Matt Forck Make America Great Again
POLITICO Playbook PM: Make congressional hearings swell once again
THE Bulletin? … VP MIKE PENCE at the GOP convention site in Charlotte, N.C.: "We're going to make America great again -- over again." Republicans officially nominated President DONALD TRUMP and PENCE for a 2d term today. THE PRESIDENT visited the site early this afternoon. "Call back almost your life simply prior to the plague," he told the oversupply. This week'southward schedule and speakers
THIS Morning time WAS Withal ANOTHER Slice OF Testify for the legion of political observers who believe some high-profile congressional hearings plow out to be a waste of fourth dimension.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT Commission spent the forenoon lecturing Postmaster General LOUIS DEJOY about the USPS -- ofttimes without asking a single question. When they asked questions, they sometimes sounded like this: Do y'all believe y'all need to follow the police force? Is your backup plan to be pardoned similar Roger Rock, Rep. JIM COOPER (D-Tenn.) asked? Why are the Democrats out to get y'all, Rep. JIM JORDAN (R-Ohio) queried? Why doesn't this hearing well-nigh the USPS include debate about the PPP -- it'south a "waste of fourth dimension," Rep. CHIP ROY (R-Texas) said. In addition, the hearing was riddled with technical difficulties.
REP. STEPHEN LYNCH (D-Mass.) asked if DEJOY would supplant removed sorting machines -- DEJOY said no, but they couldn't get effectually to figuring out why, because LYNCH had used upwards all of his time.
MEANWHILE, millions of Americans are wondering if their prescription drugs are going to get delivered, if their mail-in votes will really exist counted and what elected officials are actually doing to make their lives better in the center of a pandemic and economic recession.
-- KYLE CHENEY: "Dems threaten to subpoena DeJoy over postal service filibuster certificate": "Democrats accused Postmaster Full general Louis DeJoy on Monday of downplaying disruptions to mail delivery that began when he assumed his position in July, threatening to subpoena him for what they say is deliberate withholding of internal decision-making documents. … DeJoy sharply rejected the accusations that he's taken inappropriate actions." Political leader
-- DEJOY: "Starting time, I did not direct the removal of blue collection boxes or the removal of mail processing equipment. Second, I did not direct the curtailment on hours at any of our mail service offices. Finally, I did non direct the elimination of any curtailment in overtime. I did, still, suspend these practices, to remove any misperceptions near our delivery to delivering the nation's election mail. Whatsoever further assertions by the media or elected officials is furthering a faux narrative to the American people."
SIREN -- "As Census Count Resumes, Doubts About Accuracy Continue to Grow," by NYT's Michael Wines: "[Grand]ore than one in 3 people hired as census takers have quit or failed to show up. … And with 38 meg households still uncounted, state and local officials are raising growing concerns that many poor and minority households will be left out of the count. …
"[A]nother issue has upended information technology: an guild last month to finish the count a month early on, guaranteeing that population figures volition be delivered to the White House while President Trump is still in office. … [T]he census is racing toward a finale largely out of sight. But many experts are increasingly convinced that a public reckoning over a deeply flawed count may be unavoidable. …
"[N]o metric for a flawed demography exists. Congress, which has legal authorisation over the census, could make that judgment, and a lawsuit could seek to. Either would put the census in uncharted waters."
BREAKING … REUTERS: "NY chaser general files lawsuit against Trump Organization: courtroom records": "The complaint against the Trump Organization and the other defendants was filed with a New York state court in Manhattan, the courtroom records prove. A copy of the complaint was not immediately available, and its discipline matter could not immediately be determined. A letter of the alphabet filed with the courtroom indicates that Eric Trump, one of the president's sons, is among the defendants." Reuters
THE ERA OF THE TELL-ALL … YASHAR ALI: "Scoop: Melania Trump's Comments Well-nigh Trump Family Were Taped": "Stephanie Winston Wolkoff … plans on sharing the First Lady's comments about her family in her forthcoming volume 'Melania and Me: The Ascension and Autumn of My Friendship with The Commencement Lady' which will be published by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books on September one."
-- ALSO OUT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS: Michael Cohen'due south volume "Disloyal," Brian Stelter'south book "Hoax" virtually Fox News, Bob Woodward's newest -- "Rage" -- and Mike Schmidt's "Donald Trump v. The The states of America."
Good Monday afternoon.
AP/BERLIN: "The High german hospital treating Russian dissident Alexei Navalny says tests indicate that he was poisoned."
FOLLOW THE MONEY -- "'Mind-bogglingly irresponsible': meet the Republican donors helping QAnon attain Congress," past The Guardian's Julia Carrie Wong: "[Marjorie Taylor Greene'due south] filings reveal donations from: groups connected to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and his wife, the chairman of the lath of prominent bourgeois retrieve tank the Heritage Foundation, the attorney who represented 'Covington Kid' Nicholas Sandmann in defamation suits against the Washington Mail service and CNN, and multiple Republican mega-donors.
