Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by BP: TRUMP offered to meet with IRAN’s ROUHANI -- WASHINGTON ON EDGE: tax bill, Fed chair, indictment all in one week -- TIM ALBERTA’s must-read Boehner profile -- RAND talks to KASIE about TRUMP in 2020 -- B'DAY: Ivanka
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BREAKING LAST NIGHT -- "Iran Says Its President Turned Down a Meeting With Trump," by Bloomberg's Zaid Sabah: "Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rebuffed a request from U.S. President Donald Trump to meet at the United Nations in New York in September, a day after the Trump made a speech highly critical of the Islamic republic, the state-run Fars News Agency said. 'A request indeed was made by the U.S. side but it wasn't accepted by President Rouhani,' Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi said at a press conference on Sunday, according to Fars. The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9af8d4c918b38d0dfc94d6802f352397a3b4811b400a5b216b3c23dcc6e2065d9a685b0a805c0c82a4534ce5a5a5099 

Good Monday morning. WASHINGTON ON EDGE -- An incredibly momentous week ahead: An indictment is almost certain to be unveiled today as part of Robert Mueller's investigation. A tax bill -- Republicans' top legislative priority -- will be released this week. The president is expected to announce his choice for chairman of the Federal Reserve, a decision Wall Street is watching closely. And, President Trump leaves for Asia, amid heightened fears of nuclear North Korea. 

CHEAT SHEET -- GARRETT GRAFF in Wired, "How to Interpret Robert Mueller's New Charges": "1) The FBI takes down whole organizations. ... 2) Don't hold your breath for 'collusion.' ... 3) There are many threads, including some likely unrelated to others. ... 4) The first charges are only a starting point-but don't necessarily wait for the dramatic Perry Mason-style trial. ... 5) Bob Mueller is after federal crimes, not political problems." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8cf2c9e48df357c8bda64ac3be932dfe7663bcfafbedb4673eda7e5ed5c5fa4db64133090c06b77635

READ THIS ENTIRE THING -- THE POLITICO MAGAZINE PROFILE -- TIM ALBERTA on JOHN BOEHNER -- "John Boehner Unchained": "To outsiders, Boehner might just be the happiest man alive, a liberated retiree who spends his days swirling merlot and cackling at Speaker Paul Ryan's misfortune. The truth is more complicated. At 67, Boehner is liberated -- to say what he spent many years trying not to say; to smoke his two packs a day without undue stress; to chuckle at the latest crisis in Washington and whisper to himself those three magic words: 'Not my problem.' And yet he is struggling-with the lingering perception that he was run out of Congress; with his alarm about the country's future; and with
 the question of what he's supposed to do next. After leaving office, Boehner says a longtime family friend approached him. 'You've always had a purpose-your business, your family, politics,' the friend said. 'What's your purpose now?' Boehner says the question gnaws at him every day." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8cd0331aca2e020e0603dab0a7a2bdd6aa9559ee81c4a0d82de4dac61d2fcc2a766cdf22ba945a6164 

-- BEHIND THE SCENES: TIM ALBERTA emails us: "I wanted to write something big and comprehensive on Boehner's speakership since the day he left -- not just about what happened to him, but using his story to explain what happened to the party and the Congress and the country itself. He wanted nothing to do with the media in retirement, however, and I was too busy covering the campaign. Then, this spring, having heard rumors that he wasn't going to write a memoir, I approached several of his former staffers to take their temperature on such a project. They weren't bullish, but agreed to ask-and to our surprise, Boehner said he was 'interested.' He wanted to meet at Alberto's on May 16.

"That meeting hadn't guaranteed his participation -- he wanted to feel me out first. Michael Steel, his longtime flack who joined us, warned me beforehand that Boehner might very well only agree to a 30- or 45-minute discussion on the record that same night -- giving me limited access to write from. But after I pitched Boehner, and said the piece would work best if I could capture him in his element -- perhaps on the golf course in Ohio? -- he ordered another bottle of wine and smiled: 'OK. Come on out. I'll put you up.'

