By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
SNEAK PEEK – New Yorker’s next week cover shows Hillary as a smiling bruised boxer (with a Band-Aids on her nose and a forehead), on a corner stool. Artist Barry Blitt writes about his cover: “With the recent passing of Muhammad Ali, boxing is on my mind ... You’ve got to respect or at least be impressed by someone who has been counted out many times but repeatedly gets up from the mat, ready for the next round.” http://bit.ly/1UlJ588
“HE’S TRYING!” -- “Trump woos establishment Republicans, lobbyists,” by Anna Palmer with Daniel Lippman: “Trump’s wooing of establishment Republicans was in full force Friday night when he made an impromptu stop at the annual ‘Senators Classic’ golf tournament in Williamsburg, Va. The tournament ... draws dozens of lobbyists and Republican lawmakers seeking to raise money for their re-election campaigns.” http://politi.co/25SQYGa
-- @Hadas_Gold: “Hope Hicks was just paged again at DCA to meet her party at the information desk.”
INSIDE THE CAMPAIGNS – “How Clinton aims to trump Trump on Twitter: Her newly aggressive social media strategy aims to turn the presumptive GOP nominee’s own words against him,” by Nancy Scola: “Her barbs ... are sometimes planned and edited well in advance, making the Clinton-Trump war on Twitter an extension of the contrast between their distinct political styles: staff-driven and tightly scripted versus shoot-from-the-hip, aggressive and biting.
“Thursday’s skirmish represented the peak Twitter moment of the 2016 campaign so far. When Trump tweeted out an attack on ... Obama’s endorsement of ‘Crooked Hillary,’ her campaign responded five minutes later with ‘Delete your account’ — a time-honored social media jibe that quickly became her most popular tweet ever ... (far surpassed the traffic of Trump’s infamous “Taco Bowl” tweet from Cinco de Mayo.) ...
“[R]apid response has been a feature of Clinton’s political toolbox for decades. She came up with the name for the ‘war room’ ... during her husband’s 1992 presidential campaign. The tech weapons of choice back then were fax machines and early mobile phones, but the aim was much the same — using speed and aggression to try to outfox the George H.W. Bush campaign.” http://politi.co/1ZGeB0T
IF YOU READ ONLY 1 THING: FRANK LUNTZ for TIME.com, on why you should care about the Brexit referendum 12 days from now (Thu., June 23): “Brits have become canaries in the coal mine, offering Europe, America and the developed world a glimpse of what is coming in our elections. The Brexit question represents the political conflict rapidly spreading across the globe: Do hardworking, taxpaying citizens fundamentally trust or reject half a century of globalization, integration and innovation? Have the promises of the political and economic elite helped improve their daily lives? Or is it time for a rethinking and redrawing of our political and economic systems from the ground up?
“That’s why the majority of British voters’ heads may be with Remain, but their hearts are with Leave—and those hearts are winning out in these final days ... In a nationwide survey my firm completed June 8, Leave had 49% of the vote, Remain 47%, and only a handful of voters (4%) remain truly, totally undecided. ... It is truly too close to call. That, in itself, is an incredible story—given the range and resources available to the ‘Remain’ campaign.
“The underlying currents are moving in Leave’s favor—and they are doing so worldwide. Having conducted extensive polling and focus groups in the U.S., U.K. and across Europe, it is clear that more and more people have come to reject traditional theory and party orthodoxy, wreaking havoc on the politicians and political structures standing in its way. ... Change a word here and there from the more emotional (and less intellectual, factual) Leave arguments, and they sound just like Donald Trump. ...
