BREAKING -- “TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran confirms it has executed a nuclear scientist who gave the U.S. intelligence about the country’s nuclear program.” … Halley Toosi’s story http://politi.co/2b5gRxr
Good Sunday morning! Dan Balz and Scott Clement make a smart point in their A1 story about Hillary Clinton’s eight-point lead in the latest WashPost/ABC News poll: “Advisers to the two major-party nominees agree that it will take several more weeks before it is clear where the race stands, as convention bounces generally dissipate over time. After that, the next big opportunity for a shift in the race probably will not come until late September, when the first of the three scheduled presidential debates takes place.” http://wapo.st/2arJQxi
The first debate isn’t until Sept. 26, which is 50 days from now, and just 43 days before Election Day.
Balz and Clement note that Clinton has “double the four-point advantage the Democrats held on the eve of the Republican convention in mid-July. Among likely voters, the Democratic nominee leads by 51 percent to 44 percent.”
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--POLITICO’s Steven Shepard, the pride of Foggy Bottom, gives us five numbers that matter: 57 percent of Democrats are ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ enthusiastic about voting for president than Republican (41 percent) or independents (35 percent) … Donald Trump has a 1 percent share of African-American voters … 36 percent of voters find Clinton trustworthy … Marco Rubio has 21 percent of Clinton voters in Florida … Clinton has $8 million of Olympic advertising on TV.” http://politi.co/2aDFlgD
--CBS's "Battleground Tracker Poll" has Clinton up 12 points (49-37) in Virginia and 2 points in Nevada (43-41). Trump is up 2 points in Arizona (44-42).
--Per the new WaPo/ABC poll: Clinton is seen as “more honest and trustworthy” than Trump by 9 points (49-40). This was tied at 39 last month.
THIS WEEK -- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are giving dueling economic speeches in Detroit. Trump goes first tomorrow, and Hillary goes Thursday.
Anna has a great interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie. Be sure to scroll down and check it out.
DAILY DONALD -- “Trump’s economic advisers are also his biggest donors: They’re also all men,” by Shane Goldmacher: “After spending months scolding his rivals for being beholden to their financial backers, Donald Trump unveiled an economic advisory council this week — and filled it with some of his biggest donors. Of the 13 men — and they were all men — that Trump touted as economic advisers for their ‘unparalleled experience and success,’ five are major donors whose families combined to give Trump’s campaign and his joint fundraising account with the Republican Party more than $2 million. Two more have been pursued for campaign contributions. ... ‘He is following the path he has said was corrupt: Raising large sums of money and then giving donors special access,’ said Trevor Potter, the president of the Campaign Legal Center and former chair of the [FEC].” http://politi.co/2aDEIDL
--NYT A1, “As Donald Trump Incites Feuds, Other G.O.P. Candidates Flee His Shadow,” by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns: “Mr. Trump’s difficulties have become so acute that there is rising concern that Republicans could lose enough House seats to loosen [House Speaker Paul] Ryan’s grip and, in subsequent elections, threaten his majority. Speaking in private to a group of donors last week at a political conference in Colorado sponsored by the industrialists Charles G. and David H. Koch, Mr. Ryan expressed concerns that the House was increasingly at risk ... Mr. Ryan implored the donors not to assume that the House was impregnable and not to entirely focus their efforts on retaining the Senate. Among the party’s biggest contributors, there is a growing sense of alarm about defending control of Congress.” http://nyti.ms/2aDwjAd
HOT ON MASS AVE. -- “Researchers or Corporate Allies? Think Tanks Blur the Line: Think tanks are seen as independent, but their scholars often push donors’ agendas, amplifying a culture of corporate influence in Washington,” by NYT’s Eric Lipton and Brooke Williams: “Think tanks, which position themselves as ‘universities without students,’ have power in government policy debates because they are seen as researchers independent of moneyed interests. But in the chase for funds, think tanks are pushing agendas important to corporate donors, at times blurring the line between researchers and lobbyists. And they are doing so while reaping the benefits of their tax-exempt status, sometimes without disclosing their connections to corporate interests.
“Thousands of pages of internal memos and confidential correspondence between Brookings and other donors — like JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank; K.K.R., the global investment firm; Microsoft, the software giant; and Hitachi, the Japanese conglomerate — show that financial support often came with assurances from Brookings that it would provide ‘donation benefits,’ including setting up events featuring corporate executives with government officials, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting.” http://nyti.ms/2aEnkmk
--BONUS: Brooke’s Twitter profile (@reporterbrooke) notes that, like Jake, she’s a “second generation dead head.”
