Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: GUEST PLAYBOOKER: POLITICO Florida’s Marc Caputo — John Miller for veep? — The Sunshine State of play — B’DAY: Howard Wolfson, Tom Donilon
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 06:25:07 -0600

05/14/2016 08:03 AM EDT

By Marc Caputo ([email-masked]; @MarcACaputo) and Daniel Lippman ([email-masked]; @dlippman)

TOP TALKER - on A1 of tomorrow's N.Y. Times, "Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private," by Michael Barbaro and Megan Twohey: "The New York Times interviewed dozens of women who worked with or for Mr. Trump over the past four decades, in the worlds of real estate, modeling and pageants; women who dated him or interacted with him socially; and the women and men who have closely observed his conduct since his adolescence. ... Their stories ... reveal episodes of unwelcome romantic advances, unending commentary on the female form, the shrewd reliance on ambitious women and, in some cases, uncomfortable physical aggression. ... He could be lewd one moment and
 gentlemanly the next." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155ffa17536624a5fd8d97a58efbcdebd2a29c2f83760544c8c

SO THAT HAPPENED -- "Donald Trump masqueraded as publicist to brag about himself," by Marc Fisher and Will Hobson: Trump posed as his own spokesperson, "John Barron" or "John Miller," according to the Washington Post:

"In 1990, Trump testified in a court case that 'I believe on occasion I used that name.' ... In a phone call to NBC's "Today" program Friday morning after this article appeared online, Trump denied that he was John Miller. 'No, I don't think it - I don't know anything about it. You're telling me about it for the first time and it doesn't sound like my voice at all,' he said. ...

"Then, Friday afternoon, Washington Post reporters who were 44 minutes into a phone interview with Trump about his finances asked him a question about Miller: 'Did you ever employ someone named John Miller as a spokesperson?'

"The phone went silent, then dead. When the reporters called back and reached Trump's secretary, she said, 'I heard you got disconnected. He can't take the call now. I don't know what happened.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155cd0562478accea2742bfde58e064f38d45c73d045c2ba735

HOT CLICK - "Transcript: The full text of 'John Miller' interview about Donald Trump with People reporter"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155be678fbb6873c99531b99f34c7de165a981c101ff7cd941d

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PLAYBOOK's TAKE -- This one will leave a mark. Just ask Manti Te'o.

Good Saturday morning, and Happy Brunching. It's 65 days to Cleveland, 72 days to Philly, 178 days to election.

Mike Allen's still in an undisclosed location. But Florida Man has now wrested control of Playbook back from BuzzFeed's Ben Smith, who guest-hosted yesterday. So we're way down south today, with a little Miami flavor that you normally find only in POLITICO Florida Playbook...

FLORI-DUH, FLORI-DUH, FLORI-DUH -- It's already been a Florida-filled presidential cycle, considering it's the home of Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz (facing her first PRIMARY in 24 years). Then there's Part-Time Florida Man Donald Trump, who owns Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach (Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter's town). Trump needs the nation's biggest swing state's 29 Electoral College votes. If he loses here, he loses his shot at the White House -- unless he gets the election equivalent of something like a Rust Belt Royal Flush from the Midwest to Pennsylvania. So here's a snapshot of the Sunshine State's political dynamics six months
 from Election Day....

NUNCA TRUMP -- Down south here in Latin America's capital city, Miami mayor Tom&aacute;s Regalado told The Miami Herald that Trump "mistreats people, speaks derisively of people." Trump reminds the Republican of being called "spic" after he fled Communist Cuba as a kid. Safe to count the mayor as officially part of the Hispanic-heavy "Never Trump" camp of Miami Republicans Jeb Bush and U.S. Reps Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Carlos Curbelo. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155372948579c1c300e23550f56e68e62387a25d20d87e21d6d

'LITTLE ORANGE MAN' -- The Latino Republican who really unloaded on Trump in Florida was Rosario Marin (former Treasurer under Jeb's bro George). She repeatedly called Trump a "little orange man" during an interview with WFTV in Orlando Friday. To use a Miami-ism: "!Co&ntilde;o!" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615598209eb635b24d3044c49a42716ae67b9f833daae7c55b94

MAYBE TRUMP -- Then there's Marco Rubio. The Florida senator this week ducked and dodged over the timing and the degree to which he'll support Trump. Rubio said he won't "take shots" at the nominee and intends to still back him, as pledged. The fence-straddling isn't earning Rubio extra friends, but he's leaving office this year after losing Florida badly to Trump. And he doesn't really care what Acela thinks right now.

