Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 84 days to Cleveland, 91 days to Philly, 197 days to election – ROGER STONE on Donald Trump: ‘He’s not going to read a 40-page white paper on the economy’ – POLITICO Europe spread in N.Y. Times: ‘Everyone reads it’
From: Mike Allen <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 05:05:21 -0600

04/25/2016 07:01 AM EDT

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email-masked]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email-masked])

Good Monday morning. PLAYBOOK CRYSTAL BALL: Behind the scenes, most top Republicans - in Congress, on K Street and beyond - assume a President Hillary Clinton. One veteran of GOP administrations gave us his forecast for QUICK WINS Clinton could achieve under divided government (a Democratic White House and a Republican House, plus a 50-50, Democratic or GOP Senate): "There will be a big push for infrastructure spending and it will succeed, and it's going to be way beyond the normal road-building -- deep into ports, deep into airports, just a massive national effort to build, rebuild, refurbish infrastructure. 

"You bring all the unions in there with you, every state and local government official. Even the Republicans are with you: It's very hard for Republicans to vote against fixing THEIR bridges, roads, airports, ports. And then, because the environmentalists will resist that mightily and lose, then she'll have to give the environmentalists something. So there will be a big environmental agenda, half of which won't go anywhere. 

"I think between that battle and the Supreme Court -- I think she'll get Garland [if she renominates him], but it's going to be a tough fight - that's the first session of Congress. ... [S]he's got some other legislative work that would be big for the tech industry: deal with intellectual property issues, deal with H-1B visa issues, ... but not deal with [comprehensive] immigration reform, not deal with tax reform -- deal with PIECES of things. What you can accomplish in divided government is more tactical." 

FIRST LOOK: Hillary's closing ad for tomorrow's Acela primary (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island): "Grammy Award-nominated singer Andra Day provided vocals for the ad and wrote the lyrics to the featured music. Day previously performed at an event in March in support of Hillary Clinton at Radio City Music Hall with Elton John and Katy Perry." The 60-second ad, "Love and Kindness," begins today in Philly, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Hartford markets. YouTube http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac4734191bbf74434a5450561323a62644b8ebdbc5f4ace823b1

2017 MOOD -- WSJ A1, bottom of page, "Campaign's Populist Tone Rankles America's CEOs," by Nick Timiraos and Ted Mann: "[E]xecutives worry that for now, the rhetoric of the election discussion could weigh on consumer confidence, thwart any immigration overhaul and derail a sweeping 12-nation trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that the U.S. struck last year and that many businesses support. ... Rhetoric from Republican candidates has grown more populist and less friendly to big business than at any time in decades. ...

"Clinton might appear to be the most business friendly option given her r&eacute;sum&eacute;, her close relations to some corporate donors and her message of delivering pragmatic results. But Mr. Sanders has pulled her away from centrist positions on financial regulation and trade. ... 'The center has collapsed,' said one technology CEO. 'Sanders and Trump will go away, but their supporters won't.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47a3950783f03955e4704a94dbbc2cae3b04b2405264c6d756

YOU'RE INVITED! Kick off White House Correspondents' Weekend at lunchtime this FRIDAY with "Funny or Die"! At our annual Celebrity Edition of Playbook Lunch, I'll talk with Billy Eichner, star of "Billy on the Street" and Hulu's "Difficult People," plus Mike Farah, Funny or Die's president of production and "ambassador of lifestyle." We'll talk about the intersection of comedy and politics, and explore President Obama's unique use of nontraditional media to reach new audiences. Doors open 11:30 a.m. Friday at The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Program begins at noon. #PlaybookLunch RSVP: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac476408245fbbe321ce1af7445b0ec13750d1c0f8e1e9b59cfb

