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Fact Check: GOP’s McConnell Falsely Claims Obama Team Never left a ‘Game Plan’ For Pandemics

May 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell falsely claimed that the Obama administration didn’t leave a plan behind on handling pandemics. In fact, it left a detailed plan, including how to confront a novel coronavirus.

Unemployment Rate At 3.7% Approaching 50-Year Low as Economy Adds 250,000 Jobs

November 2, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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It is the longest uninterrupted expansion since before the Great Depression. The average monthly gain this year has been just over 210,000 jobs, equal the average monthly gains of the last two Obama years.

Israel’s Suicide Mission

January 7, 2017 | Pierre Tristam | 20 Comments

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Israel’s right-wing government never seriously considered the two-state solution, which it has now abandoned as it imposes a de-facto annexation of the Palestinian West Bank, enshrining apartheid.

Economy Adds 178,000 Jobs in November, 4.6% Unemployment at Lowest Level in 9 Years

December 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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It’s the longest job-creation streak in the nation’s history, but wages dropped in October by 0.1 percent and the decline in the unemployment rate was due more to a decline in the labor force than because of job creation.

Obama Should Tell the Truth About the American Economy

September 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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The president and everybody in his administration really must stop talking about how much better off we are today than we were eight years ago. Here is the disastrous truth.

Obama Renews Call for Public Option in Health Law to Compete With Private Insurers

July 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Before the public option was dropped in 2010 many liberals hoped — and conservatives feared — that having the government provide insurance alongside private companies would be a step toward a full government-run system.

“Grief Beyond Description”: In Orlando, Obama Comforts Survivors of Pulse Massacre

June 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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After meeting with the families, Obama and Biden went to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, where they placed bouquets of 49 white roses — one for each of the people who died in the attack — at a makeshift memorial there.

Gov. Scott Requests Federal Emergency Declaration in Wake of Orlando Massacre

June 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Calling the massacre at an Orlando nightclub “an attack on our state and entire nation,” Gov. Rick Scott early Monday asked President Barack Obama for a federal emergency declaration in Florida.

Obama in Hiroshima:
The Shallowness of American Atonement

May 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

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Paul Tibbets, who captained the Enola Gay to its mission over Hiroshima, proudly sold WMD memorabilia into his old age, and President Obama refused to apologize in what was the first visit by a sitting president to Hiroshima in 71 years.

Gov. Scott Likens Obama Guidance on Transgender Equality to “Blackmail”

May 26, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Gov. Rick Scott issued his harshest comments yet about the federal government’s guidance on how public schools should treat transgender students, but stopped short of saying whether his administration would enter the fray against the Obama administration’s controversial initiative.

Pressured to Defy Obama Order on Transgender Bathrooms, Scott and Bondi Stay Mum So Far

May 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Opponents of allowing transgender students to use restrooms of their choice could lead to a breakdown in school discipline or even attacks, supporters say there is no evidence of that.

Benghazi Syndrome: Obama Learns the Wrong Lesson

April 9, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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There was clear support from Security Council members for the initial military action, which unquestionably spared thousands of innocent lives in Benghazi, argues Gareth Evans.

Obama in Cuba:
The Limits of “Engagement”

March 21, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Indeed, if engagement is supposed to result in political change, US engagement with Cuba is most likely doomed to fail, writes Jorge G. Castañeda. After all, trade and investment have done nothing to bring about a democratic opening in Vietnam over the last 20 years.

U.S. Economy Adds Robust 242,000 Jobs, Leaving Unemployment Rate at 4.9%

March 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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After a relatively weaker December, when only 172,000 jobs were created, the job market resumed the late 1990s-like pace it has maintained for most of the past two years.

E Pluribus Un-American:
The Judeo-Christian Smear of Islam

February 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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President Obama’s trip to a mosque to reassure American Muslims of their importance should have been unnecessary. It reveals how deep-seated prejudice remains, especially that of conservative Christians who claim to preach acceptance.

Diplomatic Bores in the Age of Blowhards

January 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio have strange and dangerous plans to stand tall against enemies, especially when they reach for their Ronald Reagan. Their version of history is mostly fiction.

We Are At War

November 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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No one wants to repeat the errors of the US under President George W. Bush; but to use those errors as an alibi to avoid confronting the world as it is would merely be an error of a different sort.

The Hell With Your Tired,
Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses

September 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 68 Comments

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Barack Obama’s order to open the U.S. to 10,000 refugees is dismal compared to Germany’s. Racism, not means, block greater numbers from an American welcome.

Boots on the Ground to Fight ISIS? Sure, But Arab and Turkish Boots, Not American

September 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Republican candidates for president are right about calling for military force against ISIS, wrong about the kind of force that should fight: only Sunni fighters from Arab lands and Turkey can effectively defeat ISIS, argues Joseph Nye.

