Something attempted, something done:
Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat https://t.co/C216E7gAAu
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 24, 2024
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown.
“This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. “But it rejects extreme cuts from House Republicans and expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance use care, advances American leadership abroad, and provides resources to secure the border. … That’s good news for the American people.”…
What is Palm Sunday and how is it celebrated worldwide? https://t.co/4yWmjgWtK9
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 23, 2024
Another religious celebration of the Spring equinox:
… This year, Palm Sunday falls on March 24. Also known as Passion Sunday, it marks the start of Holy Week. The most sacred week of the Christian year includes the Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus’ crucifixion story and death, and their belief in his resurrection on Easter…
In the biblical Palm Sunday story, a cheering crowd greeted Jesus along the road. Some spread their garments on the ground; others threw down leafy branches they had cut from the fields. In the Gospel of John, they are branches from palms, a tree that symbolized victory and triumph…
The ritual or liturgy typically starts with a blessing of the palms by clergy. It’s followed by a reading of the Passion of Christ, meaning an account of the final events of Jesus’ life…
Ashes can be purchased, but some churches make their own by burning the palms from prior years.
They’re used to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday, the solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Christianity’s most penitent season.
Palm-Out Sunday, and every day…
Per Politico, “It’s ‘brass tacks’ time for cash-strapped Trump campaign”:
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