Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 83 days to Cleveland, 90 days to Philly, 196 days to election – THE PAIN OF BEING ‘PRESIDENTIAL’: Trump chafes at new handlers -- B’DAY: Luke Frans, Larry Grisolano, Melania Trump, Suzy George
From: "Mike Allen" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 05:44:10 -0600

04/26/2016 07:41 AM EDT

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

Good Tuesday morning. It's the Acela primary: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Mark Halperin says on "Morning Joe" that after tonight, Trump is likely to be "on track" for a clinch, and might even get "a cushion."

YOU'RE INVITED to our "Funny or Die" Playbook Lunch on Friday ... NEW HEADLINER added for our annual pre-WHCA Celebrity Edition: David Litt -- who wrote Obama jokes for WHCA dinners as a White House speechwriter, and now is head writer/producer for Funny or Die D.C. - will join Billy Eichner, star of "Billy on the Street" and Hulu's "Difficult People," plus Mike Farah, Funny or Die's president of production. We'll talk about the intersection of comedy and politics, and have some fun. Doors open 11:30 a.m. Friday at The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Program at noon. #PlaybookLunch RSVP http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd89b6df1b3e0a24dfa140ecf44e150abe18dee288bae9876c5

TROUBLE IN TRUMP TOWER - "Trump rejects new adviser's push to make him 'presidential':Frustrated with Manafort, the GOP front-runner shifts some power back to campaign manager Lewandowski," by Ken Vogel and Eli Stokols: "Trump became upset late last week when he learned from media reports that Manafort privately told Republican leaders that the billionaire reality TV star was 'projecting an image' for voters and would begin toning down his rhetoric ... Trump also expressed concern about Manafort bringing several former lobbying colleagues into the campaign ... Now Trump is taking steps to return some authority to Manafort's chief internal rival, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. ...

"Lewandowski's allies ... grumble that Manafort has spent a disproportionate amount of time on television - just as Trump himself has been avoiding the Sunday morning talk show circuit at Manafort's urging. 'I think it pisses him off that he was getting free television by going on the shows and now Paul Manafort is out there resurrecting his career,' said one campaign operative. Citing Manafort's advocacy ... for an expensive advertising push in upcoming states, the operative said Trump is 'saying I can get on every show I want for free and you're telling me not to do that and that I should pay for my advertising? That doesn't pass the smell test to me.'

"The mounting tension comes as Trump is struggling to incorporate traditional political tactics with the cult-of-personality approach that helped him climb from long shot to front-runner for the GOP nomination. In some ways, Manafort and Lewandowski represent the id and the ego of that balance, with the hardscrabble outsider Lewandowski earning Trump's trust early, only to be challenged by the more polished insider ... [C]ampaign insiders say it has become increasingly clear that Trump, for all his boasts about his ability to become more 'presidential,' is simply unwilling or perhaps unable to follow through, and resents efforts to transform him." With great backstory on Trump's New York
 victory speech http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8d393f7b00cab7011d9ba0f2cc30cb963fbb75f771c37f076

--"Cruz-Kasich pact shows signs of strain ... Kasich refuses to say his supporters should vote for Cruz," by Nick Gass: "The deal started to come together as Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe and Kasich's chief strategist John Weaver touched base in person while attending last week's [RNC] spring meeting in Hollywood, Florida, and agreed to stay in touch, according to three sources briefed on the exchange. On Friday, they spoke by phone and agreed to make something happen - and that same day, Cruz aides were informed that a negotiation was in the works. ...

"At no point did Cruz or Kasich talk with each other about a prospective deal. On Monday morning, it didn't seem that Kasich was fully on board. ... 'I mean, everybody chill out.' Weaver quickly clarified ... in a tweet, ... 'We're not telling voters who to vote for in IN, only where we are going to spend resources to ultimately defeat Hillary. They get it.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8207b8039d4600c36937c0f764c9ca141f2926e86b4ee1bc1

--JOE SCARBOROUGH on "Morning Joe" says the collusion "plays into Trump's hand." MARK HALPERIN on the alliance: "doomed to fail ... amateurish ... late."