#UNSKEW!!! -- So Trump is losing Florida badly, right? Maybe not. A Quinnipiac University swing state poll released this week showed Clinton and Trump virtually tied 43-42 percent in Florida and Pennsylvania; Trump marginally led in Ohio, 43-39 percent. The reaction from many rank-and-file Democrats and liberals was that the Q-poll was crazy, the surveys too white. But Quinnipiac's internals (in Florida) aren't necessarily off, or significantly off. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615580c8f5e6e6fd6f6c31040c2b49afd6917563cc5f26036bac

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THE STONE ZONE CASE FOR TRUMP -- Leaving aside Ohio and Pennsylvania, ubiquitous political hitman and Trump World agent Roger Stone (who, yes, lives in South Florida) points out something many miss: "No Republican has ever gotten as many votes in a Florida presidential primary as Donald." Trump pulled in more than 1 million votes and won 66 of 67 counties. He only lost Rubio's Hispanic-heavy home county, Miami-Dade, which has more Republicans than any other in Florida. Trump won 303,711 more votes than Romney's 776,159 in the 2012 Florida primary against Newt Gingrich (who wouldn't mind being Trump's running mate now).

'TRUMP EFFECT' -- Prior to the March 15 primary, Florida elections officials reported a "Trump Effect" of new GOP registrants. GOP rolls grew 108,372 since the 2014 election; the bulk in 2016 (Rubio played a role in driving registration as did Jeb, albeit to a lesser degree following his Feb. 20 S.C. loss). Put another way: Republicans gained 2 points in net registration. And Florida Democrats lost 1 point between elections; Democrats accounted for less than 38 percent of the primary rolls and Republicans more than 35 percent. (We'll leave independents for another day.)

A RACE ABOUT RACE -- Will Trump be demolished among Hispanics and African Americans in Florida? Probably.

BUT, BUT, BUT...  Hispanics were 15 percent of the Florida primary electorate vs. 66 percent for non-Hispanic whites (or "Anglos" as they're called in Miami, even if you're Italian). In 2012, Hispanics were 14 percent of the rolls (but only cast 13 percent of the ballots) and Anglos were 67 percent of the rolls (but cast 69 percent of the ballots). Hispanic primary registrants increased a percentage point since the 2014 general election, while whites dropped a point. But it's not as if the Hispanic vote is going gangbusters (yet?). The Anglo vote is the most-reliable. The Trump hope: he can excite more white voters and offset losses with Hispanics, assuming it doesn't get worse (no more
 Trump Tower tacos)....

Then there's the black vote. African Americans were 13 percent of the primary vote, a slight decline since 2012. Then, they overperformed their registration numbers for Obama. Is it reasonable to assume Clinton will get as big an African-American turnout as the first black president did? When it came to blacks and Hispanics in Florida, Obama crushed Romney in 2012. But the president only won reelection in Florida by just 0.9 percentage points.

PROBABLY HILLARY -- "Are many Democrats complacent and think Trump will be easy to beat? Abso-freaking-lutely," Steve Schale, a top Florida strategist who worked for Obama's Florida campaign, tells Playbook. "Is the Clinton campaign taking Trump for granted? No ... They know the last time we thought that Republican division would lead to a Democrat we got Gov. Rick Scott. Twice." Still, Schale said, top Clinton advisers tell him they know demographics are on her side in the swing states, and especially Florida. And so is organization. "The Clinton campaign is confident that if they block and tackle properly, they'll win. They have a campaign. And Trump really doesn't. There's no
 organization."

That's all from Miami, folks. If you love your crazy Florida news, to subscribe to Florida Playbook: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155410573edf3071da1501e7d0b42cd0f74b9f94eecf41c9ca7 Over to you, Daniel in D.C....

