By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
Happy holiday weekend. HOLLYWOOD DUMPS ON TRUMP -- “Trump: A star is scorned: In Hollywood, the billionaire’s spot on the Walk of Fame is regularly defaced,” by Henry C. “C.J.” Jackson: “It started with dog feces. ... The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which operates the Walk of Fame and determines who gets a star, says ... there is no chance Trump’s star will be removed. ... The star sits just off the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, a particularly zany area ... People are ... just prone to shouting here ... about their jobs, a celebrity sighting or something only they understand.” http://politi.co/1NUrx2m
INSIDE THE CAMPAIGNS – N.Y. Times, A1, top of col. 2, “CHANGES RATTLE TRUMP CAMPAIGN FROM THE INSIDE: TOP POSITIONS UNFILLED -- Concern Grows Among Staff, and Confusion Among Backers,” by Ashley Parker and Maggie Haberman in Bismarck, N.D.: “A sense of paranoia is growing among his campaign staff members, including some who have told associates they believe that their Trump Tower offices may be bugged. ... ‘Candidate Trump needs to better understand that he is now the titular head of the G.O.P.,’ said Scott W. Reed, senior political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. ‘His words and actions will have an impact on the over 6,000 G.O.P. candidates running for office — from federal races down to the courthouse.’ ...
“Asked for comment, ... Trump declined, criticizing the reporters ... ‘You two wouldn’t know how to write a good story about me if you tried — dream on,’ Mr. Trump said in [a comment] relayed by his spokeswoman, Hope Hicks. ... Ms. Hicks is still the sole communications staff member; the Clinton campaign, by contrast, has a press team of more than a dozen. ... ‘The drama in Trumpville this week,’ Mr. Reed said, totally overtook the ‘devastating’ [Clinton email] report.” With Sam Nunberg cameo http://nyti.ms/1XDcPyg
--WSJ A1, middle of page, “Romney’s Lonely Challenge to Trump,” by Monica Langley in San Diego: “Romney’s advisers begged him not to go to war with Donald Trump. ... Romney ... has become a rare figure in American history—a former presidential nominee openly defying the man succeeding him as his party’s standard-bearer. ... His motivation: ‘I wanted my grandkids to see that I simply couldn’t ignore what Mr. Trump was saying and doing.’” http://on.wsj.com/1WqLRep
--“Trump statement on debating Bernie Sanders”: “Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher. ... I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton.”
PRESIDENT OBAMA at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan: “The World War that reached its brutal end in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was fought among the wealthiest and most powerful of nations. Their civilizations had given the world great cities and magnificent art. Their thinkers had advanced ideas of justice and harmony and truth. And yet, the war grew out of the same base instinct for domination or conquest that had caused conflicts among the simplest tribes; an old pattern amplified by new capabilities and without new constraints.
“In the span of a few years, some 60 million people would die -- men, women, children no different than us, shot, beaten, marched, bombed, jailed, starved, gassed to death. ...
“The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution, as well. ... [A]mong those nations like my own that hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear, and pursue a world without them. We may not realize this goal in my lifetime. But persistent effort can roll back the possibility of catastrophe. ... That is the future we can choose -– a future in which Hiroshima and Nagasaki are known not as the dawn of atomic warfare, but as the start of our own moral awakening.” http://1.usa.gov/1P6n6Sn
WHITE HOUSE pool reports by L.A. Times’ Christi Parsons: “From WH staff, here is what POTUS wrote in the guest book at the peace center: ‘We have known the agony of war. Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.’”
--“Print pool final -- POTUS return”: “After an early arrival at Andrews, the president deplaned at 8:32 pm and boarded Marine One. He is now en route to the White House.”
AFTER THE SPEECH -- “Atomic bomb survivors feel wonder, doubt after Obama visit,” by AP’s Foster Klug and Kaori Hitomi in Hiroshima: “Long after Obama left for Washington, people here were loath to let go of his whirlwind trip. Into the night, a line at Peace Memorial Park stretched from an arched stone monument that honors the 140,000 who died from the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing to a museum that tells the stories of some of those dead, about 200 meters (yards) away. People stood patiently, inching forward and waiting for their chance to take pictures of the wreath Obama had left behind.
