Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by CTIA: TRUMP hosting Dems at the W.H. for tax reform dinner -- ALEXANDER, PORTMAN and SHAHEEN break bread -- Russia probe: loyalty test for Trump staffers -- KATY TUR’s new book is out -- B'DAY: Matt Lewis
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THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT URGENCY IN WASHINGTON, remember this: the House comes in tonight at 6:30 p.m., and is gone by noon on Thursday. The week was cut short by Hurricane Irma, but still ... 

L.A. TIMES MEXICO BUREAU CHIEF KATE LINTHICUM: (@katelinthicum): "After a devastating earthquake and hurricane (and after Trump failed to send condolences), Mexico today rescinded its offer of aid to the US".

Good Tuesday morning. SPOTTED: Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) dining at Tadich Grill on Pennsylvania Avenue Monday night. Could there be a health-care deal in the offing?

BURGESS EVERETT -- "Trump, continuing courting Democrats, will host dinner on tax reform": "Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donnelly of Indiana have been invited and are expected to attend, aides said. GOP Sens. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and John Thune of South Dakota are among the Republican attendees. ... The three moderate Democrats are all up for reelection next year in states Trump won handily in 2016. They have also been closer to the president than other congressional Democrats. Each declined to join a letter with party leaders outlining conditions on tax reform and all three supported Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch earlier
 this year." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35a1e758c3b949b965861a26515288e9d1c8a55d1e29d0b4fbf3a8dc2424a6dfd2da2bfb05eb8c63e2b3995740145ea46a

-- THE REALITY: Democrats have been shut out of the tax reform process. The Big Six is made up of only Republicans. Republicans have designed a legislative process that only requires Republican support -- reconciliation. When asked last week if Democrats would go along, Speaker Paul Ryan said, "I hope Democrats join us on tax reform. I think that's fantastic if they do. We're going to go the path we've been planning on tax reform." LET'S BE REAL: Do you really think Donnelly, Manchin and Heitkamp's votes can be bought with some chicken? By the way, we heard this dinner was originally slated to be only Democrats. 

AND, REMEMBER: Republicans have not yet passed a budget -- a prerequisite for tax reform. There's talk they'll take it up in the House in the last week of September, but the support is not nearly firm enough yet. There's a chance there is no final action on the budget until October or November. Without a budget, tax reform talks are just that, talk. STEVEN MNUCHIN and GARY COHN are meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republicans on the Budget Committee today. 

-- More from Colin Wilhelm and Aaron Lorenzo on the lack of reform details http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3521a4124b9eeed9d7c37e45bb8b2300097c7bd0b4b756fd77665d9ed6dbc633c23dee23c7832a18b920c76f26325d5fbd

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE? -- "Some Trump Lawyers Wanted Kushner Out," by WSJ's Peter Nicholas, Rebecca Ballhaus and Erica Orden: "Some of President Donald Trump's lawyers earlier this summer concluded that Jared Kushner should step down as senior White House adviser because of possible legal complications related to a probe of Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election and aired concerns about him to the president, people familiar with the matter said. Among their concerns was that Mr. Kushner was the adviser closest to the president who had the most dealings with Russian officials and businesspeople during the campaign and transition, some of which are currently
 being examined by federal investigators and congressional oversight panels. Mr. Kushner, Mr. Trump's son-in-law and confidant, has said he had four such meetings or interactions." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35ac475c5f2a6cef9bf8035f4ea3d90872ebb4d2dc1dfd329291164b3e2f079ca4c371b40943c0c237d4d27bf5db8d9100 

-- FLASHBACK: July 12, Axios's Jonathan Swan: "Scoop: Trump lawyers want wall between Kushner, president" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d357729051457eaf77181575fe60d641cc9f0ce0a131704f9acca2f3db94f4cd9b6055bc8aee15698ffd1484ca8811ee0e8 

-- "Russia probes pose loyalty test for Team Trump," by Darren Samuelsohn: "Lawyers representing Donald Trump's current and former aides are giving their clients one simple piece of advice: don't lie to protect the president. As special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional investigators prepare to question high-ranking aides - including Hope Hicks, Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer - in the coming weeks, Trump's long history of demanding his employees' complete loyalty are being put to the test.