YOU'RE INVITED! Mike Allen and Darius Dixon interview Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz for a Playbook Breakfast on Wednesday -- doors open at 7:30 a.m. at the W Hotel. RSVP  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761553b606d96544793744abd4c1dac36e888aa0c90bd3df32208 

MEXICO VS. DONALD -- "Mexico fights back against 'The Clown,'" by Nahal Toosi: "Mexican officials are pursuing a counteroffensive to Trump's incendiary rhetoric, reaching out to U.S. business leaders, looking at ways to better use social media, and even encouraging qualified Mexicans to get U.S. citizenship. But they're also trying to stay sensitive about taking more high-profile steps, such as running TV ads in an already overheated presidential race that promote Mexico as a friendly, vibrant neighbor and not a cesspool of criminals."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615591bcb4f1d60008debe00347bd9ae332aa3434445b0f22ebc 

--Bill Clinton had a bad day yesterday on Friday the 13th, Annie Karni reports from Paterson, N.J.: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155d3aad5accfc01a08be98007fe1dade036faed65b7e5310b6

HOT ON THE RIGHT - "Obama transgender edict incites the right," by Caitlin Emma http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615558098981b9705da20e01b5a06f456488af0bda44eba11b86

MONEY HONEYS -- "Pro-Trump PACs coax donors off the sidelines," by Alex Isenstadt: "The main pro-Trump outside group, Great America PAC, has begun inviting some of the party's most generous financiers to a reception next month at the ranch of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens. On the invitation list: Republican mega-donors Foster Friess, Andy Beal, and Sheldon Adelson, who on Friday formally endorsed Trump. Also being asked to come are Texas billionaires Darwin Deason and Toby Neugebauer." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761557a0270156120fd20ad373dd9a3f05b3f591d9e81e69fca79

DAILY RHODES -- David Samuels, author of that NYT Magazine Ben Rhodes profile, responds to his critics: "I stand behind every single word I wrote. This newspaper does, too. The New York Times has looked closely at every complaint leveled against the piece and has found absolutely nothing to correct." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615539d355a8b03b2232dcdc11041aa8b1f437af3355e936e757

--"Activists Claim: Ben Rhodes Told Us He's 'Not Proud of Our Syria Policy,'" by The Daily Beast's Tim Mak: "But Rhodes waved off any suggestion that the United States should be responsible for a conflict that has left millions displaced and hundreds of thousands dead ... 'We aren't proud of our Syria policy - but we don't have any good options... nothing we could have done would have made things better,' Rhodes said, according to three individuals present."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761557fca52600c7571a59373a59fca9334b2f40888653cb026c0

TOP-ED -- STEVEN RATTNER in the NYT, "Donald Trump and the Art of the Tax Loophole": "In 2005, [Trump] got a $39.1 million tax deduction for donating a conservation easement on a New Jersey golf course ... [and] installed goats on two of his New Jersey golf courses as part of a plan to get them designated as agricultural properties, thereby vastly lowering his property taxes."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761550a96de23f08fc29c2e6d1c0fb32f49e02422f28b2d6094ce

--"Trump Campaign Won't Rule Out Using New Donations to Pay Donald Trump $36 Million for Loan," by MSNBC's Ari Melber: "After running against a corrupt fundraising system in the Republican primaries, Donald Trump now says he will raise hundreds of millions of dollars to compete in the general election. But the new money Trump raises is available not only for future campaigning - it can also go directly into Trump's pocket, reimbursing him for his personal spending in the primaries."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155ed7fe812e7fa12039dd5f6230e741470be2f0b119f14ad65

TOP TWEETS -- @morningmoneyben: "Email from Dem strategist: You are just beginning to see the tip of the iceberg of the massive Trump oppo file HRC campaign is sitting on." ... @alexburnsNYT: "When Trump posed as his own spokesman, did he refer to himself as 'Mr. Trump'?" ... @maggieNYT: "Clinton was in her Brooklyn HQ this week - and Panetta was spotted there yesterday" ... @IsaacDovere: "The PM of Denmark used his state dinner toast to get a dig in at Norway, via people of Norwegian descent: 'They gave you Karl Rove!'"

