Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI): CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS? ‘Who knows what Donald Trump with a pen and phone would do?’ – RAVES for Hillary speech – ANTOINETTE RANGEL to DNC, GLEN CAPLIN to HRC
From: "Mike Allen" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 07:08:29 -0600

06/03/2016 09:05 AM EDT

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

BEING THERE -- "Trump security removes POLITICO reporter from rally," by Ben Schreckinger in San Jose: "A Donald Trump campaign staffer and a private security guard removed [me] from a campaign rally here on Thursday evening for reporting at the event without the campaign's permission. A campaign staffer spotted the reporter typing on a laptop outside of the press pen at the San Jose Convention Center and asked the reporter, who was attending on a general admission ticket, if he had press credentials. The Trump campaign has refused to credential the reporter for multiple events. 

"The staffer said he would consult with his superiors and returned minutes later with a private security officer who instructed the reporter to leave the premises, escorting him out a nearby exit. ... Minutes after the ejection, the campaign sent the reporter an email, denying credentials to Trump's Friday rally in Redding, California." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c89f026714a4a351b7534029d9af06b5b3aef8aea489cbb306 

ALSO HASSLED: Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci), author of Politico's California Playbook, and California's best-known state-politics reporter: "Strange: Trump staffer approaches & says, 'I've been told you are here to disrupt this rally.' @CAGOP vice chair @pnjaban vouched for me ... @realDonaldTrump staffer then orders me not to talk to people or interview them in general area where we sit. 1st Amendment suspended?"

--DRUDGE banner, "TRUMP SUPPORTERS TERRORIZED BY MOB"

--San Jose Mercury News, top of p. 1, "War of words spills into streets: TEMPERS FLARE AT TRUMP RALLY -- GOP hopeful blasts Clinton as protesters, backers clash," by Matthew Artz, Julia Prodis Sulek and Katrina Cameron: "Protesters jumped on cars, while others burned red 'Make America Great' hats and took selfies with the charred remains. Demonstrators waved Mexican flags as Trump supporters shouted at them to 'go back to Mexico' ... biggest and most violent political protest San Jose has seen in decades."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8b754a217efda04bbebd71ecd7e771152602250cd0f9d4dc7 ... See the front page. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c89a7bf7038d47331617bcd59fa201bedd650901242377f835 

--S.F. Chronicle p. A1, bottom of page, "Trump in San Jose talks tough about Clinton: She 'has to go to jail," by John Wildermuth (online: "Trump ... calls for jailing Clinton"): "I've read so much about her emails, and I have to say she's guilty as hell ... The fact that she's allowed to participate in this race is a disgrace to the U.S.A." Behind paywall  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c86a600379e3fd8947dc936e47a6170489914ba31bf82ddec9

TOP TWEETS: @SchreckReports: "I was removed from Donald Trump's rally tonight for practicing journalism without the campaign's permission" ... @TomLlamasABC: "BREAKING: The police in San Jose have appeared to lost control. Trump supporters being terrorized and beaten up by mobs of protestors" ... Tim Pool (@Timcast): "VIDEO: #Trump supporter attacked and left bleeding in San Jose" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8b879f637ef1344e8def12b4445697eaf53071f282886379a ... @blakehounshell: "America is starting to remind me of Egypt" ... @chrislhayes: "This is despicable mob violence. Anyone and everyone who participated in assaults tonight needs to be identified and prosecuted."

SHOT - Speaker Ryan endorsement in Janesville (Wis.) Gazette, "Trump can help make reality of bold House policy agenda": "It's no secret that he and I have our differences. I won't pretend otherwise. And when I feel the need to, I'll continue to speak my mind. But the reality is, on the issues that make up our agenda, we have more common ground than disagreement." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c81818b8bcb4a2b43d49a37626f500587eb48f026fba33a60c

CHASER 1 - Trump, eight days earlier, on Ryan's former running mate: "Poor Mitt Romney. Poor Mitt. ... I mean, I have a STORE that's worth more money than he is. ... Stupid! .... I understand losers. I understand losers. ... He choked like a dog. You ever see him in athletics? [Grabs neck, closes eyes, wags head, sticks tongue out like he's panting.] He's a choker! ... Once a choker, ALWAYS a choker! ... He walks like a penguin onto the stage. ... [Makes waddle motion with hands.] Like a penguin!"

