Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by Morgan Stanley: THE NEW PARIS: STATES band together to stick to Paris accord -- EPA ADMIN PRUITT celebrates at Le Diplomate on 14th Street -- MERKEL: Decision is ‘regrettable’ -- MUSK and IGER ditch Trump councils
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WHAT A TOWN! EPA ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT PRUITT celebrated exiting the Paris agreement by dining last night at ... Le Diplomate, the French bistro on 14th Street with some aides! We can't imagine many 14th Street dwellers were happy with Pruitt's push to force Trump out of the climate agreement. 

THE NEW PARIS -- "Washington, California, New York band together to form climate alliance," by Eric Wolff: "In the wake of President Donald Trump's announcement he will pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, the governors of California, Washington and New York have agreed to form an alliance aimed at meeting the U.S. climate goals.

"The new coalition, called the United States Climate Alliance, will serve as a way for states interested in dealing with climate change to coordinate. ... The three states make up about a fifth of U.S. population and GDP. They also produced 11 percent of U.S. emissions in 2014, according to the Energy Information Administration.

"'If the President is going to be AWOL in this profoundly important human endeavor, then California and other states will step up,' Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d61a7e3e9ddb4e147c2ec27ca77a78fcbfc0bc2ac5ba7afbc04bf74b0f8cee4f5aab9b3b8026b4d2f5 

HOW IT'S PLAYING -- DES MOINES REGISTER: "TRUMP PULLS OUT OF CLIMATE PACT ... He offers to renegotiate Paris accord to make it better for U.S. businesses" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d61899b8f506c2692b35b1c20df583a03aae90816f51f5587f63a81d0f6e76bc41d3242fda0a3b79c5 ... THE GUARDIAN: "Anger at US as Trump rejects climate accord ... President claims American jobs put at risk by Paris deal to curb emissions" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d61d02958f62349c2ac4d1bb62c288e220431e4a1fdf11b278a221a17115f13ec5fe4202aefdde069b ...

-- ARIZONA REPUBLIC has an eye-catching graphic with the Eiffel Tower and every country in the accord, and the U.S., Nicaragua and Syria in red, with the headline: "NON! ... U.S. now 1 of 3 countries not in Paris climate deal; Phoenix's mayor defiant" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6051bdcc1764b88c8f852d07a29751fba10a38395ad07e6ea96124f3d4635b47354f6dfd692c7aa08 

Good Friday morning. THE ONE THING TO WATCH -- Tech CEOs are due at the White House June 19 for a major summit. Will ire from some tech titans over Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord be enough for them to skip it? Bob Iger of Disney and Elon Musk of Tesla -- two bold-faced CEOs -- have both pulled out of Trump-led advisory councils already.

LLOYD BLANKFEIN'S FIRST TWEET -- @lloydblankfein: "Today's decision is a setback for the environment and for the U.S.'s leadership position in the world. #ParisAgreement" (h/t Ben White in Morning Money)

AP at 5:03 a.m.: "BERLIN (AP) - Germany's Merkel: U.S. climate move 'can't and won't stop all those of us who feel obliged to protect the planet.'"

-- FROM POLITICO EUROPE'S KALINA OROSCHAKOFF: ANGELA MERKEL: "The decision of the United States is extremely regrettable -- and I am expressing myself very reservedly. This decision cannot and will not ... stop us. To the contrary, Germany, Europe and the rest of the world will more determined than ever bundle their powers ... to successfully tackle these challenges."

ONE THING IS FOR SURE. Nearly every time PRESIDENT TRUMP meets with and appears with a foreign leader, he is almost certain to be asked about the dissonance between his position on climate change and that of every other head of state on planet Earth. 

TRUMP'S KITCHEN CABINET -- WHAT SPICER SHOULD BE READING -- "Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle -- once tipped to be taking Spicer's job -- reveals Trump called her for her opinion on Paris Accord before announcing his decision" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d601e962a0a98ed73b81ec278b1c02f867b692c8e76b413f86ed7e46ea95729535e6cbd6fe0e474964

A HEADLINE THAT WILL EAT AT THE PRESIDENT -- NYT, A1 -- "Trump Hands the Chinese a Gift: The Chance for Global Leadership," by David Sanger and Jane Perlez: "President Trump has managed to turn America First into America Isolated.