CAMPAIGN HQ PIC -- @RonNehring: "Last day at Cruz for President HQ. Attention opponents: Rent, don't buy, because we will be back. #CruzCrew"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155b1df50b3f5f0210c471414e103bd4764c970f05d54940bab

NEW HILLARY video: "On the heels of Donald Trump's 'it's none of your business' retort to Good Morning America's inquiry about his tax rate, Hillary for America is releasing a new web video: What's Donald Trump Hiding?"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615574f0f8b3155a75d9b5c8ac6d63a630d87ec0b923b2cdcf0e

FIRST LOOK - "Democrats, Don't Fall Into the Anger Trap," by Third Way's Lanae Erickson Hatalsky on Medium: "Some strategists have posited that 2016 will be an anger election, and in order to combat the forces of nativist, protectionist, and anti-establishment rage ginned up by Trump, Democrats must produce their own anger. But that argument fundamentally misunderstands both the mood of the electorate ... If Democrats embrace it, they will start a fire they cannot contain-and they will end up burning their own house down."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761551ace3fbc934e2eafb3afc45c3722fe103ba61397495cfef2

TV TONIGHT -- In an interview for Fox News' "Watters' World" tonight at 8 p.m., Eric Trump spoke with host Jesse Watters about his father and what it was like growing up as a member of the Trump family. On whether his father used to break up the fights between him and his brother Don: "He'd normally instigate the fight. I guess some things never change, right?"

On what Donald is like with his grandchildren: "The kids run into his office - they jump on him, he'll be on the phone, they'll jump on him, they'll pile on and he's been amazing with them." On what holidays are like at the Trump home: "Trump holidays, all we do is we laugh. Some of the comedy that comes out of those is just fantastic. ... There's a lot of type A at that table. ... We always ate a lot."

SNEAK PEEK - Killer New Yorker cover next week by Barry Blitt titled "Grand Illusion" shows a tux-wearing Trump sawing up an elephant in half, representing the GOP. Blitt: "This is the fourth time in less than a year that I've drawn Trump (or his hands). ... It seems like a lot, but the Trump-induced rift in the G.O.P. is the least depressing of the items on the current news cycle."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761558f873e83c7ada4ffe89d313202bff0e8bb0121c086bf7596

SPOTTED: Speaker Paul Ryan traveling in an aisle seat (front row of main cabin) with two members of his staff and Secret Service on a Friday morning United flight from DCA to ORD (Chicago). He seemed in good spirits and likely "encouraged" by the sunny Midwest weather as a break from the gloomy, rainy streak in Washington. ... General David Petraeus with his wife Holly last night at the Phillips Collection's annual benefit gala which had an Arabesque theme this year ... Rick Davis at the Four Seasons yesterday morning

CLICKERS -- "The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics," edited by Matt Wuerker - 13 keepers  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761550cb02ef7338d27350cb003547673b961f8ba290f15e454a6 ... "Your Donald Trump fake spokesman name generator is here," by WashPost's Philip Bump, posted two hours after @blakehounshell: "Has anyone made a Donald Trump PR rep name generator yet?"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761556b8cb15533cde8cf95213c14eddd8f4e74c31605f828f748

--"This week's quiz: Trump veepstakes begins, Romney erupts and a billionaire backtracks"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155d7d4528b20188fb5baa05882a94f1d0771d1a1219cb1eb4a ... "This week in politics according to 11 crazy Vines" - Politico  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761553013b39906f56ac5f99268f6518bb2fab6c0b68d67067dd9

GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:

--"What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour," by The Upshot's Neil Irwin: "Which was a more important innovation: indoor plumbing, jet air travel or mobile phones?"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615576d9800eb58416ef4f116f78e5115fdc203f3bbceef87265

--"Private schools, painful secrets," by Boston Globe's Jenn Abelson, Bella English, Jonathan Saltzman, and Todd Wallack: "More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155474bae13b74d9f3aaf12b3e890e59149b99961457590d306 (h/t Longform.org)

--"Is 'Grit' Really the Key to Success?" by Slate's Daniel Engber: "A new book says you need passion and perseverance to achieve your goals in work and life. Is this a bold new idea or an old one dressed up to be the latest self-help sensation?"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615595cdbc922dab2afcafa26b11144b7d03283cffb624e438bc

