Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co.: HILLARY BACK ON AIR FORCE ONE – 2 DAYS LATER, Trump campaign explains ‘Star of David’ tweet – TRUMP TROUBLES: Ohio, Colorado, super PACs – CLINTON WORRY: unions -- B’DAYS: Steve Rattner, David Sanger
From: "Mike Allen" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:04:15 -0600

07/05/2016 08:00 AM EDT

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

Good Tuesday morning, and welcome back! DRIVING THE DAY - Obama's daily schedule: "1:20PM: THE PRESIDENT and Secretary Clinton depart Joint Base Andrews en route Charlotte, North Carolina ... 2:25PM: THE PRESIDENT and Secretary Clinton arrive in Charlotte ... 3:15PM: THE PRESIDENT and Secretary Clinton deliver remarks, Charlotte Convention Center."

--Trump tweets: "Why is President Obama allowed to use Air Force One on the campaign trail with Crooked Hillary? She is flying with him tomorrow. Who pays? ... Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail by President Obama and Crooked Hillary. A total disgrace!"

 

--AP's Julie Pace and Kathleen Hennessey: "Presidents make all their airplane flights on Air Force One ... 'As is the standard practice, the campaign will cover its portion of the costs,' Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c72817a2038a699e2b49b5e0d33c3281caa2c2967df9271684

--Annie Karni: "The risk is Donald Trump and other Republican detractors will seize on the rally as further evidence that Clinton is running for Obama's third term. And on the heels of last week's energetic rally with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the two events could remind voters of how Clinton on her own remains a low-appeal candidate in need of star power to generate enthusiasm." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7f2a668cec642283aa30fce5691ebe521f1d98adcf41e683d

THE NEW "SUMMER OF TRUMP":

--Statement from Trump campaign Social Media Director Dan Scavino, on Trump's Facebook page: "The social media graphic used this weekend was not created by the campaign nor was it sourced from an anti-Semitic site. It was lifted from an anti-Hillary Twitter user where countless images appear. The sheriff's badge - which is available under Microsoft's 'shapes' -- fit with the theme of corrupt Hillary and that is why I selected it." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7e052afbd02f73f8b6780b0aba008b2b06dd1f32ccaa27bf0

--Ryan Wiliams (@RyanGOP): "FWIW - the much-maligned 22 person Romney tweet sign off system would have caught an image from a white supremacist blog before it went out."

--N.Y. Times A15, "Trump Finds Himself Playing Catch-Up in All-Important Ohio," by Trip Gabriel in Columbus: "The barely concealed disdain of Gov. John R. Kasich, ... who has not endorsed the presumptive nominee, echoes through the state's Republican leadership ... Images of disunity in Cleveland ... could make it harder for the party to attract grass-roots activists ...

"Trump ignored Ohio for six weeks after clinching the nomination, until a visit last week to coal country, where he spoke to an audience of largely white working-class voters ... [I]n describing a trade deal ... as a 'rape of our country,' his oratory and protectionist policies are turning off other Republican-leaning voters, including suburban women and business interests, in a state whose economy depends on global exports." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7e2eb1029e0075da1c3634cc50cb3345f700fb46fdf3432ef

-"Trump faces risks in Southwest in 2016, notably in Colorado," by AP's Tom Beaumont in Denver, with Julie Bykowicz: "Trump's disparaging words about Mexicans, negative comments about women and weak campaign organization have punctuated the state's shift from a nip-and-tuck battleground to one that's Democrat-friendly. For the first time in more than 20 years, there are more registered Democrats in the state than Republicans." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7de1aaf5d992d275bbf783d07daedcf59a65c2aca29784906 

--L.A. Times A1, at fold, "Trump allies struggle for cash: Super PACs haven't raised much, hurt by his poll numbers and go-it-alone strategy," by Lisa Mascaro: "As the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA Action deploys some of its $88 million ... to flood the airwaves, ... of the dozen or so pro-Trump super PACs established so far, only a few have reported raising significant amounts of money or interest - for a total of about $4 million as of the end of May. And most of that has been spent." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c72cd0c221fac7bfab3cf6a43610904d544c5a3a93809b580d

WHAT TRUMP TOWER IS READING - WashPost A1, top of col. 1, "A Trump curve for Clinton, unions: Republican's stance on free trade resonates with labor's rank and file," by David Nakamura in Philly and David Weigel: "The Teamsters, with 1.4 million members, ... have not made a formal choice between Clinton and Trump. Teamsters President James Hoffa said that he hoped the contrast between the two candidates will become clearer after they release their platforms at their ... conventions." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c70a47be32588329a05811f0dd991fb0c456282b72fb837171

2016 PLAYERS - N.Y. Times A1, above fold, "Son-in-Law Wields Power In Trump's Bid," by Michael Barbaro and Jonathan Mahler: Jared "Kushner has become involved in virtually every facet of the Trump presidential operation, so much so that many ... increasingly see him as a de facto campaign manager. Mr. Kushner, who is married to Mr. Trump's daughter Ivanka, helped recruit a sorely needed director of communications, oversaw the creation of an online fund-raising system and has had a hand in drafting Mr. Trump's few policy speeches. ...

