Subject: Playbook Power Briefing, presented by Samsung: TRUMP to meet with GOP leaders Tues. -- POTUS blames Dems for holding up confirmations for nominees that haven’t been named yet -- FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: who took MCCLATCHY DC bureau buyouts -- DEFIFE to Plastics
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Today's Playbook Power Briefing presented by Samsung 
    
06/05/2017 01:13 PM EDT
 
By ANNA PALMER ([email-masked]; @apalmerdc), JAKE SHERMAN ([email-masked]; @JakeSherman), DANIEL LIPPMAN ([email-masked]; @dlippman), ZACH MONTELLARO ([email-masked]; @ZachMontellaro)
 
Good Monday afternoon. JUST A THOUGHT. If President Donald Trump wanted to pass a big, bipartisan infrastructure package, why is he starting with air-traffic control privatization, which Democrats uniformly oppose? 

VP MIKE PENCE has added a health care listening session today with HHS Secretary Tom Price, CMS Administrator Seema Verma and SBA Administrator Linda McMahon at 2:30 p.m.

TRUMP steered clear of controversy during his speech announcing an overhaul of the nation's air-traffic control system. The president took a shot at the Obama administration, saying "they didn't know what the hell they were doing" with fixing the air traffic control system. He promised "cheaper, faster and safer travel" and "a future where 20 percent of a ticket price doesn't go to the government and where you don't have to sit on a tarmac or circle for hours and hours over an airport." He also praised Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin at the top of his remarks for working to modernize the VA's medical records system.

-- KEEP IN MIND: There are many Republicans who strongly disagree with air-traffic control privatization. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) urged House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) to ditch the plan last year.

BURGESS EVERETT -- "Trump to meet with GOP leaders Tuesday": "President Donald Trump is expected to meet with top Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday afternoon, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The meeting has not been officially announced but is expected to occur at the White House. The gathering is expected to include Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as well as their top deputies, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), the sources said, though the list of attendees has not been finalized." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addc9f363a8ed05391b9f60fa646503aeadf10b19003cb77750d7a8ec8b5f4eca4910b2054bd5b893e0 

LATEST ON LONDON... -- "Police prepare to name men who carried out London Bridge attack," by The Guardian's Matthew Weaver and Haroon Siddique: "Police investigating the London Bridge attack searched two more properties in east London as they prepared to name the three men who killed seven people. Counter-terrorism officers detained 'a number of people' after raiding addresses in Newham and Barking at 4.15am on Monday, the Metropolitan police said. ...

"On Sunday, four other addresses were raided in Barking, including the home of one of the suspected attackers, and East Ham. Scotland Yard said seven women and five men aged between 19 and 60 were arrested under the Terrorism Act. A 55-year-old man was released later without charge. Police said they knew the identities of the attackers and would name them 'as soon as operationally possible.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add88bdd621e9617df8da7222b69f4ee0a4a82e825cc14f7f0f0b1094871b9d0ced19e322c37e307bd2 
 
-- @BBCBreaking: "Khuram Butt was one of the three men who carried out Saturday's terror attack in London, BBC understands ... Rachid Redouane named by @metpoliceuk as second of three London Bridge attackers" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add996083e4efcb00bca3c13855318cbd18a9ff3f51b50ab6658d2eb16eff20b9573b4f8d0272de56a7

WORTH A READ -- From the AP's Calvin Woodward and Jim Drinkard in an AP fact check: "President Donald Trump can't be counted on to give accurate information to Americans when violent acts are unfolding abroad." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add44ac38450f9090f5033633631734fecd8525eae304d2e4d22b96878e8792e44b8e676abfd9a20bed 

-- FALLOUT FROM PARIS ACCORDS EXIT: WaPo's John Pomfret @JEPomfret: "David Rank, no.2 @USEmbassyBJ [Beijing], has resigned, sources say. He couldn't back Trump on climate. Rank had 27yr career including @USEmbassyKabul"

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MEDIAWATCH -- FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- Five journalists in McClatchy's Washington bureau took voluntary buyouts last week, and one more leaves in a few weeks, according to a source familiar with the departures. Curtis Tate, who covered Kentucky and transportation; Rob Hotakainen, who covered the west; Sean Cockerham and Michael Doyle, who focused on California; and news editor Beryl Adcock all left last week. Mark Seibel, who held the title "chief of correspondents," and most recently edited White House and national security coverage, leaves in a few weeks and will be BuzzFeed's first national security editor, as we reported last week. 

Kristin Roberts, executive editor for McClatchy's DC bureau, told us that the newsroom, which provides news for almost 30 papers across the country, is "in the middle of a dramatic transformation." Roberts said "readership is skyrocketing," with web traffic in May up 400 percent compared to the same month last year. Roberts said she is trying to instill in her reporters that their "mission is to break news," she told us. McClatchy's DC bureau recently hired Viveca Novak from the Center for Responsive Politics to be their new investigative editor. She has also hired new Washington correspondents for the Miami Herald and the Raleigh News and Observer. Roberts also noted they've recently
 posted three open jobs for the bureau: managing editor (http://bit.ly/2swvIZ5), and Washington editor positions for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Sacramento Bee.

