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| By Mike Allen ·Nov 19, 2021 |
| Happy Friday. Smart Brevity™ count: 1,182 words ... 4½ minutes. Edited by Zachary Basu. 🇦🇹 Bulletin: Austria will impose Europe's first nationwide lockdown since the spring, with a universal vaccine mandate starting Feb. 1. Go deeper. 💰Join Axios executive editor Aja Whitaker-Moore and me Monday at 12:30 p.m. ET for a virtual event on financial inclusion. Guests include Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Women's World Banking president and CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian. Register here. |
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| 1 big thing: New vax war |
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| Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios |
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| A fight is emerging over whether you need a booster to be called "fully vaccinated," Axios' Caitlin Owens writes. - Why it matters: Booster shots provide strong protection when the effectiveness of an original COVID shot wanes. But getting the majority of Americans to stick out their arms again would be tough.
Two governors — in Connecticut and New Mexico — said this week that they don't consider people who haven't received a booster shot to be fully vaccinated. - The U.K. will adjust its definition to include booster shots, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.
Reality check: Only 17% of U.S. adults have received a booster shot, according to the CDC. Between the lines: Anthony Fauci told Axios earlier this week that changing the definition federally "hasn't been on the table yet," but didn't rule it out in the future. - That means a patchwork set of definitions could emerge across the country, at least in the short term.
The tension: Changing the definition "would have major implications across many aspects of the pandemic, in some cases making it more difficult to control," said Walid Gellad, a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. State of play: The FDA is expected to OK booster shots for all adults at least six months out from their first round of Pfizer or Moderna. The CDC will also begin considering the change today. - J&J recipients are already eligible for a booster.
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| 2. Thanksgiving inflation: Turkey feast up 14% |
 Data: American Farm Bureau Federation. Chart: Sarah Grillo and Will Chase/Axios. Thanksgiving inflation, according to new estimates by the American Farm Bureau, is even greater than the overall increase in the cost of food, Axios' Sam Baker, Sarah Grillo and Will Chase write. - Why it matters: Inflation, supply-chain problems and "high global demand for food, particularly meat," have all contributed to the rising costs, Farm Bureau senior economist Veronica Nigh said.
- A 16-pound turkey will set you back about $24 — almost $5 more than the average cost a year ago, according to the Bureau's informal survey of grocery stores across the country.
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| 3. McCarthy talks all night |
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| McCarthy at Nite. Photo: House TV via AP |
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| House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy broke the record for longest floor speech in at least 112 years, talking for 8½ hours and ending at 5:10 a.m. today by saying: "With that, Madame Speaker, I yield back." - At 5 a.m., after speaking since 8:38 p.m., McCarthy said: "Am I there? I want to be way over."
- McCarthy's talk-a-thon delayed House Dems' plans to vote on President Biden's social spending bill. The House returns at 8 a.m.
It was the longest continuous floor speech since at least 1909, Axios' Andrew Solender reports. - The previous 21st century record, set by Speaker Pelosi in 2018, was 8 hours, 7 mins.
House Republicans stayed in the chamber all night, and gave McCarthy a standing ovation when he ended. |
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| A message from Google |
| Google is committing $10 billion to advance cybersecurity |
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| By making all Google products secure by default, we protect billions of people from potential cyberattacks every day. And now, we're investing an additional $10 billion to modernize the security of governments, critical infrastructure, organizations, and businesses everywhere. Learn more. |
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| 4. A scene you've never seen |
| Photo: ABC ABC News chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas will take viewers inside the National Security Agency's Integrated Cyber Center, including the Battle Bridge (above), where no network cameras have ever been. - Thomas interviews Gen. Paul Nakasone, NSA director and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, at NSA's campus in Fort Meade, Md.
The report — beginning today on "Good Morning America," and continuing all weekend across all ABC News programs and platforms — shows how the country's electronic spy agency is fighting rising cyber and ransomware attacks. |
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| 5. Small business tug of war |
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| Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios |
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| Big Tech and its foes are both trying to enlist small business — a powerful constituency — in the looming battle over antitrust legislation, Axios' Margaret Harding McGill writes. - Why it matters: Small businesses have outsize sway with Washington lawmakers, and will shape the fate of Congress' crusade to limit tech.
Amazon warned third-party sellers that the legislation could jeopardize its ability to host them on its platform completely. - Google notified small-business customers that the legislation could make it harder for users to find business listings in Google Search or Maps results, and hurt the effectiveness of digital marketing.
During a virtual roundtable with small businesses, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), leading the Senate's antitrust push, said: "I love the scare tactics." |
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| 6. First look: Trump plans holiday book |
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| From "Our Journey Together," by former President Donald J. Trump. |
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| Former President Trump plans his first post-presidency book — "Our Journey Together," featuring 300+ official White House photographs. - Don Jr. tells Axios: "My father picked every single photo in this book, wrote all the captions, including some by hand."
The book is from Winning Team Publishing — a venture formed by Don Jr. and Sergio Gor, with plans to publish more MAGA authors. |
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| 7. Axios editor in chief wins multicultural-media award |
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| D. L. Hughley presents trophy to Sara Kehaulani Goo. Photo: Axios |
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| Axios editor in chief Sara Kehaulani Goo — accepting the News Publication Honoree award last night from the Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association — told two stories about how the Hawaiian middle name in her byline signals representation: - As an intern in The Wall Street Journal's Detroit bureau, she heard the old-school bureau chief answer the phone with just his last name. She tried picking up with a gruff "Goo!" and realized that wasn't her.
- For her first byline, she omitted Kehaulani. The bureau chief said: "Put that in. The folks in New York will love that." He was right.
The bottom line: Sara Kehaulani Goo said at the National Press Club that representation in journalism matters because of the "stories we know exist that others don't," and because of the bad stories that are stopped. - "We bring our whole selves to our work," she said, to give "the full picture of America — as best we can."
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| 8. 📦 1 for the road: Yard delivery via drone |
| A Zipline drone takes off with Walmart products from a Neighborhood Market in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Video: Worth Sparkman/Axios Self-driven drones are now delivering Walmart packages to customers' yards in Pea Ridge, Ark. — just outside Bentonville, Worth Sparkman writes for Axios Northwest Arkansas. - Officials told Axios that packages consistently land in an area the size of two parking spots.
What's happening: A pilot (!) project officially started this week behind a Neighborhood Market about 20 minutes from the retailer's HQ. - Walmart and drone-maker Zipline will then decide whether to launch the service in other markets.
- The Zipline method, which can drop a 4-pound package within 30 minutes of being ordered, helps fill the "last mile" of the supply chain.
A Zipline drone drops a package. Photo: Zipline How it works: Customers in the service area schedule an online order. A Walmart employee packs the product and hands it off to a Zipline staffer. - Zipline preps and launches the aircraft, which drops the package with a biodegradable parachute.
- The drone circles a target to determine wind direction, then approaches the drop zone.
What we're watching: Under a waiver from normal FAA rules, Zipline drones have no cameras or remote human pilot. Walmart is working with the FAA to expand delivery to more areas of Northwest Arkansas. |
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| A message from Google |
| Google is driving industry-wide security transformation |
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| The Google Cybersecurity Action Team is part of a $10B investment to modernize the security infrastructures of governments and businesses. This effort brings together the world's premier security experts to advise organizations on deploying effective cyber defense solutions. Learn more. |
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