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| Axios Sneak Peek |
| By the Axios Politics team ·Mar 20, 2022 |
| 🌸 Welcome back to Sneak. The cherry blossoms are about to peak. Axios D.C. — one of our expanding number of local newsletters — has a full guide. Correction: The 1 big thing in Thursday's Sneak Peek, "Ukraine's resistance plea," was corrected on Friday. The original story inaccurately said the Ukrainian government had asked for additional assistance from the U.S. government. The White House says the letter was not received. Read the corrected story here. Smart Brevity™ count: 854 words ... 3 minutes. Edited by Glen Johnson. |
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| 1 big thing: Biden turns to Trump team |
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| Former Trump administration officials H.R. McMaster (left) and Matthew Pottinger. Photos: Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images (left); Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images |
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| The Biden administration is enlisting former Trump officials tomorrow to convince Congress to pass legislation bolstering America's semiconductor industry, Axios' Hans Nichols reports. Why it matters: Officials believe the bill will make American manufacturing more competitive with China. By coordinating with Trump officials, the Biden team is trying to depoliticize and add urgency to the legislation. - The bill has stalled because of differences between the House and the Senate on how much — and where — to spend billions of dollars to strengthen America's supply lines.
Driving the news: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is hosting H.R. McMaster, President Trump's former national security adviser; Matthew Pottinger, another Trump NSC official; Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google; and members of Congress, including Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), tomorrow for a virtual conversation about semiconductor manufacturing. - "This is clearly a national security issue, so we'll be bringing together experts from both sides of the aisle, including Trump supporters," Raimondo told Axios. "Every day that we wait is a day that we fall behind."
- "Best-case scenario is we get this done in the next couple of months," she said. "The worst-case scenario is nothing happens."
Between the lines: Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took a procedural step to resolve differences between the House and Senate-passed versions. Keep reading. |
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| 2. First look: Lincoln Project's next front |
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| The founders of The Lincoln Project are helping unite over two dozen political groups as "The Union," aiming to mobilize tens of thousands of volunteers in legal, tech and communications capacities ahead of the midterms and 2024 election, Axios' Alexi McCammond has learned. Why it matters: The goal is to fight against threats to democracy at the ballot box and beyond. Senior adviser Joe Trippi told Axios roughly 500 lawyers have asked to help, and many former local journalists have registered to assist with communications. - Besides Trippi, The Union is backed by Lincoln Project co-founders Reed Galen and Rick Wilson and another senior adviser, Stuart Stevens.
- The founders of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project say the need for a pro-democracy group has been illustrated by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the criticism of recent elections by former President Trump and his supporters, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
- So far, 30 groups have signed up to be part of The Union for 2022 and 2024. The coalition launches tomorrow.
What they're saying: "Democracy really is at stake here and abroad," Trippi told Axios. - "We need to defeat the forces who want to overturn democracy in 2022 and 2024."
Keep reading. |
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| 3. Dems test TikTok for 2022, 2024 campaigns |
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| The Democratic National Committee has joined TikTok, hoping to engage more with younger voters and test the benefits of the platform's viral videos for future campaigns, Lexi's also learned. Why it matters: TikTok is the central place for Gen Z to get news, as Axios has reported. The Democrats are the first of the two national parties to join. It's already become the Democrats' highest-performing social platform. By the numbers: DNC TikTok videos amassed over 2 million views in just over one week since the party joined earlier this month, and it currently has nearly 25,000 followers. - The growth potential is huge: TikTok has over 1 billion active monthly users.
The big picture: This will be the first midterm cycle in the TikTok era — it launched in China in 2016 but didn't become popular in the U.S. until the fall of 2018. - The now-widespread app has become so important in Democratic politics, the White House held a briefing specifically for TikTok influencers on March 11 to teach them how to share accurate information about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Democrats plan to use footage of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in their videos, as well as other Democratic figures, to share more about what their party is accomplishing in Washington, Axios is told.
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| 4. Worthy of your time |
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| A sunrise jogger snaps cherry blossom photos on Saturday. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images |
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| ⚖️ Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will have her first hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow, and subsequent hearings are scheduled each day through Thursday, Axios' Andrew Solender reports in today's Sneak roundup. ✈️ White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the president has "no plans" to travel to Ukraine during his trip to Europe this week. The president will meet with NATO leaders in Brussels. 🐘 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed the "lonely voices" in his party who've voiced criticism of Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of the country, stating during an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation," "I wouldn't pay much attention to them." 🕊️ Also appearing on the program was Oksana Markova, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., and her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang. They were photographed speaking backstage as Ukraine urges China to condemn the Russian invasion. 📜 Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the Jan. 6. committee, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the panel is exploring legislation that creates "additional enhanced criminal penalties" for "the kind of supreme dereliction of duty that you saw with President Trump" on Jan. 6. |
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| 5. Pics du jour |
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| Photos: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images |
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| President Biden and first lady Jill Biden (not pictured) took a leisurely bike ride in Rehoboth Beach, Del. — followed by a counter-assault team. |
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