BREAKING - off embargo at 6 a.m. - "Attorney General Loretta "Lynch to Announce New CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ACTIONS/Call on State Governors to Remove ID Barriers for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals ... As part of National Reentry Week, Attorney General Lynch today in Philadelphia [will announce] 'Roadmap to Reentry,' the [Justice] Department's latest comprehensive vision to reduce recidivism through reentry reforms at the Federal Bureau of Prisons ... Leadership from across the Administration are traveling and making policy announcement in support of National Reentry Week ... National Reentry Week events are being planned in all 50 states." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47126513743e30f20cfe2dc67954be10896912ed744a35559c
 ... Infographic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac473ba0aeb724a2638727b68387ef63db0ebf5568a05a3b0e56 

ROGER STONE, on-again Trump adviser, takes us behind the scenes of Trumpworld, in a conversation with Glenn Thrush for his "Off Message" podcast, "Donald Trump's Donald Trump: Roger Stone, the coiffed kamikaze of Republican politics, is back. And he has one last dirty trick to play." Stone: "[Trump] envisioned a campaign which was all communications ... But the notion that you could combat - let's take Florida - $40 million worth of negative television simply by going on 'Fox and Friends' and responding, I rejected that idea ... He's going to have to better articulate himself on issues that are of concern to women ... 

"Without telling tales out of school, because I have a non-disclosure ... I envisioned a campaign that used the more traditional tools of polling and analytics and targeting and paid media, and a greater depth of organization ... Nobody puts words in Donald's mouth. He is his own conceptualizer. All you can do is present information and let him either assimilate it or not. 

"When you write something for him, keep it short and staccato. He's not going to read a 40-page white paper on the economy; zero chance of that ... Reagan was a big-picture guy. Trump is a big-picture guy. ... I think that obviously he has some challenges going into the general election. But I think they're all soluble." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac475b221b4a84da574e96d07bee9930af990d33f411aef85264 ... Transcript http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac4763411fe3769d2061672d64dbf5094b9b26feb7b8aadfe492 ... "Off Message" in iTunes http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47807223f52787b1ab34b3ae37633279294eaf344d207367c6 

--JEFFREY TOOBIN in The New Yorker, "Bad Old Days" in the "Dept. of Fixers" in The Talk of the Town: "There's a wistfulness about Stone these days. ... [At the bar at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York] Stone instructed a waiter to bring him a 'Ketel One Martini up, with a couple of olives, very dry.' (His favorite Martini recipe came from Richard Nixon, who got it from Winston Churchill.)" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac475c96badf28517bb735bacd7537e50f8dd5691bb487cde9ff  

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NICK MERRILL interviewed on The Gaggle, the new podcast by David Helfenbein www.thegagglepodcast.com 

TV TONIGHT: MSNBC hosts back-to-back town halls with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary. Chris Hayes moderates an hour-long town hall with Sanders at 8 p.m., and Rachel Maddow moderates an hour-long town hall with Clinton at 9 p.m. 

DEBUT OF 1237, "POLITICO's deep-in-the-weeds blog on the real Republican primary: the shadow war for delegates," anchored by POLITICO's chief delegate wrangler Kyle Cheney and senior politics reporters Shane Goldmacher and Alex Isenstadt -- senior politics editor Charlie Mahtesian writes the debut post: "Trump is right: The GOP nominating process is rigged. Only it's not crooked in the way that Trump claims. ... [T]here are incentives for campaigns to focus on grassroots organization, since organizing is the lifeblood of any political party. But there are also trap doors ... put in place to ensure that no one ... can be bigger than the party." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47f57fe09ae040ddb76e9fa96762f766887f6c850061bf69be

WILY ALLIANCE -- "Cruz and Kasich team up to stop Trump," by Katie Glueck and Kyle Cheney: "Cruz and John Kasich have begun coordinating ... to stop Donald Trump, an abrupt alliance announced [in back-to-back statements] Sunday night that includes Kasich quitting his efforts in Indiana and Cruz clearing a path for the Ohio governor in Oregon and New Mexico. ... 