--HuffPost banner, "CRUZ-KASICH SPUTTERS OUT THE GATE -- Trump Camp: Yeah, Whatever..." ...Drudge banner, "GAME TIME! CRUZ FACES ELIMINATION TUESDAY"

--"Trump rolls out a new nickname for Kasich," by Nick Gass: "1 for 38 Kasich." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd809b2e5120a70136e007695030b7b0a58de13859416fb9c74

"MORNING JOE" on till 10 a.m. today: a "super-sized edition," Mika Brzezinski said.

TIMELINE for TONIGHT - AP's Nancy Benac: "Polls in all five states close at 8 p.m. ... Delaware typically does the quickest count, with half its vote counted by a little after 9 p.m. Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode Island should have half their vote reported by around 10 p.m., with Maryland getting there by 10:30 p.m. Delaware should have 90 percent of its votes counted before 10 p.m., Pennsylvania and Rhode Island by 11 p.m., Connecticut and Maryland closer to midnight." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd84e76e9666d929fa3ae1256785e5ab6b4f876cfcbef1cc277

--"Trump goes for 5-state sweep: But just winning won't be enough. The front-runner needs blowouts," by Patrick Reis http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8ebb4f11ade6c9df75ed706a2db69c1e5724808c3b156b7c6

--"Clinton aims for Northeast rout: On the heels of his New York loss, Bernie Sanders faces an unfriendly map [today,]" by Daniel Strauss http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8087add42477895dc191768f18761113a641e5d9627cce362

SNEAK PEEK - Cover of Variety is Trump getting blow dry and makeup, "Media Monster: The presidential candidates star in TV's weirdest show," by senior editor Ted Johnson: "Contentious presidential debates help drive larger audiences than most new fall series; candidates are eager to take part in sketches on late-night TV and strive to be hip to pop-culture references, to sprinkle catch-phrases into their tweets and to reveal their music playlists; and celebrity surrogates are as polarizing as the candidates ...[C]elebrity status seems to translate into political clout, and in which level of exposure is scrutinized as much as polling numbers." Goes live at noon www.Variety.com ... See the
 cover. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd86832518b922f4bc68c5b1a7e0f17ffae7f33b7f1c28c2701

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#THISTOWN: On Friday, "Flor De La Rivera, ... the longtime receptionist at the Four Seasons (in the downstairs restaurant, one level below the lobby), seating the power breakfast crowd, is retiring. She has been with the hotel, at that location, since 1979! She remembers when it was a Holiday Inn. At 12:15p on Friday, many of her longtime 'regulars' are gathering at that spot to honor her. ... [Flor, like the hotel, is] classy, beautiful and international ... bright and early, day in and day out."

COMING ATTRACTIONS -- "Megyn Kelly to interview Donald Trump," by Hadas Gold: "as part of her primetime special on the Fox broadcast network May 17 ... [T]he interview will also air on Kelly's Fox News show the next night, May 18. 'Mr. Trump and I sat down together for a meeting earlier this month at my request. He was gracious with his time and I asked him to consider an interview. I am happy to announce he has agreed, and I look forward to a fascinating exchange - our first sit-down interview together in nearly a year.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd811e8d3b0aaa160b12391bfd4947b4b6fe4c6b02856babf0a

TV TONIGHT: "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace will be on the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" tonight.

JIM VANDEHEI proposes an Innovation Party in Wall Street Journal op-ed, "Bring on a Third-Party Candidate: Establishment America deserves disruption, but not of the Sanders or Trump type. Here's how to do it": "Trump's vulgar approach to politics is a terrific middle finger to the establishment but a terrible political and governing paradigm. Same goes for Sanders-style socialism. But if someone turned the critique, passion and disdain shared by the two movements into a new one, they could change the system in meaningful ways.

