druze minority attend a memorial ceremony for the children and teens killed in a rocket strike in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

The village of Majdal Shams has been in mourning since July 27, 2024: the day a rocket hit a soccer field, killing 12 children and wounding tens more. Majdal Shams is home to a community whose relationship with Israel is doubly complicated: Druze residents of the Golan Heights, which Israel captured in 1967 and annexed in 1981.

Behind Flagler Tax Services Owner Newsholme’s $300,000 in Fraud: Mounting Debts and Ponzi-Like Scheme

August 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Robert Newsholme, the former owner of Flagler Tax Services, a three-year Flagler County Sheriff’s investigation found, had essentially been running what amounted to his own Ponzi scheme, taking money from clients who thought they were paying their IRS taxes, using that money to pay debts from lending companies, then borrowing more money from different lending companies to pay previous lending companies while putting off his clients who wanted their money back, plying them with promises and bad checks.

Appeals Court Rejects Unanimous-Jury Argument in Death Penalty Case

August 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Lyann Goudie’s decision that a unanimous jury recommendation would be needed to sentence defendant McKinsie Lyons to death.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, August 9, 2024

August 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Presidential Olympics Debate by Jeff Koterba, patreon.com/jeffreykoterba

Terrell Sampson sentencing, LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company, relics from the east, remembering the Beirut port blast four years later.

Misinformation, Abuse and Injustice: The Imane Khelif Boxing Controversy at the Paris Olympics

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif celebrates her victory in the women’s boxing 66-kilogram quarterfinal match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024.

In the contemporary context, many sportswomen who appear too powerful, too successful, or look “too masculine” according to a particular set of values are at risk of being targeted. Importantly, it is most often non-white athletes who face the most scrutiny of their gendered sporting bodies.

State Attorney Larizza and Four Superintendents Launch Seventh Circuit Initiative

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The superintendents and R.J. Larizza, the state attorney. (State Attorney's office)

For almost a year, superintendents in Putnam, Flagler, Volusia and St. Johns counties, the State Attorney’s Office and members of their staff have been working on a proactive, collaborative approach, which focuses on three pillars: education, awareness and accountability. Stakeholder meetings were also held in May with parents and students from each school district to get their feedback.

Brendan Depa Was Baker Acted Immediately After Sentencing: ‘I’m Going to Die in Jail,’ He Wrote

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Brendan Depa getting fingerprinted after the sentencing hearing. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, the 18-year-old sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for beating Joann Naydich, Depa’s paraprofessional at Matanzas High School, in February 2023, was immediately Baker Acted from the county jail afterward when jail staff saw he had written on a sheet of paper that he was going to die in jail. His mother said he feared being killed by other inmates or dying of his own hand.

Latest Flagler School Board Follies: Hunt Celebrates Mediocrity, Furry Abuses His Seat to Push ‘Endorsements’

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Thing One and Thing Two, though Sally Hunt has stopped showing up to most meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

“Board member comments” at the Flagler school board have devolved almost always into a disaster, an embarrassment, a circus of ignorance, hypocrisy, stupidity or bigotry, compliments of the board’s trilobites: Sally Hunt, Will Furry and Christy Chong. No wonder they prefer illegal secret meetings. No wonder Colleen Conklin and Cheryl Massaro can’t wait to escape the asylum. The sane ones weren’t there Tuesday to witness the latest drivel from Furry and Hunt, the first illegal, the second just creepy.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, August 8, 2024

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Last Supper by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, the Palm Coast Democratic Club holds its monthly meeting, the routine of Israel settlers’ Jim Crow violence against Palestinians of the West Bank.

Tim Walz Pick: Harris Is Running Her Race By Her Rules

August 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. (Harris Campaign Facebook)

Harris’ choice of Walz confirms and leans into an extraordinary vibe shift in American politics. In only a fortnight, the campaign has been flipped on its head. The fact that Harris did not pick Shapiro tells us a great deal about both how this campaign will be run, and the future of the Democratic Party more broadly. Walz’ elevation is indicative of a major shift in the party – one that Harris is leading.

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