"I didn't stay at Boehner's house. But over the next four months we spent more than 18 hours together on the record in three different states, and the only restrictions he placed on anything were a half-dozen requests to keep something off the record. What I found was John Boehner Unchained; his liberation was apparent from our first meeting at Alberto's. When it became apparent that night that he was willing to participate in extensive interviews for the story, Steel began discussing logistics and intermediaries to arrange things. Boehner waved him off and told me that we'd communicate directly. And then, in a move that set the tone for the piece, he looked at Steel and grunted: 'You
 f***ing guys, still trying to manage me. Don't you get it? I don't want to be managed anymore.'"

WSJ'S RICH RUBIN -- "GOP Plan for a Speedy Tax Overhaul Faces Uncertain Road: After the bill is proposed, a sweeping passage is possible, but a compromise or a total collapse could happen just as easily": "The plan is to keep the tough trade-offs in the bill secret until after Halloween, then reach Thanksgiving with bills passed by the House and Senate and hit New Year's Day with a bill on Mr. Trump's desk. That's close to financial-crisis speed, pushing Congress into a kind of emergency lawmaking mode it typically uses only when inaction means cataclysm.

"Republicans note that they've been working on a tax code overhaul for more than six years, holding hearings, airing concepts and receiving input from lawmakers and constituents. 'The timeline is aggressive, but definitely possible,' says Michael Steel, who was an aide to former House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio.) There are three possible paths forward: A rousing victory for Republicans, a scaled-back compromise or collapse. Consider it even odds right now for any of these scenarios." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8ca0fee2b010a5a2c46fbf9eea4a283b6c55671d79875453de0cf595b5838d3d1e9e7020857c5d1583

-- SPEAKING OF TAX REFORM ... TAX REFORM 101: How does our tax system really work? Who pays what-and how does it all add up? And how does the America tax system compare to international competitors? POLITICO's new explainer video series has you covered. Tax Reform with Bernie Becker is the first of an issue based animated video series that pairs expert reporters with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Matt Wuerker, to provide you with a new way of digesting the news. Watch it  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8c3f78b082591964e21f589b0ce358dfa0301e94514fd501573687d011e2d6e300ed2e92b40f87018b

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YOU'RE INVITED -- KEVIN BRADY, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, will sit down with Jake and Anna FRIDAY (Nov. 3) at noon to discuss the Republicans' tax plan. The bill will be introduced this week, so we'll have plenty to talk about. The event will be at THE NEWSEUM (555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW). RSVP  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8c0fcf19067688db96bfbd012e82c7e8978bb815b9bfc1afcc122989899e15d6f699a15900fec0e6d6 Outside cameras welcome! 

FOR YOUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS -- There are 20 DAYS with both chambers in session before government funding expires on Dec. 8.

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NEXT UP... SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL makes the case for confirming federal judges in the National Review http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8c9ba611ebab88022ffbe763f966c10519d72c4e5cfc6a08a6cfe26efb0870d0637304a9409c870381

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- Posting Tuesday, along with a big new POLITICO Magazine piece, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi did two sessions with Isaac Dovere for the "Off Message" podcast. On Trump versus Obama: "He has a bit of a different complexion," she said, "whatever it might be." On whether she's seen a case to try impeaching Trump: "I'm not going to that place." On cursing: "Suppose I did, if I cursed in public. Oh my gosh. It's amazing how they judge women in a different way than men."

On White House legislative affairs director Marc Short denying she said over dinner with Trump last month and his staff, "Excuse me, Do the women get to talk here?"-"I don't think that was sexism. I think it was just plain rude." "Clueless; clueless. But I didn't say it. Whoever said it said it a little bit wrong. They said, 'Does a woman get a chance to talk around here?' I think I said, 'Does anybody listen when women talk around here?'" Subscribe here to get it as soon as it posts:  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8cd4173fba52f78b5b551ac1c76fc55209c2ec61ec259925013704376c3373a0954a42669fbbae5b1b 

FOR YOUR RADAR -- "Russia Uses Its Oil Giant, Rosneft, as a Foreign Policy Tool," by NYT's Clifford Krauss: "Russia is increasingly wielding oil as a geopolitical tool, spreading its influence around the world and challenging the interests of the United States. But Moscow risks running into trouble, as it lends money and makes deals in turbulent economies and shaky political climates. The strategy faces a crucial test this week in Venezuela, a Russian ally that must come up with a billion dollars to avert defaults on its debts.

