Good Saturday morning. JUST POSTED: ANNIE KARNI SCOOP -- BOB BARNETT is playing Mike Pence in Tim Kaine's debate prep sessions. http://politi.co/2cFaDWR
There are 52 days until Election Day. THE CONVERSATION: Republicans are already whispering, “he’s at it again.” After one of the best weeks of Donald Trump’s candidacy, he blamed the birther movement on Hillary Clinton, and then went to Miami, where he suggested Clinton’s Secret Service detail lose their weapons, and we’ll “see what happens to her. Take their guns away, okay? It would be very dangerous.”
Senior Republicans have emailed us, wondering why Trump can’t just enjoy riding high in the polls without incidents like this. Others are complaining that the media once again played right into Trump’s hands by giving him unlimited airtime. Of course, this might not mean anything in the overall race. But it’s emblematic of the erratic behavior that drives most every Republican nuts. By the way: Nate Silver tells us that Democrats should wait a week before panicking. http://53eig.ht/2cEXddG
HOW IT PLAYED -- SWING STATE FRONTS -- Miami Herald(left-hand side of the page, one column with big photo), “In Miami, Trump courts diverse crowds” http://bit.ly/2d29D1z … Cleveland Plain Dealer (five-column banner), “Trump admits Obama born in the U.S.” http://bit.ly/2d287w4 … Philadelphia Inquirer (centerpiece), “Trump admits Obama was born in U.S. -- Birther backpedal” http://bit.ly/2cF18Fu.
This is how Donald Trump started his weekend: 9:13 a.m.: @realDonaldTrump: “.@CNN just doesn’t get it, and that’s why their ratings are so low - and getting worse. Boring anti-Trump panelists, mostly losers in life!” ... 7:51 a.m.: @realDonaldTrump: “I never met former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. He knows nothing about me. But look at the results under his guidance - a total disaster!”
TOP READ -- ROBERT GATES: “Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief: Neither candidate has seriously addressed how he or she thinks about the military or the use of force”: “You wouldn’t know it from the presidential campaigns, but the first serious crisis to face our new president most likely will be international. The list of possibilities is long—longer than it was eight years ago … Mrs. Clinton has time before the election to address forthrightly her trustworthiness, to reassure people about her judgment, to demonstrate her willingness to stake out one or more positions on national security at odds with her party’s conventional wisdom, and to speak beyond generalities about how she would deal with China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, the Middle East -- and international trade. Whether and how she addresses these issues will, I believe, affect how many people vote -- including me. At least on national security, I believe Mr. Trump is beyond repair. He is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. He is unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief.” http://on.wsj.com/2d24jee
DAILY DONALD -- “Conflicting Policy From Trump: To Keep, and Remove, Tax Cut,” by NYT’s Binyamin Applebaum: “A few hours after Donald J. Trump publicly backed away from a $1 trillion tax cut for small businesses, campaign aides on Thursday privately assured a leading small-business group that Mr. Trump in fact remained committed to the proposal — winning the group’s endorsement. The campaign then told the Tax Foundation, a conservative-leaning Washington think tank it asked to price the plan, that Mr. Trump had indeed decided to eliminate the tax cut. Call it the trillion-dollar lie: Both assertions cannot be true. At issue is whether Mr. Trump’s plan would tax small businesses, partnerships and other ‘passthrough’ entities at the same 15 percent rate as large corporations, as he proposed last year, or whether they would continue to pay individual income taxes, at rates as high as 33 percent.” http://nyti.ms/2cwYupk
TRUMP’S BIRTHER MEA CULPA -- “Trump punks the media:The Republican nominee scores free airtime to promote his new hotel and veterans’ endorsements after promising an announcement on his birther obsession,” by Hadas Gold: “Donald Trump on Friday morning dangled an enticing offer -- he would be making a ‘big statement’ in just a few hours about the Barack Obama birther conspiracy that helped launch his political career. The media took the bait. The cable networks offered wall-to-wall coverage of Trump's plane taxiing at Reagan National Airport (cozying near Hillary Clinton’s own ‘Stronger Together’ jet). With Trump running late for the 10 a.m. news conference, the image of an empty podium was flashed for more than an hour.