“People around Hiroshima were still talking about their glimpses of Obama as they lined the streets to watch his motorcade speed by or watched the media coverage that documented nearly every single moment of the two hours he spent in Hiroshima in a carefully choreographed political performance meant to close old wounds without inflaming new passions. ...
“Some anti-nuclear activists worry that Obama’s Hiroshima speech could turn out like his 2009 speech in Prague that helped secure him a Nobel Peace Prize: After the buzz dies down, there will be a return to business as usual.” http://apne.ws/1X3aYEI
SPOTTED: Michelle Obama at Le Diplomate last night ... Sen. Rand Paul yesterday at BWI, reading POLITICO. Michael Schwab, Politico senior video producer, emails: “Introduced myself with my daughter. He said my 1½-year-old daughter was very cute.” ... Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Bob Corker chatting it up near Gate 43 at DCA yesterday: “The chat seems to be pretty robust, with only the occasional interruption from fellow fliers.”
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PIC DU JOUR -- @JoeNBC: “A great night at PROHIBITION! The room was packed and Mayor @BilldeBlasio was in attendance.” http://bit.ly/1sCJBUt
SUNDAY WASHPOST – “The man who swindled the U.S. Navy: ‘Fat Leonard’ bribed officers with sex and cash ... The man who seduced the 7th Fleet: He tempted his targets with the high life: whiskey, cigars, prostitutes and cash. His moles fed him bundles of military secrets and law enforcement files. All so he could rip off the Navy on an industrial scale for years and years. Now, the depth of the corruption is being exposed as the investigation reaches into the highest ranks of the Navy,” by Craig Whitlock:
“In perhaps the worst national-security breach of its kind to hit the Navy since the end of the Cold War, [Singapore-based businessman “Fat Leonard” Glenn] Francis doled out sex and money to a shocking number of people in uniform who fed him classified material about U.S. warship and submarine movements. ... He exploited the intelligence for illicit profit, brazenly ordering his moles to redirect aircraft carriers to ports he controlled in Southeast Asia so he could more easily bilk the Navy for fuel, tugboats, barges, food, water and sewage removal.
“Over at least a decade, according to documents filed by prosecutors, [his company] Glenn Defense ripped off the Navy with little fear of getting caught because Francis had so thoroughly infiltrated the ranks. ... He is awaiting sentencing and faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. When he pleaded guilty last year, ... he promised to cooperate ... Authorities have identified only a few of the 30 admirals under investigation.” http://wapo.st/1Z64kuv
TRUMP OUT WEST – L.A. Times A1, at fold, “Trump chooses sides in water war [farmers over environmentalists]: He meets with farmers in the Central Valley and decries the state’s environmental moves,” by Michael Finnegan and Kurtis Lee: “After a private half-hour meeting with farmers [in Fresno], Trump said the group told him there was no drought in California, but rather a failure to preserve and wisely use the water the state has on tap. ‘You have a water problem that is so insane ... It is so ridiculous, where they’re taking the water and shoving it out to sea.’” http://lat.ms/22rOJrh
--L.A. Times A1 tease, with story on A8, “Asian immigrants for Trump: Some Chinese Americans, chiefly new arrivals, back him,” by Kate Linthicum: “[W]hile their numbers are slight, they represent significant trends in some parts of the Chinese immigrant population ... relatively recent arrivals from mainland China with strong nationalistic leanings, a certain reverence for wealth and a firm belief that U.S. immigration laws should be followed.” http://lat.ms/22rOMDj
--San Francisco Chronicle p. A1, at fold, “Trump aims to make play in California,” by Joe Garofoli in Fresno: “Trump said Friday he’s going to try to do something no Republican has done in decades—put deep blue California on the map in the general election. ‘No other Republican would come here for dinner,” Trump said Friday at a rally during which he spoke for 68 minutes in the 9,200-capacity Selland Arena—there were hundreds of empty seats. He also promised to get more water for Central Valley farmers.” Paywall http://bit.ly/1UjYtjV
