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Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Thursday, July 23, 2020. Today, the US Ambassador to the

United Kingdom is accused of making sexist and racist comments and trying to use his role to benefit Trump's businesses.

Andrew Torres finds a glaring problem with Flynn's filing in the Sullivan case.

Rep Yoho attempts an apology to Alexandria or Casio Cortez and fails miserably. Thousands of moms in Portland buck Trump's secret police.

Police contracts can stand in the way of accountability. Twitter bans QAnon.

The RNC is buying up copies of Trump Jr's new book because no one else will.

And in a shocker, Matt Gaetz runs a foul of House Ethics rules. I'm your host, Aging.

All right, we have a big show for you today. We will have news from under the radar with Jordan Coburn and of course the good news block.

And later, we will be joined by a very special guest, Courtney Smith Kramer, for a much needed self-care block.

She's got a new book out called Be Your Creative, Sexy Self, Humorous,

Stories to Help You Live A Happier Life. And I'm looking forward to that very much, especially this week.

And I'll be joined by Andrew Torres for a law lesson and how not to lie in federal court filings and high profile cases involving former national security advisors.

All the hits and more. So let's kick it off with the hot notes hot notes.

Okay, quick COVID update here. California has surpassed New York with the most coronavirus cases in the United States.

And has set a new record of 12,807 cases in one day with a positivity rate at 7% and trending higher.

The hospitalizations are increasing as well and 60% of the cases are aged 18 to 45 in Los Angeles County, 57% of the cases are under 41 years old.

Republican governor Mike DeWine of Ohio has issued a statewide mask order that will take effect Thursday evening saying, quote, it is essential that we wear masks statewide in Ohio to contain the spread of the virus.

Well, thanks, governor DeWine. Senate Republicans and White House officials are discussing proposing a short term extension of enhanced unemployment benefits beyond their expiration date at the end of this month.

And that's an indication that the party is still divided over a broader relief package. It was not clear on Wednesday how long the extension Republicans are weighing with last or whether it could gain broad enough support in the party to materialize.

Nor is it known whether Democrats would embrace such a temporary fix, which would alleviate much of the political pressure on Congress to quickly produce another economic stabilization package.

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a nearly $2 billion contract with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a smaller German biotech company for up to 600 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

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