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2015-12-12

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; <a href="mailto:mallen@politico.com" target="_blank">mallen@politico.com</a>) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; <a href="mailto:dlippman@politico.com)" target="_blank">dlippman@politico.com)</a>Good Saturday morning. Fifteen years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Bush v. Gore. Next day’s N.Y. Times banner: “BUSH PREVAILS: By Single Vote, Justices End Recount, Blocking Gore After 5-Week Struggle.” Good thing Feldman is in Vegas.CLINTON STRATEGERY -- “Brock lays out Cruz attack plan: David Brock zeroes in on the Texan’s character as well as his policy positions,” by Politico’s Annie Karni: “Brock outlined a general-election battle that would focus on social issues where he believes Cruz is ‘wildly out of touch with American voters.’ He listed Cruz’s position on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, ‘personhood’ legislation, and contraception. ... He described Cruz as ‘the second angriest man in the race’ and a ‘hyper-partisan who has aligned himself with the most extreme elements of the Republican party’ ... “Brock is confident Cruz will win the Republican primary. ‘He’s where the Id of the conservative base is, I believe strongly. He’s got a lot of money, he’s a big super PAC, he’s also got low dollar donors. He’s playing a very long game organizationally … He’s going to win Iowa, … maybe not New Hampshire, but then South Carolina,’ Brock said, adding that the party rules that allow for winner-take-all primaries come March will ensure a Cruz victory.” <a href="http://politi.co/1NnvvKA" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1NnvvKA</a> --“Podesta: Cruz is likely GOP nominee,” by Gabe Debenedetti: “Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta handicapped the GOP race for 90 Democratic donors assembled at a private fundraising event in Berkeley … on Thursday night, according to a Clinton backer who was in the room, telling the crowd that he viewed Cruz as the likeliest nominee, followed by Trump, and then Marco Rubio. Podesta … made sure to say [he was representing] his own views, not an official campaign position.” <a href="http://politi.co/1lDQ5Qh" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1lDQ5Qh</a>TWEET DU JOUR -- @tedcruz: “The Establishment’s only hope: Trump & me in a cage match. Sorry to disappoint -- @realDonaldTrump is terrific. #DealWithIt.”--“Cruz to barnstorm the South in Super Tuesday sweep: The Texas senator plans to visit 12 cities in one week,” by Katie Glueck: “The fly-around tour, dubbed ‘Take Off with Ted,’ will feature rally-style events in states including Minnesota, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The tour will be a highly produced endeavor apparently designed to help voters envision Cruz as a general election contender.” <a href="http://politi.co/1QBDgkl" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1QBDgkl</a> --“Ben Carson blasts RNC, threatens to leave Republican Party,” by Politico’s Nolan D. McCaskill and Kyle Cheney: “‘If it is correct [that the RNC is preparing for a brokered convention], every voter who is standing for change must know they are being betrayed. I won’t stand for it ... I assure you, Donald Trump won’t be the only one leaving the party.’” <a href="http://politi.co/1NgRSmZ" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1NgRSmZ</a> YOU’RE INVITED: Playbook Breakfast year-end double-header: conversations with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnnell! We’ll discuss Ryan’s 47 days with the gavel, McConnell’s year-long plan to “restore the Senate,” and look ahead to 2016 on the Hill and in the campaigns. Jake Sherman will join me. Doors open at 7:30 a.m.; program runs 8-9. RSVP here; location will come with your confirmation: <a href="mailto:politicoevents@politico.com" target="_blank">politicoevents@politico.com</a>.BREAKING – “Final draft of climate deal unveiled … tough temperature target,” by Politico’s Sara Stefanini, Andrew Restuccia and Kalina Oroschakoff in Le Bourget, France: “It calls for keeping global warming ‘well below’ 2 degrees Celsius [3.6 F], and includes the long-term goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees [Celsius, 2.7 F is] a victory for vulnerable developing countries, which had pushed for a reference to a more ambitious target.” <a href="http://politi.co/1NhA9fk" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1NhA9fk</a>--SECRETARY KERRY is a late add for Sunday-show round robin from Paris.POWER RISING – “The GOP’s staunchest young hawk is having a moment: Tom