NEW TRUMP AD: “Two Americas: Economy” is a 30-second spot that will run in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada, Virginia and Colorado. http://bit.ly/2bCS0B3
The spot seeks to contrast the economy under Clinton, where the “middle class gets crushed, spending goes up, taxes go up.” The ad brands the policies as “more of the same.” In Trump’s economy, the ad says, millions of new jobs will be added and middle class families will get tax relief. The ad ends with a shot of Freedom Tower in New York as the text “Make America Great Again!” appears on screen.
Mitt Romney lost eight of nine of these states where the $10 million campaign is running, but the Trump campaign says they are aiming to change that -- despite the gap with Clinton in most statewide polls.
CONTROL OF CONGRESS -- “Democrats Step Up Pursuit of House Republicans Left Limping by Donald Trump,” by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns on A1: “Emboldened by Donald J. Trump’s struggles in the presidential race, Democrats in Congress are laying the groundwork to expand the list of House Republicans they will target for defeat as part of an effort to slash the Republicans’ 30-seat majority and even reclaim control if Mr. Trump falls further …
“Few Democrats say they believe their party is positioned, at this point, to take control of the House, where Republicans hold their largest majority in 87 years. Because of the way congressional districts are drawn, Republicans have a powerful structural advantage even in a punishing political environment ...
“Democratic strategists say they believe as many as a dozen districts could become competitive late in the race, depending on Mr. Trump’s fortunes. Among the Republican districts that Democrats see as newly threatened are those held by Representatives John L. Mica of Florida, who represents the Orlando area; Kevin Yoder of Kansas, from the suburbs of Kansas City; and Michael G. Fitzpatrick, a lawmaker from outside Philadelphia who is retiring. Several others represent diverse, economically comfortable areas of California, including Representatives Darrell E. Issa and Ed Royce, from the San Diego and Los Angeles suburbs.
“Both parties are also eyeing a set of moderate- to conservative-leaning open seats in states like Indiana and Minnesota, where incumbents are retiring or running for other offices. Republicans fear that Mr. Trump has tainted the party’s brand for any prospective successor in areas without a well-known lawmaker already in place.” http://nyti.ms/2bv6Oja
HOUSE REPUBLICAN BRAIN DUMP ON THEIR NOVEMBER PROSPECTS: Yes, there are a bunch of competitive races, and yes, House Republicans believe they could lose upwards of 15 seats, but they still see no evidence that they should be bracing for a wave election. Top GOP leaders say Democrats have been beating the wave-election-is-coming drum for months without any hard data to back it up. These officials acknowledge the tide could turn and Trump could drag down a host of safe Republicans, but it hasn’t yet. And Republican leaders are now privately admitting they do need to step up their game in competitive seats. Since Donald Trump isn’t bringing in money to the party like Mitt Romney did, House Republicans also need to boost their fundraising. The main message from top Republicans: Yes, there are headwinds, but they aren’t that worried ... yet.
Good Monday morning. Welcome to one of the slowest weeks of the year, as everyone tries to squeeze all the juice out of the summer. There are 71 days until Election Day, and it’s been 268 days since Hillary Clinton held a press conference. In theory, over the next week the collective attention of the country will train on the presidential election. There are just 28 days until the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Instead of easing into Labor Day weekend, Donald Trump is heading to Arizona to make a major immigration policy address Wednesday. Jake is, again, filing this morning from London Heathrow. He’s super excited to fly the British Airways 787 later today into BWI for the first time.
