Subject: Playbook Power Briefing, presented by UC Davis: FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: SALLY YATES fundraising for Democrats -- ROY MOORE leads LUTHER STRANGE in local poll -- TIM ALBERTA’S latest on a rising GOP star
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Today's Playbook Power Briefing presented by UC Davis 
            
By JAKE SHERMAN ([email-masked]; @JakeSherman), ANNA PALMER ([email-masked]; @apalmerdc), DANIEL LIPPMAN ([email-masked]; @dlippman) and ZACH MONTELLARO ([email-masked]; @ZachMontellaro)

        
Good Friday afternoon. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- SALLY YATES is getting into the fundraising game for Democrats. The former U.S. attorney general is listed as a "special guest" on a fundraising invite for Steve Dettelbach, candidate for Ohio attorney general. She is slated to attend the Sept. 25 event in Shaker Heights, Ohio. One veteran Democratic political operative told us this is her "first political event on the stump for candidates ... I can tell you she will be a big draw in '18 around the country." The invite http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732ec4c74ea5cd65c871ae99dd8a0da57ea924a02bbce2a14924fdaaaecd339b78f13650ee1d228a319368bb3662547989da 

HEALTH CARE BUZZ -- Senate Republicans are frustrated the White House is divided over the future of the Cassidy-Graham bill, with some predicting its failure. Waffling from the White House doesn't help their cause as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his deputies have doubled down on a vote next week, trying to convert Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) to 'yes' votes. It also undermines calls President Donald Trump is making to rally support for the legislation. And it could give lawmakers an easy an excuse to vote against the bill. McConnell's office said it continues to work closely with the White House to pass the bill. Josh Dawsey and Burgess Everett's
 story http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732ecc9ad2c3e08591c99ed396910dbda613434a877d84a877156070ddf6eaaa27188ce5a7d5d8ac896649c5f56a0e7dd7a1

WHAT MCCONNELL WORLD IS READING -- "Roy Moore leads Luther Strange in FOX10 News poll," by WALA's Bob Grip: "The telephone survey of 2,000 Republicans, who have voted at least once in the last 4 elections and said they planned to vote next week, asked, 'If the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate race were held today, for which of the following two candidates would you vote?' 54% said they would vote for Roy Moore, while 46% said Luther Strange." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732e41c5fd7904c05df92a7d831a314454b7e81dfdf0bd1a78ed4de6d1edf9fe3fa72f471df204d2ada7089360b41d0279d2 

COMING ATTRACTIONS... MORE TAX RETREATS -- The House Ways and Means Committee is holding its third retreat Sunday evening and all day Monday. The focus will be on a wide range of issues, including individual, business and international tax policy, according to a source familiar with the agenda. 

ON THE PRESIDENT'S MIND -- @realDonaldTrump at 6:28 a.m.: "Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!" ... at 6:44 a.m.: "The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary?" ... at 7:26 a.m.: "The greatest influence over our election was the Fake News Media 'screaming' for Crooked Hillary Clinton. Next, she was a bad candidate!" ... at 7:39 a.m.: "Will be in Alabama tonight. Luther Strange has gained mightily since my endorsement, but will be very close. He loves Alabama, and so do I!" The president also
 retweeted a video of pictures of him in hurricane-struck areas backed by Salt-N-Pepa's 1993 hit "Whatta Man" and retweeted a tweet from Twitter on how he was the most talked about world leader during UNGA.

OUCH -- @TrumpsAlert: "realDonaldTrump appears to no longer follow @Reince. (This bot cannot tell if this was an unfollow, suspension or block.)"

ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES -- "DeVos scraps Obama-era school sexual assault policy, issues interim guidance," by Kimberly Hefling: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Friday that the department is rescinding Obama-era guidance on school sexual assault. The agency issued a question-and-answer document to help schools navigate the highly contentious issue while a formal review is conducted. 'As I said earlier this month, the era of rule by letter is over. The Department of Education will follow the proper legal procedures to craft a new Title IX regulation that better serves students and schools,' DeVos said in a statement. ...