GABE SHERMAN in NY Mag, “Roger Ailes Used Fox News Budget to Finance ‘Black Room’ Campaigns Against His Enemies”: Former Fox News chief Roger “Ailes was … able to use portions of the Fox budget to hire consultants, political operatives, and private detectives that reported only to him ... Last week … Fox News dismissed five consultants whom Ailes had hired to do work that was more about advancing his own agenda than Fox’s. One of the consultants, Bert Solivan, ran negative PR campaigns against Ailes’s personal and political enemies out of Fox News headquarters … A Fox News spokesperson confirmed: ‘Solivan was recently informed that his services were no longer needed.’ Solivan, who had previously worked for Fox News as a general manager of the channel’s website, did not respond to requests for comment.
“According to one highly-placed source, Solivan worked out of what Fox insiders called ‘the Black Room,’ an operation Ailes established around 2011 to conduct PR and surveillance campaigns against people he targeted both inside and outside the company. The ‘Black Room’ was located on the 14th floor of the News Corp building at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, a quiet part of the office that housed Fox News Latino and some marketing and promotions employees. Fox employees Ken LaCorte and Jim Pinkerton, veteran political operatives who’ve worked with Ailes since the 1980s, also worked with Solivan, the source said, adding that Ailes’s personal lawyer, and Fox contributor, Peter Johnson Jr. advised the team. (In an email, Peter Johnson denied any involvement in ‘Black Room’ campaigns, saying, ‘The only online campaign I’m aware of is yours attempting to create a truth from a fiction with this account.’)” http://nym.ag/2b5jm4T
NEW ATTACK LINE -- “Trump sweeps into N.H., mocks Clinton on ‘short circuit’,” by the Boston Globe’s Vivian Wang in Windham, NH: “Trump zeroed in on Clinton’s recent admission that she ‘short circuited’ when describing the truthfulness of her remarks to the American people about her private e-mail server. ‘Unstable Hillary Clinton — you saw where she basically short circuited? She short circuited. She used the term,’ Trump said. ‘I think that the people of this country don’t want somebody that’s going to short circuit up there.’” http://bit.ly/2arKefu
--The LA Times takes a look around the nation to see whether Donald Trump’s controversies are “raising doubts in Trump nation.” Spoiler alert: no. http://lat.ms/2aIHSrF
MAUREEN DOWD -- “Crazy About the Presidency.” http://nyti.ms/2awzl7L
WEST COAST WATCH -- “Democratic surge shrinks GOP lead,” by the OC Register’s Martin Wisckol: “A surge in Democratic voter registration has cut Republicans’ advantage in Orange County to less than 6 percentage points and has doubled the number of Democratic cities over the past year. The Republican margin has been shrinking since 1990, when the GOP edge was 22 points. But in the past six months, the pace of change has been four times as fast as the 26-year average – due in part to the GOP’s controversial presidential nominee. That could hurt the local Republicans in November’s down-ticket races. ‘Donald Trump has become our best marketing tool,’ said Henry Vandermeir, chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County. ‘He’s insulted pretty much every constituency in this county, which has helped drive Democratic registration and turnout to new highs.’” http://bit.ly/2aRFex5
JOHN KASICH tells CNN’s Jake Tapper in today’s “State of the Union” he never considered serving as Trump’s VP, and cast doubt that he’ll win Ohio. “He’s going to win parts of Ohio, where people are really hurting. There will be sections he will win because people are angry, frustrated and haven't heard any answers. But I still think it’s difficult if you are dividing, to be able to win in Ohio. I think it’s really, really difficult.”
