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The Manchurian Candidate Is Alive and Well and Living in the White House

July 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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Until last week I did not believe in the transmigration of souls from celluloid to reality. That changed when Congress passed the so-called “big beautiful bill.” Raymond Shaw, the brainwashed assassin of “The Manchurian Candidate,” is alive and well and living in the White House. There may be other explanations. But outside of the theater of the loony it’s difficult to understand why a president of the United States would gift China the greatest act of strategic self-destruction next to China’s own suicide in the 15th century. 

As Texas Flood Death Toll Passes 50, Questions Arise Over Adequate Warnings and NWS Staffing

July 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Kerr County, Texas, was hardest-hit by catastrophic flooding in Texas Hill Country, northwest of San Antonio.

Catastrophic flooding that has claimed more than 50 lives in Texas came amid concerns about staffing levels at the NWS, after the Trump administration fired hundreds of meteorologists this year as part of Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts. The NWS Austin/San Antonio office’s warning coordination meteorologist announced in April that he was retiring early due to the funding cuts, leading to speculation that vacancies could have impacted forecasters’ response.

RFK Factor: An Unwelcome, Possible Return of Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse

December 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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After backlash against public health interventions culminated in President-elect Donald Trump’s nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the country’s best-known anti-vaccine activist, as its top health official, infectious disease and public health experts and vaccine advocates say a confluence of factors could cause renewed, deadly epidemics of measles, whooping cough, and meningitis, or even polio.

Senate Appointment and Special Election in Flagler to fill Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz Seats

November 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Rubio’s selection as secretary of state in Trump’s administration would lead to a closely watched decision by DeSantis about appointing a U.S. senator for a term that would last until the 2026 election. Also, a special election will be needed to choose a replacement for Mike Waltz in Congressional District 6, which is made up of all or parts of Flagler, Lake, Marion, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia Counties.

The “Chinese Virus” Slur

May 29, 2020 | Pierre Tristam | 44 Comments

Trump in China in 2017, when he behaved. (White House)

Calling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus” has nothing to do with geographical correctness and everything to do with ideological motives tapping into a century and a half of anti-Asian bigotry.

The Bailout Is Working — For the Rich

May 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The S&P 500 is now up 30% from its lows in mid-March and back to where it was last October, when the outlook for 2020 corporate earnings looked sunshiny. Companies have sold record amounts of debt in recent weeks for investment-grade companies. Junk bonds, historically dodgy during an economic swoon, have roared back. (© FlaglerLive)

The economy is in free fall but Wall Street is thriving, and stocks of big private equity firms are soaring dramatically higher. That tells you who investors think is the real beneficiary of the federal government’s massive rescue efforts.

The Lose-Lose of Trump’s Proposal to Cut 3 Million People Off Food Stamps

August 2, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Trump administration’s move to cut low-income people who are eligible for food stamps and school lunch off of those programs isn’t just immoral, it’s short-sighted, argues Jill Richardson.  

Go Back Where You Came From

July 23, 2019 | Pierre Tristam | 39 Comments

Home, in the P Section. (© FlaglerLive)

No American can tell another to go back where he or she came from, at least not with a straight face: We’re all carpetbaggers in America going back to the original ones who crossed over the Bering Strait.

Our Immigrant Prisons Are An Atrocity

July 7, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Undocumented migrants immediately after being seized by the U.S. Bordfer Patrol on June 15 near Los Ebanos, Texas. (Border Patrol)

As reports surface about immigrant children sleeping on concrete floors and people being forced to drink water from toilets, one fact has become unmistakably clear: It’s well past time to demand an end to Trump’s cruel and inhumane treatment of immigrants.

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.

Saint Kavanaugh

October 4, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 66 Comments

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Whether Kavanaugh was confirmed or not is irrelevant: whoever’s next might be less personally sleazy, more temperamentally amoebic, but judicially? Same shill, different name.

Why Women Don’t Report Sexual Assault

September 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

That urge to discredit accusers of sexual assault like Christine Blasey Ford is exactly why it takes so long for some to come forward in the first place.

Nobody In the White House Is Part of ‘the Resistance’

September 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Administration insiders admit Trump’s dangerous, but they’ll stick with him as long as he cuts billionaires’ taxes, deregulates corporations, and feeds the military-industrial complex.

Without Fear Or Favor. Or Whining.

August 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Juan Gris' 'Le Journal,' 1916. press freedom

Defending the press against Donald Trump’s “enemy of the people” attacks may have its place, but reporters’ best bet is to shut up and do their job well: it’s the most eloquent response.

America’s Pre-Existing Condition

August 3, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 26 Comments

trash-talking the unemployed (George Segal)

Florida is among the states suing to end the requirement that people with pre-existing conditions be covered by insurers. It’s the latest cynical attempt to end Obamacare.

