I'm pretty sure the Acrescent store is independent from Graphene OS - though they just seem to like the project so much they made it available in their own "App Store"
Linux Mint is honestly amazing. I always read about it being labeled as "for beginners" or being "boring" almost as if that's a bad thing. I just wanted something that works out of the box and not take on a new hobby.. And I got just that with Linux Mint. Highly recommended
As a German speaker, I'm reading "Wegen US Politik: Boykott Bewegung breitet sich aus" (so something like "Because of US politics: boycott movement is spreading") haha
Love to see it