"Donors, policy experts and Republican leaders regularly reach out to him as a gatekeeper to the candidate. ... But ... an awkward reality remains: Many of his friends and co-workers are socially liberal Democrats who are horrified by the Trump campaign." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7665cef7127dced34c4b73045c1f1e9ae1896dde3eee24b9f

--"Clinton snags AFL-CIO official, former Sanders staffer, in labor outreach," by Reuters' Amanda Becker in L.A.: "The two new staffers, Lori D'Orazio and Michele Gilliam, are to be deputy labor campaign directors ... D'Orazio is moving to the campaign from the biggest U.S. labor federation, the AFL-CIO. Gilliam is a former staffer for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who was Clinton's fiercest primary competitor." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7bc07e67345bbad810815a0891ef4c9e493495a8c9a32517f

GLENN THRUSH "Off Message" podcast - "Nate Silver is happy to be wrong -- Fivethirtyeight.com founder: Blowing Trump's primary win made me humbler, smarter": "Silver is giving Donald Trump a 19 percent chance of becoming president - and that makes him a little nervous, as well it should ... because he's running with the pack, and that makes him suspect something's a little off." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c766132f0851d1ca75cdc60bcaa47a86d823bec976988a1a5a ...Subscribe and listen http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7b32c5b4f955fdf872a1ed1de539d26c577f2e2cc8422b5eb  

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2017 ATTRACTIONS - "Immigration reformers eye Gang of 8 revival," by Seung Min Kim and Burgess Everett: "Several influential lawmakers see another opening for immigration reform in 2017, especially if Hillary Clinton wins and the GOP takes another hit among Latinos. ... Gang of Eight leader Chuck Schumer is poised to become majority leader if Democrats take the Senate this year. ... Republicans are also under increasing pressure to act. Several GOP senators from Latino-heavy states - such as David Perdue of Georgia and Thom Tillis of North Carolina - were elected in 2014 and are eager to dig into the issue." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c773128a6826b56935eb164c12d6bddfe79e22c8c70842a0d0

WELCOME TO THE WORLD ... ROBERT BARNETT and RITA BRAVER are grandparents to the third power! Meredith Barnett and Daniel Penn announce "the birth of Blair Virginia Penn [Friday] ... 6 lbs. and 14 ounces. Mom and Blair are doing great -- and Teddy and Connor are very excited to meet their little sister. As she did with our two boys, Meredith brought Blair into the world with grace, humor, and determination. ... We count our blessings every day." 3 pics: With Mom http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c71b83010aa933edf64adfc162fb3f89372b56fd6b6773a760 ... With Dad http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c73afce4ff6bc4837c0e444270cc44208a86a8b395ff2222e1 ... Solo http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7ecfaa5b06f227a5b3ce14def15b22873f557aabfebe8ef6c

WHAT ANDREW ROSS SORKIN is reading - "Dealbook" column on NYT Business front, "Tell-Alls, Strategic Plans and Cautionary Tales": "[O]ne of the best books I've read recently isn't out until October. It is a biography of Alan Greenspan titled, 'The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan' ... by the journalist Sebastian Mallaby ... Greenspan is a fascinating subject because for so long he was considered a genius, only to later be blamed for the financial crisis." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7c3c8a3457cbaa0a4cf468001291099c721f34da85d432781

MIKE ORESKES, NPR'S SVP News and Editorial Director, emails member stations: "As you know NPR sent a reporting team to Afghanistan in May to get a sense of the security situation there. It was during that reporting trip that our colleagues David and Zabi were killed in a Taliban ambush. A series by Tom Bowman and Monika Evstatieva that includes coverage from that trip is scheduled to air [today] on 'Morning Edition' and continue on 'All Things Considered' through Wednesday evening.

"There will be four appearances over two days accompanied by special online coverage with some of David's last photos and an essay by Tom summing up the answer to the question behind the trip: 'how is this war going?' The last of the stories includes audio from Tom and Monika's vehicle as it was struck by gunfire during the ambush. ... We have ... told David's family and Zabi's family about these upcoming accounts. These stories are more than powerful journalism - they are the ultimate testament to the courage and commitment of our colleagues."