--"Happy Together," by The New Yorker's Lizzie Widdicombe: "Why give up dorm life?" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155c762d592f5d33d200c296bea3a83c5580e8b9ff8d25aeca6

--"Dark money: London's dirty secret," by FT's Tom Burgis: "An insider at a Swiss bank warned Britain's financial watchdogs that bankers in its UK office were offering services that could facilitate tax evasion and money laundering. Did the regulators turn a blind eye? The FT investigates the City's role as a global hub for illicit finance."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155fab34f1443a433fc72287717a76a210704535119f39aa925

--"Lunch with the FT: David Petraeus," by Edward Luce in the FT: "The former CIA head talks about 'firing yourself', hard lessons learnt, and why there's no substitute for US leadership."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615584cca68f796293a62ec3d22480bc1088659b894f61e8b98e

--"A Sense of War," by Janine di Giovanni in Harper's: "What does the war in Aleppo smell of? It smells of carbine, of wood smoke, of unwashed bodies, of rubbish rotting, of fear."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155855b209f7567d56a45ad4967ed5ae7b5013183f1e0e8cb62

--"How Bad Biology is Killing the Economy," by Frans de Waal in Evonomics: "The flaws in the competition-is-good-for-you logic."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155e9089252108432f932527287ca7b697949c3a991ed9bae3f (h/t TheBrowser.com)

REMEMBERING LARRY DAUGHTREY - AP's Erik Schelzig: "Daughtrey, a longtime political reporter and columnist for The Tennessean newspaper, has died ... [at] 76. ... Daughtrey began his career at the paper while still studying at Vanderbilt University, and spent his entire career covering politics in Nashville, declining to follow Tennessean colleagues such as David Halberstam, Bill Kovach and Jim Squires to bigger cities and newspapers."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155f0d2f1c3ca5f20f3491b09cbfbcadf7aa6f326ca785a00c5

WASHINGTON, INC. - "The Vultures' Vultures: How A New Hedge-Fund Strategy Is Corrupting Washington," by HuffPost's Ryan Grim and Paul Blumenthal: "A review of public documents, tax filings and interviews with people involved finds that in each of the three campaigns [Puerto Rico debt, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and Argentina debt], hedge funds have enlisted the same set of lobbyists, political operatives, dark money groups and think-tank experts spanning the political spectrum. .... The band that has gotten together for the big three hedge fund jam sessions includes ... DCI Group ... the Raben Group ... the American Continental Group ... 60 Plus and the Center for Individual Freedom."  
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155e8b8d3f9033b9767ee64e3b5726eec1338e0082df1a8b0e5

TRANSITIONS - "Kenneth Hersh Named President & CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center": "Hersh, 53, is chairman of NGP Energy Capital Management, a private equity firm he co-founded in 1988 that has grown to over $15 billion in cumulative committed capital under management. Since 2012 he has served as a senior advisor to The Carlyle Group ... Holly Kuzmich ... has been named executive director of the George W. Bush Institute."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155ee6f81217a3a5d958956d175075c2fdffccea3e8110cc741

ABOUT LAST NIGHT -- ABC's David Muir, Fox News' Bret Baier, NBC's Lester Holt, NBC's Al Roker, People's Sandra Sobieraj, actress Allison Williams, David Letterman and actor and comedian Will Ferrell, were among those at last night's Nordic State Dinner. Full list of attendees  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761554653cb2afb57d1cb85cb4bf4ab3242e89ed87181eed8c0c7 ... Formal program and menu  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761550cb03892fc8690fde7dbf6bbe2755ab62d59962ee59ff652 ... Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c97615545d35955d36a31d6df360bc0f191d5902bd50362f111b52d

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- @jeffroe, Ted Cruz's campaign manager: "Remi loves her new sister! Reagan Loren Roe was born [to Melissa 'Missy' and Jeff] May 11th, at 9:41 pm, 9 lb 4 oz; 21 3/4 inches long. #CruzCrew" - pic  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155b3f53dbd39b627c68bfb57110642e0c4320e899014c7abe9

