Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by ExxonMobil: Trump’s border policy ‘Republicans’ new Katrina’ … Ivanka, McCarthy and Pelosi all at fundraising events in California
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Today's POLITICO Playbook presented by ExxonMobil 
            
By JAKE SHERMAN ([email-masked]; @JakeSherman), ANNA PALMER ([email-masked]; @apalmerdc) and DANIEL LIPPMAN ([email-masked]; @dlippman)
        
Today's Audio Briefing
                  Driving the Day         
SETTING THE TABLE ... THE DECISION to bring PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP to the Capitol at 5:30 this evening was relatively last minute, and it is aimed at breathing life into a pair of Republican immigration bills that are expected to fail Thursday. Talk about a Trump visit started in GOP leadership on Friday, and continued over the weekend before the Saturday announcement. THE PRESIDENT will speak in HC-5 -- the party's Capitol basement meeting room -- before the first vote series of the week.

THE IDEA is the president will sell Republicans on voting for both immigration bills: the hard-line proposal penned by Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte, and the compromise bill penned by the GOP leadership. Goodlatte has next to no chance of passage -- it's expected to fall between 60 and 70 votes short. The compromise bill has a prayer, but most people involved in the planning believe it is also likely to fail. 

BUT THE REALITY is that the president will, of course, get an earful about the family-separation issue. 

TWO WAYS THIS PASSES, according to people in the leadership doing the counting: If the president somehow gives a rousing speech that moves a few dozen votes, or if members of the House feel like this is a way to stop family separation at the border. There are those in GOP leadership who believe this to be a waste of the president's time and effort, and believe it further elevates immigration as an issue when most Republicans would rather be talking about the economy. 

A PROCESSION of Republican lawmakers -- including Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) and NRCC Chair Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), members of GOP leadership -- have called on the president to halt this policy. What this shows us: the administration's idea of blaming Democrats is not sufficient for Republicans who face re-election in five months. 

THE REALITY ... WHAT WE EXPECT: In the coming weeks, it seems nearly certain that Congress will have to consider legislation to actively prevent the government from separating families at the border. SEN. CORNYN is working on a plan, as is REP. MARK MEADOWS (R-N.C.). Burgess Everett on Cornyn's effort to find a legislative fix http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a26c6a7f5b4a3c40dde774da7027412f0d7ee3df8af8325ca6ae0e19e08feab34f8ffca05a9b780ef3

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TEXAS), up for re-election in Texas, announced yesterday he is introducing a bill that would mandate the government keep families together, and authorize shelters to house families. The bill would also expedite court hearings for immigrants and asylum seekers. 

-- @SenJohnMcCain: "The administration's current family separation policy is an affront to the decency of the American people, and contrary to principles and values upon which our nation was founded. The administration has the power to rescind this policy. It should do so now."

-- More than 70 former U.S. Attorneys who have worked for both parties also signed a letter calling on Sessions to reverse his decision. The letter http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a294894156792416d4c5ddc65436758b74915f67749f7a5bffa34618289833d98ec350dd891135b43d

DEPT. OF DEFIES BELIEF ... The White House is making the conscious decision that divisive immigration policy -- not a booming economy -- should be the focus of the 2018 midterms. We can't tell you how dumb many Republican leaders think this is. 

-- NANCY COOK: "Trump aides plan fresh immigration crackdowns before midterms": "Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller and a team of officials from the Justice Department, Department of Labor, Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and Budget have been quietly meeting for months to find ways to use executive authority and under-the-radar rule changes to strengthen hardline U.S. immigration policies, according to interviews with half a dozen current and former administration officials and Republicans close to the White House." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2be4d4f66b823ab338bfcbb2aa9dd39efda018b8c3c89a5ffa165aced00e57da58373d06b9f8cfbd7 

WSJ ED BOARD: "The GOP's Immigration Meltdown: Restrictionists may cost Republicans their majorities in Congress": "Are Republicans trying to lose their majorities in Congress this November? We assume not, but you can't tell from the party's internal feuding over immigration that is fast becoming an election-year nightmare over separating immigrant children from their parents. This is what happens when restrictionists have a veto over GOP policy. ... 