“Whether Britain chooses to Remain or Leave, British voters’ trust in the U.K.’s, Europe’s and the world’s institutions will diminish still further, and the us vs. them mentality will continue to rise. Brexit is the beginning of a debate the developed world is about to have with itself, not the end.” http://ti.me/1OhYgyA ... Politico’s Kate Day weekly “Campaign Scorecard” http://politi.co/1WJqMMq
– Economist cover tease line, “Britain leans toward Brexit”: “[P]olls [are] narrowing—as we went to press [Thu.] five of the most recent eight had put Leave ahead. ... Most Tory voters want to leave, and [Prime Minister] Cameron is ill-placed to woo young and working-class voters. Labour MPs confess shock at the Euroscepticism the referendum has uncovered in the party’s heartlands.” http://econ.st/21e9Zzw
--Drudge banner this a.m., “MASSIVE SWING TO BREXIT” – Links to The Independent’s cover story, “Leave campaign opens a clear lead over Remain ... [P]olling carried out for ‘The Independent’ shows that 55 per cent of UK voters intend to vote for Britain to leave the EU.” http://ind.pn/1szI81t ... See the cover. http://bit.ly/1U0Rkmx
--BUT, BUT, BUT ... Reuters today goes the opposite way -- “UK ‘Remain’ camp gains ground in EU poll, bookmakers lengthen Brexit odds,” by Andy Bruce in London: “The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union extended its lead over the ‘Out’ campaign in an opinion poll [The Observer, the Sunday edition of The Guardian], ... while two major bookmakers offered the shortest odds to date on a vote to remain.” http://reut.rs/1WJpnW1
TRIPPI IN THE NEWS – “Campaign to remove judge in Stanford rape case gains steam,” by AP’s Kristin Bender and Lisa Leff in S.F.: “The Recall Judge Aaron Persky campaign on Friday said media consultant Joe Trippi, campaign strategist John Shallman and pollster Paul Maslin would help secure the signatures and votes required to remove the Santa Clara County jurist from the bench next year.” http://apne.ws/1UbtOp3
SPOTTED: POTUS, FLOTUS and the First Family at Cafe Milano yesterday, celebrating Malia’s high school graduation from Sidwell Friends.
--“Obama marks milestone with daughter’s high school graduation,” by AP’s Darlene Superville: “Outside of the media glare, the soon-to-be 18-year-old collected her diploma from the private Sidwell Friends School in Northwest Washington during an outdoor ceremony warmed by sunshine. Her father, mother and other relatives were on hand for the big moment. The White House barred media coverage.
“Malia was 10 and longing for the puppy her father had promised when her family moved to the White House. She’s grown up in the public eye ever since, getting and shedding braces, being taught how to drive by Secret Service agents and spending short stints away from her parents and sister. ... Malia’s younger sister, Sasha, who turned 15 on Friday, attends Sidwell, too. ...
“Secret Service agents taught [Malia] how to drive. Malia turns 18 on July 4, in time to cast her first vote for president — and for her father’s successor.” http://apne.ws/1ZGgivh
TOP TWEET -- Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson (@7im): “For the record: Trump and his family members have had to step up to say he is: Not a racist Not a rapist Not a groper Not Hitler.”
PICS DU JOUR -- M. Scott Mahaskey (@smahaskey): “.@realDonaldTrump for President #Confederate flag sold near Richmond, VA campaign rally. Vendors say few remain.” http://bit.ly/1Us0dFl
-- James Cameron @CameronJJJ: “George H.W. Bush left this magnanimous, bipartisan & dignified note for Bill Clinton on January 20, 1993.” http://bit.ly/1Us0CHN
CLICKERS -- “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker – 10 keepers http://politi.co/1PQkGaS
--“This week in politics according to 11 crazy Vines” – Politico: “Hillary clinches the nomination, Trump uses a teleprompter and Bernie learns about POTUS’ Hillary endorsement.” http://bit.ly/1ZF6664
MARGARET CARLSON in Bloomberg View, “Republicans See Trump as a Racist They Can Work With”: “Ryan and others are operating under the delusion that given a little time, the sun will come out tomorrow with a combination of denial, and some magical thinking. The remedies are based on the belief that Trump isn’t actually the person he seems to be.” http://bloom.bg/1thYUCu
DOUG HEYE on WSJ.com, “Can Hillary Clinton Wrest the News Cycle From Donald Trump?”: “It’s not hard to see how Mr. Trump could be drowned out in future weeks, both in the lead-up to the conventions and in key swing states post-convention. President Obama will join Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail as early as next week in Wisconsin, and, enjoying his highest approval ratings in years, he will be a regular fixture on the trail.
