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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING from LOS ANGELES, where we'll sit down with GAVIN NEWSOM and CALIFORNIA GOP CHAIR JIM BRULTE in a few hours (stream it, beginning around 11:30 a.m. in D.C.). Newsom is the Democratic candidate for governor -- and the heavy favorite to lead the nation's most populous state.

EVERYTIME WE COME TO CALIFORNIA on POLITICO business -- sometimes as many as a half-dozen times a year -- we are confronted with a vivid paradox. For all the interconnectedness of modern life, in which geographical distance should be irrelevant, we sense immediately in conversations the cultural and intellectual distance from Washington.

REPUBLICANS are now basically just an interest group here. There are more independents than registered Republicans. To say California is the heart of the resistance is an understatement. The place is burning with anti-Trump sentiment, from the tech hub of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, to here in L.A. You can't get into an Uber without a discussion of Trump. 

CALIFORNIA is one of the decisive arenas for American politics -- the home of many of the most important personalities and ideas dominating D.C. and our political culture.

THEMATICALLY, many of the debates in American politics here are playing out in miniature. The discussion about the Democratic Party's aged leaders, the question about how far left Democrats should go. Many Republicans say the Golden State is giving the nation a preview of where the national GOP is heading absent a major course correction on immigration policy. The state is battling over a gas tax repeal, high business taxes and the wisdom of a massive high-speed rail project.

CONSIDER THIS ...

-- NANCY PELOSI or KEVIN MCCARTHY both have better-than-even chances to be the next speaker of the House. They're both at the top of the food chain in Washington, with incredible sway over their party.

-- NEWSOM is already being chattered about as a 2020 candidate. As is Sen. KAMALA HARRIS, who is in her first term representing California in the Senate.

-- PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP elevated REP. MAXINE WATERS (D-CALIF.) yesterday as the "leader of the Democratic party." Waters is likely to be the top Democrat on the Financial Services Committee if her party takes back the House.

-- REP. ADAM SCHIFF (D-CALIF.) is the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, and has been heavily involved in probing -- and discussing -- allegations of misdeeds in the Trump administration. REP. DEVIN NUNES (R-CALIF.) chairs the panel, and has been the subject of much attention, as well.

-- THE HOUSE MAJORITY will be, in a big part, decided here. Six Republican seats either lean Democratic or are tossups. Many Republicans have been hurt by the tax bill, which hit high-tax states like this one hard. 

-- CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL XAVIER BECERRA has been among the most active law enforcement officials in trying to push back against the Trump administration.

-- INFLUENTIAL PROGRESSIVE MEDIA has even migrated west. Crooked Media -- the liberal media company founded by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer -- is based out of Los Angeles.

WE INVITED JOHN COX, the Republican candidate for governor, to join our event today, but he declined.

JUST POSTED ... CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO ... "GOP Governor Candidate John Cox Shares Story Comparing Long California DMV Waits To Holocaust," by Nick Miller, Andrew Nixon and Ben Adler: "Republican gubernatorial candidate and businessman John Cox told a story during a California DMV visit on Wednesday that compared the much-criticized long lines and waits to surviving concentration camps during the Holocaust.

"In audio at the event recorded by CapRadio, Cox can be heard introducing himself to a woman at the Sacramento DMV office. 'How long have you been waiting,' he asks the woman, who responds "close to an hour."

"Cox then relays a story of a conversation with a man he met at a DMV in Southern California: 'You know, I met a Holocaust survivor in Long Beach. He survived concentration camps, and he said this was worse. He's 90 years old and he had to wait four hours down in Long Beach. Can you imagine that?' Cox says. 

"Campaign spokesman Matt Shupe said Cox mistold the story. 'John isn't saying it was worse than the Holocaust. The guy didn't say it was worse than the Holocaust,' Shupe said. 'He was saying that it reminded him of pre-war Germany' when Jews had to wait in lines to be processed.' 'In no way does he mean this as a slight to the Jewish community,' Shupe added. 'He misspoke. It's very unfortunate. But it's nothing more than that.'" CapRadio
       
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TOP TALKER ... WAPO'S BEN TERRIS on the KELLYANNE/GEORGE CONWAY marriage ... The nugget everyone is talking about: "Here's a conversation from a few days after our walk: Me: You told me you found [George's tweets] disrespectful.

"Kellyanne: It is disrespectful, it's a violation of basic decency, certainly, if not marital vows ... as 'a person familiar with their relationship.' Me: No, we're on the record here. You can't say after the fact 'as someone familiar.'

