TAKE with里克·克莱因
众议员利兹·切尼在众议院的时间领导力屈指可数随着周三投票的到来，这几乎是肯定的看到她被解雇她与前总统公开决裂唐纳德·特朗普。
但是共和党可预见的未来远远超出了华盛顿的范围。德克萨斯准备好了遵循格鲁吉亚有新的投票限制受“弥天大谎”的启发，亚利桑那州也在推进新法案，尽管寻找竹纤维在选举后的“审计”中还会有更多
在离首都更近的地方，弗吉尼亚党内提名大会的混乱后果让人们看到了一个可怕的未来，几乎在任何地方共和党都可能面临这个未来。周六，只有大约3万名选民在偏远地区排队为州长和其他全州办公室投票;2017年共和党初选的投票人数约为36.6万人。
周一晚间，错综复杂的计票过程结束，前凯雷集团首席执行官格伦·扬金(Glenn Youngkin)在第二名皮特·斯奈德(Pete Snyder)失球后成为明显的赢家。
但最终的结果将会被一个“克拉肯”本身无法想象的细节所掩盖，部分原因是:当一个通宵清洁工完成工作时，正在进行计数的酒店舞厅的安全被破坏了。
在整个竞选过程中，没有一个主要的共和党候选人试图找到反特朗普的路线。一名自称为“特朗普跟屁虫”的候选人——一名州参议员，她说1月6日的叛乱是合理的，因为COVID的限制——威胁说，如果在她看来，州共和党“窃取了这一点”，她将作为独立候选人参选选举。"
特朗普错误地告诉他的追随者，选举经常被盗，所以他们中的一些人相信他可能是有道理的。在这种情况下，这意味着无论谁赢得初选，诉讼、要求审计和重新计票几乎肯定会冲击该州对特朗普友好的共和党领导层。
不久前，弗吉尼亚是一个可靠的共和党州，它并不那么蓝，共和党人不能希望在全州范围内竞争。但今年在那里获胜将意味着不仅拥有特朗普，还拥有他建立的信息共和党内部的口头禅。
的纲要亚里沙·威尔斯马
辉瑞公司疫苗授权的消息全国12-15岁的人口与此同时，拜登政府扩大了两党合作，以提高各州的疫苗接种率。
周二，总统将主持一个两党虚拟会议，与六名州长讨论他们州的疫苗接种计划。出席的州长包括三名共和党人——马萨诸塞州的查理·贝克、犹他州的斯潘塞·考克斯、俄亥俄州的迈克·德温——以及三名民主党人——新墨西哥州州长卢汉·格里沙姆、缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯和明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹。
白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基(Jen Psaki)周一表示:“这个两党小组将与总统分享一些最佳做法，以促进获得疫苗接种，建立对疫苗的信心，并确保每个人都参与疫苗接种反应。”他补充说，总统将“承认民主党人、共和党人和独立人士迄今为止在疫苗接种工作中发挥的重要作用。”
根据疾病控制和预防中心数据马萨诸塞州、缅因州和新墨西哥州是全国疫苗接种率最高的州之一，超过53%的总人口至少接种了一剂疫苗。明尼苏达州紧随其后，近50%的人口接种了一针，而犹他州和俄亥俄州目前未能达到相同的比例，各自州总人口的约40%接种了至少一针。
疫苗管理上的政治统一的行动是及时的需求下降的全国趋势。据美国广播公司新闻部的阿里耶·米特罗普洛斯上周晚些时候报道，自3月初以来，美国7天平均气温首次达到注射的疫苗剂量下降低于每天200万剂——上个月下降了近40%。
小费奎因·斯坎兰
共和党州长开始选择退出联邦政府的补充失业计划，该计划每月在失业美国人的银行账户中增加300美元。但是在加州这个全国人口最多的州，民主党州长加文·纽瑟姆采取了不同的方式。
面对今年秋天几乎肯定会进行的召回选举，新闻周刊周一宣布，所有年收入低于7.5万美元的加州纳税人将收到价值600美元的刺激支票，有孩子的家庭将获得额外的500美元。
共和党人，包括前奥林匹克十项全能运动员和电视真人秀明星凯特琳·詹娜，正在排队取代纽森成为州长如果50%的选民在预期的选举中投票罢免他，但他可能很容易在投票中击败这一努力，因为加州今天看起来与去年6月非常不同，当时国务卿批准了罢免请愿书的流通。
纽森周一表示，大约一年前，该州面临540亿美元的预算赤字，但现在，加州有近760亿美元的盈余——还有数十亿美元来自联邦政府。这个国家似乎正处于这场流行病的边缘，加州也不例外。国家自夸在过去的7天里，阳性率为1%，这是大流行开始以来的最低水平，62%的加利福尼亚人至少接种了一剂COVID疫苗，而45%的人已经完全接种接种疫苗。
GOP gets glimpse of messy future in Virginia: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
Rep. Liz Cheney's hours in Houseleadership are numbered, with a vote coming Wednesday that is almost certainto see her bootedover her very public split with former PresidentDonald Trump.
