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This is the May 19, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox three times a week.
Among the biggest lessons of the past year is that America is a country deeply divided.
In the presidential election, a record numbers of voters cast ballots, and most Republicans still refuse to accept that Joe Biden won, polls show. You may recall David Lauter’s work in this newsletter early this month, reporting on the latest polling showing how deep the divide among Americans has become.
What accounts for the nation’s polarization and where it’s headed is difficult to explain.
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Fine weather contributed to the success of the 23rd Sedbergh Gala, which was held on the Playing Field in May 1986. The parade from Maryfell was led by Sgt R. Porter, who was followed in an open car by Gala Queen Paula Surridge and her attendants Caroline Blunt and Lisa Powell. Next came to Lunesdale Pipe Band leading the procession of many children in fancy dress and then the decorated vehicles, whose theme that year was Film Titles . After the Gala Queen had opened the event and the judging of the decorated vehicles and fancy dress competition had taken place, the afternoon s entertainment continued with activities and events including the fell race, which was televised by Yorkshire Television for a documentary film on fell running.
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Welcome back to the Real Estate newsletter. We’ve seen plenty of mega-mansions fetch astronomical prices over the years, but the mid-May market showed us just how valuable a plot of land could be.
Tobey Maguire kicked off the week by hauling in $10.75 million for an empty acre in Brentwood. No house. No grass. Just a patch of dirt in one of the most affluent communities in Los Angeles. It was the second-priciest land sale so far this year.
Shortly after, a 3,600-acre spread up in Ojai surfaced for sale with a much bigger price tag: $100 million. Known as Black Mountain Ranch, the working cattle and horse ranch combines 63 parcels and offers a bit more than Maguire’s property, with a mansion, four guesthouses, a lake, tennis court and shooting range.
Presidents try to control the agenda, but external events often derail the best-laid plans. Biden got a taste of that this week, and turned one potential crisis to his advantage.