Cotton lost big on NSA surveillance and the Iran nuclear deal, but his worldview is gaining currency in the wake of terrorist attacks,” by Burgess Everett: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to revisit the surveillance powers that Congress did away with over Cotton’s vocal opposition. … [I]t’s a good time to be a hawk in the Republican Party. And Cotton, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with a pair of degrees from Harvard, is the go-to messenger — whether it's thrashing the president's plans to close Guantánamo Bay or devising the next national security push on the Senate floor.” <a href="http://politi.co/1RKjwvQ" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1RKjwvQ</a> ** A message from General Motors: General Motors is leading the way to building a stronger economy. We announced more than $350 million in investments in U.S. manufacturing this week. That’s in addition to $6.4 billion we have already announced this year. And we’re only just beginning. Learn more at <a href="http://bit.ly/1NIasb1" target="_blank">gmpublicpolicy.com</a>. **WHITE HOUSE ARRIVAL LOUNGE: Meghan Dubyak, longtime comms aide to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), will begin Monday as press secretary to Vice President Biden.ATTENTION, MR. TRUMP – AP for Sunday papers, “No consensus about legality of Trump's idea of Muslim ban,” by Mark Sherman, with Kathleen Hennessey: “Any such blanket action based on a person's religion would be unconstitutional if applied to U.S. citizens, scholars agree. But courts have given Congress and the president wide discretion when it comes to immigration. ‘I don't actually think it would be unconstitutional. The president has a huge amount of discretion under the immigration statute,’ said Eric Posner, a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago.” <a href="http://apne.ws/21XqfqF" target="_blank">http://apne.ws/21XqfqF</a> BUZZ: WashPost Outlook cover, “HILLLARY & JEB, you two had The Worst Year in Washington. Congrats, or something,” by Chris Cillizza: “Pretty bad year: Washington Nationals … Jury’s still out: John Roberts … Pretty good year: Amy Schumer … Best year: Donald Trump.” <a href="http://wapo.st/1M9cBoJ" target="_blank">http://wapo.st/1M9cBoJ</a> SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE – Yahoo Sports: Underachieving “Defensive end Damontre Moore is out of a job with the New York Giants that paid him $585,000 this season, because he lost his cool when he didn't get a pair of free headphones. … Receiver Odell Beckham gave out blue Beats By Dre headphones to his teammates … Defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins took multiple pairs. Moore, a disappointing 2013 third-round pick who had already been frustrating the Giants, didn’t get a pair. So he fought with Jenkins. And that was the final straw for the Giants, who cut Moore.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1QCNtNE" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1QCNtNE</a>EMAILS WE DIDN’T OPEN: “I GOT YOUR MAIL ID THROUGH LINKEDIN.COM.”BEYOND THE BELTWAY – N.Y. Times col. 1 in New York Edition (swings with Alibaba in National Edition), “SKELOS AND SON ARE FOUND GUILTY IN U.S. GRAFT CASE: A NEW BLOW TO ALBANY -- Scheme to Secure Favors -- Ex-Senate Chief Is Out of Legislature,” by William Rashbaum and Susanne Craig <a href="http://nyti.ms/1RKioIG" target="_blank">http://nyti.ms/1RKioIG</a>--N.Y. Post, “SKELOS AND SON ARE GUILTY AS ‘SHEL’: Convicted on all counts in latest Albany power shock”: “Now [former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos] and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose power was rivaled only by that of Gov. Cuomo, have both been stripped of their offices, bringing a stunning end to their reign over the state as part of the ‘three men in a room.’” <a href="http://bit.ly/1M9dIF3" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1M9dIF3</a> --“ALIBABA BUYING HONG KONG PAPER [South China Morning Post] TO COUNTER WEST: A CHINESE SPIN ON NEWS -- Taking Control of a Voice That Has Been Free of Censorship,” by NYT’s David Barboza (top of col 1. in National Edition; top of p. B1 in N.Y.) <a href="http://nyti.ms/1M9dg9T" target="_blank">http://nyti.ms/1M9dg9T</a>MEDIAWATCH – WILLARD SCOTT to retire -- Politico Media Pro: Scott, who has been with the “Today” show for 35 years, first as its weather anchor and most recently for its daily Smuckers-sponsored birthday segment on viewers 100 years old or older, will have his last day on the show next week, on Dec. 15. He began his career with NBC in 1950, as a member of its page program. <a href="http://on.today.com/1HYDyAA" target="_blank">http://on.today.com/1HYDyAA</a> --“Martin Gottlieb, editor of The [Bergen] Record, to retire,” by Record’s Abbott Koloff: “Gottlieb … is retiring from the company at the end of January after a journalism career that included high-level positions at The New York Times and, most recently, leadership of The Record’s coverage of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal. Gottlieb, 67, won numerous awards during a career that began at The Record in 1971 as a municipal reporter covering Bergen County towns.