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Sports and politics have always existed at a very public intersection in American life, but never was the illusory firewall keeping them apart more nakedly exposed than over the past four years. Donald Trump’s political alchemy has always relied on his uncanny skill at leveraging the fault lines that divide us.
From the earliest days of his administration Trump has found fertile ground in taking this fight to America’s last unifying arena: co-opting US sports as not merely a proxy battle in the culture wars that reflect a country’s deep divides, but the primary theatre. He’s always recognized sports as an inextricable stripe of the American experience, but it wasn’t until a rally in Alabama nine months into his presidency that he first seized on what became his favorite fountainhead of easy political points.
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Away from the election for a moment, beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place early today after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys, bringing heavy rains to already flooded city streets
Eta hit land late Sunday on Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida. The system’s slow speed and heavy rains posed an enormous threat to South Florida, an area already drenched from more than 14 inches (350 millimeters) of rain last month. Eta could dump an additional 6 to 12 inches (150 to 300 millimeters), forecasters said.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING in effect for portions of Broward county. Water may rise quickly cutting off access to streets & neighborhoods. Avoid roads covered by water of unknown depth. pic.twitter.com/HoUAcQUhWv
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