"Trump fired back ... on Twitter, writing, 'Wow, just announced that Lyin' Ted and Kasich are going to collude in order to keep me from getting the Republican nomination. DESPERATION! ... Lyin' Ted and Kasich are mathematically dead and totally desperate. Their donors & special interest groups are not happy with them. Sad!'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47e954a1d1fe53189ba1da18c57733b0628ccfb11d1c4ebf1c

2016 PLAYERS -- "Cruz campaign manager flashes 'Cruz 2016' sign on ESPN," by Shane Goldmacher: "Cruz's campaign manager Jeff Roe took the pursuit of earned media to a new level on Sunday night, sitting right behind home plate for ESPN's nationally broadcast Houston Astros game while holding a 'Cruz 2016' sign. ... Roe is an avid baseball fan and a former aspiring umpire and appeared to be seated next to senior Cruz adviser David Polyansky, who also held the Cruz sign at different moments." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47bf2c3e967f8a1a93830201806cd0d7aaffd485dbdc4e133c ... Video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47c203856c8a972b40b266dfa1d51780609b47db06e9b8d9de 

FOX PRIMARY -- "Hannity's Choice ... Sean Hannity at center of bitter campaign competition," by AP Television Writer David Bauder: "Hannity's relationship with Trump became an issue when the liberal website Thinkprogress.org published a story that wondered how Hannity had been able to interview Trump so much without making news ... Trump [has] been a guest on Hannity's Fox show 32 times ... Hannity has said ... he does not support one Republican over another. ... Cruz had appeared ... 34 times since Cruz announced ... Kasich ... and ... Rand Paul ... had been on the show 20 times, with ... Rubio ... making 19 appearances.

"On [Hannity's] radio show, ... Cruz had logged more interview time than any other candidate - more than 188 minutes on the air. Trump's 112 minutes were third behind Rubio." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47cf7ba054e2f478a341c8438f63f1be15caca678788a2c147

FUTURE OF NEWS - POLITICO architect "[Robert] Allbritton '92 Talks Future of Journalism Pt. 2," by Aaron Stagoff-Belfort in Wesleyan University's student paper, the Argus: "[Q:] 'Because of all the technological and economic changes we talked about, many students today at a school like Wesleyan view journalism as a very difficult career path to make a living in. Do you agree? Do you have any advice for young people who want to pursue journalism?" RA: "It's totally possible to do ... The thing that I think a lot of journalists have a problem with today is that it is becoming rapidly apparent that all journalists are not created equal. ... There are people out there who can get scoops, who
 can seriously drive readership ... 

"We are trying to expand what we can do, and the number of positions we have, in this industry. We are trying to do it in a sustainable model. But we are one shop, one publication. ... Over time, you've got a lot more entry level positions, but it's harder to move up the food chain. Whereas before, it was just a rite of passage: you stay long enough, you get the raise, and move on.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47e3c04a20c7032618818552297ece545d97b19f808a3294e8 ... Part 1 http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac476e06e3c6c78f9b0141fb49a7ff98ca4ac617177a80090c98 

--N.Y. Times Business Day cover, "Politico Pierces the 'Brussels Bubble' With U.S.-Style Coverage," by Nicola Clark: "The offices of Politico Europe, the Brussels outpost of the American political news organization, are less than a five-minute walk from the Maelbeek subway station where a suicide bomber killed more than a dozen people in the terrorist attacks here last month. ... [T]o Matthew Kaminski, Politico Europe's executive editor, it was an event that lent itself naturally to Politico's brand of swift, flood-the-zone news coverage. 'We have the biggest newsroom in this town,' Mr. Kaminski said of the more than 40 journalists now under his command, 'and this was a hit on our
 community.' ... 

