Subject: Playbook Power Briefing: SCALISE faces a third surgery, was visited by Pence -- JIM DEMINT setting up a new conservative group -- Digging into lawmakers’ financial disclosures -- SPOTTED at the UAE Embassy last night
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By JAKE SHERMAN ([email-masked]; @JakeSherman), ANNA PALMER ([email-masked]; @apalmerdc), DANIEL LIPPMAN ([email-masked]; @dlippman), ZACH MONTELLARO ([email-masked]; @ZachMontellaro)
 
Good Thursday afternoon. NEWS -- JIM DEMINT is in the process of setting up a NEW conservative group that will be announced in the next few weeks. He and his allies have been talking around town about it in recent days. Wesley Denton, his spokesman, said: "We'll be announcing in a few weeks and we're excited to get started. Our goal isn't to replicate things other great organizations are doing, but rather to fill a void and advance the conservative movement in a meaningful way." 

THE LATEST ON SCALISE -- "Scalise faces third surgery after being wounded in mass shooting," by Rachael Bade: "House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, shot Wednesday during a congressional baseball practice, was undergoing his third surgery Thursday morning as his colleagues gathered to discuss the horrific shooting and share cautiously optimistic statements about Scalise's recovery.

"The Louisiana Republican remained in critical condition early Thursday as doctors at MedStar Washington Hospital Center began a third operation. The bullet had fractured bones and torn through internal organs, according to a late Wednesday night hospital statement. And Scalise, who suffered severe blood loss, had been receiving multiple units of blood transfusion. According to sources familiar with Scalise's condition, the third surgery was routine for gunshot victims. Doctors went in to check on the work they performed the night before.

"On the Hill, lawmakers grappled with the severity of Scalise's condition, with some Republicans even speculating that Scalise could be out commission for some time. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his leadership team called an emergency conference Thursday morning to give lawmakers an update. Scalise's chief deputy whip Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), who's visited him in the hospital, gave a moving speech about faith in dark times - and about Scalise's strength as an individual. Sources in the room said people tried to stay optimistic, even as some members who witnessed the horrific shooting stood and told their stories. Lawmakers signed jumbo cards for Scalise and the other victims." 
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-- NOTE: Rachael and Jake were reporting through last night and early this morning and we've been told that the likelihood is Scalise will be out of commission for some time.

-- "Pence visits Scalise in hospital as he recovers from shooting wound," by Nolan D. McCaskill: "A spokesman said Pence checked on Scalise and spoke to Crystal Griner, one of two Capitol Police officers who were wounded during the incident." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab03f148cdb45bff82f35f805e7c618c127af11a5b54d5a4310552527b3c343f2f2c3c752cf3bb2d9bb98f6df2b306ca0a19

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said Scalise's situation has "been much more difficult than people even thought at the time," per pooler Jordan Fabian of The Hill. "Trump said 'he's in some trouble' but [added], 'he's going to be OK, we hope.'"

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SEASON ... 

-- HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI'S husband lost at least $10 million on his investment in the United Football League and the Sacramento Mountain Lions team. But Pelosi and her husband remain very rich, with a net worth of between $32 million and $149 million.

-- HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY'S wife has picked up a job at the California Republican Party.

-- NEW YORK REP. CHRIS COLLINS disclosed between $25 million and $50 million in Innate Immunotheraputics, the company he has been advising other lawmakers to invest in. He had between $5 million and $25 million last year. 

-- REP. DARRELL ISSA (R-CALIF.) has picked up a building right across from the Capitol. He now owns 25 D Street, SE through a limited partnership, according to his financial disclosure. He bought it in April 2016.

-- REP. CHARLIE CRIST (D-FLA.) took quite the pay cut to come to Congress. He made $604,596 from the law firm Morgan and Morgan in 2016.

WHITE HOUSE STATEMENTS -- from @realDonaldTrump at 6:55 a.m.: "They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice" ... at 7:57 a.m.: "You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA"

TRUMP'S CLIMATE POLICY -- "Energy Department Closes Office Working on Climate Change Abroad," by NYT's Brad Plumer: "The Energy Department is closing an office that works with other countries to develop clean energy technology, another sign of the Trump administration's retreat on climate-related activities after its withdrawal from the Paris agreement this month.

"The 11 staff members of the Office of International Climate and Technology were told this month that their positions were being eliminated, according to current and former agency employees. The office was formed in 2010 to help the United States provide technical advice to other nations seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The small office also played a lead role preparing for the annual Clean Energy Ministerial, a forum in which the United States, China, India and other countries shared insights on how best to promote energy efficiency, electric vehicles and other solutions to climate change." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab0307005148959b9d748ee4ffcea41836e50e6867c76671f08e181311f21a6ca268335dfbf021618d252bf5bc49ac238664 

IN THE VALLEY -- "Tim Cook on Donald Trump, the HomePod, and the Legacy of Steve Jobs," by Bloomberg Businessweek editor Megan Murphy on the cover of the magazine: Cook on Trump: "I feel a great responsibility as an American, as a CEO, to try to influence things in areas where we have a level of expertise. I've pushed hard on immigration. We clearly have a very different view on things in that area. I've pushed on climate. We have a different view there. There are clearly areas where we're not nearly on the same page.