"Meadows was given the opportunity to disavow or denounce QAnon in multiple boob tube interviews on Sunday, only he demurred, challenge non to know what information technology was. … The Your Voice Counts Pac affiliated with Meadows first donated $ii,000 to Greene's campaign in March. Greene received further support from the Meadows family unit when the RightWomen Pac, whose executive director is Debbie Meadows, Mark'south wife, endorsed Greene and spent $17,500 to oppose [John] Cowan in the runoff." Guardian
TIKTOK LATEST -- "TikTok suing Trump administration in endeavor to stave off ban," by Steven Overly
HEADS UP -- "Hong Kong Reports First Coronavirus Re-Infection in Applied science Worker," by Bloomberg'south Jinshan Hong: "A man was infected with the coronavirus after recovering from an initial bout in April in what scientists said was the first case showing that re-infection may occur within a few months.
"The 33-year-old's second SARS-CoV-ii infection was detected via aerodrome screening on his render to Hong Kong from Europe this calendar month. Researchers at the University of Hong Kong used genomic sequence analysis to prove that he had been infected past two different strains. The data technology worker didn't develop any symptoms from his second infection, which might indicate 'subsequent infections may exist milder,' the researchers said." Bloomberg
SOME GOOD NEWS -- "New Covid-19 Cases in U.S. Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Months," by WSJ'due south Adam Martin: "The number of new coronavirus infections in the U.S. declined from a solar day before, reaching its lowest level in more than two months and notching a ninth straight 24-hour interval with fewer than 50,000 new cases.
"The nation reported 34,567 new cases on Sunday, according to information compiled past Johns Hopkins University. That is downwards from 44,572 on Saturday and the lowest since June 22, when the U.Southward. reported 30,536 new cases.
"Full infections in the U.S. have now passed 5.7 1000000, most a quarter of the world's roughly 23.42 meg, according to Johns Hopkins data. More than than 808,000 people world-wide have died, including more than 176,000 in the U.S."
Chase FOR A VACCINE -- "China says information technology began public use of covid-19 vaccine a month agone, bypassing clinical trials," by WaPo'due south Eva Dou: "Cathay is claiming the dubious accolade of the outset nation to roll out an experimental coronavirus vaccine for public use, proverb it began inoculating high-gamble groups in late July. For those keeping score, that would put Beijing'south civilian rollout three weeks earlier than Russia's, with neither vaccine having yet passed standard clinical trials." WaPo
HMM … THE DAILY BEAST: "Trump Admin Puts COVID-Wracked Meat Processor on Food Rubber Console," by William Bredderman: "The Brazilian meat conglomerate that presided over an alleged 'work while sick' culture at a constitute in Colorado and deadly COVID-19 cluster at a facility in Nebraska during the early on months of the pandemic will now be advising the federal government on wellness policies." Daily Beast
BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- "New Orleans Braces for Evictions as Renters Fall Behind, Belongings Pile Up on Streets," by WSJ's Will Parker: "Louisiana'southward ban on evictions during the coronavirus pandemic expired in June and the grace menses for a separate federal eviction moratorium expires Aug. 24. …
"Chucked-out belongings are now spotted on some New Orleans street corners. Infant cribs and kid auto seats, the remnants from forced-out families, sit down stacked in piles in 90-degree heat." WSJ
MUCK READS -- "Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic," past AP'south Ellen Knickmeyer, Cathy Bussewitz, John Flesher, Matthew Chocolate-brown and Michael Casey: "Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for chancy emissions or otherwise featherbed rules intended to protect health and the surroundings considering of the coronavirus outbreak, The Associated Press has establish.
"The event: approval for less environmental monitoring at some Texas refineries and at an army depot dismantling warheads armed with nervus gas in Kentucky, manure piling up and the mass disposal of livestock carcasses at farms in Iowa and Minnesota, and other risks to communities as governments eased enforcement over smokestacks, medical waste product shipments, sewage plants, oilfields and chemical plants. … AP'south two-month review found that waivers were granted in more than 3,000 cases, representing the overwhelming majority of requests citing the outbreak." AP
-- "Jim Bakker gets PPP loans during legal fight on fraud claims," by AP's Sally Stapleton: "When the U.Due south. government extended pandemic hardship loans to thousands of religious institutions, Jim Bakker and Morningside U.s., his ministry in Blue Eye, Missouri, were amongst the near high-contour recipients. On Apr 28, the pastor received blessing for an amount between $650,000 and $1.seven million in Paycheck Protection Program funds.
"Weeks before, the New York and Missouri attorneys general, as well equally the Federal Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission, filed complaints alleging Bakker engaged in deceptive practices by touting purported health benefits of a silver production on The Jim Bakker Bear witness — including a proffer information technology could be used to treat or prevent COVID-xix infection, something the FDA says is false." AP
Await WHAT'Southward Back -- "Trump revives Bush v. Gore in his crusade against mail-in voting," by CNN's Joan Biskupic: "[The example's] legal principle has long been regarded every bit a proverbial ticket expert for one ride but. The Supreme Court itself has not cited the case in any ruling since and so. … If the Trump campaign'due south new legal approach succeeds, it could lead to the mass discarding of votes in Nov …
"Trump entrada lawyers believe the case has new salience. They rely on Bush-league v. Gore in new lawsuits confronting mail-in voting in Nevada and New Bailiwick of jersey, virtually prominently in the Nevada instance. They affirm that states lack uniform procedures for balloting past mail in violation of constitutional equal protection." CNN
TOOSI EXCLUSI -- "Country Department memo warned Senate-canonical officials against appearing at partisan events": "Secretarial assistant of State Mike Pompeo's conclusion to share a message with the Republican National Convention this calendar week is a break from all sorts of norms and precedents designed to continue America's chief diplomat out of the partisan fray.
"It may likewise be violating State Department policy he himself approved, according to an email sent by his deputy."
-- "Pompeo Urges Arab States to Follow U.A.East. in Hitting Deals With Israel," by WSJ'southward Felicia Schwartz in Tel Aviv: "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Arab countries to bring together the United Arab Emirates in forging formal ties with Israel, as part of a U.S. diplomatic push to align old enemies in the Middle Due east confronting a common rival in Iran. ...
"The chief diplomat'due south five-solar day visit to the region, with scheduled stops in the U.A.E., Bahrain and Sudan, is the first of a button to encourage other countries to join the U.A.Eastward. Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser, will travel to Israel, the U.A.East., Oman, Saudi arabia and Bahrain next week as part of the endeavor. U.Due south. officials said they hope to announce at least one more bargain between Israel and an Arab country—perhaps Bahrain, Oman or Sudan—in the coming weeks." WSJ
Battle FOR THE HOUSE -- "Virus Response Fueling G.O.P. Bid to Retake New Mexico Seat," by NYT'due south Simon Romero in Las Cruces, Due north.M.: "The incumbent, Rep. Xochitl Torres Minor, is at present among the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress in a race that is drawing attention from leaders of both parties, and potentially huge amounts of spending, as Republicans eye an opening to blunt Democratic momentum in this part of the West.
"Yvette Herrell, the Republican seeking to oust Ms. Torres Pocket-sized, is stoking anger over a slump in the oil industry and measures taken by Democrats in New Mexico to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Shifting arraign from President Trump for the pandemic'south economic fallout, Ms. Herrell has grown so critical of New Mexico's virus mitigation policies that it sometimes seems every bit if she is running every bit much against the state's Autonomous governor as Ms. Torres Small." NYT
ICYMI -- "Kenosha law shoot man; video of incident appears to evidence officeholder firing several shots into his dorsum at close range," by the Milwaukee Journal Sentry's Million Jones
TA-NEHISI COATES in VANITY Off-white: "The Life Breonna Taylor Lived, in the Words of Her Mother: In a series of interviews, the author spoke to Tamika Palmer to pigment a picture of a full, loving life taken besides soon."
Cash Dash -- "Kamala Harris' allies in the business world kick off fundraising blitz for Biden campaign," by CNBC's Brian Schwartz: "Sen. Kamala Harris' formidable fundraising machine is kicking into high gear now that she is on the ticket … Harris' associates in the concern world have been getting calls from new donors, according to people familiar with directly noesis of the thing. …
"Alicia Goldstein, a senior managing director at existent estate investment business firm HFZ Capital Group, and Deborah Harmon, the chief executive officer of Artemis Real Estate Partners, are helping organize a virtual event on Fri featuring Harris … Tickets commencement at $ane,000 and go up to $200,000, with the virtual gathering expected to reel in millions … Mike Kempner, the CEO of public relations giant MWWPR, and Jon Henes, a partner at corporate restructuring firm Kirkland & Ellis, who was Harris' national finance chairman when she ran for president, are also set to co-host an upcoming event that will feature Harris." CNBC
AFTERNOON READ -- "Donald Trump Jr. Is Ready. Only for What, Exactly?" by Jason Zengerle in the NYT Magazine: "Of all the president's children, he has the strongest connection to the politics, voters and online disinformation ecosystem that put his begetter in the White Firm. What volition he do with it?"
ENGAGED -- Nika Nour, executive managing director of the International Game Developers Association Foundation, and Matt Blackwood got engaged on a hiking trail in Weston, Mo. They met online about 4.5 years ago. Pic … Some other film
WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Ginny Siller, director of government affairs at the Animal Health Institute, and Matt Siller, director of security and stabilization at Tetra Tech, welcomed Adelyn Quinn Siller on Aug. thirteen. Motion picture … Another pic
BONUS Birthday: DSCC finance assistant Blakely Wall (h/t Caitlin Oprysko)
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