"The Brussels attacks punctuated what had already been an unusually newsy first year for Politico's European venture, which was started last April in partnership with the German publishing group Axel Springer. ... Politico Europe claims an audience of one million to 1.5 million unique monthly visitors to its free website, 30,000 readers of its weekly print newspaper and about 200 institutional subscribers to its Pro products, whose potential user base numbers in the 'tens of thousands,' [managing director Sh&eacute;h&eacute;razade] Semsar-de Boiss&eacute;son said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac476bae4de8b7f6926da1228551d5387ad8aa2f10c872756fb3 

METRO'S DESIGN FLAWS - WashPost p. A1, top of cols. 1-5, "Metro at 40: A mess of its own making," by Robert McCartney and Paul Duggan: "It's a story about a modern-era subterranean rail network constructed in a fast-paced, congested metropolitan area. Boston's and New York's systems, by contrast, were born in less-crowded regions more than a century ago. Metro was built with two tracks, not four as in New York - and with few pocket tracks, where trains can be parked out of the way - to hold down costs and minimize public disruption during the work. Now there is too little room in the narrow tunnels for maintenance and repair crews and hundreds of thousands of commuters together. ... 

"It's also a story about the agency's early faith in automation - that computers would negate human error - which seemed to stunt the development of a safety culture, resulting in disasters. ... Many employees fear being disciplined or branded as malcontents if they point out flaws. ... And it's a story about money, about elected leaders unwilling to seek a special tax to pay for Metro, afraid of a voter backlash." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47577035d89a75529d54541d4fa38836bc8f2bb2050ec8c9eb 

AFTER-BERN-- N.Y. Times p. A1, below fold, "Sanders Seeks To Shape Party After Primary," by Nick Confessore: "Aides to Mr. Sanders have been pressing party officials for a significant role in drafting the platform ... aiming to lock in strong planks on issues like a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, breaking up Wall Street banks and banning natural gas 'fracking.' ... Clinton is well positioned to block any proposals she would not want to defend in a general election.

"In January, [DNC Chair] Debbie Wasserman Schultz ... appointed dozens of Clinton supporters and advisers to the three standing committees of the Democratic Party convention. Of 45 potential members submitted by Mr. Sanders, she appointed just three, according to Mr. Sanders's campaign." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47f986d11f8f49177ec7aea98296be951a72ad4332c15dcded

--ADAM NAGOURNEY, leading NYT Sunday Review, "Can Clinton Feel The Bern? History shows that restoring party unity is tough but crucial to success in November": "She could offer Mr. Sanders a prime-time speaking spot at the convention. She could pick a vice president who shares the concerns that have animated Mr. Sanders's crowds. ... If Mr. Sanders ends up with a campaign debt, Mrs. Clinton can also promise to help pay it off, as President Obama did for her back in 2008." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47e7919b9bb574647cba487fe1809edcee90f55b7ab8023ccb

FOURTH QUARTER -- "Obama's latest pivot - to Europe: After focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the president turns his attention to another continent in crisis," by Michael Crowley in London: "Europe is in crisis, many U.S. officials believe, and when Obama delivers a speech in Hanover, Germany, [today], aides say he will be addressing the whole continent as it grapples with terrorism, nationalism, refugees and questions about the European Union's survival. It also marks a turnabout in Obama's own thinking - amid grumbling by many European diplomats that the president hasn't given the continent the attention it needs. Even some Obama aides acknowledge that Europe has sometimes been
 overshadowed by Obama's other foreign priorities, like the Iran nuclear deal and relations with China." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac476a6dc1f77d6dc5fd710fed17cb4495ae75aff081a3d820f9 

VIDEO DU JOUR - Norah O'Donnell's "Dialing for Dollars" segment for "60 Minutes" last night on congressmen raising money which included hidden camera footage from inside a Republican call center http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47d001e6c83d0147442537f7b20c48165fece5be54060b587a 

SPEAKER RYAN -- His office is releasing a new 38-second video called "Problems We Can Fix" this morning in advance of his Georgetown town hall with millennials this Wednesday. At the town hall, Ryan will address how to build a "confident America" for college students. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac475bf6943c85e8e37d5ce955f28b10034e553bdec1a5695925

