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| Axios AM |
| By Mike Allen ·Nov 15, 2020 |
| 🥞 Happy Sunday! Today's Smart Brevity™ count: 895 words ... 3.5 minutes. |
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| 1 big thing: Biden's progressive push |
| President-elect Biden bikes at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware yesterday. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP Joe Biden plans to fill his White House with economic advisers more progressive than him, Hans Nichols reports. - But they may be blocked from aggressive fiscal moves if Republicans maintain control of the Senate after the two Georgia runoffs on Jan. 5.
Most of the advisers in contention for in-house economic positions are more progressive than top candidates for Treasury secretary, sources tell Axios: - Gene Sperling, NEC director in both the Clinton and the Obama White Houses, has moved to the left on many issues and could return for a third tour at the council or at OMB or as a senior White House adviser.
- Jared Bernstein, who argued for more spending and regulation as Biden's first economic adviser in the Obama White House, is a leading candidate to run the National Economic Council.
- Heather Boushey, an economist whose research has focused on inequality, is also a possibility for the NEC, as well the Council of Economic Advisers or Domestic Policy Council.
Lael Brainard, a current Fed governor, appears to be the leading candidate for Treasury. Other names under consideration include former Fed Chair Janet Yellen ... former Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin ... Roger Ferguson, CEO of TIAA ... and Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostick. Keep reading. |
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| 2. America, 2020: Trump says Biden won, but won't concede |
| Eight mornings after AP and five networks called the election for Joe Biden, President Trump tweeted: - CNN's John King: "Everything after 'he won' is a lie."
That tweet came at 7:47 a.m. ET. Then, after online and cable chatter about Trump conceding, he added at 9:16 a.m.: "RIGGED ELECTION. WE WILL WIN!" Three minutes later: 🎤 drop ... Incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain told Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Donald Trump's Twitter feed doesn't make Joe Biden president or not president." |
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| 3. Biden Day 1: "America is back" |
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| Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios |
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| President-elect Joe Biden's vow to restore America's leadership in the world will be swiftly tested by resurgent adversaries, rudderless institutions and the gravest global health crisis in decades, Axios World author Dave Lawler writes. - Biden will face a familiar antagonist in Moscow, a stronger and more assertive China, a nuclear-armed North Korea and an ongoing war in Afghanistan.
- Plus a pandemic.
Biden's approach to all of those challenges starts with revitalizing America's alliances and restoring its credibility. His message is that "America is back," and "America first" is over. - Biden plans to quickly re-enter the Paris climate accord, recommit to NATO and re-engage with the World Health Organization.
- He plans to put human rights back at the heart of U.S. foreign policy, and has proposed a summit of the world's democracies.
Biden's top domestic focus — containing the virus and its economic fallout — may also be his greatest foreign policy challenge. - Distributing vaccines globally will be particularly important: Competition over doses will drive resentment and prolong the pandemic, even if Americans get access relatively soon.
- Multiple members of Biden's coronavirus task force have been sounding that alarm, portending a different approach from Biden after Trump shunned the WHO's vaccine initiative.
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| A message from Bank of America |
| Reasons for Hope |
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| Hope Pharmacy, one of Virginia's few locally owned neighborhood pharmacies, was able to keep serving the community and 5 employees throughout the impacts of the coronavirus. See how Bank of America is supporting small businesses like Hope and the local communities that depend on them. |
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| 4. Mask mandates in 35 states |
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| Drone view of cars lining up at Dodger Stadium for COVID testing in L.A. yesterday. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images |
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| North Dakota became "the 35th U.S. state to require face coverings be worn in public, as governors across the country grapple with a surge in coronavirus infections that threatens to swamp their healthcare systems," Reuters reports. - Gov. Doug Burgum (R) "ordered restaurants and bars to limit diners to 50% of capacity and to close by 10 p.m., a move several other governors have made, citing data that links late-night gatherings to increased spread of the virus."
🥊 President Trump hasn't attended a coronavirus task force meeting in "at least five months," a senior administration official told the WashPost. - Adm. Brett P. Giroir, administration testing czar, asked about that by Martha Raddatz on ABC's "This Week": "That's true. ... The vice president is there."
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| 5. MAGA curtain call |
| Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Several thousand supporters of President Trump flew in from as far away as Salt Lake City for a "Million MAGA March" in Washington yesterday. - Cries of "Stop the Steal" and "Count Every Vote" rang out at gatherings in several cities, despite the lack of evidence of voter fraud, AP reports.
Three Trump supporters were at a restaurant at 16th and K streets NW when someone set off fireworks in their direction, WRC Channel 4 reports: - "Video shows people covering their ears and jumping as the fireworks exploded right above them."
VIA CNN The demonstrations in the nation's capital went from tense to violent overnight. Videos on social media showed fights, projectiles and clubs as Trump backers sparred with those demanding they leave, per AP. - A variety of charges, including assault and weapons possession, were filed.
- Two police officers were injured. Several firearms were recovered by police.
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| 6. SpaceX launch tonight |
| A mockup of the SpaceX crew capsule sits in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday. Photo: John Raoux/AP Four astronauts are set to launch to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX capsule this evening, Axios Space author Miriam Kramer writes. - Why it matters: The flight — the company's second crewed launch for NASA — is expected to be the first of many regular flights to the station, helping end the space agency's reliance on Russian rockets for crewed missions.
Watch live coverage starting at 3:15 p.m. ET on NASA TV. - The Falcon 9 rocket — carrying NASA's Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Victor Glover, and Japan's Soichi Noguchi — is scheduled to take flight at 7:27 p.m. ET.
What's next: If all goes according to plan and the mission launches on time, the four astronauts are expected to dock to the space station in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday. |
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| 7. China, neighbors sign big trade deal |
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| Leaders and trade ministers from RCEP countries pose for a virtual group photo today. Photo: Vietnam News Agency via AP |
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| After eight years of talks, China and 14 other Asian nations today signed one of the world's largest regional free trade agreements — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) — "designed by Beijing partly as a counterweight to American influence in the region," the N.Y. Times reports. - Why it matters: The signing — more symbolic than substantive — shows Chinese leadership in the region after the U.S. withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and sought to negotiate bilateral deals with these countries.
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| 8. Christmas, 2020: Santa behind Plexiglas |
| Photo: Mark Makela/Reuters Spotted yesterday at the Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove, Pa. |
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| A message from Bank of America |
| Hope in Reston, Virginia |
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| "It's not easy to try and find a helping hand—let alone one that understands complex financial matters—during a time of crisis," says Dr. Brown, owner of Hope Pharmacy. See how Bank of America is helping small businesses like Hope Pharmacy so that they can keep serving their communities. |
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