CHASER 2 -- @RealDonaldTrump yesterday: "After the litigation is disposed of and the case won, I have instructed my execs to open Trump U(?), so much interest in it! I will be pres ... Crooked Hillary Clinton, who I would love to call Lyin' Hillary, is getting ready to totally misrepresent my foreign policy positions ... Reading poorly from the telepromter! She doesn't even look presidential! ... So great to have the endorsement and support of Paul Ryan. We will both be working very hard to Make America Great Again!"

CHASER 3 -- "Trump, Legal Experts Fear, 'Is How Authoritarianism Starts,'" by N.Y. Times Supreme Court Correspondent Adam Liptak, with Jennifer Steinhauer in Tucson: "'Who knows what Donald Trump with a pen and phone would do?' asked Ilya Shapiro, a lawyer with the libertarian Cato Institute. ... Trump ... said he would 'loosen' libel laws ... He has threatened to sic federal regulators on his critics. ... His proposal to bar Muslims from entry into the country tests the Constitution's guarantees of religious freedom, due process and equal protection.

"And, in what was a tipping point for some, he attacked Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of the Federal District Court in San Diego, who is overseeing two class actions against Trump University. Mr. Trump accused the judge of bias, falsely said he was Mexican and seemed to issue a threat." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8f0db152d0c953dabcbf630bb0a1603fddda07b44fa7943fa

CHASER 4 -- "McConnell worries Trump could have Goldwater effect on Latino voters," by CNN's Theodore Schleifer: Told "CNN's Jake Tapper ... that the GOP nominee could push Latinos away from the party in a way similar to how black voters distanced themselves from the Republican Party in 1964.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8c30467492332cf54799972482ae81433ae8e26f603a87900 

CHASER 5- IAN BREMMER, President of Eurasia Group, for Politico Magazine, "Trump and the World: What Could Actually Go Wrong -- The definitive guide to the global risks of a Donald Trump presidency": "When I observed earlier this spring that Trump's worldview amounted to an 'America First' foreign policy, I didn't mean it as a compliment, and I was startled to see him grab that label with both hands." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8e0dfcb6cb44c39fcbadcd6710406959ed7ba23918a39d667

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BEN SMITH and BuzzFeed assistant general counsel Nabiha Syed on Medium, "A First Amendment For Social Platforms": "The great 21st-century platforms-Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, and the rest-have this year found themselves in the middle of the speech wars. Twitter is struggling to contain vile trolling and harassment, and Facebook has gotten scalded on the little toe it dipped into curating journalism. ... The trust we place in them is ultimately about whether we trust them to manage our own collective expression." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8a4345f25449abc66a38a696517fdce21e7859bece6b6479a 

--PLAYBOOK reads between the lines: This looks like the media taking a somewhat more assertive attitude toward the platforms.

VALLEY TALK - "Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage," by Bloomberg's Sarah Frier: "Snapchat Inc. has 150 million people using the service each day ... That makes the four-year-old messaging app more popular than Twitter Inc. by daily active users. ... Twitter ... has less than 140 million users interacting with the service daily." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8ffc77f260f0c58a4051c4fc316455c4bf8ffcbf03371e52e 

FUTURE OF NEWS -- "Facebook algorithm shift hits media groups," by FT's Hannah Kuchler in S.F.: "Media companies publishing to Facebook are reaching 42 per cent fewer people with each story since January ... putting pressure on the social network to explain how it has changed its algorithm. Stories posted to Facebook reached an average of 68,000 users in May, down from about 117,000 in January." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8f61246b8a2379e4ce8e94f9fdf085f5caa1ec69177aec6f2 

"STANDOUT MOMENT" - "In Trump takedown, Clinton finds her message," by AP's Julie Pace: "Hillary Clinton may have found her message. Wrapped in the guise of a foreign policy speech, Clinton delivered a political thrashing of Donald Trump on Thursday that was unquestionably a standout moment for a candidate who has often struggled to focus her White House campaign." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8d2eb8fc91c85269d6a2a1b81762db9c29bddf9baac7cb03f 

--DAVID BROCK tells Playbook: "If she can do that for seven more weeks, Trump will be finished before the convention."