“Over the coming weeks, the Clinton campaign will unveil endorsements from First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, while Bill Clinton rallies the party faithful, garner front-page headlines. Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, will talk about the race daily. ... Meanwhile, Donald Trump is largely an island unto himself.” http://on.wsj.com/1WITwVq
RON FOURNIER’s book, “Love That Boy” is #9 for June on the Parenthood and Family list of the N.Y. Times. http://nyti.ms/1PQp89q
DANIELLE VOGEL -- owner of Glen’s Garden Market, and former environmental counsel for Sen. Joe Lieberman -- delivered the commencement address last night at Greenwich Country Day School, where she’s a proud grad. “Imagine my mother’s horror when she realized that her oldest daughter would be bagging groceries every night, instead of reviewing legal documents or drafting legislation. ... Now my script had evolved from, ‘Good morning members of the jury, My name is Danielle Rosengarten on behalf of the United States of America’ or ‘Good afternoon Senator, let’s head over to the White House to meet with the EPA Administrator about our climate bill,’ to, ‘Good evening, thanks for coming… paper or plastic?’”
BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- “Meg Whitman compares Donald Trump to Hitler, Mussolini,” by Alex Isenstadt in Park City, Utah: “Whitman and Ryan are present for Experts and Enthusiasts, an annual summit convened here by Mitt Romney that brings together his top donors and major political figures. Part of the day’s program included a discussion session between Ryan and former broadcast journalist Campbell Brown.” http://politi.co/1RZRgRz
HOT ONLINE – Atlanta Journal-Constitution, bottom of p. 1, “Perdue quip about Obama sets social media firestorm: Lines that follow quote from Psalms trigger calls for apology,” by Tamar Hallerman: “[H]ere’s what [Sen. David] Perdue [R-Ga.] told the few hundred people in the audience at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference before transitioning into his boilerplate speech on the impending debt and defense crises:
“‘I think we are called to pray. I think we’re called to pray for our country, for our leaders and yes, even for our president. In his role as president I think we should pray for Barack Obama. But I think we need to be very specific about how we pray. We should pray like Psalms 109:8 says. It says, “Let his days be few, and let another have his office.”’ The joke — coincidentally told in a hotel facing the neighborhood in which the Obamas will live after leaving the White House in January — prompted laughs and applause.” http://on-ajc.com/1szL3ao
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“This political spectacle,” by Matthew Kaminski, editor of Politico Europe: “What links Vladimir Putin to Barack Obama to Donald Trump.” http://politi.co/1PRONyx
--“Why You Can’t Get a Ticket to the NBA Finals ... and every other major event on the planet,” by former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard on The Ringer: “This is a fan’s guide to why you’re totally screwed.” http://bit.ly/1XeHOSg
--“China’s memory manipulators,” by Ian Johnson in The Guardian: “The country’s rulers do not just suppress history, they recreate it to serve the present. They know that, in a communist state, change often starts when the past is challenged.” http://bit.ly/1XMspcW
--“In the Depths of the Digital Age,” by Edward Mendelson in the N.Y. Review of Books: “Every technological revolution coincides with changes in what it means to be a human being, in the kinds of psychological borders that divide the inner life from the world outside. ... [M]any aspects of today’s digital world were already taking shape before the age of the personal computer and the smartphone. But the digital revolution suddenly increased the rate and scale of change in almost everyone’s lives.” http://bit.ly/1YiqE62
--“McDonald’s: you can sneer, but it’s the glue that holds communities together,” by Chris Arnade in The Guardian: “When many lower-income Americans feel isolated and empty, they yearn for physical social networks. All across US, this happens organically at McDonald’s.” http://bit.ly/24GAC0C (h/t TheBrowser.com)
--“The Crisis in Flint Isn’t Over. It’s Everywhere,” by Ben Paynter in Wired: “To obsessed water engineer Marc Edwards, the lead ciriss in Flint is just the beginning of an epidemic.” http://bit.ly/1rh905b (h/t Longreads.com)
