Plus: Cuomo facing more urgent legal problem | Thursday, March 11, 2021
| | | | | | | Presented By McDonald's | | | | Axios Sneak Peek | | By Alayna Treene, Hans Nichols and Kadia Goba ·Mar 11, 2021 | | Welcome back to Sneak. President Biden signed his first major piece of legislation into law — a day early. ⚡ Situational Awareness: Suzanne Clarke assumed her new role as president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 🎧 Worthy of your time: Dan Primack spoke with Steven Corwin, CEO of New York-Presbyterian, for Axios Re:Cap, as the podcast focuses all week on decision-making linked to last spring's coronavirus shutdown. Listen here. Today's newsletter — edited by Glen Johnson — is 528 words, a 2-minute read. | | | | | | 1 big thing: Trump's parting gift — border rage |  | | | Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) speaks during a news conference today. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images | | | | Donald Trump's parting political legacy for the Republican Party is giving it an issue to rally around as it's being outflanked on COVID-19 recovery efforts, Axios' Kadia Goba and Hans Nichols write. Driving the news: The former president's strident immigration language — vowing to have Mexico pay for a wall — fueled Democratic pledges for a more humanitarian approach. Now, unaccompanied children are flooding across the border, and the Biden administration is scrambling to respond. - Although Trump's no longer in office, his fellow Republicans are following his playbook.
- He also forced many progressives to take a maximalist response to his approach, making it difficult for President Biden to find either the middle ground or a workable solution.
Go deeper. |     | | | | | | 2. Exclusive: Biden urged to pack FEC with "pro-enforcement" members |  | | | Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios | | | | Biden is being encouraged to effectively pack the nation's top campaign finance regulator with officials who will more doggedly enforce laws regulating political money, Axios' Lachlan Markay has learned. Why it matters: The notoriously gridlocked Federal Election Commission has rankled reformers for years. Now some are pushing Biden to abandon protocol by sidestepping congressional Republicans and nominating regulators who will more aggressively enforce campaign finance rules. How it would work: By law, the six-member FEC can have no more than three commissioners from either major political party. - In its current form, though, it technically has just two Democrats. A third member, Commissioner Steven Walther, is widely considered a Democrat-aligned vote but technically an independent.
- One of two new Republican commissioners, Sean Cooksey, was confirmed in December to a term expiring at the end of April.
- Biden could, the memo argues, nominate a true Democrat to replace Cooksey, effectively giving the commission a four-member "pro-enforcement majority" while staying within the three-member party limit.
Go deeper. | | | | | | | | 3. Trump starting to fade from view |  For the first time in years, Donald Trump is starting to fade into the background, according to SocialFlow data tracking the number of clicks to news articles, Axios' Neal Rothschild reports. The big picture: During the first month of his post-presidency, Trump remained as discussed as he was when he was in office, when he dominated social and traditional media. His numbers have plunged the past couple weeks. - During the first four weeks after he left office, daily clicks to Trump articles — indexed to 100, based on highs and lows during the past year — averaged 53.
- In the last two weeks, the average has fallen to 21.
Between the lines: Part of the decrease has been by choice. Trump's CPAC speech on Feb. 28 was his only public appearance since leaving office, and his media appearances were limited to a few network call-ins. Go deeper. | | | | | | | | A message from McDonald's | | How McDonald's is approaching safety and protection | | |  | | | | McDonald's restaurants have implemented safety procedures that protect employees like mandatory mask coverings for employees and customers. "It makes me feel safe." – Pilar Cortez, McDonald's Crew Member. Learn how McDonald's protects employees and customers. | | | | | | 4. Cuomo facing more urgent legal problem |  | | | Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday. Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images | | | | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's alleged mistreatment of women became a more immediate legal problem Thursday as the Albany Police Department got involved in the case, Axios' Glen Johnson writes. Why it matters: A separate review by state Attorney General Letitia James is still in its infancy, but the referral to local authorities by the New York State Police and Cuomo's own staff could put his latest accuser before detectives — and much more quickly. Go deeper. | | | | | | | | 5. Pic du jour |  | | | Photo: Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images | | | | U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland pauses while addressing Justice Department employees during his first day in office. | | | | | | | | A message from McDonald's | | How McDonald's is approaching safety and protection | | | | | | | | McDonald's restaurants have implemented safety procedures that protect employees like mandatory mask coverings for employees and customers. "It makes me feel safe." – Pilar Cortez, McDonald's Crew Member. Learn how McDonald's protects employees and customers. | | | | 👏 Thanks for reading. We'll be back Sunday evening. A reminder you can sign up for email delivery of Sneak Peek and all our other free newsletters here. | | | | Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters.
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