--MATT BENNETT, Third Way senior vice president, emails: "If this is, in fact, a preview of the fall, that's great news for my team."

--NYT's Amy Chozick: "The speech was written by Mrs. Clinton's speechwriters, Dan Schwerin and Megan Rooney, and her top policy aide, Jake Sullivan, with assistance from advisers including Mr. Obama's former speechwriter Jon Favreau." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c82caf0e7b64e5c0c8a863ef26bc25348d238fbeb4d2070b38 

WEST WING DEPARTURE LOUNGE: Antoinette Rangel, Bronx native and six-year White House aide, will join the Democratic Party's legal team as a Coordinated Campaign Counsel on Monda, "working to ensure that 2016 efforts are in compliance with the Federal Elections Campaign Act as well as provide legal counsel on other matters related to the campaign."

--"White House announces solicitor general Donald Verrilli stepping down," by Nick Gass: "Verrilli is stepping down after five years of representing the United States government at the Supreme Court, the White House announced Thursday. In a statement, President Barack Obama touted Verrilli as a solicitor general who 'has fought in our nation's highest court for a better future, winning landmark cases that moved America forward.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c898ca81d1bfee2eb17aafd99bcffd342d2683dc908d110a34 

2016 PLAYERS -- "New York press veteran joins ever-growing Clinton campaign," by Annie Karni: "The campaign has hired New York press veteran Glen Caplin - a former communications director for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and former Rep. Anthony Weiner - as a senior national spokesman ... He is taking ... [a] leave of absence from Global Strategy Group to go on staff, beginning immediately, as a senior campaign operative through November. ... The campaign recently hired EMILY's List's vice president of communications Jess McIntosh to serve as director of communications outreach." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8573fd2b568ef57269b83a1bc14e2f2bff52b4d3534be978d 

--Melinda Arons, strategic partner development in TV at Facebook and an ABC alum, posts on FB: "Things I never thought I'd be writing 3 weeks ago and haven't even had time to tell my close friends,' [Thursday was] my last day at Facebook. I'm relocating to New York to work on the Hillary Clinton campaign, focusing on television strategy for the general election."

--"Clinton Brings On Rep. Joaquin Castro's Chief Of Staff [Carlos Sanchez] As Deputy Political Director," by BuzzFeed's Adrian Carrasquillo http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8a1a949d9f5cab696c51c3731dfbe089e6c08f3a143c70068 

--"The RNC's New Hispanic Media Director Bashed Trump Nonstop For Months," by BuzzFeed's Adrian Carrasquillo and Andrew Kaczynski: "Before the announcement, Aguirre [Helen Aguirre Ferr&eacute;] deleted tweets critical of Trump - both from when she worked for Jeb Bush's campaign and long after, when it was clear Trump would be the Republican nominee. She was also very critical of Trump in a multitude of Spanish-language interviews, from Al Punto - a Sunday political show in the mold of Meet The Press, with influential Univision anchor Jorge Ramos - to local stations in Florida." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8b3f1f7133e7d34598f798f7f8403fd5ff1d8b765c708b858 