“And when Trump finally did appear, he got more than 20 minutes of free airtime promoting his new Washington hotel and showcasing endorsements from Medal of Honor recipients. Only after that extended infomercial did Trump deliver the goods-- a speedy statement that Obama was indeed born in the United States, coupled with a blatantly false accusation that Hillary Clinton started the conspiracy to begin with.
“The media got punked. ‘It’s hard to imagine this as anything other than a political Rick-roll,’ CNN anchor Jake Tapper vented on air after Trump’s hotel event. His colleague John King followed up with, ‘We just got played.’” http://politi.co/2cDztGE
-- NYT’s Michael Barbaro on Trump’s history in the birther movement. http://nyti.ms/2cLGshv
PAGING ALL 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS GROUPS -- “Trump channels ‘Les Deplorables,’ says Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service detail should disarm,” by Eli Stokols in Miami and Louis Nelson: “‘Guns, gun, guns, right? I think what we should do is -- she goes around with armed guards like you have never seen before. I think that her armed bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm, right? Immediately -- what do you think? Yes? Yes? Take their guns away! She doesn't want guns. Let's see what happens to her.’ Trump, like all presidential candidates, is protected by armed Secret Service agents. In fact, a number of them aided Miami Police officers in removing protesters from his rally here Friday evening at the convention center downtown.” http://politi.co/2cF4ABL
ROBBY MOOK responds: “Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President, has a pattern of inciting people to violence. Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of Commander in Chief. This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate, just like it should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate to peddle a conspiracy theory about the President of the United States for five years. But we've seen again and again that no amount of failed resets can change who Donald Trump is. He is unfit to be President and it is time Republican leaders stand up to denounce this disturbing behavior in their nominee.”
HUFFPOST banner, “HINTS AT CLINTON ASSASSINATION”
PIC DU JOUR -- @alexburnsNYT: “!!! South Korean immigrant and CNN reporter MJ Lee recites the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony” http://bit.ly/2cenVpy
GREAT BACK AND FORTH: @AriFleischer: “Hillary calls on Trump 2apologize for his birther remarks. Will she apologize 4 her staff spreading that rumor when she ran vs Obama in ‘08?” ...@jonfavs: “.@AriFleischer you’re lying, Ari - and you're smart enough to know you’re lying, which makes it even worse.” ...@AriFleischer: “@jonfavs I did not say she started it. I said her staff spread it, and you know that is true.” ... @jonfavs: “.@AriFleischer I was there, and you weren’t, so I know it’s not true. And every fact-checker and journalist in America says it’s not true.”
TRAILER OF THE DAY – “Miss Sloane is the story [of] a ruthless lobbyist (Jessica Chastain) who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and her desire to win at all costs, even when it puts her own career at risk. The thriller pulls back the curtain on how Capitol Hill games are played and won as Sloane faces off against the most influential powers in D.C.” http://bit.ly/2cfsW6f (h/t Politico Influence)
HAPPENING TODAY -- Donald Trump is in Houston attending the Remembrance Luncheon and in Colorado Springs holding a rally at the JetCenters of Colorado. Mike Pence heads to The Villages, Florida, for an event. Barack Obama is speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s dinner tonight.
