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Think of the GOP convention as more of an … ‘intimate soirée’ this year: |
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© Getty Images Via The Hill’s Justine Coleman and Jonathan Easley, Republicans are scaling back the planned party convention in Jacksonville, Fla., this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. https://bit.ly/2WpOsdg Who will be allowed to attend: Only the 2,500 regular delegates will be able to attend the first three days of the convention. Alternate delegates will be allowed to attend on the final day — plus delegates can bring a guest. Keep in mind: The convention was scheduled to happen in North Carolina but was moved because of coronavirus restrictions. Convention dates: Aug. 24 – 27 https://bit.ly/2ZAXqqh |
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To borrow from Drake — Started from the top, now he’s here: |
| President Trump demoted his campaign manager Brad Parscale yesterday, naming Bill Stepien as his successor. https://bit.ly/3h8LUIq Parscale’s new role: He will lead the campaign’s digital strategy and will work as a senior adviser to Trump. What to know about Bill Stepien: “Stepien was recently promoted to deputy campaign manager. He previously served as the White House political director during Trump’s first two years in office. Before that, he was the campaign manager for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) two successful statewide campaigns in the Garden State.” Read Trump’s announcement on Facebook (!) amid the Twitter outage: https://bit.ly/2ChKuwG |
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| It’s Thursday. I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook. Did someone forward this to you? Want your own copy? Sign up here to receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox daily: http://bit.ly/2kjMNnn |
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Tune in: Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Fauci discuss COVID-19 pandemic |
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Mark Zuckerberg will go live with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US’s top infectious disease expert, to discuss the latest efforts to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Watch live: Thursday, July 16 at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT |
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Name three buzz words of the era: Russia, COVID-19, hacking: |
| Via The Hill’s Olivia Beavers, “The U.S., Great Britain and Canada are alleging that Russia is attempting to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine from researchers and organizations in the three countries through cyberattacks.” https://bit.ly/393tlD1 How so: “The three allied countries allege that the hacking group known as APT29, or ‘Cozy Bear,’ which is largely believed to operate as part of Russia's security services, is conducting an ‘ongoing’ cyber campaign to steal intellectual property about a possible COVID-19 vaccine.” |
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Michelle Obama’s life is BECOMING a podcast. See what I did there?: |
| ^ I know. My jokes can’t all be winners. Former first lady Michelle Obama is launching a podcast on Spotify. https://cnn.it/3fzKPsR What to expect: "Hosted by Michelle Obama, the series will bring listeners the former First Lady's most candid and personal conversations, showing us what's possible when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, to open up, and to focus on what matters most.” Guests to expect: “Guests will include Marian and Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother and brother; late-night host Conan O'Brien; top Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett; journalist Michele Norris; and Dr. Sharon Malone, who is married to former Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder.” When the podcast will debut: July 29 |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
Getting traction — That’s a wild stat: |
| Almost one-third of Florida children who have been tested for the coronavirus have tested positive. https://bit.ly/396tJ3p The numbers: “State data indicates that out of 54,022 Florida children tested, 31.1 percent have returned positive results on average. This is higher than the statewide positivity rate, which reads in at about 11 percent.” The worry: Health experts are worried about the potential lifelong lung damage for children who have the coronavirus, even without severe symptoms. What we know: https://bit.ly/396tJ3p |
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Georgia governor: ‘You do you!’: |
| Via The Associated Press’s Jeff Amy and Ben Nadler, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) banned local towns and cities in his state from requiring residents to wear a mask in public. https://bit.ly/393cQa3 How many local governments does that affect?: At least 15 local municipalities around the state had issued mask mandates. Those mandates are now void. What Kemp is doing instead: Kemp has been encouraging residents and visitors to wear masks voluntarily, but does not require them. |
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| PUBLIC HEALTH GROUPS DENOUNCE TRUMP SIDELINING THE CDC: |
| https://bit.ly/32nVJhN |
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| THE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 3,499,771 U.S. death toll: 137,420 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y For context: This time last week, 3,057,431 Americans had tested positive for the coronavirus and 132,360 had died. https://bit.ly/2CKJCQQ Op-ed: https://bit.ly/2OIYmTr |
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Tune in: Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Fauci discuss COVID-19 pandemic |
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Mark Zuckerberg will go live with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US’s top infectious disease expert, to discuss the latest efforts to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Watch live: Thursday, July 16 at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT |
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^ I couldn’t have come up with a better headline if I tried: |
| Dozens of public figures’ Twitter accounts were hacked yesterday afternoon, prompting the social media platform to block all verified Twitter accounts for hours while it contained the hack. Everything we know, from the New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2Zxhv0w What those accounts tweeted: The hacked message told followers to send Bitcoin to public figures and would receive double in return. Screenshot of what the hacked tweet looked like: https://cnet.co/3fLSVyA |
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| REACTION FROM TWITTER CEO JACK DORSEY: |
| “Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened. We’re diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened. [Blue heart] to our teammates working hard to make this right.” https://bit.ly/390Vp9U Dorsey also linked to an update on what Twitter knows about the hack: Here’s the info: https://bit.ly/2Ov2OVt |
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| ONLY UNVERIFIED TWITTER ACCOUNTS COULD TWEET YESTERDAY EVENING: |
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And it was a pretty interesting evening. Here’s my favorite tweet from the chaos:
© Twitter This made me laugh, too: “um are all the blue checks in blue check jail?” (Via ProPublica’s Al Shaw) https://bit.ly/2WqoGWu |
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*Picks up jaw* — what did I just watch…?: |
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© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3h3OM9G |
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Work it, Tony: |
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© Twitter The full cover — it does not disappoint:https://bit.ly/393nMEo |
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| The House and Senate are out. President Trump and Vice President Pence are in Washington, D.C. 11:45 a.m. EDT: President Trump received an intelligence briefing. |
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| 10:45 a.m. EDT: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) held a news conference. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2WnOoe4 Noon: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) held a news conference. Livestream: https://bit.ly/30jChQu 1 p.m. EDT: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3fCdgGz 4 p.m. EDT: President Trump delivers remarks on rolling back regulations. Vice President Pence will attend. Livestream: https://bit.ly/392fuMX |
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| NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF...: | |
| Today is National Corn Fritter Day. |
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Popular on TikTok — well, we should have predicted this one: |
| Via The New York Post, “Teens are dressing up as mask-wearing grandmas to try to score alcohol.” https://bit.ly/2DIsOKU TikTok videos: https://bit.ly/3957OcM |
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| And because you made it this far, here’s a bear making itself RIGHT at home: https://bit.ly/3h9m9rN *nervous laugh* |
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