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE? Sanders 44%, Clinton 43% -- L.A. Times A1, above fold, "USC DORNSIFE / L.A. TIMES POLL: Sanders, Clinton locked in tight battle -- Just days before the state primary, it is too uncertain to call," by Cathleen Decker (online: "Sanders and Hillary Clinton in a tight race in California as the campaign batters her popularity"): Next Tuesday's California primary is a dead heat among eligible voters: Sanders 44%, Clinton 43% -- "a nine-point swing from ... March, [when] Clinton led handily." ... But Clinton has a lead with likely voters: Clinton 49%, Sanders 39%. Margin: +2.9 points. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8e24fe4fabbd1a9c5a05a860c3a5c9810d9e644f573a3b084 

MEGATRENDS -- "Deaths of Despair: Overdoses, drinking, suicides hit whites," by AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe: "Rising drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides, and disease from chronic alcoholism - labeled 'deaths of despair' by one expert - are cutting the lives of white Americans short by nearly a half a year ... White life expectancy grew to nearly 79 in 2014, from about 77 &frac12; years in 2000. Black life expectancy rose to a little over 75 from about 71 &frac12;. Life expectancy for Hispanics rose to 82 years from 79." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c8ce26c0c0418e6521c44394b3e600c8f06a0b9c1ded3448b4 ... See the report. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c89bcc6c4fcaf7cc0c18123b2dea0fad3c174e4658a8a69634 

FUTURECAST - USA Today p. 1A, bottom of page, "Tesla's Elon Musk wants to die on Mars. Really: He also says life could be a video game [played by a more advanced civilization]," by Brett Molina: "Musk predicts [at Code Conference] the first humans will travel to Mars eight years from now, arriving on the red planet by 2025." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=fb483edc0701b6c83753056d9b35d741bb4aca7b71fa58971d6b2e59ce84e14b

SCOOP -- NYT A15, "Often Publicly at Odds, Rove And Trump Meet Privately," by Maggie Haberman: "The meeting [two weeks ago] took place at the Manhattan home of the casino magnate Steve Wynn, a mutual friend ... If d&eacute;tente was the goal, the meeting did not appear to have a lasting effect: the morning after Mr. Trump's freewheeling, media-bashing news conference last Tuesday, Mr. Rove was deeply critical." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff158684f9b566986c154b262babe9bfc0d26b26bc3748cce721 

MONEY HONEYS - "New super PAC to help Trump, this time organized by a friend," by AP's Julie Bykowicz, with Jill Colvin: "Tom Barrack, a Los Angeles real estate investor, said in an interview with CNN [Erin Burnett] on Thursday that the group has already received $32 million in financial commitments. The group is called Rebuilding America Now ... There already are several super PACs backing Trump, but none is seen as having the blessing of his campaign. ... Barrack's group may prove to be the natural choice for wealthy Trump donors, thanks to his long friendship and business relationship with the candidate." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff154bffa9c860ef90c3ffbb2ed199e2ab7fa7a041069908833e 

--"Clinton to begin collecting general election cash," by Shane Goldmacher: "Clinton has nearly 30,000 donors who have contributed the legal maximum of $2,700 for the primary through the end of April ... If all of those contributors cut same maximum-sized checks for the general election she could raise another $80 million from them." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15643ee440411268cfbb6396d34b16f4c8b656154673d2719d 

NEW NERDCAST -- Tune in as Politico's "2016 Nerdcast" analyzes Trump's gain on Clinton in the polls, breaks down the possibility of a third-party candidate stealing votes from both Trump and Clinton, and gets to the bottom of Bernie's super delegate count. Plus: find out what percentage of the candidates' Twitter followers are actually Twitterbots. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15ecc310088f920c1e94a54565280fbf7ca892bd5ece3fc5ed ... LISTEN and subscribe on iTunes. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15499712017d6799ded2e95d84e07c3ee66c8f55ae3ac2361c 

SPOTTED: California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier last night at the Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage in Palm Springs ... former DC mayor Vincent Grey last night on the Georgetown waterfront next to Farmers Fishers Bakers

SUNDAY SO FAR:

--"Face the Nation": John Dickerson's first-anniversary show! Trump sits down with John in L.A. today. ... David Axelrod ... Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections Director, with new results from CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker Poll for California and New Jersey ... Panel: Amy Walter, Dan Balz, Susan Page, Reihan Salam

--"Meet the Press": "Due to NBC Sports programming, 'Meet the Press with Chuck Todd' will air across the nation at 8 a.m. ... The show may be pre-empted in some markets but will be available On Demand with video available online at MeetThePressNBC.com.

