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Seminole County flips from red to blue

Updated: 8:09 PM EDT May 27, 2021

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THE WESH 2 APP. TURN ON THE ALERTS FOR UPDATES ON SEVERE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA. -- IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. POLITICAL HISTORY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT. SEMINOLE COUNTY HAS FLIPPED FROM RED TO BLUE. THERE ARE OFFICIALLY MORE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS THAN REPUBLICANS, AND ITS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST TIME EVER. AFTER SEVERAL CLOSE RACES IN NOVEMBER THIS COULD MEAN BIG CHANGES IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. SUMMER: WESH 2 POLITICAL REPORTER GREG FOX BREAKS IT DOWN , AND HOW LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES ARE RESPONDING. TRUMP: AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE. GREG: IT STARTED IN 2016, WHEN HILLARY CLINTON BARELY LOST TO DONALD TRUMP. >> WE MADE OUR POINT LOUD AND CLEAR. GREG: THAT SAME YEAR, STEPHANIE MURPHY PULLED OFF A COLOSSAL CONGRESSIONAL UPSET OVER JOHN MICA. THE TURN WAS CEMENTED BY JOE BIDENS DEFEAT OF TRUMP LAST NOVEMBER. [APPLAUSE] THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED? HARRY TRUMANS VICTORY IN 1948. SEMINOLE COUNTY, HISTORICALLY REPUBLICAN, HOME OF RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD, IS NOW BLUE. THOUGH THE REPUBLICAN ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR WOULD ARGUE ITS PURPLE. >> ITS ACTUALLY KIND OF A PERFECT STORM FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE A DOMINANT PARTY. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT WANT TO CONNECT TO EITHER PARTY. GREG: THERE ARE 118,306 REGISTERED DEMOCRATS, AND 117,999 REGISTERED REPUBLICANS. INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE GETTING CLOSE, WITH 98,796, AND THOSE OF OTHER PARTIES NUMBER 6600. THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NOW MORE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS THAN REPUBLICANS IN SEMINOLE COUNTY COULD HAVE HUGE RAMIFICATIONS AS SOON AS NEXT YEARS MIDTERM ELECTIONS, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE RACES. AT LEAST DEMOCRATS HOPE ITLL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, AFTER LOSING A SENATE AND 3 HOUSE SEATS LAST YEAR. >> OUR GOAL OF COURSE IS TO ELECT DEMOCRATS. SO YES WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE, BUT WEVE GOT TO HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES AND GET THOSE DEMOCRATS AND NO PARTY PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE. GREG: PASHA BAKER, WHO JUST LOST A STATE HOUSE RACE, SAYS THE NEW REGISTRATION NUMBERS WILL ENCOURAGE MORE DIVERSE CANDIDATES TO RUN. >> WE JUST WANT THOSE IDEAS, THE METHODOLOGY AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES TO PARLAY INTO GOVERNMENT. >> IM CONCERNED THAT THIS DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE WOULD TA OVER OUR COUNTIES. GREG: REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER SCOTT PLAKON IS TERM-LIMITED. SO HIS WIFE, RACHEL, IS RUNNING FOR HIS SEAT NEXT YEAR. SHES BETTING SEMINOLES INDEPENDENT VOTERS LEAN CONSERVATIVE. >> A LOT OF THESE INDEPENDENTS ARE WOMEN, SO I HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM. GREG: SEMINOLE NOW JOINS ORANGE AND OSCEOLA AS THE ONLY BLUE COUNTIES IN THE REGION. GREG FOX, WE

Seminole County flips from red to blue

Updated: 8:09 PM EDT May 27, 2021

Seminole County is now officially a "blue" county, and it's believed to be the first time ever.That's when it comes to voter registration.Right now, there are just over 118,300 registered Democrats, and just under 118,000 Republicans.No party affiliated voters are getting close, approaching 100,000. The trend started in 2016 when Hillary Clinton nearly beat Donald Trump in Seminole County. Last November, Joe Biden became the first Democrat since Harry Truman in 1948 to win the county.Chris Anderson, the Republican elections supervisor, said he considers Seminole County to be "purple.""It's actually kind of a perfect storm for Seminole County, you know, because you don't have a dominant party. You actually have a group of individuals that do not want to connect to either party," Anderson said. Seminole now joins Orange and Osceola as the only blue counties in the region.

