Subject: Playbook Power Briefing, presented by Chevron: Trump says Syria gas attack ‘can’t be allowed to happen’ and that he’ll make a decision on Syria soon
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Today's Playbook Power Briefing presented by Chevron 
            
By JAKE SHERMAN ([email-masked]; @JakeSherman), ANNA PALMER ([email-masked]; @apalmerdc), DANIEL LIPPMAN ([email-masked]; @dlippman) and ZACH MONTELLARO ([email-masked]; @ZachMontellaro)

        
TRUMP on SYRIA, via Tarini Parti of BuzzFeed: "'It was atrocious. It was horrible.' Trump said the admin will be making a decision on Syria in the next 24-48 hours. 'This is about humanity and it can't be allowed to happen.'

"'If it's the Russians, if it's Syria, if it's Iran, if it's all of them together, we'll figure it out.'" 

-- ON NAFTA, per Tarini: "Trump said the admin is 'strongly renegotiating NAFTA.'"

TRUMP said his meeting with the North Koreans will be in May or June.

ZUCKERBERG'S TESTIMONY ... "Over the past few weeks, we've been working to understand exactly what happened with Cambridge Analytica and taking steps to make sure this doesn't happen again. We took important actions to prevent this from happening again today four years ago, but we also made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it. ... 

"We were too slow to spot and respond to Russian interference, and we're working hard to get better. Our sophistication in handling these threats is growing and improving quickly. We will continue working with the government to understand the full extent of Russian interference, and we will do our part not only to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, but also to give everyone a voice and to be a force for good in democracy everywhere." The full testimony  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5adb5a789945e4803155977af5826913127dc2617b67bec6eb6cc41bf7b886150d2bcbc2d436daca625 

PRUITT'S PROBLEMS ... 

-- NYT'S ERIC LIPTON: "In Letter to E.P.A., Top Ethics Officer Questions Pruitt's Actions": "'The success of our government depends on maintaining the trust of the people we serve,' said David J. Apol, acting director of the Office of Government Ethics said, in the letter sent Monday morning to the E.P.A. 'The American public needs to have confidence that ethics violations, as well as the appearance of ethics violations, are investigated and appropriately addressed.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5add16fc25d80583c139157faea5c45a0445aa2715916f25f226ac1ad2b67936cece0345679fbbe85ed 

Good Monday afternoon. OFFICIALLY IN -- "Scott running for Senate in epic showdown with Nelson, test of Trump's popularity," by Florida Playbookers Matt Dixon and Marc Caputo: "Florida Gov. Rick Scott makes his long-awaited Senate candidacy official Monday, setting up an epic battle against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and testing the limits of whether a close alliance with President Donald Trump is political poison or a pathway to success in the nation's biggest swing state. ...

"'I consider myself Rick Scott. I don't consider myself any type of anything,' the governor told POLITICO in an exclusive interview Sunday when asked if he considers himself a 'Donald Trump Republican.'

"'I run on what I believe in. I've been very clear,' he said. 'People ask me that a bunch of times, about 'Are you this or are you that?' No. I'm Rick Scott. I grew up poor. I believe in jobs.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad8a29b7deffccf3720015cb1dd12bd34f26b89be9ef358474e3c0b9ba684f621142a8210bccc63a6b 

DEPT. OF EXTRAORDINARILY UNLIKELY ... O.C. REGISTER: "Sebastian Gorka tells conservatives meeting in Riverside: 'We can take California back'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad8f638ce752db42c27b1301cd560a3b9a9feadff12c3135a0c03b8348cb94152766f258fb0518f259 

COMING SOON... The Chief Administrative Officer of the House has inked a deal with FranklinCovey to hold "workplace rights" training for House offices. Registration for the sessions begins next week. FranklinCovey is coordinating "more than 400 sessions here in Washington, D.C., and at 92 locations for district offices across the country, including Alaska and Hawaii." The sessions will be 90 minutes, and focused on "anti-harassment and anti-discrimination information and policies."