"Kellyanne: I told you everything about his tweets was off the record. Me: No, that's not true. That never happened. Kellyanne: Well, people do see it this way. People do see it that way, I don't say I do, but people see it that way.

"Me: But I'm saying we never discussed everything about his tweets being off the record. There are certain things you said that I put off the record. Kellyanne: Fine. I've never actually said what I think about it and I won't say what I think about it, which tells you what I think about it." WaPo

Good Thursday morning. THE NATIONALS lost again, putting them at one game under .500 on the season. College basketball starts in 40 days (h/t @JonRothstein, who is staying hungry and humble!).
 
NEWS ... HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP NEWS ... NYT'S ALEX BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN: "Pelosi Talks of 'Bridge' to New Leader as Democrats Test Her Strength": "In an interview, [Jim] Clyburn confirmed his intention to run if Ms. Pelosi falls short - an extraordinary declaration, given the culture of deference in Congress - underscoring her vulnerability and the urgency Democrats feel to position themselves for a succession fight. ... 

 "Ms. Pelosi said she was untroubled by Mr. Clyburn's statement of interest, calling him a 'beautiful, lovely member of Congress' whom she views as a brother. And she suggested it was 'perplexing' that the news media - or anyone else - would seek to game out the power politics of the Democratic caucus in the midst of a campaign. ... 
 
"In an interview on Wednesday, wedged between six different events in the state of Texas, Ms. Pelosi said she was spending no time preparing for a leadership contest. But this weekend her imposing stature as a party leader will be on vivid display: She is gathering her financial network in Napa Valley for a conference with party luminaries like Gov. Jerry Brown of California and John F. Kerry, the former secretary of state. An aide said nearly 300 people would attend.
 
 "But Ms. Pelosi signaled any Democrat who aims to succeed her would have to pass an exacting political test, demonstrating that 'they do have a following, that they've shown a vision for the country,' as well as the necessary fund-raising prowess.
 
 "'What I have always tried to do is build a bridge to the future, and hope that would be in the majority,' Ms. Pelosi said. 'If people want to be the bridge that I'm building toward, they have to show what's on the other side of the bridge.'" NYT

CHRIS CADELAGO: "'If they take the House, he wins big': Trump loyalists see upside in impeachment": "There's a new way of demonstrating loyalty to Donald Trump and his Republican Party: Claiming that the president could not only survive an impeachment effort, but that it would guarantee his victory in 2020.

"The idea gaining currency on the right is that Trump can be Bill Clinton, not Richard Nixon. It depends on a delicate political calculation - that a Republican-held Senate would never follow a Democratic House and vote to remove Trump, and that voters tired of the long-running Russia scandal will, as they did in the late 1990s with Clinton's Monica Lewinsky scandal, just want to move on.

"The notion has surfaced spontaneously among a diverse set of conservatives, including politicians with Trump's ear and young ultra-loyalists of the president whose institutional knowledge of the GOP begins with its new standard-bearer. They're also the diehards who aren't afraid to align themselves with pro-Trump positions even before the president has warmed to them himself." POLITICO

THE BANNON BEAT -- ALEX ISENSTADT and ANNIE KARNI, "Bannon attempts his political comeback": "Steve Bannon is attempting a political resurrection, launching a 25-person pro-Trump rapid-response and polling operation that is framing the midterms as an up-or-down vote on the president's impeachment. The former White House chief strategist has started Citizens for the American Republic, an outside political group that intends to advise surrogates, generate talking points, and flood the TV and radio airwaves ahead of a perilous midterm election.

"As part of the campaign, Bannon - a former Hollywood producer who's made several conservative films - will soon release a new documentary, 'Trump@War,' which he plans to release in September on the two-year anniversary of Hillary Clinton's now-infamous speech in which she referred to Trump supporters as 'deplorables.' The slickly produced movie depicts the president in deeply flattering terms, casting him as a populist hero who's followed through on his campaign promises and defied a long line of liberal critics." POLITICO

TRUMP TALKS TO WSJ ... "Trump Says His Tariffs Will Rescue U.S. Steel Industry," by WSJ's Peter Nicholas: "President Trump said that his steel tariffs on China and other countries are rescuing an iconic U.S. industry that was in danger of closing and predicted that the competition U.S. companies will face in the future will mostly be domestic due to his actions. 

"In an impromptu, 20-minute Oval Office interview Wednesday, Mr. Trump said some people may complain that in the short term steel prices may be 'a little more expensive,' but that they ultimately will drop and his moves will have preserved an industry important to national security. Competition will be 'internal, like it used to be in the old days when we actually had steel, and U.S. Steel was our greatest company,' he said. ...