HACKED -- “FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems,” by Yahoo’s Michael Isikoff: “The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks, prompting the bureau to warn election officials across the country to take new steps to enhance the security of their computer systems, according to federal and state law enforcement officials. The FBI warning, contained in a ‘flash’ alert from the FBI’s Cyber Division, a copy of which was obtained by Yahoo News, comes amid heightened concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about the possibility of cyberintrusions, potentially by Russian state-sponsored hackers, aimed at disrupting the November elections.” http://yhoo.it/2bCPzhT
TRUMP TO TALK IMMIGRATION -- “Trump to give immigration speech this week,” by Rebecca Morin: “After postponing an immigration speech he was going to make last week, Donald Trump tweeted he will instead make a speech on the subject this Wednesday in Arizona. The GOP nominee was scheduled to make a speech dealing with immigration on Aug. 25 in Colorado, but delayed the speech after remarks by Trump suggested he was softening his position on deporting the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States … The Sunday morning talk shows were heavy on discussion of Trump's immigration policies, with vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and others promising on Trump’s behalf that he would soon make his policies crystal clear.” http://politi.co/2c13yO3
WHAT TRUMP TOWER IS READING -- “White Retiree Influx Helps Keep Florida in Play for Donald Trump: Demographic trend offsets boost for Democrats from state’s growing minority communities,” by WSJ’s Arian Campo-Flores and Paul Overberg in The Villages, Florida: “Fast-growing minority communities give Democrats an increasing advantage in Florida, one of the most heated battlegrounds in the presidential election. A different and little-noted demographic trend is helping to keep the state competitive for Donald Trump: a new influx of white retirees … While Democrat Hillary Clinton can lose the state and find other paths to victory, it is seen as a must-win for Mr. Trump. Both candidates have been stumping there regularly. New arrivals like [Art] Donnelly help explain why the Florida race remains tight in polls. The most recent, a Mason-Dixon survey released Friday, showed Mr. Trump trailing Mrs. Clinton by only two points among likely voters, a slim margin helped in part by his lead of over 20 points among white seniors.” http://on.wsj.com/2bK8Xv0
WEST COAST WATCH -- “‘Viva Trump!’ Small but vocal group of Latinos rally for Trump in Orange County,” by LATimes’ Dan Weikel: “Chanting ‘Viva Trump,’ several dozen Latino supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a peaceful rally Sunday in front of Anaheim City Hall. ‘He’s the man,’ Marco Gutierrez, a co-founder of Latinos for Trump, said of the candidate. ‘He speaks the language of the heart. He can reach people who have been disenfranchised.’” http://lat.ms/2bvy55c
ARTICLE OF THE DAY -- “Meet the man siphoning money from Trump’s campaign,” by Shane Goldmacher: “At a glance, the two websites look virtually indistinguishable. Both feature a photo of Donald Trump, in a suit and red tie, in front of a giant American flag. Both seemingly offer a chance for two to win dinner with Donald Trump. One is at donaldjtrump.com; the other is at dinnerwithtrump.org. The first belongs to Trump’s campaign. The second is a scheme run by Ian Hawes, a 25-year-old Maryland man who has no affiliation with Trump or his campaign and who has preyed on more than 20,000 unsuspecting donors, collecting more than $1 million in the process …
“Of the 156 donors who gave more than $200 to Hawes’s group in June — the threshold for names to be included in federal filings — POLITICO contacted dozens and spoke with 11. Everyone interviewed said they believed they had given to Trump’s campaign, not an unconnected PAC. ‘I would say, unfortunately, that’s simply a matter of pure chance,’ Hawes said in an interview defending his group and denying it is a scam … As of Sunday, Hawes’ group had raised $1.1 million from 21,253 donors, he said. More than 410,000 people had signed up for the dinner contest — giving him a massive email list he can leverage for more money for years to come.”
SHANE’S MONEY KICKER -- “Hawes’s most recent activity online was posting publicly on his personal Facebook page that he got engaged in mid-August ‘on the bow of the yacht overlooking Miami.’ ‘Couldn’t be more perfect!’ he wrote, as he posted pictures sipping champagne with his fiancé and of her glittering oval engagement ring.” http://politi.co/2bw12h4
DEPT OF YA CAN’T MAKE IT UP -- “Anthony Weiner sexted busty brunette while his son was in bed with him,” by N.Y. Post’s Rebecca Rosenberg and Bruce Golding: “While his wife, Huma Abedin, travels the country campaigning for Hillary Clinton, the disgraced ex-congressman has been sexting with a busty brunette out West — and even sent her a lurid crotch shot with his toddler son in the picture, The Post has learned … And while Weiner repeatedly invited her to visit him in New York City, she said, ‘We never met.’ Asked for comment, Weiner admitted he and the woman ‘have been friends for some time.’ ‘She has asked me not to comment except to say that our conversations were private, often included pictures of her nieces and nephews and my son and were always appropriate,’ he said.” http://nyp.st/2bttNhp
N.Y. POST cover, “POP GOES THE WEINER -- Daddy sexts while taking care of tot” http://nyp.st/2bLe1PO
HAPPENING TODAY -- Mike Pence is holding a town hall in Perry, Georgia, and a rally in Atlanta.