STATE OF THE ART -- “Debates Are on TV, but Advertisers Target Eyeballs Online: Campaigns target millions of viewers as they engage on social media during the showdowns,” by WSJ’s Natalie Andrews: “Ten days or so ahead of the first presidential debate, political advertisers are planning to grab millions of viewers’ eyes—but with a difference. The candidate showdowns have no television commercials, so the focus will be online … To rise above the millions of tweets and posts expected about the debate, campaigns, super PACs and advocacy groups will pay for premium spots in online news feeds or search results, with the expectation that debate viewers will be checking their phones or laptops while watching TV.” http://on.wsj.com/2cHlFrk
TRUMP RAISES CASH IN MCLEAN: Trump attended a lunch fundraiser Friday in McLean hosted by Emily Lampkin, Alex Castellanos, Rick Hohlt, Dave Tamasi, Rudy Giuliani and Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch. The event drew about 60 people and including brief remarks by Trump where he touched on how well he is doing in the polls and how he is looking forward to debating Clinton. A final tally of how much money was raised was not disclosed.
MICHAEL GRUNWALD in Miami for POLITICO MAGAZINE -- “Birther Nation: Alive and Well: Whatever Trump said yesterday, his supporters know he’s privately agreed with them all along”: “Many of Donald Trump’s supporters at his raucous rally here Friday night still believe President Obama was born in Kenya. ‘I know it in my heart,’ said Pedro Almeyda, an elevator engineer. Others still aren’t sure. ‘He doesn’t show love for this country, but who knows?’ asked Carmen Suarez, a retired nurse. And still others always knew Obama is a native-born American. ‘I never took that stuff seriously,’ said James Fry, the owner of a real estate firm.
“But this much was clear: Trump’s sudden abandonment of his five-year birther crusade on Friday does not seem to have changed how his supporters view either him or Obama. In interviews at the rally, the birthers and non-birthers all seemed to think that Trump has privately agreed with them all along, and all praised his flip-flop as a shrewd political stratagem to change an inconvenient subject. Most of them also trashed Obama as an unpatriotic disaster, whether or not they thought he was really born here.” http://politi.co/2d8euNh
BUSINESS BURST -- WSJ A1, “How Wells Fargo’s High-Pressure Sales Culture Spiraled Out of Control,” by Emily Glazer: “At a sales meeting in Florida in 2014, Wells Fargo & Co. regional executives scolded lower-level managers about an obvious problem that kept cropping up at the bank. Managers were told that their employees should never open accounts for people who don’t exist ... One manager in the room saw things differently. In an email peppered with exclamation points and capital letters, she urged her employees to ignore the bosses and get sales up at any cost ... For more than 15 years, selling more products to customers has been a driving force of the San Francisco company. The term ‘cross-sell’ appears 20 times in the latest annual report by Wells Fargo, which calls its branches ‘stores’ and has the highest return on equity of any large U.S. bank.” http://on.wsj.com/2cETkW7
GET SMART FAST -- “A Readers’ Guide to the George Washington Bridge Scandal Trial,” by WSJ’s Corrine Ramey: “Trial of Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni is expected to last six weeks.” http://on.wsj.com/2cWEfgp
MEDIAWATCH -- “The New York Times Names Joseph Kahn Managing Editor”: “Mr. Kahn becomes The Times’s first managing editor since 2014. Prior to being named assistant editor for International, Mr. Kahn served as International editor for The New York Times since September 2011 and deputy foreign editor since February 2008. From July 2003 to December 2007, Mr. Kahn was the Beijing bureau chief at The Times. Previously, he was assigned to Shanghai. He was also a reporter in the Washington bureau, covering international economics and trade and on the business desk in New York, writing about Wall Street. Mr. Kahn has won two Pulitzer Prizes, including for his work at The Times exposing injustices in China’s legal system.” http://bit.ly/2cvex7j
NEWS YOU CAN USE -- “Zika zone triples in Miami Beach after more cases found,” by Miami Herald’s Joey Flechas and Douglas Hanks: “The evening announcement extended the nation’s second designated Zika so far north that it now covers virtually all of Miami Beach, the heart of Miami-Dade’s tourism industry as the slow summer season gives way to the busier vacation stretch of the fall and winter. By dramatically expanding the beach’s Zika zone, [Gov. Rick] Scott has ramped up an area of caution that already has hotels warning of sharp slowdowns and elected leaders pleading with Florida and Washington for financial help if the region’s economy suffers the severe hit they fear might be coming.” http://hrld.us/2cF1Unx
SPORTS BLINK -- “Mike Lonergan fired as George Washington head coach amid probe” -- ESPN: “As of Saturday morning multiple coaches on the staff and the players had not been informed by the school of Lonergan’s firing … The decision comes two months after the university opened an investigation into allegations Lonergan was verbally and emotionally abusive to his players. The university brought in outside counsel as part of the investigation, saying it was ‘undertaking a Title IX review’ but that ‘some of the reported allegations go beyond the scope of Title IX.’ ...