2016 PLAYERS -- “Trump ally Stuart Jolly joins super PAC,” by Alex Isenstadt and Ken Vogel: “Stuart Jolly, who resigned his post as Donald Trump’s national field director last month, is joining a pro-Trump super PAC. Jolly, an Oklahoma-based operative, will serve as political director for Great America PAC, one of the main super PACs that have emerged to boost Trump’s candidacy. Jolly, who is a loyalist of Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, quit the campaign in April in frustration after its newly hired strategist Paul Manafort began reorganizing the campaign hierarchy.” http://politi.co/22rLrEl
MIKE MURPHY’s 1989 encounter with Trump-world -- “Trump’s airline went from opulence in the air to crash landing,” by Boston Globe’s Matt Viser: “Less than three months after Trump took over the airline [which he renamed Trump Shuttle], he was sitting in his office one August morning. ... ‘They came in and said, “We have good news and bad news,”’ Trump recalled ... ‘I said, “Give me the good news.” “We have a great pilot in the plane.” “Give me the bad news.” “The front wheels won’t come down.” ... One of the passengers on that flight — who recalls sliding out the aircraft and into a pile of foam — was Mike Murphy ... ‘Afterward,’ he said, ‘all I got was a form letter and a drink coupon.’” http://bit.ly/1XWBDBW
WELD BOMBS WITH LIBERTARIANS: “Dream ticket” in peril -- Shane Goldmacher in Orlando: “It was supposed to be a stroke of genius: Gary Johnson, the 2012 Libertarian nominee for president and the party’s leading contender in 2016, announced that William Weld, the two-term former Republican governor of Massachusetts, would serve as his running mate. ... But here in the corridors of ... the Libertarian National Convention, ... it could all fall apart as anti-authoritarian Libertarian Party activists, loath to be defined as ‘Republican-lite,’ are increasingly and loudly critical of Weld, who joined their party only weeks ago.” http://politi.co/22rLGPH
CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker – 10 keepers http://politi.co/1Z5MUy8 ... Politico’s news quiz, “Under what condition will Trump debate Sanders? And 11 other questions from the news.” http://politi.co/1TNCl2A
HAPPENING TONIGHT: Garrison Keillor, in his final season of “A Prairie Home Companion,” hosts tonight from Wolf Trap’s Filene Center in Vienna, Va. – the last time for this Memorial-Day-weekend tradition. Garrison always calls out to “all the wolves out on the lawn,” and they all howl back. And the Guy Noir sketch inevitably has to do with politics. Keillor has more shows this summer in his last season. Tickets http://bit.ly/20LyJPh
GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“To Break The Story, You Must Break the Status Quo” – Rebecca Solnit in LitHub.com on “why journalists need to cause trouble,” adapted from the 2016 commencement address for the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley, Solnit’s alma mater.” http://bit.ly/1X1ueCl (h/t Longreads.com)
--“The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military,” by Phil Klay, author of the National Book award winning “Redeployment,” and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, in a Brookings essay: “Today, we’re still mobilized for war, though in a manner perfectly designed to ensure we don’t think about it too much. Since we have an all-volunteer force, participation in war is a matter of choice, not a requirement of citizenship, and those in the military represent only a tiny fraction of the country—what historian Andrew Bacevich calls ‘the 1 percent army.’ So the average civilian’s chance of knowing any member of the service is correspondingly small.” http://brook.gs/25qEg4E ... $18.69 on Amazon http://amzn.to/16cWGbM (h/t TheBrowser.com)
--“How John Hinckley Lives Now,” by Eddie Dean in Washingtonian: “He drives a Toyota. He eats fro-yo. He shops at PetSmart. You just might run into him.” http://bit.ly/1sTdqB4
--“The enduring whiteness of the American media,” by Howard W. French in The Guardian: “What three decades in journalism has taught me about the persistence of racism in the US.” http://bit.ly/1XWvntV
--“No Death, No Taxes,” by George Packer in the Nov. 28, 2011 New Yorker: “The libertarian futurism of a Silicon Valley billionaire [Peter Thiel].” http://bit.ly/22rj3SV
--“The Business of Too Much TV,” by Josef Adalian and Maria Elena Fernandez in Vulture: “There are more great shows in production now than ever before — but it’s never been harder to make one.” http://bit.ly/25n3aOX
--“13, right now,” by WashPost’s Jessica Contrera: “This is what it’s like to grow up in the age of likes, lols and longing.” http://wapo.st/1U1bxIl (h/t Longform.org)
