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KNOWN
* Congress only acts when it has to, at the last possible moment – and sometimes not even then.
* Team Biden has not figured out an immigration policy yet.
* Stacey Abrams’ campaign for governor of Georgia will be one of the most discussed midterm stories for the next eleven months.
* Kevin McCarthy is no Newt Gingrich, Paul, Ryan, Tom DeLay, or Tom Foley.
* Wearing a mask on an eleven-hour airplane ride is no picnic.
* Putin will do whatever he wants at a place and time of his choosing.
UNKNOWN
* If the new/old Biden administration plan to get the pandemic under control will work.
* What Joe Manchin will do on BBB.
*How the Iran nuclear talks will turn out.
* Who will be responsible for shaping Vice President Harris’ public image.
* How abortion will play as an issue in the 2022 midterms.
* What Charlie Baker will do next.
* If Michael Shear got COVID from Donald Trump.
ASSUMED
* Roe will be overturned next year.
* There will be no government shutdown or debt ceiling breach (unless there is/are).
* More House Democratic incumbents in iffy districts will announce their retirements.
* Jerome Powell will be confirmed for another turn as the Fed topper (but/and with both bipartisan support and bipartisan opposition).
* If a morning tip sheet comes out later than usual, there must be some sort of issue (like a temporarily missing stuffie).