"He reiterated that he would like to see the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race end, but said he is considering giving an interview to the investigator, special counsel Robert Mueller. 'We're looking at it,' he said. ... Several times Mr. Trump interrupted the conversation to summon aides to the Oval Office to share charts showing his endorsement record and to discuss the size of his following on social media." WSJ

-- TRUMP ON YANKING JOHN BRENNAN'S SECURITY CLEARANCE: "Asked about the White House decision to yank Mr. Brennan's security clearance and to evaluate the clearances held by others, Mr. Trump said was prepared to do it last week, but it was too 'hectic.' Mr. Trump, who was criticized for targeting for security clearance only people who served in Democratic administrations, said he 'would put a Republican on, too, if I thought they were incompetent or crazy.'"

TRADE WARS -- "Mexico, U.S. may be heading toward NAFTA deal amid Trump's global trade war," by Megan Cassella: "President Donald Trump could be poised to make a deal with Mexico on NAFTA even as he engages in a trade war with the rest of the world. Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo arrived in Washington on Wednesday - as he has every week for the past month - to hammer out some of the most contentious issues on NAFTA. 

"U.S. and Mexican officials now say they could be on the verge of announcing a preliminary agreement on everything from complicated automotive rules to environmental regulations by the end of August. The apparent turnaround after months of stalemate is a surprise outcome of discussions reaching their year anniversary on Thursday." POLITICO

-- CNN'S JETHRO MULLEN: "China: Trade talks with the U.S. are back on": "The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced Thursday that a delegation will travel to the United States later this month for talks. The visit is at the invitation of the United States, the ministry said in a short statement.

"Previous rounds of talks between the two countries failed to make much progress, resulting in the outbreak of a trade war that has already hurt businesses on both sides of the Pacific. The countries imposed steep tariffs on billions of dollars of each other's exports this summer and have threatened more." CNN

CNN'S MANU RAJU: "Pelosi pulls in staggering sums for Dems despite facing opposition in the ranks": "Through June, Pelosi had raised an eye-popping $83 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2018 election cycle, more than double the next closest Democrat, according to an internal list for the group charged with electing more Democrats to the US House of Representatives. 

"A source briefed on the matter said that through July she had raised nearly $91 million for the party committee, which is spending big in hotly contested races including where Democratic candidates are running away from Pelosi." CNN

THE MANAFORT TRIAL -- DARREN SAMUELSOHN sent us this dispatch: "Day 13 begins at 9:30 a.m. with Judge Ellis giving a brief refresh of the instructions to the 12-person jury, then it's off to deliberations. There's no set time on how long the jurors will take, but reporters covering the trial are hoping they'll get at least a 10-minute heads up, like the defendant and prosecutors, that it's time to get back to the ninth-floor courtroom when there's a verdict.

"To recap, the jury is made up of six men and six women from Northern Virginia. Four alternates who sat through the last two-plus weeks were excused on Wednesday on the condition they could still be called back in the event of an emergency.

"The jurors will be meeting in a private room close to Ellis' ninth-floor chambers, where he has a full docket of other cases scheduled on Thursday. Ellis acknowledged the room may get cramped and he fretted aloud that it might be a challenge to pack all the jurors and a full slate of exhibits and other materials. 'We can try,' the courtroom security officer told the judge. 

VERDICT SCORECARD: "Manafort has pleaded not guilty to all 18 counts. The charges: five counts for filing false tax returns between 2010 and 2014; another four counts for failing to report foreign bank accounts; and then nine counts for bank fraud and conspiracies to commit bank fraud."

ADDENDUM FROM DARREN: "Politics and football aren't just clashing on Trump's Twitter feed. The New York Jets, in town for a pre-season game against the Washington Redskins on Thursday night, have disrupted the routine for some of the lawyers and reporters covering the Manafort trial. 

"The football team took over a large block of rooms at the Westin in Alexandria right across the street from the federal courthouse that has also become the home base for many involved in the case - and sending them looking for new lodging for the night. The Jets, it should be noted, are owned by Woody Johnson, the Trump-appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom."

SPOTTED, via Kyle Cheney: Jets QBs Josh McCown (center) and Sam Darnold (right) outside the hotel. Pic

-- "Prosecution hammers Manafort's 'lies,' defense chides 'selective' evidence," by Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn: "Mueller's team went first with its final statements, with prosecutor Greg Andres spending more than 15 minutes delivering his case to the jurors before even naming Manafort's longtime deputy Rick Gates, widely perceived as the government's star witness. But Andres made clear the government believed it could secure a guilty verdict even without Gates' testimony. 'The star witness in this case is the documents,' Andres said." POLITICO
           
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THE INVESTIGATIONS ...