“The move left members of the George Washington staff in shock … According to ... sources, the team -- which has eight new players, including seven freshmen -- and staff had developed great chemistry during a summer trip to Japan and were excited about the upperclassmen leadership for the season. A source told ESPN that Lonergan left campus at midday Friday and didn't tell anyone why. George Washington also had a recruit on campus for an official visit Friday and Lonergan unexpectedly didn't show up for dinner with him, a source said.” http://es.pn/2cyiEfw … The July 21 WaPo story that started it all http://wapo.st/2cRup0n
--JAKE’S TAKE: I am a GW alumnus, and I think the whole situation stinks. What’s done is done -- Lonergan is gone, and at this point, he cannot change how he comported himself as head coach. What I hope now is that GW finds a new head coach -- or appoints an interim for the season as they launch a broader search -- and that they don’t lose any players. They have a lot of good talent this year, and were poised to have a big season after their NIT championship last spring. I am a big fan of Athletic Director Patrick Nero, and think he’ll do what’s best for the university.
CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,”edited by Matt Wuerker – 14 keepers http://politi.co/2d4ppEP
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“Milo Yiannopolous Is the Pretty, Monstrous Face of the Alt-Right,” by Joel Stein in Bloomberg Businessweek: “He ... hangs around a lot of rich people, some of whom were his sugar daddies. Last time he was in Los Angeles, he says, a white man at the Sunset Tower bar hit on him and gave him $10,000 after having sex with him twice and another $10,000 the following night.” http://bloom.bg/2cUPcib
--“Inside the fight to reveal the CIA’s torture secrets,” by Spencer Ackerman in The Guardian: “The first part of the inside story of the Senate investigation into torture, the crisis with the CIA it spurred and the man whose life would never be the same.” http://bit.ly/2ct5XAF ... Part 2 http://bit.ly/2cDo2yD ... Part 3 http://bit.ly/2cx31ot
--“Forging an Enduring Partnership with Afghanistan” – The National Interest: “Advice to the next U.S. president” from former generals, ambassadors, officials and other experts. http://bit.ly/2d4pb0I
--“Albion’s Ashes,” by Kevin D. Williamson, reviewing “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” by J.D. Vance in Commentary Magazine: “The great American bounty was wheeled out for their enjoyment like room service at the Ritz Carlton, and they decided they preferred Wendy’s and Night Train and OxyContin and desultory sex with strangers from bars. Nothing happened to them—they happened.” http://bit.ly/2ct4z0P ... $16.79 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2cFCt2c
--“How Morality Changes in a Foreign Language,” by Julie Sedivy in Scientific American: “Fascinating ethical shifts come with thinking in a different language.” http://bit.ly/2cDlcK1
--“The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien,” by Michael Straight in the Jan. 16, 1956 issue of The New Republic: “‘The Lord of The Rings’ trilogy is one of the few works of genius in modern literature.” http://bit.ly/2cdlZgW (h/t TheBrowser.com)
--“I Want Crab. Pure Maryland Crab,” by Bill Addison in Eater magazine: “Eater’s roving critic returns to Baltimore for his hometown’s signature feast.” http://bit.ly/2d6zCU1 (h/t Longform.org)
--“Welcome to Camp Midlife Crisis!” by Rosecrans Baldwin in GQ: “Sometimes grown-up life is hard. Luckily for us, there’s a place we can go to get away from it all. Cabins, color wars, laughter yoga—the works. Rosecrans Baldwin goes undercover for a long weekend at adult summer camp.” http://bit.ly/2cvbkVi (h/t Longreads.com)