"In pulling out of the Paris climate accord, Mr. Trump has created a vacuum of global leadership that presents ripe opportunities to allies and adversaries alike to reorder the world's power structure. His decision is perhaps the greatest strategic gift to the Chinese, who are eager to fill the void that Washington is leaving around the world on everything from setting the rules of trade and environmental standards to financing the infrastructure projects that give Beijing vast influence. ...

"It is still possible that Mr. Trump's announcement on Thursday will amount to a blip in history, a withdrawal that takes so long -- four years -- that it could be reversed after the next presidential election." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d69d430e84634bf1f9bd1075eb849d24aa792e05d8eee1ad56b7bc90defed48918046390e4bfaabee1 

BEHIND THE SCENES -- WAPO'S ASHLEY PARKER, PHIL RUCKER and MICHAEL BIRNBAUM -- "Inside Trump's climate decision: After fiery debate, he 'stayed where he's always been'": "The pressure on President Trump to remain in the Paris climate accord came from all sides.

"Silicon Valley titans, such as Apple chief executive Tim Cook and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, contacted the White House directly, making clear just how seriously they viewed the issue of climate change -- and how important it was to them that the president not withdraw from the international pact. European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, used a private summit of the Group of Seven world powers to repeatedly and urgently prod Trump to stay true to the climate deal.

"And Ivanka Trump ... reached out to chief executives and urged them to call her father to make their pro-business case for staying in the accord. She even personally appealed to Andrew Liveris, the head of Dow Chemical, asking him to spearhead a letter with other CEOs -- which ultimately ran as a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal in May -- directly appealing to Trump to stay in the agreement, according to a person familiar with the effort." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6cce0b97377711b557cb7b31ee17d96871d27b0b73faa305d1a8253f6c215973548580732ce6c7718 

--Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle): "According to sources inside the WH...S Bannon & S Miller were the last to have the president's ear before the announcement...he listened".

N.Y. POST COVER: "FRENCH TOAST ... Trump pulls out of Paris climate deal" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d68334cc60140115c8ebd9045a62d953119334c57283d18ab6f42e9d341741bb31639e916e3025a028 

N.Y. DAILY NEWS COVER -- "TRUMP TO WORLD: DROP DEAD" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d61c8bd6ad8abc5130860a76e1a5ebb12a502ed67d5815c073d9bcb709fb0e5cfdd131782c7b0646c8 

ANNIE KARNI on IVANKA'S FIRST BIG LOSS -- "After climate loss, Ivanka moves on": "Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, have taken the defeat in stride, according to two people familiar with their thinking on the issue. Their view of their roles in the White House is that they're playing the long game, helping the president to be successful. And they don't tally their own influence day-by-day or bill-by-bill. 

"But they were notably absent from the row of top aides gathered in front of the podium for the announcement. There, Trump's top political strategist Steve Bannon, who has clashed with Kushner in the past and had been pressing Trump to withdraw from the climate change agreement, smiled happily under the beating sun. Ivanka Trump was out of the office observing the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, a White House official said. Kushner walked to the White House after attending synagogue in the morning for a long-standing meeting that was on his schedule before Trump's remarks were put together, and he also did not attend the Rose Garden event. But the White House official said Kushner was 'fully
 involved with the process of the announcement.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d61b65c3f0bd8deee2e565fafdf54442c46a053c32a4f04a988e2ae9049cedccf937813215e928f2c3

-- 25 PHOTOS of Jared and Ivanka on the way to synagogue for the Jewish holiday Shavuot. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d62d015a4beae2c3fb3fb6c50b9febce86c1bbba1641166e76dea63995be6e7c44c893bb2ed760792f

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MICHAEL GRUNWALD: "A MIDDLE FINGER TO THE WORLD" -- "Why Trump Actually Pulled Out Of Paris": "Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement was not really about the climate. And despite his overheated rhetoric about the 'tremendous' and 'draconian' burdens the deal would impose on the U.S. economy, Trump's decision wasn't really about that, either. America's commitments under the Paris deal, like those of the other 194 cooperating nations, were voluntary. So those burdens were imaginary. 

"No, Trump's abrupt withdrawal from this carefully crafted multilateral compromise was a diplomatic and political slap: it was about extending a middle finger to the world, while reminding his base that he shares its resentments of fancy-pants elites and smarty-pants scientists and tree-hugging squishes who look down on real Americans who drill for oil and dig for coal. He was thrusting the United States into the role of global renegade, rejecting not only the scientific consensus about climate but the international consensus for action, joining only Syria and Nicaragua (which wanted an even greener deal) in refusing to help the community of nations address a planetary problem. 