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1jUW7Ks" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1jUW7Ks</a> (h/t New York Times Alumni)--“Reuters names [Ayesha] Rascoe White House correspondent,” by Talking Biz News’ Chris Roush: Per a memo from Washington bureau chief Kevin Krolicki and deputy Kevin Drawbaugh email the staff: “Ayesha [@ayesharascoe] rejoins the main Washington bureau staff after a year-long stint with the Reuters Professional News team where she has been writing about energy and environmental law. ... Previously she was an energy reporter for six years here in the bureau.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1Z4kAN7" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1Z4kAN7</a>TOMORROW’S WashPost Magazine is “A Special Issue: The Move Issue,” with cover boy Bob Woodward (“Deep boxes – don’t ask”): “Post Moves Three Blocks! The scoop on a half-century at 15th and L and where we’re going.” <a href="http://wapo.st/1J2u8iA" target="_blank">http://wapo.st/1J2u8iA</a> --RAISE YOUR HAND if you think Bob stores his book files (shown in cover photo) at The Post.JACK SHAFER, “Why Is the Washington Post So Obsessed With Its Move? It’s easier to write an obituary for a building than a profession”: “[F]or the Washington Post, the change of venue is an event taking its place in history alongside Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt, the Great Migration from the South or Hannibal’s hike over the Alps. ... ‘The Washington Post Reaches the End of An Era, But Its Mission Remains,’ read the headline of the editorial, written in a tone hard to distinguish from the work of a starstruck intern. …“Post Metro columnist John Kelly wrote his goodbye to the place in late November and cartoonist/editor/columnist Michael Cavna filed his earlier this week. The paper’s video team produced at least two farewell vids and another two about the paper’s new address. Feature writer Joel Achenbach produced a photo-profile of the building for his blog in which he also reported on the paper’s goodbye party to itself.” <a href="http://politi.co/1lC59Oe" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1lC59Oe</a> CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker – 20 keepers <a href="http://politi.co/1SSRHjg" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1SSRHjg</a> THOUGHT LEADERS – Campbell Brown on Politico, “Dear Former TV Colleagues, Give Us a Week Without Trump”: “As a former cable news anchor, I have been in your shoes, so let’s be honest about why TV is bombarding us with his every pronouncement. Contemptible yet spellbinding, he is candy for the cameras.” <a href="http://politi.co/1mfBJFK" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1mfBJFK</a> REMEMBERING BRAVO, LEON PANETTA’s dog -- A senior defense official: “The Pentagon is in mourning ... over the loss of Bravo, Secretary Panetta’s beloved golden retriever.”--JEREMY BASH to Panetta alumni: “Bravo Panetta, a lifelong and loyal friend to Secretary and Mrs. Panetta, passed away last evening after a short illness. As you know, he served our nation with distinction, providing friendship and loyalty to our nation’s Director of the CIA and Secretary of Defense during a time of great challenge to the security of the United States. For those of us who knew Bravo - including myself, Robyn, and our own kids - we know how special he was. A few weeks ago, Robyn and I brought our newborn Vivienne, along with Becca and Tessa, to the Panetta’s ranch in Carmel Valley, Calif., to have a pre-Thanksgiving celebration, and in part, so Vivienne could meet Bravo. “Bravo was one of only two dogs read-in to the CIA’s operation that brought Osama Bin Laden to justice. From August 2010 to May 2011, he played an indispensable role at the Director’s side, always keeping the meeting participants calm and level-headed. … Bravo is featured in both of the Panetta portraits -- at the Agency and at the Department of Defense. During his portrait unveiling at the Pentagon, Secretary Panetta talked about Bravo and how his presence in the picture would remind all Pentagon employees of ‘our common humanity.’ He said he hoped that Bravo would bring a smile to the face of anyone who looked at that picture. He was surely right.”BEHIND THE KENNEL -- Per a senior defense official: “When Secretary Panetta was photographed in his Pentagon office for Esquire Magazine’s ‘What I’ve Learned’ segment, he insisted Bravo also be in the picture. As he told the magazine: ‘Having a dog there just makes you a little more aware of what life is really about.’ It was the end of a long day and Bravo was tired from all the meetings he had attended.“In a rare outburst, Bravo left the photo shoot and attacked his ‘Osama Bone Laden’ toy that was a gift of none other than Philippe Reines. Panetta then had to fight Bravo off ‘Bone Laden’. The Esquire photographers captured this moment on camera and sought to publish this image for the world to see. U.S. officials at the time determined this might incite violence against golden retrievers and were forced to intervene to prevent an international incident. Contrary to his happy go lucky personality, no one should ever accuse Bravo of being soft on terrorists.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1OmMqwy" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1OmMqwy</a> ... Portrait of Panetta and Bravo <a href="http://bit.ly/1Z4iJIa" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1Z4iJIa</a>GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:--“What I Learned Watching 15 Hours of Cruz Family Videos,” by Politico’s Michael Kruse: “His kids call him a ‘guest,’ his mother is the most interesting member of the family, and Ted really likes to rub people’s backs.” <a href="http://politi.co/1SSRTiI" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1SSRTiI</a> --“The Machiavelli of Maryland,” by Thomas Meaney in The Guardian: “Military strategist, classical scholar, cattle rancher – and an adviser to presidents, prime ministers, and the Dalai Lama. Just who is Edward Luttwak? And why do very powerful people pay vast sums for his advice?” <a href="http://bit.ly/1OXYOWA" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1OXYOWA</a> (h/t Longform.org)--“The Infuriating History of How Metro Got So Bad,” by Washingtonian’s Luke Mullins and Michael Gaynor: “Washington wanted a world-class subway, one accessible late at night and on weekends. But after years of extending service while neglecting repairs ... Washingtonians [need] to reset their expectations about just what constitutes high-quality rail service.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1IKF6yv" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1IKF6yv</a> --“The Astonishing Power of YouNow,” by Slate’s Amanda Hess: “Teens are getting famous on a social network you’ve probably never heard of.” <a href="http://slate.me/1M7ZdkI" target="_blank">http://slate.me/1M7ZdkI</a> --“The Scandalous Legacy of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Collector of Art and Men,”by Lyz Lenz in Vice: “Long before the gallery she built was famously robbed, Isabella Stewart Gardner was shocking 19th-century society with her disregard for convention.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1SSS2Td" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1SSS2Td</a> --“Unpregnant: The silent, secret grief of miscarriage,” by Alexandra Kimball in The Globe and Mail: “When she miscarried in her mid-30s, Alexandra Kimball felt profoundly alone: abandoned by a feminist movement that didn’t recognize her loss, accused by conventional wisdom of waiting too long to conceive, and deprived by society of the rituals that mark other forms of grief.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1O0KnnC" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1O0KnnC</a> THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: “On Monday, the President will travel to the Pentagon to chair a National Security Council Meeting on the counter-ISIL campaign and receive an update from the President’s national security team on the campaign to degrade and destroy the terrorist group. After the meeting, the President will make a statement from the Pentagon Briefing Room. On Tuesday, the President will deliver remarks at a Naturalization Ceremony at the National Archives. … “On Thursday, in advance of the holidays, the President will travel to the National Counterterrorism Center for a threat briefing. The President and his national security team will review efforts—across our entire government—to prevent attacks and protect our homeland. On Friday, the President will attend meetings at the White House. In the evening, the First Family will depart the White House en route Honolulu.” THE VICE PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: “On Monday, … the Vice President will deliver opening remarks at the 100,000 Strong in the Americas event.”BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Jessica Seale, digital director for Senate Whip John Cornyn (h/t Becca Glover Watkins) ... Emily Buchanan, EVP at SBA List (h/t Mallory Quigley, who was on time)BIRTHDAYS: Jesse Ferguson, deputy national press secretary and senior spokesman for Hillary Clinton and the pride of Richmond, is 3-5 (h/t Brooklyn) ... Frank Sinatra would have been 100 (h/t Doug Heye, whose most played Sinatra song on his iTunes is “How About You?” from his 1956 album, “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers” #Sinatra100 <a href="http://bit.ly/1NTFB5d" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1NTFB5d</a>) ... Lanny Davis is 7-0 (h/t Bruce Duyt) … Allan Karl (h/t little bro Jonathan) ... news anchor Maggie Rodriguez is 46 … David Pasch, the new comms. director for Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and a Generation Opportunity alum (h/ts Rachel Semmel and Mary Vought) ... Broderick Johnson, assistant to the President and White House Cabinet Secretary , as well as chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force (h/t Jon Haber) ... Jeff Goldstein of the White House Council of Economic Advisers ... Taylor Thomas of Hamilton Place Strategies (h/t Sabrina Siddiqui) ... Sarah Horowitz, senior account executive at Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications and a Commerce alum ... Politico alum Katy Bachman ... ABC News’ Becky Perlow, a CNN alum ... AP’s Seth Borenstein ... Bret Wincup, director of federal gov’t relations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (h/t Tom Brandt) ... Jeff Burton, partner at Burton/Kamins Advocacy and NRCC/Cantor alum, is 41, celebrating tonight with his loving wife Amber and friends at Capitol Grille ... Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) (h/ts Kurt Bardella) ...… politics junkie Alexander Levine, a 7th grader at the Dalton School, is 13 ... Jenna Kruse, deputy director of research at EMILY’s List and a DCCC alum ... David Mays, PR and comms at Kaiser Permanente Thrive ... Bush WH alum Rebecca Neale, now chief of staff at The Paulson Institute ... David Sandretti ... Jamie Brown Hantman … Danny Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs ... Nora Boustany ... Peter Fenn (we jumped the gun yesterday on both) … Maren Hesla … Peter Bock … Dan Schooff … Diane Welsh … Dawn Laguens ... Ed Espinoza ... Dwight Fettig, partner at Porterfield, Lowenthal, Fettig & Sears and a Senate Banking alum ... CBS Radio’s Jen Richer ... Bob Wood, director of legislative and public affairs for rural development at USDA ... Carolyn Castore … Dawn Laguens … Tony Winnicker … Pat Geadleman … Madeline Sasse ... Tanner Hishta … Steve Johnston, account executive for U.S. Politics at Google and an Eric Cantor alum ... Bush 43 alum Angela Hernandez ... Kelly O’Brien ... former TV host Bob Barker is 92 … Dionne Warwick is 75 … Cathy Rigby is 63 … International Tennis Hall of Famer Tracy Austin is 53 … model Bridget Hall is 38 (h/ts AP)BIRTHDAY TOMORROW: Todd S. PurdumTHE SHOWS, from @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin (heading to UT vs. #8 UNC basketball game):--NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Marco Rubio; new NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll results; roundtable: Molly Ball, Helene Cooper, Ted Koppel and Gerald Seib--ABC’s “This Week”: Ben Carson--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: John Kasich; Richard Burr; results from a focus group of Trump supporters with Frank Luntz; former Bush 43 White House Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Farah Pandith; roundtable: Jamelle Bouie, Peter Baker, Kim Strassel and Susan Page--“Fox News Sunday”: Donald Trump (taped); Adam Schiff; roundtable: George Will, Neera Tanden, Karl Rove and Charles Lane; “Power Player of the Week” with Langer Lab founder and MIT’s Dr. Robert Langer--Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (10am ET / 9am CT): Chris Stewart; former Bush 43 administration U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and SMU’s Robert Jordan; Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson; roundtable: Ed Rollins, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Julie Roginsky--Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” (11am ET / 10am CT): Mercedes Schlapp; Sharyl Attkisson; New Democratic Network president and founder Simon Rosenberg; Laura Ingraham; conservative commentator Gayle Trotter; Daily Beast columnist Keli