--“The man who gave himself away,” by Michael Regnier in Mosaic Science: “How discovering an equation for altruism cost George Price everything.” http://bit.ly/2ck0Wgb
--“If You Build It . . .: Myths and realities about America’s infrastructure spending,” by Edward L. Glaeser in the summer issue of City Journal: “While infrastructure investment is often needed when cities or regions are already expanding, too often it goes to declining areas that don’t require it and winds up having little long-term economic benefit.” http://bit.ly/2cPSk2V
--“‘I hope the concept of cultural appropriation is a passing fad’” –The Guardian: “This is the full transcript of the keynote speech, Fiction and Identity Politics, that author Lionel Shriver gave at the Brisbane Writers Festival.” http://bit.ly/2ct3BSo
--“This is New York in the not-so-distant future,” by Andrew Rice in N.Y. Mag (alternate online headline: “When Will New York City Sink?”: “Even locals who believe climate change is real have a hard time grasping that their city will almost certainly be flooded beyond recognition.” http://nym.ag/2cFwv1k
--“Persian Heretics and Heresies,” by Christopher de Bellaigue in Tablet magazine: “Patricia Crone, the late scholar of Islam, fearlessly and rigorously explored the origins of Iran’s influential and mystical version of the religion.” http://bit.ly/2cM82Le
GREAT WEEKEND LISTENS, curated by Jake Sherman:
--Today is a really cool anniversary. Today in 1999, Phil Lesh sat in with Phish. It was the first -- and, to date, the only -- time the Grateful Dead bassist sat in with the band. Mike Gordon, Phish’s bassist, says Lesh is one of his heroes. Here’s a video of them playing “You Enjoy Myself” http://bit.ly/2cyeZOR. They played You Enjoy Myself, Wolfman’s Brother, Cold Rain and Snow and encored with Viola Lee Blues. Warren Haynes joined them on Viola Lee. Here’s the full show http://bit.ly/2cNTwmm
--Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge play “Ginseng Sullivan” in August 2013. (h/t my brother Corey Sherman) http://bit.ly/2cERxyz
PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD -- “On Monday, the President will participate in a DSCC roundtable and hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq. The President will remain overnight in New York. On Tuesday, the President will deliver remarks at the Opening Session: 71st Session of the General Assembly. The First Lady will also attend. Afterward, the President will hold a bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria. In the afternoon, the President will attend a luncheon hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. Later in the afternoon, the President will attend a CEO roundtable and participate in a Refugee Summit and family photo. In the evening, the President will deliver remarks at a reception for foreign heads of delegations to the United Nations General Assembly. ...
“On Wednesday, the President will attend the U.S.-Africa Business Forum and hold a bilateral meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos of Columbia. In the afternoon, the President will return to Washington, DC. On Thursday, the President will award the 2015 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to distinguished recipients in the East Room. On Friday, the President and First Lady will attend a reception for the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture at the White House. On Saturday, the President and First Lady will attend the opening ceremony of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The President will deliver remarks during the ceremony.”
