The riot at the Capitol may have overshadowed the Georgia special election that elevated Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to the Senate, but it’s too bad it did, because that unlikely turn of events nudged the federal government closer to the ability to actually do something.
As Trump’s thugs vandalized the Capitol, hacking their way through windows and doors, and flooding in, it occurred to me that we ought to watch “Lincoln” that night, that night of all nights.
A market-based strategy to mitigate climate change is embodied in a bill now before Congress called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. The expiring Congress did not pass it, but it will be reintroduced in the new one, where it may have better prospects.
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Philip and Stephen Gellos to GBHCAL L.L.C., 22 Clinton Academy Lane, Sept. 9, $1,800,000.
Estate of Mardee Kravit to 57 Hampton Lane L.L.C., 57 Hampton Lane, Nov. 23, $1,800,000.
Melissa and Ross Muken to 8 Gansett Lane L.L.C., 8 Gansett Lane, Nov. 30, $5,750,000.
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Estate of Barbara Roesel to Karim and Laura Belkhayat, 413 Woodland Drive, Oct. 27, $1,650,000.
187 Dune Road L.L.C. to GR Dune Realty Holdings L.L.C., 187 Dune Road, Dec. 10, $50,150,000.