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Daily Bread for 7.22.22: Trump’s Maneuvering is Futile Against Cheney’s Attrition

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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 88. Sunrise is 5:37 AM and sunset 8:25 PM for 14h 48m 15s of daytime.  The moon is a waning crescent with 30.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1990, Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour…

Business, Daily Bread, Federal Government, Hubris, Local Government, Planning, State Government

Daily Bread for 5.7.22: Fordlandia’s Folly

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 62.  Sunrise is 5:39 AM and sunset 8:02 PM for 14h 22m 59s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing crescent with 35.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1992,  Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law.…

America, Cycling, Federal Government, History, Holiday, Local Government

Juneteenth

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Sometime later today, Pres. Biden will sign a bill, having passed overwhelminmgly in both the House and Senate, to make Juneteenth a national holiday.  The House saw only 14 members opposed (one being Tom Tiffany, R-WI 7) and the Senate voted after Sen. Ron Johnson withdrew his opposition to a vote. Making Juneteenth a national…

Coronavirus, Covidiocy, Culture, Federal Government

Private Meetings in Public Monuments During a Pandemic

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The Washington Post reports that Interior [Department] shuts Washington Monument after interior secretary tests positive for the coronavirus (‘Park Service staff say they may have been exposed when David Bernhardt led a private, after-hours tour’): Officials have taken the extraordinary step of closing the Washington Monument starting Friday as a precaution after Interior Secretary David Bernhardt —…

Courts, Federal Government, Law, Laws/Regulations

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on DACA in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California

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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program allows certain persons who arrived in the United States as children to apply for a forbearance of removal. Today, a five-person majority of the nation’s high court ruled in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California that the Trump Administration violated the Administrative…