SPOTTED: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito having an early lunch at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Daily Grill with her husband ... Sen. Cory Booker running across 7th street to catch a cab on K St. … Spotted at DCA -- both Trump and Hillary’s planes. Pic. http://bit.ly/2cDnDfL
JULIA WHISTON to retire -- Jeff Mason, president of the White House Correspondents Association, emails members: “[O]ur longtime executive director and dear colleague Julia Whiston has decided to retire in June of next year. It is impossible to describe the enormity of the contribution Julia has made to our organization and the annual WHCA dinner over the last two decades, and it is with a heavy heart that we prepare to bid her adieu. Fortunately, she is not leaving right away and will be around to organize the 2017 dinner and help the association as it transitions into the first few months of a new administration. We are grateful for everything she has done and continues to do for the WHCA ... [T]he WHCA board is starting the process of finding her successor.” The job description http://politi.co/2d6AVm1
OUT AND ABOUT -- Sue Hensely Robusto, EVP of American Trucking Associations, hosted over two hundred guests for Sean Spicer’s birthday party last night.
SPOTTED: Rebecca Spicer, Ron Bonjean, Annie Linskey, Stuart Roy, Brad Dayspring, Alex Wirth, Craig Gordon, Katherine Faulders, Jeff and Michelle, Solsby, Frank Coleman, Vanessa Morrone, Kenny Day, Scott Mullhauser, Sara Murray, Jack and Susanna Quinn, Tal Kopan, Chris Frates, Lauren Pratapas, John Blount, Ryan Mahoney, Allie Brandenburger, Ellie Wallace, Christin Baker, Brian Jones, Kyle Downey, Paul Kane, Gabby Wooten, Jen Jacobs, John and Beth Ladd, Adam and Mandy Hayes, Byron and Cassie Pickard, Brian and Virginia Norment, Joe Grogan, John Phillippe, Jonathan and Anne Marie Hoffman, Casey Smith, Chris Carr Roger Libby, Jeff Krilla, Michael Joyce, Zeke Miller, Paul Bedard, Alex Sowyer, Allison Howard, Alice Stewart, Dena Battle, Lindsay Walters, John Legittino, Jesse Suskin, Mike Ambrosini, Carolina Hurley, Mike and Jenn Platt, Brian Jones, Bob Stevenson, Carl Hulse, Erin McPike, Telly Lovelace, Ashley Bell.
--John and Christina Ritch hosted a party last night at their to toast Joe Conason’s new book “Man of the World: The Further Endeavors of Bill Clinton.” $19.88 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2aTvsva
SPOTTED: Sen. Al Franken, Michael Beschloss, Jane Mayer, Sidney and Jackie Blumenthal, Bill Hamilton, Walter and Ann Pincus, Emily Lenzner, Diane McWhorter, Jerry Rafshoon, George and Li Jamie Stiehm, Mark Hosenball, Elaine Shannon, Nancy Bagley, Julia Cohen, David Smith, Peter Pringle, Rich Yeselson, Garance Franke-Ruta, Mae and Ande Grennan, Andrew and Leslie Cockburn.
--Google hosted a party last night to celebrate its $1 million donation to the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Howard Theatre last night. The crowd heard from the museum’s founding director Dr. Lonnie Bunch, Google's Susan Molinari and Vint Cerf, and civil rights pioneer, Rep. John Lewis. The event served as a capstone to the Congressional Black Caucus Conference activities in the District this week.
SPOTTED: Reps. Bobby Scott, Alma Adams, Frederica Wilson, Stacey Plaskett and G.K. Butterfield, Roland Martin, Caroline Atkinson.
