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| Axios AM |
| By Mike Allen ·Apr 26, 2021 |
| ☕ Good Monday morning. Smart Brevity™ count: 1,191 words ... 4½ minutes. |
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| 1 big thing: Biden's next 100 days |
| Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP President Biden spent his first 100 days trying to engineer the end of the coronavirus and the start of a job boom. The next 100 are more audacious and risky: Try to re-engineer the very fundamentals of America — inequality, voting rights and government's role in directing economic growth. - Why it matters: Biden advisers feel they have a huge opening to raise taxes and pick winners in the energy markets, in part because Republicans and business no longer lock arms — and wallets — in opposition to the reordering of capitalism.
People who talk regularly to Biden tell me he's brimming with FDR-like aspirations after early wins. - "He wants to take an even bigger bite at the apple," said one confidant. "He has full confidence in himself."
- But friends say he's still very realistic — not cocky or grandiose.
One top Biden adviser added: "[T]he American people are more interested in the results Biden delivers than how he got those results." - So look for Biden to court Republicans, but not yield to them, as he pushes a $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, to be followed by $1.5 trillion for his American Families Plan — including child care, paid family leave, universal pre-K and free community college.
- It's the unspoken Biden formula: Talk like a rosy bipartisan; act like a ruthless partisan.
Between the lines: The Biden next-100-day agenda is more activist than most expected. But, three data-backed trends have encouraged his team to push the envelope: - His poll numbers are strong.
- The economy is growing — and many think it's poised for an historic boom. In Biden's address to Congress on Wednesday night, look for him to point to the recovery as a vindication of his strategy so far.
- Corporations are cutting off, or cutting down, money to the GOP, which has been forced to find other sources of cash. And CEOs are taking public stands that sound a lot more like Biden than Trump.
The No. 1 driver we hear from Biden officials is urgency, Jonathan Swan points out: - Biden knows his Senate majority is perilous — he's one elderly senator's health crisis away from it collapsing.
- Many of the same officials in charge of Biden's program have fresh memories of the summer of 2009. Doomed negotiations with Republicans over the Affordable Care Act seeped into the August recess. That gave well-funded Republican groups the chance to gather forces and bludgeon Democrats in their home districts. This helped create the conditions for the bloodbath of the 2010 midterms.
To be clear: The conditions here are different. Biden's plans are far more popular — even his tax proposals. This package is proving far harder to demonize than Obamacare. - But Biden is racing against several self-imposed clocks. He doesn't want the infrastructure fight dragging through the fall — and risk slipping into next year.
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| 2. "Self-driving" danger |
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| Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios |
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| The U.S. has taken a hands-off approach to regulating self-driving cars, hoping to help the market thrive. But that approach could backfire, if it helps sow doubt about the technology's safety, Axios autonomous vehicles reporter Joann Muller writes from Detroit. - "The truth is technology has been developing maybe faster than policy," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during an Axios Virtual Event.
Reality check: There are no truly self-driving cars to buy today — only driver-assist technologies. - "Autopilot" is a misnomer: The technology is a form of enhanced cruise control. Drivers still need to keep a hand on the wheel and pay attention at all times. But they often don't.
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| 3. Chauvin prosecutor: Video was vital |
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| Fascinating "60 Minutes" interview with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, on prosecuting Derek Chauvin: - Scott Pelley: "Could you have won conviction without the bystander video?"
- Keith Ellison: "I don't know. If it was just the witnesses' statements, I have to say to you that it was — I think it was an indispensable piece of this case."
Takeaways. ... Video. |
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| A message from PepsiCo |
| Farmers are key to fighting climate change |
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| We're partnering with tens of thousands of farmers across 60 countries to expand farming practices that improve and restore ecosystems. Why it's important: These techniques leverage PepsiCo's scale to help address climate change and build a more resilient food system. Learn more. |
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| 4. Tipping jars the internet |
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| Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios |
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| Nearly every major social platform has introduced some form of tipping, allowing users to directly support favorite personalities in real time, Axios' Sara Fischer and Hope King report: - Twitter is working on adding a "Tip Jar" feature within @TwitterSpaces and on users' main profiles, software engineer Jane Manchun Wong discovered. This is in addition to a new "Super Follows" feature, which lets users charge followers for special content.
