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Biden’s work-from-home meeting — I mean, Biden is ~technically~ working from home: |
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© Giphy President Biden is speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in a high-stakes meeting to dissuade Russia from invading Ukraine. Biden’s threat to Putin: If Russia invades Ukraine, the U.S. will impose harsh economic sanctions. What’s happening on the Russian border near Ukraine: Tens of thousands of Russian troops are organizing at the border of Ukraine. More on today’s meeting from The Hill’s Morgan Chalfant: https://bit.ly/3DyeIFk 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3It0SYs |
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| ‘FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA’S TROOP BUILDUP NEAR UKRAINE’: |
- “Experts warn Russia’s military buildup on the border of Ukraine is posing a more serious threat than its previous invasion and annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014.”
- President Biden is threatening serious consequences against Russia.
- If an invasion happens, the U.S. would likely deploy troops in the region.
- Some are worried about “Russia’s broader destabilizing behavior.”
- Republicans and Democrats actually agree about wanting Ukraine security.
Context and details for each from The Hill’s Jordan Williams and Laura Kelly: https://bit.ly/31FvbKl |
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| ‘ON UKRAINIAN FRONT, GRINDING WAR AND WEARY ANTICIPATION OF INVASION’: |
| Via The New York Times’s Michael Schwirtz: https://nyti.ms/3owrvDZ |
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| It’s Tuesday! 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/2UoupvN |
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Why Facebook supports updated internet regulations, including Section 230 |
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Aaron is one of 40,000 people working on safety and security issues at Facebook. Hear more from Aaron on why Facebook supports updating regulations on the internet’s most pressing challenges, including reforming Section 230 to set clear guidelines for all large tech companies. |
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Biden is starting with negative points after the ordeal in Afghanistan: |
| “President Biden is facing the second foreign policy crisis of his presidency and he has no room for error, given that he failed the first test with the ignominious U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.” https://bit.ly/3y3Qodb Biden’s goal in today’s meeting: “The hope, across the political spectrum, is that Putin can be shunted down an off-ramp before a catastrophic collision takes place.” And if Putin does go through with the invasion: “A full-blown invasion would be a huge international challenge — and a massive test of U.S. resolve and muscle.” Read the full column from The Hill’s Niall Stanage: https://bit.ly/3y3Qodb |
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| HOW DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO HIDE THEIR INTERNAL DISPUTES OVER RUSSIA AND CHINA: |
| Via The Hill’s Alexander Bolton: https://bit.ly/3y2nWIy |
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The gist: US athletes can compete in the 2022 Olympics, but we won’t be sending any government officials to the games: |
| The White House announced a diplomatic boycott for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. https://bit.ly/3lHW9Z2 White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters: “The athletes on team USA have our full support, we will be behind them 100 percent as we cheer them on from home. We will not be contributing to the fan fare of the games. U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the PRC's egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang and we simply can’t do that.” Details of the human rights abuses the Biden administration is referring to: https://bit.ly/3lHW9Z2 |
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Schumer: ‘Can I get a vroom vroom?’ *pause* I SAID, ‘can I get a vroom vroom?!’: |
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© Giphy Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is trying to hit the gas on President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, calling for his colleagues to pass the bill before Christmas. Timing: “Senate Democrats have less than three weeks to meet Schumer’s preferred timeline, a potentially herculean lift as they continue to negotiate with both themselves and the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, who offers guidance on whether provisions in the bill comply with budget rules.” How this could play out: https://bit.ly/3DyrPX9 |
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| MEANWHILE – BIDEN IS PLAYING UP PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES TO RALLY THE TROOPS: |
| Via The Hill’s Peter Sullivan: https://bit.ly/3ItdHBT |
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Can you IMAGINE how stressful this must be?
To be responsible for the famously delicate sculpture ... and then the wheel comes off?: |
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© Twitter ^ But do not panic — the gingerbread house made it!: Here are up-close photos of the detailed, edible U.S. Capitol: Via NBC’s Haley Talbot: https://bit.ly/305UGEu |
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Why Facebook supports updated internet regulations, including Section 230 |
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Aaron is one of 40,000 people working on safety and security issues at Facebook. Hear more from Aaron on why Facebook supports updating regulations on the internet’s most pressing challenges, including reforming Section 230 to set clear guidelines for all large tech companies. |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
There is much we still don’t know about the omicron variant, but here’s what we ~do~ know so far: |
| The New York Times’s David Leonhardt breaks it down into four categories: Contagiousness, severity, risks to the vaccinated and whether tests work: https://nyti.ms/3rNF7wv |
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| CASE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 49,288,016 U.S. death toll: 789,902 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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| VACCINATION NUMBERS: |
| Total number of vaccinations administered in the U.S.: 462 million shots have been given. Seven-day average of doses administered: An average of 745,169 doses For context: The U.S. population is roughly 331 million. Breakdown of the numbers: https://bloom.bg/3iVTPLH |
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‘Inside CNN’s decision to fire Chris Cuomo — “He gave me his word” ’: |
| Via The Washington Post’s Jeremy Barr and Sarah Ellison, CNN President Jeff Zucker told employees: “Chris had been much more deeply involved than we had ever known, and than he’d ever told us.” “Zucker framed Cuomo’s lack of candor as a betrayal, noting that ‘he gave me his word that there was no involvement’ beyond advice and support to his brother. ‘And in the weeks and months that followed, he gave repeated, similar assurances not just to me but to other key members of our management team here.’ ” What else we know about CNN’s decision to fire Cuomo: https://wapo.st/3lF6XHC |
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Lol, I appreciate the honesty: |
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© Twitter |
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Wow: |
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© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3It5hKY |
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| The House and Senate are in. President Biden and Vice President Harris are in Washington, D.C. 8:30 a.m. EST: President Biden received the President’s Daily Brief. 10 a.m. EST: President Biden held a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 11:10 a.m. EST: Vice President Harris spoke with five-time U.S. Olympian Allyson Felix about maternal health. 11:30 a.m. EST: Two confirmation-related roll call votes in the Senate. The Senate’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/3pC3KJQ 2:15 p.m. EST: Two more roll call votes in the Senate. 5:30 p.m. EST: A confirmation vote in the Senate. 6:30 p.m. EST: First votes in the House. The House’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/31y0JSM |
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| 10 a.m. EST: Vice President Harris delivered remarks on Maternal Health Day of Action. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3lKDAn0 12:30 p.m. EST: The White House COVID-19 Response Team holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3GkCQNf 2 p.m. EST: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3dp6QLI |
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| Today is National Cotton Candy Day! |
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| And to brighten your day, here’s a duck who enjoys Starbucks drinks just as much as I do: https://bit.ly/3dssnD5 |
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