The backyard raised beds in our garden are coming together for the season. I say “our” garden loosely. 90% is my wife’s work. She’s the dedicated gardener and landscape architect; I’m just the hired help.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
U.S. House Approves Crypto FIT21 Bill With Wave of Democratic Support
The House's passage of the digital assets legislation passes the crypto baton to the Senate, where odds remain low for decisive action.
Ireland’s Tax Haven Economy Isn’t Delivering for Its People
Politics:
Trump’s ‘Shadow Secretary of State’ Bombs at Meeting
As Arab Americans hold back their support from President Joe Biden until he changes course on the Israel-Gaza war, Donald Trump’s ‘shadow secretary of state’ — Ric Grenell — met with Arab American leaders Tuesday night to try to convince them that the former president is a viable option for their community come November.
It didn’t go well.
The meeting… featured about 40 Arab American leaders, Grenell, Trump’s son-in-law Michael Boulos, and Boulos’ father, Massad Boulos…. Grenell came off as unsympathetic to the plight of Palestinians while actually angering some participants by reiterating a comment from Trump’s other son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who said in March that Israel should remove Palestinians from the valuable ‘waterfront property’ in Gaza.
Said one attendee: “He repeated Jared Kushner’s statement about beachfront property, which I think floated like a lead balloon in the room.”
Colorado GOP calls for all children to be pulled from public schools
The party’s latest move to the hard right is a directive to parents to remove kids from the public education system.
Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state
A Federal Judge Delivers Another Urgent, Scathing Warning About the Supreme Court
Senate GOP Closes Ranks Against Border Security Bill
Senate Republicans are vowing to block a bipartisan border security deal from moving forward on the floor, three months after Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell hailed it as a ‘huge success,’ reflecting the rising partisan tensions of an election year.
Half of Swing-State Voters Fear Violence Around Election
Louisiana Moves to Restrict Abortion Pills
The Louisiana House on Tuesday passed a bill that classifies the two drugs used to induce an abortion as ‘controlled dangerous substances.’
Abortion opponents hope the measure, now on its way to Gov. Jeff Landry, will be a template for conservative states trying to end the procedure.
Nevada Will Start Counting Votes Earlier
Nevada election officials can start tabulating in-person Election Day votes as they come in, rather than waiting for polls to close in an effort to get results out quicker.
Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home
Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel Alito, another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey.
This time, it was the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent years and is now a symbol of support for former President Donald Trump, for a religious strand of the ‘Stop the Steal’ campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms.
Three photographs obtained by The New York Times, along with accounts from a half-dozen neighbors and passers-by, show that the Appeal to Heaven flag was aloft at the Alito home on Long Beach Island in July and September of 2023. A Google street view image from late August also shows the flag.
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Same. I'm the gardener, hubs does the muscle work.