--“How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke,” by Pablo S. Torre in the March 23, 2009 Sports Illustrated: “Recession or no recession, many NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball players have a penchant for losing most or all of their money. It doesn’t matter how much they make. And the ways they blow it are strikingly similar.” http://on.si.com/1TJPmck
--“Nothing But The Truth,” by Robert Kolker in The Marshall Project: “A radical new interrogation technique is transforming the art of detective work: Shut up and let the suspect do the talking.” http://bit.ly/25qEGYL
--“The Curse of the Ramones,” by Mikal Gilmore in Rolling Stone: “40 years later: The feuds, failures and breakdowns of the band that launched punk rock.” http://rol.st/1TFkzej
MEDIAWATCH – “WSJ chief reminds editors to be ‘fair’ to Trump,” by Joe Pompeo: “During one of The Wall Street Journal’s recent morning news meetings, editor in chief Gerry Baker took a couple minutes to remind editors to be ‘fair’ to Trump ... because, Baker said, no matter what people think of him, Trump’s a serious candidate and lots of serious people are going to get behind his White House bid. The source described Baker’s Trump talk as a ‘surreal tangent’ in a meeting normally reserved for ironing out the logistics of covering the day’s top stories. ... [T]he comments were widely discussed among Journal editors and bureau chiefs, some of whom took them as an insult or admonition.” http://politi.co/1OSdwx1 ... Sign up for Joe’s new free Politico Morning Media newsletter http://politi.co/1Ua2DYN
PETER ALEXANDER on the cover of June’s Washington Family magazine, “Family first. The rest is details”: Q: “If you weren’t a reporter, what job do you think you’d have?”: A: “Play-by-play for the Cubs or [acting as] Hamilton (I wish).” ... Q: “Especially with the ‘unique’ campaign season that’s unfolding, do you have any humorous on-the-job anecdotes?” A: “At the news conference following Trump’s Michigan primary win, I asked him about an ad highlighting the profanity that sometimes punctuates his rallies and how parents should explain it to their kids. His reply: ‘Oh, look at you! You’re so politically correct. You’re so beautiful. You’re so perfect. Aren’t you just a perfect young man? Give me a break.’ My wife [Alison Starling] had that quote put on a pillow.” http://bit.ly/25oq8W2 ... The cover http://bit.ly/20NwJWH
WEST WING ARRIVAL LOUNGE – “Meet The White House’s New Muslim American Community Liaison,” by HuffPost’s Antonia Blumberg: “Zaki Barzinji, former Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.), recently assumed the new role as liaison to the Muslim American community under the Office of Public Engagement ... Barzinji will plan outreach to Muslim Americans, as well as Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus, working to ensure that these communities are represented at the federal level.” http://huff.to/20Lzkk0
TRANSITIONS -- Kenny Wassus, one of Independent Journal Review’s video gurus, heads to New York City to join New York mag’s growing team as a video producer. He wrapped up at IJR last week and will move to NYC this weekend to start Wednesday.
OUT AND ABOUT: Benny Johnson, Independent Journal Review’s creative director, had a birthday party last night on the Hill for friends to celebrate his 30th; the shindig was held on a spacious, 5th floor roof-deck of a home owned by Jordan Gehrke, which formerly served as Rand Paul 2016 HQ. People noshed on smoked brisket, ribs, bacon wrapped pork lion, andouille sausage and a mac ‘n cheese bar while swilling a large assortment of craft bourbon. Framed photos of Hulk Hogan (including one with Donald Trump) adorned the expanse of the roof-deck. Funny pic of Benny wearing American flag-adorned clothes http://bit.ly/24dhSFX
SPOTTED: Katelyn Rieley, Ryan Williams, John McCarthy, Hadas Gold, Robbie Myers, Christopher Bedford, Katie Frates (who brought a mini golden doodle she’s dog-sitting this weekend), Teri Galvez, Michael Cleary, Melissa Brown, Will Upton, Lachlan Markey, Emil Caillaux, Lauren Ehrsam, Matthew Dybwad, Zach Graves, Charlie Spiering, Christopher Scalia (son of the late Antonin Scalia), Jason and Sarah Fowler, Terry Schilling, Jordan Gehrke, Lauren Duvoll, Micah Spangler, Josh Fischer, Michelle Johnson, Josh Chase Harris, Brad Ingwell, Ben Droz, Jacob Wood, Evangeline Johnson and Martin Avila, Bre Payton.
THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: “Monday, the President will host a Memorial Day breakfast reception at the White House honoring military service organizations, Gold Star Mothers, Gold Star Wives, veterans service organizations, and senior military leadership. ... Later in the morning, the President will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and deliver remarks to honor members of the US armed services ... On Tuesday, the President will visit the FEMA headquarters to receive the annual hurricane season outlook and preparedness briefing. In the afternoon, the President will welcome the NCAA Champion Villanova University Men’s Basketball team to honor the team and their 2016 NCAA Championship. ...
“On Wednesday, the President will return to Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana – the site of his first trip as President. More than seven years after that visit, the President will highlight the economic progress that Elkhart and America have made, the economic challenges that remain, and the decisions that face Americans in communities like Elkhart. While in Elkhart, the President will take part in a town hall hosted by PBS, where he’ll have the opportunity to hear directly from Elkhart residents. In the evening, the President will travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he will remain overnight.
“On Thursday, the President will address the 2016 graduates at the United States Air Force Academy commencement ceremony. In the evening, the President will return to Washington ... On Friday, the President will travel to Miami, ... where he will attend DSCC and DNC events. In the evening, the President will travel to Palm City, Florida, where he will remain through Sunday. On Sunday, the President will return to Washington.”
THE VICE PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY WEEKEND: “On Saturday and Sunday, the Vice President and Dr. Biden will be in Wilmington, Delaware. There are no public events scheduled. On Monday, the Vice President and Dr. Biden will attend the Delaware National Guard Headquarters naming ceremony. This event at the Delaware National Guard Headquarters in New Castle, Delaware will be open press.”
BIRTHWEEK (was Thursday): Ryan Graham ... Andrew Ciafardini ... Joe Cupka, the pride of Minnesota and an Obama Iowa caucus vet, now director of data and comms. strategy at Eastman Music Company
BIRTHDAYS: Sen. Marco Rubio is 45 ... Katharine Weymouth, former Washington Post publisher and CEO … Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is 56, celebrating in Charleston with his sons Landon and Blake (h/t Martha Morris) ... Rudy Giuliani is 72 ... Al From, founder and former CEO of the DLC ... Pelosi alum Diane Dewhirst … Andy Stone, policy comms. manager at Facebook and alum of Boxer, DCCC and Kerry 2004 … Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 39 … BBC’s Tim Willcox is 53 ... noted grumpus Dan Janison of Newsday ... WSJ editor Carrie Melago ... Ry Triplette of Franklin Square Group, a Specter alum ... Uber’s Josh Gold ... former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) is 35 ... Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is 67 ... Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) and Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) are both 56 ... Lauren Mandelker (sorry we jumped the gun yesterday) ... Graham Miller (Gaucho tip: Courto) ... Natalie Yezbick, press assistant for Sen. John Cornyn, who celebrated yesterday with excellent ice cream cake with Team Cornyn and spending the weekend in the Big Apple with friends (h/ts Kristen East and Sorelle Wyckoff) ...
... David Lobl in Gov. Cuomo’s office (h/t Jewish Insider) ... Dorothy Gaumer, celebrating her 90+ years in Iowa with her dear family and million friends ... Alan Khazei is 55 ... Adam Collins (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Jessica Anderson, grassroots director for Heritage Action for America (hubby tip: Brandt Anderson, a great Chinook pilot) … Bloomberg alum Jim Snyder, now news editor at Argus Media ... Andrea Wuebker, senior director for corporate comms. at David’s Bridal in Minneapolis and an alum of Ogilvy, Sens. Gregg and Coleman …Texas Tribune editor-in-chief Emily Ramshaw … Jon Black ... Harry Weinstein ... Marty Kramer, former CNN producer now comms. director for the Health Resources and Services Administration ... Joe Paulsen … Ryan Graham ... Christy Harvey Felling, director of strategic comms. of No Kid Hungry and a CAP alum ... Omid Memarian ...
