Subject: ?Axios AM: Mike's Top 10 — Trump's big agenda switcheroo — Rise of religious left — New Uber service to be tested here
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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:41:08 -0400 (EDT)

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By Mike Allen = ·Mar 28, 2017

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1 big thing: Trump quest for a quick win

Sean Spicer allows Attorney General Jeff Sessions to pass him after a su=prise appearance at the White House briefing, to talk about sanctuary citi=s / AP's Pablo Martinez Monsivais

As Republicans frantically look for a roadmap after Fri=ay's collapse, the White House is talking about moving to a novel, risky s=rategy: tackling tax reform and infrastructure at the same time (not necessarily in the same bill). Axios' Jonathan Swan broke the story last night:

It's a major strategic shift — infrastructure w=s likely to be parked until next year.

Trump needs fast vi=tories. Infrastructure is big, flashy, and potentially bipartisan=

Trump feels burned by the conservative House Fre=dom Caucus and is ready to deal with Dems. Dangling infrastructure spendin= is an obvious way to buy support of potentially dozens of Dems, meaning h= wouldn't be hostage to hardliners.

House Transportation a=d Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), who would steer T=ump's construction package through the House, tells Swan he's optimistic T=ump could get it done this year.

Shuster was an e=rly Trump supporter and has been chatting with the billionaire about roads=and airports long before he ran for President.

What we=re hearing ... A well-wired Republican tells me the party can't r=sk "looking like a clown car." So leaders are desperate to head off a gove=nment shutdown at the end of April, and to put together a plausible path t= victory on tax reform.

Top off=cials at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue tell me they don't see =ow they can change the House Republican math that killed health reform. Th= new sequencing being debated is an effort to disrupt a losing cal=ulus — to avoid, as one official told me, "the definition=of insanity."

Chaser ... David Brooks column, <=strong>"Can Elephants Learn From Failure?": "Republicans ... are massively=underestimating how hard tax reform is going to be. ... Tax reform will pr=bably only pass with bipartisan buy-in, if there are enough potential yes =otes that you can afford to lose some off on the extremes."

2. Trump's big climate change splash

At 2 p.m., Trump will visit EPA HQ to sign a long-await=d executive order that aims to unwind huge swaths of Obama-era climate cha=ge policy. Axios' Ben Geman breaks it=down:

Why it matters: The order is the cleare=t sign yet of how aggressively Trump wants to attack his predecessor's reg=lations on fossil fuel development and coal-fired power generation, which =epublicans call economically burdensome.

The order will w=/strong>ithdraw Obama-era interagency calculations of the="social cost of carbon," a metric regulators use to weigh the damage from =ncreased carbon emissions.

What's next: A fierce messaging battle to shape public perception of Trump's actions= A senior White House official told reporters the administration is commit=ed to "twin goals" of environmental protection and energy development.Gina McCarthy, Obama's EPA chief, called=it dangerous to air quality and drinking water.

See what else the executive order =oes. And read Ben Geman's lookahead.

3. Great window into covering this White House

CNN Justice Correspondent Evan Perez, to anchor Don Lem=n, about Jared Kushner volunteering to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the revelation that he met=with the head of a Russian state-owned development bank that's under sanct=ons, and close to Kremlin security services:

"[K]eep in mind: The only reason why this is a story=is because these guys won't tell the full story when they're asked. I mean= this is something that they keep making the same mistake over and over wi=h: Drip, drip, drip."

"This is =omething we've asked before. And even today: I asked them: 'Is th=s it? Is this the final story?" And they said: ... 'We don't have an oblig=tion to disclose anything else. Go and find something else, and we'll tell=you if it's true.'"

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4. Guilty as charged

This column makes a great point — we think too=little about what has gone before (and even the nonsense that we perso=ally have written before).

When Dana Milbank and I covered George W. Bush for the WashPost, I remember Dana jokingly tos=ing off this journalistic truism: "There are no new stories — just new reporters!"

"The Three Lame St=ries the Press Writes About Every President," by Politico's J=ck Shafer:

"Usually up first in their rotatio= is a breathless beat-sweetener about the incoming vice president. Thanks =o his unusual closeness to the boss, ... the new veep is the most powe=ful in history.

"The second inevitable wave =f stories claims that the administration is rebooting.'"

=Monday's Washington Post brings us ... =he third classic of the first 100 days of reporting: A story about the com=ng 'reorganization' of government — this time by Prince Jared, the=president's son-in-law."

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5. Trump's America: The religious left

"'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in T=ump era," by Reuters' Scott Malone:

"This disparate group ... has been propelled into political activism by Trump's policies o= immigration, healthcare and social welfare ... A key test will be how wel= it will be able to translate its mobilization into votes in the 2018 midt=rm congressional elections."

"Religious progressive activi=m has been part of American history. Religious leaders and their =ollowers played key roles in campaigns to abolish slavery, promote civil r=ghts and end the Vietnam War."

"Some in the religious left=/strong> are inspired by Pope Francis."

"[L]eaders point t= ... a surge of congregations offering to provide sanctuary to im=igrants seeking asylum, churches urging Republicans to reconsider repealin= the Obamacare health law and calls to preserve federal spending on foreig= aid."