But the Republican Party's foreseeable future is being shaped far beyond Washington.Texas is setto followGeorgia with new voting restrictionsinspired by the "big lie," and Arizona is also moving ahead with new bills even while thesearch for bamboo fibersand more continues in a post-election "audit."
Closer to the capital, the messy aftermath of Virginia's party-run nominating convention offers a peek into a scary future that could confront the GOP virtually anywhere. Only about 30,000 voters waited out lines to cast ballots for governor and other statewide offices at remote locations on Saturday; turnout for the 2017 GOP primary was about 366,000.
The Byzantine process of counting wrapped up late Monday with former Carlyle Group CEO Glenn Youngkin the apparent winner after second-place finisher Pete Snyder conceded.
But final results will be overshadowed, in part, by a detail "the kraken" itself couldn't dream up: security was breached in the hotel ballroom where counting was taking place, when an overnight cleaning crew did its work.
Throughout the campaign, none of the major Republican candidates even attempted to find an anti-Trump lane. One candidate who calls herself "Trump in heels" -- a state senator who has said the Jan. 6 insurrection was justifiable because of COVID restrictions -- threatened to run as an independent if, in her view, the state GOP "steals thiselection."
Trump has falsely told his followers that elections are regularly stolen,so it might make sense that some of them believe him. In this case, it means lawsuits and calls for audits and recounts are almost certain to hit the state's Trump-friendly GOP leadership no matter who wins the primary.
Not long ago, Virginia was a reliably Republican state, and it's not so blue that Republicans can't hope to compete there statewide. But winning there this year will mean owning not just Trump butthe messaging he's establishedas mantra inside the GOP.
The RUNDOWN withAlisa Wiersema
News of the Pfizer vaccine authorization for thenation's 12-15-year-old populationcomes as the Biden administration extends a bipartisan effort to expand states' vaccination rates.
On Tuesday, the president will host a bipartisan, virtual meeting with six governors to discuss their states' vaccination programs. The group of governors in attendance will include three Republicans -- Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Spencer Cox of Utah, Mike DeWine of Ohio -- and three Democrats -- New Mexico's Gov. Lujan Grisham, Maine's Gov. Janet Mills, and Minnesota's Gov. Tim Walz.
"The bipartisan group will share with the president some best practices on promoting access to vaccination, building confidence in vaccines and ensuring that everyone is reached in the vaccination response," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday, adding that the president will "acknowledge the instrumental role Democrats, Republicans and independents have played in the vaccination efforts thus far."
According to Centers for Disease Control and Preventiondata, Massachusetts, Maine and New Mexico are among the states with the highest vaccination rates in the country, with over 53% of their total population vaccinated with at least one dose. Minnesota follows closely behind, with nearly 50% of its population inoculated with one shot, while Utah and Ohio currently fall short of meeting the same rates, with approximately 40% of their respective total state population vaccinated with at least one dose.
The move for political unity on vaccine administration is timely given anational trend of a decline in demand. As reported by ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos, late last week, for the first time since early March, the U.S. seven-day average ofvaccine doses administered fellbelow 2 million doses a day -- down by nearly 40% in the last month.
The TIP withQuinn Scanlan
GOP governors are starting to opt out of the federal government's supplemental unemployment program, which put an extra $300 per month in jobless Americans' bank accounts. But in California, the country's most populous state, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking a different approach.
Facing an all-but-certain recall election this fall, Newsom announced Monday that all California taxpayers making under $75,000 a year will receive stimulus checks worth $600 and families with children will get an additional $500.
Republicans, includingformer Olympic decathlete and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner, are lining up toreplace Newsom as governorshould 50% of electors vote to recall him in the anticipated election, but he may easily beat that effort on the ballot, as California looks very different today than it did last June, when the secretary of state approved the recall petitions for circulation.
Newsom said Monday that about a year ago, the state was facing a $54 billion budget deficit, but now, California has a nearly $76 billion surplus -- with billions more coming in from the federal government. The country seems to be rounding the corner of this pandemic and California is no exception. The stateboastsa 1% positivity rate over the last seven days -- the lowest it's been since the pandemic started -- and 62% of Californians have gotten at least one dose of a COVID vaccine while 45% are fullyvaccinated.