"But Trump stalwarts know the president is closely following the media coverage of the Russia case - and the last thing they want is to be deemed a turncoat whose answers end up becoming further fuel for investigators. Several of the lawyers representing current and former aides told POLITICO they're actively warning their clients that any bonds connecting them to Trump won't protect them from criminal charges if federal prosecutors can nail them for perjury, making false statements or obstruction of justice." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35f2e895f3fa5e8a156420fa2ea72fbfff2245091af941d91d65a459bae1405ef952073655055a8411eed0cb7ce3cfafee

HURRICANE UPDATES ... 

--"Battered Florida tries to assess scope of Irma's destruction," by AP's Jennifer Kay in Miami and Doug Ferguson in Jacksonville: "Battered Florida tries to assess scope of Irma's destruction," by Aid rushed in to hurricane-scarred Florida early Tuesday, residents began to dig out, and officials slowly pieced together the scope of Irma's vicious path of destruction across the peninsula. ... [T]he fate of the Florida Keys ... remained largely a question mark. ... A Navy aircraft carrier was due to anchor off Key West to help in search-and-rescue efforts. Drinking water supplies in the Keys were cut off, fuel was running low and all three hospitals in the island chain were shuttered. A
 stunning 13 million people, two-thirds of the third-largest state's residents, plodded on in the tropical heat without electricity, and nearly every corner of Florida felt Irma's power." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3599f18c6de774faf4ede829d59a3fa6116c7e2a486dd2a623f219f9ac9a8f2dc6d4dc4c427a3c1c89ac0eee06a6d237b1

-- "Hurricane Irma's impact, from the air: Florida Keys a bit battered but mostly spared," by WaPo's Joel Achenbach "above the Florida Keys": "The Conch Republic is still here, if dark, dirty, trashed, and weeks away from being what it was before Hurricane Irma blew in. It wasn't devastated because, for some reason, this massive storm punched below its weight. This was a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale as it rolled into the Keys. It brought a fair bit of destruction, and tossed boats onto lawns. It turned towns raggedy. But a tour of Southwest Florida and the Florida Keys on Monday afternoon by air suggests that this quirky storm spared the state the kind of direct,
 punishing violence that residents had dreaded.

"A Coast Guard C-130 transport plane carrying two U.S. senators, a congressman and a handful of journalists left from the Coast Guard air station in Opa-Locka, just north of Miami, for the two-hour tour of hurricane damage. At 2,000 feet, the journey offered no chance for a granular diagnosis, but the big picture was clear: Southwest Florida and its huge population of retirees emerged relatively unscathed. The storm severely battered some of the small and fragile Keys. Key West itself is generally intact, though without power, a water supply and a functional sewage system." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3539da253b3fe2fdb1b5b66049bc472f76e2a33da72619ddec61ab628871aff5c0216fb71ee217df3c413a12da6ad35737 

-- NYT'S ALEX BURNS ANCHORS THE N.Y.T. LEAD ALL: "Damp, Dark and Disarrayed, Florida Starts Coping With Irma's Aftermath" (with reporting by Trevor Aaronsen from St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jess Bidgood from Tampa, Fla.; Audra Burch and Jonah Bromwich from Orlando, Fla.; Richard Fausset from Isle of Palms, S.C.; Sheri Fink from Houston; Henry Fountain from Naples, Fla.; Joseph B. Treaster from Miami; and Caitlin Dickinson, Christine Hauser, Hannah Fairfield, Daniel Victor and Mary Williams Walsh from New York). http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d351d79f71669f0e1a4288f4623ec4b3d295f080586f400044feb87ed15f4be79d27af47e7e83e40b509e155508079e9731 

DATA DU JOUR - Over 24 hours on Sunday, Snapchat received almost 250,000 submissions from Snapchatters to their Irma news story, which is two and a half times more than what the company saw during Harvey last week.

