President Biden intends to announce Wednesday that his administration will secure another 100 million doses of the single-shot vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

He is expected to preview the plans during an afternoon meeting with executives from Johnson & Johnson and Merck, just over a week after announcing that his administration had helped broker a deal between the two rival companies to speed up production of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.

Johnson & Johnson has already agreed to supply the United States with 100 million doses by the end of June, and its latest goal is to produce 94 million of those doses by the end of May, according to officials familiar with the estimates.

Between those doses and the supply of the two-dose regimens sufficient to cover 200 million people by the end of May, the country is expected to have enough to cover everyone currently eligible for a vaccine by then. The additional 100 million doses would be delivered in the second half of the year, according to a senior administration official.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/10/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-

March 9, 2021

Inspired by Dolly, Carole King has recorded a vaccination song.

https://twitter.com/Carole_King/status/1368951208975605765?s=20

https://twitter.com/i/status/1368951208975605765

March 7, 2021

I had a new bird show up today that I've never noticed before.

Eastern Towhee
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He was scratching around and eating the seed on the ground under the feeders. At first I thought he was a robin until I saw the white underparts.

I've also had a flock of Goldfinches hanging around for the last couple of days. The males are starting to turn their bright yellow breeding colors.

March 5, 2021

FBI: Trump appointee arrested in connection with Capitol riot

The FBI on Thursday arrested former State Department aide Federico Klein, a Trump appointee who worked on the former president's 2016 campaign, on charges related to the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, according to a court filing.

Why it matters: The 42-year-old Klein is the first member of the Trump administration to be arrested in connection with the insurrection, which led to the former president's second impeachment and charges against over 300 people.

Details: Prior to resigning from the State Department on Jan. 19, Klein — whose arrest was first reported by Politico — worked in the Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs and possessed a "Top Secret" security clearance that was renewed in 2019, according to the FBI affidavit.

Surveillance video from Jan. 6 allegedly captured Klein attempting to enter a Capitol tunnel with a mob of rioters. Police body cameras showed that Klein "physically and verbally engaged with the officers holding the line, thereby affecting their ability to disperse the crowd," according to the affidavit.
Body camera and open-source footage captured Klein violently shoving a riot shield taken from an officer and "inciting the mob" — including by calling for "fresh people" at the front of the crowd — in his attempts to breach the police line.

https://www.axios.com/trump-appointee-capitol-riot-arrested-fbi-09c8cedd-8a6b-46b8-898b-304785456527.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=politics-capitolriot

March 5, 2021

I know styles change over the years, but what is with the eyebrows lately?

Some of the young women I've seen lately seem to be sporting uni-brows.

Am I entering old fogey territory?

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