"The immediate solution should be for the Administration to end 'zero-tolerance' until it can be implemented without dividing families. Congress can also act to allow migrants to be detained with children in facilities appropriate for families. Until that is possible, better to release those who have no criminal past rather than continue forced separation." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2b3aa3f8354a33c50909ac99c440e2edce84cf117b052fa2f4735125d30bbc3e1e10a4b0ba507f38f 

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BURGESS EVERETT, JOHN BRESNAHAN and RACHAEL BADE: "'The Republicans' new Katrina': GOP fears backlash to splitting families: Trump's immigration crackdown is upending Republicans' midterm campaign strategy." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a24d40a27781cfedce5cd6aec7dc100cfa7a073e4bd9696adc07882be0762b62ae99aa939562a1e641 

-- ELANA SCHOR in LOS FRESNOS, TEXAS: "'Really an evil policy': Dems seize offensive in migrant fight" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2ea93e540b93f1669c48a6d0eac2260797d25c59db789c2eac603153d1408379c338aecb2323cbf8b 

-- ELIANA JOHNSON and ANNIE KARNI: "Nielsen becomes face of Trump's border separations": "Kirstjen Nielsen, President Donald Trump's secretary of Homeland Security, emerged on Monday as the face of the administration's 'zero tolerance' border policy - though internally, she is not seen as a supporter.

"Nielsen made a rare and hastily arranged appearance in the White House briefing room on Monday afternoon, where she defended the separation of nearly 2,000 children from their parents. Sounding alternately animated and defensive, Nielsen said the administration would 'enforce every law we have on the books,' even if it meant breaking up parents and their kids.

"White House chief of staff John Kelly advised Nielsen against doing the news conference, but she charged ahead anyway, according to a senior administration official. She placed blame for some of the heart-rending scenes captured by the news media squarely on Congress and charged that kids are being warehoused because lawmakers have shirked their responsibility to close loopholes in current immigration law. ...

"Nielsen's sudden ownership of the administration's most controversial domestic policy to date came after senior administration officials pushed her to get on message over the weekend. Last month, she said in her Senate testimony that she shares lawmakers' concerns about the monitoring of unaccompanied children placed with other family members or guardians. 'We were all wondering where she was and how long it would be until she got that talk,' said one Trump ally. 'Everyone knew that talk was coming.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a26512b44c880204cd3ec7a8d380f1ebf1caeafd5f6788c8662cc1fb9623dcf96f94acfa00690f2b05

-- ANOTHER INTERESTING NUGGET (!): "While Kelly himself once believed he stood between Trump and chaos, he has told at least one person close to him that he may as well let the president do what he wants, even if it leads to impeachment - at least this chapter of American history would come to a close."

-- NBC NEWS' JULIA AINSLEY -- (@JuliaEAinsley): "False claims by Nielsen: 1. parents allowed to call children 2. parents can claim custody of their kids when they are released (undocumented parents can be deported for coming forward) 3. illegal entry is a crime (previously could claim asylum when crossing between POEs)".

-- CNN'S KAITLAN COLLINS (@kaitlancollins): "Nielsen says the idea that this is a deterrent is offensive. 'Why would I ever create a policy that purposely does this?' John Kelly, her mentor, last year: 'I am considering, in order to deter more movement along this terribly dangerous network, I am considering exactly that.'"

-- NYT'S PETER BAKER (@peterbakernyt): "Kirstjen Nielsen insists family separation is 'not a policy.' Stephen Miller calls it a 'policy.'"

SNEAK PEEK: JANET NAPOLITANO WEIGHS IN -- The former DHS secretary spoke with Anna for the latest "Women Rule" podcast that will go live Wednesday calling the policy "cruel" and a "misallocation" of resources by the administration.

"I don't know how this could be justified either legally or morally," Napolitano said. "The notion that you're going to somehow create a deterrent to illegal immigration through this kind of policy - we've seen this before and it just doesn't work. And it's cruel."

"They're going to fill the U.S. courts in the border districts with what are very simple one-time immigration violations ... They're going to then subject these individuals to time in prison - so a federal taxpayer will pay for that," she said. "It's such a misallocation and a misguided policy and it results in these families being separated." Listen and subscribe to get Napolitano's interview first http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2589b088975d3d6fcf392739de479fb86e3e684454f2ed19222ae8af3a47f18b623491ac2ccd65321

-- JEH JOHNSON in WaPo, "Trump's 'zero-tolerance' border policy is immoral, un-American - and ineffective": "Experience teaches (as career personnel at DHS know) that widely publicized changes in immigration-enforcement policy may cause sharp downturns in the level of illegal migration in the short term, but migration patterns then revert to their higher, traditional levels in the long term so long as underlying conditions persist. ...