ENGAGED -- Alexa Wertman, a federal analyst at Deloitte Consulting LLP, got engaged last night to Josh Brown, a partner at District Political and director of community outreach for DC Democratic Party Chair Councilmember Anita Bonds. Josh proposed to Alexa at Vapiano's in Chinatown where they had their first date. Pic  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155e2285416272d23d89eb5996c729ea56a055a2708904b29f9

BIRTHDAYS: Howard Wolfson ... Mark Zuckerberg is 32 ... J.B. Poersch, managing director at SKD Knickerbocker and a DSCC and Jack Reed alum ... Tom Donilon, former Obama national security adviser now partner and vice chair of O'Melveny & Myers ... former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) is 74 ... USA Today's Christine Brennan ... Josh Eidelson, a Bloomberg Businessweek reporter covering labor/politics/policy, is 32 ... David Gelles, senior broadcast Producer at The Situation Room ... Lynn Bartels, former political reporter for the Denver Post ... Ryan Travers is 28, celebrating this weekend and in a week his graduation from Georgetown Law (h/t his sister, ABC News' Karen, who is his birthday
 "twin" - same day but she's turning 38) ... MPAA's Sam Newton, the pride of West Hartford, CT, and the hardest working man in show business (h/t Chris Ortman) ... Politico's Julia Dyer ... Reps. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.), Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Mimi Walters (R-Calif.) ...

... Dari Gessner, the badass executive director of Politico Pro in Europe, celebrating in Mallorca with Sam and Henry; earlier this week the Pro team surprised her with decorations -- pic of her in her office  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c976155406b0b497d72b922504d6c951d75fac19bc7d6e9b38ed359 (h/t Gabe Brotman) ... Jon Vogel, managing partner at MVAR Media and a DCCC alum ... Bill Green ... Politico Magazine alum Eva Rodriguez, now editor of WashPost's Talent Network ... Connie Lawn ... Tyler Law, regional press secretary at DCCC and a Ro Khanna alum ... Steve Rice, Chargers fan, director of political mobilization at Boeing and a DDC alum ... Margaret Little, senior director of comms. and brand strategy of National Retail
 Federation ... Politico alum Michael Williams ... Patrick Derocher, current Washingtonian originally from Albany, NY ... Amanda Hurly, DCCC alum ... Alex Katz, director of intergovernmental affairs for Sen. Chuck Schumer and a Bloomberg alum ... Brigit Helgen, deputy assistant U.S. Trade Representative for congressional affairs and a Klobuchar alum ... Robert Levinson, senior defense analyst for Bloomberg Government ... Rebecca Adelman, the pride of Homewood-Flossmoor ... Jocie Fong ...

... Seamus Kraft, exec. director of Open Gov Foundation and an Issa alum ... Deb Moore ... Jim Andrews ... Carter Link ... Bonnie Feggestad ... Casey Slaughter ... Cindy Eisenhauer (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... de Blasio alum Sergio J. Grant ... David Smith ... Pranay Gupte ... Ann Anooshian ... Louisa Imperiale, founder and CEO of Photox LLC and ACU and Rick Perry alum ... Jeffrey Barrett ... David Johnson ... Ed Tydings ... Sam Maverick Noble ... Jon Pessah ... Kara Allen ... Judith Barnett, international trade consultant, former Clinton and Carter Administration appointee, and State Dept. board representative, as well as phenomenal mother and grandmother ... opera singer Patrice Munsel is 91
 ... photo-realist artist Richard Estes is 84 ... movie producer George Lucas is 72 ... rock singer David Byrne is 64 .... Fabrice Morvan (ex-Milli Vanilli) is 50 ... Cate Blanchett is 47 ... Danny Wood (New Kids on the Block) is 47 ... movie writer-director Sofia Coppola is 45 ... actress Miranda Cosgrove is 23 (h/ts AP)

THE SHOWS, from @MattMackowiak, filing from the Texas GOP convention in Dallas:

--NBC's "Meet the Press": Preempted for English Premier League soccer's "Championship Sunday"

--ABC's "This Week": Reince Priebus; Bernie Sanders, Jeff Sessions; roundtable: Dan Balz, Tom Cole, Keith Ellison and Alicia Menendez