--@realDonaldTrump: “I think that both candidates, Crooked Hillary and myself, should release detailed medical records. I have no problem in doing so! Hillary?”
FLASHBACK, Dec. 3, 2015: “Donald Trump Promises to Release Medical Records Within Two Weeks” http://ti.me/2bZD1BP
CLINTON STRATEGERY -- “Clinton invokes father’s memory to hit Trump on business,” by AP’s Catherine Lucey in Warren, Mich.: “As the Democratic presidential nominee works to undercut Trump’s economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is invoking memories of her late father’s Chicago drapery business. Recalling Hugh Rodham hard at work making and printing curtains for hotels and office buildings, Clinton argues that he would have been ‘stiffed’ in a deal with the celebrity businessman. ... Clinton hopes to remind voters that despite her years in public life that have left her a multimillionaire, she comes from a middle-class background and understands the life of a small-business owner.” http://apne.ws/2btCLOx
SWING-STATE WATCH -- “Why McCain refuses to go maverick on Trump,” by Burgess Everett in Phoenix: “John McCain [a birthday boy today] has held his tongue for more than a year as Donald Trump dubbed him a loser and ‘not a war hero.’ Trump accused the Vietnam War POW of failing to help veterans and hesitated to endorse the five-term senator's reelection. The stinging personal criticism has both parties speculating that McCain will finally blow his top once he dispatches his conservative challenger in a primary election on Tuesday. Don't count on it … ‘No. There’s no reason to do that,’ McCain said in an interview at his campaign headquarters here ... McCain’s decision to continue supporting Trump is not without risk, given his decades-old reputation of bucking party orthodoxy as the Senate’s resident ‘maverick.’’ http://politi.co/2c2ykpM
-- “Coal Country Is Wary of Hillary Clinton’s Pledge to Help,” by NYT’s Coral Davenport in Lebanon, Virginia: “Washington is gunning for the second pillar of the Appalachian economy, coal, and again a politician, Hillary Clinton, is promising to help — with $30 billion over 10 years to revitalize coal country. As in the case of tobacco, the idea is not to save the old economy, but to create a new one by retraining miners, investing in infrastructure and technology, and luring new industries. Residents here are skeptical, and with good reason, some economists say. Much of the tobacco rescue came from a 1998 settlement between tobacco companies and more than 40 states, requiring the companies to pay more than $200 billion over 25 years to help the victims of tobacco — both those afflicted by cancer and lung disease, and those hurt economically by the decline of the industry.” http://nyti.ms/2cla9ay
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- Republicans for Clinton are launching a website and pledge drive encouraging fellow GOPers to support Clinton. RC416.org founder John Stubbs tells Playbook: “I’m proud we can offer GOP leaders a platform to express their concern with Trump while supporting genuine Republican candidates down-ballot. We’ve been building the plane while flying it, and our operation is finally catching up with the energy and enthusiasm. We are also looking forward to some new announcements in the coming days.” http://bit.ly/2bQfdAH
TOP TWEETS -- Paul Farhi (@farhip): “Sign of the times: @cspan tells me it has instituted 3-second delay on call-in shows to stop obscenities from getting on air.” … Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls): “Day 267: No press conference. And no press outrage” ... @brianstelter replies: “Count me as outraged. I think many other journalists are outraged, too”
FED WATCH -- “Dollar at 3-week high, bonds and stocks sell off on hawkish Fed,” by Reuters’ Anirban Nag in London: “The dollar rose to a three-week high against the yen on Monday, while bond yields surged to their highest since June and stocks sold off after senior Federal Reserve officials indicated a U.S. interest rate increase was on the cards in the near term.” http://reut.rs/2bsyLhh