"It is basic human instinct to save yourself and your family by fleeing a burning building. So long as the powerful 'push factors' of poverty and violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador persist, the United States will continue to wrestle with the problem of illegal migration on the border with Mexico." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a25d89d3bdbd4546e527d39f51426fc6def8814a764b4b1593faa980e3ccf99712615577b9ab97fa94 

-- "Listen to Children Who've Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border," by ProPublica's Ginger Thompson: "The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening. ... The baritone voice of a Border Patrol agent booms above the crying. 'Well, we have an orchestra here,' he jokes." With an 8-min. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a28e7d038de59f6cd28ba2f80693909c77c200e5264e536b80bddf2c18d800ab261990e5f52a78412f 

Good Tuesday morning. TWO BIG-DOLLAR DAYS ... 

-- FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: JEFFREY and MARILYN KATZENBERG hosted a fundraiser last night at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant Spago in Beverly Hills that raised more than $4.5 million for House Majority PAC. NANCY PELOSI and JERRY BROWN were the special guests at the fundraiser.

-- ANOTHER PLAYBOOK SCOOP: KEVIN MCCARTHY pulled in $3.1 million at a pair of fundraising events with IVANKA TRUMP yesterday in Fresno and Los Angeles. An aide involved in the event said it far surpassed their expected haul. The money will go to Protect the House, the joint fundraising committee that benefits vulnerable House Republicans.

WASHINGTON-BEIJING RELATIONSHIP UPDATE ... 

-- WHAT TRADE WAR?: "Trump orders tariffs on $200B more Chinese goods," by Doug Palmer: "President Donald Trump on Monday raised the stakes in a growing trade dispute with China, ordering trade officials to draw up a list of $200 billion worth of Chinese goods that would be hit with an additional 10 percent tariff. ...

"The Chinese Commerce Ministry, in a statement translated for POLITICO, blasted the action as an example 'of extreme pressure and blackmail' by the Trump administration that flouts international norms for handling trade disputes. ... He said he would pursue additional tariffs on another $200 billion worth of goods, for a grand total of $450 billion. That would encompass roughly 90 percent of the $505 billion worth of goods that China exported to the United States in 2017." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a21dfcd147a96cec8c93524f4515a0993a9d8dc8bfc17fbcd4ea83ed1680fd0c2c9b7ed2d6ec1ced59 

-- JOHN HENDEL: "Senate rejects Trump's rescue of Chinese firm ZTE": "The Senate voted Monday to reimpose the U.S. ban on Chinese telecom giant ZTE, in a rebuke to President Donald Trump and his efforts to keep the company in business. The provision targeting ZTE was part of the National Defense Authorization Act, a must-pass defense spending bill that cleared the Senate by a vote of 85-10. It must now be reconciled with the House version of the measure, which takes a narrower approach to ZTE." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2310a8de501baf0cb6883dc868b82399219292c8ee69500b9608150dfa065d6e3158b12a472382636 

ANOTHER CABINET SECRETARY IN HOT WATER? -- "Zinke linked to real estate deal with Halliburton chairman," by Ben Lefebvre and Nick Juliano in Whitefish, Montana: "A foundation established by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and headed by his wife is playing a key role in a real-estate deal backed by the chairman of Halliburton, the oil-services giant that stands to benefit from any of the Interior Department's decisions to open public lands for oil exploration or change standards for drilling.

"A group funded by David Lesar, the Halliburton chairman, is planning a large commercial development on a former industrial site near the center of the Zinkes' hometown of Whitefish, a resort area that has grown increasingly popular with wealthy tourists. The development would include a hotel and retail shops. There also would be a microbrewery -- a business first proposed in 2012 by Ryan Zinke and for which he lobbied town officials for half a decade.