"Russia has been making a flurry of loans and deals all centered on the Venezuelan oil business, money that could make the difference between the government's collapse and its survival. In return, Moscow is getting a strategic advantage in Washington's backyard. President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro of Venezuela was all smiles this month on a visit to Moscow seeking fresh financial backing, thanking Vladimir V. Putin "for your support, both political and diplomatic.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=803426d4786bad8cf3ca7ae00a2b133b7a4d3bede0445f457f6cc3844fffdbb29906cd44a06d121edcd4ba93768780b6 

-- NEW SUSAN GLASSER PODCAST - "'The Russians Have Succeeded Beyond Their Wildest Expectations': Former intelligence chief James Clapper says President Trump is dead wrong about Russian interference in America's elections. And they're going to get away with it again, he warns": "Clapper is sticking with his view that the allegations are "worse than Watergate," given that the Russiagate investigation involves 'a foreign adversary actively and aggressively and directly engaging in our political processes to interfere with them and to undermine our system, whereas in Watergate you were dealing with a two-bit petty burglary, domestic only.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac3206d48d42de6480334c9e55ca57c0519d5f124737fd57a127458e020e6a4a8c425ec8cae7c059433f

THAT WAS FAST -- "Puerto Rico moves to cancel contract with Whitefish Energy to repair electric grid," by WaPo's Steven Mufson, Arelis Hern&aacute;ndez and Aaron Davis: "Puerto Rico's electric company moved Sunday to cancel a $300 million contract with a small Montana firm for repairs to the territory's hurricane-ravaged electrical grid, saying controversy surrounding the agreement was distracting from the effort to restore power. The contract with Whitefish Energy - a firm that had just two employees the day the storm hit - had drawn blistering criticism from members of Congress for days. And on Friday the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has a large role in determining
 government reimbursements, said it had 'significant concerns' about how the contract was secured." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac32a622d3c49ae7433942fcf87a22855bbcbaf4a968960881f6cd2ca32420029227d02d2b5ff423695f

2020 WATCH -- SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY.) says he isn't sure Trump will run for reelection, and talks about a primary challenge to the president to MSNBC'S KASIE HUNT. Video  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac3275bf8f59c3de35960113bd5bffdcb0a3e6b1850996751b729508864d805fbe1351e25f5b28210b52

TRUMP'S MONDAY -- Trump is meeting separately with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis. He will have lunch with Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Tonight, he and First Lady Melania will participate in Halloween at the White House.

THE JUICE ... 

-- LATINO VICTORY PROJECT is going up with a new ad "American Nightmare" against Ed Gillespie in the Virginia governor's race. The ad is the capstone of the group's $400,000 Virginia program to mobilize Latino voters. It will run Monday through Election Day with a heavy focus on Hispanic affiliates in D.C., and Richmond, as well as primetime spots on MSNBC and CNN. The ad http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac321f03569295db7d4a248208c07683b1b658ed0f8d3093d64c0120d56593847894656a1c0f51694a9c

-- NY MAG COVER STORY -- "In Conversation: Jimmy Kimmel," by David Marchese: "Talking to the comedian and talk-show host about becoming a target of the right, not knowing if things are going to be okay, the state of late-night TV, and why it's time to reboot The Man Show." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac32c17ca804cd3ab9825b80692ee39a18e7fe8b33773eeafcb4347f34628f7d43a2ceb3e7eca6802902

                  Playbook Reads         

PHOTO DU JOUR: Former Speaker of the House John Boehner relaxes in a chair, cigarette in hand. Read Tim Alberta's profile of Boehner in POLITICO Magazine. | Mark Peterson for POLITICO

DAVE LEVINTHAL in POLITICO Magazine, "Scofflaw political committees ignore federal fines - with few consequences: Wait long enough and the federal government usually gives up": "In July 2016, the Federal Election Commission slapped the 60 Plus Association with a $50,000 fine, charging that it hadn't revealed its donors as legally obliged. The penalty - along with fines assessed to two other politically active nonprofit groups likewise connected to billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch - represented one of the most decisive decisions this decade at an FEC best known for intramural bickering and ideological gridlock. Government reformers rejoiced. But 15 months later, the Virginia-based
 60 Plus Association has only paid one-tenth of its fine. ...