"Trump's lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court," by WaPo's Bob Costa: "Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead lawyer for the ongoing Russia probe, said Wednesday that he is still awaiting a response from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to the Trump team's latest terms for a presidential interview, which were made last week in a letter that argued against Trump's having to answer questions about his possible obstruction of justice. In the meantime, Trump's lawyers are preparing to oppose a potential subpoena from Mueller for a Trump sit-down by drafting a rebuttal that could set off a dramatic fight in federal courts.

"'We would move to quash the subpoena,' Giuliani said in an interview. 'And we're pretty much finished with our memorandum opposing a subpoena.' Giuliani added that Trump's attorneys are ready to 'argue it before the Supreme Court, if it ever got there.'" WaPo

THE JUICE ... 

-- SNEAK PEEK ... CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND is running a quarter-million dollar TV and digital ad urging SEN. HEIDI HEITKAMP (D-N.D.) to vote for the Iran Hostage Act. The spot

THE PRESIDENT'S THURSDAY ... TRUMP will host a Cabinet meeting at 11:30 a.m. (there will be a pool spray), and then he will have lunch with VP Mike Pence at 12:45 p.m. He has a meeting with DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at 3:45 p.m.
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PHOTO DU JOUR: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, one of the first Democrats to do so, on Wednesday. | Cliff Owen/AP Photo
   
FOR YOUR RADAR -- "Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive," by WSJ's Dustin Volz: "President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum dictating how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons against its adversaries, in an effort to loosen restrictions on such operations, according to people familiar with the action. 

"Mr. Trump signed an order on Wednesday reversing the classified rules, known as Presidential Policy Directive 20, that had mapped out an elaborate interagency process that must be followed before U.S. use of cyberattacks, particularly those geared at foreign adversaries. The change was described as an 'offensive step forward' by an administration official briefed on the decision, one intended to help support military operations, deter foreign election influence and thwart intellectual property theft by meeting such threats with more forceful responses." WSJ

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION -- "Appointed leader resigns from foreign aid agency used to give jobs to Trump supporters," by WaPo's Robert O'Harrow Jr.: "A political appointee overseeing a small foreign assistance agency that has been used by the White House as a source of jobs for Trump administration supporters is resigning, according to an email he sent to agency employees on Tuesday. Robert Blau, a retired Foreign Service officer and speechwriter for Trump's presidential campaign, was named vice president of operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation in May 2017." WaPo

-- "Trump's Speeches Feature Mystery Men the White House Won't Name," by Bloomberg's Toluse Olorunnipa: "One of the biggest supporters of President Donald Trump's trade policies, according to the president, is the unnamed chief executive officer of a mystery company. 'I was with one of the greatest companies in the world. The chief executive officer. Very short while ago. And it really affects him,' Trump said at a July 31 campaign rally in Tampa, referring to his controversial use of tariffs. 

"'He said 'You know what, this does affect our company. But, Mr. President, keep going. You're doing the right thing.' Trump didn't identify his supporter, and the White House won't say who it is. ... 

"[T]he person fits a model: an anonymous figure -- important and powerful -- who invariably supports the president's position, according to Trump himself. They are fixtures of Trump's speeches, defying conventional wisdom and popping up to back the president on issues including prison reform and immigration, in addition to trade." Bloomberg
           
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VALLEY TALK -- "Jack Dorsey says he's rethinking the core of how Twitter works," by WaPo's Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin: "Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so it doesn't enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and false news, including conspiracy theories shared by prominent users like Alex Jones and Infowars. 

"In an interview with The Washington Post on Wednesday, Dorsey said he was experimenting with features that would promote alternative viewpoints in Twitter's timeline to address misinformation and reduce 'echo chambers.' He also expressed openness to labeling bots - automated accounts that sometimes pose as human users - and redesigning key elements of the social network, including the 'like' button and the way Twitter displays users' follower counts." WaPo

-- "SEC Sends Subpoena to Tesla in Probe Over Musk Tweets," by WSJ's Emily Glazer, Mengqi Sun and Dave Michaels: "Federal regulators have subpoenaed Tesla Inc., ramping up an investigation into Chief Executive Elon Musk's tweet last week that he had secured funding to take the electric-car maker private. ... 