"The Whitefish city planner, David Taylor, said in an interview that the project's developer suggested to him that the microbrewery would be set aside for Ryan and Lola Zinke to own and operate, though the developer told POLITICO that no final decisions have been made." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2d2c143841fc9b574e805d0a2472248d21d8d309f4e2fa51ca8c69168fbfc0725014757e9d90f83d3

STILL ON THE INTERVIEW CIRCUIT - "Call to suspend Mueller probe was just posturing, Giuliani says," by Darren Samuelsohn: "President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Monday that he was actually just bluffing last week when he called for Justice Department leaders to suspend special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation within 24 hours. 

"'I didn't think it would,' Giuliani told POLITICO with a laugh when asked about the Mueller inquiry's still being very much an active investigation. 'But I still think it should be.' Giuliani's demand for the Mueller investigation to be terminated came on Thursday night in response to a report from the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General ...

"Appearing on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Giuliani said Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should 'redeem themselves' the next day by shutting down the Mueller inquiry. 'That's what I'm supposed to do,' Giuliani explained on Monday. 'What am I supposed to say? That they should investigate him forever? Sorry, I'm not a sucker.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2629996be307b0871d994c609a3524088d0820c5f6f0e24ddaf13d0a938e1acd3ca6a85a70d5e3692 

THE INVESTIGATIONS ... 

-- "It was a Trump favorite. Now lawyers want the famously discreet Beverly Hills Hotel to share its secrets," by WaPo's Frances Stead Sellers in Beverly Hills: "[T]he records of his visits [to the Beverly Hills Hotel] could become critical evidence in what is evolving into a serious legal threat, brought by a woman accusing him of improper sexual advances. 

"The New York case is being closely followed by constitutional lawyers because of the role it could play in determining whether state lawsuits may proceed against a sitting president. As the case moves into discovery, attorneys for former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos have subpoenaed the Beverly Hills Hotel for records of Trump's stays during five years when he frequently traveled to the West Coast."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a29a8d79f08adc30f441af79e2efbc812468c7eb4bd8ea3ac0d2b6467e18abfff723f9f0a051923e79 

TRUMP'S TUESDAY -- In the afternoon, the president will deliver remarks at the National Federation of Independent Businesses' 75th anniversary celebration at the Hyatt Regency. He will meet with Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain. Trump will hold an expanded bilateral meeting with Felipe. He will sign the 10 millionth U.S. patent before heading to Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans. He will then head to a dinner with supporters.

JOIN ANNA and JAKE and FLORIDA PLAYBOOK'S MARC CAPUTO for a special Playbook Elections event in Florida to discuss the 2018 midterm cycle and issues shaping the races. This event is part of the POLITICO-AARP Deciders series and will feature exclusive interviews with Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, David Richardson and Donna Shalala. The event will take place on Friday, June 29, at InterContinental Miami, doors will open at 8 a.m. RSVP http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2e41e630a18078ab7ae45e9a40316e0870b9a2029eb4882f7e5aeecf00e02484c1271b7403baff85e 

          Playbook Reads         

PHOTO DU JOUR: Democrat Ben Jealous raises the hand of his running mate, Susie Turnbull, while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) waves during a gubernatorial campaign rally in Maryland's Democratic primary in Silver Spring, Md. on Monday. Sanders is not endorsing his own son's congressional bid in New Hampshire. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo 

FOR YOUR RADAR -- "Ex-CIA engineer charged with massive leak to WikiLeaks," by Josh Gerstein: "A former CIA computer engineer has been indicted on charges he masterminded what appears to be the largest leak of classified information in the spy agency's history. Joshua Schulte, 29, was charged in a new grand jury indictment with providing WikiLeaks with a massive trove of U.S. government hacking tools that the online publisher posted in March 2017, the Justice Department announced on Monday.

"Schulte was previously facing child pornography charges in federal court in New York, but the indictment broadens the case to accuse him of illegally gathering classified information, damaging CIA computers, lying to investigators and numerous other offenses." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a21bd5b7c6de9c46d363fb4601ca920e2f006f0f9c8283ac7a22332766304be5ef38aea38a1c1f8ee8 

HMM -- "A Top Trump Aide Worked In Libya With Key Backers Of An Alleged 'Sex Cult,'" by BuzzFeed's Tarini Parti and Aram Roston: "Joseph Whitehouse Hagin, President Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff for operations, has a reputation for being the experienced, steady hand amid the chaos in the White House. ... But Hagin put his dreary political life on pause during the Obama years for the world of international influence peddling. That business ... made Hagin and a company he cofounded millions of dollars. It also brought Hagin a lucrative client: an aspiring Libyan expatriate politician with deep pockets and troubling relationships, according to five sources who spoke with BuzzFeed News.

