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The CDC is equating Delta to the chickenpox: |
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© Giphy Via The Washington Post’s Yasmeen Abutaleb, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Joel Achenbach, “The delta variant of the coronavirus appears to cause more severe illness than earlier variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal federal health document that argues officials must ‘acknowledge the war has changed.’” https://wapo.st/2VhI4Hu This isn’t your 2020 COVID: “The document strikes an urgent note, revealing the agency knows it must revamp its public messaging to emphasize vaccination as the best defense against a variant so contagious that it acts almost like a different novel virus, leaping from target to target more swiftly than Ebola or the common cold.” More of the unpublished data obtained by the Post: https://wapo.st/2VhI4Hu |
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| WHY BEING VACCINATED IS SO IMPORTANT: |
| Admiral Brett Giroir, former assistant health secretary under President Trump, warned Americans of how contagious and dangerous the Delta variant is. https://fxn.ws/3xfTkkO “Anyone who’s not vaccinated and who did not have COVID previously, the Delta variant is so contagious that you’re going to get it. It is just a matter of time. If you have prior immunity you do have some protection, but more and more data are telling us that that protection is not so good against Delta.” Watch his full explanation on Fox News’s “America Reports”: https://fxn.ws/3xfTkkO |
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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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This is a helpful thread of tweets: |
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© Twitter Read the full thread: https://bit.ly/3zXrM5P |
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| CASE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 34,757,653 U.S. death toll: 612,145 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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| VACCINATION NUMBERS: |
| Total number of vaccinations administered in the U.S.: 344 million shots have been given. Seven-day average of doses administered: An average of 615,404 doses For context: The U.S. population is roughly 331 million. Breakdown of the numbers: https://bloom.bg/3iVTPLH |
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| Happy Friday! 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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USA! USA! USA!: |
| Via ESPN, “The United States women's national team are through to the Tokyo Olympic soccer semifinals after a 4-2 penalty shootout win against Netherlands following a 2-2 draw after extra-time.” https://es.pn/3iZxw86 The ending was pretty epic: “Megan Rapinoe scored the winning penalty in the shootout as Alyssa Naeher saved two to set up a semifinal showdown against Canada.” |
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The jail: ‘I said good day!’: |
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© Giphy Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Majorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Louie Gohmert (Texas) tried visiting accused Jan. 6 rioters in jail and were turned away by the D.C. Department of Corrections. https://bit.ly/3ffvgsp Gohmert’s reaction: “The supervisor came down and was standing right here and turned her back on me. The other one said she won’t talk anymore and that we’re trespassers … We’re in totalitarian, Marxist territory here. This is the way third-world people get treated.” A spokesperson for the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) told The Hill: A spokesperson said the members showed up “unannounced with an unauthorized camera crew requesting a facility tour … By doing so, these officials compromised safety and security operations at the DOC.” 
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The last item on the agenda … well, hopefully: |
| Via Politico’s Sarah Ferris and Heather Caygle, “Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team are scrambling to nail down the votes for an eleventh-hour push to extend the federal eviction moratorium — likely to be the House’s final task before the departing for its lengthy August recess.” https://politi.co/2WEqC0z Was this expected? Not really!: “The Democrats’ push came as a surprise to many in the caucus, and some in leadership, after a last-minute demand from the White House that arrived just before the national halt on evictions will expire. Without the moratorium, millions of families could be at risk of homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic.” What to expect: https://politi.co/2WEqC0z |
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Kamala Harris’s August plans: |
| Vice President Harris is traveling to Singapore and Vietnam next month as her second international trip as vice president. https://bit.ly/3ff554V From Harris's communications director Symone Sanders: "President Biden and Vice President Harris have made it a top priority to rebuild our global partnerships and keep our nation secure, and this upcoming visit continues that work – deepening our engagement in Southeast Asia. Vice President Harris will be the first Vice President to ever visit Vietnam.” |
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| GETTING TRACTION — ‘HARRIS’S BAD POLLS TRIGGER DEMOCRATIC WORRIES’: |
| Via The Hill’s Hanna Trudo and Amie Parnes: https://bit.ly/3fcsfJj |
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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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Donald Trump didn’t have the best week: |
| Via The Hill’s Max Greenwood and Brett Samuels, “Trump's preferred candidate in a special House election in Texas lost on Tuesday to another Republican who was likely boosted by some protest votes against the former president. And on Wednesday, 17 Senate Republicans voted to advance a bipartisan infrastructure deal that Trump spent weeks railing against.” https://bit.ly/3zUOgEa Why this is worth mentioning: “While Trump remains a towering figure in the GOP, the back-to-back blows have led some to question whether his influence may have started to wane since he left office.” What this could mean going forward: https://bit.ly/3zUOgEa |
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This is a lot…: |
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Simone Biles shows what ‘the twisties’ looks like: |
| Keep in mind, she has since deleted the videos from her Instagram. 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3j3pVp2 |
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| The House and Senate are in. President Biden and Vice President Harris are in Washington, D.C. 9 a.m. EDT: The House met. The House’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/3C1dz9Q 9:45 a.m. EDT: President Biden received the President’s Daily Brief. 10:30 a.m. EDT: The Senate met. 4:45 p.m. EDT: President Biden hosts Cuban American leaders at the White House to discuss the recent demonstrations. 6 p.m. EDT: President Biden leaves for Camp David. |
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| 11:45 a.m. EDT: President Biden and Vice President Harris met with governors to discuss wildfire prevention. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3zXmHdL 1:30 p.m. EDT: White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/2WDnOAT |
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| Today is National Cheesecake Day. And for weekend planning purposes, tomorrow is National Cotton Candy Day and Sunday is Raspberry Cream Pie Day. |
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For all The Crown fans: |
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| And to help you get in the weekend mood, here’s a parrot dancing its heart out: https://bit.ly/3rJP4cv |
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