--CBS's "Face the Nation": Reince Priebus; Robert Gates; roundtable: Chris Collins, Marsha Blackburn and Peter King; roundtable: Jamelle Bouie, Susan Page, Michael Gerson and Julie Pace

--CNN's "State of the Union" (9am ET / 12pm ET): Paul Manafort; Sherrod Brown; roundtable: Donna Brazile, Ana Navarro, Andre Bauer and Jeff Merkley

--"Fox News Sunday": Reince Priebus; Tim Huelskamp; Newt Gingrich; roundtable: Brit Hume, Amy Walter, George Will and Bob Woodward; "Power Player of the Week" with Charles Schumer

--Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" (10am ET / 9am CT): Deb Fischer; Trump campaign senior adviser Sarah Huckabee Sanders; Gen. Jack Keane (USA, Ret.); roundtable: Ed Rollins, Stephen Moore and Judith Miller

--Fox News' "MediaBuzz" (SUN 11am ET / 10am CT): Megyn Kelly; Heidi Przybyla; Washington Times columnist Kelly Riddell; Molly Ball; technology analyst Shana Glenzer

--CNN's "Inside Politics" with John King (SUN 8am ET): Roundtable: Alex Burns, Jeff Zeleny, AP's Jill Colvin and Phil Mattingly (substitute anchor: CNN's John Berman)

--CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS": (SUN 10am, 1pm ET): Susan Rice; author and Kissinger Associates managing director Joshua Cooper Ramo ("The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks"); author and Pakistani squash player Maria Toorpakai ("A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight")

--CNN's "Reliable Sources": (SUN 11am ET): Roundtable: Jeff Greenhill, Brian Lowry and Dylan Byers; The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway and Poynter's Kelly McBride; Nate Silver; Larry King; The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group president Janice Min

--Univision's "Al Punto" (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT) Proceso Magazine's Jes&uacute;s Esquivel; Trump National Diversity Coalition board member and advisor Juan Carlos Limon; roundtable: Republican strategist Jessica Fernandez, student and activist Daniela Ferrara, Latino Victory Project spokesperson Pili Tobar and Dreamer and activist Astrid Silva; singer Maluma

--C-SPAN: "The Communicators" (SAT 6:30pm ET): Fred Upton, Bill Shuster and Ford Motor Company executives Gary Jablonski and Andrew Woelfling

--"Newsmakers" (SUN 10am ET): Rob Bishop, questioned by WSJ's Nick Timiraos and AP's Mary Clare Jalonick

--"Q&A" (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Author Adam Hochschild ("Spain in Our Hearts")

--MSNBC's "PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton": (SUN 8-9am ET): Glamour contributor Krystal Ball; NYT's Yamiche Alcindor; Reason Magazine's Matt Welch; U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander (D-MO); WaPo's Jonathan Capehart; Georgetown University Law Center's Paul Butler

--MSNBC's "The Place for Politics": (SUN 9-10am ET): GOP political consultant and former Bush 43 advisor Paris Dennard (hosted by MSNBC's Frances Rivera live from New York)

--PBS's "To the Contrary" with Bonnie Erb&eacute;: (airs all weekend): Roundtable: USIP's Manal Omar, American Muslim Coalition founder Saba Ahmed, journalist Anushay Hossain and former WSJ reporter Asra Nomani

--SiriusXM's "No Labels Radio" (SAT 10am ET & 6pm ET, SUN 1PM ET): Host Jon Huntsman with co-host and No Labels co-founder Stuart Holliday discuss the opioid addiction epidemic with Joe Donnelly and the 2016 Presidential Election with ABC News' Shushannah Walshe and Washington Examiner and AEI's Michael Barone. Available for download at http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1013111d9c9761558ad1082e05be6d4ea992e25a50c92ef50801689a5a66caca

--Sinclair's "Full Measure" with Sharyl Attkisson (SUN 10am ET on WJLA and airing on Sinclair stations nationwide): Sharyl travels to the Tucson, AZ, morgue where advanced forensic science is being used to identify the remains of hundreds of undocumented immigrants who have died trying to cross into the United States.

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