"Basit Igtet, the Libyan client, was an exile eyeing a triumphant comeback at the dawn of the Arab Spring. Hagin and his firm worked with Igtet from 2011 until at least 2013: First, Hagin would help him build support for the rebel government that toppled Muammar al-Qaddafi, and later he and his colleagues would run an international treasure hunt to try to recover Libya's stolen billions in exchange for a massive payoff for his firm ...

"Igtet, however, had other interests outside recovering Libyan riches, including one at the center of a major sex-trafficking case. Igtet was deeply involved in NXIVM, the celebrity 'sex cult' whose leadership is now under federal indictment ... Igtet proselytized for the group, BuzzFeed News has learned, while his wife, the heir Sara Bronfman, reportedly kept the cult afloat with tens of millions of dollars." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a298ef7fd429653c3db7cd76dd18bace1927bdc14aa752951ca9f392b5687adc7b36dfee1a3f6d78c0 

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MEDIAWATCH -- "New Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong names veteran journalist Norman Pearlstine executive editor," by LA Times' Meg James and Andrea Chang: "During the last two months, Pearlstine, 75, has served as an advisor to Soon-Shiong, charged with creating a transition plan for The Times. He will now execute that plan. ... Soon-Shiong and Pearlstine were greeted Monday by a jubilant crowd of employees who squeezed into the center of the newsroom for an hourlong town hall meeting. ... 

"'Let's put Tronc in the trunk and we're done,' Soon-Shiong said to cheers and applause. ... Soon-Shiong has aimed high. He offered two L.A. Times alums - Marty Baron, executive editor of the Washington Post, and Dean Baquet, executive editor of the New York Times - the top job 'knowing that it was a long shot.' He even invited Baquet to his Brentwood home, which has a private basketball court. 'I let him shoot a few shots to see if I could convince him," Soon-Shiong said. 'I said we'll play HORSE and if I win, you're gonna have to stay.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a256e9e1d440286aedaa736dafe4662cab94bcba3537c97932ad93aad6d0869662190063466e9a600a

-- FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- The AP is launching a new politics and podcast called "Ground Game" focused on political trends across the U.S. Washington digital editor Magan Crane is hosting the podcast whose initial guests will include Mitt Romney and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.). Subscribe http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a288c4282eb94d2dba9aa5dcb8b7d40bb9b5afe2e7728465a882b02400fdc287d1a22de1197af78523

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SPOTTED -- Ralph Reed sitting directly behind Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) at the U2 concert last night at Capital One Arena ... Chris and Mary Pat Christie having dinner at The Line hotel last night with Jake Tapper.

TRANSITION: STEPHEN LABATON is joining Booz Allen Hamilton as EVP for corporate affairs. He'll be in charge of the company's marketing and communications, media relations, government relations and CSR. He most recently has been president of North America at Finsbury and is a former New York Times journalist.

OUT AND ABOUT -- SPOTTED at a party last night at the Metropolitan Club to celebrate Steve Brill's new book "Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It" hosted by Don Baer and Nancy Bard, Sophie Brill and Burson Cohn & Wolfe ($17.37 on Amazon http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=520c340188d54883debdefb38d21cabcb86987be0eecf059a16b91eb51acd8767914c5e2846d78c8aa66aa49173c9171 Cynthia Brill, Tom Ridge, Merrick and Lynn Garland, Scott Pastrick, Jane Harman, Andrea Mitchell, George and Liz Stevens, Jerry Rafshoon, Peter Edelman ...

... Mandy Grunwald, Rob Stein, Ruth Marcus, Nihal Krishan, Bill Galston, Marc Fisher, Steven Mufson, Lois Romano, Kevin Sullivan, Phil Verveer, Carl Cannon, Josh Gotbaum and Joyce Thornhill, Ken Baer, Vivian Schiller and Phil Frank, Donna Leinwand and Katie Bo Williams.

