🚨 Axios PM: Notorious icon falls

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Instagram   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Dec 12, 2022 Good afternoon! Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 385 words, a 1.5-minute read.     1 big thing: "The last day of the Lost Cause" Photo: John C. Clark/AP The last city-owned Confederate statue in Richmond — honoring Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill — was pulled from its pedestal this morning, Axios Richmond co-author Ned Oliver reports. Why it matters: The moment marks the close of a two-year effort to remove memorials to the Confederacy in its former capital. Photo: Ned Oliver/Axios Between the lines: Hill's removal was delayed because his body is buried beneath the statue. Workers spent the day carefully disassembling the pedestal and searching the dirt and rocks packed inside for Hill's remains. A funeral home was on hand to transfer his body for reburial — the third time his remains will have been reinterred. Photo: John C. Clark/AP The bottom line: "This is, I would say, the last day of the Lost Cause," Mayor Levar Stoney said as workers loaded the statue onto a flatbed trailer. Share this story.     2. 📦 This boom's here to stay Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios   The e-commerce boom has made commercial success less dependent on geography than ever before, Axios' Sam Allard reports. Why it matters: A diffusion of talent and capital, accelerated by the pandemic, has facilitated entrepreneurship outside of Silicon Valley and major metros. Zoom out: More than 350 cities are home to businesses that collectively process more than $100 million in transactions annually using Stripe, according to a new report by the payment processor. That's up from 50 in 2017. Go deeper.     A message from Instagram Explore 30+ Instagram tools helping teens have positive experiences     Instagram's tools can help parents keep their teens safe on social media, help teens see less sensitive content and help them spend less time on our platform. Because teens' experiences on Instagram should be positive and supportive. Explore our tools and set them up today.     3. Catch up quick Photo: Kevin Lamarque via Reuters Above: President Biden joined the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event today at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia. Scoop: Iran wants to limit the range of the missiles it plans to provide Russia for the war in Ukraine, Axios from Tel Aviv author Barak Ravid reports. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) has joined the ranks of election officials subpoenaed in the Justice Department special counsel investigation of former President Trump. Go deeper. The White House rebuked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for saying that the insurrectionists would have "won" if she'd helped organize the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Greene replied that the White House doesn't understand sarcasm. Go deeper.     4. Parting shot: The beard of beers Photo: Andy Lyons via Getty Images A Cincinnati Bengals fan, with beer cans serving as hair curlers for his beard, cheers on the team during the first half of yesterday's 23-10 win over the Cleveland Browns.     A message from Instagram Set up supervision on Instagram to help keep your teen safe online     Parents have support when it comes to keeping their teens safe on Instagram. They can see who their teen follows, who follows them and any reports their teen shares once supervision on Family Center is set up. Explore Family Center and set it up today.   Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing today's PM. Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: