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Earlier today, Joe Biden made some discuss Facebook and the spread of false information when it came to vaccinations. He had to clarify, stating that the business “isnt killing individuals”, however misinformation and the spread of misinformation is.
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President Biden clarifies his statement about Facebook: “My hope is, that Facebook instead of taking it personally, that somehow Im saying Facebook is eliminating individuals, that they would do something about the misinformation.” pic.twitter.com/GXfZOHxWKl.
At todays briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki clarified a bit additional, not quite letting Facebook off the hook but not making any blatant allegations.
” Our battle is not with one social media platform. It is with the infection,” Psaki said. “We have a role, everybody has a role, in combating misinformation. In regards to keeping track of whether there have actually been actions that have been taken (to combat misinformation), there are all things you all can assess. There is obvious tracking … do you have access from these business on who is getting misinformation? I do not think that details has actually been launched.”.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated at todays press briefing the Biden administrations commitment to closing down Guantanamo Bay.
” Our goal is to close Guantanamo Bay,” Psaki said.
This comes as the administration moved a detainee out of the questionable detention facility for the first time. Psaki noted that 39 people stay at Guantanamo: 10 eligible for transfer, 17 eligible for regular review board, 10 included in the military commissions process and 2 who have been founded guilty.
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At todays press instruction, White House press secretary Jen Psaki went a little bit more in depth on any differences in between Russia and China when it concerns cyberattacks and economic sanctions enforced by the United States because of cyberattacks. “We are not separating,” she stated.
The elephant in the space though is that the US is a lot more financially dependant upon China than on Russia. The United States got $163bn in exports in 2019 from China, as compared to the $10.9 bn in exports from Russia. Enforcing sanctions on China that resemble the sanctions troubled Russia might actually turn around and harm the US in the long run.
Psaki rejected that this played an aspect in the countrys response, pointing out that the US joins with an “extraordinary” group of allies in “slamming and exposing” China, in addition to filing charges versus four of the accused hackers.
” We take cyber actions versus our nation and against economic sector entities quite seriously,” she stated. “We are not keeping back. We are not enabling any financial situation or consideration to prevent us from taking actions where called for. We book the choice to take extra actions where necessitated too. This is not the conclusion of our efforts as it relates to cyber activities with China or Russia.
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DoJ wont prosecute Ross for deceiving Congress on Census.
Wilbur Ross. Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP.
It is a federal criminal offense to make false statements before Congress, but Joe Bidens Department of Justice will not prosecute Ross.
Critics said the Trump administration was attempting to affect districting for elections by including a question about citizenship to the Census, as undocumented people would for that reason avoid the survey and cities with high populations of such people, which tend to vote Democratic, may subsequently lose seats.
The AP describes:.
A federal government investigation has found that Wilbur Ross, Donald Trumps commerce secretary, misguided Congress about why he wished to add a concern about citizenship to the 2020 Cencus.
In congressional testimony, Ross said the Department of Justice requested adding the citizenship concern to the census kind in late 2017 for the function of enforcing federal voting rights law. The inspector general stated that “misrepresented the full reasoning”.
The supreme court blocked including the question ahead of the 2020 Census.
Ross, now 83, is a longtime Trump associate who features in numerous of the rash of current books about the Trump administration– often for dropping off to sleep throughout conferences and speeches.
Heres Sam Levine on what ultimately occurred regarding districting after the Cencus was done:.
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According to critics, the citizenship concern was inspired by Republican redistricting specialist Tom Hofeller, who had actually previously written that utilizing person voting-age population instead of the total population for the function of redrawing of legislative and congressional districts could be advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic whites.
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When asked about the Microsoft hack, Joe Biden said one reason the US has actually not enforced sanctions against China over the cyberattacks – however did so versus Russia in connection to the SolarWinds hack – was that the examination is still continuous.
When asked on the difference in between the two governments involvement, Biden responded: “My understanding is that the Chinese government, not unlike the Russian federal government, is refraining from doing this themselves, but are safeguarding those who are doing it and perhaps even accommodating them having the ability to do it,” he said. “That might be the difference.”.
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Joe Biden promoted his administrations efforts to get Americans immunized and pass a rescue strategy. He talked up the kid tax credit under the American Rescue Plan: for the very first time this month, working families with kids under the age of 6 will receive $300 for each kid and working families with children between the ages of 6 and 17 will get $250 for each kid.
” That money is a video game changer. For some its a life changer,” Biden stated. “Thats simply one example of how were developing an economy: from the bottom up and the middle out.”.
He attended to problems with cost boosts, and concerns that the current boosts may suggest persistent inflation.
” Our specialists think and the data shows that the majority of the cost increases weve seen were expected and are anticipated to be momentary,” he stated. “The truth is you cant flip the global economic light back on and not anticipate this to take place. As need returns, there are going too be global supply chain difficulties.”.
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Joe Biden utilized this minute to ask Americans to not get complacent with the pandemic. “Our economic healing depends upon getting the pandemic under control,” he stated. “We cant let up, particularly with the Delta variation.”.
” The information could not be clearer: If youre unvaccinated, you are not secured,” Biden stated. Get vaccinated now. The only way we put it behind us is if more Americans get immunized.”.
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Biden: Capitalism lives and very well.
Joe Biden has actually taken the podium to laugh off all the predictions of “doom and gloom” that electing him to workplace would bring about anxiety and the death to commercialism.
The US went from a low of creating 60,000 jobs per month to 60,000 tasks every 3 days – in total, more than 600,000 jobs per month, or “more than 3 million jobs all told.”.
” That is the fastest development, Im informed, in any administrations history,” Biden said.
” Six months into my administration, the United States economy has experienced the greatest economic development rate in almost 40 years,” Biden said. “And now the forecasters have doubled their forecasts for growth in the economy to 7% or higher. The United States is the only developed nation in the world where growth projections today are more powerful than they were prior to the pandemic hit.”.
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Craig Caplan.
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McConnell on Senate Rules Cmte field hearing today in Georgia on voting rights: “Democrats phony outrage might have driven tasks & & chances out of the state of Georgia, but Im sure Georgians will value that Democrats are bringing their own partisan circus to town rather.”.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell categorized the hearing as the Democrats “bringing their own partisan circus to town”.
July 19, 2021.
The Senate guidelines committee is holding its very first field hearing in twenty years today, going over ballot rights in Atlanta after Senate Republicans obstructed the sweeping For the People Act last month.
Amy Klobuchar.
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For the very first time in 2 decades, the Senate Rules Committee is on the road to shine a light on what is really happening in Georgia. Georgians, like every American, deserve the right to vote. pic.twitter.com/6PfZX9f2uy.
July 19, 2021.
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Joe Biden is set to speak on the economy and the bipartisan facilities plan at 11.30 local time. CNN is reporting that the president will use this speech to counter issues that his financial plan will accelerate inflation.
The speech includes the bipartisan group working on the bipartisan facilities plan at odds over costs, and as Democrats intend to pass a $3.5 tn human infrastructure expense along with it – an expense Republicans are currently balking at due to the fact that of its size.
Biden will likely hang out throughout his remarks promoting the more than 3 million brand-new jobs produced since he took office and unprecedented predicted development. The speech comes.
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5 Texas Dems in Washington test positive for Covid.
Gene Wu.
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” All of our #txlege colleagues who checked positive are having little bit to no signs. Which is the point, get your vaccines!” Thanks @MSNBC for having me on to discuss #VotingRightsAct & & #covid 19. pic.twitter.com/k9pF0rfIH3.
Texas Democrats made headlines when they ran away the state for Washington to avoid quorum on a limiting ballot costs dubbed “Jim Crow 2.0” by the.
Now, however, five of them have actually because tested positive for Covid-19. All the legislators have actually been vaccinated. “When my Texas House Democratic associates and I broke quorum to stop anti-voter legislation, we knew that method would include real individual sacrifice,” said Texas state agent Trey Martinez Fischer in a declaration.
He noted that he is experiencing “exceptionally mild symptoms” and is quarantining till he checks negative.
” Just as these brand-new variations sweeping the country are more aggressive than ever, the wave of anti-voter legislation in this nation is even worse than weve seen in generations,” the lawmaker stated. “Thats why, I will continue the defend ballot rights with every single fiber of my being.”.
” That is the appeal of being vaccinated,” stated Democratic Texas state representative Gene Wu. “Every single person who has tested positive up until now have little to no symptoms, which is the point of the vaccine. If nothing else, we want this to be a suggestion to all Americans: get your dumb shot now.”.
July 18, 2021.
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Biden and Democrats press for facilities.
Today marks 6 months that Democrats have actually held the bulk in the Senate, and it begins with a lot of legislating on the joint pieces of infrastructure legislation that Joe Biden wants to pass.
To recap: We have the $1.2 tn bipartisan infrastructure deal focused on enhancing roads, bridges and public transit that Democrats exercised with Republicans. Then we have the $3.5 tn human infrastructure costs focused on enhancing social services and ecological steps.
In specific, they balked at the size of the human facilities expense. Graham, of course, is referencing how Texas Democrats warded off a limiting voting bill by avoiding and getting away the state quorum.
First: the bipartisan deal. The Senate bulk leader, Chuck Schumer, is expected to file cloture today on the bipartisan facilities bill, in an attempt to speed things up so that Democrats can then turn their concentrate on passing the human facilities expense.
Cloture is generally the treatment for ending debate and taking a vote. Yet senators in the bipartisan group that developed the plan spent the weekend trying to resolve a $100bn hole that occurred after Republicans differed with strategies to intensify IRS enforcement, Politico is reporting.
” How can I vote for cloture when the expense isnt written?” the Republican senator Bill Cassidy stated on Fox News Sunday.
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Secretary of state Antony Blinken has released a declaration on individualss Republic of China and its “reckless and destabilizing behavior in the online world.”.
This remains in regards to the Microsoft hack that resulted in the Department of Justice filing charges versus the 4 Chinese nationals working for the Ministry of State Security.
” Responsible states do not indiscriminately compromise global network security nor purposefully harbor cyber bad guys– let alone sponsor or collaborate with them,” Blinken stated. “These contract hackers cost governments and services billions of dollars in taken copyright, ransom payments, and cybersecurity mitigation efforts, all while the (Ministry of State Security) had them on its payroll.”.
Stephanie Myers.
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NEW: Secretary of State Antony Blinken launches statement relating to Chinas destabilizing and careless behavior in cyberspace pic.twitter.com/Q7tJnApROj.
July 19, 2021.
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For some its a life changer,” Biden said.” The information could not be clearer: If youre unvaccinated, you are not safeguarded,” Biden said.” Six months into my administration, the United States economy has actually experienced the highest economic growth rate in almost 40 years,” Biden said. “When my Texas House Democratic colleagues and I broke quorum to stop anti-voter legislation, we understood that technique would come with genuine individual sacrifice,” stated Texas state representative Trey Martinez Fischer in a statement.
” That is the charm of being vaccinated,” stated Democratic Texas state agent Gene Wu.
The White House stated Chinas “pattern of careless behavior in the online world” was “inconsistent with its mentioned objective of being seen as an accountable leader in the world”.
More to come on this and more from Washington today.
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The Biden administration has actually joined with allies– including the EU, the UK and Nato– in accusing Chinese state-based hacking groups of being behind the exploitation of an estimated 250,000 Microsoft Exchange servers worldwide earlier this year.
The United States Department of Justice charged four Chinese nationals working with the ministry of state security of individualss Republic of China with international computer invasion campaign targeting intellectual residential or commercial property and personal organization information.
DoJ charges 4 Chinese nationals in Microsoft hack.
July 19, 2021.
Raphael Satter.
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There are numerous methods to read this, however one is quite chilling. DOJ states Chinese hackers were targeting research on highly infectious diseases consisting of Ebola, MERS, and HIV.https:// t.co/ IERd6doOBf pic.twitter.com/PTGX8KDCdi.