-- SPOTTED at a special VIP party and screening hosted by Time Warner and Carol Melton of "Ocean's 8" last night at AMC Loews Georgetown with a reception at Fiola Mare (trailer:  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=520c340188d54883e637c5416c24b542566d398376e57d04cdf9f582439f28b119deff0bca39c566419c085773c19675 Australian Ambassador Joe Hockey, Lichtenstein Ambassador Kurt Jaeger, Danielle Burr, Anne Brady Perron, Niki Christoff, Bobby Hart, Bob Barnett and Rita Braver, Betsy Fisher Martin and Jonathan Martin, Candi Wolff, Gloria Dittus ...

... Heather Podesta, Elena Allbritton, Tammy Haddad, Janet Donovan, Kris Coratti, Tamera Luzzatto, Susan Molinari, Michael LaRosa, Kevin Cirilli, Kara Swisher, Ryan Williams, Virginia Coyne, Luke Frazier, John Legittino, Lauren Pratapas, Stephanie Cutter and Marie Mattson.

WEEKEND WEDDING -- Jonathan Beam, a Hillary Clinton 2008 and DSCC alum and a recent graduate of the Ford school at Michigan, married Joe Sandman, an associate at Skadden Arps, in the Cedar Room in Charleston Saturday. They met at a fundraiser for the WIlliams Institute, an LGBT-focused think tank. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2ced18ffe086218e60f445eeb05dc25fafcc9f52acc8e06a81a65ea0e567546b2da082c7c1418d428 

--SPOTTED: Kate Balcerzak, Alexandra Traber, Ana Bedayo, Lenore Cho, Rachel Kelly, Melissa and Mike Luce, Andy Stone and Kathryn Frazier, Melanie Hudson and Michael Hacker, Maria Town and David Turner.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: David DiMartino, partner at Blue Engine Message and Media. A trend he thinks deserves more attention: "Aside from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt being under 17 federal investigations for misconduct in office? A couple of things come to mind. First, the North Atlantic right whale is on the verge of extinction with only 450 left and no new births this year. Second, the coral reefs are dying off. All three connected to climate change: Pruitt by blocking climate action and the right whales and coral suffering the consequences." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A:  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d20f802612f908a2fac0d6fe12a79e2ba9d41f71294d9afdb01cad321016eb0f10c2a8cfcb898b4482317f9066fbf98c 

BIRTHDAYS: Jeff Mason, WH correspondent for Reuters ... former SEC chairwoman Mary Schapiro ... Jennifer Hazelton, SVP of ExIm Bank ... Caroline Magyarits, WH director of radio media (h/t Jessica Ditto) ... Alex Kisling, principal in the Kivvit D.C. office ... WaPo's Anne Gearan, the pride of Pittsford, N.Y. ... Marcus Brauchli is 57 (h/ts Ben Chang) ... Politico's Alex Isenstadt (h/t cousin Tim Burger) ... Aung San Suu Kyi is 73 ... Salman Rushdie is 71 ... David Lat, founder of Above the Law ... Lara Spencer ... Politico's Tim Starks and Olivia Draughon ... Slate contributor Seth Stevenson ... Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) is 39 ... Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) is 64 ... former Rep. Trent
 Franks (R-Ariz.) is 61 ... Slate's Isaac Chotiner ... CBS News' Louise Dufresne and Christina Ruffini ... Tariq Smith ... Cragg Hines ... Nicole Daigle, communications director for Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and a proud LSU grad ...

... Tom Hoare, VP of global communications and public policy at SAP (h/t Ed Cash) ... WaPo's Maggie Snipes (h/t Michael Falcone) ... British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is 54 ... Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo ... Mary Dalrymple, director at Eagle Hill Consulting ... Earl Whipple ... Mike Naple is 35 ... Jenna Sakwa, Speaker Ryan's director of media affairs ... Michelle Ringuette ... Abigail Bessler (h/t Liz Peters) ... Liz Richards ... Samantha Finke ... Darren Bearson ... Jonathan Hunley ... Sean Kevelighan ... Hilary Richards ... Michael Akin ... Jennifer Fedor ... Raytheon's Aimee Strudwick Gilroy ... Marilyn Miller ... Michael Robbins ... Kelly Renee Lester ... Ruth Elliott ... Sean
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