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MORE ON ZUCK ... "Mark Zuckerberg Says He's Not Resigning," by The Atlantic's Robinson Meyer: "After he told me he felt 'very bad' about Russian interference on his platform, I asked: Was there an especially dark moment when he came to realize the role that Facebook played in the 2016 election? Zuckerberg paused for eight long seconds. 'I need to think about that,' he said eventually.

"Was there any one moment that stood out? 'I'm not sure if there's one in particular,' he said.

"Instead, he told me, a broader evolution had taken place in the company 'across a number of these issues, whether it's foreign interference or fake news or the Cambridge Analytica data-privacy issue recently.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad54bd9769e893ae2ab8550e8d92dc8917d446abd4b339c1783b64f1ec0fd56334fd1f51d65e14d7b6 

-- "Facebook to study social media's impact on democracy," by Steven Overly: "Facebook will establish an independent election research commission that partners with academics and researchers to study the effects of social media on democracy and political elections, the company announced Monday." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5adfe0f394c451cf66f7f15a4f2e3ff4902db20a25e3ea15b5c4301968ea72a443ceeb4314be5be7a0a 

RONNY JACKSON GIVING INTERVIEWS! -- "Levelland native talks about nomination as head of VA," by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's Karen Michael (his hometown paper): "Some national critics have acknowledged that Jackson is a great doctor while also questioning his experience in management, particularly of a large agency like the VA.

"'I've been in leadership school for 23 years now. ... And I've been able to rise to the level of an admiral, a flag officer in the Navy. I didn't just stumble into that. So I've gotten a lot of leadership background, I've got a lot of leadership experience as a Navy officer, and I've got a lot of day-to-day leadership experience,' he said. 'You know, I'm not just an officer in the Navy; I'm an emergency medicine physician in the military. I've been confronted on a day-to-day basis with life and death decisions.'

"'I think I've got what it takes, and you know, I don't buy into that argument at all.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad2bb8f0665b2ae6dc8e82714e681cec55461a566593592b7ae4f20e7ea40dc2442a403f8a51c2086f 

TRUMP INC. -- "Trump family hotel business asked Panama president for help," by the AP's Juan Zamorano in Panama City: "Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump's family hotel business appealed to Panama's president for help days before an emergency arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to a luxury waterfront hotel.

"The Britton & Iglesias firm, which has represented the Trump Organization in its fight to continue running the hotel, addressed a letter dated March 22 to President Juan Carlos Varela. A copy of the letter was provided to The Associated Press by the hotel's new management team. ...

"The letter goes on to say that the eviction violates the Bilateral Investment Treaty. 'We appreciate your influence in order to avoid that these damages are attributed not to the other party, but to the Panamanian government,' the letter said, suggesting that the government, not the new management team, could be blamed for wrongdoing." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad168a10db0e123ab152dc59eb7f7078c5f8154ae8bdff2bb8146b0ed720426187c32ab2ae14fcebca ... Coverage from the Panamanian newspaper La Prensa with the headline "Trump Organizations pressures Varela" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad10deb71fb5e1f97141ac4fd500f9b0c3c9155d1f26bf622b1e95b151145753e3a4bce86be9493840 

BIG BUCKS FOR ENDANGERED DEMS -- SEN. CLAIRE MCCASKILL (D-MO.) raised $3.9 million in the first quarter of the year and has $11.5 million cash on hand, according to her campaign. SEN. JOE DONNELLY (D-IND.) raised $1.63 million, with $6.4 cash on hand, his campaign said.

THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION -- "Judge again denies bail for Manafort," by Josh Gerstein: "U.S. District Court Amy Berman Jackson said in an order Monday that [Paul] Manafort had again fallen short in the latest of several attempts to assemble money, property and pledges to meet the $10 million bail amount she set in the money laundering and unregistered foreign lobbying case brought against him in Washington by special counsel Robert Mueller.