 -- "Breitbart writer [Katie McHugh] out after inflammatory tweets following London attack," by CNN's Oliver Darcy http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add4ba108340db26e14d5ee95100cbc2cde54783e3ecbb757037699d0af05d7469acb84a6b6dd796a9d 

YOU'RE INVITED! PLAYBOOK UNIVERSITY with D.C. MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER -- Join us TUESDAY EVENING for our inaugural Playbook University event with the mayor of Washington. We'll talk about the changing face of D.C., the city's politics and Washington in the era of Donald Trump. The event is at IN3, the Inclusive Innovation Incubator at 2301 Georgia Avenue, NW. RSVP http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add1962f5e361e34766ce539a52432f02b441f5312df0dc2a0fc324cde804812e474b6052be0fd32090 

PREVIEWING THURSDAY -- "Conservatives torch Comey's credibility ahead of Senate hearing," by McClatchy's Katie Glueck in Wilmington, North Carolina: "Washington will be riveted this week by the drama surrounding former FBI Director James Comey's expected congressional testimony. But Republicans elsewhere in the country say they couldn't care less. Interviews with GOP activists across the country, including around a dozen attendees at this weekend's North Carolina Republican convention, reveal deep mistrust of Comey ... [T]here is little Comey could say this week that would change how grassroots Republicans view the president."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addeec24cbfb6cb4921fc5c3a009d2a5e40dec12ff80ea144583501e2e765bae8184a709ee8e70b4359

STATEMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- at 9:35 a.m., from @realDonaldTrump: ".@foxandfriends Dems are taking forever to approve my people, including Ambassadors. They are nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS! Want approvals." ... at 9:49 a.m.: "Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his 'no reason to be alarmed' statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!"

NOTE: There are only five ambassadors that have been nominated, but not confirmed by the Senate: Ethiopia, the Holy See, Japan, New Zealand and Samoa, and the Bahamas, according to a tracker from the Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post. A long list of countries do not yet have a nominee announced (like Afghanistan, Germany and Canada). Several others have a nominee announced, but the administration has not yet officially sent the nomination to the Senate (Russia and the United Kingdom). And of course, the Senate is controlled by Republicans, not Democrats. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addbb41d9d635c451f91e185ded8ff6e4ccc422e4543f6f472ee2d10b87bb2379b8d671d765764c9fbf 

-- "May Condemns Trump's Attack on London Mayor Khan," by Bloomberg's Svenja O'Donnell and Robert Hutton http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add6b24d46a340a208871c4feaa5dfb82d6a9aec85e3f81c39f5e91547971d439613d4be9d594f5df37 

BIG PRIVACY CASE -- "Supreme Court to rule on cellphone location privacy," by Josh Gerstein: "The Supreme Court has agreed to decide how much privacy Americans are entitled to in cellphone tracking data that can reflect their location and movement. The justices announced Monday that they will rule on whether a search warrant should be required before authorities obtain information from mobile-phone companies that can reflect a user's approximate movements in the past. The method traces which phone tower a device was connected to and which set of antennas on the tower were used." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addd5112e07e8bf645db43755479facf5dde713affeac0928adac27e480fc003a3a411b82b4d0d09050 

TRUMP INC. -- "Saudis Spent $270K At Trump Hotel In Lobbying Campaign Against 9/11 Bill," by The Daily Caller's Chuck Ross: "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has paid Trump International Hotel nearly $270,000 through its Washington, D.C. lobbying firm over the past several months, new foreign lobbying disclosure filings show. The payments, from Qorvis MSLGroup, were made for hotel rooms and catering services for dozens of U.S. veterans who the lobbying firm recruited as part of an influence campaign aimed at watering down legislation that could put Saudi Arabia on the hook financially for the 9/11 attacks." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addd8a155b40a6685bd27b2ad54b3120b7c68b661859ab0585be6807e80e6aa6b657670d7c4c866ef86 

THE BANNON BEAT -- RYAN LIZZA on NewYorker.com, "How Climate Change Saved Steve Bannon's Job": "Two important things changed since the 'Bannon is dead' narrative took hold, in April. The first is the Russia investigation. So far, Bannon has not been connected to the investigation. ... That's not the case for Kushner. Just as Bannon seemed to reach a low point in his relationship with Trump, Kushner's role in the Russia probe emerged as the most important piece of White House intrigue. ... The second change since Bannon's low point was that a decision on whether to withdraw from the Paris climate accord finally needed to be made. It was the most important fight pitting Bannon against Jared
 and Ivanka yet. And it played to all of Bannon's strengths." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addbe4ded8c28a8d3adb6370a52119ae00476c9c324ed7f217a14abe1786724950cb8810cdf000cb98a 
 