RIO ROUNDUP -- The United States has one gold medal and four silver medals. Click here for BuzzFeed’s compilation of some of the most powerful photos of the day http://bzfd.it/2b0IN8D
-- “U.S.A. Basketball Is Already Cruising in Rio. Now, to Take the Court,” by NYT’s Andrew Keh in Rio: “Every four years, the same questions tend to surface before the Summer Olympics: Will the host city be ready? Is Usain Bolt still the world’s fastest man? And what sort of cushy digs will the United States basketball players find for themselves? The Games are underway, Bolt is back to defend his sprinting titles and, once again, the men’s and women’s basketball players from the United States are avoiding the athletes’ village. Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Diana Taurasi and the rest of their high-profile teammates are staying on a luxury cruise ship, docked at a pier on the other side of the city.” http://nyti.ms/2aYcWnG
VALLEY TALK – “Apple acquires Turi in major exit for Seattle-based machine learning and AI startup,” by GeekWire’s Todd Bishop and Taylor Soper: “The acquisition reflects a larger push by Apple into artificial intelligence and machine learning. It also promises to further increase the Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s presence in the Seattle region, where Apple has been building an engineering outpost for the past two years. ... Sources close to the deal pegged the purchase price at around $200 million, marking a huge outcome for the original investors and early shareholders.” http://bit.ly/2awj3vE
MEDIAWATCH – “MSNBC has been recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists with a 2016 Salute to Excellence Award for its digital series, ‘Geography of Poverty.’ ... The four-part ... series takes readers on a journey through forgotten America through reports from MSNBC National Reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee and photos by Matt Black. The series covered the Flint, MI water crisis in Aug. 2015.” The series http://on.msnbc.com/2aDwY4z
PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW: SAVANNAH GUTHRIE
Savannah Guthrie is a longtime D.C. hand, and is bringing her deep knowledge of politics to the “Today Show,” one of the top pieces of real estate in morning television. She is skipping Rio -- she and Mike Feldman are pregnant with their second child -- so she’s in the middle of the political maelstrom all summer.
--The Today Show is amping up its political coverage: “I’ll be at the top of the show every day and the top of the 8 [a.m. hour] and doing interviews and doing our roundtable. In a strange way, the fates worked out because we are going to continue to cover the campaign as aggressively as we have been while still having really fun and dynamic and exciting shows from Rio.”
--They’ve ‘beefed up’ their overnight staff: “I’m old enough to remember when the news cycle was 24 hours. Now, I honestly think it is 24 seconds. Whether that’s function of social media, or cable there’s just so many story lines that occur between 7 a.m. on a Wednesday and 7 a.m. on a Thursday. One of the things the show has done in recent years that has helped — we have massively beefed up our overnight staff. Our show often changes completely in the middle of the night -- sometimes from 5 a.m. -- we are rewriting scripts, we are adding things, we are adding elements, we are adding guests and that’s because so much happens, so quickly now.”
--On Trump: “I’ve never known him personally at all. I met him and interviewed him in 2011 when I was the White House correspondent and Chuck [Todd] and I hosted a show on MSNBC and I interviewed him for the ‘Today Show’ then. That was probably the first time I had met him. Now, of course, we’ve done lots of interviews on the phone and he’s been to the set many times so I have met him. But I don’t know him as well as some as my co-anchors do because he has this long-standing relationship with NBC going back decades and so he definitely has been on our show quite a bit and lots of people around here know him better than I do. We don’t talk on the phone other than on air.”
--Biggest challenge is getting politicians off script:“Politicians have gotten really good at delivering their message. That’s not a knock on them. That’s their job. It’s my job to try to move them past those talking points and to try to break new ground, or get to something that’s illuminating. That’s a challenge whether it is Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton or any of these candidates because I think the candidates have gotten very good at talking about what they want to talk about and not necessarily answering a very pointed and direct question. And my view on that is they are doing their job and I gotta do my job and hopefully, occasionally we can get some real light shed on an issue on something that really matters and is illuminating to viewers.”
--Biggest excitement of 2016 — baby arrival, not election:“I’m very excited about the results that will come in December 2016 when I deliver a baby. That’s what I, if I am honest, what I am most looking forward to in 2016: having a new baby. I’m excited to cover the election. I think the debates are going to be really fascinating and I can’t wait to do election night with Chuck [Todd] and Lester [Holt]. We’ve had such a good time covering politics together and we’ve been joking that since I’ll be about eight and a half months pregnant [on election night] we’re going to have to cut out a little semi-circle in the desk so that I can fit. Because otherwise I’m not sure.”
