Subject: The Last Time Adele Released a New Music Video Was the Day Chafee Dropped Out
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 16:16:02 +0000

The Political Edit The iconic-looking video for Adele's "Send My Love (To Your 
New Lover)" will be released during Sunday's Billboard Music Award.  
<https://www.instagram.com/thepoliticaledit/>  <> "Obama Gives Medal to Super 
Tall Guy" <>

 <> "The Last Time Adele Released a New Music Video was the Day Chafee 
Dropped Out" <>

 <> "What a Time to be Alive" <>

 <https://twitter.com/KateBennett_DC>  <https://twitter.com/KateBennett_DC>  
<> What the White House is Talking About: 
 Zika. President Obama got an Oval Office briefing this morning from his 
public health team.

What the White House Press Corps is Talking About: 
 A good chunk of the corps is already on its way to Hanoi, Vietnam, and then 
on to Japan—Obama's week-long trip to Asia, ending with his visit to Hiroshima. 

Obama Says He's Ready to Work for Party:
 Gearing for a fight, the president's telling Democrats he'll step up to 
campaign <https://twitter.com/carolelee/status/733670618340724736>.

A Second, "Escalated" White House Pro-Pot Protest:
 A month ago, protestors from DCMJ, an organization hoping to change the 
District's marijuana laws, staged a protest in front of White House. It was 
pretty chill, only two people got citations for smoking weed, and the biggest 
issue they had was trying toassemble for a group photo at the end 
<http://www.ijreview.com/2016/04/575556-hold-there-was-a-pro-marijuana-protest-in-front-of-the-white-house-heres-what-it-looked-like/>
—it took a while, they were stoned. 

 Today, however, DCMJ will be back, and this time they're vowing to "escalate 
civil disobedience" at a second protest timed for 5:20 in front of the White 
House. According to a flyer, activists are planning a "mass die-in," aimed at 
blocking the driveway areas out of Obama's house, essentially guaranteeing 
arrests. DCMJ is encouraging protestors to wear business attire in order to be 
taken "more seriously," and also so they can be "Dress[ed] up for your 
mugshot!" 

 Aiming for a higher level of seriousness (see what I did there), the group 
will (sadly?) today leave behind its trademark 51-foot inflatable joint. 

 <>    Joe Biden Writes a Letter, To Himself: 
 While ultimately inspiring, this video 
<http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/note-to-self-vice-president-joe-biden/> is heavy 
for a Friday. Biden wrote a "Note to Self," one of CBSThis Morning's segments. 
Spoiler: He becomes Vice President. 

 (If you want lighter TGIF fare, may I suggest this video 
<https://www.facebook.com/candaceSpayne/videos/10209653193067040/?pnref=story>
 of a woman trying on a Chewbacca mask. You're welcome.)

Obama Gives Medal to Supes Tall Guy: 
 From Monday's Medal of Valor ceremony in the East Room, Obama putting the 
Medal of Valor on 6'7" Donald Thompson of the LAPD. Official White House 
photographer Pete Souza with the photo of the week win:

 <>    Designated Survivor is a Real Thing, But Now it's Also a Show: 
 A big winner for critics at this weeks' New York City upfront previews from 
all the TV networks was ABC's "Designated Survivor," starring Kiefer Sutherland 
(who, btw, has apretty entertaining Twitter feed 
<https://twitter.com/RealKiefer>.) A designated survivor is the member of the 
president's Cabinet who is tapped to stay behind while the president delivers 
the State of the Union at the Capitol—with every other important member of 
government—just in case something bad happens. Fun fact: 2016's SOTU designated 
survivor was DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson. 

 So, in the TV version, naturally, something bad happens. My favorite part of 
the trailer is Sutherland getting sworn in wearing a Cornell hoodie and geek 
glasses.

 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_f1v0Nx5Sw#action=share> Seriously, though, 
the teaser looks pretty rad 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_f1v0Nx5Sw#action=share>. It will 
air Wednesday nights at 10, starting this fall. 

  <>  <https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz>  <https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz>
What The Beltway is Talking About:
 Trump's attacks on Bill Clinton. On CNN yesterday, Hillary was asked if she 
would defend her family against Trump's attacks. "I know that is exactly what 
he is fishing for, and I'm not going to be responding," she said. This morning, 
Trump told Fox News Hillary would put Bill in charge of economic issues to keep 
him in the White House and "so she can keep her eye on him."

What America is Talking About:
 The Egyptian military says debris from the missing EgyptAir plane have been 
found about 180 miles from the Egyptian coast.

Why Libertarians Need to Win Over Mormons:
 I spoke with Utah Libertarians about whether Mormons, the most Republican 
religious group in the U.S. but also not thrilled with Trump's presumptive, 
would be open to a Libertarian candidate.

 If third-party can't win over Utah, they don't have much of a prayer of 
winning over other anti-Trump Republicans.You can read my story here 
<http://injo.com/2016/05/609915-mormons-libertarian-trump-hillary/>.

The NFL is Paying Back the Military:
 You know those military tributes to honor service members during professional 
sports games? Those weren't free, as revealed by Sens. McCain and Flake 
(R-Ariz.) last year. Now the NFL says it conducted an audit and will return 
more than $700,000 the Department of Defense paid for tributes over four 
seasons.

 <> Getty Images: Ezra Shaw

 McCain called for other leagues to follow the NFL's lead and said in a 
statement 
<http://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=B1D142EF-66B2-45BE-9788-89D43D8472E8>
, "I applaud the NFL's audit in response to our oversight investigation into 
'paid patriotism.'"

The Last Time Adele Released a New Music Video Was the Day Chafee Dropped Out:

 <> The iconic-looking video for Adele's "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" 
will be released during Sunday's Billboard Music Award. It's her first video 
since "Hello" came out the day Lincoln Chafee dropped out: October 23, 2015.

CAUCUS!
 In Mr. Keyes' 12th grade American history class, while learning about the 
difference between primaries and caucuses, my friends and I made up a variation 
on "the penis game" — the game where someone says "penis" quietly and the next 
person says it a little bit louder and on and on whoever says it the loudest 
wins — but with the word "caucus."

 It caught on, and our valedictorian did it at our high school graduation. 
It's become a proud Gilbert High School tradition ever since. My father 
informed me the class of 2016 did it at commencement last night, 11 years 
later. I'm so proud.

  <>  <https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson>  <https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson> 
What A Time To Be Alive! 
 This happened to me this week: 

 Ben Sasse grabbed my arm in a Senate hallway and said "Watch this." He swung 
us into a nearby Georgia senator's office, walked right past the receptionist, 
got down on one knee and started raiding the fully stocked mini-fridge of 
Coca-Cola products.

 "What do ya want? It's an open bar!" he shouted. 

 Arms full of drinks, he thanked the "good people of Georgia" for their 
"donation to Freedom," bowed and walked out. 

 I shrugged at the exasperated receptionist. "He does this every day," she 
said.

 I told this story on Facebook 
<http://www.facebook.com/bennyaj/posts/10103783260153269?pnref=story>. To my 
surprise, a few hours later, I get this notification: 

 <> I check and sure enough...

 <> What a time to be alive. You can snark about a senator stealing Coke-Cola 
and he can just talk smack back on your wall. 

 Here is an appropriate image to relay how I am feeling right now:

 <> Happy Friday. 

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