GOOD SATURDAY MORNING. The New York Times has a feature we’ll all love this morning. “Politics got you down? Come with us instead,” is the eye-grabbing headline on the homepage. When you click, you’ll see beautiful imagery from the Minnesota wilds. “On the Water, and Into the Wild: The lakes and forests of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters transport you to a time when nature was not a thing at the edge of civilization, but a world unto itself.” http://nyti.ms/2ew7Z5i
17 DAYS until ELECTION DAY.
BULLETIN -- AP, at 3:09 a.m. – “BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrives in Iraq to assess progress of the operation to retake Mosul from IS militants.” http://politi.co/2eSAzRH
-- “Jim Bunning, ex-senator and baseball Hall of Famer, suffers stroke,” by the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Jim Pilcher: “Jim Bunning, the former U.S. senator and a National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, suffered a stroke this week at his home in Southgate, but is recovering and even watching playoff baseball, according to family and friends. ‘He has been provided skilled care that is leading him on the road to recovery,’ the family said in a statement issued Friday. Bunning, who turns 85 Sunday, suffered the stroke on Tuesday, the family said. He is out of intensive care and moved into transitional care.” http://cin.ci/2dXKYGU
THE NEW DONALD -- “Donald Trump is in a funk: Bitter, hoarse and pondering, ‘If I lose...’,” by WaPo’s Jenna Johnson in Fletcher, North Carolina: “As he took the stage here in this mountain town Friday afternoon, Donald Trump was as subdued as the modest crowd that turned out to see him. He complained about the usual things -- the dishonest media, his ‘corrupt’ rival Hillary Clinton -- but his voice was hoarse and his heart didn’t seem in it. He also promised to do all that he could to win, but he explained why he might lose.
“‘What a waste of time if we don’t pull this off,’ Trump said. ‘You know, these guys have said: ‘It doesn’t matter if you win or lose. There’s never been a movement like this in the history of this country.’ I say, it matters to me if we win or lose. So I’ll have over $100 million of my own money in this campaign.’” http://wapo.st/2erx7uv
THE MAP -- “In Iowa, Hillary Clinton Campaign Tries to Sway Loyal Republican Voters: State is Donald Trump’s best chance of turning a blue state red,” by WSJ’s Reid Epstein in Ankeny, Iowa: “Iowa is the spot where Donald Trump stands his best chance of turning a blue state red, but Hillary Clinton’s campaign team is aiming to quell that possibility by turning loyal Republicans into Democratic voters. At households where voters have long participated in GOP primaries and caucuses, Clinton volunteers are knocking on doors asking for the women in the house. The Democratic nominee’s aides also are sending mail to Republican women and advertising to them online with reminders to vote.” http://on.wsj.com/2eSeClO
-- “Early voting shows upsurge of women,” by Katie Glueck and Kyle Cheney: “In three crucial battlegrounds – North Carolina, Florida and Georgia – women are casting early ballots in disproportionate numbers. And in North Carolina, a must-win state for Trump with detailed early voting data available, it’s clear that Democratic women have been particularly motivated to turn out or turn ballots in.” http://politi.co/2egvqnd
HOUSE DEMS: WE’RE NOT TAKING BACK THE HOUSE -- The buzz has grown in recent weeks, as Donald Trump’s numbers have tanked: Maybe Democrats have a chance to take the majority. But multiple Democrats involved in House races say they expect to win between 12 and 17 seats, not the 30 they need to regain the majority. “Expectations have become way higher than reality,” one Democratic operative said.
WHATEVER HAPPENS in a few weeks, one person will get a lot of credit: DCCC Executive Director Kelly Ward. Ward argued early to tie House Republicans to Trump, and made the risky bet before the Republican National Convention to spend $1 million doing so. One of the ads had voters wondering how GOP lawmakers could support Trump. “If he’s our standard bearer, what the heck happened to our standards,” a man in the ad said.