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FOR THE WHITE HOUSE'S TO DO LIST -- "After nine months, federal offices are still waiting to hang Trump's picture," by WaPo's Lisa Rein: "In the lobby of every federal building, just inside security turnstiles and before the elevator banks, a framed photograph of the president has always hung on the wall. Not so anymore. Nine months after Donald Trump's inauguration, pictures of the president and Vice President Pence are missing from thousands of federal courthouses, laboratories, military installations, ports of entry, office suites and hallways, and from U.S. embassies abroad. ... 

"Federal agencies ordered photographs of their new commander in chief months ago. But they say they are still waiting for the Government Publishing Office, the printer of official portraits, to send them for distribution by the General Services Administration, which owns or leases 9,600 federal buildings across the country. The Government Publishing Office says it has yet to receive the images from the White House. And the White House says the president and vice president have not yet decided when they will sit for the type of high-quality official photographs usually churned out by the modern GPO, continuing a portrait tradition that began after the Civil War." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d354fbb964755885327e391fe9a1424fa93c02abfe825533f9b11d6b91997e5139ec66215aa541f10373f5661f82cbce819 

THE LATEST ON NORTH KOREA ...

-- "Oil will keep flowing, but UN sanctions hit Pyongyang hard," by AP's Eric Talmadge in Tokyo: "North Korea will be feeling the pain of new United Nations sanctions targeting some of its biggest remaining foreign revenue streams. But the Security Council eased off the biggest target of all: the oil the North needs to stay alive, and to fuel its million-man military. 

"Though the United States had proposed a complete ban, the sanctions by the U.N. Security Council to punish North Korea for its sixth nuclear test cap Pyongyang's annual imports of crude oil at the same level they have been for the past 12 months: an estimated 4 million barrels. Exports of North Korean textiles are prohibited, and other nations are barred from authorizing new work permits for North Korean workers, putting a squeeze on two key sources of hard currency." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35a6235e52aaa8ff6e2ea20243145f96f2df93d4b928b0a792f17607230ec4483f08e4ac1254f9649181ba5d7d4161054b

-- "How Russia quietly undercuts sanctions intended to stop North Korea's nuclear program," by WaPo's Joby Warrick: "Russian smugglers are scurrying to the aid of North Korea with shipments of petroleum and other vital supplies that could help that country weather harsh new economic sanctions, U.S. officials say in an assessment that casts further doubt on whether financial measures alone can force dictator Kim Jong Un to abandon his nuclear weapons program. The spike in Russian exports is occurring as China -- by far North Korea's biggest trading partner -- is beginning to dramatically ratchet up the economic pressure on its troublesome neighbor in the face of provocative behavior such as
 last week's test of a powerful nuclear bomb.

"Official documents and interviews point to a rise in tanker traffic this spring between North Korean ports and Vladivostok, the far-eastern Russian city near the small land border shared by the two countries. With international trade with North Korea increasingly constrained by U.N. sanctions, Russian entrepreneurs are seizing opportunities to make a quick profit, setting up a maze of front companies to conceal -transactions and launder payments, according to U.S. law enforcement officials who monitor sanction-busting activity." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35eaeb43def270d5501c258fc8e24b51fbf006a9022f931d2ddf826d6602a9a88ad0ecd603792016eb87cadf46038cfb95 

-- BREAKING THIS MORNING: BOEHNER TO TRUMP: DON'T WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH KOREAN TRADE DEAL: Former Speaker John Boehner -- a staunch proponent of free trade -- is urging Trump to bolster ties with Seoul: "For our strategic endeavors to succeed, however, the United States must strengthen -- not weaken -- its already vital economic relationships in the Pacific, from South Korea and Japan to Australia and China. We cannot isolate the regime in Pyongyang by isolating ourselves. 