"The FEC, meanwhile, isn't forcing the 60 Plus Association's compliance - or anything close. The 60 Plus Association has plenty of debt-dodging company: More than 160 political committees and similar groups together owe the government more than $1.3 million worth of unpaid fines, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of Federal Election Commission and U.S. Treasury records since 2000. ... Many cases concern all-but-forgotten also-ran political candidates, but others involve political luminaries - the Rev. Al Sharpton, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, among them." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac32bb87732f946a7d67c54da4e34f2a8c9b0c1ab00291042634d93f71b7fd7d8a98a968e784dec49996

WHAT JOHN WEAVER IS READING - "John Kasich Is Already Running," by Lisa Miller in New York Magazine: "For the Ohio governor, the campaign against Trump never stopped. And it won't till 2020." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac32113a64407430c8e0a9d4fcc934c186f5441c3ab2f89ea3e924d3dccfcbe4a43eb05e19b2708c6a1c

COURT WATCH -- "Menendez formally seeks mistrial in bribery case," by John Bresnahan: "Lawyers for Sen. Bob Menendez - on trial in federal court for bribery and other corruption charges - formally declared in a new court filing Sunday that they will seek a mistrial, declaring the judge overseeing the case is biased and has prevented the New Jersey Democrat from presenting his case. ... During a contentious hearing Thursday, defense attorneys repeatedly challenged U.S. District Judge William Walls and said they would file a motion for a mistrial. Walls is almost certain to rule against them. Menendez and Melgen's attorneys, however, are clearly setting up grounds for an appeal if they are
 convicted at the end of this trial. Arguments over the defense motion will take place this week." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8637b5993134ac32bab4a50b52b1dee0b8ce94cc32d4ebaa38714ef8051214a200ca752a58dbe015176ebb5c4cd2298f

SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE STATES -- "Sexual Misconduct in California's Capitol Is Difficult to Escape," by NYT's Jess Bidgood, Miriam Jordan and Adam Nagourney: "Since the disclosures about sexual harassment cases involving Harvey Weinstein, the powerful producer, there have been reports of misconduct in state capitals in Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon and Rhode Island, among others, though the situation in California, the nation's most populous state, appears particularly dire. That reflects what even today is the male dominance in positions of power in government - 80 percent of the lawmakers in California are men - and the statehouses filled with lobbyists seeking influence and
 younger legislative aides and interns launching their careers." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179a82e8b800f11629309af90231ed66efc2b1fdf527ffe702d3aee599d33fb3d3675eb1a49d6536fbf8

-- "Florida congressional candidate: 'I was Harvey Weinsteined'," by POLITICO Florida's Marc Caputo: A top congressional candidate in one of the nation's marquee races for Democrats is accusing a political ally she once supported of exposing himself to her - and he's countering that she might be lying to gain attention for her campaign. The lurid dispute between Miami Beach City Commissioner Rosen Gonzalez and progressive activist Rafael Velasquez - a city commission candidate she had endorsed - marks the latest scandal nagging Florida Democrats amid the national debate about sexual harassment sparked by accusations from multiple women against movie producer Harvey Weinstein. "I was 'Harvey
 Weinsteined' by Rafael Velasquez, the candidate I have been supporting and raising money for in the Miami Beach commission race," Rosen Gonzalez said in a text message to POLITICO Florida. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179a83a061299ed9c501af79e797a9712095c8c441eb1cafd1c7c78d046a3e92f3fa2d7c7846bd6c5b56 

-- "Hamilton Fish of The New Republic Goes on Leave After Women's Complaints," by NYT's Sydney Ember. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179ae12618e016e061039fe19f32294347b201be53193314e521cee6705cc36862022edd80b0a3149ddf 

