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It’s fine, everyone! I’m fine. It’s just my allergies!!: |
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© Giphy American gymnast Suni Lee won the all-around gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics this morning. https://es.pn/2UVhbcK The results: Lee won with 57.433, just topping Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade who finished with 57.298. It came down to the last rotation, where Andrade stepped out of bounds twice during her floor routine. ^ Watch Lee’s floor routine that won her the gold medal: 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/2WAfgdZ Yeah, Jade!!!: American gymnast Jade Carey, who took Biles’s spot in the individual all-around finals, finished in ninth place. |
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| SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: |
| The moment she found out she won gold: This photo is everything: https://bit.ly/3zPA4ws Oh gosh, if you didn’t know this already: “Suni Lee’s father, up front, John, who built her a balance beam when they couldn’t afford one, was paralyzed falling from a ladder in 2019. She lost two relatives to COVID-19. Can only begin to imagine what this family has endured. Their daughter is an Olympic champion today.” (Via ESPN’s Jenna Laine) https://bit.ly/3f8E1EG Watch her family’s reaction to Suni winning gold: 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3lcVqQa ^It’s definitely just my allergies!! Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum and MyKayla Skinner watched from the stands: Photo of Lee’s teammates watching and cheering: https://bit.ly/3faXeFv If you haven’t seen Suni’s bar routine — it’s worth watching: https://bit.ly/3iXL5VD Because it happens so fast: Here’s a frame-by-frame breakdown of Suni’s vault: https://nyti.ms/3zO2YNw |
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| AND ON SIMONE BILES: |
| Biles posted on Twitter last night: “the outpouring love & support I’ve received has made me realize I’m more than my accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before.” https://bit.ly/3zKuD1N And she retweeted a message about her struggles: https://bit.ly/3BRGqx9 If you read one explainer on Simone Biles’s decision to withdraw, please let it be this: Deanna Hong, producer of the Peacock gymnasts documentary ‘Golden: The Journey of USA's Elite Gymnastics’ tweeted an important thread: “Most non-gymnastics fans do not understand the seriousness of what happened because she landed on her feet. Every elite gymnast I’ve talked to has said that Simone Biles’s vault was TERRIFYING and it’s a miracle she put that vault to her feet & avoided seriously injuring herself.” Read the full thread — it really puts her fall into context: https://bit.ly/3BVvONR Former U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu posted a video of her 1996 injury: “I was 14 y/o w/ a tibial stress fracture, left alone w/ no cervical spine exam after this fall. I competed in the Olympic floor final minutes later. @Simone_Biles…decision demonstrates that we have a say in our own health— 'a say’ I NEVER felt I had as an Olympian.” Video of Moceanu’s fall — it’s terrifying: https://bit.ly/3f5rykL |
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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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The internet has changed a lot since 1996 - internet regulations should too |
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It's been 25 years since comprehensive internet regulations passed. See why we support updated regulations on key issues, including: - Protecting people’s privacy
- Enabling safe and easy data portability between platforms
- Preventing election interference
- Reforming Section 230 |
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Please, please, pretty please.