-- “The cruelest campaign: Republicans in Hispanic districts,” by Rachael Bade in Miami: “The message from former Rep. Joe Garcia: A vote for Curbelo is worse than a vote for Donald Trump. No matter that the freshman Republican has opposed Trump all year long. When it comes to House Democrats’ ongoing quest to hitch Trump’s offensive comments to vulnerable GOP incumbents, Republicans representing districts with large Latino populations are feeling the most heat. Their nominee has called illegal immigrants ‘rapists,’ ‘criminals’ — and, at the last debate, ‘bad hombres.’ Not to mention Trump's calls for forced deportation and a towering border wall.” http://politi.co/2ehO91y
THE PAUL STREET JOURNAL -- “Inside Paul Ryan’s Congress Rescue Mission,” by WSJ’s Pulitzer Prize winning opinion writer Joseph Rago: “Mr. Ryan concedes that political analysts can ‘concoct a realistic scenario where our majority could be in jeopardy.’ He says he feels ‘pretty confident that we’re going to keep it, but it’s going to be a bigger fight just given the headwinds we have, more or less” and “my level of urgency is never take anything for granted.’ … ‘Do I wish we were having a debate about these ideas right now instead of the latest Twitter storm or WikiLeaks or, you know, personality contest?’ Mr. Ryan says. ‘Yeah, of course I do. But it is what it is.’
“Even amid Mr. Trump’s intrusions, Mr. Ryan says that ‘our nominee is fine with this agenda. He doesn’t run on the agenda. He doesn’t talk about it. But we know we don’t have a problem or an obstacle with our nominee with this agenda. Would it have been ideal—’” http://on.wsj.com/2eacQJq
TRANSITION WATCH -- “Lincoln, Hickenlooper and Ross included at top of Clinton's ag secretary list,” by Helena Bottemiller Evich, Catherine Boudreau, Ian Kullgren and Jenny Hopkinson: “A former Arkansas senator, a leading local food champion and a beermaker turned governor are among the top contenders to be the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture should Hillary Clinton win on Nov. 8, POLITICO has learned. There are five names at the top of an evolving list that the transition is mulling for agriculture secretary — one of the lower-profile Cabinet posts despite its crucial role in the food supply. The list includes Blanche Lincoln, a former Arkansas senator; Kathleen Merrigan, the former deputy secretary of agriculture; John Hickenlooper, the current governor of Colorado; Karen Ross, the current agriculture secretary of California; and Steve Beshear, the former governor of Kentucky.” http://politi.co/2eu7AAk
PALACE INTRIGUE -- “Jockeying heats up for DNC chairmanship: A trio of House members enters the mix, but they’re seen as underdogs to Jennifer Granholm, Ray Buckley and Jaime Harrison,” by Heather Caygle and Daniel Strauss: “Rep. Keith Ellison, an early Bernie Sanders supporter and the first Muslim elected to Congress, has been actively working back channels to make his interest in the position known. Also in the mix are Rep. Xavier Becerra, the outgoing House Democratic Caucus chairman and an aggressive Clinton surrogate; and retiring Rep. Steve Israel, who led House Democrats' campaign arm for years.” http://politi.co/2eqQOnG
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- ROVE TALKS TRUMP -- EEI’s Brian McCormack MCed a Bush/Cheney alumni association call with Karl Rove Friday on the 2016 election, in which Rove talked about the state of play. Rove wasn’t pro or anti-Trump on the Friday call — though he did call the path for a Trump victory very difficult, according to a source on the call. Rove also criticized Trump for wasting the big crowds he’s drawing because he doesn’t often ask the people attending his rallies for enough help, such as donating or volunteering one’s time. Trump could ask those attending to text such-and-such a number to give money or volunteer, he said.
ABOUT THAT WHITE POWDER … -- HRC SPOKESMAN GLEN CAPLIN: “Hillary for America notified law enforcement Friday evening of an envelope containing a suspicious substance. Preliminary testing by federal and local officials has found the substance to be non-hazardous. The four individuals involved have reported no health issues and, following a full examination by medical personnel, were each released to go home. Our office remained open throughout this period and will remain open without interruption [Saturday] morning.”
HAPPENING TODAY -- DONALD TRUMP is in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for what he is billing as a speech detailing his first 100 days in office. That begins at 11 a.m. He then goes to Virginia Beach for a 3 p.m. rally at Regent University. In the evening, Trump and MIKE PENCE will be in Cleveland for a 7 p.m. rally at the I-X Center. Pence is speaking in Circleville, Ohio, at the Crossroads Church at 10 a.m.
--@alivitali: “If it’s Saturday, the Trump press corps is hitting five states and 3 events. NY, PA, VA, OH, and FL. 17 days to go.”