FLASH BRIEFING: POLITICO and The Information are partnering to offer an insider flash briefing and Q&A for real-time analysis, key takeaways, and the impact that Congressional testimony about Russian involvement in the 2016 Election by executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter will have. The conversation, hosted by Jessica Lessin, POLITICO's Nancy Scola and The Information's Cory Weinberg, will detail how the hearings will impact the Honest Ads Act, take you inside the latest intel about possible connections to the Trump and Clinton campaigns, and outline how these tech giants are responding to Russian propaganda arms like RT. Sign up for the Flash Briefing 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179ac26923005612a0fa7311e3c252454fffa14bdb18ac73aa5e751eb93cd4c307086f7895d03594dd37 ... Sign up for POLITICO's Morning Tech for all latest tech news in your inbox each morning http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179a50d7a853bc6324ead8fb1c410639dde126c098a7c4a7f892848fc28c5c00a4f487af0b570a043e56

MEDIAWATCH -- "'These Are Aliens from Mars Landing on Earth': Inside CNN and Time Warner, Fear Simmers as the AT&T Merger Looms," by Joe Pompeo in Vanity Fair: "The question has been hanging in the air for the better part of a year inside the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle: will AT&T leave CNN President Jeff Zucker in his job when-if-it completes its acquisition of Time Warner? For months, AT&T, a Dallas-based telecom giant with no news or entertainment experience to speak of, has been evasive about this question. ...

"Part of this concern has to do with an incipient culture clash. AT&T is a decidedly less fashionable operation. Randall Stephenson, its C.E.O., likes to talk (in his Oklahoma accent) about the virtues of the Boy Scouts. John Stankey, who will oversee Time Warner's media businesses if the deal goes through, is at least from Los Angeles, but he's worked at AT&T for three decades. The company can seem a long way, at least culturally, from the kinds of products Time Warner makes at places like HBO, Turner Broadcasting and Warner Bros." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179a23b4e5dc08a3c5b9e891795daaa80e9ed7f923ad2e25b266cf8b4c52fde1c57afb1a96d7642b7bbb

CHRIS FRATES interviews L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti "about being a big city mayor in the age of Trump and whether he'll challenge the president in 2020. Plus, Frates talks with Sen. Maria Cantwell about climate change and what it's like being a woman in the ultimate boys' club. 'Politics Inside Out' airs Monday at 2 p.m. on SiriusXM channel 124 and on demand on the SiriusXM app." Clips for Playbookers -- Cantwell on women in the Senate  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179a8e0087c75fe1f5fdb2b529bcc157e7c7becdc0fde9347c43d8d961ee96c760e338617d0f32212d7b ... Garcetti on whether he'll run for president  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179a22214bb08d767fb2c29c0a7a68232556e0ecd184101603c739596e6e6d5375774ce795d69e54a671

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SPOTTED: former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) getting his shoes shined in the Charlotte airport on Sunday morning

OUT AND ABOUT -- Robert De Niro, Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Abeer and Yousef Al Otaiba, Meir Teper, and James Packer hosted a sake ceremony last night at Nobu in D.C. Pic of some of the hosts http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179ae1729921934ce30477762e6d09b7c5cbcb60d25557c7bd57f3a8c8a8f10f63074b67164b82685c65 SPOTTED: Fred Hochberg, Robert and Elena Allbritton, Wolf Blitzer, Reggie Love, Patrick Steel and Lee Satterfield, Alan Fleischmann, Bret Baier, Steve Clemons and Andrew Oros, Jeremy and Robyn Bash, Sam Feist, Bob Barnett, Adrian Fenty, Heather Florance, Riley Brands, Tom Nides, Dylan Glenn, Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla, Jennifer Maguire and Chris Isham.

TRANSITIONS -- Margie Omero has been hired as a partner at GBA Strategies. She previously worked on public affairs research at both PSB Research and Purple Strategies and is also the creator and co-host of the podcast "The Pollsters."

