One thing to look out for today: President Joe Biden travels to FEMA headquarters to receive a briefing at 1:30 p.m. ET on the Atlantic hurricane season.
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1. ON THE ROAD: Talk to Republicans in her Georgia district, and many will tell you that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's antics are the point. She is, they say, something like the 14th District's middle finger to Washington.
Key quote: "The people in our district knew exactly what they were getting," said John Cowan, who lost to Greene in a Republican runoff there last year. "They have such a low view of Congress that they said, 'Y'all deserve her.'"
There's a strong feeling that Greene's actions are about sending a message: "I wholeheartedly believe that she's a mouthpiece for us," said Tyler Martin, a retail-store manager and GOP delegate for Whitfield County.
What's happening behind the scenes: "Her short, tumultuous tenure in Congress has riven the local GOP, leading several party leaders to step down from their positions over her comportment and as her political team has sought to consolidate power."
In an interview with Insider, Greene defended her approach: "They call it like the GOP civil war," she said. "They talk about differences, but it's really a small percentage of people that are trying to steer away from America First, steer away from President Trump, or steer away from that type of brand or like the MAGA movement."
Speaking of that approach: Multiple House Republicans, especially those who voted to impeach Trump, called out Greene for her comparison of the mandate to wear masks on the House floor to the Holocaust. Greene doubled down over the weekend. Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from party leadership, called it "evil lunacy."
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2. US secretary of state slams Belarus for diverting a passenger plane to detain a journalist: Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined the European Union and Australia in condemning the strongman president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, after a military jet was sent to intercept a civilian plane traveling from Greece to Lithuania and force it to land in Minsk. Authorities there arrested Roman Protasevich, a dissident journalist known for his strong criticism of Lukashenko. More on the episode that European officials compared to a hijacking.
3. White House wants an infrastructure deal soon or it may cut loose: Biden will "change course" on his massive infrastructure plan if bipartisan inaction looks "inevitable," the White House senior advisor Cedric Richmond said on CNN's "State of the Union." The White House lowered its price tag to $1.7 trillion on Friday in a counteroffer to Republicans, but Biden remains behind using corporate-tax hikes to pay for his plan, something GOP senior leaders have called their red line. More on where things stand.
5. Memorial march held for George Floyd in Minnesota: Members of Floyd's family, civil-rights leaders, and other families whose loved ones have been killed by police officers gathered Sunday ahead of the first anniversary of Floyd's death, a moment that sparked the largest wave of civil-rights protests since the 1960s, the Star Tribune reports. "George Floyd is not going in history as a martyr," the Rev. Al Sharpton told the crowd. "He's going in history as a game changer. When you went down on his neck, you broke the neck of police misconduct in this country."
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6. Lawmakers are trading these stocks: Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, who endured months of scrutiny over his trading, made a string of recent sales. He and his wife, Brooke Burr, sold up to $165,000 worth of stock in Enterprise Products Partners, a natural-gas and crude-oil pipeline company. Tia Balart, the wife of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican of Florida, recently sold up to $100,000 worth of stock in the virtual healthcare provider MDLive.
Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts wants to end this weekly round-up in a manner of speaking. Warren, a 2020 presidential candidate, is renewing her push to bar lawmakers and other top government officials from trading individual stocks. She told Insider she would reintroduce her bill later this session.
10. ON YOUR LEFTY: Phil Mickelson turned in a performance for the ages on Sunday. At 50 years old, he became the oldest golfer to win one of the sport's four major titles, holding back challengers to capture his second PGA Championship. "Phil defeats Father Time," the play-by-play man Jim Nantz said.
Today's trivia question: Who was the New York governor when the Brooklyn Bridge was dedicated on this day in 1883? President Chester A. Arthur was there as well. Email your guess and a suggested question to me at bgriffiths@insider.com.
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