"Only an outside force can knock Washington out of its governing rut-and the presidency is the only place with the power to do it. Here's a template for pulling this off." Behind paywall, but see full text by clicking link through Drudge (1st col., 4th story) http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8fec10489e6956d35cbcb112336012a97fd3231f650e087dc ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd84411173f999e88b63bb7ae0ea0846f4010b3e4784dd9ea61

WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION award winners: "The Edgar A. Poe Award honors excellence in news coverage of subjects and events of significant national or regional importance, written with fairness and objectivity[:] Terrence McCoy of The Washington Post ... InsideClimate News ... Honorable Mention to Michael Kranish of the Boston Globe ... [for his] 10-part 'Divided Nation' series [which] probed the impact of class, race and income inequality on voter sentiment. ... The Merriman Smith Memorial Award for excellence in presidential news coverage under deadline pressure originated in 1970 in memory of Merriman Smith of United Press International, a White House correspondent for more
 than thirty years. ... Matt Viser [for] 'An Inside Look at How the Iran Talks Unfolded' ...

"Norah ... O'Donnell's '60 Minutes' interview with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, was insightful regarding the Vice President's announcement that he would not seek the presidency. Honorable Mention for David Nakamura, The Washington Post: 'An Angry Obama Upbraids Critics Who Want to Block Refugees from Syria.' ... The Aldo Beckman Award ... recognizes a correspondent who personifies the journalistic excellence and personal qualities of Aldo Beckman, a former president of the White House Correspondents' Association and correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. ... Carol Lee of The Wall Street Journal ... focused on one of the most critical responsibilities of a
 president, foreign policy." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd852357816e5b707fdb7d3bf58597c91d7a1a1f3c44373a9ed

POLITICO's "WHAT WORKS" series - "Mayors: Flint Could Happen to Us:

A third of mayors fear that they, too, have jeopardized lives to cut infrastructure costs,"

by Ben Wofford: "Mayors of all political stripes say they've been placed in an untenable financial bind because of severely limited infrastructure dollars that once flowed freely from state and federal coffers. More than a third of mayors said the next occupant of the White House should make infrastructure the top urban issue, ahead of even economic inequality (18 percent) and education (14 percent)." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8edc621a3f15ad3a011080b6a2750b3bc5c085fd1449eee81

TOM BRADY is on N.Y. POST cover, "QB $NEAK: Soft Balls Tom loses but still wins with 'con'tract," by Kaja Whitehouse: "In February, he renegotiated his contract, giving him a $28 million signing bonus while reducing his salary - which takes the hit of any suspension - to a mere $1 million. That means that the lost games will cost him just $235,000, compared with the $2.1 million he would have forfeited under his original $9 million annual salary." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd856c810866938dc57a0b3ab782ff9e71f28a4445597b04fe0 ... See the cover. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd87f9f398824382f63b560509162041dc6a27d998c29676aee

--N.Y. DAILY NEWS Sports back, "RIGHT IN THE BALLS: BRADY'S 4-GAME BAN UPHELD - Appeals court finally nails Tom." See the page. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8b01442115b0875860c9450d22845810a64c0a93ce6ee9625

TRAILER OF THE DAY - "'Weiner' Trailer: You Can't Make This Stuff Up, But You Can Document It" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd81ffc7f4526443405b9e5fa386f5d7019fcb9f94ee8ed0413

HOT VIDEO from Independent Journal Review: "The [WHCD] Yearbook is Coming." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8d0bb4a071a4a1c6b38fc6322c36ea7028f4062920c3106a5 

2016 PLAYERS -- "Boxer chief of staff joins Clinton campaign," by Daniel Strauss and Gabe Debenedetti: "Clinton's campaign is bringing on a new director of congressional affairs from the Hill starting early next month. Laura Schiller, currently the chief of staff to retiring California Sen. Barbara Boxer, is joining the campaign ... She will replace Maura Keefe. ... [S]he was a special assistant to the president in the Clinton White House and a senior speechwriter for the first lady. ... Schiller is the second prominent California-related hire for the Clinton camp in recent days: Last week, it announced that Buffy Wicks would join Clinton's campaign as California state director." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8814e02ade92b26f18e399dbca7679996f626f78d5f286508