LATE-NIGHT BEST - JOHN OLIVER's latest barn burner, "Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief." Video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47ee19f1c54e27d1e9e3c138d826369f395e56c3b11b7225c1 

SPOTTED: Dr. Jill Biden sported a Danny Briere Flyers jersey at the Wells Fargo Center to watch the Flyers

CLICKER -- Bloomberg has "a new interactive graphic [called] 'Donald Trump Will See You in Court,' an analysis of 203 notable cases involving Trump since 2000, showing who he sues, who sues him, and refuting Trump's assertions that he rarely gets sued because he doesn't settle. The Bloomberg graphic shows that Trump and his businesses have been sued, or have filed suits against others, at least a whopping 1,300 times since 2000. 203 of those cases are notable and substantial. ... Trump and his companies were the defendant in 70% of the cases ... Trump and his companies have been sued in federal court 72 times ... at least 35% of the cases have been settled ... Trump has lost in court 19
 times." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47e293bc67233aba2144826c5a4730d44347dfeb0a5719dccf 

PIC DU JOUR -- @jonkarl: "And this is the bathroom in Charles Koch's personal office at Koch Industries hdqs in Wichita." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47ab2ae0d78bb89ed738dac7ad8b2c8cee818e60a880d0ebd7  

PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION - "Md. congressional primary features largest self-funder ever," by AP's Brian Witte in Chevy Chase: "A Maryland congressional primary contender has broken the record for what a self-funded House candidate has poured into a single campaign, as wine superstore owner David Trone has uncorked more than $12 million of his own amid a crowded Democratic field. The race is the most expensive House primary in the country this election cycle ... Trone faces several prominent rivals, including Kathleen Matthews ... State Sen. Jamie Raskin, an energetic, liberal constitutional law professor with a successful resume in the General Assembly, and two former aides from President
 Barack Obama's administration, William Jawando and former Deputy Secretary of State Joel Rubin." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac478fd19e9793a5016ac16cc6df05faf52059535371fdf52158 

WASHINGTON, INC. - "Today, SKDKnickerbocker launched its Women's Leadership and Advocacy Practice, offering offer clients strategic communications, research insights, partnerships, and other community-building support that is essential to success in a crowded, dynamic media and policy environment. ... In addition, the firm has launched 'Books & Breakfast,' an event series with women authors, including Jay Newton-Small ('Broad Influence') and Nancy L. Cohen ('Breakthrough'). Tomorrow, the firm will host EMILY's List Founder Ellen Malcolm (When Women Win). The firm will publish a bi-monthly newsletter, The 162 Report, to track issues in politics, business and advocacy." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47dcaf03a577a8d1168ccba47c6f0a7ca1343b4b8eebb64493 

ENGAGED -- Brandon Henke of IHS proposed to Ali-Jae Asselstine of Google at sunrise Saturday on the summit of Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah Valley. The pair met the same weekend three years ago, after being introduced by friend Courtney Pierce (Lockheed Martin) at the George W. Bush Presidential Library Dedication. Their dog Harley, witness to the proposal, is especially happy. Pic from moments before Brandon asked http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac478e9cbb01bd444980a79facf6e61d8be3d511c8214360fbea 

WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Chris Bond, comms. director for Majority Whip Steve Scalise, and Katie Troller, manager of federal gov't relations at Walgreens, got married Saturday night in her hometown of Cincinnati. A normally stoic Mr. Bond showed a much softer and emotional side while reciting his vows to the love of his life. And also when his now father-in-law spoke of Chris's love for their dog, Sawyer. Pic by Monica Chinn, also on House Rules (Majority) and a former colleague of Katie http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47c3a9b7a784a08e3b83132edd7ef8f3a8fecc96b9ab4a781f 

--"Amy Dudley, Kip Wainscott" - N.Y. Times: "Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, who received temporary officiant status from the District of Columbia, officiated at the Studio Theater. The bride, 32, will continue to use her name professionally. She works in Washington as the communications director for Mr. Kaine in the Senate. She graduated cum laude from Colgate University. ... 