"The new order is the latest development in an unusually prolonged bail saga for the longtime political consultant, who has been under house arrest since his first court appearance in the case last October." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad11d39b0be9f678785fd852542e869b2f4783a7f8088f065a351331d80a7d4cad20fd5c900cf5bb75 

AD TRENDS -- " That Driver Is Jamming Traffic -- He's Probably Filming a Campaign Ad," by WSJ's Reid Epstein: "[There is] a bipartisan convoy of more than 40 incumbents and challengers who gab and grip the wheel in campaign ads, enough drivers to field a lineup for the Indianapolis 500. With the seven months to Election Day, the candidate traffic jam can only get worse." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad7305eb5f94af7f39d245fe31518f6c4d6c97366d94942b9e74f555ba6d5e2fde3817e2825f5d2fcb

PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION -- "D.C. Lawmakers Mull Amazon HQ2," by Washington City Paper's Andrew Giambrone and Morgan Baskin: "Several D.C. councilmembers are raising concerns that Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration could be offering too much to Amazon in the District's bid to lure the company's second headquarters, which the tech giant has dubbed HQ2.

"But many of the councilmembers say they can't offer a decisive judgment because much of Bowser's record-setting incentives package has not been publicly disclosed. Despite inquiries and open-records requests, the administration hasn't fully unveiled the benefits it's dangling toward richest-man-in-the-world-and-maybe-in-history Jeff Bezos' company." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad3668aeee0234aa598232c3d0d8d43be2f496500a2d08b6582172b5b1fee780b57445ea060107844e 

TRANSITIONS -- Christopher Huntley started today as speechwriter for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). He previously was communications director for Rep. Barbara Lee and was director of millennial media at Hillary for America. ... Retired Vice Admiral Richard Hunt will be Fincantieri Marinette Marine's chief strategy officer and head of institutional relations.

SPOTTED: Karl Rove in first class on American flight 1602 from DCA to DFW. He was upgraded at the gate because of his frequent flyer status.

SPOTTED at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund's annual National Champagne Brunch Sunday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Reps. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Danica Roem, Mark Spengler, Karin Johanson, Steve Kerrigan, Ray Buckley, Eric Schultz, Drew Hammill and Jason Mida, Missy Kurek, Jeff Marootian, Steve Elmendorf, Gina Ortiz Jones, Troy Price, Abe Rakov, Austin Laufersweiler, Jeff Marootian, Todd Sloves, Michael Long, Phil Barnett, Mitchell Rivard and Scott Zumwalt, Robert Edmonson, Michael LaRosa, Michael Long, Aaron Ridings, Timothy D'Arduini and Dan Ngo, Evan Caplan, Adam Topper.

SPOTTED this morning at Decatur House for a White House Historical Association book event for Jeremy Bernard and Lea Berman's book "Treating People Well": Lindsay Reynolds, Timothy Harleth, Rickie Niceta, Ann Stock, Gahl Hodges Burt, Buffy Cafritz, Jeanne Bierken.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Jen Walton, VP of federal government relations at Pfizer and a Pat Roberts alum, and Robb Walton, VP in BGR Group's health and life sciences practice and alum of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and HELP Committee (Enzi), on Saturday welcomed Margaret Layton Walton, born at 9:59 p.m., weighing six pounds 12 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad1d9a16d0cb141f659d35370acea4c88afb1968a5a474958eae5e167f6fabb7f9b9d7b3834bc1dcd5 

WEEKEND WEDDING -- Jennifer Myers, senior director of communications at the American Hotel & Lodging Association, married Louis Kishkunas, a consultant for the Matrix Group, at an intimate ceremony on the top of the Watergate Hotel Friday. Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5adf6b30d1af8c2cddbc89878be04676feabfaa9befaa8b51fec876007aa96faf7c5d9ba1033eb7a5e8 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5ad173e2284746b98ed6ef4fc88772e08020a6640578f8279f4eeda5ab5668959f47ad872a30bca8680 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=f6f545bf2decf5adf843be9ba84c024bd8e42c3bdbec74e376c5aa7fcedb2cd81fc23ad41e0b8e3a324f600c855e920d

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