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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
OK, tell me EVERYTHING I need to know about this Pfizer announcement: |
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© Getty Images Pfizer announced yesterday that early analysis of a COVID-19 vaccine has shown it is more than 90 percent effective, sending a shockwave wave of good news through the world that is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The official announcement from Pfizer, if you missed it: https://bit.ly/36muzYK |
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| FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT: |
| Via The Hill’s Peter Sullivan: https://bit.ly/2Idtqen - “The results are better than expected.”
- “It won’t be available right away.”
- “It’s still important to take precautions.”
- “There’s political maneuvering over the credit.”
- “Distribution is still a challenge.”
Reasons for each: https://bit.ly/2Idtqen |
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| FOUR REASONS TO FEEL OPTIMISTIC BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT: |
| Via Stat News, which I suggest you follow for coronavirus vaccine updates! https://bit.ly/3peldHp - “We are likely to have multiple successful Covid-19 vaccines.”
- “This is terrific news for mRNA vaccines.”
- “We may be able to expect more from Covid-19 vaccines than we thought. That could help persuade people to be vaccinated.”
- “Pfizer’s vaccine’s long-term prospects now look better.”
Explanations for the four: https://bit.ly/3peldHp |
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| WHAT HAPPENS TO OTHER VACCINES ALSO IN DEVELOPMENT: |
| Bloomberg’s Faye Flam explains. https://bloom.bg/3pfTBl5 |
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| WHAT ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT: |
| In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious diseases expert, called the Pfizer announcement “really a big deal.” https://on.mktw.net/2Uftw7E Keep talking, Tony. This music to my ears: “Again, you have to go through the hoops of making sure all of the Is are dotted and the Ts are crossed about the safety and the regulatory aspects of it, but we would be giving vaccine to people very likely before the end of this year. That is good news.” Timing: “We may have doses that we are able to give to people by the end of November, the beginning of December, probably well into December.” |
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| ‘DON’T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE’: |
| Here’s a New York Times op-ed from Aaron E. Carroll and Nicholas Bagley on the realistic expectations to have about the vaccine: https://nyti.ms/2IlcwtZ |
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| THE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 10,110,552 U.S. death toll: 238,251 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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| It’s Tuesday — Election Day was a week ago today. 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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| LATEST WITH THE BIDEN TRANSITION | |
Should we order a round of lawsuits for the table??: |
| Via Reuters’s Simon Lewis and Tim Reid, “President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is considering legal action over a federal agency’s delay in recognizing the Democrat’s victory over President Donald Trump in last week’s election, a Biden official said on Monday.” https://reut.rs/2UcWLYv The gist: “The General Services Administration (GSA) normally recognizes a presidential candidate when it becomes clear who has won an election so that a transition of power can begin. That has not yet happened despite U.S. television and news networks declaring Biden the winner … The law does not clearly spell out when the GSA must act, but Biden transition officials say their victory is clear and a delay is not justified, even as Trump refuses to concede defeat.” |
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New reporting — How the transition could get ugly: |
| Via The Washington Post’s Lisa Rein, Matt Viser, Greg Miller and Josh Dawsey, “The Trump White House on Monday instructed senior government leaders to block cooperation with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, escalating a standoff that threatens to impede the transfer of power and prompting the Biden team to consider legal action.” The full report: https://wapo.st/3llGbl6 |
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| HAPPENING AT 2 P.M. EST: |
| President-elect Biden will deliver remarks on the Affordable Care Act. Livestream from C-SPAN: https://cs.pn/36ozXuy |
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| MEANWHILE IN THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE | |
What the president has been tweeting: |
| At 8:43 a.m. EST: “WE ARE MAKING BIG PROGRESS. RESULTS START TO COME IN NEXT WEEK. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” https://bit.ly/2Ufr9Si At 8:44 a.m. EST: “WE WILL WIN!” https://bit.ly/3klWtt0
At 10:33 a.m. EST: “WATCH FOR MASSIVE BALLOT COUNTING ABUSE AND, JUST LIKE THE EARLY VACCINE, REMEMBER I TOLD YOU SO!” https://bit.ly/3kh0gI9
At 10:33 a.m. EST: “BALLOT COUNTING ABUSE!” https://bit.ly/3eOSe87 |
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Bill Barr: I’ll allow it.: |
| Via The Associated Press’s Michael Balsamo, Attorney General William Barr has authorized the Justice Department to look into any "substantial allegations" of voter fraud in the presidential election. https://bit.ly/38qA5wl Barr said in a memo: Investigations “may be conducted if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.” But for smaller allegations: “[Barr] said any allegations that would ‘clearly not impact the outcome of a federal election’ should be delayed until after those elections are certified and prosecutors should likely open so-called preliminary inquiries, which would allow investigators and prosecutors to see if there is evidence that would allow them to take further investigative measures.” |