- Clubhouse launched a payments feature at the start of the month to help audio creators generate revenue from the platform.
- Facebook said in March it would expand its Stars virtual currency, which lets fans reward video and game creators.
Between the lines: Gamers and adult entertainment platforms have been ahead of this trend for years. |
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| 5. Next wave of the pandemic: Long Covid |
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| Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios |
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| The research is becoming clearer: People who have had COVID — even some who never had severe infections — are at risk of serious ongoing health problems, Axios Vitals author Caitlin Owens writes. - Why it matters: Long after the majority of Americans are vaccinated, patients and the U.S. health system will likely bear the brunt of millions of people who are struggling to get back to normal.
Some could require lifelong treatment. |
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| 6. Rising stars: Rep.-elect Troy Carter (D-La.) |
| State Sen. Troy Carter in his office in New Orleans in January. Photo: Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP In a special election to replace Rep. Cedric Richmond now that he's in the White House, Troy Carter triumphed Saturday over Karen Carter Peterson after a bruising campaign between two Democratic state senators from New Orleans, writes Tyler Bridges of The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. - Carter, 57 — advised by SKDKnickerbocker — was backed by Richmond, who held the seat for a decade.
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| 7. Musk's monologue, post-SEC |
| After the announcement that Elon Musk will host "Saturday Night Live" on May 8, with musical guest Miley Cyrus, MarketWatch imagines this monologue, as redacted by the SEC: Graphic: MarketWatch. Used by permission |
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| 8. An ancient business that drones are disrupting |
| Michael Jones in Goldsboro, N.C.. Photo: Gerry Broome/AP When Michael Jones started a side hustle shooting drone photos and videos for real-estate agents, his clients wanted more — images with property lines on them, to better understand where their fences should be, AP's Bryan Anderson writes from Raleigh. - Jones, 44, is one of many drone pilots coming into conflict with regulations protecting surveyors.
Now he's in a First Amendment court fight with the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors, which grounded him. |
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| 9. Oscars rates rise as ratings fall |
| Yuh-Jung Youn won Best Supporting Actress for "Minari." Photo: Chris Pizzello/AP Last night's Oscars, directed by Hollywood veteran Steven Soderbergh, was undeniably slow, which could be a ratings disaster for ABC, Axios Media Trends expert Sara Fischer writes: - Acceptance speeches were heartfelt but too long. There were no live musical performances. Very few movie clips were shown.
- The show ended in the most anti-climactic way possible, with Best Actor going to Anthony Hopkins — who wasn't there to accept — instead of the expected posthumous tribute to Chadwick Boseman.
But Sara reports that as Oscars ratings stagnate, ad rates rise, since marketers have so few options for massive audiences:  Data: Nielsen, Kantar Group. Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios |
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| 10. 🎥 Diversity takes center stage at Oscars |
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| Chloé Zhao accepts Best Director for "Nomadland." Photo: ABC via AP |
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| A slew of first-time winners made history at the 93rd Academy Awards, Sara Fischer writes. - Why it matters: Ever since the #OscarsSoWhite social media campaign began in 2015, the Academy has sought to shake the show's reputation as a mostly white male-dominated event. Still, Hollywood has a long way to go in achieving diversity within its ranks.
"Nomadland," a movie about a 60-year-old American woman wandering the West, won Best Picture. - Chloé Zhao, who directed the film, made history as the first woman of color, first Chinese American woman and first Asian American woman to win Best Director.
- Yuh-Jung Youn became the first Korean actor to win an acting Academy Award, taking home Best Supporting Actor for her role as the grandma in "Minari."
- Ann Roth, 89, won Best Costume Design, making her the oldest woman to win an Oscar.
- "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," a drama about a 1920s blues singer, won Best Makeup and Hairstyling, which went to Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson — the category's first Black winners.
Director Chloé Zhao greets actress Frances McDormand on the set of "Nomadland." Photo: Searchlight Pictures via AP Netflix took home seven prizes — more than any other studio. |
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| A message from PepsiCo |
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