"Withdrawing from the Korea-U.S. Trade Agreement ... would undermine America's strategic objectives in the Pacific region and undercut our own workers and employers, who continue to depend on the free flow of goods and services between the US and the Republic of Korea. Instead of pulling back from our current engagements and commitments, we must renew and strengthen our relationships in the Pacific region, not just with South Korea, but with China, as reflected in the joint commitment to economic cooperation that was expressed by President Trump and President Xi in April; and with Australia and Japan, our long-standing allies, whose alliances and friendships with America are now more
 important than ever." PDF of full statement http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3515f96c5f0bd7af05262f1babb2566e161ccfe332e110f387a4b6a259d1bbcc3e4093f82b9ff33a306d7e4fb41f7b47af 

TRUMP'S BUDGET -- "Congress Rejects Trump Proposals to Cut Health Research Funds," by NYT's Robert Pear: "Back in March, when President Trump released the first draft of his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, he asked lawmakers for deep cuts to one of their favorite institutions, the National Institutes of Health -- part of a broad reordering of priorities, away from science and social spending, toward defense and border security. Six months later, Congress has not only rejected the president's N.I.H. proposal; lawmakers from both parties have joined forces to increase spending on biomedical research - and have bragged about it. 

"The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bipartisan bill last week providing $36.1 billion for the health institutes in the fiscal year that starts next month. Senator Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri and the chairman of the subcommittee responsible for health spending, said it was the third consecutive year in which he had secured a $2 billion increase for the agency, amounting to an increase of about 20 percent over three years. The audience erupted in applause when Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, announced the increase at a hearing of a separate Senate committee." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3531dd390fb978177bd3ef7fef6b338730f93312070418b8dfad24b5574a6db45b89347f533126708b0a433e622c2d697d 

FOX NEWS' CHRIS WALLACE - "John Kelly fires back at Democrat who called him 'disgrace to the uniform'": "Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez had leveled the criticism at Kelly over his support of President Trump's decision to end a controversial program that shielded young illegal immigrants from deportation. In an email to Fox News late Sunday, Kelly responded by saying Congress did 'nothing' to help so-called Dreamers when they had the chance. 'As far as the congressman and other irresponsible members of congress are concerned, they have the luxury of saying what they want as they do nothing and have almost no responsibility,' Kelly said. 'They can call people liars but it would be inappropriate
 for me to say the same thing back at them. As my blessed mother used to say "empty barrels make the most noise."' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35920405a07f21b763ea1b8157d4cb3e9c15b42a2bad9619be54ad7e82d65a8a6d59eeebc76771900f9ee3f8abef343b4d 

TRUMP'S TUESDAY -- THE PRESIDENT is meeting with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. He meets with H.R. McMaster before hosting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak at the White House. Afterwards, he is huddling with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. He's then hosting senators at the White House. 

ANNA'S POSTCARD FROM LONDON -- POLITICO LONDON'S TOM MCTAGUE shares with us two fun tidbits from his upcoming book lifting the lid on Prime Minister Theresa May's disastrous decision to call a snap general election "Betting the House: The Inside Story of the 2017 Election" with Tim Ross. Interesting nuggets for this side of the pond -- former President Barack Obama called conservative campaign headquarters (the same team former aide Jim Messina worked for) on the day of the election to let them know someone from the Labour's campaign told him the party was going to lose 20 to 30 seats. ... 

ON THERESA MAY: The two write that an aide briefing the prime minister before a Sunday show appearance in January was concerned May would get asked about President Donald Trump. "As she waited to collect the PM from her Sunday morning church service, May's spin chief knew she would have to find a way to prepare her boss. She decided she would just have to say it. 'Prime Minister, it's possible she will be asked what you think of Donald Trump saying he can grab women by the p****.' In the front seat of the Government Jaguar, the police protection officer snorted. May was told not to grimace because the camera was likely to zoom in on her face in a close-up. In the end, May remained perfectly
 composed, waiting, expressionless, before answering: 'I think that's unacceptable.' Pre-order the book on Amazon http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d358c0b0693b1a163b0c6764a9c176a1ff1b1a594e0ad64dfd489751b529f50aae4e1be823c60f8353195e36a6ca6bdaa2a

THE JUICE ... 