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| A DOJ OFFICIAL QUITS OVER THIS MOVE: |
| Via The New York Times’s Katie Benner and Michael S. Schmidt, Hours after Barr’s announcement, a Justice Department official resigned. https://nyti.ms/2Uc6Jtp “[Roger Pilger], a career prosecutor in the department’s Public Integrity Section who oversaw voting-fraud-related investigations, told colleagues he would move to a nonsupervisory role working on corruption prosecutions. ‘Having familiarized myself with the new policy and its ramifications,’ he wrote, ‘I must regretfully resign from my role as director of the Election Crimes Branch.’” https://nyti.ms/2Uc6Jtp |
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| TIMING OF THE PENDING LAWSUITS AND RECOUNTS: |
| Via AP, “States have until Dec. 8 to resolve election disputes, including recounts and court contests over the results. Members of the Electoral College meet Dec. 14 to finalize the outcome.” https://bit.ly/38qA5wl |
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| MOST REPUBLICANS AVOID CHALLENGING TRUMP ON THE ELECTION RESULTS: |
| Via The Hill’s Alexander Bolton: https://bit.ly/3lhkZgl |
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| GETTING TRACTION — FOX NEWS CUT AWAY FROM A WHITE HOUSE PRESS CONFERENCE ALLEGING FRAUD: |
| Fox News on Monday cut away from White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s press conference yesterday. https://bit.ly/3eJPbhy Why — Fox host Neil Cavuto said on air: “She is charging that the other side is welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting. Unless she has more details to back that up, I can’t in good countenance continuing showing you this.” |
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Dusting off those ole’ negotiation skills: |
| Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney, “The Senate is looming as a roadblock for several of President-elect Joe Biden's policy priorities as Democrats start to assemble their 2021 agenda.” https://bit.ly/32ykKG6 How it started: “Biden and congressional leaders pledged to tackle a bold, aggressive slate of legislation when they felt bullish about their chances for a Democratic trifecta for the first time since 2010 and amid fierce pressure from their base to go big after four years of President Trump.” How it’s going: “But in a setback, Biden will at best have a 50-50 Senate majority or, more likely, find his party in the minority by a seat or two, a significant hurdle that will test his ability to cut bipartisan deals while making it difficult if not impossible to pass several Democratic priorities for at least two years.” |
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News this a.m. — same same: |
| Late this morning, Republicans and Democrats reelected their party leaders in the Senate. Dems: “Senate Democrats ... reelected Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) as Senate minority leader along with the rest of his leadership team, including Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who will serve another term as Senate minority whip, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) as assistant Democratic leader.” https://bit.ly/36m4hWO The GOP: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was elected to his eighth term as GOP leader ... McConnell was reelected unanimously, an aide confirmed. https://bit.ly/2Io4ctF |
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| BREAKING DOWN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE | |
Looking at the exit polls, this is how Joe Biden won: |
| Via The Hill’s Niall Stanage, “[As] the dust is beginning to settle on the 2020 election … attention is shifting to how and why Biden won. Exit polls provide the most reliable guide.” https://bit.ly/3lljRIC Five lessons the exit polls told us: - Men moved against Trump just as much as women
- Independents shifted heavily toward Biden
- Trump, to Democratic dismay, improved with Latinos
- White evangelicals stayed solid for Trump
- The ‘plague on both your houses’ vote shrank dramatically
Full explanations for each: https://bit.ly/3lljRIC |
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This feels like decades ago: |
| Oh, how we’ve aged this year. 
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| The Senate is in. The House is out. President Trump and Vice President Pence are in Washington, D.C. President Trump has no public events on his schedule. Noon: The Senate met. 1 p.m. EST: Vice President Pence attends the Republican Senate policy lunch. 2:15 p.m. EST: The Senate votes on a judicial nomination. The Senate’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/3ki9Nyo |
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| 11 a.m. EST: Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe is testifying on the review of the Russia investigation. Livestream: https://cs.pn/36p7pB1 2 p.m. EST: President-elect Biden delivers remarks on health care. Livestream: https://cs.pn/36ozXuy |
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| NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF...: | |
| Today is National Vanilla Cupcake Day. |
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WOW, I have been wondering!: |
| Did you notice that just three hours after Vice President-elect Kamala Harris gave her victory remarks, “Saturday Night Live” recreated her look. Popsugar’s Sarah Wasilak spoke with the crew on how exactly that happened. The gist: A chaotic 85 minutes with a stock room of fabric and a team of talented tailors. The full story is pretty interesting: https://bit.ly/2IldJkP |
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| And because I love finding new, innovative ways for puppies to escape their playpens, here’s another strategy: https://bit.ly/3lmRHwI 8/10 effectiveness for puppy no.1 0/10 effectiveness for puppy no. 2 2/10 for elegance 12/10 would watch again |
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