--“How to Run a Russian Hacking Ring,” by Kaveh Waddell in The Atlantic: “It’s not that different from running any other business.” http://theatln.tc/1UHJVe6
--“Kris Kristofferson: An Outlaw at 80,” by Neil Strauss in Rolling Stone: “Country legend has faced memory loss and the death of old friends, and has also found peace – just don’t try to tell him what to do.” http://rol.st/1UaUerb
--“Holding Hope: On Being a 911 Operator,” by Rachael Herron in The Toast: “I’ve listened to a lot of people die, and take it from me, people don’t slip away quietly like they do on screen, with one last longing look and a soft sigh of disappointed resignation. ... [T]he body is built to fight, and even in the most exhausted of frames, it can kick up a racket on its way out.” http://bit.ly/1VRnVQi
--“The Felon Is Hot,” by Jessica Pressler in New York Magazine: “Landing in jail and seeing his mug shot go viral was the best thing to ever happen to Jeremy Meeks.” http://thecut.io/28qKFvE (h/t Longform.org)
--“Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City,” by Nikole Hannah-Jones in tomorrow’s N.Y. Times Magazine: “How one school became a battleground over which children benefit from a separate and unequal system.” http://nyti.ms/1thY8FA
POWER PLAYBOOKER -- “David H. Petraeus and Ulysses S. Grant” in the NYT’s “Breaking Bread” column, which has the prompt: “If you could have dinner with one person who is no longer with us, and whose obituary was published in The New York Times, who would it be, and why that person?”: “I would like to host General Grant for dinner at the Lotos Club, one of the oldest literary clubs in the United States ... Grant stands alone among American military leaders as hugely impressive at all three levels of war.” http://nyti.ms/24GFX8h
BUSH ALUMNI -- “Mercedes Schlapp Joins The Washington Times as a Political Columnist” -- release: “A current FOX News contributor, an opinion writer, and co-founder of Cove Strategies, Mercedes ... was the White House director of specialty media under President George W. Bush. Mercedes is married to Matt Schlapp, chairman of the [ACU] and former political director for President George W. Bush.” http://politi.co/1tnrG5e
HAPPENING TOMORROW – ROBB WATTERS, managing partner of The Madison Group is among the hosts of a cocktails and champagne fundraiser for Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) at his house in Great Falls. See the invite. http://bit.ly/1XeHm6M
MEDIAWATCH -- “Norman Pearlstine in talks to step down as chief content officer of Time Inc.,” by Vanity Fair’s Sarah Ellison: “Pearlstine, who also served as the editor in chief of the company from 1995 to 2005, is currently in talks to remain involved with the organization as a consultant. ... While no successor has been chosen ... two front-runners have emerged: Alan Murray, the editor of Fortune, and Michael Duffy, deputy managing editor of Time.” http://bit.ly/1U5rrqU
THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: “On Tuesday, the President will convene his National Security Council at the Department of the Treasury to review our efforts to degrade and destroy ISIL. The session is the latest in a series of NSC meetings in recent months convened at key Departments and Agencies, including the Department of State, the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks at the first-ever United State of Women Summit to mark the progress made by and for women and girls domestically and internationally over the course of this Administration and to discuss solutions to the challenges they still face. In the evening, the President will host a picnic for Members of Congress at the White House.
“On Wednesday, the President will travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin for a Hillary for America campaign event. ... On Friday, the President and the First Family will travel to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Yosemite National Park in California. ... On Sunday, the President and the First Family will return to Washington.”
THE FIRST LADY’S WEEK AHEAD: “Tuesday ... As part of The White House’s The United State of Women Summit (http://theunitedstateofwomen.org), First Lady Michelle Obama will join Oprah Winfrey for a conversation about Trailblazing the Path for the Next Generation of Women. The conversation will aim to inspire the next generation of women, shedding light on the progress the First Lady and Ms. Winfrey have seen women achieve, and to encourage young women to take action so that progress continues for generations to come. ...