COMING ATTRACTIONS -- “Trump Plans to Bring Outreach to Black Audience in Detroit,” by Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli: “Donald Trump is planning to visit Detroit next weekend to make his first appearance before a predominantly African-American audience as his campaign makes a bid for support from black voters. Trump will visit the Great Faith Ministries on Saturday in Detroit, a predominantly black church located in the heart of the city, said Pastor Mark Burns, a Trump supporter who arranged a meeting between the Republican presidential nominee and the church’s leader, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson.” http://bloom.bg/2bvWBYf
HISTORY LESSON -- “When LBJ and Goldwater Agreed to Keep Race Out of the Campaign,” by Mark K. Updegrove, director of the LBJ Presidential Library, on Politico: “Unlike many of the ‘no’ votes, Goldwater’s assertion of states’ rights was not a smokescreen for personal racism — far from it. Personally, Goldwater, half-Jewish on his father’s side, loathed segregation. He ended it at his family’s department stores, and vigorously pursued banning it in both Phoenix’s public schools and the Arizona National Guard. On the Civil Rights Act, his belief, well-intentioned but misguided, was that the bill overstepped the bounds of what the federal government was permitted to do. Like Goldwater, the issue of racism was personal to Johnson. In his early 20s, Johnson taught impoverished Mexican-American schoolchildren, exposing him to the realities of bigotry, poverty and hatred faced by people of color, which left a searing mark on his conscience.” http://politi.co/2bL8gBo
CLICKER – “Shh. It’s Naptime at Ikea in China,” by NYT’s Dan Levin: “When browsing coffee tables, kitchen cabinets and dessert plates becomes too exhausting at an Ikea store in China, feel free to pass out under a deliciously cozy Flöng duvet or across a Stora loft bed — right in the showroom.” With 7 pix on one page http://nyti.ms/2btD8Jc
BEING THERE -- “A ramshackle village at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” by WaPo’s Bill Booth in Susiya, a village in the West Bank: “For a quick reality check on the current stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there’s no better place to visit than this little village of miserable huts and sheep pens in the middle of nowhere. The hamlet in the hills south of Hebron has become an improbable proxy in a cold war waged among Jewish settlers, the Israeli government, Western diplomats, peace activists and the 340 or so Arab herders who once inhabited caves on the site and now live in squalid tents.
“Israel’s military authority in the West Bank wants to demolish the Palestinian community, contending that the ramshackle structures made of old tires and weathered tarpaulins were built without permits and must come down.The Palestinian residents insist they are not squatters but heirs to the land they have farmed and grazed since the Ottoman era. They say Israel wants to depopulate the area of Arabs and replace them with Jews.” http://wapo.st/2bKpWia
JOSH ROGIN in WashPost, “Inside the secret U.S.-North Korea ‘Track 2’ diplomacy”: “U.S. experts and former officials secretly met several times with top North Korean officials this year, and some of them have emerged believing the regime of Kim Jong Un is ready to restart talks about its nuclear program. There has been no official dialogue between the U.S. government and North Korea since Kim assumed power following his father’s death in 2011. But Pyongyang has quietly maintained contact with Washington through a series of “Track 2” dialogues. Pyongyang often sends senior diplomats to attend these sessions. The Americans who take part are former officials and top Korea and nuclear experts. The meetings have taken place in Berlin, Singapore and Beijing.” http://wapo.st/2bKpUFI
JIM RUTENBERG on NYT Business Day front, “Plane Rides and Presidential Transparency”: “Even Barry Goldwater, the hard-right, press-fighting Republican nominee of 1964, flew with the reporters who covered him. He wound up enjoying it so much he rewarded them with ‘Eastern Liberal Press’ lapel pins. ... [A] candidate who doesn’t want journalists around is a would-be president who presumably doesn’t want to be transparent with his or her many millions of viewers and readers — with you. You don’t have to go too far back in history to find the rotten fruit that secrecy has seeded. Accept the media banishment now and miss them when they’re gone.” http://nyti.ms/2bLtuAR