Restricting Food Stamps Use at Farmers’ Markets Is One More Way To Hurt the Poor

July 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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The government just canceled its contract with the company that makes the card readers necessary to read food stamps cards at farmers markets.

Before Vilifying Russia, U.S. Policy Apologists Might Try Looking in the Mirror

July 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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A bellicose stance toward Russia has become so routine and widespread that we might not give it a second thought. That makes it all the more hazardous.

Zero Tolerance: Here’s What It’s Like to Work at a Shelter for Immigrant Kids

June 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A photo provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows immigrant children inside Casa Padre on June 14.

A window into a system pushed into overdrive, straining to serve traumatized kids amid the uncertainty of America’s immigration system.

Being Separated From My Child Nearly Destroyed Me

June 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The administration’s policy of separating families is torture, and Trump’s executive order to incarcerate families together doesn’t solve the crisis.

Cruel and Usual Trump

June 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 81 Comments

President Trump and Melania Trump signing a 'Be Best' initiative the day after Sen. Senator Jeff Merkley was barred from examining a children's detention center in Brownsville, Texas. (White House)

The Trump-Sessions zero-tolerance policy of separating children from their parents at the border has no precedent except in America’s slavery times.

Haspel, Spies and the Destruction of Evidence

May 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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The CIA official who ordered the destruction of videotapes that had documented the treatment of terror suspects, says he told Gina Haspel what he intended to do.

The Latest Assault on Food Stamps Holders

April 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Groceries should not be cudgels. (Brian Legate)

The draconian work requirement to receive food stamps could throw 1 million people off the rolls and cause more job losses than job gains.

105 Missiles Fired at Syria Is 10 Times The Number of Syrian Refugees We’ve Taken In All Year

April 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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“This is about humanity,” President Trump said of attacking Syria. A look at his response to other regional catastrophes shows his claim doesn’t begin to add up.

Trump’s Census Whitewash

April 1, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The featured image under 'Immigration' at the White House website has nothing to do with what made America great--its immigrants--but with the heavily armed policing of the border.

The Trump administration’s decision to include a question on the census about citizenship is intended to under-count immigrants and skew numbers to favor whiter voting districts.

The Dangerous John Bolton: Skewing Intelligence, Silencing Input That Doesn’t Fit His Biases

March 31, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

John Bolton changed what didn't fit his narrative. (Gage Skidmore)

Former colleagues say John Bolton, whose job is to marshal information and present it to the president fairly, resists input that doesn’t fit his biases and retaliates against people he disagrees with.

Military Inferiority Complex:
Dear Leader Wants A Parade

February 9, 2018 | Pierre Tristam | 56 Comments

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The military doesn’t need parades. It needs to come home. Worshipping it in time of endlessly losing wars only locks and loads more cannon fodder.

What Trump Wants on Immigration Is Ethnic Cleansing

February 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Trump’s offering a fig leaf of legal status for a relatively small slice of the undocumented population in return for a drastic cut of all immigration to the U.S.

Economy Adds 200,000 Jobs in 88th Straight Month of Expansion

February 2, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Wages increased solidly for the second month, improving by 9 cents an hour after an 11-cent increase in December, but still barely ahead of inflation.

To Keep America Great, Legalize All Undocumented Immigrants

January 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

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We have a choice: Keep our economy vibrant and enviable or demolish it by expelling and demonizing undocumented immigrants, as short-sighted nations have done in the false name of “purity” over the years.

To Stay on Medicaid, You May Have To Start Working: Trump’s Decision Sparks Fury

January 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Trump Administration is opening the way for states to add a work requirements for Medicaid. Florida appears not likely to go that route, at least not this year. (White House)

Trump’s decision to allow states to test a work requirement for adult Medicaid enrollees sparked criticism from doctors, advocates for the poor, and minority and disability rights groups.

Gov. Scott Calls Trump’s Reference to “Shithole” Countries “Absolutely Wrong”

January 12, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

The president made his disparaging comments about poorer countries in talks with congressional leaders. (White House)

Trump reportedly questioned why the United States should accept immigrants from “shithole countries” like Haiti, El Salvador and countries in Africa, and singled out Haiti in particular.

Not To Worry, Estate Planners: Help For Struggling Millionaires Is On The Way

December 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The estate tax was just slashed to exempt millionaire families up to $22 million, a doubling of the previous exemption, which had covered 99.8 percent of taxpayers.

3 Reasons The Trump Tax Plan Is a Disgrace

December 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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Robert Reich’s three-step guide on the rubbish of the Trump-Republican tax plan for when you confront your Republican Uncle Bob during the holidays.