Seminole County is now officially a "blue" county, and it's believed to be the first time ever.

That's when it comes to voter registration.

Right now, there are just over 118,300 registered Democrats, and just under 118,000 Republicans.

No party affiliated voters are getting close, approaching 100,000. The trend started in 2016 when Hillary Clinton nearly beat Donald Trump in Seminole County.

Last November, Joe Biden became the first Democrat since Harry Truman in 1948 to win the county.

Chris Anderson, the Republican elections supervisor, said he considers Seminole County to be "purple."

"It's actually kind of a perfect storm for Seminole County, you know, because you don't have a dominant party. You actually have a group of individuals that do not want to connect to either party," Anderson said.

Seminole now joins Orange and Osceola as the only blue counties in the region.

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Its official: Acme Smoked Fish is expanding

Greenpoints iconic Acme Smoked Fish is officially moving on from its longtime home on Gem Street. In a bid to keep the century-old company in the neighborhood, the City Council voted this week to approve a $550 million mixed-use development from realty company Rubenstein Partners, which includes plans for an expanded 95,300-square-foot production facility for Acme nearby, according to Crains New York. The seafood wholesalers current home at 30 Gem Street will be demolished as part of the expansion.

Local officials previously raised concerns about the incredibly ugly, nine-story development project which, in addition to facilities for Acme, includes 454,000 square feet of commercial space and 33,800 square feet of retail space but ultimately approved it to keep the company in the neighborhood.

Acme, one of the citys largest seafood suppliers, had reportedly outgrown the 60,000-square-foot warehouse its been operating out of since 1954, fourth-generation owner Adam Caslow tells Crains. If approval for an expansion had not gone through, the company would likely have needed to relocate outside of Greenpoint.

The development is scheduled to break ground later this year, and Acme is expected to relocate to its new home by late 2024, according to Crains. The company intends to remain open throughout the transition period, an Acme spokesperson tells Eater.

Williamsburg all-day cafe Gertie is back with another summer of evening programming, with help from nearby Grand Street being closed on weekends from the Open Streets program. The lineup includes matzoh-crusted wings, weekly comedy shows, weekend block parties, and dessert pop-up Bad Habits Ice Cream on Saturday afternoons.

More than a year into the pandemic, celebrity spotting at New York restaurants appears to be back in full force. Bill and Hillary Clinton were seen eating at Fleming by Le Bilboquet on the UES this week, while Michael Cohen (still under house arrest) was spotted at nearby Le Bilboquet.

Tower Diner in Forest Hills, Queens, will be destroyed as part of a proposal to build a luxe, 16-story apartment complex in the neighborhood, according to the Forest Hills Post.

Popular ceramic dinnerware maker Jono Pandolfi is setting up shop on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights this summer.

In New York City, gay restaurants are going the way of the dinosaurs, the New York Times writes.

The drink of the summer, already declared the cosmopolitan, is now Medalla Light beer, Grub Street reports.

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On Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement over the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Legislative Council's decision to adopt electoral reform, in which he claimed the bill "severely constrains people in Hong Kong from meaningfully participating in their own governance".

As always, while issuing that on Twitter, he used the hashtag #StandWithHongKong.

It seems that Blinken, like his predecessors, has kept the habit of "standing with" people elsewhere in the world.

In 2011, Hillary Clinton said she "stood with" the people of Syria, and the country fell into chaos that persisted until today.

In 2014, John Kerry "stood with" the people of Ukraine, and the country later fell into civil military conflicts.