--“Hillary Clinton had the chance to make gay rights history. She refused.” by WaPo’s Robert Samuels: “During her first run for president in 2008, Hillary Clinton had an opportunity to become an undisputed leader in the gay rights movement. As she prepared for a forum on the gay-oriented Logo network, she reached out to her friend Hilary Rosen, a political consultant who is a lesbian. Rosen expressed frustration that so many mainstream political figures opposed legalized same-sex marriage, and she challenged Clinton to speak out for a community that had strongly supported her. ‘I’m struggling with how we can support this with a religious and family context,’ Rosen recalled Clinton telling her. Clinton just wanted to know the best way to explain the position …
“Clinton eventually got where her friends wanted her to go, though her change of heart came when the political risk had disappeared — close to a year after similar shifts by President Obama and Vice President Biden … Clinton’s path to get to this point frustrated many of her supporters. While most national politicians have been slow to evolve on gay marriage, Clinton’s handling of it was particularly saddening to some activists because they had expected more.” http://wapo.st/2bL47gO
GLENN THRUSH’S ‘OFF MESSAGE’ PODCAST -- “Neera Tanden still feels the Bern, and -- to her chagrin -- so does Hillary Clinton. Tanden, a longtime Clinton confidante and influential policy-politics-communications adviser … even now, a month after the Vermont senator pledged his sincere if grumpy Philly fealty to the nominee, Tanden frets that the attacks Sanders made on Clinton during the primary have done irreparable damage to by eroding trust and feeding Donald Trump’s Crooked Hillary crusade. ‘I actually have to say I think he brought a lot of really important issues to the floor – but Senator Sanders was prosecuting a much tougher character attack’ than Barack Obama waged in 2008.” http://politi.co/2bD0rw2
2020 WATCH -- “Some talk of 2020 as Kasich thanks NH supporters for their help in his 2016 WH bid,” by NH1’s Paul Steinhauser in Concord: “While the gathering was billed as a way to personally thank supporters for their help in Kasich’s bid for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, talk of another possible White House bid by Kasich was on the mind of many in attendance … The crowd went wild when [former Sen. John] Sununu described Kasich as ‘the man we all hope someday will be president of the United States.’ Kasich, in his comments, said that ‘the politics of the future is going to be about how we pull people together.’” http://bit.ly/2bCmwdZ
DEEP DIVE – “The Court That Rules the World,” by BuzzFeed’s Chris Hamby: “Imagine a private, global super court that empowers corporations to bend countries to their will. ... This system is already in place, operating behind closed doors in office buildings and conference rooms in cities around the world. Known as investor-state dispute settlement, or ISDS, it is written into a vast network of treaties that govern international trade and investment, including NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Congress must soon decide whether to ratify. ... Companies and executives accused or even convicted of crimes have escaped punishment by turning to this special forum.” http://bzfd.it/2bwNHWb
gnarly pic of Steve Bannon as head of Virginia Tech student government pic.twitter.com/yLLKY9ao6j
— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) August 28, 2016
TV TONIGHT – CNN’s Wolf Blitzer will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight at 11:35 p.m. Blitzer, who recently celebrated the birth of his first grandson, Ruben, also commemorates 11 years anchoring The Situation Room on CNN this month.
SPOTTED: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro grabbing a beer yesterday evening with Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon on the patio at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. They clinked glasses filled with Goldstar beer … Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of Theranos, dressed in all black flying first class yesterday to Boston from San Francisco. Holmes was reading “Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives,” by Brian Weiss.