“We Don’t Serve Gays”

December 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

Charlie Craig and David Mullins wedding cake

Invoking Christian belief to deny service to a gay couple is not a First Amendment right, nor is it a matter of artistic expression. It’s good old discrimination under a new mask.

Florida’s Cold Shoulder to Trump

November 26, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The first holiday weekend Donald Trump brought his presidency home to Mar-A-Lago was a true come-to-Jesus lesson in business loss and lifestyle chaos for locals.

Unnecessary ‘Proof of Citizenship’ Voting Laws May Surge Under Trump, Suppressing Turnout

November 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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Some lawmakers have been emboldened both by President Donald Trump’s false claim that millions of noncitizens voted in 2016 and by his creation of a panel to investigate alleged fraud.

Trump Administration Plan to Add Medicaid Work Requirement Stirs Fears

November 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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advocates who see the changes as a way for states to kick millions of adults off the program and undermine its mission of providing health coverage to the poor.

Fantasyland and the Liberal Delusion

October 29, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It's not make-believe. (David Meyer)

Liberals’s hopes that the likes of Jeff Flake or Bob Corker in any way speak for today’s vanilla-white GOP is a refusal to concede that the Age of Trump is here to stay.

Stunner On Birth Control: Trump’s Moral Exemption Is Geared To Just 2 Groups

October 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Checking for coverage. (WorldSkills)

A separate rule allowing employers that are not religious organization to deny contraceptive coverage to employees is geared toward anti-abortion groups, but its legal status is doubtful.

Trump Blows Up Obamacare Subsidies: What You Need To Know

October 13, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Donald Trump ends subsidies by executive order. (Mark Nozell)

Some of Trump’s actions could have an immediate effect on the enrollment for 2018 ACA coverage that starts Nov. 1. Here are five things you should know.

Pride In “Our Country”? Count Me Out.

October 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 167 Comments

Until the next massacre. A vigil in Philadelphia for the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting. (Governor's office.)

There’s no contending with a president who speaks of his pride in this country in serial tweets even as his every other pronouncement is a cleave, a slur, a boast, a lie or a disgrace.

What You Should Know About Trump’s Rollback Of Contraception Coverage

October 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Rosaries before the pill. (© FlaglerLive)

The rules will make sweeping changes to the law’s requirement that most employers provide coverage of birth control with no out-of-pocket costs to women.

Trump’s Decision To End Dreamers’ Amnesty Creates Dilemma For Florida GOP

September 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Florida is home to at least 30,000 people who could be affected and is the base for exponentially more Hispanic voters who could be critical to next year’s elections.

The Brutality Behind Trump’s Arpaio Pardon

August 30, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A protester of Joe Arpaio's wars. (Caravan 4 Peace)

The president called Joe Arpaio, a man who chronically violated people’s constitutional rights, a “patriot.” What does that make his victims?

How One City Took Down Its Confederate Monuments: A Stealth History Lesson

August 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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After Charlottesville, Baltimore’s removal of Confederate statues in the dead of night was the city’s latest attempt to make peace with the ghosts of the Civil War. Other cities may be taking note.

“I Didn’t Serve To Defend Neo-Nazis,” Gov. Scott Says, Distancing Himself From Trump

August 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott did not go so far as to criticize President Trump, but he distanced himself from Trump's remarks equating neo-Nazis with other protesters, and calling some white supremacists 'fine people.' (© FlaglerLive).

Pam Bondi, meanwhile, endorsed UF President Kent Fuchs’s denial of a request to allow white nationalist leader Richard Spencer to speak on campus next month.

A New Generation of White Supremacists, Better Organized, Emerges in Charlottesville

August 15, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

On Thomas Jefferson's turf. (Rodney Dunning)

A group that included many people who were college-educated or ex-military displayed effective planning. “White people are pretty good at getting organized,” said one.

Alarming Federal Report On Global Warming Elicits Fears Trump Will Suppress It

August 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A Weyerhauser paper mill on the Columbia River. Temperatures have increased much faster in the western part of the United States than in the South. (National Archives)

The report all but erases doubt that climate change is the result of human activity and that warming will worsen, but it’s awaiting President Trump’s approval and that of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Obamacare Exchanges In Limbo as GOP Repeal Fails and Trump Ramps Up Sabotage Talk

July 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

President Trump railing against the Affordable Care Act on June 22. (White House)

Even as premiums increase about 18 percent, Florida Blue, the state’s largest health insurer, said those rates would go even higher if government subsidies disappeared.

Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: “Watch Your Back, Bitch”

July 14, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Marc Kasowitz is among President Trump's attorneys. (National Press Club)

Marc Kasowitz, President Trump’s personal attorney on the Russia case, threatened a stranger in a string of profanity-laden emails Wednesday night.

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