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Good morning. I'm Adrienne Hurst and welcome to your Playbook Daily briefing.

We have a scoop for you this morning. Biden is set to name Cindy McCain to a coveted ambassador post in Western Europe.

Yep, that's Cindy McCain. The wife of the late Senator John McCain would be the administration's first Republican appointee to a Senate-confirmed

position. This comes after the administration said, no thank you, to installing at least one member

from the opposing party to a cabinet position. That was a practice of three consecutive presidents,

Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, before Trump broke the streak. Remember, Cindy McCain gave Joe

a serious boost in Arizona by endorsing him over Trump. He went on to become the first Democrat

to carry the state since Clinton in 96. Sources tell us the admins vetting McCain to be nominated

for the U.S. ambassador to the UN World Food Program Post, which is based in Rome.

She has some experience here, working on curbing world hunger and human trafficking as chair of the

McCain Institute Board of Trustees and traveling with the World Food Program during the 2008 campaign.

McCain's going through a background check for the Ambassador Post as we speak. The administration's expected to announce most of its ambassadors at the same time rather than individually.

Here's what else is driving the day today.

There's been nonstop talk about whether Dems should kill the filibuster,

even though Republicans haven't blocked a single piece of legislation so far this year.

That could change this week.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is set to hold a vote on Senator Maisie Hirono's

hate crimes bill, which is aimed at stopping the uptick in violence against Asian Americans.

Republicans usually oppose these kinds of measures, saying they'd give the federal government

broad authority to police speech. So many Hill Watchers

expect the bill could fail to get the supermajority needed for passage. Technically, Republicans

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