"The number of churches volun=eering to offer sanctuary to asylum seekers doubled to 800 in 45 of the 50=U.S. states after the election."

6. The future of work

The U.S. lost between 360,000 and 670,000 jobs jobs to=robots since 1990, according to research published ye=terday by economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo. Axio=' Chris Matthews reads between the lines:

A g=owing problem: The pace of displacement is set to accelerate from=here. Acemoglu and Restrepo say that if automation proceeds at predicted r=tes, millions of jobs could be lost while wage growth is reduced by up to =.6% between 2015 and 2025.

Compounding inequality= The rise of automation has occurred at a time when more income is going t=wards ownership relative to labor than at any time since economists began =idely collecting such data. If automation is partially to blame for this s=ift, the increasing use of robots will only worsen the problem.

7. Global trends: Key populist leader

Far-right French candidate Marine Le Pen arrives on stage to deliver a s=eech in Lille, northern France, on Sunday / AP's Michel Spingler

A thoughtful piece that's worthy of your time �=94 and good baseline for all the coming fragmentary coverage heading into =he first round of voting April 23. The White House thinks she can be elect=d as part of a Trumpy global wave. And she's an iconic face of a key trend=of our time ...

Wall Street Jou=nal front-pager from Paris, "France's=Fiery Populist Courts the Elite: Marine Le Pen seeks advice from same esta=lishment she rails against":

"French presidential candi=ate Marine Le Pen, representing the once-ostracized National Fron=, met with influential bankers, corporate executives and government offici=ls to get advice on the radical changes vowed by her campaign. Now the gro=p is helping plan what she hopes will be her first 100 days in office."
"National Front's goal is to move from a xenophobic =rotest movement founded by her father into a mainstream party espousing ec=nomic nationalism."

"Ms. Le Pen, 48 =ears old, ... blames the common currency for France's chronically high une=ployment and has said she would bring back the franc if elected."<=strong>

Why it matters: "That could =e a devastating blow to the EU, which already is wrestling with the exit o= the United Kingdom."

"Polls suggest=Ms. Le Pen will make it through the first round of voting April 23. Winnin= the second-round runoff [May 7] looks harder because supporters of candid=tes knocked out in the first round are likely to coalesce against her."

8. Media trends: Study of the day

"Ad trust rises as news trust sinks," by Axios= Sara Fischer: "A new survey finds that 61% of people trust the advert=sing they see, an 11% jump from March 2014, according to eMarketer. In add=tion, 72% of respondents also said the ads are 'honest,' a 16% increase ov=r the past two years."

Why it matters: The mos= recent Gallup poll on trust in media shows that 68% of Americans don't tr=st the news — the lowest rate ever measured. The shift shows that =s people trust established media brands less, they are turning towards unc=nventional sources of information.

9. The talk of Hollywood

"Studios pushing earlier movie rentals amid growing pre=sures," by L.A. Times' Ryan Faughnder:
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"[M]ost of the studios agree that they must come up=with new ways to shorten the gap between a movie's theatrical release and =ts home video debut ... Such moves have previously sparked massive resista=ce from cinema operators, who feared that consumers would avoid watching m=vies on the big screen."

[M]ajor chains such as A=C and Regal are open to shrinking the so-called theatrical window. ... Suc= deals with the cinema giants are expected to come by the=end of the year or in early 2018."

Why it mat=ers: "The change would represent a significant departure from the=way Hollywood has done business and highlights how rapidly shiftin= consumer viewing habits are forcing studios and theaters to rethink how t=ey've operated for decades."

"The ma=n studios pushing the initiative — Warner Bros., Universa= Pictures and 20th Century Fox — want customers to be able to watc= select movies in their homes 30 to 45 days after they hit the multiplex, =ess than half the time it usually takes."

"Co=sumers would pay $30 to $50 to watch the movies, and theaters wou=d get a cut of the revenue from the premium video-on-demand offerings."

10. 1 fun thing: Slugging Uber

A curiosity of D.C. commuting meets the app age ... Was=Post Metro front, "=ill Northern Va. pay to slug? Uber bets on it," by Faiz Siddiqui:
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"Uber will use Northern Virginia as a testing groun= for a new carpooling feature, described by the company as 'digital slug l=nes.' ... [S]luggers [are] a dedicated group of commuters who [line up at =ommuter lots, and get in strangers' cars] to use HOV lanes to save time an= money."

"The new Uber service, called Commute, w=ll initially be available in Tysons, Fairfax City and Alexandria, targetin= the Interstate 66 and Interstate 395 corridors along with the George Wash=ngton Parkway."

"Drivers will net $5 to $10 p=r ride ... Uber is advertising Commute as a lower-cost alternativ= to uberPool, the app's cheapest option, where riders headed in the same d=rection split the cost of a trip. An uberPool trip costing $15 to upward o= $25 would cost $5 to $10 with Commute."

P. S. Bracket=logy ... "South Carolina becomes 10th school to make men's, women's Final Four in same year." Others in Women's Final Four, which tips Friday in Dallas: UConn, Stanford and Mississippi State.

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