"The groom, 33, works at the White House as a senior director of Cabinet Affairs, where he coordinates federal agency initiatives related to domestic policy. In May, he is also to become a senior policy adviser to the Domestic Policy Council. He graduated cum laude from George Washington University, from which he also received a law degree. ... The couple met in March 2012 while working in Chicago at the Obama-Biden re-election campaign headquarters." With a pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac479f24569ebff52f6a64bb1fcf9419a601726f18ba83a9df40 ... Wedding pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac4775fd51f6195bbda6b2733502e5d730b23093d4f6392050ae  

--"Andrea Riccio, Dustin Todd" - N.Y. Times: "The bride, 29, works in Washington as the deputy director of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Hampshire. ... The groom, 31, works in Washington as a director of government affairs and a registered lobbyist for the Semiconductor Industry Association. He graduated from the University of Mississippi and received a master's in government, summa cum laude, from Johns Hopkins. ... The couple met in 2009 in Washington while working for Representative Paul Tonko, Democrat of New York." With pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac479e22e80e5a0788fbfbb65cb06500469cce6c98dd78785373 ... Wedding pix 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47e68cd3d019ce8b793670e0b34af1eb49747719498bc399f6 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47274e89004483d2e8f11c4125dc5870cb227c2987552ee91b 

WELCOME TO THE WORLD - Brian Walsh of Rokk Solutions emails friends: "We're so proud to announce the arrival of our baby girl Emily Bonnie Walsh who entered the world [Sunday] morning at 4:35AM weighing in at a healthy 7lbs and 1oz. Mother and baby couldn't be doing better this morning and I'm just in awe of how strong Veronica was throughout this entire process. A little background, but as many of you know, in August we lost my Mom, Bonnie, to cancer. It was just a few short days after her funeral as our family was still gathered together and grieving that we were reminded yet again though that God works in mysterious ways and He is good - as we learned the great news that we were
 expecting. 

"Fast forward nine months and Veronica remarkably went into labor [Saturday] on what would have also been my Mom's 69th birthday - and Emily Bonnie Walsh was born this morning - with her middle name in memory of her late Grandmother who we know has been watching over us throughout these many months and will continue to watch over us in the years to come." Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac479a5b9ce72890e1f0a326ebb9ccf2d34af4621fc463076a3c 

TRANSITIONS - David Popp starts today as Communications Director for Majority Leader McConnell: "A long-serving senior aide to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) ... [and an] Ohio native and a graduate of Ohio University, Popp has served since 2013 as the Communications Director for the House Financial Services Committee. ... Popp also served as Communications Director for Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) and as an aide to former Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH)." Sarah Rozier takes over as comms. director for Financial Services. 

--Lynne Weil is heading home to Capitol Hill to be communications director and senior policy advisor for Rep. Diana DeGette. Lynne's background includes serving as the press secretary on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, comms. director for HFAC, a policy advisor at State and a senior manager at the BBG. 

--Jackie Berkowitz has left as director of comms. for the D.C. bureau of CBS News and is moving out to LA to do PR for Netflix's original documentaries. 

OUT AND ABOUT - There was a party Sunday night welcoming Nationals Manager Dusty Baker to Washington (after their epic extra inning win) hosted by Jeff Moorad, former MLB owner; chairman/CEO, Moorad Sports Partners and Penny Lee, Chair, K Street Capital. 