BONUS GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal,” by Randeep Ramesh in The Guardian: “How a jailed former banker and a lone British journalist broke a story that shook the world.” http://bit.ly/2aNY4qC (h/t Longform.org)
--“Jonathan Franzen on Fame, Fascism, and Why He Won’t Write a Book About Race,” by Slate’s Isaac Chotiner: “Franzen is now 56, but despite his grayish hair and unshaven chin, his face is still boyish. For someone so often characterized as remote or even curmudgeonly, he is strikingly friendly and inquisitive.” http://slate.me/2aXhwnh
--“Why Buyers Shunned the World’s Largest Diamond,”by Matthew Hart in Vanity Fair: “At 1,109 carats, big as a tennis ball, the world’s largest uncut diamond was expected to shatter records at a June Sotheby’s auction. How did the dazzling stone go unsold? An exclusive reveals what went wrong.” http://bit.ly/2aWpZXW
--“Arms wide open,” by BBC’s Donna Bowater, Stephen Mulvey, and Tanvi Misra: “Brazil’s statue of Christ is, for some, the ultimate religious symbol. For others, an irresistible tourist attraction. Its image is known the world over, but few know the story behind Cristo Redentor.” http://bbc.in/2aZAed4 (h/t Longreads.com)
--“Why Growth Will Fall,” by William D. Nordhaus in N.Y. Review of Books, reviewing “The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The US Standard of Living Since the Civil War,” by Robert J. Gordon: “[C]onventional measures of economic growth omit some of the largest gains in living standards and therefore underestimate economic progress. A point that is little appreciated is that the standard measures of economic progress do not include gains in health and life expectancy. Nor do they include the impact of revolutionary technological improvements such as the introduction of electricity or telephones or automobiles.” http://bit.ly/2aze7FL ... Bill Gates’ take on the book http://bit.ly/2azdFYg ... $27.26 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2azrk3B
--“How to Use the Internet on the Summit of Everest,” by Daniel Oberhaus in Vice: “That we couldn’t leave the digital world even in one of the most remote regions on the planet felt suffocating, and somehow made the Himalayan graveyard I was sitting in feel less real.” http://bit.ly/2aAfHL0
--“The 390-Year-Old Tree That Survived the Bombing of Hiroshima,” by Katie Nodjimbadem in Smithsonian: Now living in Washington, D.C., this bonsai tree outlasted the atomic blast.” http://bit.ly/2aLBkp4
--“Why capitalism has turned us into narcissists,” by Terry Eagleton in The Guardian, reviewing “The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold us Well-Being,” by William Davies: “Our age is characterised by tender self-obsession: what matters is not what you think or do but how you feel.” http://bit.ly/2b0Sscm ... $10.59 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2aZ3UIJ (h/t ALDaily.com)
--“Excitement, hatred and belonging: why terrorists do it,”by John Gray in The New Statesman: “A new book by Richard English [“Does Terrorism Work? A History”] suggests that killing can bring its own rewards.” http://bit.ly/2azdn3D ...$35.61 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2aGvhlE
--“Hugh Gusterson recommends the best books on Drone Warfare” – FiveBooks: “The introduction of drones ‘makes possible perpetual war without costs’, warns the anthropology professor and security expert Hugh Gusterson. Here he selects the best books that examine their ethical, psychological and political impact upon 21st century warfare.” http://bit.ly/2aTPWpZ
--“Islamic State’s Child Soldiers: First Come the Sweets, Then the Beheadings,” by Katrin Kuntz in Der Spiegel: “The Islamic State is holding thousands of young boys captive in Syria and Iraq, where it is teaching them the Koran and how to become deadly child soldiers.” http://bit.ly/2aYqrEc
--“How Woodpeckers Will Save Football: It takes a bird brain to play contact sports safely,” by Moises Velasquez-Manoff in Nautilus Magazine: “[T]he human head isn’t ‘designed’ to take repeated hits. The brain floats in fluid slightly removed from the skull. ... [W]hen you collide with another player, the brain moves through the surrounding fluid, smashing and deforming against the skull. That slosh, or ‘rattle,’ as some call it, compresses and shears neurons, injuring them.” http://bit.ly/2aYTDfC (h/t TheBrowser.com)
FIRST FAMILY -- “First lady Michelle Obama throws the president a star-studded birthday bash,” by WashPost Reliable Source’s Helena Andrews-Dyer: The guest list for the Obama birthday party included NBA legend “Magic Johnson and his wife, Cookie; ‘Today’ show host Al Roker and his wife, journalist Deborah Roberts; talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres, and her wife, actress Portia De Rossi; former basketball star and Obama’s golfing buddy Alonzo Mourning; music icon Stevie Wonder; singer Usher; rapper Kendrick Lamar; fashion designer Jason Wu; actress Alfre Woodard; media mogul Oprah Winfrey; actress Sarah Jessica Parker; singer Jennifer Hudson; rapper Jay Z and this singer named Beyoncé, perhaps you’ve heard of her. Rounding out the list crowded with celebrities were politico types like Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel … House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, perhaps you’ve heard of her.” http://wapo.st/2arH9w3
PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION -- “The 8 Best Rooftop Bars in Washington, D.C.,” by Jess Moss in Conde Nast Traveler: “D.C.’s in a rooftop boom, with nearly a dozen new drinking perches open this year. From cozy cornertops where you can people-watch the street below, to Instagram-ready sunset and stadium views[:] Columbia Room ... Rosewood Hotel ... Bar Deco ... Top of the Gate Bar ... Top of the Yard ... Takoda ... Hawthorne ... 801.” http://bit.ly/2b1NonP
--“Angelina Jolie Will Be a Visiting Professor at Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University,” by Brad Witter in US Weekly. “Hoya, there! In May, actress and U.N. Special Envoy Angelina Jolie signed on to be a visiting professor at the London School of Economics for the fall. Now, she ‘will do the same guest spot at Georgetown University,’ LSE’s sister school in Washington, D.C., a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.” http://usm.ag/2b3SCCO
SPOTTED: Secretary John Kerry yesterday at Rio Olympics in the stands for Venus Williams’ tennis match (h/t Reuters’ @LianaBaker, on the ground in Brazil) ... Sen. John Thune on the sidelines at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV for New Orleans Saints training camp and then holding court at the pool.
PABLO MANRIQUEZ, a former DNCer now VP of comms at U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, is doing his first Reddit AMA today from noon to 2 p.m. in r/DNCleaks. “To my knowledge mine will be the first AMA on the DNC’s leaked emails. Then, from 2:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST, I booked a second AMA in the pro-Trump r/The_Donald subreddit,” Pablo emailed us. http://bit.ly/2aLBFbe
OBAMA ALUMNI – SHAWN TURNER, who was deputy press secretary at the White House and is a DNI, NSC and Mercury alum, emails: “Last month I accepted a position as the Chair of the Information Operations Department at Daniel Morgan Academy (DMA). The Academy is a fairly new graduate school in Washington DC, offering advanced degrees in National Security Studies, Intelligence, and Information Operations. In the coming months, we will establish two new programs focused on cybersecurity, and counterterrorism studies.”
TRANSITIONS -- Ben Chou, previously policy advisor for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), is now political director for former Gov. Martin O’Malley’s O’PAC.
REMEMBERING JOE MONTANO, JR. -- Friends, colleagues and family gathered yesterday to celebrate the life of Joe Montano, Jr. at a funeral mass at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Joe died unexpectedly in his sleep at the age of 47 on the weekend of July 25. Joe was a proud Filipino American and active in social justice issues. Joe was the Northern Virginia regional director of constituent services for senator and vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine. Senator Kaine delivered a moving eulogy during the funeral mass. Obit http://bit.ly/2aEitBR
WELCOME TO THE WORLD – Tom Doheny, comms director for Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Danielle Doheny, senior legislative assistant for Rep. Richard Nugent (R-Fla.), post on Facebook: “Cecilia Grace Doheny. Beautiful little girl born 7lbs 7ounces at 8:57 pm August 1, 2016. Proud mom and dad doing well.” Pics http://bit.ly/2aFWuVR ... http://bit.ly/2aDifIK
WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Caitlin Graf, VP of comms at The Nation magazine, currently pursuing a part-time MPA from CUNY Baruch, on July 23 married Dan Naab, senior manager of operations, data and controls at Moody’s Investors Service. She writes: “Though neither of us can carry a tune, we met in 2010 at a mutual friend’s birthday party at Sing Sing, a karaoke dive bar in the East Village. Dan proposed on a freezing cold beach by my parents’ in December 2014.” After the wedding, they went camping on Cape Cod and then spent the weekend in Provincetown, MA, where she went fishing for the first time. They’re heading to Thailand and Vietnam for a real honeymoon after Christmas. Pics http://bit.ly/2akk2TU ... http://bit.ly/2aSLFUY ... http://bit.ly/2azTcWJ … http://bit.ly/2awsACA
SPOTTED: Nation senior editor Emily Douglas and two business-side Nation-istas, Loren Lynch and Vivian Gomez, plus Jocelyn Giannini, VP of Advertising at Harper’s, Katy O’Donnell, editor at Nation Books; Adam Eaglin, an agent at Elyse Cheney Literary Associates; Cassie Nelson, former publicity director of Basic Books and Nation Books.