HILLARY CLINTON is going to Pittsburgh for a 4:45 p.m. event, and then an 8:45 p.m. rally in Philadelphia at Dunning-Cohen Championship Field.BILL CLINTON is in Panama City and Pensacola, Florida.
GLORIA ALLRED is holding a press conference at 2 p.m. PST with the 11th person to accuse Trump of inappropriate sexual conduct.
WHY TWITTER WENT DOWN -- NYT A1, “Hackers Used New Weapons to Disrupt Major Websites Across U.S.,” by Nicole Perlroth: “Major websites were inaccessible to people across wide swaths of the United States on Friday after a company that manages crucial parts of the internet’s infrastructure said it was under attack. Users reported sporadic problems reaching several websites, including Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud and The New York Times. The company, Dyn, whose servers monitor and reroute internet traffic, said it began experiencing what security experts called a distributed denial-of-service attack just after 7 a.m. Reports that many sites were inaccessible started on the East Coast, but spread westward in three waves as the day wore on and into the evening. ... [T]he attack appears to have relied on hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices like cameras, baby monitors and home routers that have been infected — without their owners’ knowledge — with software that allows hackers to command them to flood a target with overwhelming traffic.” http://nyti.ms/2ewfp8q
-- “WikiLeaks supporters claim credit for massive U.S. cyberattack, but researchers skeptical,” by Tony Romm and Eric Geller: http://politi.co/2eE7xRZ
WHAT TRUMP TOWER IS READING -- “Facebook Employees Pushed to Remove Trump’s Posts as Hate Speech,” by WSJ’s Deepa Seetharaman: “Some of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s posts on Facebook have set off an intense debate inside the social media company over the past year, with some employees arguing certain posts about banning Muslims from entering the U.S. should be removed for violating the site’s rules on hate speech ... The decision to allow Mr. Trump’s posts went all the way to Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who ruled in December that it would be inappropriate to censor the candidate ... That decision has prompted employees across the company to complain on Facebook’s internal messaging service and in person to Mr. Zuckerberg and other managers that it was bending the site’s rules for Mr. Trump, and some employees who work in a group charged with reviewing content on Facebook threatened to quit.” http://on.wsj.com/2ePTsoh
--@KellyannePolls: “unsurprising, undemocratic”
SWING STATE FRONTS -- Cleveland Plain Dealer (four columns, bottom of the page), “Clinton touts early-voting data at Tri-C rally”http://bit.ly/2etR8AU … Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (centerpiece, three columns), “‘Stupid people’ lead the country, Trump tells Johnstown supporters” http://bit.ly/2etJHYE … Charlotte Observer (top of the page, four columns), “In N.C., Trump promises to keep jobs from leaving” http://bit.ly/2etZNmC
--“Trump plans 7-city Fla. tour as Clinton busts out Bubba, Barack and J-Lo next week,” by Marc Caputo: “No square inch of the Sunshine State is safe next week. Trailing in must-win Florida, Donald Trump is planning a seven-city tour of his second home state next week as he urges his rabid fan base to cast early ballots and counteract Hillary Clinton’s massive TV ad blitz. But Clinton’s campaign is mounting a team offensive as she, her running mate, husband President Obama and singer Jennifer Lopez blanket the state through Saturday.” http://politi.co/2ewiwxk
WIKILEAK DU JOUR -- “Climate lessons from the Clinton campaign’s hacked emails,” by Elana Schor: “‘Climate change’ comes up in more than 1,200 of the emails released as of Friday, or more than Obamacare and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant combined — and almost as many as the 1,444 emails that mention the name ‘Sanders.’ Clinton’s energy proposals have produced fewer easy sound bites than Bernie Sanders’ call to ban fracking or Donald Trump’s promises to put coal miners back to work. But the hacked emails, dating from before and after Podesta joined the campaign after serving as a senior adviser to the Obama White House, show Clinton’s team to be as driven by policy details and the power of pragmatic messaging as the candidate herself — while grappling with the contradictions inherent in a campaign year when grandiose promises are more popular than realistic proposals.” http://politi.co/2egBvgQ
INBOX – From “Eric Trump” with the subject line “AGENDA: First 100 Days” ... From “Donald J. Trump” with the subject line “We’re Being Overrun.”