ENGAGED – Nitzan Pelman, CEO of ReUp Education to David Steuer, who runs the health care practice for Frog design: The couple met on Hinge and “It was love at first sight ... He proposed in a really sweet, non glamorous way. Just us reading an email that we had written a year ago about our initial impressions of each other early after starting to date. And then we were both a bit teary eyed and he asked me to marry him. It was really sweet.” Pic http://bit.ly/2ck2Ltm
WELCOME TO THE WORLD – Sarah Graff, district office director for Sen. Roy Blunt, and Jody Graff, a real estate agent specializing in hunting properties, welcomed Grace Louise Graff, who was born on Wednesday at 11:19 p.m. 8 pounds, 5 ounces. 19.5 inches long. She joins big sister, Georgia. Pic http://bit.ly/2d23fau
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Ella Raineri is 15 … Katie Schulz is 15 (h/t mom Pam Stevens) … Carol Kresse, scheduler to Rep. Jeff Denham ... Michael J. Totten
BIRTHDAYS: Don Baer, Worldwide Chair and CEO of Burson-Marsteller and Chair, Penn Schoen Berland (h/t Catherine Sullivan) … Richard Wolffe, columnist at The Guardian and CDO and CMO of Global Citizen and a MSNBC and Newsweek alum; the pride of Birmingham, England, and Oxford’s Brasenose College -- is 48 … Bill Briggs, director of political engagement and grassroots at PCIAA ... Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is 83 ... retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni is 73 ... retired Justice Souter is 77 ... Marin Cogan, writer for New York Magazine and co-director of Princeton’s Summer Journalism Program … Angie Read, a partner at FleishmanHillard (h/ts Joe Brettell) ... Bill Bold, Qualcomm’s SVP of gov’t affairs … Jack Keane, oldest son of Perkins Coie Political Law Group’s Kate Keane, is 10 ... Thomas Bride … Anna Taylor, tax counsel and proud Razorbacks fan ... Kimberley Fritts, CEO of the Podesta Group (h/t Jon Haber) ... Sergio Rodriguera, chief strategy officer at Credit Junction, celebrating with a Virginia wine trip … C-SPAN’s Steve Scully, the pride of Erie, Pa. ... Courtney O’Donnell, head of global external affairs at Airbnb and a Jill Biden alum ... CEA and Treasury alum Alan Krueger, now a Princeton econ professor, is 56 … Anthony Coley, EVP and managing director of comms at the Managed Funds Association and a Treasury alum, is 38 (h/t Nick Simpson) ... LA School Board candidate Nick Melvoin is 31 (h/t former NYU classmate Alex Levy, filing from Seattle) … Leah LeVell, RNC’s African American initiatives and urban media Fellow, and college advisor for the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, is 22, celebrating as a new DC resident (h/t Paris Dennard) ... Amgen’s Kathryn Phelps, a Qorvis alum (h/t Bo Ollison) ...
… Christine Martin, NRCC deputy general counsel ... Monica Patel, associate at Priorities USA Action ... TJ Helmstetter, deputy director of regional media at the DNC (h/t Mike Naple) ... Morgan Gress, director of digital and brand strategies at 1776, celebrating with her newly minted fiancé, API’s Brian Johnson, in Martha’s Vineyard where the couple attended the wedding of 1776’s Kate Nolan and VA attorney Jon Schulman (h/t Brian) ... Meghan Clyne ... Politico’s John Clark ... David Litt, head DC writer/producer for Funny or Die and an Obama WH alum ... Steve Kerrigan, CEO of the 2013 Presidential Inauguration Andrea Billups, co-founder of the handbag, accessories and lifestyle brand Be Brilliant and a WashTimes alum ... Doug Johnson … Matt Everett ... Mackey Dykes, COO of CT’s Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority and a DOE and OFA alum … Nate Berkus … Claire Magee … Christine Martin … Obama alum Adam Abrams … Frayda Lieber ... Sandra Abrevaya … Andrew High ... Brian Patrick – “Boomer” -- a Cantor and RNC alum ... Andrew Carter ... Cynthia Ruccia … Isabel Morin ... Darcy Haber (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
THE SHOWS from @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:
--NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Tim Kaine ... Kellyanne Conway ... John Kasich (taped) ... Panel: Cornell Belcher, Alex Castellanos, Maureen Dowd and Katy Tur.
--ABC’s “This Week”: Tim Kaine ... Mike Pence ... Panel: NYT’s Yamiche Alcindor, Dan Balz, Rich Lowry and Cokie Roberts.