--  KATY TUR'S BOOK IS OUT TODAY ... WAPO'S CARLOS LOZADA - "Katy Tur's insider memoir chronicles the Trump campaign -- and the indignities of reporting while female" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35ef99f75fd27c0d0bf0bf7b8419ce43db94a48a205d30d2956570936408360c898831bbdac3bd4ce6b2a351913f4bf813 ... NYT REVIEW, by Jill Abramson: "A Memoir by Donald Trump's Favorite Target" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35ed0082ca7a81c01a0fe266a5a581700b35df905a3aade705aa0a2a6a13c2ed7d07b5be78a592d1668bab75a43218f23e ... BUY THE BOOK: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35c22545d3d3b5a5dca5b8bebd9b9881f5065e42a70a0d5953b48382524c5cdeff607ada41f7393c6b2eef55296895254a ... Ranked No. 68 on Amazon as of this morning ... MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Katy's event with Jake at Politics and Prose Sept. 22 http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d357073791b5e7232373d68f4dadbb2b80d339147e4b0a3927f13765dd9d718aa99b3e4aa2c239bce413ba9f04cb568604d 

-- MORNING JOE IS 10! -- "Morning Joe" is starting a 10-year anniversary Twitter sweepstakes this morning ahead of the anniversary show on Sept. 19. A pic of the prizes that fans can win  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3542e973abfc9400a970847d3721af60e84d438adec18de8e94c3c90c464e2385dcf64468c370d8e08ddc3181af6a624fa ... More info http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3586d4e08fedc9c2d23c2514a88f82f0eff0ca07ca8e3a2771e4c40e6474d286a6a99630b7d9ae34b147cd73b7dcec554e 

-- American Action Network is launching a $2.5 million TV ad campaign on tax reform targeting 23 congressional districts nationwide, including those in leadership, on key committees, in the Freedom Caucus and holding competitive seats. List of districts http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35e0a8fbcf946a7472d4b6243ce83603119b5f114bcc9b749efe8be6958a18e119dc90c63f55d28e2bb5f533b19a53ceff ... The ad http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35ee3b3f9c2999d0abf69613e9d3729b1c21df3a5f25cd365944f2501a2dd53426ae457f1be8f2eac818abb42ed946c825 

FOR YOUR RADAR -- THREE NEW IPHONES -- "What to Expect at Apple's Biggest Event in Years:  Look for the iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and a bunch of other iProducts on Tuesday," by Bloomberg's Mark Gorman. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35db13ccc34228cc3e5157ac3253440ce9d1fb5a30dc9f08c875a308c0af038d43f1acdb5145390db0a00eabb72d38eb7f 

DESSERT -- HAPPENING FRIDAY -- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a noted harmonica player, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), a multi-instrumentalist, are joining members of the Buck Mountain Band to perform as "The Amateurs" at the 17th Annual Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion on Friday. 15-second video of Alexander (on the piano) and Kaine practicing http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3541e714c7916a02b34dd6c7024cf6488c072677d244dbd502b24759a0cadfc061a4d93fb73f0fff294e1fd75605bc0325

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AUSTIN WRIGHT: "Kaine hits the trail again, battling 2016 ghosts on his way": "An aide to Tim Kaine enters a diner in Charlottesville and informs the host that the Virginia senator is about to walk in. The host smiles and cracks a joke: 'You mean the guy who lost to Trump?' Ten months after the presidential election, Kaine is still trying to shed the stigma of being the vice presidential candidate on the ticket that came up short against Donald Trump, a man so reviled by Kaine's fellow Democrats that many of them can't bear the thought of him serving out his full four-year presidential term. The senator is back on the campaign trail - stumping in Virginia for Democratic gubernatorial
 candidate Ralph Northam and preparing for his own 2018 reelection campaign.