US secretaries of state mean they want to cause trouble in a country or region when they claim to "stand with" the people there. They just stand with whatever force is against the government and could bring the situation there into chaos.

That's why more than one US secretary of state has targeted Hong Kong. In 2020, Mike Pompeo "stood with" the people of Hong Kong, and now Blinken has taken the baton from him. The two from two parties share the same purpose, namely preventing law and order on the soil of China.

But Hong Kong as part of China is fundamentally different from other regions and no US politician could dream of inciting riots there again. In June 2020, the National People's Congress National Committee passed the Hong Kong National Security Law. In March, the NPC National Committee passed the electoral reform act of Hong Kong. This week the LegCo has finished the local legislation portion.

This means the previous loopholes -- which rioters and home-haters made use of in 2019 and earlier -- have been closed.

This also means Blinken or his successors will never again find an agent who could incite violence there. Maybe that's why Blinken was busy "standing with" Hong Kong. He knows clearly that there will not be a chance for him to stretch his black hands into that city in the future.

Just stopping his bad words and black hands might be a better choice.

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In 2021, each branch of the United States government has met or exceeded the record number of women in prominent government roles. In addition, 2021 marks several firsts for women in United States politics. These accomplishments manifest the dreams and desires of the early advocates and pioneers for women's rights.

In the early twentieth century, women's suffrage was the movement that paved the way for women in government. Among the women who were instrumental in the suffrage movement include Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Virginia Minor, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, and Lucretia Mott. The early fight for women's rights culminated in the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 that granted women the right to vote.

Even before the 19th Amendment was passed, Jeanette Rankin of Montana was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1916. After women gained the right to vote, women continued to push for their place at the proverbial table. Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia was appointed the first women in the Senate in 1922 but the first elected woman senator was Hattie Wyatt Caraway in 1932. Bella Abzug, elected to Congress in 1971, who advocated for women's rights, notably said "This woman's place is in the House the House of Representatives." Only in recent years have women legislators grown exponentially. Of the total 410 women ever elected to Congress, two thirds (274 congresswomen) were elected from 1992 to present.

Other notable firsts for the legislature include Margaret Chase Smith who became the first woman to serve in both the House (1940 1949) and Senate (1949 1973), Stacey Abrams who became the first woman and first African American woman to hold positions in both state and national politics, and Nancy Pelosi who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House starting in 2007.

Women have also broken barriers in obtaining positions in the executive branch. Beginning in 1933, Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve in the president's Cabinet when she was appointed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor. Then, women began their journey to major elected executive positions. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm was the first woman and African American to run for presidential candidate of one of the two major parties paving the way for future candidates. She famously said, "I ran because somebody had to do it first." Twelve years later in 1984, Geraldine Ferraro made it on a major election ballot as the first woman to be nominated for vice president. Next, in 2016 Hillary Clinton was the first female nominated by a major party for president, ultimately gaining the popular vote but losing the election. Finally, in 2020, Kamala Harris was elected the first woman, Southeast Asian American, and African American to serve as Vice President of the United States.

All the while, women were also striving for a position on the bench. The first woman named to a federal court was Genevieve Rose Cline appointed to the U.S. Customs Court in 1928. Florence Allen was the first woman appointed to an Article III appellate court in 1934 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

As federal judges are appointed positions, the Supreme Court of the United States arrived late to the movement for women in prominent positions. In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States with her appointment by President Ronald Reagan. Where O'Connor opened the door for women, Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the door off its hinges. Before serving as Justice, Ginsburg co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union and was instrumental in creating the Women's Rights Project. Ginsburg became the second woman to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court in 1993. During her tenure as Justice, Ginsberg penned the majority opinions for groundbreaking cases like United States v. Virginia, finding it unconstitutional for taxpayer funded schools to exclude women. Her dissents were equally transformative for women, such as her dissent in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. where her call to action against pay discrimination paved the way for legislative equal pay protection. Even at her passing in September 2020, she made history as the first woman to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.

