The Evening: Record Cases, Job Gains, Damn The Torpedoes and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, July 2nd.
Note: The Evening will be “gone fishin’” until Monday, July 20th.
** Single Day Record
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New coronavirus cases in the United States passed 50,000 for the first time to reach a single-day record, as some cities and businesses reversed course on reopenings ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend, as the
WSJ reports ([link removed]) .
** June Jobs Gain
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Employers brought back millions more workers in June as businesses began to reopen across the country. But the recent surge in coronavirus cases is threatening to stall the economic recovery long before it has reached most of the people who lost their jobs, as the
NYT reports ([link removed]) .
** Labor Market Predictions for Next Decade Grim
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The U.S. unemployment rate is expected to stay above its pre-pandemic levels through the end of 2030, according to a 10-year economic report released Thursday by the Congressional Budget Office, as the
Washington Post reports ([link removed]) .
** Climate Check
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"The scale of the climate challenge means that new financing instruments will be needed to achieve just transitions," write CSIS and the Climate Investment Funds in a new commentary ([link removed]) .
** CSIS Executive Education
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Rolling applications are still open for the CSIS and Syracuse University’s joint Executive Master’s in International Relations ([link removed]) , a first-of-its-kind degree allowing working professionals in the nation’s capital to benefit from the strengths of the #1 graduate school in public affairs and the #1 think tank in the United States.
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** In That Number
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** 50,000
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The United States reported nearly 50,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the fifth single-day case record in eight days.
Source: NYT ([link removed])
** Critical Quote
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** “There is no question that the more testing you get the more you will uncover, but we do believe this is a real increase in cases because the percent positives are going up. So this is real increases in cases.”
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— Adm. Brett P. Giroir, assistant secretary for health
** iDeas Lab
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In the United Kingdom, Russian malign influence efforts have backfired, resulting in negative opinion swings. A new CSIS longform ([link removed]) draws from four case studies to analyze what traits make democracies vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence operations as well as the sources of their resiliency.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
** Optics
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(Photo credit: Jim Watson/AFP.) President Donald Trump swings a bat from Texas Timber before speaking at a Spirit of America event to showcase small businesses.
** Recommended Reading
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“Breaking Down the G20 Covid-19 Fiscal Response: June 2020 Update ([link removed]) ,” by CSIS’s Stephanie Segal and Dylan Gerstel.
** This Town Next Week
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On Tuesday, July 7 at 9:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , CSIS will host the last installment of the Africa debate series. This event will explore the effectiveness of the great power competition framework for U.S. policy toward Africa.
On Tuesday, July 7 at 5:00 p.m. ([link removed]) , CSIS will hold a discussion about what lessons Latin America, now the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, can learn from Japan's response to the virus.
And, Wednesday, July 8 at 10:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , CSIS will host a conversation with Kelly Hammond of the University of Arkansas about the history of the Muslim community in China.
** Video
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CSIS today released "I am worried," the first episode of a new docuseries,
The Pandemic Paradox - HIV on the Edge. Launched ahead of the International AIDS Conference, this five-part original series examines the risk of a resurgent HIV/AIDS pandemic four decades after the first case was reported and a few months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Watch it here ([link removed]) .
** Podcasts
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Die Welt
The latest episode of The Reopening features Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood and author of the new book “Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of An American City.” We spoke about how changes in public policy must occur for poverty and racial inequality to end in America.
Listen on Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) , Spotify ([link removed]) , or Google Podcasts ([link removed]) .
** Smiles
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My friend Parker recently asked me to name the top 10 albums that changed my life. I don’t know that I can keep it to 10. I started thinking about the top American records that changed my life, and it still proved difficult. I do know for sure that at the very top of any list, American or global, sits Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Damn The Torpedoes” (1979).
“Damn The Torpedoes” doesn’t sound like anything that came before it or has been recorded since. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, the sound is timeless and instantly classic. At the time, people thought it was “new wave,” but it was really just pure rock and roll.
“Refugee,” the album’s opening track changed the way I heard music the first time I heard it, and every time since: [link removed].
I hope you all have a safe, happy and healthy July 4^th!
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