BEHIND THE SCENES … PELOSI VS. Birx… At Thursday night’s closed-door assembly at NANCY PELOSI’s office, THE SPEAKER let slip that doesn’t seem to care: the coordinator of the deboRAH BIRX group of coronavirus runners.
– PELOSI DIT to Treasury Secretary STEVEN MNUCHIN and White House Chief of Staff MARK MEADOWS: “Deborah Birx is the worst. Wow, what terrible hands you’re in. He accused BIRX of disseminating incorrect information about the coronavirus pandemic, while praising ANTHONY FAUCI, who said he has won in his own right and is now a hero.”
Referring to FAUCI’s special topps edition, PELOSI added, “They sold more baseball cards from him than in history.”
– MEADOWS replied: “It’s because he throws a bad curveball. He’s committed to making sure no one can catch anything.
This morning… MEADOWS, in the White House meeting room, said Republicans had made four donations to Democrats and had given none in return.
PELOSI, on Capitol Hill: “We’re not here” on the “road” of a Covid relief bill. Array.. PELOSI about Republicans: “We don’t have non-unusual values. That’s right.”
PELOSI SUGGEST that it is not your resolution if the workers and legislators of the Capitol are tested, it is in that of the treating physician.
SCOOPLET: DISCOVER THE ELEVATORS of the NIH construction where FAUCI works. They have a sanctuary for FAUCI. Photos here
WITH AMIS COMME CES – “The White House is in a position to reach a stimulus agreement without a ‘shield of responsibility’, breaking with McConnell,” through Jeff Stein and Erica Werner of WaPo: “The White House is in a position to engage with Democrats that excludes The Republican Senate Law to employers, hospitals and schools from coronavirus prosecution , according to two other people familiar with the internal planning of the White House.
“The White House needs and presses for the ‘shield of responsibility’ to be a very sensible priority, but it would be willing to signal an agreement that does have the legal protections. Array. The flexibility of negotiation conflicts with McConnell’s ultimatum to democrats. Wapo
CBS: “House cancels August holiday until coronavirus bill is passed,” through Grace Segers
KAYLEIGH MCENANY, in the meeting room: “The President supports General Tata.” Find out more about Lara Seligman
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READ ALSO – “When Cultural Wars Strike Fort Wayne,” through Charlie Savage in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for POLITICO magazine: “In a quiet Indian, the city has declared a holiday to celebrate its founder. In the Trump era, nothing is always so simple.
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PELOSI, via Pool Hill: “P: Are you more or less encouraged by the integrity of the election after the briefing? Pelosi: My fear is that other American people will be more informed. That’s what the presidents of the Intelligence Committee, the senior member on the Senate aspect – no matter what they call it, vice president. Chief Schumer and I wrote to tell the other Americans the truth and to get an explanation of why they’re holding back. That’s my fear. »
FOR YOUR RADAR … KYLE CHENEY: “Engel quotes the State Department for Biden’s documents to pass to Republican senators”: “Engel indicated that he cited the documents because the branch had ignored his initial request for percentage copies of any provided to the Senate Democrats see the Senate investigation into the Republican Party, conducted through Senator Ron Johnson’s Committee on Government Affairs and Homeland Security , as an effort to denigrate Biden over false corruption allegations similar to his international relations in Ukraine.” Political
SEARCH FOR A VACUNA – “Sanofi and GSK contribute to a $2.1 billion agreement with the United States to expand a Covid-19 vaccine and one hundred million doses,” through Matthew Herper of Stat: “As with other expanding vaccines, Sanofi-GSK The vaccine, if effective, would possibly require two doses. The U.S. will have the option to acquire up to 500 million doses, corporations say they are preparing to produce 1 billion doses a year.
“The Sanofi-GSK vaccine is starting to test vaccines from other corporations operated by Operation Warp Speed… However, it is the only vaccine in the group based on technologies used in approved vaccines. Stat
AMERICAN FIASCO – “Contact search fails in many states”. Here’s why, “through Jennifer Steinhauer and Abthrough Goodnough of NYT:” [L]’the ubiquity of the virus and primary delays in testing have made the formula almost useless. In some areas, giant sections of the population have refused to participate or even be located, making it even more difficult for fitness workers.
“Tracking other exposed people is so far from the virus spreading to the fullest that many fitness public servants that the money and staff involved would spend more on other resources, such as expanding verification sites, helping schools prepare to reopen, and educate the public about dresses in the mask. Array Some public fitness experts now that at least control and tactile search want to shrink in spaces where outbreaks are high. In some cases, they say the effort will possibly never succeed. Nyt
MUCK READ – “House Democrats find that fan management exceeds $500 million,” through NBC’s Heidi Przythroughla: an existing contract with a major medical product manufacturer, back-to-back negotiations for more than a month, then overpaid up to $500 million for tens of thousands of devices – a costly mistake at a time when some of the larger states were noticeted shortages. “NBC … The report
– NBC: “Diplomats implore the State Department not to rush back to the workplace,” through Josh Lederman and Abigail Williams: “More than 500 State Department painters privately impose Trump’s management to oppose his resolve to send up to 80%. returning to the paintings on the user after a painter running near Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s workplace tested positive for coronavirus this week.