These women laid the pavement, destroyed barriers, and shattered glass ceilings so that the women of today could run in and win elections, make meaningful contributions in government, and climb the ladder to become prominent political figures. Their dreams became the reality for a record number women in government in 2021.

2021: A Record Setting Year for Women in Government

In 2021, Congress is comprised of a record 27 percent of women representatives and senators with 141 women holding seats in the House of Representatives and Senate. In state legislatures, there are a record 1,684 women representatives and 552 women senators. This means for the first time in history women make up more than 30 percent of state legislatures. Women are the majority in six state legislatures with Nevada being the only state with more than 50 percent women legislators. Also, for the first time in history the leaders of the House and Senate are both women, Speaker Nancy Pelosi leading the House and Vice President Kamala Harris leading the senate.

Women make up 27 percent of federal judges. The Supreme Court of the United States maintains its record of three women serving as Supreme Court Justices with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Elena Kagan, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Besides the historical election of Vice President Kamala Harris as the first woman vice president, women comprise 44 percent of the presidential cabinet. The cabinet consists of 11 women out of 25 total positions and includes Debra Haaland, the first Native American woman appointed to a cabinet position. Women also hold a record 30.3 percent of state executive seats.

While these percentages have a long way to go before women have equal representation in government, the upward trajectory is promising. Such record setting numbers show the movement that started in the early twentieth century with women's suffrage is ongoing and includes room for improvement. Nonetheless, these women's achievements serve as an inspiration for the next generation and as a testament to the women who came before them.

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Ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, hyping the gravity of the US Capitol riot after Republicans blocked a special probe, falsely claimed the mob killed a police officer. Twitter users quickly set the record straight.

An angry mob attacked our Capitol, our lawmakers and our election, Clinton tweeted on Friday, after Senate Republicans blocked a vote on legislation that would create a commission to investigate the January 6 riot. They killed a policeman. And Republican leaders would rather we all not know more about what happened.

Clinton is far from the only high-profile Democrat who has dramatized the Capitol attack to demonize former-president Donald Trump, whom they accused of inciting the insurrection, and portrayed support for him as domestic terrorism. In fact, President Joe Biden has repeatedly called the incident the worst attack on the American democracy since the Civil War.

However, her statement was perhaps one of the most blatantly false. The rioters were initially blamed for the deaths of five people, but four of those including three Trump supporters and US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died of medical conditions.

Contrary to early media reports claiming he was bludgeoned to death, Sicknick died after suffering two strokes in his office, hours after the riot ended. After months of delay in investigating his death, Washingtons chief medical examiner said in April that the officer had died of natural causes.

As Twitter commenters pointed out to Clinton, the only person whose life was taken during the riot was Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, who was shot by a still-unidentified police officer as she tried to climb through a broken window into the Speakers Lobby, a room near the House chamber.

You are flat-out lying about the murder of a police officer, Arizona congressional candidate Josh Barnett told Clinton. Thats not what happened. You disgrace yourself with more lies.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Kevin Dalton argued that while those who stormed the Capitol were idiots, Clintons continuing to perpetuate a lie that has been debunked numerous times was only slightly stupider.

Max Abrahms, an author and professor of political science, noted that a police officer was killed during an attack on the Capitol, but it happened on April 2, not January 6, and was perpetrated by a follower of Louis Farrakhan, not the Republican Party. He was referring to an incident in which Noah Green whose actions were disavowed by the Nation of Islam plowed his car into a barricade at the Capitol complex, striking and killing Officer William Evans.

Clinton supporters tried to defend her statement, arguing that Sicknick died as a consequence of the riot, even though investigators determined that a clot in an artery had caused the fatal strokes.

Others lamented that the minority party was able to block an independent investigation into the riot for what they claimed were political reasons. Podcast host Greg Hyde quipped that if it had happened in Benghazi, maybe theyd do something about it, alluding to the GOP-led probes of the 2012 attack on US diplomatic facilities in Libya, during Clintons watch as secretary of state, when two diplomats and two security contractors were killed.

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