"Congress doesn't seem willing to pay for Trump's border wall-and Mexico certainly isn't-so rejecting the Paris deal was an easier way to express his Fortress America themes without having to pass legislation." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6f57f2da017f0cead5e0fc2c424b391eda70a430c07ea6df02d639d55d0815035da0c090fd5da9a93

TRUMP SPEAKS -- @realDonaldTrump at 9 p.m.: "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

JOHN KERRY's view - He told NPR's David Greene in an interview airing this morning on "Morning Edition": "This is political, serving the narrow ideological interests of a narrow base of his party. And really it's one of the most disastrous, shallow untruthful decisions a president of the United States has made in my lifetime. It is a setback for our standing, for our leadership. He's aligned us with Syria and Nicaragua. By the way Nicaragua wanted to do more."

-- LEON PANETTA: "'America First' policies are threatening our strategic interests and eroding our moral standing in the world. We have no higher responsibility than to ensure we leave a healthy planet for our children and grandchildren to grow, live, work and prosper. Today's announcement is a dangerous retreat of U.S. leadership in making our world safer and more secure for future generations."

BUT, BUT, BUT -- "World stocks set to end the week at all-time highs," by Reuters' Vikram Subhedar: "World stocks hit record highs, having gained 11 percent so far this year, and the dollar recovered more ground on Friday as upbeat U.S. economic data allayed concerns over growth ahead of payrolls figures due out later in the day. Robust U.S. jobs numbers should cement expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike at its June 13-14 policy meeting." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6a06256539bddd8920cd07936e273cfa93e5d999363b1e46620b6d1266eb7a7db470c45b22237aa95

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- FORMER SEN. KELLY AYOTTE is joining the board of BAE Systems. It's a three-year term. She is also on the board of directors for News Corp, a senior adviser for Blink Health and a distinguished visiting fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d63afdbd7d5a2f4838dcaf790de0e0acbd74386656f091f50d3a7b3d775aeb15b65df29d3a9aaeec76

THE ONGOING BATTLE -- "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate travel ban," by Josh Gerstein: "President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to revive his controversial travel ban executive order, hoping that the justices will give the green light to a policy repeatedly blocked by lower courts. In filings Thursday night, the Justice Department asked the high court to temporarily lift injunctions that bar officials from carrying out Trump's directive to suspend visa issuance to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries and halt the flow of refugees to the U.S. from across the globe. The Trump administration also asked the justices to add the legality of the travel ban to
 the high court's docket.

"'We have asked the Supreme Court to hear this important case and are confident that President Trump's executive order is well within his lawful authority to keep the Nation safe and protect our communities from terrorism,' Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement. 'The President is not required to admit people from countries that sponsor or shelter terrorism, until he determines that they can be properly vetted and do not pose a security risk to the United States.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d61072937fac227e53239c5e6d0191c5d61e4358ae8ac2539c7c9c9a008db68e26d1f65aad4e5025bb

POLITICO'S BEST-IN-CLASS HILL TEAM -- "House Russia probe puts witness interviews on hold," by Austin Wright, John Bresnahan and Kyle Cheney: "The embattled House investigation into Russia's election meddling is once again beset by sniping and strategy disagreements, with Democrats now blocking key witness interviews, according to two sources familiar with the probe. The House Intelligence Committee, which is exploring allegations of collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign, was set to interview 10 witnesses this month. 

"But the committee has put the interviews on hold after the panel's top Democrat objected, the two sources said. A third source said the panel wasn't yet ready to conduct the interviews, since some of the witnesses have not fully complied with the committee's requests for documents. The interviews would have included former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page and longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone, who both say they're eager to appear before the panel, along with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d605cdb4cb8cd83b13b363a35b67aec5a871a2ea63a59bd1690517ac77023b20ca33bb61db68f5e682

COMING ATTRACTIONS -- "White House wooing conservatives on infrastructure plan," by Andrew Restuccia: "A White House official briefed representatives from more than a dozen conservative groups on Thursday, hoping to bring them into the fold as the administration readies to push its $1 trillion infrastructure vision forward, two people who attended the meeting told POLITICO. The meeting marks the start of what will be a lengthy campaign to sell the infrastructure package, which has already come under criticism from Democrats and some fiscal conservatives. People who attended the meeting said the White House is expected to unveil more details next week.