2020 WATCH -- "Cuomo to target House GOPers in NY," by the N.Y. Daily News' Kenneth Lovett: "Gov. Cuomo for the first time will be actively involving himself in the effort to flip control of the U.S. House of Representatives to the Democrats by focusing on key races in New York. Though the mid-term elections are in 2018, Cuomo will kickoff the campaign Tuesday with a rally in Washington Square Park. ... Insiders say there are at least six seats in New York that could be in play, which is about a quarter of those needed to flip control of the House." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6adda1e5d1ae55b49839d962052c63708609dcb86614bc71426d730dceb478a34987002b306e68cc17c5 

VALLEYWATCH -- "Oculus Founder Plots a Comeback With a Virtual Border Wall," by NYT's Nick Wingfield: "[Palmer] Luckey is back. Unburdened by a big company's culture, he's more freely sharing his politics on social media. He also contributed $100,000 to Mr. Trump's inauguration, through one of his companies, according to Federal Election Commission records.

"And he has a new start-up in the works, a company that is developing surveillance technology that could be deployed on borders between countries and around military bases, according to three people familiar with the plan who asked for anonymity because it's still confidential. They said the investment fund run by Peter Thiel, a technology adviser to Mr. Trump, planned to support the effort." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addd283e0b73548e0443153b8398a6a501433f9abbc6e1cd70039fc64b50a9778f0adc1dd03172cbf92 

-- WSJ has a liveblog up for Apple's WWDC, their annual developer's conference. Rumors are circulating about new hardware and an update to iOS http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6addaa9f2060a2db296d3d080716f228ea062d1f1cf22a697148bf294ff772f72a5db06322583b90e18c 

HOLLYWOOD WATCH -- Chloe Bennet, the star of ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." has teamed up with former Obama White House staffers Brad Jenkins and Kal Penn to launch (RUN), a group to build Asian American and Pacific Islanders citizenship and power. Their first east coast event it tonight at Kora Restaurant in Arlington with Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add5e97a9cef47d741646164f8e913c14b801a9e1b474c24ab7de99c1c3c354fd6377a7f9aec9f7fb08 

TODAY'S BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- De Blasio calls for one-party control in New York -- California special election reaches a fever pitch http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add03d9ff357dbd0881f6b2d7afb0d0b2407faed1b94f20bbf75c1d0aa1e76acbf68cf8fa60e4788479 

TRANSITIONS -- Scott DeFife is joining the Plastic Industry Association as vice president of Government Affairs. He previously led policy and government affairs for the National Restaurant Association. ... Lydia Calio Strunk, deputy floor director for Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), is joining the lobbying firm Roberti Global: Irizarry Klein Roberti. Ryan and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) paid tribute to Calio Strunk http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add4eebf01233e492b17a926206bc7d5c468e684cbd564f7ad6e8dd3eec07c06c9b3fd181ce110a9c0c ...

-- Lauren Selsky is joining the Humane Society of the United States & Humane Society International as a public relations specialist. She was previously an associate producer at "Full Measure" with Sharyl Attkisson and a 2016 campaign embed with CNN assigned to Marco Rubio. ... Guy Griggs is joining the New York Times Company as head of revenue for marketing agency HelloSociety and design agency Fake Love. Griggs headed WaPo's New York sales team for the last two years.

SPOTTED: At Cafe Milano last night: Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. The restaurant was surrounded by "tons of Secret Service and tons of black SUVs," per our tipster. He was dining with Fred Kempe, Jim Jones and Jon Huntsman from the Atlantic Council ahead of their Distinguished Leadership Awards ceremony tonight. Other honorees, including Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein and Renee Fleming, were also there. ... Dining this morning at the Four Seasons at three separate tables: David Rubenstein, Juleanna Glover with Maria Teresa Kumar, and Oliver Darcy 

WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- The Podesta Group's Katherine Fischer Beck wed Hitt Contracting's James Joshua Wojcik on Friday at First Congregational Church on Nantucket Island. Pool report: "Matron of Honor was Katherine's sister-in-law Stacey Beck, ringer bearers (and also dance floor showmen) were nephews Owen and Will Beck and flower girl was niece Reese Beck. The best man was the groom's father, Dr. Jim Wojcik. The bride wore a stunning strapless Oscar de la Renta gown. The reception was held at the Nantucket Yacht Club where revelers dined on swordfish and filet mignon and enjoyed a picture perfect sunset over Nantucket Harbor. ... The bride and groom are spending a few extra days enjoying the
 Nantucket spring and will honeymoon later this summer." Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=adf4b1f9ea8e6add755e8a600bfe7a8343634fd39381ee11fdf7a99a96d60cee62861bfddeda41c6e61bbbcc429310e9 

SPOTTED: Podesta Group's David Marin, Hastie Afkhami, Missi Tessier, Randall Gerard and Erin Billings, deputy staff director to the House Appropriations Committee Jim Kulikowski, Forbes-Tate's Jay Driscoll and Politiquette's Marissa Mitrovich. 

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