... Adelle Nazarian, politics and national security reporter at Breitbart and a Fox News alum ... Tim Dowling is 31 ... Ron Jacobi of Bryan Cave ... Peter Cobus ... Robert Walter Harleston is 57 ... rockabilly singer-musician Sonny Burgess is 87 ... Basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West is 78 ... Gladys Knight is 72 ... John Fogerty is 71 ... Olympic gold medal figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva is 45 ... actor Joseph Cross is 30 (h/ts AP)
THE SHOWS, from @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:
--NBC’s “Meet the Press” (at a different time in many markets because of NBC Sports programming): Bernie Sanders; Arnold Schwarzenegger; roundtable: Kellyanne Conway, Robert Costa, Gerald Seib and Neera Tanden
--ABC’s “This Week,” with Jon Karl anchoring: Paul Manafort; John Barrasso; Dianne Feinstein; Gary Sinise; roundtable: Bill Bennett, Maria Cardona, Kevin Madden and Heidi Przybyla
--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Bernie Sanders; Ron Johnson; John Hickenlooper; roundtable: Jeffrey Goldberg, Peggy Noonan, Mark Leibovich, Ruth Marcus and Ron Brownstein
--“Fox News Sunday”: Corey Lewandowski; James Lankford and Adam Schiff; roundtable: Brit Hume, Susan Page, George Will and Ron Fournier; “Power Player of the Week” with Bugles Across America’s Tom Day
--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): Marco Rubio
--Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (10am ET / 9am CT): Jeff Sessions; Roger Wicker; author Peter Schweizer (“Clinton Cash”); Peter King; roundtable: Ed Rollins and Joe Trippi
--Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” (SUN 11am ET / 10am CT): Susan Ferrechio; Washington Examiner’s Lisa Boothe; Penny Lee; Katrina Pierson; NYT’s Farhad Manjoo
--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8am ET): Roundtable: Julie Pace, Manu Raju, Jackie Kucinich; Margaret Talev
--CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”: (SUN 10am, 1pm ET): Roundtable: Peter Beinart, Vali Nasr, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Bret Stephens; LinkedIn executive chairman and cofounder Reid Hoffman
--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Roundtable: Julie Pace, Jonathan Martin and NPR’s Michael Oreskes; Dan Pfeiffer; W. Kamau Bell and Tim Wise; The Weekly Standard associate editor and Politico Magazine’s Ethan Epstein
--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT) Bernie Sanders; GIEI members Claudia Paz y Paz and Francisco Cox; advocates for the expansion of end-of-life options Miguel Carrasquillo and Nilsa Centeno; soccer roundtable with former goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert, Univision Deportes’ Enrique “El Perro” Bermudez and Univision Deportes’ Jose Luis Lopez; Manà vocalist and guitar player Fher Olvera
--C-SPAN: “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel (D), FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai (R), FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly (R) and FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (D), questioned by Bloomberg BNA’s Lydia Beyoud ... “Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, questioned by WSJ’s Gordon Lubold and WaPo’s Craig Whitlock ... “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Senate historian Betty Koed
--MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”: (SUN 8-9am ET): “Roots” executive producer LeVar Burton; Jim Messina; Amy Holmes; WaPo’s Philip Bump; Demos VP Tamara Braut ... “MSNBC Live”: (SUN 9-10am ET): Democratic strategist Morris Reid; Howard Dean; MSNBC contributor Robert Traynham; Northwestern University’s Dan McAdams (hosted by MSNBC’s Frances Rivera live from New York) ...
... MSNBC’s “AM Joy”: (SUN 10am-12pm ET): NBC News’ Perry Bacon; Bendixen & Amandi International executive vice president and principal Fernand Amandi; VoteVets.org chairman Jon Solz; National Review’s David French; MSNBC political analyst Rick Tyler; literacy advocate and Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton ... MSNBC’s “The Place for Politics”: (SUN 12-2pm ET): The Hill’s Molly Hooper; “Restrepo” co-director and author Sebastian Junger (“The Perfect Storm”, “War”, “Tribe”); John Garamendi (hosted by MSNBC’s Alex Witt live from New York)
--PBS’s “To the Contrary” with Bonnie Erbé: Roundtable: Eleanor Holmes Norton, conservative commentator Dana White, Reproaction cofounder Erin Matson and Independent Women’s Forum’s Julie Gunlock
--SiriusXM’s “No Labels Radio” (SAT 6pm ET, SUN 1PM ET): Special best-of segments with Joe Donnelly on opioid addiction, Garrett Graves giving a U.S. House update, Michael Barone on the 2016 Election, and Michael Froman on U.S. Trade Policy.
--Sinclair’s “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson (SUN 10am ET on WJLA and airing on Sinclair stations nationwide): A whistleblower, a former employee of Switzerland’s largest bank, imprisoned by one federal government agency, but later rewarded with a $100m+ settlement by another. New Yorker story on him: http://bit.ly/20rUxzc