"What hadn't been clear before Friday was when the Obama-era guidance would be withdrawn and what temporary instructions would be in place in the meantime. The announcement, however, was unlikely to propel schools to change policy as the issue is addressed in Washington. The new Q&A says colleges and universities can use a higher standard of proof -- known as 'clear and convincing evidence' -- in campus disciplinary hearings than the lower standard of evidence pushed by the Obama administration's 2011 directive." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732efb71ec70505d16b9d6785f509787b2e32bc25afd245a0a7d5668432ff54888bf7e57fe02291866e58560ba1061cc0255 

TRAVEL PROBLEMS -- "OIG: Investigation of Tom Price's charter travel is 'underway'," by Dan Diamond http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732ef39679e683e521ad7667af93bb312394c1f992b124f5344224b050f322e83dad2b25f22d64ed395fcbb0efccb1464009 

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HMM -- "Sebastian Gorka Gave A Classified 'Tirade' About Radical Islam," by BuzzFeed News' Jason Leopold: "A couple of weeks before he was ousted as deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, Sebastian Gorka gave an explosive two-and-a-half-hour speech to the U.S. Army's special operations school, which an officer who was present characterized as a 'tirade' about the war in Afghanistan, Sharia law, radical Islamic terrorism, and the Trump administration's aggressive policies to counter and 'defeat it all.' It was 'classic Gorka,' said another U.S. Army special operations officer. BuzzFeed News learned about the speech, which was classified, through documents obtained in response to a
 Freedom of Information Act request. ...

"Administrators at the institute proposed having Gorka deliver his speech a second time, at the 400-seat Kennedy Hall auditorium at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, as part of the facility's 'distinguished lecture series.' But Gorka's appearance at the larger venue was abruptly canceled the day it was to take place. The spokesperson chalked it up to a misunderstanding by special operations personnel. ... Two special operations officers said they were told by their superiors that Marine General John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, prohibited Gorka from speaking in a public setting while he was still employed as the deputy assistant to the president. Not long after
 his classified talk, Gorka took some time off. While he was on vacation, Kelly revoked Gorka's security clearance." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732e6518856d294f188e2dc229855a6ee06fb54e8120be905e659f5a5748826f680dab8d29122f08d617cc13dc8adc58ed69 

TIM ALBERTA'S latest in POLITICO MAGAZINE -- "He's the Republican Dream Candidate. There's Just One Problem...": "It should come as no shock that some Republicans have fallen for him: With his Hollywood looks, military pedigree, Ivy League smarts and private-sector proficiency, [Wisconsin Senate candidate] Kevin] Nicholson could have been built in a GOP laboratory. He is hungry and confident and committed, having oriented much of his adult life around an eventual run for public office. His published writings on pension reform read like a product of the Heritage Foundation; his voluntary second tour overseas is the stuff ad-makers fantasize about. He is, for comparison's sake, a wealthier,
 better-looking and more charming version of Senator Tom Cotton. ... But there's a glaring flaw in his otherwise immaculate r&eacute;sum&eacute;: Kevin Nicholson hasn't always been a Republican. He was once an aspiring politician and rising star -- in the Democratic Party. ...

"Months of gossip percolating through Wisconsin's political class have produced two distinct and diverging judgments of Nicholson, revolving around the sincerity of his conversion and the scope of his ambition. The generous view holds, more or less, that Nicholson quit politics because he felt abandoned by the Democratic Party, discovered his inner conservatism and re-emerged serendipitously back home just as Wisconsin's GOP bench was growing a bit stale. The cynical view is essentially that Nicholson has wanted to be president since he was a teenager and has few core convictions; that he saw the demographic winds shift during his time in D.C. and decided the clearest path to public office
 as a straight, white man in Wisconsin would be as a Republican." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732e7611ac90baca207dc4f288e96b5d829402c30a4d687b16b24a16b634f1a78ffbcdac4423e417bdd41246b59bef989d33 

NEW NERDCAST -- Scott Bland, Nancy Cook and Adriel Bettelheim break down the policy and political ramifications of the latest GOP health care push in episode 73 of POLITICO's Nerdcast podcast. Plus Scott, Nancy, Charlie Mahtesian and Kevin Robillard talk about the president's push in the Alabama special election and the president's favorability numbers. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732eb1f88eeb3ab586147e3c8b5daa478c0eb9ed292d32aa7d59a4ef9f17f09f372413cc1ca5291c1d7956724d704877e16c 