--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Tim Kaine ... Kellyanne Conway ... John Lewis ... Reince Priebus ... new CBS News 2016 “Battleground Tracker” polling ... David Axelrod and Lanhee Chen ... Panel: Mark Leibovich, Ruth Marcus, Nancy Cordes and Reihan Salam.
--“Fox News Sunday”: Tim Kaine ... Gov. Chris Christie ... George Clooney and human rights activist John Prendergast ... Panel: Karl Rove, Lisa Lerer, Monica Crowley and Charles Lane ... “Power Player of the Week” with National Museum of African American History and Culture director Lonnie Bunch.
--Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (10am ET / 9am CT): Mike Pence ... former FBI assistant director Jim Kallstrom ... former NSA director and IronNet Cybersecurity CEO and president Gen. Keith Alexander (Ret.) ... Jon Voight ... Panel: Mary Kissel, Ed Rollins and Democratic strategist and radio show host Richard Fowler.
--Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” (SUN 11am ET / 10am CT): Donald Trump ... Kelly Riddell ... Joe Trippi ... James Rosen.
--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8am ET): Panel: Maggie Haberman, Abby Phillip, Julie Pace and Sara Murray.
--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): Tim Kaine ... Gov. Chris Christie ... Panel: Kevin Madden, Neera Tanden, Jan Brewer and Marc Morial.
--CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” (SUN 10am, 1pm ET): IBM president & CEO Ginni Rometty ... co-author and Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Jennifer Harris (“War by Others Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft”) and author and Kissinger Associates managing director Joshua Cooper Ramo (“The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks”) ... NPR Shanghai correspondent Rob Schmitz.
--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Media Panel: Carl Bernstein, Lynn Sweet, David Fahrenthold and SE Cupp ... Gary Johnson ... GQ’s Jason Zengerle.
--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT): Univision medical correspondent Dr. Juan Rivera ... Xavier Becerra ... Republican analyst and Trump supporter Adryana Boyne... Venezuelan ombudsman Tarek William Saab ... “Cifras y Conceptos” director César Caballero ... pop duo Jesse & Joy.
---C-SPAN: “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): The George Washington University Center for Cyber & Homeland Security extremism program deputy director Seamus Hughes and Middle East Research Institute vice president Alberto Fernandez. …“Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): Adam Schiff, questioned by WSJ’s Damian Paletta and AP’s Deb Riechmann. … “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Columnist and NYU’s James Traub.
--MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”: (SUN 8-9am ET): Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver ... Trump surrogate and BGC Partners chief strategist Steven Cortes ... WaPo’s Jenna Johnson ... April Ryan ... The Atlantic’s Michelle Cottle ... Rich Galen.
--“MSNBC Live”: (SUN 9-10am ET): The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff ... Real Clear Politics’ Caitlin Huey-Burns ... DailyMail.com’s Francesca Chambers ... The Daily Beast’s Jonathan Alter ... Amy Holmes ... WKBN host Ron Verb.
--“AM Joy”: (SUN 10am-12pm ET): DNC interim chair Donna Brazile... David Brock... Jonathan Capehart ... Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons ... WaPo’s Abby Phillip ... The Nation’s Dave Zirin ... Democratic strategist Will Jawando ... civil rights attorney Subodh Chandra ... Voto Latino’s Maria Teresa Kumar ... Cornell Belcher ... Teach for America (St. Louis) executive director Brittany Packnett.
--SiriusXM’s “No Labels Radio” (SAT 10am ET & 6pm ET, SUN 1PM ET): Host Jon Huntsman and Amb. Stuart Holliday co-host a power-packed hour of No Labels Radio. They will speak with Clinton Transition Team co-chair Neera Tanden about Secretary Clinton’s policy agenda and the prospects for success should she win the White House, Chuck Hagel about U.S. national security and the national security agendas of the two leading presidential candidates, and Rodney Davis about the burgeoning student loan debt crisis. Available for download at http://www.nolabels.org.