SNEAK PEEK -- POSTING AT 11 a.m. - "GQ exclusive: Melania Trump [a birthday girl today] on her husband's candidacy, what advice she gives him, and leaving her son 'with the help'": "In the course of reporting in Slovenia, [Julia] Ioffe uncovers Melania's half-brother Denis Cigiljnjak, who is now 50. Viktor Knavs, Melania's father, has never acknowledged Denis' existence, and Cigiljnjak is sure that until now, Melania and her sister did not know of him. 'People say she's smart, she's well-educated like Jackie Kennedy," offers one of Melania's old friends who Ioffe speaks [to] while in Slovenia. ... 'She'd be great at picking out the china patterns, she'd be a classic First Lady,' says
 stylist Philip Block, who has worked with both of the Trumps." Posts at 11 a.m. www.gq.com

MICHAEL KRUSE in Rehoboth Beach, Del., "The Man Who Beat Donald Trump: How Marvin Roffman told the truth, was punished for it-and then fought back": "Sitting here the other day in the library of his house with 40 rooms, 11 fireplaces, four pianos, a wine cellar, a movie theater and an elevator, Marvin Roffman talked about the time Donald Trump tried to destroy him for telling the truth. 'Brutal,' said Roffman, 76 ... This was March of 1990. Roffman was a veteran securities analyst. He had focused on the gaming industry in Atlantic City since the first casinos opened in 1978. ... He told a reporter from the Wall Street Journal the Taj would fail. ... Trump bombarded him with invective,
 threatened to sue his employer, demanded his firing and then publicly assailed him some more." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8a19d4d4a84323b1cb35e28f0e35510c83eb730d4ab6cb95a

DEEP DIVE - "Trump at War: How the military is preparing for the possibility of a very different kind of Commander in Chief," by Andy Kroll on HuffPost Highline: "Trump's pronouncements on foreign policy, combined with his years of broadsides, have set off a very real fear within military circles about what might happen were he to become president. In the last two months, I spoke with dozens of people in the national security realm-current and retired officers, veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former White House, State Department, Pentagon and CIA officials. The words they used to describe their mood: Terrified. Shocked. Appalled. Never before, they say, has a candidate
 gotten so close to the White House with such little respect for the military." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd804ae6ee69be2900255701f6dbbce786007e74d7e3ab6df67

VIDEO DU JOUR -- "Laura And Barbara Bush Open Up About Family, Gender Roles, And Learning About 9/11," by HuffPost's Taylor Pittman: "For The Huffington Post's new parent-child interview series Talk To Me, the former first lady answered questions from her daughter, Barbara Bush." 8-min. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8053cbcbe8963ba277b2eabec4b2ea2146c2b81917308d3dc

SPOTTED: Rep. Peter King at JFK boarding a Delta flight to Buffalo yesterday morning. "A flock of security officials ensured VIP early boarding treatment" ... White House CoS Denis McDonough, making a pit stop at the 14th and N.Y. Starbucks after his daily cardio exercise into work. Our tipster: "His agent clearly appreciated the opportunity to wipe the sweat off his glasses. That man's commute is something to aspire to."

SPOTTED: At Bruce Springsteen's concert last night in Brooklyn, Gov. Chris Christie, Jennifer Palmieri, Christina Reynolds, Rob Flaherty, Michael Longo. @Rob_Flaherty: "I am currently at a Bruce Springsteen concert in eyeshot of Chris Christie. I've never seen such a display of such pure joy from one man." Video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8b15dd5c61f0326b086b2a876a1c59130cc34587fc4f612fe

PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION - "Bistro Fran&ccedil;ais in Georgetown Will Close Next Month," by Washington City Paper's Jessica Sidman: "Georgetown has lost a number of its longest running institutions in recent years. The Guards closed in 2012, Third Edition in 2013, and Chadwicks in 2014 ... Bistro Fran&ccedil;ais [opened] in 1975 with classic recipes from his native France and received plenty of acclaim ... The restaurant continues to dub itself a 'little French restaurant with a big reputation.' The restaurant's last day will be around May 22." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd830b60cbdda6874e31109a03f8b479cd6069f262c5be9bf41

HAPPENING TODAY -@IraqiEmbassyUSA: "Amb @FailyLukman will hold a Twitter Q&A moderated by @michaelcrowley [today] Submit questions w/ #AskIraq" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8db42ce7acd6d82942300a26a7e6190401cf121efe5a31e99