--SPOTTED: Dusty Baker, Chuck Todd, George Will, Eric Holder and Sharon Malone, Mayor Bowser, Sen. Warner, former Sen Kent Conrad and Lucy Calautti, Julius Genachowski, Stephanie Cutter, Heather Podesta, Russ Ramsey, Teri Upshaw, Ron Klain, Tom Nides, Tammy Haddad, Ed and Debra Cohen, Amy Weiss and Peter Kadzik. 
 
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Michael Schneider, DOT, former White House PPO, and Brown alum, who celebrated in NYC with Gina Lee (h/t Sophia Kim) ... Bonnye Hart ... Jill (Strait) Griffiths, senior director at FTI Consulting in Austin ... Obama HQ alums Roz Skozen, Chris Herold and Kate Mann 

BIRTHDAYS: AshLee Strong -- pic of her and her beloved Diet Cokes prior to Friday's bicameral celebration of her birthday http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac47dcb96339b5ee36b9d02935d9511f90eb3d7e8fe765c68df8 (h/ts Pam Stevens and Michael Ricci) ... Teddy Goff ... Sen. Jon Kyl ... Danielle Vogel, who celebrated her Glen's Garden Markets turning two on Earth Day (h/t Dukes Wooters, filing from Springtime in Seattle) ... Steve Murphy, managing partner at MVAR Media ... Kathy Baird Westfall, EVP at Ogilvy Washington ... Mark McCullough, Florida comms. director at AFSCME ... David Fenton, chairman of Fenton ... Ron Tipton, executive director/CEO at Appalachian Trail Conservancy (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.) ...
 Susan Orr ... clean energy guru David Gardiner (h/t DJW) ... 

... Erica Suares of Team McConnell and a Bush 43 alum (h/t Nic Breeding) ... Emily Cahn ... SKDKnickerbocker VP Jaclyn Rothenberg, a Teneo alum ... Julie Roginsky, Fox News contributor extraordinaire (h/t Seung Min Kim) ... Arch Campbell ... NY1 Washington reporter Geoff Bennett ... Jennifer Anderson, director of principal engagement at the One Campaign ... Drew "Dandy" Anderson, an Obama alum ... Emily Hesslbrock ... Smythe Anderson ... Derek LaVallee ... Josie Hearn Wilson ... Kristen Hainen ... Mike Tuffin, SVP for external affairs - public affairs at UnitedHealth Group and an APCO and AHIP alum ... 

... Wendy R. Anderson, an adjunct senior fellow at CNAS and an Ash Carter and DoD alum ... Kenny "Go For The" Gold, associate director of social media at McCann and a GPG alum ... Kristen Hainen Ricciardelli, VP at VOX Global ... John Anzalone ... Michelle McGrorty ... Tom Springer ... Gretchen Lowe ... Lilly Susman (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... actor Al Pacino is 76 ... Ballroom dance judge Len Goodman ("Dancing with the Stars") is 72 ... Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 71 ... TV personality Jane Clayson is 49 ... actress Allisyn Ashley Arm is 20 (h/ts AP)

DESSERT - L.A. Times A1, above fold, "LEAVING BEHIND A PRINCELY SUM: At his death, the genre- and gender-bending musician had an estate worth about $300 million," by Ryan Faughnder: "It's not yet known if Prince prepared a will. If not, under Minnesota law, the estate would go to his nearest relative, leading some to speculate that it could end up in the hands of his sister, Tyka Nelson." Compares to John Lennon, $800 million; Michael Jackson, $600 million; David Bowie, $230 million. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac475f4f3f8a9a5e7732e66e0aac12365b7bc09eeba8f5cbc47b

--"Sales of Prince songs, albums spike after superstar's death" - AP: "[I]n the three days following his death there were 2.3 million Prince song sales, including nearly 1 million on Thursday[,] ... led by 'Purple Rain,' followed by 'When Doves Cry,' 'Little Red Corvette' and 'Let's Go Crazy.' Albums sales were led by 'The Very Best Of Prince.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c11088aa5d8cac4763b2f36ce1b3390924486b8f66297a1df9512825ae34d633

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