"The subpoena indicates senior SEC officials have authorized a formal investigation of the company, a step up from the initial inquiries the regulator made to Tesla last week. The SEC opens formal investigations when it thinks that a violation of law has occurred and that a probe is justified given the nature of the suspected misconduct and the potential harm to investors." WSJ

MEDIAWATCH -- "Said something you'd like to forget? CNN's Andrew Kaczynski won't let it go," by WaPo's Paul Farhi: "Carl Higbie was a top Trump administration appointee until CNN's Andrew Kaczynski showed up bearing audiotapes. Within a few days, amid regrets and apologies, Higbie was a former federal employee. Same with Jamie Johnson, Christine Bauserman, William Bradford and Todd Johnson. 

"All resigned from plum government posts shortly after Kaczynski and his team looked into them. Monica Crowley, Sheriff David Clarke, Kathleen Hartnett White and Jeff Mateer never even got that far; their nominations were withdrawn after Kaczynski and Co. went to work on them, too. In each case, Kaczynski and cohorts dug up something damning about the nominee or appointee." WaPo
                 PLAYBOOKERS      
SPOTTED last night at the DC United game: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) "wandering around Audi Field at halftime showing his support for the away team with a Portland Timbers scarf," per our tipster.

SPOTTED: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) stopped by Fiola for a private lunch honoring the work of former Senators Elizabeth and Bob Dole for military caregivers through the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Attendees included Steve Schwab, Michael Steel, Robert Traynham, Susan Diegleman, Jason Mida, Rodney Hood, Sam Fabens, Kevin Kelley, Vicki Harris and Malcom Glenn. 

TRANSITION -- Ann Marie Hauser will start as the VP of public affairs at the Hudson Institute in September. She was deputy staff director to Sen. John Thune (S.D.) at the Senate Republican Conference.

BIRTHWEEK (was Monday): Isabel Aldunate on Sen. Chuck Schumer's press team.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Taylor Reveley, president of Longwood University. A trend he thinks deserves more attention: "Being on a college campus makes you naturally optimistic about the future, but a worrying real-world trend, as geopolitics becomes no less complex, is the broken condition of war powers authority between the president and Congress. ... I think the War Powers Commission found a working solution, a consultation framework coupled with procedural requirements. 

"I've always been struck that great figures across the political spectrum who were members of the Commission - [Jim] Baker, Christopher, Ed Meese, Ab Mikva, Brent Scowcroft, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Strobe Talbott - all enthusiastically and unanimously embraced this solution of this consultation framework and the draft legislation. As Congress and President Trump hunt for bipartisan accomplishments, this is a crucial issue with an existing bipartisan solution." Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: Josh Bolten, president and CEO of the Business Roundtable, is 64 ... Kenzie Barbknecht of the VP's office ... Jen Cytryn of the White House ... Politico's Michael Grunwald is 48 ... Ramesh Ponnuru is 44 ... Jack Quinn, partner in the gov't and regulatory practice at Manatt and former Clinton W.H. counsel. He's celebrating by going on Don Lemon tonight (hat tip: Susanna) ... CNN alum Chris Moody ... Tom Lopach, chief of staff for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (h/t Jon Haber) ... Erin Casey French ... Steve Demby ... Danielle Jones ... FWD.us' Chris Golden ... Tyler Grimm ... Dave DenHerder, partner at FP1 Strategies, is 46 ... Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) is 7-0 ... Rep. Doug
 Collins (R-Ga.) is 52. He will probably celebrate with his daily four- to five-mile run (h/t Team Collins) ... Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) is 55 ... former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-N.J.) is 74 ... former Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.) is 59 ... Steve Abbott is 56 ... Neil McKiernan ... Charles Brittingham ... Tom Anfinson is 77 ... Marli Keeley ... Lyndsi Stevens ... 

... CBS' Matt Silverstein ... Edelman's Allison Brenner and Tyson Greaves ... Karly Moen ... Stacey Daniels, press secretary for Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) (hubby tip: Jacob) ... Kenneth Ryan James ... Andrew Hicks ... Nick Rawls ... Bloomberg's Ben Brody ... former Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) is 71 ... Qorvis VP Sol Levine ... Kate Dolgenos ... Chris Bowen is 35 ... Abe Adams, Targeted Victory managing partner ... Tricia Moffatt (h/ts Zac Moffatt) ... Grant Rumley ... Matt Spence, partner at Andreessen Horowitz ... Ellen Weissfeld ... Harrison Roday ... Julia Haslanger ... Nick Rawls ... Marshall Cohen ... Kourtney Geers ... Dean Thompson ... Seth Colton ... Rafael Viturro ... Jane
 Elizabeth ... Julie Young ... Michael K. Lavers ... Robin Ahnen ... Jon Lipshutz ... Hunter and Cole Norris ... Linda Honold ... Dave Jacobsen ... Uday Sreekanth ... Lisa Graves.
       
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