BIRTHDAYS: Matt Dornic, VP of comms at CNN ... Mary Kathryn Steel, the pride of Meridian, Miss., corporate comms at AbbVie … Reason’s Nick Gillespie, an “award-losing journalist,” per his Twitter, is 53 ... CNN’s Dan Merica, the pride and joy of Las Vegas, is 28 (h/t birthday girl Sara Fischer) ... Dallas GOP bundler and investor Ray Washburne, a vice chair for the Trump Victory Committee (D Magazine profile http://bit.ly/2azT9J5) ... Sara Fischer, a WashPost editorial producer and formerly of NYT and CNN, where she wrote the now-deceased Gut Check, is 26 (h/t Sean Kennedy) ... Politico’s Elizabeth (Brandler) Danowski … former FBI Director Robert Mueller is 72 ... Alan Keyes is 66 ... Scott Stossel, editor of The Atlantic ... WashPost’s Breanne Deppisch, celebrating by drinking lots of mimos in NYC with college friends (h/t Riley Brands) ... Dan Groch ... Kristin Leary ... Kim Molstre (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Politico’s Hans von der Burchard, a trade reporter in Brussels (h/t Gabe Brotman) ... Alisa Wolking, director of political affairs at the American Retirement Association, is 28 (hubby tip: Matt) ... Kimberly Ellis, former Kevin Brady LD now at Monument Policy Group (h/t Stewart Verdery) ... Bruce Friedrich, executive director of The Good Food Institute (recent WaPo Q&A with him http://wapo.st/2aI5JX1) ... Four Bush 43 alumni: Meredith Beaton Didier, COS at UNC ... Caroline Huddleston Haley ... Felicia Knight ... Daniel Lerner ... Eric Dinallo, a former Spitzer aide who ran for attorney general in 2010 ... George Kelemen, President/CEO of Texas Retailers Association... Cynthia Wieland-Meyer ... Kim Rogers, a NextGen Climate and UFCW alum (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Andrew DeSouza, director of corporate comms at the Institute of International Finance and a Bush Treasury and SIFMA alum …
… Susan Feeney, partner at GMMB ... Caitlin Legacki, director of Precision Strategies and the pride of Anchorage (h/t colleague Jeff Solnet) … Chad Phillips of Sen. Durbin’s office (h/ts Eli Yokley) … TJ Londagin ... Alexis Glick ... Kirsten Borman, principal at fundraising firm KB Strategic Group ... FRA/DOT’s Matt Lehner is 3-0 ... former Rep. Edwin Edwards (D-LA) is 89 ... former Rep. Bruce Caputo (R-NY) is 73 ... former Rep. Amo Houghton (R-NY) is 9-0 ... former Rep. Dick Schulze (R-PA) is 87 ... former Rep. Tom Barlow (D-Ky.) is 76 ... former Rep. Tommy Hartnett (R-SC) is 75 ... former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) is 75 ... former Rep. Peter Barca (D-Wisc.) is 61 ... former Rep. John Marsh (D-Va.) is 9-0 ... Ryan Pettit, senior adviser for national security at HELP ... Anthony Ratekin, COS for Rep. Devin Nunes ... Daryn Frischknecht of Rep. Chris Stewart’s office ... Tim Foster, LC for Rep. Dan Benishek ... Aissa Canchola ... Tamika Day (h/ts Legistorm) ... Kimberly Willingham Hubbard ... Meredith Griffanti … M. Allyn Brooks-LaSure … Bill Lawrence ... Juven Jacob ... Alan Portner is 69 ... magician James Randi is 88 ... Garrison Keillor is 74 ... Wayne Knight (Newman on “Seinfeld”) is 61 ... actor David Duchovny is 56 ... Charlize Theron is 41 ... actor-writer Brit Marling is 34 ... actor Liam James is 20 (h/ts AP)