IN BOOKSTORES TODAY (and just in time for that special someone headed off to general election advance school): Josh King's "Off Script: An Advance Man's Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle, and Political Suicide." "From Bill Clinton's visual maestro, within its 360 pages is a broad, 30-year sweep of 'the Age of Optics,' beginning in 1988, with colorful (and calamitous) stops in every campaign since, ending with Obama's eight years on the world stage and the prospective Clinton-Trump summer/fall match-up. Beyond the balloon drops, the book is a serious meditation on the intersection of how candidates tell their stories and how the media covers them." $18.32 on Amazon 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd850b67139d8d06d33ae9ada0d1c3815ece41931686b5c9c77

RUSS SCHRIEFER FIRM UPDATE -- "Since moving our offices to Annapolis last summer, we've grown quite a bit growing [at Strategic Partners & Media]. Jordan Russell is the newest member of SPM. Like Stuart & Austin, Jordan is a native Mississippian. He was most recently a part of Team Rubio, but we came to know Jordan working on Thad's reelect in 2014 -- which was arguably the most difficult primary we ever faced. ... The AAPC Pollies were earlier this month and Ashley & Shannon returned from Puerto Rico tanned, ready, and with a couple of awards in their luggage [including a] GOLD POLLIE for Best Web Video for a Presidential Candidate: Chris Christie for President 'Telling it Like it Is'".

POWER PLAYBOOKER - "General David Petraeus has just joined the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition's powerhouse 'brasstops' advisory group of over 160 retired three and four-star military leaders calling on policymakers to beef up foreign aid to keep America safe. Petraeus says that he's joined the USGLC's ranks because he's seen firsthand how ensuring resources for State and USAID helps 'improve our national security.'"

MEDIAWATCH -- "Nicco Mele Named as New Director of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School": "Nicco Mele, Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California and former Senior Vice President and Deputy Publisher of the Los Angeles Times, ... will begin ... July 1." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8ce8b3de11e1414c539da4c67d63f5537a185ab3f0f698c8f

HAPPENING TODAY through Thu. -- "LBJ Presidential Library Hosts The Vietnam War Summit: "Secretary of State John F. Kerry will deliver the Summit's keynote address, reflecting on the myriad ways in which our nation's relationship with Vietnam has changed ... since Kerry's service in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. ... Other ... participants ... include Henry Kissinger ... Ken Burns ... Bob Kerrey ... Joe Galloway ... William McRaven ... Charles Robb ... Alexander Butterfield ... Journalists Peter Arnett, Dan Rather, David Maraniss and Joe Klein ... Nick Ut and David Hume Kennerly." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8fbe9e56f682709657060317322241a267eb0c982dbb7b004 ... www.vietnamwarsummit.org

OUT AND ABOUT IN NYC -- Mike Bloomberg hosted a party last night for Jason Kelly, Bloomberg's New York Bureau Chief, for his forthcoming book, "Sweat Equity: Inside the New Economy of Mind and Body" at 78th street. Kelly offers an inside look at the proliferating boutique fitness studios, marathons, obstacles races, gear and more that now compromise a market worth more than a $1 trillion. Through in-depth interviews, he takes a deeper look inside the health and wellness movement's people, companies and events - including New York Road Runners, Tough Mudder, CrossFit and Ironman - and at the traits and strategies driving their success. Excerpt http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8b681a261966125da56630e9e05f2501e22f75d36866b239d
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--SPOTTED: John Micklethwait, Patti Harris, Justin Smith, Reto Gregori, Equinox CEO Harvey Spevak, Aarti Kapoor, Norm Pearlstine, Ben Cheever, Jonathan Gray, Henry Kravis, Ken Mehlman, Patty Newburger, James Robinson III, Mary Wittenberg, Steve Feinberg, Fred Devito, Jacki Kelley, Paul Caine.