Unemployment Rate Falls to 7-Year Best of 5.1% With Job Creation at 173,000

September 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The 2015 total is at 1.7 million new jobs–400,000 more jobs created in eight months than the entire eight years of the second Bush’s presidency.

ISIS and Barack Obama’s Dumb War

June 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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Sending US troops back to Iraq to fight ISIS, Obama is doing what no American president has ever done before: re-start a war long lost. He’s doing it illegally, without Congressional authorization.

Economy Surges With 280,000 Jobs, But Unemployment Remains at 5.5%

June 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The new jobs bring the total to 12.6 million private-sector jobs created over the last 63 months, one of the better performances of extended growth since World War II.

Federal Government Calls Gov. Scott’s Lawsuit Over Medicaid Expansion “Baseless”

June 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Federal officials fired back in court against Gov. Rick Scott’s contention that the Obama administration has unconstitutionally tried to link expanding Medicaid with the continuation of a key health-care funding program.

Obama Comes to Everglades to Talk Climate Change. Gov. Scott Snubs Visit’s Theme.

April 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Obama is set to appear at Everglades National Park Wednesday to address the economic impact of climate change, a topic and phrase that was not mentioned in a release from the governor’s office Tuesday.

Tennessee and Kansas Also Get Fed Warning to Florida: Expand Medicaid Or Risk Hospital Funds

April 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The federal government confirmed that it gave officials in those states the same message delivered to Texas and Florida about the risk to funding for so-called “uncompensated care pools” — Medicaid money that helps pay the cost of care for the uninsured.

Obama Doctrines, Bland Rhetoric, and the Mealy-Mouthed West

April 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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From President Barack Obama’s oxymoronic first-term mantra “leading from behind” to the recent German variant “leading from the center,” empty phrases have become the currency of Western governments, writes Ana Palacio.

Special Session Ahead for Legislature as Lawmakers Fail To Resolve Budget Clash

April 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott’s administration, federal officials and House and Senate leaders have waged a public war over health dollars, which President Obama’s administration declared Tuesday are tied to an expansion of Medicaid.

Israel’s Problem Isn’t Iran or Hamas.
It’s Benjamin Netanyahu.

March 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The manner of Netanyahu’s reelection–his lies, his bigotry, his fear-mongering–lays bare the method of a man who should not be trusted, and who is taking Israel down its most dangerous paths yet.

Florida Republicans Go Cuba Libre On Obama’s Decision to End Hostilities With Havana

December 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The future of America’s dealings with the island nation 90 miles away remains a sensitive issue in the state as even Democrats greeted Obama’s opening with caution.

In Boon for Florida, Obama Will Normalize Full Diplomatic Relations With Cuba After 53 Years of Cold War

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The two nations will open embassies in Havana and Washington, D.C., 53 years and 10 presidents after Dwight Eisenhower, citing “self-respect,” closed the American Embassy in the Cuban capital on Jan. 3, 1961.

Colossal Waste: U.S. Aid to Afghanistan Now Exceeds Marshall Plan, With Little Return

October 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Adjusted for inflation, U.S. appropriations for the reconstruction of Afghanistan exceed the funds committed to the Marshall Plan, the U.S. aid program that delivered billions of dollars between 1948 and 1952 to help 16 European countries recover in the aftermath of World War II.

Obama’s Poisonous ISIS Moment and
The Snare of Remote-Controlled War

September 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

It’s not enough to be fighting a losing war in Afghanistan and another against “terror” in Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan and wherever else Obama wants to play centurion to the world. Expanding the war to Syria is a grave error whose unintended consequences will add to 13 years’ worth of American setbacks in the Middle East.

Tepid Jobs Report Leaves Unemployment at 6.1% With Lowest Job Creation Since January

September 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The economy created just 142,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported this morning, the lowest total since January, when 129,000 jobs were created. The unemployment rate dropped by just a decimal point, to 6.1 percent.

Unemployment Down, Food Stamps Use Up, Pointing to Recovery’s Bane: Underemployment

August 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The overall U.S. unemployment rate has steadily declined since the recession officially ended in June 2009. But many Americans still are finding it hard to get by, even if they do have jobs. A key indicator of economic hardship—enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps—is higher in every state than it was five years ago, even though unemployment has dropped in every state during the same period.

Economy Adds 209,000 Jobs But Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 6.2%

August 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Mediocre: it’s the The best that can be said about the unemployment report for July as the economy added 209,000 jobs, about 20,000 jobs short of expectations, and the unemployment rate edged up to 6.2 percent, from 6.1 percent the previous month.

Israel’s March of Folly

July 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

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Israel’s latest attack on Gaza reflects yet again that peculiar blend of arrogance and bigotry that has characterized Israeli policy toward Arabs since 1982: the arrogance that Israel is infallible, and the bigotry that sees Arabs either as inferior creatures to be walled off or as terrorists to be killed. It shouldn’t be surprised when the beasts rebel.