"We're dramatically different. I hope there's some areas where we're not. His focus on jobs is good. So we'll see. Pulling out of the Paris climate accord was very disappointing. I felt a responsibility to do every single thing I could for it not to happen. I think it's the wrong decision. If I see another opening on the Paris thing, I'm going to bring it up again. At the end of the day, I'm not a person who's going to walk away and say, 'If you don't do what I want, I leave.' I'm not on a council, so I don't have those kind of decisions. But I care deeply about America. I want America to do well. America's more important than bloody politics from my point of view." 
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-- Bloomberg Businessweek has also launched a new redesign that's anchored by a print magazine that will have three editions (Asia, Europe and the Americas), a new email newsletter, and a redesigned app and website. They're also rolling out a two-tiered membership model -- a digital only subscription and an "all access" one that includes the weekly magazine. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab03514362d273f694832fbb9a7d21383903ac7965ce946e15b18c8cf7f12931b81137bc76534bcf4a54a5026b9de524b8b5 ... Some of the magazine's 2017 covers http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab0332c537b4959562528f07d4185d67263fbe6ea8a9db969d92db54f01a4339f6e4859f750076e30a42f7819a6563a95ea6 

FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP -- "Leaked audio reveals Malcolm Turnbull roasting Donald Trump over 'fake polls' and Russia," from 9News's (an Australian news network) Laurie Oakes: "Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull isn't known for being a comedian but he tried some daring Donald Trump material on a room full of journalists in Canberra last night. He gave a tongue-in-cheek speech, which Nine's Political Editor Laurie Oakes has decided to reveal, at Parliament House's annual Mid Winter Ball. ... He even does a Donald Trump impersonation.

"'The Donald and I, we are winning and winning in the polls. We are winning so much, we are winning, we are winning like we have never won before,' he says. He also alludes to the probe into the Trump campaign's links with Russia, adding: 'I have this Russian guy... Believe me, it's true, it is true.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab03e6e291976a65da7bcf12a60b890f512b8e98171454fdf5646e53296cba871ed275d5775af291df1c3dd1a05d61524c24 

ON TO CANADA -- @GovMattBevin: "Proud of my dear friend, Kelly Knight Craft, the next Ambassador to America's largest trading partner, Canada" ... @UKCoachCalipari: "I'm so happy for Kelly Knight Craft and this opportunity for her and Joe Craft as she gets set to become the American ambassador to Canada."

MEDIAWATCH -- The New York Times editorial board was pilloried online for its editorial about yesterday's shooting. In the editorial, they connect the shooting of then-Rep. Gabby Giffords to a map put up by Sarah Palin's PAC -- even though extensive Times reporting from the time showed no such connection, and the ABC News story they linked to said that "no connection has been made" between the shooting and the map. National Review's David French on the editorial: "Let's be blunt. In its zeal to create moral equivalencies and maintain a particular narrative about the past, the Times flat-out lied. ... The Times editorial board didn't have far to go to understand Loughner's motivations; it
 could have asked ... New York Times reporters." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab03e8f505b06bc3b37269201c3ded93e3280855a2f2baec3fc55044456affeab7ee72a61348bd258099e8c60041a65d923e The New York Times has since issued a rare correction to the editorial, saying in part that "no such link was established." The NYT editorial http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab0334221f2ec2db721fc028e42a490421e2a33a5a43850a65346af7ff1732f3b03ecf68eab2efb3da5100c07a46777a3679 

-- Kaitlan Collins, Daily Caller's White House correspondent, will be a White House reporter at CNN starting on Monday (scooped by Kelsey Sutton at Mic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab03bf9bbf6856c0a80e7cf6a948e7a6d401b447c689b9b38eb60ea47cb05c4bde39fba318a62fe7734df0d6b9072fde6f92 Alex Pfeiffer is being promoted back at Daily Caller to be their new White House correspondent (a Maxwell Tani scoop at BI http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab03f066d56511a9df2d95e1eb0f4ef8aea5a7306fdfb5098745b4ecadb257d46dc8fb614a7ef245eb95ae13bb1965473585 Pfeiffer is just 20 years old.

SPOTTED at last night's Interfaith Iftar dinner at the stunning UAE embassy, hosted by Ambassador Yousef Al-Otaiba: Wolf Blitzer, Jordanian Amb. Dina Kawar, Martin Indyk, Jason greenblatt, Jim Zogby, Jeremy Katz, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Kim Dozier, Andrew Exum, Emma Green, Laura Whitefield, Fred and Kim Kagan, Nahal Toosi, Afghan Amb. Dr. Hamdullah Mohib (a loyal Playbooker) and Azerbaijan Amb. Elin Suleymanov, Husain Haqqani. Pics of the embassy  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab03254ba74d5e3be882bc7dde403ccf72f00b47dad75f00534e7fe753d5ae72972a47b8d6c1876c0aaa7f3b88c6b1e3fe36 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab030d12b6e59359f26ddf88ed699e9787812fb913eb00583c09fafe9c6dd4d080a70e1451e68f1b43f7e15f200e70328012 ...  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5070d946e548ab031f3d9af0402ffde80d9c5c1129a58ff39f92e2edd35b2d4d3fbbb9dee56231bbbdd7ce765ceb2d8d408eb6159f897b11

OUT AND ABOUT -- Lanny Griffith was honored as the new president of the Miss America Foundation last night at BGR. SPOTTED: Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields, former Gov. Haley Barbour, Dan Murphy, Bill Viney, Chris Henick, Rod Windham, Tammy Haddad, Dan Meyers, William Crozer, George Nassar, Kimble Ratliff, Sam Haskell, Josh Randle, Eli Popicg and Lynn Weidner.

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