The CDC’s rough week
This week, the CDC doubled down on its Dec. 29 guidance that
asymptomatic Covid-19 patients can leave isolation after five
days without a negative test. Erin Banco reports on the policy and
politics behind that decision.
Schools ride (another) Covid-19 wave
The message from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is that schools
should do what they can to remain open for in-person learning. But with
Omicron cases surging among students and school staff, plus a possible
teacher shortage, how will schools adjust? Juan Perez reports.
Amazon and Google face off against Congress
The latest product launch from Google and Amazon? Being the underdog
against Congress. Emily Birnbaum on the surprising ways Amazon and
Google are mobilizing to counter regulatory efforts.
New Jan. 6 polls show partisan rift
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection.
As that date approaches, a slew of new polls out highlight the
splintering effect the attack has with voters — and on Donald Trump’s
influence on the Republican party. David Siders reports.
Presenting Weedcast: The Mormon playbook for medical marijuana
On an episode of Weedcast from June 17, POLITICO’s Natalie Fertig
breaks down how the Mormon church was able to help get medical marijuana
green lit in deeply red Utah.
Rebroadcast: Lessons from Las Vegas’ reopening
Las Vegas tried to reopen without widespread vaccination, but those
plans crashed into reality. Will things be different this time?
POLITICO’s Megan Cassella reports.
Presenting POLITICO Energy: What’s the Civilian Climate Corps?
In the middle of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt founded the
Civilian Conservation Corps, a group responsible for hiring hundreds of
thousands of white men to develop trails and build infrastructure that
is still standing today. Now, Democrats want to create a similar, but
more divers, group to build a new Corps to help the economy recover from
the pandemic and fight climate change at once. POLITICO’s Anthony
Adragna has the details on the plan for a Civilian Climate Corps.
Presenting Playbook Deep Dive: “Meet DC’s “Lobbyist Hunter”
“Somebody’s gotta do it. It might as well be me.” So says Ivan Adler,
the “lobbyist hunter” who plucks D.C.’s most idealistic Hill staffers
and turns them into K Street top dogs. POLITICO’s Hailey Fuchs and
Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza pry open the revolving door between the
Hill and K Street — one of the most controversial but everlasting
features of Washington’s underbelly.
Ryan Lizza is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook.
Hailey Fuchs is a reporter at POLITICO covering money & influence in
D.C.
Ivan Adler is ‘The Lobbyist Hunter’ and an executive recruiter.
Adrienne Hurst is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Read Hailey’s full story:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/15/lobbyist-hunter-ivan-adler-516069
Rebroadcast: Your ulti-mutt guide to pets in the White House
On today’s special episode of Dogs-patch — er, Dispatch: a brief history
of presidential pets at 1600 Pennsylvania, featuring the Kennedy’s dog
Pushinka (who might have helped avert nuclear war), Teddy Roosevelt’s
badger (really more questions than answers here) and Nixon’s dog
Checkers (who sadly passed before he could rescue his owner from
Watergate). Andrew Hager, the historian-in-residence at the Presidential
Pet Museum, provides biting commentary on the furry residents of the
White House.
Where 'rona goes in year 3
Consider this your 2021 healthcare year-in-review. POLITICO’s Adam
Cancryn breaks down the year’s biggest health stories and looks ahead to
2022.