“7:00PM ... Michelle Obama will deliver remarks at The United State of Women Dinner at the U.S. Department of State. The dinner, co-hosted by the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, will highlight women's economic empowerment and the government-wide efforts surrounding Let Girls Learn (letgirlslearn.gov).”
THE V.P.’s WEEKEND: “On Saturday, the Vice President will be in Wilmington, Delaware. There are no public events scheduled. On Sunday afternoon, the Vice President will depart Wilmington ... en route Miami ... At 6:00 PM, the Vice President will attend an event for Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. This event at a private residence will be closed press. Afterwards, the Vice President will depart Miami ... en route Washington.”
OUT AND ABOUT -- Bloomberg Washington bureau chief Megan Murphy hosted friends and colleagues last night at her Georgetown house for “pride cocktails and canapes.” Guests snacked on fig and brie flatbread, asparagus pizza, five mushroom tarts, shrimp dim sum and Moroccan salmon skewers.
SPOTTED: Craig Gordon, Alice Ross, Jen Epstein, Mark Paustenbach, Sara Forden, Katrina Manson, Kendall Breitman, Sarah McGregor, Hilary Rosen, Ben Brody, Annie Linskey, Heather Podesta, Derek Wallbank, Angela Greiling Keane.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD – Matt Butler, Democratic National Convention Chief of Staff, and his wife Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of UltraViolet. welcomed their first child, Stella Leigh Thomas-Butler, 7lbs 4oz, on Wednesday just in time for the 2016 Democratic National Convention. “Mom, Dad, and baby are all doing well …” Pic http://bit.ly/1PQoSr2
CONGRATS to Ethan Porter, who gets his PhD in political science from the University of Chicago today. His thesis was on the relationship between political and consumer decision making. Ethan, a former managing editor at Democracy, will soon start as a professor at GWU.
BIRTHDAYS: Tad Devine, the pride of Providence who lives on Block Island, is 61 (h/t Bernie) ... Kim Oates of the House Radio/TV gallery (h/t Kim Kingsley) … Carrie Budoff Brown’s older sister, Jennifer Budoff, budget director for the D.C. City Council (h/t Carrie) ... Jacque Vilmain, the pride of Eagle Grove, Iowa and Aunt Wilma’s lovely daughter (h/t Teresa Vilmain) ... Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is 86 … Jennifer Rubin ... Michael Timmeny, SVP for government and community relations at Cisco ... Jeremy Ben-Ami, president at J Street (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Reid and Emily Dobler Ore. Gov. Dennis Daugaard ... Rep. Mike Conway (R-Tex.) is 68 ... Will Rahn, managing editor for politics at CBS News digital and a Daily Beast alum, is 29 ... Chris Campbell, Republican staff director at Senate Finance Committee ... Kristina Edmunson, comms. director for Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum, Peace Corps alum, and previously Washington’s biggest Oregon Duck fan (Eugene native) ... Rachel Ruskin ...