Goff--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8:30am ET): Roundtable: Julie Pace, Ed O’Keefe, Jeff Zeleny and Abby Phillip--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): Donald Trump (taped in Des Moines, IA); roundtable: Dana Bash, Hugh Hewitt, Ana Navarro and Van Jones--CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”: (SUN 10am ET / 1pm ET): Roundtable: Ian Bremmer, Bernard Henri-Levy and David Miliband; Iraqi refugee (who fled from Syria) Aya and Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Wolf Blitzer; roundtable: Matthew Dowd, Andrew Stiles and Jon Ralston; Ali Velshi; New York Daily News editor in chief Jim Rich; NPR president and CEO Jarl Mohn (airing live from Las Vegas)--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT) Ben Rhodes; Costa Rica president Luis Guillermo Solis; José Andrés; actors Lupita Nyong’o and Oscar Isaac; Mexican-American band La Santa Cecilia--C-SPAN: “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): National Cable and Telecommunications Association president and CEO Michael Powell, questioned by WSJ’s John McKinnon … “Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): Steny Hoyer, questioned by Politico’s John Bresnahan and AP’s Erica Werner … “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Author and historian Betty Boyd Caroli (“Lady Bird and Lyndon”)--PBS’s “To the Contrary” with Bonnie Erbé: Roundtable: Eleanor Holmes Norton, USIP’s Manal Omar, GOP strategist Jennifer Higgins and former federal prosecutor Debra Carnahan--MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”: (SUN 8-9am ET): Arne Duncan; Bob Herbert; The University of Texas’ Victoria DeFrancesco Soto; Matt Welch; State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-IL)--MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry”: (SUN 10am-12pm ET): Roosevelt Institute fellow and MSNBC Shift host Dorian Warren; Republican strategist Susan Del Percio; author and MSNBC’s Joy Reid (“Fracture”); Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa; The Chicago Tribune’s Rick Pearson; author and NYU’s Kenji Yoshino (“Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial”); Center for Equal Opportunity president and general counsel Roger Clegg; Princeton University’s Amaney Jamal; Fordham University’s Charles Camosy; writer and TheLi.st co-founder Glynnis MacNicol; NYT’s Wesley Morris--MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt”: (SUN 12pm-2pm ET): NYT’s Jeremy Peters; Howard Dean; Bipartisan Policy Center’s Robert Traynham; American Islamic Forum for Democracy president Dr. Zuhdi Jasser--NPR “Weekend Edition Sunday” (SUN 8am-10am ET): Guest hosted by NPR’s Linda Wertheimer: NPR host Rachel Martin from Saudi Arabia; NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson; NPR international correspondents Joanna Kakissis (Greece), Alice Fordham (Jordan), Alison Meuse (Lebanon); Wright State University’s Christopher Oldstone-Moore; musician Tom Jones--WUSA 9 “Capital Download” with Derek McGinty and Susan Page: (SUN 8:30am ET): John Kasich; Suffolk University’s David Paleologos; roundtable: Heidi Przybyla and David Nakamura--Sinclair’s “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson (SUN 9:30am ET on WJLA and airing on Sinclair stations nationwide): Report on CDC’s new health alert about a mysterious virus that seems to target children; correspondent Scott Thurman reports on a young man who radicalized in Belgium, his flight to fight for ISIS and his father’s heroic mission to reunite and bring him home--SiriusXM's “No Labels Radio” (SUN 6am ET & 9pm ET): Co-hosts: David Walker and Bart Gordon: Bill Richardson; Rodney Slater; Kyle Cheney. ** A message from General Motors: At General Motors, creating advanced technology vehicles is not just good for vehicle safety and efficiency, it’s good for our economy. That’s why we are dedicated to developing in-house vehicle technologies that collectively drive new jobs and another generation of American innovation. In fact, to that end, we’ve announced investments totaling roughly $6.8 billion since the beginning of the year. General Motors is investing billions to build more fuel-efficient cars, with less energy. The next-generation Chevrolet Volt is arriving at dealerships with more miles per gallon at a lower price,* while the new Chevrolet Bolt is designed to offer a GM-estimated 200 miles of all-electric driving. Learn more at <a href="http://bit.ly/1NIasb1" target="_blank">gmpublicpolicy.com</a>.*EPA-estimated 53-mile EV range based on 106 MPGe combined city/highway (electric) and 42 MPG combined city/highway (gas). 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