With a cherry on top?: |
| Via The Hill’s Sylvan Lane, “The White House called on Congress to pass an emergency extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction ban on Thursday, with three days until it expires, insisting the administration does not have the legal power to extend it after a recent Supreme Court ruling.” https://bit.ly/2V2qpnh |
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| LATEST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE | |
‘Look at us, doing our jobs and getting things done and stuff!’: |
| The Senate successfully voted to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastructure package last night. https://bit.ly/3iYrzrX The vote: 67-32 — 60 votes were needed, meaning Democrats needed at least 10 Republicans to vote “yes.” The 17 Republicans who voted to advance the bill: GOP Sens. Roy Blunt (Mo.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), Kevin Cramer (N.D.), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), John Hoeven (N.D.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Jim Risch (Idaho), Mitt Romney (Utah), Thom Tillis (N.C.) Todd Young (Ind.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) |
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| WHAT’S IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL: |
| Via USA Today: https://bit.ly/3iXGdQs |
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| NEXT STEPS: |
| Via MSNBC’s Steve Benen, “Schumer wants to see the bipartisan bill and a new budget resolution pass the Senate before members leave Capitol Hill for their summer break, which is scheduled to begin on Aug. 9 (if not sooner).” More on what happens now and the timeline: https://on.msnbc.com/3iTbpju |
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^ Donald Trump is naht pleased about this development: |
| Former President Trump issued a scathing statement on the Senate GOP after 17 Republicans voted to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill. https://bit.ly/3fbfnDb Trump said in a statement: “Under the weak leadership of Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans continue to lose. He lost Arizona, he lost Georgia, he ignored Election Fraud and he doesn’t fight. Now he’s giving Democrats everything they want and getting nothing in return. No deal is better than a bad deal. Fight for America, not for special interests and Radical Democrats. RINOs are ruining America, right alongside Communist Democrats.” |
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| WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN CONGRESS | |
It’s extremely tense in the House rn: |
| Via The Hill’s Mike Lillis and Scott Wong, “House Republicans and Democrats are at each other’s throats over two explosive issues — the Capitol insurrection and a new mask mandate — that have collided this week in a perfect storm of partisan hostility.” https://bit.ly/3l94tBR Behind that animosity: “The common thread running through both debates is former President Trump, who encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, leading to the deadly rampage that day, and warned throughout the pandemic against stringent public health guidelines that he said infringed on individual rights. Though Trump is no longer in the White House, many lawmakers on Capitol Hill say he’s fueling the current animosity.” The full story: https://bit.ly/3l94tBR |
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Why Facebook supports updated internet regulations |
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2021 is the 25th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the last major update to internet regulation. It’s time for an update to set clear rules for addressing today's toughest challenges. See how we’re taking action on key issues and why we support updated internet regulations. |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
Um, are they not aware of the jinx?!: |
| Via The Hill’s Peter Sullivan, “Congressional Democrats are considering cutting new funds for pandemic preparedness in an upcoming package from the $30 billion proposed by President Biden to as little as $5 billion, sources say, prompting alarm from public health advocates.” https://bit.ly/3C3wgtx |
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| CASE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 34,678,575 U.S. death toll: 611,813 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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| VACCINATION NUMBERS: |
| Total number of vaccinations administered in the U.S.: 343 million shots have been given. Seven-day average of doses administered: An average of 608,380 doses For context: The U.S. population is roughly 331 million. Breakdown of the numbers: https://bloom.bg/3iVTPLH |
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What the what?!: |
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© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3l5QgWc If you’re feeling lost, this is a reference to Fergie’s 2006 song ‘Fergalicious’: https://bit.ly/3zNhiFN |
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| The House and Senate are in. President Biden and Vice President Harris are in Washington, D.C. 10 a.m. EDT: President Biden and Vice President Harris received the President’s Daily Brief. 10:30 a.m. EDT: The Senate met. The Senate’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/3fbcpi1 11:45 a.m. EDT: President Biden signed two medical bills into law: the Dispose Unused Medications and Prescription (DUMP) Opioids Act, and the Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2021. 12:15 p.m. EDT: First votes in the House. The House’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/3j4LSUP 1 p.m. EDT: President Biden and Vice President Harris receive a weekly economic briefing. |
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| 1 p.m. EDT: White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3BSV9b5 2 p.m. EDT: Vice President Harris and SBA administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman virtually meet with small business owners to discuss the infrastructure package. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3j4N9v5 4 p.m. EDT: President Biden delivers remarks on the spread of the Delta variant and administration’s vaccination effort. Livestream: https://bit.ly/2VmaiRe |
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| Today is National Lasagna Day. Doesn't this feel like it should be a winter holiday? |
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| And in the spirit of the Olympics, here’s an intense sport, with an equally intense crowd: https://bit.ly/3BNVFXX |
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