... Obama alum Jonathan McBride, now a managing director at BlackRock … Mike Schoenfeld, the Blue Devils’ master of public affairs/Duke’s other Mike, celebrating at home in North Carolina (h/t Lindsey Kozberg) … Dennis Daugaard … Betsy Gotbaum, former NYC public advocate ... NYT real estate columnist Matt Chaban ... Mary Kate Cunningham ... Tom Gavin, senior director of industries at Salesforce and an Obama WH OMB alum … Michael Froehlich, a legal aid lawyer in Philadelphia ... Politico alum Caroline Barker, now in content marketing at MainStreetHub in Austin ... Matthew Campbell, digital director for Sen. Michael Bennet’s Colorado reelect ... Vanessa Chan, corporate comms. at Facebook ... Kelly Danielka Peirson ... Ramya Raghavan, head of EMEA brand and reputation marketing at YouTube and a CAP alum ... Tom Alexander, COO at 1871 Chicago and a Rahm alum ... actor Gene Wilder is 83 ... Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana is 60 ... Dr. Oz is 56 ... Tai Anderson (Third Day) is 40 ... Shia LaBeouf is 30 (h/ts AP)
THE SHOWS, from @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:
--NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Steve Schmidt; David Plouffe; roundtable: Tom Brokaw, Hugh Hewitt, Joy Reid and Amy Walter
--ABC’s “This Week”: Paul Ryan (taped); Bernie Sanders; Paul Manafort; U.S. Attorney (Southern District of New York) Preet Bharara; roundtable: Donna Brazile, Kellyanne Conway, Matthew Dowd, Katrina vanden Heuvel and Bill Kristol
--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Bernie Sanders; Paul Ryan (taped); Jeff Flake; Corey Lewandowski; roundtable: Ed O’Keefe, Jamelle Bouie, Ben Domenech and Nancy Cordes
--“Fox News Sunday”: Jeff Sessions; Amy Klobuchar; roundtable: Brit Hume, Julie Pace, George Will and Juan Williams
--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): John Podesta; Mitt Romney; roundtable: Bakari Sellers, Amanda Carpenter, Andre Bauer and Nina Turner
--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8am ET): Roundtable: Peter Baker, Abby Phillip, Jennifer Jacobs and Laura Meckler
--Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (10am ET / 9am CT): Foster Friess; author and Marine Corps University’s Dr. Sebastian Gorka (“Defeating Jihad”); Robert Wolf; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellman; roundtable: Tony Sayegh, Jessica Tarlov and Steve Moore
--CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”: (SUN 10am, 1pm ET): Jack Lew; Anne Applebaum; co-author and The Economist’s John Peet (“Unhappy Union: How the Euro Crisis – And Europe – Can Be Fixed”); Zaytuna College president and founder and Hamza Yusuf; attorney and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson
--Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” (11am ET / 10am CT): Heidi Przybyla; Mollie Hemingway; Joe Trippi; Trish Regan; Rich Lowry; Eboni Williams
--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Roundtable: Karen Tumulty, Annie Liskey, former Nixon Presidential Library director Tim Naftali and David Zurawik; author Jeffrey Lord (“The Case for Trump”); Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein
--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT) Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; roundtable: Trump campaign national diversity coalition’s Jo-Ann Chase, Republican Juan Fiol and Vamos Unidos USA president Juan José Gutiérrez; Univision Deportes commentator Jorge Pérez-Navarro and Rayados de Monterrey coach Antonio “Turco” Mohamed; Sylvia Mathews Burwell; actor Jaime Camil
--C-SPAN: “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): Communications Workers of America president Christopher Shelton, questioned by Thomson Reuters’ David Shepardson ... “Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): Xavier Becerra, questioned by AP’s Erica Werner and The Hill’s Cristina Marcos ... “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Author Simon Sebag Montefiore (“The Romanovs”)
--MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”: (SUN 8-9am ET): Tammy Duckworth; National Organization of Women president Terry O’Neil; author and YouTube celebrity Glozell Green (“Is You Okay?”)
--“MSNBC Live”: (SUN 9-10am ET): USA Today’s Paul Singer; the University of Virginia’s James Caesar; political analyst Amy Holmes (hosted by MSNBC’s Frances Rivera live from New York)
--MSNBC’s “The Place for Politics”: (SUN 12-2pm ET): Joaquin Castro; Karen Tumulty; author Michael D’Antonio (“Never Enough”); Howard Dean; NYT’s Jeremy Peters; Jennifer Rubin (hosted by MSNBC’s Alex Witt live from New York)
--PBS’s “To the Contrary” with Bonnie Erbé: “Our Nation’s Infrastructure at Risk”
--SiriusXM’s “No Labels Radio” (SAT 10am ET & 6pm ET, SUN 1PM ET): Host Jon Huntsman moderates an in-studio panel featuring Amb. Stuart Holliday and The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard. The panel will discuss the 2016 Presidential Election with political analyst Mort Kondracke, the 2016 Republican National Convention with convention communications director Kirsten Kukowski and the new memoir The Opposite of Woe with Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO).
--Sinclair’s “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson (SUN 10am ET on WJLA and airing on Sinclair stations nationwide): worries about whether the police in Cleveland are ready to handle expected protests.