"Alex Herrgott, the White House Council on Environmental Quality's associate director for infrastructure, held the meeting. He took pains to assure attendees that the administration is embracing a conservative approach to fixing the nation's roads and bridges, drawing a contrast between former President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus. The administration is no doubt eager to avoid such comparisons, which have already been floated and, in some quarters, pilloried." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d602b62f8f768831b75d1113bc70a16a91d0c2fbbebbff38ae40386f32e2e74a81ce65307fadac13df

-- JUST A THOUGHT ... The White House should rally elected officials on both sides of the aisle, because they are skeptical of any infrastructure plan.

IMPORTANT STORY FROM BURGESS EVERETT and JOSH DAWSEY-- "White House orders agencies to ignore Democrats' oversight requests": "The White House is telling federal agencies to blow off Democratic lawmakers' oversight requests, as Republicans fear the information could be weaponized against President Donald Trump. At meetings with top officials for various government departments this spring, Uttam Dhillon, a White House lawyer, told agencies not to cooperate with such requests from Democrats, according to Republican sources inside and outside the administration. 

"It appears to be a formalization of a practice that had already taken hold, as Democrats have complained that their oversight letters requesting information from agencies have gone unanswered since January, and the Trump administration has not yet explained the rationale." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6c71e681ec650bcdef2a9db57833b28503c01d119b456b471cdff23dac7f1ba53dbb35e0299cf015f 

2020 WATCH -- "Warren urges resistance, sidesteps 2020 talk at California event," by California Playbooker Carla Marinucci in San Francisco: "Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivered a fiery call to political action to hundreds of women activists in San Francisco, urging progressives to invest their energy in resisting the Trump administration. 

"The Democrat also sidestepped talk of a potential bid for president in 2020, saying when asked if she would make the race: 'No,' she said, adding, 'I'm running for Senate in 2018.' Warren's response came to a question from MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid who pressed Warren about her plans for 2020 at a day-long 'Joyous Persistence' conference for women activists - a conference named, in part for Warren. Warren was greeted with cheers and a standing ovation at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts where she told activists to focus not just on the future but more immediate issues. 'We cannot be spending our energy' looking so far into the future as 2020, she said." 
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THE JUICE ... 

-- ALEC BALDWIN raised $5 million for the New Jersey Democrats, the most a single event in the state has ever pulled in, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer's Andrew Seidman. The event on Thursday night was organized by General Majority PAC, which is aligned with Democratic powerbroker George Norcross. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d69e269ab971097b9d41d9767bb23d3ca913908676b12233bf1b5e182ff84623df3427a204d6376bc9 

-- FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: MSNBC's Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle will host the 11 a.m. hour of "MSNBC Live," beginning on Monday, in addition to their regular anchoring duties. The network recently premiered "Velshi & Ruhle," a business news show hosted by the duo, which airs Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.

-- STEVE HILTON's new Fox News show "The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton" is debuting Sunday at 9 p.m. Hilton describes the show to us as "positive and optimistic drawing on my experience working in government and running a tech startup." Hilton said it will "very much be an opinion show, and I want to give our audience my take on the big policy issues and technology trends that will affect their lives. My approach will be 'positive populism': how do we address the very real economic and social problems that have fueled populism's rise, but in a positive and constructive way?" The show will be live from Los Angeles. SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR: The show will have a weekly "SwampWatch" segment.

MEDIAWATCH -- "Megyn Kelly set to interview controversial Infowars host," by Page Six's Mara Siegler: "[Megyn] Kelly's heading to Austin, Texas, to interview &shy;Infowars host Alex Jones. 'She's coming to town next week,' Jones told former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone on Jones' YouTube show. 'It's taped,' Jones said on Thursday. 'They're going to be able to edit however they want. The producer was so over-the-top fake nice . . . Megyn's like, 'We're going to get dinner - a nice big steak!' I said, 'Megyn, you don't like me, stop acting like it.' And she said, 'I do.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6fb00f28aa69c899a78eda919a4ed7d831f75d45495c25444fbc582df6cd514c97c9d0424f77a5859

-- per Morning Media: "Martha MacCallum has re-upped at Fox News, where she anchors the 7 p.m. hour, with a new long-term contract. She'll remain host of 'The Story with Martha MacCallum' as well as contributing to FNC's political coverage."