--"Fox News Sunday": Newt Gingrich (exclusive; in-studio) ... Panel: Brit Hume, Anne Gearan, Karl Rove, Chuck Lane

--CNN's "State of the Union" - Jake Tapper anchors from L.A.: Trump ... Sanders

--CNN's "Inside Politics," live from 8 a.m. to 9, hosted by John King: Jonathan Martin, Molly Ball, Jackie Kucinich, Manu Raju.

MICHELLE JACONI steps down as Independent Journalism Review vice president and executive editor. Matt Manda tells Playbook: "Michelle has been an amazing part of our team and has made an indelible imprint. As Exec Editor she's helped us with so many major wins in only a year (hard to believe). She's going to continue to serve as a senior advisor and join our Advisory Board and shift her focus to INJO's efforts at the GOP and Dem conventions, brand strategy and the fall campaign."

--Jaconi tells Playbook: "My year at Independent Journal Review was exhilarating ... The current news cycle underscores the importance of supporting diversity in news organizations, especially in the realm of politics, so I am especially thankful for my ability to have a continuing role with this amazing team."

POLITICO Journalism Institute, running for the third year, had this summer's opening reception Wednesday night at American University. Peter Cherukuri, president of POLITICO Focus, told the group, per @FrancesHoluba: "Journalism makes democracy better." Politico's Kara Kearns runs the program, with an assist from Evelyn Hsu of the Maynard Institute and Lynne Perri of AU. Each student will be paired with a POLITICO reporter for the week. Other sessions will be led by POLITICO's Matt Wuerker, Glenn Thrush and Michael Kruse. 

The group will attend a "Meet the Press" taping and sit down for a conversation with Kevin Merida of ESPN's "The Undefeated." This year's class: Alejandro Alvarez, Alexi McCammond, Andrew Hanna, Angelica LaVito, Edwin Lopez, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Jenny Ung, Katherine Burns, Sydney Greene, Michael King Holloman. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15976e85ff617e0aaba5d36565d29631d397b65234b3c32e99 

--SPOTTED: Peter Cherukuri, Nick Yaeger, Bill Duryea, Marty Kady, Bob Hillman, Meredith McPhillips, Clea Benson, Carol Eisenberg, Francis Holuba and many more. PJI alumni in attendance: Nolan McCaskill (breaking news reporter), Christina Animashaun (fellow), Sabrina Rodriguez (resident), Bianca Padro (intern).

FOR YOUR RADAR -- "MacArthur Competition to Award $100 Million to Help Solve a Critical Problem of Our Time" - Release: "A new competition launched [Thursday] will award a $100 million grant to a single proposal designed to help solve a critical problem affecting people, places, or the planet. The Foundation's competition, called 100&Change, is open to organizations working in any field of endeavor anywhere. Applicants must identify both the problem they are trying to solve, as well as their proposed solution. Competitive proposals will be meaningful, verifiable, durable, and feasible." With 90-sec. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff150e72e99fea26b77f07803751d0cb330d3f85d4291aca69b4 

TOP TALKER -- "Tony Kornheiser to leave D.C. radio after 24 years to launch podcast," by WashPost's Des Bieler: "Kornheiser will do his last show on ESPN 980 near the end of this month. The 'Pardon the Interruption' co-host and former Washington Post columnist said that he will launch a podcast in September. ... The 67-year-old Kornheiser began hosting 'Sports Radio 570 - The Team' in 1992 when the radio show debuted; the station moved to 980 AM in 1998." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15515d1b27732268ae1bdf11b6b417d607b4fe6491b490ed70 ... Release http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15928f6f198dfa227a458f4686c52b24fd7432e149e2cdfa7b 