CORRECTION OF THE DAY – NYT: “An earlier version of the article quoted the motto on Cary Darling’s T-shirt incorrectly; it says ‘Make my diaper great again,’ not ‘Make diapers great again.’” http://nyti.ms/2eewjKj
EYEBROW RAISER – NYT Sunday Business cover, “A Constellation of Influencers: Behind the Curtain at Teneo,” by Julie Creswell and J. David Goodman: “In Washington, Teneo salons -- often home-cooked dinners that occasionally include homemade ice cream -- are sometimes held in the home of Margaret Carlson, a columnist for Bloomberg View. Guests have included United States Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, and Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, according to several former Teneo employees. … Social interactions have long been a lubricant of both politics and business. However, some former Teneo employees said they felt it was not made clear to participants that the salons were being held on behalf of Teneo or its corporate clients. … Ms. Carlson declined to comment for this article or to respond to questions about whether she was paid by Teneo or reimbursed for the costs associated with the salons. Teneo declined to comment on whether there was payment or remuneration for the parties.” With an Ed Rollins cameo http://nyti.ms/2dxFVvJ
FRED DAVIS has cut an ad for Chuck Grassley featuring Ben Stein playing his famous “Ferris Bueller” econ teacher character. Instead of calling Bueller’s name during attendance, he calls “Judge” over and over again, noting that Patty Judge, the Democratic candidate, has a poor attendance over her career. http://bit.ly/2es08ol ... Pic of Fred and Ben on set http://bit.ly/2erdcMr
GET YOURS! -- “[A] private art auction [of 18 pieces] benefitting the Clinton presidential campaign taking place [today]. The auction is expected to generate six figures and is hosted by billionaire arts tycoon Moishe Mana, renowned economist Nouriel Roubini and member of the National Finance Committee, Laetitia Garriott. ... This auction is the latest in the Israeli entrepreneur’s ongoing campaign against” Donald Trump. http://hrc.io/2dVLFjV ... Full list of art http://bit.ly/2ePXKMu
CASH DASH -- John Bolton’s super PAC says it will spend nearly $600,000 each in an independent expenditure push to support Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Rep. Joe Heck, the Republican running for the Senate in Nevada, for a total of $1.75 million. http://politi.co/2eeyldj
FOR YOUR RADAR – “Russia’s Arctic Obsession,” by FT Moscow Bureau chief Kathrin Hille: “As global warming melts Arctic ice, Moscow hopes to resurrect the historic Northern Sea Route between Europe and Asia. But the challenges — and the costs — are immense.” http://bit.ly/2duigkF
MEDIAWATCH – “The Wall Street Journal Offers Buyouts to News Employees,” by WSJ’s Anne Steele: “The Wall Street Journal is making buyouts available to a ‘substantial number of employees’ as the news company reviews its operations amid a continued slide in print advertising. In an email to staff on Friday, the Journal’s editor in chief, Gerard Baker, said it is offering ‘enhanced’ buyouts to all newsroom employees ‘to limit the number of involuntary layoffs.’ ... Staff have until the end of the month to request a buyout.” http://on.wsj.com/2eal2JJ
-- “Barron’s to lay off employees next week, editor reveals in accidental email,” by Peter Sterne: “[Ed] Finn — the president and editor of Barron’s, which is owned by Journal parent company Dow Jones — apparently meant to forward Baker’s email to Dow Jones Media Group publisher Almar Latour and two other company executives ... ‘The email Gerry Baker just sent about wsj buyouts says that dj is offering 1.5x the standard buyout package,’ Finn wrote in the email [to all WSJ news employees]. ‘Are we planning to go to the employees we are laying off at Barron’s next week and offer them 1x the standard package. That could create some problems. Please advise.’” http://politi.co/2eseXMo
-- “AT&T agrees in principle to buy Time Warner for $85 billion: sources,” by Reuters’ Jessica Toonkel and Greg Roumeliotis: The potential tie-up “would be the biggest deal in the world this year, giving the telecom company control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets. The deal, which has been agreed on most terms and could be announced as early as Sunday, would be one of the largest in recent years in the sector as telecommunications companies look to combine content and distribution to capture customers replacing traditional pay-TV packages with more streamlined offerings and online delivery.” http://reut.rs/2dGxCRD
-- PLAYBOOK'S TAKE: Expect a knock-down, drag-out regulatory fight similar to the battle over Comcast’s purchase of NBCUniversal, which took nearly half a decade to resolve.
CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker – 14 keepers http://politi.co/2dvVAM2
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“The Desperate Gamble of Scottie Nell Hughes, World’s Most Loyal Trump Surrogate,” by Olivia Nuzzi in GQ: “Like the rest of Trump’s devoted street team, Hughes spends her days evangelizing The Donald with a relentless series of appearances on TV. But why? And what if he loses?” http://bit.ly/2eoUk1P
--“What Happens to American Myth When You Take the Driver Out of It?” by Robert Moor in N.Y. Mag: “The self-driving car and the future of the self.” http://slct.al/2erebw1 (h/t TheBrowser.com)
--“The Perils of Peak Attention,” by Tom Vanderbilt in The New Republic, reviewing "The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads," by Tim Wu and "Wasting Time on the Internet," by Kenneth Goldsmith: “Two new books assess the quality of our digital lives: How do we shake off the village when we carry the world in our pocket?” http://bit.ly/2dHbwyp ... Wu -- $17.37 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2eDWjvP ... Goldsmith -- $12.60 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2eEnms1
--“The romance delusion,” by Will Self in Prospect Magazine: “Love that’s unrequited is the most perfect as, by definition, it affords no opportunity for disillusionment.” http://bit.ly/2etWawu (h/t ALDaily.com)
--“Becoming One of the World’s 65 Million Refugees,” by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson in an excerpt of “Cast Away: True Stories of Survival from Europe’s Refugee Crisis”: “Majid Hussain keeps having to run.” http://bit.ly/2erRHcQ ... $16.94 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2eoZfQt
--“Bernie Looks Ahead,” by Eric Bates in The New Republic: “In an in-depth interview, Sanders offers a candid and passionate assessment of Trump, Clinton, and the future of his movement.” http://bit.ly/2dHbDKa
--“Chipotle Eats Itself,” by Austin Carr in Fast Company: “Chipotle Mexican Grill was a sizzling business with a red-hot stock until an E. coli outbreak derailed its future. Can a mission-based company make gobs of money and still save the world?” http://bit.ly/2eqpwzr
--“Breathing Holes,” by Lisa Gregoire in Eighteen Bridges: “As a reporter in Iqaluit, I wrote countless stories about sexual assault and domestic violence. Then it happened to me. Here’s what I found when I went back, 20 years later.” http://bit.ly/2eg2Ba9 (h/t Longform.org)
--“In The Hollow,” by Chris Offutt in the Nov. issue of Harpers: “The changing face of Appalachia—and its role in the presidential race.” http://bit.ly/2eevRMi
--“Christine Chubbuck: 29, Good-Looking, Educated, A Television Personality. Dead. Live and in Color,” by WaPo’s Sally Quinn in Aug. 1974, reprinted by Longform: “A newscaster’s suicide.” http://bit.ly/2eZZq5r
--“Greenland is Melting,” by The New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert: “The shrinking of the country’s ice sheet is triggering feedback loops that accelerate the global crisis. The floodgates may already be open.” http://bit.ly/2etX24e
--“What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?” by Peter Frick-Wright in Outside Magazine: “On New Year’s Day in 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was carrying 29 passengers and a hell of a lot of contraband when it crashed into the side of a 21,112-foot mountain in Bolivia. For decades conspiracy theories abounded as the wreckage remained inaccessible, the bodies unrecovered, the black box missing. Then two friends from Boston organized an expedition that would blow the case wide open.” http://bit.ly/2eBIUEk (h/t Longreads.com)
GREAT WEEKEND LISTEN, curated by Jake Sherman, filing from the Admirals Club at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta:
-- GRATEFUL DEAD, from today in 1980, from the famous acoustic/electric shows at Radio City Music Hall. http://bit.ly/2etJiHe It doesn’t get better than this.
SPOTTED -- Jim Gilmore at the Silver Dollar Diner in Tyson’s Corner Thursday after a hit on WMAL … Bill Murray at Bourbon Steak last night after crashing the White House briefing room, ahead of the Mark Twain Awards on Sunday … Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky at her Stanford reunion class party on campus Friday night.