SPORTS BLINK -- "NBA Finals: Warriors blast Cavs and LeBron is right -- Kevin Durant is the difference," by CBS Sports' Matt Moore: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d69c6dd045de2f61b0d1c4b2b963a91fd9a9cacf08e93344331d09cbaef0e29fb17c3aaa3d1fa24b1e

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PHOTO DU JOUR: The Supreme Court justices gather for their first official group portrait to include new Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, top row, far right, on June 1 at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

GARDNER HUDDLES WITH DUTERTE -- "In interview, Cory Gardner says he talked with notorious Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte about human rights abuses," by The Denver Post's Jesse Paul: "U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Wednesday met with notorious Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, who is accused of allowing thousands of extrajudicial killings as part of a drug crackdown. The Colorado Republican says the pair talked about human rights abuses in the Philippines, battling extremism and North Korea. 'I am very concerned about the direction that things are heading in the Philippines,' Gardner told The Denver Post in a phone interview Thursday after getting off a plane back to the U.S. 'I'm very
 concerned about the extrajudicial killings and ... human rights abuses and that's why I brought it up face to face.' ... 'Instead of engaging in press release diplomacy,' Gardner said, 'I'm actually going to do something about it.'" With six pics of Gardner with Duterte  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6c8ecd6827f2d10932cceacf6cd600abe2b0faba530bad1b3e9895ea45c3b081a392685fb9597bb52

DAVID BROOKS in the NYT, "Donald Trump Poisons the World": "This week, two of Donald Trump's top advisers, H. R. McMaster and Gary Cohn, wrote the following passage in The Wall Street Journal: 'The president embarked on his first foreign trip with a cleareyed outlook that the world is not a 'global community' but an arena where nations, nongovernmental actors and businesses engage and compete for advantage.' That sentence is the epitome of the Trump project. It asserts that selfishness is the sole driver of human affairs. ... This essay explains why Trump gravitates toward leaders like Vladimir Putin, the Saudi princes and various global strongmen: They share his core worldview that life is
 nakedly a selfish struggle for money and dominance. It explains why people in the Trump White House are so savage to one another. Far from being a band of brothers, their world is a vicious arena where staffers compete for advantage." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d60db80cf2d8e6d0841a263bf8247adf179cacc3b4c29d5746bc6ddb97646b66c1a8799f680e76eb8d ... Original essay by McMaster and Cohn  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6df26912dff867ef123ecded24db0c12d16fc51c32e8ecdd113a1c51b387072c3b6fa382dec6a8c01 

WHAT RAHM IS READING -- "S&P Downgrade Brings Illinois Debt One Step Closer to Junk," by WSJ's Heather Gillers: "Illinois is on the verge of becoming the first state with a junk-bond rating following downgrades from two of the world's largest credit-ratings firms. S&P Global Inc. warned that Illinois could be downgraded to junk status next month if it doesn't solve its partisan gridlock. The state hasn't had a budget for two years because of a standoff between the Republican governor and Democratic legislature. Illinois is one of many states that, despite a generally strong U.S. economy, are struggling to close budget gaps because of pensions and other entitlements. State and local
 retirement liabilities have ballooned since the financial crisis, and some governments don't have enough assets to cover all future obligations." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6a8ae4ac79ec665c34e658aceb21d67825e5808a9018f62bc58ef993569e8abd7a28a45af148ea3b0

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MICHAEL ISIKOFF in Yahoo, "How the Trump administration's secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short": "In the early weeks of the Trump administration, former Obama administration officials and State Department staffers fought an intense, behind-the-scenes battle to head off efforts by incoming officials to normalize relations with Russia, according to multiple sources familiar with the events. Unknown to the public at the time, top Trump administration officials, almost as soon as they took office, tasked State Department staffers with developing proposals for the lifting of economic sanctions, the return of diplomatic compounds and other steps to relieve tensions with Moscow."  
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ISAAC DOVERE'S OFF MESSAGE: Wyclef Jean's advice for celebrities who want to get political: Don't be like Kathy Griffin. "Be very careful" of going to war with Trump supporters or getting taken out of context by Trump supporters looking for a war, The Fugees star told Isaac Dovere in the latest Off Message podcast about celebrity activism in the age of Trump. "If you're the celebrity that's speaking based on emotion, you don't know what policy you're talking about, they're going to take that sound bite and make a whole movie out of it. "So, I encourage every celebrity ... let's be as smart as [Jimmy] Kimmel." But once you read up, it's important to speak up, he said. "The idea of you having
 a voice and constantly being able to express yourself, in saying, 'I don't agree with this,' or 'I agree with this,'-it's important," Jean said. "I feel that we're at a time now where your voice should be louder than it's ever been." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d62564d9556ab4e1525af20970aaa1234b514ab905e0503045147afe2b5ee1f0ea2e20e1972ba148b9 ... Listen and subscribe http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6ca78a6c05041f67204702b0bc8627d050050699d91cc2efa5c1805c45ae36c59a8ea839c3800b716