WEEKEND WEDDINGS - ROMNEY ALUMNI -- Chris Maloney, SVP at the Black Rock Group, married Britt Becker, senior manager at Asurion, Saturday at Alexandria's Christ Church. "Guests danced the night away at historic Decatur House on Lafayette Park. ... They met on the first Romney campaign, though the relationship didn't begin until the Florida primary, right at the end of the campaign. Carl Forti is responsible for getting the two of them together. He was the matchmaker." Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e9b9bb9a498e179a087fe7a0fc652625efb4ef2f602ae7ab76e221a1260dd0854cd6e8e095341f99069906155edec43f ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a4102f2e86053bb13a7c70effef2f934669e26f4e3f8c98ccd897f1d2335b63dbeee547181cf66b87ad06324f71bd95 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a4102f2e86053bb9dc347525fd185d71b4f3b1f40ca158cbd41131893273d719a4407a6b8a01eaad4dee2ec04972f44

SPOTTED: Carl and Sandy Forti, Brian and Emily Jones, Mike Dubke, Nick Kalman, Andrew Rafferty, Anna Epstein, Jahan Wilcox, Devin O'Malley and Amanda Kitchen, Jamie Rhoades, Emily Stier, Dan Knight, Izzy Santa, Ali Lockwood, former Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-N.Y.), and JT Jezierski, Mike McElwain, Sally Vastola.

--Emmy Ruiz, a political consultant in Austin and former Colorado state director for Hillary, on Saturday married Steffi Grabow, who works in hospice, in a ceremony in Austin. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a4102f2e86053bb0cc11a1d1b05bc8a61fc17488c5c4264da7f2ac4b46e3ae4e7c38ac3a0ba37f6d01213444962623e 

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent and anchor of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports". She celebrated over the weekend with her husband "by going to our very favorite place, the Inn at Little Washington, where we were married." How she got her start in journalism: "I got my start in journalism after winning a competition in elementary school to cover school news for my hometown newspaper, New Rochelle's The Standard-Star - and then at WXPN-FM, the radio station at the University of Pennsylvania - which in turn led to my first real job as a copyboy at KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia." Read her Playbook Plus Q&A:  
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a4102f2e86053bb0efff3db5953124d65eaceaf582d3cb48e82e84e6243bbe18390038a8b002d9da4b18ae8283f7d54 

BIRTHDAYS: Ivanka Trump is 36 ... Maggie Haberman ... former Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) is 6-0 ... Scott Fay ... Facebook's Nu Wexler ... Mitch Stewart, founding partner at 270 Strategies ... Paul Rosen, partner at Crowell & Moring in LA and former DHS chief of staff (h/t Todd Breasseale) ... Rebecca Schieber of Locust Street Group (hat tips: boyfriend Fred Brown and Kelly Klass) ... Lauren Zelt, managing director of public affairs at FP1 Strategies, who celebrated over the weekend with bowling at the White House and dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill with friends (h/ts Jen Wlach, Alice Stewart and Ryan Williams) ... Washingtonian's Laura Mullen ... David Beckwith ... former Rep. Pete Hoekstra
 (R-Mich.) is 64 ... Tim Roemer, senior counselor at APCO Worldwide and former U.S. Ambassador to India, is 61 (h/t Anthony DeAngelo) ... Jeff Larson, former CEO of the RNC's 2016 National Convention ... David Krone ...

... Lizette Alvarez, Miami bureau chief of the New York Times ... Ally Mutnick, House reporter for NJ and Hotline, is 25 (h/t Hanna Trudo) ... Politico's Bill Mahoney ... Alexandra Viers, gov't relations specialist at Boeing and CSIS alum, is 26 (h/t Glenn Viers)... former Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) is 56 ... Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) is 66 ... Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) is 62 ... AARP's Josh Rosenblum ... Christine Zdelar ... Connor Brantley ... Jeremy Seth Gold ... James Richardson, managing director at Dentons ... Edwin Foulke ... Michael Petricone, SVP of gov't affairs at the Consumer Electronics Association ... Romney alum Samantha Turner ... Media Matters alum Jeremy Holden ...
 Joe Sterling is 67 ... Ruth Tecle ... Brian Schildroth ... Justin Hage ... Ian Millhiser, justice editor at ThinkProgress ... Lauren Callahan ... Sam Bilotta ... Evan Reese ... Christine Holbrook ... Nicholas Watson (h/t Teresa Vilmain)

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