-- “Obama movie brings in $3.1 million in opening weekend,” by Rebecca Morin: “‘Southside With You,’ which transports the viewer to a 1989 Chicago outing between Obama and then Michelle Robinson after they meet at a law firm, premiered in 813 theaters this weekend, grossing $3.1 million, according to studio estimates. The limited-release film finished 13th at the box office.” http://politi.co/2c2xE3L
PAGE SIX -- “Chelsea is taking the Clinton campaign to Fashion Week”: “Chelsea Clinton is helping Hillary raise funds at an NYC pre-Fashion Week event Sept. 6 with big designer names and a runway show. The highest price is $25,000 and includes five tickets, front-row seats and campaign merch. Another $25,000 package gets you two tickets, backstage access and a rooftop party with the likes of Joseph Altuzarra, Tory Burch, Georgina Chapman, Public School’s Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Prabal Gurung, Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg and more.” http://pge.sx/2bKu2FE
POWER PLAYBOOKER -- “Michelle Kwan Is Working for Hillary Clinton,” by former POLITICO Marin Cogan in N.Y. Mag: “In a modestly air-conditioned office space in a suburban strip mall in Arlington, Virginia, the Hillary volunteers are phone-banking. They are gathering around card tables and crammed into sofas and loveseats, beneath handmade signs and patriotic bunting, mostly retirees and college students, talking on cell phones and filling out paperwork, pinching the microphones of their headphones between thumb and forefinger and clasping their hands over their ears. At the center of the scene is Michelle Kwan, 36, the legendary Olympic figure-skating medalist. Her hair is shorn in a long summer bob, and she’s wearing a black dress with a tulip skirt paired with black ankle-strap heels.
“A small group of volunteers, breaking for a moment to meet their celebrity guest, cautiously hovers around her. ‘I am so nervous right now,’ one woman says, stepping forward to ask for a picture. ‘My sisters are so jealous.’ Kwan smiles and says, “Aww, where are they from?’ It’s a phenomenon that goes back to the first Clinton administration and was only reinforced during the Obama years: The Democratic party now relies on a constellation of stars among its key supporters and surrogates. The new center of this nexus of politics and celebrity in 2016 is Michelle Kwan, who has the unique role of being both celebrity surrogate and Clinton campaign staffer.” http://nym.ag/2c8fqAU
ENGAGED – Lauren Culbertson, founder of Millennial Bridge Consulting and a Jonny Isakson alum, to Adam Peters, head of development and construction at Perseus Realty – “We met ... out one night at Martin’s Tavern in Georgetown. He proposed on Saturday at sunset on his rooftop surrounded by candles. Knowing how I much I love tech, he recorded the whole thing by using a ring box that has a built in camera. We’re going to celebrate in Oregon wine country over Labor Day weekend :)” Pic http://bit.ly/2bQlsEg
WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- “Jennifer Nedeau, Austin Helm” -- Times announcement: “The bride, 32, is the head of marketing and communications at Bully Pulpit Interactive, an advertising firm in Washington. She graduated from George Washington. ... The groom, 30, works in McLean, Va., as a senior consultant specializing in internal audit and financial advisory services at Protiviti, a business consulting firm in San Ramon, Calif. He also serves as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve at the Washington Navy Yard. ... The couple met in March 2014 at a bar in Washington.” With pic http://nyti.ms/2bJVTWo … Wedding pic http://bit.ly/2buAxMl
– “Julie McClain, Sean Downey” – Times: “Mrs. Downey, 28, is the New Hampshire communications director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in Concord, N.H. The bride graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. ... Mr. Downey, 36, works in Manchester, N.H., as a consultant managing client campaigns for Hilltop Public Solutions, a Washington, based public affairs and political consulting firm. He graduated from Holy Cross.” With pic http://nyti.ms/2bBfO87