THE OPPOSITION -- "Obama alums unveil plans to sue DeVos over higher education rules rollback," by Michael Stratford: "Former Obama administration officials are the force behind a new legal defense fund that's dedicated to taking Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to court. The National Student Legal Defense Network, which launched on Thursday [and co-founded by Aaron Ament], ... plans to file lawsuits aimed at stopping the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era higher education policies - such as rules meant to crack down on for-profit college abuses, student loan borrower protections and federal civil rights guidance on campus sexual assault." For Pros  
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BUSINESS BURST - "Rio Tinto Vies With Google and GE for High-Tech Workers," by Bloomberg's Joe Deaux: "Rio Tinto Group, the world's second-largest mining company, is focused as much on driver-less trucks and automated drills as conventional shovels and loaders these days. That means it needs a whole lot more high-tech workers. The London-based company is stepping up efforts to lure engineers and technicians, in part by expanding benefits including family leave. ... The effort underscores the increasing emphasis on hiring to maintain and expand robotics systems as mining companies push to reduce operating costs after global commodities slumped for five years through 2015."  
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CAMPAIGN FINANCE WATCH -- "Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme," by the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Ken Ward: "Morgantown coal operator James L. Laurita Jr. allegedly schemed for more than three years to funnel illegal campaign contributions to four candidates for federal political office, according to an indictment made public this week. A federal grand jury meeting in Morgantown indicted Laurita on eight felony counts in the scheme, which prosecutors say involved illegally directing money from Laurita's company, Mepco LLC, through its employees to the federal candidates. The indictment also charges Laurita with contributions that violated federal
 election limits, and with causing false statements about the contributions to be submitted to the Federal Elections Commission. ...

"The crimes are alleged to have occurred from March 2010 to July 2013, according to the indictment and a statement from the Justice Department. The indictment, made public Tuesday, does not identify the four federal candidates by name, and no candidates were charged in the indictment." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732ebd326365956768029a09b8ee5f5c6f905bb97b40ae51ca283f34a33d4a85febf9555a043bf02e06d3db4c5318aeb8d32 

NEW WHAT WORKS -- "Can Brain Science Save Lives in Chicago?": Last year, 764 people were murdered in Chicago, almost one in five of them age 19 or younger. Most of these crimes were committed as an act of revenge or retaliation. In this month's What Works package, POLITICO examines the "Becoming a Man program," which seeks to prevent these crimes from happening. The approach is a result of growing awareness that many kids in high-crime, poor neighborhoods need help coping with the after-effects of witnessing traumatic violence. The program seeks to prevent the reflexive anger that claims so many young lives in Chicago by engaging teens and teaching impulse control, while working to develop
 the skills and instill values that will lead to productive lives after school. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732edffa7ec965c23201eb90635b08eabfe6efe05b032dc35780e3bd6f5a811e5e3198717a55b1dd13af03d262aabac3c6f3 

MEDIAWATCH -- Showtime has acquired the rights to adopt Bill Clinton and James Patterson's forthcoming book "The President is Missing" into a series. The book is set to be published in 2018.

-- Mosheh Gains has been named Pentagon producer at NBC News. He was previously on their White House team.

MORE SUNDAY SHOWS --"Fox News Sunday": Bill Gates. Panel: Karl Rove, Julie Pace, Kimberley Strassel and Juan Williams

WEEKEND TV -- Oprah Winfrey will make her "60 Minutes" special contributor debut on the premiere of the newsmagazine's 50th season on Sunday. Oprah's piece will include an interview with Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.). http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732ed74b76d238fcfe03cb92975d17e63b436f4753e88dd3781aec42db322daf4db614b78c4c2ba3caf47962e8956a6bd23b 

SPOTTED: Bret Baier this morning getting his shoes shined at Reagan ... Cardinal Theodore McCarrick leaving Joe's Seafood last night ... At a cabinet happy hour last night at BlackFinn: Jessica Ditto, Raj Shah, Brad Rateike, Ninio Fetalvo, Kaelan Dorr, Amanda Smith ... Pete Buttigieg, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, and Miguel Solis in Dallas yesterday raising money for Pete's national PAC, Hitting Home -- pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732ead9d3b91c00946522f934b0a32152a6e2df31cf79c2f2c50986d598a4d042c3d8b5801e8c3b10db0e548bb04cb0c3feb 

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Laura Strange, VP of industry relations, comms and marketing at the National Grocers Association and a Hill alum, and Luke Strange, gov't relations associate director for foreign and defense policy at AEI and a Jo Bonner alum, this week welcomed James Swinson Strange. He joins big brother Luke. Pic  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=67b8aa9d8b71732e204f9130a8eedb04168a24efda9865fffaf977475f00f4c951723a0e021ab406baf094d7b085e33669bbefb551ea26eb

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