Anyone paying attention to the suggestion to vote early has already voted. The last few days will yield an election day surge, but are things already determined?

 As a last-few-days post, there really is no "news" about the Minnesota candidates. So, what to post?

First, to make the point of who serves who, never mind recent mailings for distancing, this image:

If you doubt the alpha, then doubt the beta. It only makes sense.

Never mind the mailer with the posed resolute look. This guy is a sycophantic rubber stamp. Reelected or replaced, it is the posture that was photographed, and the posture that remains. Doug Chapin would not be so obsequious, indeed, he'd not get into a position where he'd be so close to a contagion

After posting that, it's enough. The image is from https://emmerforcongress.com/wp-content/uploads/

Something Emmer is (or at some point) was proud to post on his campaign website. 

Is the image demeaning to Emmer? Showing an aspect of his DC persona that defers? Groupie fandom? A lack of independent objective evaluation? 

______________UPDATE____________

AP, here, reports on Trump signing into law, the GENIUS Act,  on July 18, 2026. Emmer was instrumental in getting a bill to passage and onto Trump's desk, so in the opening embedded video Trump hands the signing pen to Emmer as a souvenir. AP wrote. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law new regulations for a type of cryptocurrency, a major milestone for an industry that has spent heavily to strengthen its legitimacy and political might.

The GENIUS Act sets initial guardrails and consumer protections for stablecoins, which are tied to assets like the U.S. dollar to reduce price volatility compared with other forms of cryptocurrency. It passed both the House and Senate with wide bipartisan margins.

The new law is meant to bolster consumer confidence in the crypto industry, which has quickly become a major power player in Washington thanks to massive campaign donations and spending on lobbying. Its passage comes as Trump had repeatedly pledged to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.”

 [...] The crypto industry has long complained it was unfairly targeted by former President Joe Biden’s administration and spent heavily to help Trump win last year’s election.

The president also joked that lawmakers had named the GENIUS Act after him. The acronym stands for “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins.”

The use of stablecoins has grown dramatically in recent years. Circle, the U.S.-based issuer of one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year and quickly saw its value soar amid heavy interest from crypto enthusiasts and investors. Stablecoin issuers make profits by collecting the interest on the assets they hold in reserve to back their stablecoins.

A provision in the GENIUS Act bans members of Congress and their families from profiting off stablecoins. But that prohibition does not extend to the president and his family, even as Trump builds a crypto empire from the White House. His family holds a significant stake in World Liberty Financial, a crypto project that launched its own stablecoin earlier this year and received an early boost from an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates.

The House also passed two other bills Thursday that are meant to help the crypto industry. One creates a new market structure for cryptocurrency, and the other bans the Federal Reserve from issuing a new digital currency. Both measures now go to the Senate.

Crabgrass believes the other acts have not been signed into law, but reader research can pin that down.