“In a letter to State Department officials received through NBC News, staff members say the branch has not followed its own rules of knowing when it is and whether it is feasible to return to the office. Array.. Employees urge Trump management to bring the State Department back to Phase I, where offices can only count on up to 40 percent staff, and to make it transparent to all overseas offices and missions that anyone legal for telework can continue to do so “without retaliation” until local schools have reopened. Nbc
VEEPSTAKES – The talk on representative KAREN BASS (D-California) reached its climax today, with more scrutiny and new support.
– NOT PLAYED IN MIAMI! Array… “Karen Bass, a possible vice president of Biden, explains her history with Cuba,” through Isaac Dovere of The Atlantic: “She is reliably liberal, presides over the Congressional Black Caucus, and tells a story of the loss of the family circle with Biden. But she is also the only user on Biden’s list who spent part of the 1970s running in Fidel Castro’s structure in Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade, an organization that has organized annual trips to Cuba for left-wing youth for a century.
“Biden’s crusade learns of Bass’s story with the Brigade, which began as a joint venture of the Castro and Student government by a Democratic Society, the left-wing organization against the war generated by the terrorist organization Weather Underground. She told Biden’s variety committee weeks ago. that this is very likely to happen. So far, this has not been decisive; indeed, his prospect of encouraging African-American votes may help Florida among the electorate that has historically not gained as much attention in the state.” Atlantic
– CNN: “Joe Biden narrows his list of vice presidents, Karen Bass emerges as one of the top contenders,” through MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny and Jasmine Wright: “California Rep. Karen Bass, the president of the 66-year-old Congress Black Caucus, has won genuine traction… California Sen. Kamala Harris and Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s former national security announcer, are also among the top serious contenders.
Biden’s team has yet to tell any of the women they have seriously for the vice presidential post that they are officially withdrawn from the race,” said other people familiar with the process, and a source said that 11 women are still officially on duty. Cnn
– SACRAMENTO BEE REDACTION TIP: “Biden will probably be Kamala Harris for VP. Here’s why Karen Bass is a better choice… AP’s KATHLEEN RONAYNE in Sacramento: “Building Bridges”: How Bass has become one of the leading candidates for vice president positions “… JOS OF THE REAL WAPO: “Rep. Karen Bass fought for blacks and Latinos in South Los Angeles. He is now on Biden’s list of vice presidents.”
ICYMIArray .. IN THE BELTWAY: “State Democrats are making a big comeback in 2020,” through Elena Schneider, David Siders and Zach Montellaro: “Once ignored, underfunded and canceled, Democratic organizations in the state party are raising the record budget for the 2020 election, reaffirming their roles in Democratic infrastructure after suffering for years at festival with super PAC and campaigns.
“In 15 imaginable battle states, almost every Democratic team in the party has achieved higher quarterly fundraising totals or have more coins in their federal accounts than at this point in the 2016 presidential crusade, and most of them have done both, according to a POLITICO investigation into the Federal Election Commission archives and in interviews with party officials. Many of these States Parties, guilty of cash operations and coordination of a ticketing crusade, see three, 4 or five times as many coins as before.
THROUGH THE PONDArray.. NYT MARK LANDLER in London: “Trump’s new officials in the UK: what if he loses?” In Paris and Berlin, a Trump defeat would be welcome as an unexpected relief… But in London, where [Boris] Johnson’s government has just left the European Union, it’s more complicated. Array.. If Biden wins in November, Britain would face a president who opposes Brexit, look at Ireland’s interests in a post-Brexit Europe, and have little explanation for why. prioritise an agreement with the Anglo-American industry.
“The threat to Britain, according to several experts, is a sudden break but a slow slip into irrelevance.”
LOOK 2024 … GABRIEL RUBIN OF WSJ: “Florida Sen. Rick Scott is lining up his to chair the Republican Senate Committee for the mid-2022 term, a position that would put him in close contact with the country’s top Republican donors and finance presidents. while contemplating a possible presidential election in 2024. Scott discussed the post with his Republican colleagues.”
SCOTUS WATCH – “The violation of Supreme Court secrecy highlights internal dynamics,” through Bloomberg’s Greg Stohr: “The U.S. Supreme Court witnessed an ordinary violation of its privacy regulations this week, as a number of CNN articles exposed some of the judges. deliberations of his recently completed term.
“The revelations are likely to send a shiver to a court that is among the strictest establishments in Washington. [Joan] Biskupic’s stories included data known to only a handful of other people: the nine judges, their legislators and assistants in the workplace, and perhaps the spouses of the nearest judges and external confidants. Bloomberg
TRANSITIONS – ACT ICE Director Matthew Albence announced this morning that he is retiring. Washington Examiner scoops Thursday night … Carolina Hurley is now a special assistant to the president and associate director of communications for economic projects at the White House. She was in the past director of specialized media at the White House.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD – David Helfenbein, Finsbury’s New York director and former Hillary Clinton, and Leigh Helfenbein welcomed Dylan Spencer Helfenbein on Wednesday afternoon. He came here in 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Photo… Another photo
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