"But even as Kaine tries to keep his focus on the next election, there are constant reminders of the last one - the only election he's ever lost. Trump, it seems, looms over everything. Kaine isn't interested in relitigating one of the biggest electoral upsets in U.S. history. He looks visibly uncomfortable talking about the election and cautions against 'overinterpreting' what went wrong." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35e8b9f704eb473b17239d1c06465178d1483d1c12a38bac5b0b5a2630ee9241e79c8a5a72ed3a3d897542b28e2a7f1131

HRC: GOING NOWHERE -- NPR'S TAMARA KEITH interviews HILLARY CLINTON: When asked about critics who believe she should disappear from public life, CLINTON: "Well, they're going to be disappointed because I think it's important for people with my experience and my insight into what went on in the campaign but more generally about our country to speak out. We need more voices, not fewer voices." Clinton chronicler Jonathan Allen in POLITICO magazine reviews her new book http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35e36cc4ede897ef9c9f6d86d2a29b32cdbc274a8334207d59b1f3c8f958b1a6b548e5b6d9cd73d647656287f7bb2d45a8

STATE OF THE DARK ARTS -- "Russia Used Facebook Events to Organize Anti-Immigrant Rallies on U.S. Soil," by Ben Collins, Kevin Poulsen, and Spencer Ackerman in The Daily Beast: "Russian operatives hiding behind false identities used Facebook's event management tool to remotely organize and promote political protests in the U.S., including an August 2016 anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim rally in Idaho, The Daily Beast has learned. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Beast that the social-media giant 'shut down several promoted events as part of the takedown we described last week.' ... The Facebook events-one of which echoed Islamophobic conspiracy theories pushed by pro-Trump media
 outlets-are the first indication that the Kremlin's attempts to shape America's political discourse moved beyond fake news and led unwitting Americans into specific real-life action." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35534a68997d26425005e2c19506a45e3a091e692b0c95154ab104d3d057e9a2bed475aeba7ca2c6ffebd6ea87c66f24dc 

ISAAC DOVERE interviews REP. WILL HURD (R-TEXAS) in the latest "OFF MESSAGE" podcast: "To House Republicans who don't like the funding deal President Donald Trump made with Democrats, Rep. Will Hurd has a message: Get yourself together, or quit complaining. Otherwise, get used to the feeling of watching the Republican president brag about how much he's getting done with Chuck and Nancy. 'If we're not in agreement on what the topic is going to be or what we want to achieve, then guess what? You're probably not going in with a strong hand,' Hurd told Dovere. 'I think rank-and-file members need to understand that there is a team aspect to politics.' On getting rid of the debt ceiling: 'you
 give that up, you're basically giving up your responsibility.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35ec92ed0df81012f626738bfce14cf03deabae604ce2c9f953a1e8cfbd5b183a8ce6b8c07066acfcf58040c9585f77055 ... Listen to the full podcast http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3533c6a3bb1273c16b82d679c165d51e2b1fd5876142076cb8834273da552293b77ea5a57480cddbae610d75b936d98e21

ROSIE GRAY: "An Ousted NSC Official Is Joining the House Intelligence Committee Staff": "A former National Security Council official, forced out by National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in July, is set to join the staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, according to two sources familiar with his move. Derek Harvey, who was the NSC's senior director for the Middle East and had been appointed by the former National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn, was among several officials who were ousted this summer." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3587083bfff10968aa64abb67564c6e8c7ed0058a2c5ae08cd79852538a2f508700069770ea50222b732231aede29b1711

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GOOD LIFE LESSON -- "An Exit Interview With Richard Posner, Judicial Provocateur," by NYT's Adam Liptak: "Judge Richard A. Posner, whose restless intellect, withering candor and superhuman output made him among the most provocative figures in American law in the last half-century, recently announced his retirement. The move was abrupt, and I called him up to ask what had prompted it. 'About six months ago,' Judge Posner said, 'I awoke from a slumber of 35 years.' He had suddenly realized, he said, that people without lawyers are mistreated by the legal system, and he wanted to do something about it. 