SPOTTED: D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, enjoying lunch in uniform at The Prospect on U Street (formerly Ulah Bistro). ... NRCC Chair Greg Walden doing Fourth of July grocery shopping at Harris Teeter on Capitol Hill.

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PRESIDENT TRUMP - WSJ A1, bottom right corner, "Trump Business Reach Stirs Conflict Questions," by Monica Langley in N.Y.: "'I wouldn't mind a blind trust,' he said in a recent interview. 'I would be doing one thing. My total focus would be on making this country great again. I wouldn't even think about the company.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7bec065beb9d0007a10f3f4ca8c3d0a033fe34c00d03d8ef6

POLL DU JOUR - USA Today banner, "CLINTON LEAD OVER TRUMP SHRINKS: Only 5 points [45.6% to 40.4%] separate candidates in [USA Today/Suffolk U.] poll; voters' negative outlook could shape election," by Susan Page and Fernanda Crescende: When you think about this election, how do you feel? Alarmed 61% ... Excited 23% ... Bored 9% http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7100ffb867ed2e14eb201efc9ad53194f814b40b4af98c468

DRIP, DRIP ... "Clinton-related State Dept. records delays are mounting up," by AP's Stephen Braun:"Just five months before the presidential election, the State Department is under fire in courtrooms over its delays in turning over government files related to Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. In one case, the agency warned it needed a 27-month delay, until October 2018, to turn over emails from Clinton's former aides." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c78dc0f32830d494ab80353579b6499c822dded78a5ecdd216

SENATE RACES ... "Ohio's bromance: Kasich goes all-out to save Portman," by John Bresnahan: "The popular two-term governor of the Buckeye State has pledged to do whatever is needed to help Portman topple Democrat Ted Strickland in the marquee Senate contest. That means fundraising, campaign events, TV ads - basically anything Portman wants. The Republican incumbent needs whatever lift he can get. The race will easily top $100 million, and Trump - with his unpredictable rhetoric and polar opposite views on trade and other issues - is a major X factor for the establishment-minded Portman." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c739d7428f5d97666735cef01e476dd2ee27d56245d2f19567

FIRST LOOK -- "Priorities USA Action, Senate Majority PAC, House Majority PAC to Host Unity Events at Democratic National Convention": "The event will take place at the Electric Factory, one of Philadelphia's most iconic live music venues, and will be headlined by entertainment icon Snoop Dogg. Earlier in the week the organizations will also host a reception featuring a performance by the Grammy award winning rock band, Los Lobos." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c7c9400221773f125ffaaa8d0cebb41fed0ef18d245e73e8fc

POSTCARD FROM ASPEN -- DAVID BROOKS' stand-up routine at Aspen Ideas Comedy Night at Belly Up Aspen: "I'm the conservative columnist at the New York Times, a job I like to call being the chief rabbi at Mecca. ... When I was 18, the admissions officers at Columbia, Brown and Wesleyan decided I should go to the University of Chicago. ... Chicago is a Baptist school where atheist professors teach Jewish students St. Thomas Aquinas. ... I moved to Washington, D.C., the most emotionally avoidant spot on the face of the earth ... I was secular at the time but my then wife decided to convert to Judaism, then she decided to study for the rabbinate. Then she decided to keep a Kosher home. This is
 how we know God must exist because only He would go so far out of his way to screw me this badly. That set me to thinking that if God actually did exist, will he sentence me to hell for my sins? Will I spend all of eternity playing Twister with Ted Cruz? ...

"I became single about 3 or 4 years ago. I had to start dating. So my strategy was I'd start dating women who already liked the PBS 'Newshour' and already knew me. Unfortunately, we have sort of a demographic issue."

BOB COSTAS: Jeffrey Goldberg, the M.C., "says I need no introduction, and that's awfully nice ... I'll be in an airport and somebody will come up to me - it happens all the time - and they begin the conversation with 'What's your name again?' And I'm like, 'Did I miss the first part of the conversation here?' 'What's your name again?' And I say, 'Bob Costas.' And they say, 'That's right!' And I say, 'I get that one right almost all the time.' ...

"The one that really sort of surprised me happened a few years ago. I'm standing on a street corner in Manhattan waiting for the 'Walk' sign, and a guy starts coming towards me. And after a while, you know how to anticipate these situations. I can see that he's about to say something to me. Broad smile, he sticks out his hand and says 'Bryant! Bryant! I love you.' And I said, 'This is getting so old. I'm Greg Gumbel, not Bryant Gumbel. I know my brother is more famous than me but can I get a little respect?' And the guy says without missing a beat, 'Oh, Greg, I love you, too!'"