HIGH TIMES -- "California could be a 'sanctuary state' from federal pot laws, thanks to razor-thin vote," by the L.A. Times' Patrick McGreevy: "California moved a step closer Thursday to becoming a 'sanctuary state' where local and state police would not assist federal enforcement of marijuana laws. The state Assembly approved a bill Thursday barring state and local law enforcement officers, absent a court order, from helping federal drug agents in arresting people who are complying with state laws allowing the use and sale of marijuana." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6ea075f1821128f2a3e82aef34da79ba9ad020303b9d47effe96b7f3e2723dd953fef909d333a3aab

NERDCAST BREAKS IT DOWN: President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise by pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. But in how it happened, there are hints about who has the upper hand in the West Wing right now and how that could impact future policy fights. POLITICO's Scott Bland, Charlie Mahtesian, Nancy Cook and Ken Vogel discuss that, Jared Kushner's role in the Russia investigation, and why the August congressional recess is looming on some calendars in the latest episode of POLITICO's Nerdcast. Listen and subscribe http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d63db20cbad8b8a03adec19679dabe06c644e0566d157e798f956fec24460a6be03878376d40948019

NEW POLITICO HIRES - Carrie Budoff Brown and Paul Volpe email the staff: "We're excited to announce the addition of three incredibly talented journalists to our already-impressive interactive news team. Tyler Fisher is joining us from NPR as senior news apps developer, Sarah Frostenson is coming from Vox and Jeremy Lin from Bloomberg to be graphics reporters. They will join Jon McClure and Lily Mihalik, who have already done amazing things in the short time they have been at POLITICO."

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SPOTTED: Sheriff David Clarke yesterday outside the Willard Hotel at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in camo cargo shorts and a teal shirt.

SUNDAY SO FAR - CBS' "Face the Nation": Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) ... Sen. Susan Collins ... House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ... NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Political panel: Carol Lee, Jamelle Bouie, Ramesh Ponnuru and Adam Entous

--NBC's "Meet the Press": Panel: Stephanie Cutter, Michael Gerson, Hugh Hewitt, Heather McGhee

--CNN's "State of the Union": Sen. Mark Warner. Panel: former Mich. Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Nina Turner, Ken Cuccinelli, Bill Kristol

--CNN's "Inside Politics" with John King: Jennifer Jacobs, Jonathan Martin, Michael Shear, MJ Lee 

OBAMA ALUMNI - per Joe Pompeo's Morning Media: "Linda Douglass, a former Obama adviser/White House staffer who's been running communications for Bloomberg's media division for the past two years, is leaving Bloomberg at the end of the month and moving back to Washington full-time. Her husband, the diplomat John Phillips, is also back in town after serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Italy, and we're told the couple is eager to live in the same city again." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6ab7790949eb9324c23ba535a492f2a5ab0086893317369c079c97e8e12fe6682f5357e9b74de0d41 

WEEKEND WEDDING -- OBAMA ALUMNI -- Graves Spindler, senior director at Bully Pulpit Interactive and an Obama campaign and administration alum, was married on Sunday to Alicia Widge, a pediatrician, on the shores of Linekin Bay Resort in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Pool report: "The couple celebrated all weekend with their closest friends and family, who enjoyed fresh lobster rolls, hours of volleyball and kayaking, and a gorgeous tour of the bay by boat on Saturday evening. The ceremony was performed by Patagonia's Adam Fetcher, an Obama alum who attended Carleton College with the bride and originally introduced the couple. Obama alums Matt Chandler, of Frontier Solutions, and Justin Hatmaker
 gave rousing toasts before about 100 friends representing Carleton, Harvard Public Health School, George Washington Medical School, Bully Pulpit, the Obama campaign and more danced the night away." Pics  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6b276dd1d9a602e6a8884e9c4e119f5105c83fc42c13e3a8f03449590c2180d270c887173a257db14 ...  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d677ab7a5eb12c3551675bf28f1de275a5bfbf7de7bde1d57d3820338670d2d3e401f0b4ee6da9c5b9