ENGAGED -- Derek Flowers, a Joni Ernst alum now at Woodberry Associates, proposed to longtime girlfriend Alex Moe, NBC News Capital Hill Producer, during a cool spring evening stroll from the Capitol Building to dinner at their favorite restaurant Charlie Palmer Steakhouse. The proposal was covertly captured by former White House/campaign political photographer and friend Shealah Craighead." Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd88572efc8e06548b54d67132183d5fc97f9386c75bf2925f7

WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Janet Weinstein, a digital journalist at ABC News in Washington, marriedScott Simpson, co-founder at UbanStems, on April 9 in Lexington, Va. The two were surrounded by family and friends for the outdoor ceremony in the Appalachian Mountains at The Irvine Estate, with the wedding flowers provided and curated by UrbanStems. Many of the guests traveled as far as the UK (where the couple originally met and where the groom was born) for the occasion. Janet and Scott spent the last two weeks traveling in South Korea on honeymoon together - where the bride reports they visited museums, went to a fun baseball game (go Doosan Bears!), ate all the street food they could manage
 (including hot dogs coated in French fries), hiked on Jeju Island to work it off, then relaxed on the beach in Busan. Pic courtesy Anna Grace Photography http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd85333afafa757cac47ce8fc29f63c8b874b4a1ad9a5affb9b

BIRTHDAYS: Melania Trump is 46 ... Larry Grisolano of The Strategy Group, partner of AKPD Message and Media and the pride of Burlington, Iowa ... all-terrain marathoner Luke Frans, whose Twitter bio reads "Palmetto State native and Bush 43 alum. Fan of politics and country music" (h/ts Katarina, Anna Grace) ... Suzy George, NSC chief of staff and executive secretary and an Albright Stonebridge and NDI alum (h/t Ben Chang) ... Politico's Colin Wilhelm, whose recent Puerto Rico story with colleague Isaac Arnsdorf got a shoutout in Sunday's John Oliver lead segment http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd8fe672b98b67399e065e7e8228594482096357c6be2d878ba ... Domenico Montanaro, NPR's lead editor for politics and digital audience ...
 Russell Goldman, NYT's senior staff editor on the int'l desk and an ABC News alum ... Ben Fishel, deputy chief of staff and comms. director to Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) ...

... Ben Schwerin, director of partnerships at Snapchat (h/t his brothers) ... Emily Schultheis, political reporter at CBS News, is 27, who celebrated last night at Rasika with some friends (h/t Bryon Tau) ... Conor Gaughan, managing partner of Collective Conscience, a social impact strategy firm, is 36, who among other things, has been assisting former state senator and 2014 Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis with the development of her new initiative Deeds Not Words (h/t Jake Abbott) ... Matt DeLuca, VP of digital strategy at Engage (h/t David Almacy) ... Shana Teehan, comms. director for Rep. Will Hurd (R-Tex.) ... Politico's Cherie Deogracias ... Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.) ...
 Joe Paolino -- former Providence mayor, former U.S. ambassador, and HRC loyalist ... Storm Quinn, son of Jack and Susanna ...

... Jay Howser, a Democratic media consultant at Shorr Johnson Magnus and a former campaign manager to Chris Dodd, Mary Landrieu, Brad Ellsworth, and Tom Barrett (h/t Thad Inge) ... Nick Penniman, executive director of Issue One (h/t William Gray) ... George Wenschhof ... Justin M. Bibb ... DCCC alum Alex Morgan ... Kayla Bakshi ... Lisa Hanna, former VP of comms. at Council on Competitiveness ... Kristi Stone Hamrick ... Seth Amgott ... Melissa Neal ... Jon Rice, admission counselor at University of San Francisco ... Bret Mills ... Mare Chapman ... John Adashek ... Aixin Wang (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... architect I.M. Pei is 99 ... Carol Burnett is 83 ... record company executive Jeff
 Huskins is 50 ... former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey is 50 ... Channing Tatum is 36 ... Emily Wickersham ("NCIS") is 32 ... actor Aaron Weeks is 30 (h/ts AP)

DESSERT - "In a switch, big food companies urge consumers to eat less," by USA Today's Hadley Malcolm: "After spending years trying to convince consumers to buy more of their famous-name products, now some of the biggest players in the food industry are trying to get people to eat less of them. ... McDonald's [is] testing ... a smaller 'Mac Jr.' ... Mondelez introduced 'thin' Oreos last year - a smaller cookie, smaller package size and fewer calories ... Coke and Pepsi are finding a big audience for miniature soda cans." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=dda8185c0c411bd890129d0ea41ac6a4ba1227cd1c979cf38dc4412841863853

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