Subject: ?Axios AM: Mike's Top 7 — White House counter-programming — Trump's approval with his voters: 94% — A Tom Brady surprise
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White House counter-programming — Trump's approval with his vote=s: 94% — A Tom Brady surprise

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By Mike Allen = ·Apr 23, 2017

1 big thing: Trump's 100th

President Trump, in a bit of sly counter-progra=ming, yesterday announced a massive rally in Harrisburg, Pa., at 7:30 p.m. n=xt weekend — smack in the middle of the White House Correspondents= Association dinner that he and his staff are boycotting.

E=bracing the "Hallmark holiday" ... Saturday is also Trump's 100-d=y mark. And although he dismissed it on Twitter as "the ridiculous standar= of the first 100 days," the White House says it's "launching a web page d=dicated to the first 100 days," and "will also be producing graphics, vide=s, and other digital content for the President's massive online following =o share."

Sneak peek ... Trump's staff=has also planned a packed week designed to compete with all the media natt=ring. Depending on your perspective, it either looks like a victory lap or=cramming for exams:

"On Monday, the President=will speak with NASA astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson about the importance of e=powering women to pursue educations and careers in STEM fields as she sets=the record for the most time spent in space of any American."

"On Tuesday, he will give remarks at the National Holocaust Me=orial Museum's National Day of Remembrance. Later that day, he will host a=roundtable discussion with farmers and sign an Executive Order to protect =nd provide relief for rural America."

"On Wednesday, the President will be outlining principles for tax reform. ... The Depa=tment of Homeland Security will roll out the Victims of Immigrant Crime En=agement (VOICE) Office."

"On Thursday, the Presid=nt of Argentina will come to the White House ... [Trump] will also be sign=ng an Executive Order with respect to Veterans ... That evening, the Presi=ent will have dinner with the Justices of the Supreme Court, including his=successfully confirmed nominee Justice Neil Gorsuch."

"On =riday, the President will ... [sign] several Executive Orders on =nergy. ... He will also give remarks at the National Rifle Association's L=adership Forum in Atlanta."

"Throughout the week =he President, Cabinet officials, and senior White House staff will be acce=sible to media from the national level to the local and everything in betw=en."

2. Regret vote for Trump? 2%!

The context ... Eye-opening numbers in the WashPost's lead story, "Trump polls at record lows," by=Dan Balz and Scott Clement:

"T=ump nears the 100-day mark of his administration as the least pop=lar chief executive in modern times, a president whose voters remain large=y satisfied with his performance, but one whose base of support has not ex=anded since he took the oath of office, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll."

Approval is 42%, "the lowest recorded at this st=ge of a presidency dating to Dwight Eisenhower."

Disapprov=l is 53% — 14 points higher than the previous record, Bil= Clinton's 39% disapproval in April 1993, around his 100-day mark.
43% strongly disapprove, "the worst by far of any preside=t since George H.W. Bush by more than double."

All about t=at base: "There are no signs of major slippage ... among those wh= voted for Trump."

Approval with his voters: 94%!=... Among Republicans: 84%. ... Regret vote for T=ump? 2% ... Vote for him again? 96%! ... who would vote for her again: 85%.

3. Trump's Kitchen Cabinet

The New York Times via @MaggieNYT

The N.Y. Times' Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush, setti=g the pace on Trump-Insider coverage, today have a front-page splash on="The Outer Circle" — the 20 family, friends and acquaintances =resident Trump frequently consults in addition to his White House advisers=("Trump Reaches Beyond West Wing for Counsel: Looks to Touchstones In Fami=y and Finance For Advice Each Week").

: "While the insiders brawl and bawl these 20 out=iders are quietly steering the USS Donald J. Trump."

@MaggieNYT: "Of people Trump talks to, Murdoch and Ha=nity are high on the list ... Trump does not speak to these folks in equal=amounts, and some far less than others ...

"Trump often asks people 'what do you think about XY=,' whether it's an ... aide or an event or a proposal. Sometimes it reflec=s a pending change. Other times it is basically a verbal ... tic to start = conversation and engage with someone. The things Trump says don't=always convey deeper meaning. ...

"[Roger] Stone won't say when he talks to Trump (othe=s say yes) but he is ubiquitous defender/among those who know him best."
We asked around last night about who was missing. The top nominees were Sheldon Adelson, Rudy Giuliani and Pete= Thiel.

