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Good morning and welcome to Thursday. We’re exactly one month away from Father’s Day.
⏰🚀 Ready, Set, Go: Today’s newsletter takes 3.92 minutes to read. With the 360 view: 8.32 minutes.
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🍩 Daily Sprinkle
“Because a person has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set them down as a failure till they’re dead or lose their courage.”
–George Lorimer
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🗣👂 Dose of Discussion
🏛️ Congress Considers Capitol Commission
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The House voted 252 - 175 yesterday evening to approve a bill that would create a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in which five people died.
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Since that day, federal charges have been brought against more than 490 people who participated in the riot.
*Correction: The bill would create a commission with ten members, not 20 as we reported yesterday.
🤿 A deeper dive…
Modeled after the investigation into the 9/11 attacks, the proposed independent commission would contain five Democrats, including the chair, and five Republicans, including the vice chair.
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It would be charged with examining security and intelligence failures surrounding the riot, and face a December 31 deadline to release a public report making recommendations for securing the Capitol and preventing any future attack.
⏭️ What’s Next?
The measure now heads to the 50-50 Senate, where 60 votes are needed to overcome the filibuster.
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Hours before yesterday’s House vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed he will oppose the proposed legislation, with many other Senate Republicans expected to follow suit (though the exact number is unknown).
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📰 Quick Bits
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🇪🇺 EU Moves To Open Borders
European Union ambassadors agreed to a proposal to reopen the bloc’s borders to fully vaccinated travelers at an undetermined future date. The measure must be formally approved by all 27 member-countries before it can be enacted.
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The ambassadors also agreed on easing the criteria for nations to be considered a safe country, from which all tourists can travel.
More: The U.S. is expected to be included in the safe-travel group, though the EU did not reveal any specifics. The new policy could be approved as soon as today, per NPR.
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📉 The Other Side of the Coin
Bitcoin fell as much as 30% yesterday, reaching a low point of $30,001.51 before rebounding as the day went on.
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Other cryptocurrencies also plunged yesterday, including ether (-29%; now at ~$2,300) and dogecoin (-30%; now at ~$0.32).
+🔌 Coin Shortage: Crypto exchange Coinbase experienced an outage yesterday morning for its entire site and application. It lasted just under an hour-and-a-half (beginning around 9 a.m. ET).
+🇨🇳 Meanwhile, in Beijing: The People’s Bank of China conveyed a statement reiterating that cryptocurrency can’t be used as a form of payment.
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🌎 Expat Exposition
Image: Internations
Global expat community Internations published its annual insider survey of more than 12,000 people to surface the best and worst places for expats to live in 2020.
📙 Definition: An expatriate, or expat, is a person who lives outside of their native country.
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The survey, conducted in January 2021, asked expats to rate their satisfaction across four categories: quality of life, ease of settling in, personal finance, and working abroad.
The full rankings.
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DONUT Holes…
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🏙️ A U.S. consulate in southern China issued a warning urging Americans to avoid a skyscraper in Shenzhen after its tenants were evacuated when the building suddenly started shaking. The cause has not been determined.
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📝 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill banning abortions in the state once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as six weeks into pregnancy. (From the Left | From the Right)
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📺 HBO Max is launching an ad-supported tier in June. It’ll run you $9.99/month.
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🎤 Singer Demi Lovato announced they identify as non-binary and are changing their pronouns to they/them.
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💔 The number of divorces recorded in China fell more than 70% after the government introduced a mandatory 30-day “cooling-off” period this year for couples who wish to file.
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📹 The AP obtained and released bodycam footage depicting the 2019 death of 49-year-old Black man Ronald Greene – a case that has been shrouded in secrecy and accusations of a cover-up by Louisiana law enforcement.
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🌐👋 Microsoft says goodbye to Internet Explorer.
+Worth Your Time: 107-year-old Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, testified in front of Congress yesterday.
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📣🗣💬 This Week’s Poll Responses
Background: Monday’s Dose of Discussion explored the business response to the CDC’s updated mask guidance for fully vaccinated individuals.
Everyone on the premises must wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status – "I think having everyone mask up eliminates the guessing game of who's vaccinated and who isn't as well as having to carry around the important vaccination card. I also don't have to guess how I'm supposed to act in the store -- if everyone is masked up, there's no question. Having the disparity in businesses is going to cause confusion and possibly animosity."
Fully vaccinated individuals do not have to wear masks (operating on the ‘honor system’) – "Since vaccinated people are protected from contracting and spreading the virus, there is no need to require them to wear masks. Requiring proof seems like a good idea, but would not be practical. Expecting everybody to carry around a small piece of paper and policing personal health information seems like a recipe for disaster. If a person chooses to remain unvaccinated and is worried about people not following the honor code, they have the option to remain at home."
Fully vaccinated individuals do not have to wear masks (proof of vaccination required) – "This would encourage more people to get the vaccine. If you don't require proof, then people won't operate on the honor system. If you do, people will feel ostracized if they're the only ones with a mask - it's like a negative label. And the power of social influence is incredible. It might be exactly what we need to convince the rest of the population to get the vaccine."
Unsure – "I don’t think it matters who wears a mask and who doesn’t."
+Note on Sample Size: We received ~825 responses. Thank you!!! 👏🍾
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🤗 Daily Dose of Positive
DONUT Original: 🎓 Five Star Passenger
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Image: Kevin Esch
Three years ago, Latonya Young was juggling life as a hairstylist, part-time Uber driver, and single mom of three. The then-41-year-old had dropped out of high school when she was 16 to care for her son, but still wanted to gain her formal education.
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On one of her many rides, Latonya opened up to her passenger Kevin Esch about her goal to eventually complete college at Georgia State University, and the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that stood in her way.
Little did she know, that conversation would end up changing her life…
Keep reading.
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🛸🌄📲 Calling from the Future…
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🦟 Florida’s De-Bugging Process
Image: Oxitec
America’s first open-air, genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes began to hatch and take flight in the Florida Keys earlier this month as part of a short-term pest control experiment.
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The insects carry genetic add-ons that block development in females, rendering them unable to reproduce.
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The test is designed to shrink the local population of Aedes aegypti, a mosquito species that spreads dengue and Zika virus.
Keep reading.
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💡 Dose of Knowledge
💵 Making Money
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What are U.S. dollar bills made out of?
A) Cotton and linen
B) Wood pulp
C) Polymer
D) Balsam fir trees
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💡 Dose of Knowledge Answer
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A) Cotton and linen
While conventional paper is made from wood pulp, U.S. currency paper is composed of 75% cotton and 25% linen for a distinct look and feel.
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