MEDIAWATCH -- "One of the world's most storied media companies has gloriously rebranded itself as Tronc [actually 'tronc,' standing for 'Tribune Online Content']," by The Verge's Casey Newton: "After 168 years in publishing, ... Tribune Media Company will now be known as Tronc. ... [T]he publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times united under a proud new banner ... What is a Tronc? Why, it's 'a content curation and monetization engine.'" With lots of snarky reaction Tweets http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15e60a353f067f207b66de7fd337d20e8d309a2e37e165588f 

OUT AND ABOUT: Friends turned out Tuesday evening at Tabard Inn to hear the story of Indira Lakshmanan and Dermot Tatlow's son, Devan, and join in the quest to find a cure for cancer by supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Devan, now 10, spoke briefly about spending a year of his life in the hospital with one of the rarest forms of leukemia. He shared his and his family's gratitude for the medical breakthroughs and research that enabled him to be alive and well five years after a bone marrow transplant. Tish Few from WAMU was on hand raising funds for the campaign: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4af01577250dff15e7a9ee86544b65419a5b1f5f4fb221e85febbb710edc7321 

--SPOTTED: Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, Kate Seelye, Bobbie Greene McCarthy, Jay Newton-Small, Michael La Rosa, Ben Chang, diplomats from the Danish, Italian, British, and Jordanian embassies, and others from the CDC, the Alliance of Community Health Plans, and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

STATE VISIT: Bush 43 alumnus Pete Seat, in from Indiana.

BIRTHDAYS: Katie Allbritton is 5 (h/t Mom, Dad, and the Mermaid) Anderson Cooper is 49 ... Raul Castro, the president of Cuba, is 85 ... Erick Erickson is 41 ... Ann Stock (h/t Amanda Hunter) ... Whitney Smith, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Public Affairs, celebrating in S. Korea traveling with Secretary Lew (h/t Josh Drobnyk) ... Abe Rakov, campaign manager for Jason Kander for U.S. Senate in Missouri (h/t John Celock) ... Anders Felt, senior associate at Booz Allen Hamilton (h/ts Courtney and Jeremy Flantzer) ... PR pro Eric Schmeltzer is 41 ... Vox's Michelle Hackman, a WSJ alum ... Change.org's Nick Troiano is 27 ... Terence Grado ... Mike Elk is 3-0 ... Mark Proctor
 ... Wyatt Smith, senior director of donor relations at the George W. Bush Foundation ... Tommy McFLY, host of 94.7 Fresh FM's The Tommy Show and White House Easter Egg Roll Emcee, is 3-0 (h/t fianc&eacute; Chrys Kefalas) ... Jeremy Levin ... Dick Deardon (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Sophie Oreck, program manager for events at Mashable and a Politico alum 

... Dennis Overbye, NYT's "cosmic affairs correspondent," per his Twitter ... Benjamin Cassidy ... Evan Medeiros, managing director and practice head of Asia at the Eurasia Group (h/ts Ben Chang and Ian Bremmer) ... Jim Wallis ... Talley Sergent ... Tracey Lewis ... Bruce Bookhultz ... Gail Pennybacker ... CNN alum Jen Buesinger, now in Marina Del Rey, Calif. ... Angie Young, the office "Mom" at Protocol at State, who sends out office-wide emails on 80+ staffers' birthdays ... Joshua Miller ... Jim Kirk, SVP and editor-in-chief at Sun-Times Media ... Chet Rhodes ... Sean McFate ... Susan Reimer ... Barbara Fitzgerald ... Katherine Amenta, morning anchor at WPXI 11 in Pittsburgh and a
 NewsChannel 8 alum... Zach Zagar ... TV producer Chuck Barris is 87 ... author Larry McMurtry is 80 ... tennis player Rafael Nadal is 30 ... actor Sean Berdy is 23 (h/ts AP)

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