Subject: POLITICO Playbook: Sneak peek of House Dems’ agenda
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FIRST IN PLAYBOOK ... THE HOUSE DEM AGENDA: PATRIOT MAJORITY, a non-profit group aligned with House Democrats, is running a six-figure, nationwide television campaign framing the House Democrats' agenda before the new Congress. The 30-second spot will start airing on Sunday shows this week, and run through Thanksgiving. It's worth watching, if only to understand a bit more about what Democrats plan to do in 2019 and 2020. 

-- SCRIPT: "We've been counted out. Frozen out. And forgotten. By a White House and Washington mired in special interest politics. But we can take our country back with a Democratic agenda for the people. That means lowering health-care costs. Increasing pay through rebuilding America. And cleaning up corruption. And it means having the strength to stand up for our values. It's time to make Washington work for the people again." Watch the 30-second spot

SCOOP ... WE GOT OUR HANDS ON the new proposed House GOP rules, which mandate that if a Republican lawmaker gets indicted "for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed" they have to step down from their committee assignment or their leadership posting. 

-- THIS IS A SMART MOVE, since Republicans have had to twist arms to get indicted lawmakers to step down.

-- OF INTEREST to a lot of D.C. folk: here is the steering map for the 116th Congress, and the proposed GOP rules. The Steering Committee chooses committee assignments for Republicans. The proposed rules ... The map

YOU'RE INVITED: ANNA and JAKE are sitting down Thursday at 5:30 p.m. for a "PLAYBOOK ELECTIONS: WHAT'S NEXT?" event, part of the POLITICO-AARP Deciders series. 

-- JOINING US: NADEAM ELSHAMI, former chief of staff for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, now policy director at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; JOSH HOLMES, former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, now president and founding partner of Cavalry LLC; and GREG STRIMPLE, president of GS Strategy Group. RSVP

THE LATEST ON THOUSAND OAKS ... WSJ'S ZUSHA ELINSON, ALEXANDRA BERZON and ERIN AILWORTH: "California Bar Shooter Posted on Social Media Shortly Before and During Massacre": "A Facebook post published to his account around the time of the attack said, 'I hope people call me insane... (laughing emojis).. wouldn't that just be a big ball of irony? Yeah.. I'm insane, but the only thing you people do after these shootings is 'hopes and prayers'.. or 'keep you in my thoughts'... every time... and wonder why these keep happening...,' a spokeswoman for the company confirmed." WSJ

-- WAPO'S KATIE METTLER and KATIE ZEZIMA in Thousand Oaks, Calif.: "A massacre and then raging fires: Thousand Oaks grapples with 'nonstop chaos'": "Thousand Oaks is grappling with dual tragedies that struck within hours of each other, taking on more trauma and grief than a place could or should bear. After the shooting at Borderline, a popular country music bar, many residents said they stayed up late, waiting to hear news. 

"They went to bed physically and emotionally exhausted Thursday, only to be waked in the middle of the night by the blare of emergency alerts from their phones and frantic knocks at the door from neighbors. They needed to get out, they were told." WaPo

THE CALIFORNIA FIRES -- "Woolsey fire destroys scores of homes, forcing 200,000 to evacuate; flames get closer to Pepperdine" - LA Times: "Fueled by dry conditions and extreme winds, the blaze charred 35,000 acres and left a path of destruction and chaos as it burned through Oak Park, Thousand Oaks and other Ventura County communities before barreling into Malibu and burning to the water's edge. ... 

"Among the damaged properties were several apartment buildings in Malibu, homes in the hillsides nearby and the historic Western Town area at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, where the HBO series 'Westworld' and other productions have been filmed." LAT

-- LA TIMES: "Surreal scenes unfold as a fire 'like Armageddon' barrels toward West Hills"

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP on the wildfires (@realDonaldTrump) at 3:08 a.m. Eastern (9:09 a.m. in France): "There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!"

Good Saturday morning. SPOTTED: Justice Elena Kagan and Merrick Garland at the Source Friday night.

BREAKING - CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY'S DAVE LEVINTHAL (@davelevinthal): "NEWS: @realDonaldTrump to award Miriam Adelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. CONTEXT: Miriam Adelson, with her billionaire casino mogul husband Sheldon Adelson, contributed more than **$113 million** during Election 2018 to GOP causes." Trump will also award the medal to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, Antonin Scalia, Roger Staubach and Alan Page. The tweet

TRUMP IN FRANCE -- "Macron has 'shed any illusion' about Trump as the two leaders meet in Paris amid strains over Iran, Syria and climate change," by WaPo's David Nakamura, Seung Min Kim and James McAuley in Paris: "President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron met here Saturday amid tensions over Macron's call for a 'true European army' - remarks the U.S. president deemed 'very insulting' moments after he landed here for World War I commemoration ceremonies this weekend. 