RICK STENGEL, former editor of Time and current under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, is being nominated to serve as the next chair of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. “Jeff Shell, chair of NBC Universal is the current chair and Walter Isaacson, is one of his predecessors. BBG oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Middle East Broadcast Networks and Radio Free Asia.”
ENGAGED -- Alan Chargin, former scheduler for Rep. Linda Sanchez who now works at D.C.’s Pretzel Bakery, and Hannah Schiller, staffer in Rep. Pete Roskam’s office got engaged recently in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. They met at a going away party for a staffer in Rep. DeSantis’ office. Pics http://politi.co/2etRUO3 ... http://politi.co/2dXGO1v
WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Veteran Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America VP, Head of Federal Affairs and Policy, Reilly O’Connor and his wife Emily, former LA for Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.), on Thursday morning welcomed a baby boy who joins big sister Grace—all are doing well. Seamus McCormick O'Connor weighed 8lbs 6oz and measured 21 inches. Pic http://bit.ly/2eoXlz7
--Rebecca Erdman, operations manager at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and cake decorator extraordinaire, and husband Peter, congressional liaison at the Export-Import Bank, welcomed Alexander Ward Erdman into the world. “Alex’s country/issue focus is TBD, but his first Policy Alert is expected early next week.” Pic http://bit.ly/2eBFkdv
PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: “On Monday, the President will deliver remarks at a Hillary Victory Fund reception. In the afternoon, the President will travel to Los Angeles, California. In the evening, the President will participate in a DNC and Hillary Victory Fund roundtable.
“On Tuesday, the President will participate in a DSCC roundtable. In the afternoon, the President will return to Washington, D.C. On Wednesday and Thursday, the President will attend meetings at the White House. On Friday, the President will attend a Hillary for America event in the Orlando, Florida area.”
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Mark Glaze … Jon Rawlson of Armory Hill Advocates
BIRTHDAYS: Chris Licht, executive producer/showrunner of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” … Stephanie Cutter, co-founder and partner at Precision Strategies and the pride of Raynham, Massachusetts. She celebrated at Rose’s Luxury with Dori Salcido, Patrick Briggs, Mark and Julie Rokala, Julie Eddy and Kathy McKeirnan (h/ts Julie, Tom Zigo and Jon Haber) ... Hilary Rosen (h/t Haber)... former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is 69 … Guy Harrison, partner at OnMessage Inc. and an NRCC alum ... Brett O’Donnell … Jonathan Prince, comms/public policy at Spotify, is 49 … NRCC’s Jon Reedy (h/t birthday boy Kurt Bardella) ... Warren Strobel, diplomatic editor at Reuters, is 54 … Adam Parkhomenko, national field director of the DNC who recently changed his Twitter name to “Bad Hombre Adam,” is 31, “celebrating with 270 candles on his cake, just kidding but 270 is indeed his sole focus!” – (WaPo profile: http://wapo.st/1SnJhCh) (h/t Tracy Sefl) … Casey Phillips of political media firm RedPrint Strategy is 36 ... Kurt Bardella, an Issa alum, now president and CEO of Endeavor Strategies, and publisher of daily country music newsletter Morning Hangover ... Helen Milby … Chris Moore, senior director for international business policy at the National Association of Manufacturers … Trey Herr, a fellow with the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project at Harvard’s Kennedy School … former Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) is 67 … Politico Europe’s Delcker Janosch ... Rebecca Chatterjee is 4-0 (hubby tip: Neil) ... James Walkinshaw, Rep. Connolly’s longtime chief of staff, is 34 (h/t Jamie Smith) ... Patrick Dolan, manager of intergovernmental affairs at CAP and an NGA alum (h/t girlfriend Beth Shedlosky) ... Jeff Grappone, the gentleman and pride of the Granite State (h/ts Amy Graham and Liz Johnson) ...
