Encroaching stink of political sargassum

SEBASTIAN, Fla. – Here comes the sargassum.

The seaweed blob that washes ashore here every April – University of South Florida specialists say this year’s harvest is a 13-ton wave-runner, maybe the biggest ever – creates a stink as it dominates the coastal environment and temperatures rise. The brown algae produce rashes and emit toxic fumes.

This year, the political equivalent of the sargassum is a…