"For starters, as is his habit when his interest alights on a fresh topic, he wrote a book on the subject. Judge Posner blurts out books at a comic pace. 'I realized, in the course of that, that I had really lost interest in the cases,' he said. 'And then I started asking myself, what kind of person wants to have the same identical job for 35 years? And I decided 35 years is plenty. It's too much. Why didn't I quit 10 years ago? I've written 3,300-plus judicial opinions.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d359c1ed4cb33dc8ba77ba592e1a357b5a7accd931fda0d9c07030ecd0a83aa18cb218842e66595f8baf7dcbfa8b47db511 

MEDIAWATCH -- "Laura Ingraham set to take over Fox News' 10 p.m. slot," by CNN's Brian Stelter and Hadas Gold: "Ingraham is expected to take over the 10 p.m. hour on Fox News, according to people who spoke on condition of anonymity. While there may be one or two final details to negotiate, Ingraham has been telling friends that the deal is essentially done ... Her new show will be part of a broader change to the network's top-rated prime time lineup. Sean Hannity's show, currently at 10 p.m., will move one hour earlier to 9 p.m. ... And 'The Five,' a talk show originally named for its 5 p.m. time slot, will shift from 9 p.m. back to its namesake hour." 
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-- FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- From an FT memo going out today: "Pilita Clark is appointed business columnist and associate editor. ... Lyndsey Jones is appointed an executive editor. ... Robin Kwong is appointed head of digital delivery under editorial director Robert Shrimsley. ... Paul Murphy is appointed investigations editor."

-- KIMBERLY DOZIER has been named executive editor of The Cipher Brief. She previously was a reporter for the AP, CBS News and The Daily Beast.

-- SCOTT WILSON will cover "the West and especially California" for The Washington Post. He had been national editor (h/t Morning Media).

-- TAYLOR ANTRIM has been named executive editor of Vogue. He has spent five years at Vogue, first as senior editor and then articles editor.

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SPOTTED: Gina McCarthy last night at Dirty Habit bar near the EPA, having a relaxed drink. She had a rolling backpack with her. ... Carly Fiorina last night at Charlie Palmer ... Justice Stephen Breyer in coach on American's 5:30 p.m. shuttle from DCA to Boston ... Eric Cantor at District Commons last night entertaining two people -- pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d35bcd40363da4e4ec29e28a4aa206720972471fb5e3e8a4d2f3c1f7570d013fbdd2a8afc2779f4ba658dda255b3075f8b5 ... former Ariz. Sen. Jon Kyl in seat 23C of an American Airlines flight from PHX to DCA.

OUT AND ABOUT - Pool report: "The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute kicked off their annual conference with a reception featuring Google Arts & Culture's new Latino Cultures in the U.S. -- the largest ever online collection of artifacts and stories dedicated to U.S. Latino history and culture. Guests entered through a hologram wall of the mural 'Mundos de Mestizaje' by Frederico Vigil and took virtual field trips in the virtual reality lounges." 

SPOTTED: Reps. Joaqu&iacute;n Castro (D-Texas), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Tony C&aacute;rdenas (D-Calif.) Nanette Barrag&aacute;n (D-Calif.), Jimmy G&oacute;mez (D-Calif.) and Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), Mayor Muriel Bowser, Henry Mu&ntilde;oz and Kyle Ferari, Domenika Lynch, Susan Molinari, Caroline Atkinson, Daniel Alegre, Laura Marquez, Stephanie Valencia and Katherine Vargas.