--“Amanda Cowie, Alex Jansen” – Times: “The couple, both 31, met at Boston College, from which they graduated. The bride is the head of communications for Bloomberg Media, where she manages all internal and external communications. ... The groom works in Brooklyn as a vice president at Vorea Group, a real estate development, investment and construction firm, for which he acquires commercial and residential properties and oversees company finances.” With pic http://nyti.ms/2bsPvlW
--“Melissa DeRosa, Matthew Wing” – Times: “Ms. DeRosa, 33, ... is the chief of staff to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Until March 2013, she was the deputy chief of staff to the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman. ... Mr. Wing, also 33, works for Uber in Manhattan, where he oversees public relations for the northeastern United States. From October 2011 to June 2013, he was the deputy communications director for New York City, and from June 2013 to September 2014, he was press secretary for Governor Cuomo, and later became the communications director for the governor’s re-election campaign. ... The couple met in 2013, when Ms. DeRosa was Governor Cuomo’s communications director, and Mr. Wing was his press secretary.” Gov. Cuomo and Rep. Elise Stefanik were among the attendees. With pic http://nyti.ms/2bvaFRO ... Wedding pic http://politi.co/2bYQsle
--“Jill Brimmer, Patrick Boland” – Times: “Mrs. Boland, 30, is a legislative assistant for health care policy in Washington for Senator Jack Reed ... Mr. Boland, 29, is the senior adviser and communications director in Washington for Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, and for the Democratic staff of the House intelligence committee. ... The couple met in Washington in 2009, when Mr. Boland’s roommate invited Ms. Brimmer, a co-worker, to a barbecue.” With pic http://nyti.ms/2bv5GvO
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Brian Horn, director of policy at the US Business Leadership Network (h/t John Cochrane) ... (was Saturday):Brandt McCool, a Louisville native and chief technology officer at New Blue Interactive, turned 28 (h/t Natasha Korecki)
BIRTHDAYS: Gary Shapiro, CEO of Consumer Technology Association ... Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is 61 ... Sen. John McCain is 8-0 ... Politico’s Nancy Scola ... Robert Rubin ... Charlie Spies, leader of Clark Hill’s national Political Law practice ... Amy Nathan, who started as a Style Kid at WaPo and now is a lawyer, but still an editor at heart (hubby tip: Howard) … lobbyist Tom Jolly (h/t Ed Henry) ... Sewell Chan, NYT’s international news editor based in London (h/t Carl Lavin) … Rich Cooper, principal at Catalyst Partners and a U.S. Chamber alum … Sacha Zimmerman Scoblic, senior editor at The Atlantic … Andrew Adair, gov’t relations rep. for the American Academy of Family Physicians … Guam Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo is 55 ... Jerr Rosenbaum, Sen. Cornyn’s former LD now a HLP&R Advocacy partner, celebrating in the Galápagos; earlier he was in Peru (h/t Tim Hannegan) ... Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) is 66 ... Stacey Hughes, president and founding partner of The Nickles Group ... Sal Albanese, former 15-year NYC City Councilman, is 67 … Kendra Marr Chaikind, senior editor at Communications Workers of America ... Sam Hudis is 25 …
… Molly Phillips Fogarty, VP of gov’t relations and public affairs at Nestle ... Paul Coussan of the Civil War Trust and a Boustany and Vitter alum … Catherine Hill, Brunswick Group’s African adventurer in Johannesburg (h/t Nick Massella) ... Meagan Bond, creative director at the ONE Campaign ... Beth Mlynarczyk, VP at Two Harbors Investment Corp and a Treasury alum … Suzanne Henkels … Christina Silva, breaking news editor at IB Times and an AP alum … Ryann DuRant, comms. director for Rep. Austin Scott ... former Rep. and Gov. Jim Florio (D-NJ) is 79 ... former Sen. David Pryor (D-Ark.) is 82 ... Ben Martello of Rep. Niki Tsongas’ office (h/ts Legistorm) ... Amy Storey ... Susan Markham ... David Morehouse ... Barb Worcester ... Kevin Sweeney ... Paige Ennis (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Allan Lengel ... Adam Shapiro ... Sarah Smith-Clevenger of Louisiana ... Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife’s girlfriend on “The Andy Griffith Show”) is 9-0 ... Robin Leach is 75 ... Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty) is 41 ... A+ is 34 ... Liam Payne (One Direction) is 23 (h/ts AP)