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"I think the White House absolutely understands the severity and the urgency of the issue," Spanberger said. "But until there's more food on the shelves, I am not satisfied." https://t.co/igVENnLex6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Spanberger said she and Klain also discussed the reailty that the DPA isn't how you literally get formula on empty store shelves tomorrow. "It's not the fastest way to get food on the shelves," she said. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Abigail Spanberger tells me that in her conversations with White House COS Ron Klain this week, he said the administration is strongly considering the use of the Defense Production Act to address the urgent baby formula shortage problem. — PolitiTweet.org

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That full exchange on what parents who can’t find baby formula should do, per WH transcript: https://t.co/FxkLxAcDOL — PolitiTweet.org

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Can I make formula at home? No. Can I stretch out my formula supply? No. Can I use toddler formula or cow's milk instead? Maybe. https://t.co/c9CnokihAf — PolitiTweet.org

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Twelve-year-old reporter Rory asking @PressSec questions at the White House press briefing. Great job, Rory! https://t.co/eayRQ7blmv — PolitiTweet.org

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On which agency that question should be directed to and again, what a parent should do right now if they can’t find formula, Psaki says any parent who has concerns about their child's health and well being should call their doctor/pediatrician. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked what the administration’s guidance is for parents who are out of formula & can’t find any in stores — call a hotline? Take baby to hospital? Jen Psaki says “those are important public health questions” & what she can do is explain steps being taken to address the shortage. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYTnickc :( — PolitiTweet.org

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My colleague @Deedrah notes that because of the serious unpredictability of Covid, modelers have started to "scale back on case projections, focusing instead on measures of more severe outcomes." Part of why the fall/winter warning from Dr. Jha was a surprise to some experts. — PolitiTweet.org

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The 100 million new infections warning was meant to be "less about trying to predict" the future and more a part of the administration's "scenario planning," the official said. (That scenario: No new $$ to develop vaccines, tests, therapeutics) https://t.co/i9efZQbaUm — PolitiTweet.org

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WH hasn't yet released the models that led to this projection. One senior admin official tells CNN that's in part because it was based on preliminary data from modelers and experts, and those models were likely still weeks away from even being finalized. https://t.co/i9efZPTzvM — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Behind Ashish Jha’s warning that the US could see 100 million new Covid infections if Congress doesn’t approve additional funding. That forecast puzzled some public health officials and sources say some key admin officials were caught off guard. https://t.co/hWlzUuLYf0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@maggieNYT Ok lol — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: A day after Schumer says he’s OK with peaceful protests outside justices’ homes, Dick Durbin on @NewDay: “I think it’s reprehen… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexburnsNYT: Asked if Biden could help the country come together again, Graham said: “Totally.” “He’ll maybe be the best person to hav… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNN: President Biden was the “best person to have” after the January 6 insurrection, according to new audio of Senator Lindsey Graham (… — PolitiTweet.org

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Italian PM Draghi to President Biden: If Putin thought he could divide us, "he failed." Very stark language from Draghi in describing the Ukraine war: "massacres," "violence," "butchering" — PolitiTweet.org

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Before their meeting, Biden and Draghi both spoke of the two countries' shared bond. Biden talks about the "brutality" of Vlaidmir Putin and Italy's role in "taking on" Putin. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden hosts Italian prime minister Draghi in the Oval Office https://t.co/vBJC3WwcGy — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "I know you guys are frustrated. I know. I can taste it." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden says both the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine have significantly contributed to higher prices. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden kicks off his speech on inflation at the WH by calling it the "number one challenge" facing American families today — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ylanmui: WOW: @SecYellen weighs in on abortion debate -- with an economic angle: "Eliminating the right of women to make decisions abo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @myhlee: South Korea’s new vice ministers. 🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KyungLahCNN: Why am I, w/@CNN PJ @RonnieMcCrayJr, on this balcony? This is @dougmastriano's rally in Uniontown, PA. The campaign said w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OmarJimenez: #BREAKING Casey White and Vicky White are in custody. "There was a pursuit" in Evansville, Indiana and the car wrecked. Ca… — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked whether the White House can make public the models it used to get to the 100 million infections warning, Psaki says WH can “see if there's more specific data we can make available." "What I can assure you of is that Dr. Jha is a public health expert," she adds. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jen Psaki says Dr. Ashish Jha's warning about 100 million potential Covid infections by fall/winter (if Congress doesn't approve more funding) was based on a range of "internal and external models" and that the number falls “well within that range." — PolitiTweet.org

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Psaki says that some of the declarations Putin made back in February -- including "declaring he was going to subsume Ukraine, take over the country" -- "that is exactly not what's happening today.” — PolitiTweet.org