TRANSITIONS -- Tina Tchen is returning to Chicago to lead the Chicago office of the law firm Buckley Sandler http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d359e286093d0ed8045c5fa147d42ded8f808691a99383fc3b7d11e3f5e7d9479682331efb432a4e1127e9c62635b55903d ... Adam Sharon has joined the Harbour Group as a senior vice president. He previously worked at Prime Strategies, and was the former Democratic communications director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. ... Adrienne Kimmell is joining NARAL Pro-Choice America as the VP of strategic research. She previously was executive director of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation and Barbara Lee political office. ... 

... Farrin Jay has joined the Snap Inc communications team. She was previously at NBC News, where she did PR for the "Today Show." ... Chris Simone started this week as a legislative affairs specialist on contract to FEMA for Klett Consulting Group. He was previously a researcher at America Rising Squared.

K STREET FILES -- Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas is launching a new podcast, "14th & G," which is "designed to deliver quick, easily digestible insights into the business of Washington". The podcast is hosted by Mehlman Castagnetti principal CR Wooters. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d354cd9dd072bcebdd778377d176296dfdad29a12a67fae75531ddff5759ee82a2295344ccd7048d8f5debcbfdc879ea028 

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): hedge fund manager David Tepper ... Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Matt Lewis, senior columnist at The Daily Beast and CNN political commentator. A fun fact about Matt: "My mom had twelve siblings; my dad had nine. They must have gotten tired of all the noise, because I'm an only child." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A:  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=08b80f25dcad3d3549a0654af345d6010ca1498acb83a7a6539122fb877feaa7481b7c7133842e89bee34eb02c8724f1c646d741ac49ca22 

BIRTHDAYS: "Face the Nation" senior producer Jill Jackson (hat tip: Caitlin Conant) ... Andrea DiVito of "Fox News Sunday" ... GQ's Ben Schreckinger ... Politico's Walt Houseknecht ... Don Fowler, former DNC chairman ... former Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) ... former Waxman staffer Greg Wetstone ... Dave Willett ... Johnny Enterline of LCV ... Natalie Raps, director at SKDKnickerbocker ... Andrew Whalen ... Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) ... Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.) ... Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback ... Ed Moy, former director of the U.S. Mint ... Maria Harris Roumel ... Desiree Sayle ... Jill Alper (h/t Jon Haber) ... Max D'Onofrio, press secretary for Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) ... Emily
 Lampkin ... Melissa Schulman, SVP of gov't and public affairs at CVS Health ... former Sen. Scott Brown (D-Mass.) (h/t Ryan Williams) ... Brett Thompson, partner at Banner Public Affairs and CEO of Pork Barrel BBQ ... NYT's Kim Severson ... John Lippman, deputy director for programming at VOA ... Alex Botting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ... Pam Stevens ...

... Courtney O'Donnell, head of external affairs at Airbnb ... Ethan Klapper, global social media editor at HuffPost ... Peter Robbio, SVP at CRC ... Fox News alum Jim Angle ... Fred Schuster ... Jason Stverak ... James Faeh ... Edelman's Gavin Mathis ... Jason O'Malley ... Amazon's Allison Marshall ... Joseph Voss ... Anne Johnson ... lawyer Matthew Wald ... Erin Hood ... Russel Wade ... Chip Ward is 64. He's a big Terp fan and "thrilled that Maryland is off to a 2-0 start. His dad, Bob Ward, was consensus all-American football player there in early 50s" (h/t Jon) ... Bill Hayden ... Alison Harden Siciliano ... Allison Ramiller ... Nate Yohannes, director of business development at
 Microsoft and an Obama alum (h/t Sophia Kim) ... Tom Vilmain ... Alexandra Simbana (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)

****** A message from CTIA and America's wireless industry: We need new rules for new 5G networks. New policies that will allow the U.S. to win the race to 5G and enable breakthrough advancements in healthcare, transportation, energy and more. First, a pipeline of low-, mid-, and high-band spectrum will help meet today's mobile needs and enable the 5G networks of tomorrow. Second, every level of government must modernize their rules for the building of small cell wireless infrastructure. Third, permanent and common sense federal regulations for interstate services like mobile broadband will preserve an open internet and protect consumer privacy while promoting innovation and investment.
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