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4. "This changes everything"

The big reveal in the N.Y. Times' 7,500-word, quad-byli=ed lead story, "In Trying to Avoid Politics, Comey Shaped an Election": =/p>
[W]hile partisanship was no= a factor in [FBI Director James] Comey's approach to the two inv=stigations, he handled them in starkly different ways.

In the case of Mrs. Clinton, he r=wrote the script, partly based on the F.B.I.'s expectation that sh= would win and fearing the bureau would be accused of helping her. In the case of Mr. Trump, he conducted the investigation by the book, wit= the F.B.I.'s traditional secrecy. ...

[T]his go-it-alone strategy was shaped by his dis=rust of senior officials at the Justice Department, who he and other F.B.I= officials felt had provided Mrs. Clinton with political cover. The distrust extended to his boss, Loretta E. Lynch, the attorney ge=eral, who Mr. Comey believed had subtly helped play down the Clinton inves=igation.

5. Trump Effect goes global?

Marine Le Pen exits a polling booth in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, =oday / AP's Frank Augstein

Get smart fast, ahead of the French results later today=...

"France votes in presidential nailbi=er" — Agence France-Press, from Paris: "France voted=Sunday under heavy security in the first round of the most unpredictable p=esidential election in decades, with the outcome seen as vital for the fut=re of the beleaguered European Union."

"Far-right leade= Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are the favourites to=progress to a run-off on May 7."

"Le Pen, the 48-=ear-old leader of the National Front (FN), hopes to capitalise on security=fears that were catapulted to the fore of the campaign after the fatal sho=ting of a policeman on Paris's Champs Elysees avenue claimed by the Islami= State group."

"Aiming to ride a wave of populism=that carried Donald Trump to the White House and led Britain to vote for B=exit, Le Pen wants France to abandon the euro and intends to call a refere=dum on withdrawing from the EU as well.

"Observers predict=/strong> that a Le Pen victory could be a fatal blow for the EU, already w=akened by Britain's vote to leave."

"Macron, 39, =s seeking to become France's youngest ever president and has campaigned on=a strongly pro-EU and pro-business platform."

AP says =artial official results and early polling agency projections are =xpected when polls close at 2 p.m. ET, or soon thereafter.

6. The talk of tech: Snap snaps up crucial patent

The patent is called "Methods and Systems of providing visual content editing functions." It powers what Snapchat=users call a "geofilter" — an artistic overlay you add after a Sna= is taken, offered at specific times and places, and available or advertis=rs to sponsor and customize.

Sn=p has tried to secure the future of geofilters by buying that cru=ial patent. TechCrunch's Mike B=tcher picks up the story:

The target: "Mo=li, an Instagram competitor launched six years ago that failed to get ahea= of its competitor, actually patented the idea of Geo-photo filters in 201=."

The transaction: "[S]erial entrepreneur and i=vestor Moshe Hogeg, who co-founded Mobli, sold Mobli's Geofilters patent t= Snap this month for $7.7 million. This is believed to be the highest amou=t paid for a patent from the Israeli tech industry."

Why i= matters: "Snap wanted the patent to protect itself from future l=tigation."

7. 1 surprising thing

Boston Globe

An intriguing revelation on the Boston Globe front page= "Tom Brady gives much to Best Buddies, but has taken millions for his own charitable trust," by Bob Hohler: "<=r>

"Since 2011, while Brady has served as the =Massachusetts face of Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to=helping intellectually and developmentally disabled people] and helped it =aise nearly $20 million, Best Buddies has paid $2.75 million to Brady's ow= charitable trust."

"The payments, made at Brady'= request, support his Boston-based Change the World Foundation Trust, whos= giving has focused almost entirely on causes tied to Brady's personal int=rests, including his high school alma mater, his children's private school=, and charities operated by his football friends."

"The arrangement was forged by Brady and his friend, Anthony=K. Shriver, the founder and chairman of Best Buddies."

"Sh=iver quoted Brady as saying, some time before the payments began =n 2011: 'When I come to Best Buddies events, it's all about Best Buddies, =hich is the way I want to keep it while I develop my interests. Would you =upport helping me pursue my things while I continue to put a lot of energy=into your thing?'"

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