TRANSITIONS -- Scott Frein is joining McGuire Woods Consulting as VP of gov't relations. Scott will add to MWC's education practice after having been the executive director of ACT, Inc.'s DC Office--heading up their policy and government relations teams--and the director of advocacy for the Council of Chief State School Officers.

WEEKEND WEDDING -- RICH GOLDBERG, newly promoted chief of staff for Gov. Bruce Rauner and a Mark Kirk alum, married teacher Roxie Zeller at the swank Hilton Orrington/Evanston with more than 200 guests. Protected by state police, they, and the governor, celebrated the betrothal at a Jewish Orthodox ceremony officiated by the local rabbi in the community (where they met at an unexpected Shabbat meal). Entertained by a 9 piece band, Rich and Roxie were joined by their family and friends, coming from Skokie, DC, and Scotland. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c765706e9aee6813e1256e680471321d9eedc16c9a11e8bb84  

--SPOTTED: Gov. Bruce Rauner, First Lady Diana Rauner, Sen. Mark Kirk, Mark Dubowitz, Noah Pollak, Omri Ceren, Robert Zarate, Stephanie Edelman, Joel Mowbray, Adam Kredo, Mike and Barret Zolnierowicz, Lance Trover, Sarah Clamp, Mike Schrimpf, Aaron Winters, Andria Winters, Ed Murphy, Nancy Kimme, Rich Miller, Eric Elk, Lester Munson, Aaron Keyak, Avi Goldgraber.

OUT AND ABOUT - The Daily Caller News Foundation's Christopher Bedford and Independent Journal Review's Benny Johnson hosted a July 4th party yesterday where they served 7 pounds of BBQ alligator, 4 pounds of fried squid and 5 pounds of crab cakes (by Dane Nakamura of Voltaggio's restaurants) plus a mac and cheese bar. Grover Norquist made a late appearance and asked for a shot of Fireball. Benny and Bedford obliged. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=a486fcbc0e46b6c75df6cc5c00ccb24239668e7f0f586dbac3b05d6ab92aee11

--SPOTTED: Matt and Alissa Wolking, Kevin Cirilli, Chris Moody, Kate Rieley, Jen Jacobs, Chris Moody, Lauren Duvoll, Jason and Sarah Fowler, Jacob Wood, Amanda Lee House, Francesca Chambers and Michael Moroney, Katie Frates, Josh Fischer, Grae Stafford, Nick Pompeo, Nihal Krishan, Katie Pointer.

BIRTHDAYS: Steve Rattner, the pride of Great Neck, N.Y., is 64 ... NYT's David Sanger, the pride of White Plains ... Julie Nixon Eisenhower is 68 ... John Lawrence, Nancy Pelosi's legendary former chief of staff ... Michael LaRosa, "Hardball" traveling campaign producer, walking political encyclopedia and the pride of Easton, Pa. (h/t Jimmy Williams) ... Mike Manatos, SVP at Manatos & Manatos, and husband to Fox 5's Laura Evans, is 48 ... Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) is 65 ... Rep. Jim Himes (D-Ct.) is 5-0 ... Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) is 79 ... Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is 65 ... Austin Lavin, son of Carl and Lauren ... Barb Barrett, national editor at McClatchy's D.C. bureau ... Walt
 Cronkite (Walter Cronkite IV), CBS News Capitol Hill producer, is 28 ... Ben Ray, comms. dir. for American Bridge ... Mike Stranz, on the Democrats' staff on the House Ag. Committee (h/t Politico's Janie Boschma) ...

... Ben Binswanger (h/t Jon Haber) ... Beverly Kirk of CSIS ... AFP chief DC photographer Paul Richards is 6-0 ... Andrew Friedman, VP at BerlinRosen ... John Marzulli of the N.Y. Daily News ... Julie Shapiro, continuous news editor at Time ... Daily Caller's Kerry Picket ... Qualcomm's Angela Baker, an HRC '08 and State alum ... Robert Bobo ... OFA alum Reesa Kossoff, executive director of SEIU PA State Council ... Daryl "Drew" Ball ... Politico's Charlotte D'Sa ... Marc Cohn, a.k.a., Mr. Elizabeth Vargas ... Daniel McCarthy, principal of The Ingram Group ... Dee Dee Voorhees ... Nancy Donaldson ... Barbara Lawton ... Susannah Cowden (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Steve McMillin, partner at US
 Policy Metrics, is 5-0 ... Duke Walker is 3-0 ... Edward Wojciechowski is 37 ... Abe Novick is 55 ... Sam Art is 28 ... David Dunning ... actress Katherine Helmond is 87 ... Huey Lewis is 66 ... Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher Rich "Goose" Gossage is 65 ... Edie Falco is 53 ... Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum) is 34 ... actor Jason Dolley is 25 (h/t AP)

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