… Mallory Howe, a business development associate at FiscalNote and a “crisis/risk pro, sports enthusiast, trivia maven,” per her Twitter (h/t boyfriend David Molina) … Michael Beckel, political reporter at the Center for Public Integrity (h/t Dave Levinthal) ... Anne Heiligenstein ... Martha-Elena Lopez ... Sandy Smith, editor at Philadelphia Magazine and proud Harvard alum (h/t Curtis Tate) ... Jennie Bragg, deputy comms director at U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and Hotchkiss grad ... Zélie Kasten ... N.Y. Observer alum Ross Barkan … former Politico intern Donovan Harrell is 23 ... Harrison Price, analyst at Riveron Consulting ... Miriam Goldstein ... Tim Murphy ... Raphael Shepard, investments consultant at The Omidyar Network ... Ferdous Al-Faruque, reporter at Informa … Scott Price … Tom Basile, a Bush 2000 alum now president of Empire Solutions Consulting, is 41 … Chavia Groveman … Jessica Huff, social media director at The McClatchy Company ... Politico’s Amy McCorquodale ... Lindsay Kalter, health care reporter at Boston Herald and a Politico alum ... Rachel Petri, press secretary for Sen. Sherrod Brown ... Marilyn Machlowitz, N.Y. headhunter … Federal Reserve System’s Alice Henriques ... Bill Farrar, director of public policy and comms. at ACLU of Virginia ... WaPo’s Clint Tanner ... Christopher Gable … Brian Dodge ... Kris Pratt ... John Norquist ... Christopher Mills ... Grace Sandretti (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
SUNDAY SHOWS -- by @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:
--NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Kellyanne Conway … Panel: Yamiche Alcindor, Tom Friedman, Eliana Johnson and Stuart Stevens.
--ABC’s “This Week”: Guests to be announced
--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Reince Priebus ... David Axelrod ... Frank Luntz … CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker polls from Florida and Texas with CBS News’ Anthony Salvanto … CBS News focus group with Nevada voters … Panel: Peggy Noonan, Jamelle Bouie, Jeffrey Goldberg
--“Fox News Sunday”: Kellyanne Conway … Newt Gingrich … California Democratic Rep. Xavier Becerra … Panel: Karl Rove, Bob Woodward, Kimberley Strassel and Juan Williams.
--Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (10am ET / 9am CT): John Hickenlooper … Byron York … Michael Mukasey … Panel: Ed Rollins, Mary Kissel and Stephen Sigmund.
--Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” (SUN 11am ET / 10am CT): Erin McPike … Kelly Riddell ... Joe Trippi; Ed Henry … Chris Wallace … Joe Concha.
--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8am ET): Panel: Julie Pace, Jennifer Jacobs, Manu Raju and Jeff Zeleny.
--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): Kellyanne Conway … Panel: Bakari Sellers, Jan Brewer, Bob Kerrey and Dana Loesch.
--CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” (SUN 10am, 1pm ET): Panel: Melody Barnes, Evan Osnos; Lloyd Blankfein, Julia Ioffe and The Guardian’s David Smith.
--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Panel: Dan Rather, Mollie Hemingway, Jane Hall, Matthew Dowd and Dr. Gail Saltz.
--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT): California Democratic Rep. Xavier Becerra … Trump national Hispanic advisory council member and New Wine Ministries church Mario Bramnick ... Rosario Marin and Adolfo Franco … Alejandro Solalinde … Ivàn Màrquez … Adal Ramones.
--C-SPAN: “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): CSIS senior vice president and strategic technologies program director James Lewis, questioned by Reuters’ Mark Hosenball ... “Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): Club for Growth president David McIntosh and The Hill’s Scott Wong and Bloomberg News’ Bill Allison ... “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Author J.D. Vance (“Hillbilly Elegy”).
--MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”: (SUN 8-9am ET): Boris Ephsteyn ... civil rights lawyer and racial justice advocate Judith Browne Dianis … Rev. Jesse Jacksonn … VOTO Latino’s Maria Teresa Kumar … Rich Galen.
--“MSNBC Live”: (SUN 9-10am ET): Attorney and NBC News contributor Raul Reyes … Betsy Woodruff … Steven Cortes … Monmouth University’s Patrick Murray … Jennifer Rubin.
--“AM Joy”: (SUN 10am-12pm ET): David Frum … E.J. Dionne … Joan Walsh … “The Art of the Deal” ghostwriter Tony Schwartz … MTV News’ Jamil Smith … “Pura Política” host Juan Manuel Benítez.
--“MSNBC Live”: (SUN 12pm-2pm ET): NYT’s Jeremy Peters … Howard Dean … Elise Jordan … Center for Equal Opportunity president Linda Chavez … Trump advisor Oliver McGee … Bob Costa … Larry Sabato.