288,000 New Jobs in June Add Up to 2.5 Million This Year, Most in Eight Years

July 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Unlike in previous months, the bright jobs picture in June was the result of more people getting jobs and fewer people losing them–as opposed to more people dropping out of the labor force.

Obama as Worst President Since 1945, Pains of Being a Black Gun Owner, Target’s Gun Ban, Killing Civil Rights

July 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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A new poll finds a third of Americans rating Obama the worst president since World War II and Reagan the best, Target finally bans guns from its stores, how the Civil Rights Act could never pass today, Huckleberry Finn’s censors, and more.

When Dick Cheney Snarls Again

June 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Dick Cheney’s calculated refusal to refer to “President Obama,” calling him instead by his first and last name, telegraphs the notion that Obama is not rightfully the president. But it’s only one of many misfires by the loathsome ex-VP, argues Steve Robinson.

Obama’s Mistake in Iraq: Getting Sucked Back Into a Religious War Already Lost

June 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The United States had no business invading and occupying Iraq in 2003, it has no business now arbitrating a religious war between Sunnis and Shiites. The mayhem unleashed by the Bush administration is being made worse by further American meddling.

Job Creation Exceeds 200,000 For 4th Straight Month Despite Slowdown in Economic Growth

June 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Despite a first-quarter decline of 1 percent in economic growth, the economy added 217,000 jobs in May for a total of 1.05 million jobs so far this year, a robust, sustained growth not seen since the end of the Great Recession.

Angling For Military Vote, Rick Scott Looks to Sue Feds for Blocking VA Hospital Inspections

May 28, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The state Agency for Health Care Administration, at Scott’s urging, said Wednesday it will file a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeking to allow state inspectors access to Florida-based VA hospitals so they can determine if the health care needs of veterans are being met.

Unemployment Falls Sharply to 6.3% as Economy Adds Nearly 300,000 Jobs, But Labor Pool Shrinks

May 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

People are reentering the workforce, they’re applying for work, they’re finding jobs, with an economy in April adding more net jobs for the 50th consecutive month–ironically, one of the longest peace-time recoveries on record, following the Great Recession of 2007-08. But a huge number of people are also leaving the workforce. That has resulted in an unemployment report for April that looks very bright at first, but that dims somewhat when analyzed more closely.

Obamacare Tally: Florida Subsidies Average $3,000, But Some Families Complain of Costly Exclusion

April 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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And yet only one in four Floridians who qualifies for a subsidy had enrolled in a plan by March 1, leaving 1 million eligible residents uninsured. A mother describes how the law’s employee-insurance provision barred her family from subsidies.

Economy Adds 175,000, Reversing
Early Winter Plunge; Unemployment at 6.7%

March 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Despite successive cold spells and snow storms in the east, the national economy added 175,000 jobs in February, reversing a two-month trend that saw job creation fall. The unemployment rate, however, ticked up a decimal point, to 6.7 percent.

Global Warning Olympics: Closing Ceremonies for Winter

February 23, 2014 | Pierre Tristam | 4 Comments

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Watching the Olympics requires too much of a suspension of disbelief to make the effort worth the time or the self-deception. There was an added and quite massive invention to these games: faking winter in a warming world, though in that regard we’re all self-deluded Russians.

The Slow-Motion Lynching Of President Barack Obama

January 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

If this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, argues Frank Schaeffer, we’ll lynch anyone. What chance does an anonymous black man pulled over in a traffic stop have of fair treatment when the former editor of the Harvard Law Review is being lynched?

The Shame of Guantanamo, 11 Years On

January 4, 2014 | Pierre Tristam | 44 Comments

The irony should not be lost on us that our congressional district is represented by Ron DeSantis, the sort of fanatic who had no trouble advertising his brief service in Guantanamo’s kangaroo courts as a badge of honor while leaving silent his employment with a more legitimate Florida corporate law firm. With political charlatans like that in Congress, it’s no wonder Guantanamo endures.

88,000 Floridians Lose Emergency Jobless Benefits Today as Congressional Deal Skirts By

December 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The emergency benefits, begun in 2008 under President George W. Bush, were created to help unemployed workers who had exhausted their state jobless benefits during the economic recession. But about 1.3 million Americans’ unemployment checks weren’t part of the bipartisan budget deal passed by Congress last week and signed by President Obama on Thursday.

Obama’s Free Press Problem: Why Reporters in the U.S. Now Need Protection

November 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The Obama administration has made the most concerted effort since the Nixon years to intimidate officials from talking to a reporter. Paul Steiger, Paul Steiger recipient of this year’s the Burton Benjamin Memorial award from the Committee to Protect Journalists, argues for a response.

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