SPOTTED: Andrew Bleeker, Harrison Ford, Nate Snyder, Chris Ortman, Amy & Barry Dunham, Matt and Jordan Chandler, Adam Fetcher and Christine Kim, Jordan Breighner, Ben Rohrbaugh, Emily Jakobsen, Colin Walsh and Sara Axelrod, Tim and Jenni Lim, Ivanka Farrell, Mike Schneider, Eliza Lockwood and many more.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Amanda Terkel, senior political reporter and politics managing editor at HuffPost, and Ben Cady, attorney at the CFPB, post on Facebook: "Welcome to the world, Aaron Reed Cady! The little guy arrived at 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 at 6 lbs 15 oz. He's wonderful, and we can't wait for folks to meet him!" Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d6647e91a582d541203e810fa580b95dd0e3fb922098a538d7d293bb33023cf54214ba8e5e9ec9708b ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d62876ec94e1a30fe2ea4b4f8dc7aa7b335773fc947e30431ff0bd73ad135a3765cf620ba4f967530b 

TRANSITIONS - Dan. K. Rosenthal has been promoted to be the new managing principal of Albright Stonebridge Group. He replaces Michael J. Warren, who has taken a new externally focused role as managing director. Victoria Nuland, former assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasia affairs, is also joining the firm's Europe practice in September as senior counselor. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d68f2e8a75b770af6e00f37633ed1f8a262151220f52578e857318113b3337afbdb81f6bd421ae148b

-- Vanita Gupta, former head of the civil rights division at DOJ, has started as president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She has named Kristine Lucius as EVP for policy, Seema Nanda, EVP and COO and Ashley Allison as senior adviser.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, the pride of Middletown, Ohio. How he's celebrating: "My wife is going to surprise me. I'm bracing myself." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=13dad7d4067a91d68356db812bec90a2858f42b612ff106b985faeedf72a1ccdc06a9c7ed452a15c6532608ad4aefe80 

BIRTHDAYS: Giovanna Coia, press assistant extraordinaire at the White House ... Jon Favreau, the pride of North Reading, Mass. ... DSCC's Hannah Botelho ... Dana Carvey is 62 ... former Biden official photographer David Lienemann ... Audrey Gelman (hat tip: Kelley McCormick) ... Alex Hornbrook ... Mike Vlacich ... Brendan Quinn, client marketing manager at Veluxe who's going to NYU Law this fall (h/ts Jack and Susanna Quinn) ... Ben Sheridan, deputy finance director at Kennedy for Illinois ... Nicole Schiegg ... Katie Beck, SVP for brand strategy at the Podesta Group ... Chris Lehane, head of global policy and comms for Airbnb, is 5-0 (h/t Jon Haber) ... Politico Europe alum Noelle Knox ...
 Politico alum Brooks Boliek ... Lauren Pulte, comms manager at Tronc ... Jason Rosenbaum ... Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is 33 ... former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) is 54 ...

... Qorvis' Kevin Chaffee, senior editor of Washington Life ... Matt Connelly of Clear Creek Strategies is 31 (h/t Daniel Knight) ... Jessica Loeser, land use lawyer and former District Director for NYS Speaker Shelly Silver (hubby tip: Stu) ... Jared Keller ... Jordan Kaplan, Obama fundraising wizard now chief development officer at the Obama Foundation and the pride of Joliet, Ill. (h/t wife Jenny) ... Matt Connelly ... Jen Tumminio ... Erin Healy ... Pejman Yousefzadeh ... former Christie flack Kathryn (Grosso) Gann ... Vanessa Day ... Whitney Smith ... Mark Giangreco ... Mike Lynch ... Susan Pollack ... Candace Gingrich ... Ben Foecke ... Lucas Hutchison, soon to be a proud Preble H.S.
 graduate (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Boeing's Ben Cassidy ... Ron Soloff ... NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is 65 ... actor Dennis Haysbert is 63 ... Olympic gold medal soccer player Abby Wambach is 37 (h/ts AP)

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