"There were some visible signs of strain between the two men Saturday even as they exchanged warm words at the start of their bilateral meeting at Elysee Palace. Appealing to Trump's 'America First' agenda, Macron stressed publicly that European nations in the NATO alliance should pay more in defense - an attempt to soothe Trump over one of his constant irritations." WaPo
       
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KNOWING MATT WHITAKER - "Matthew Whitaker: An Attack Dog With Ambition Beyond Protecting Trump," by NYT's Adam Goldman, Michael Shear and Mitch Smith: "President Trump first noticed Matthew G. Whitaker on CNN in the summer of 2017 and liked what he saw - a partisan defender who insisted there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. So that July, the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, interviewed Mr. Whitaker about joining the president's team as a legal attack dog against the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. ...

"People close to Mr. Trump believe that he sent Mr. Whitaker to the department in part to limit the fallout from the Mueller investigation, one presidential adviser said. White House aides and other people close to Mr. Trump anticipate that Mr. Whitaker will rein in any report summarizing Mr. Mueller's investigation and will not allow the president to be subpoenaed." NYT

-- ET TU, WHITAKER? -- "Sessions realized too late that Whitaker was auditioning for his job," by CNN's Evan Perez, Laura Jarrett and Ariane de Vogue: "When things were particularly bad between President Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general's chief of staff, Matt Whitaker, would attend White House meetings in his place. 

"But Sessions did not know that Whitaker at the same time was angling for a promotion. Whitaker, who was installed at the Justice Department by powerful White House allies, 'spoke and behaved like he was attorney general,' a source with knowledge of the meetings said." CNN

-- "Whitaker said he supports state's rights to nullify federal law," by CNN's Andrew Kaczynski.

THE FRAUD CASE -- "Federal investigators scrutinized Whitaker's role in patent company accused of fraud, according to people with knowledge of case," by WaPo's Carol D. Leonnig and Ros Helderman: "Federal investigators last year looked into whether Matthew G. Whitaker, as an advisory board member of a Miami patent company accused of fraud by customers, played a role in trying to help the company silence critics by threatening legal action, according to two people with knowledge of the inquiry. Whitaker ... occasionally served as an outside legal adviser to the company, World Patent Marketing, writing a series of letters on its behalf, according to people familiar with his role.

"But he rebuffed an October 2017 subpoena from the Federal Trade Commission seeking his records related to the company, according to two people with knowledge of the case. The FTC alleged in a 2017 complaint that the company bilked customers with fraudulent promises that it would help them market their invention. The FBI has also investigated World Patent Marketing, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday." WaPo

TRUMP SHIFTS TO STRONGLY BACK WHITAKER at 11:52 p.m.: "Matthew G. Whitaker is a highly respected former U.S. Attorney from Iowa. He was chosen by Jeff Sessions to be his Chief of Staff. I did not know Mr. Whitaker. Likewise, as Chief, I did not know Mr. Whitaker except primarily as he traveled with A.G. Sessions. No social contact..." ... 

... at 11:04 p.m.: "....Mr. Whitaker is very highly thought of by @SenJoniErnst, Senator @ChuckGrassley, Ambassador @TerryBranstad, Leonard Leo of Federalist Society, and many more. I feel certain he will make an outstanding Acting Attorney General!"

MEANWHILE ... HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI spoke with MARGARET BRENNAN for CBS News' "Face the Nation" about Whitaker: Pelosi: "It does violence to the Constitution and the vision of our founders to appoint such a person in such a manner to be the chief legal officer in our country. And that's bipartisan."

MORE CABINET CHANGES COMING? -- CNBC'S BRIAN SCHWARTZ: "Trump is telling people he wants to replace Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross by the end of the year"

ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT: "Schumer's Dems see silver lining in midterm losses": "Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats aren't changing course, despite all those second-guessing them. Their vulnerable incumbents were free to ignore liberal orthodoxy over the past two years, but at least three red-state Democrats still went down hard in the midterms. And as 2020 looms, the party faces a steep challenge in clawing back to the Senate majority. ...

"Schumer stayed characteristically sunny this week in his first post-election chat with reporters. He blasted Trump for portraying the GOP's Senate pickups as offsetting its House losses, but made no new vows to amp up policy fights with the president. And the New York Democrat insisted his party did 'much better than expected,' despite having suggested in June that they could pull off a long-shot takeover of the upper chamber." POLITICO

-- "Democrats Plan to Pursue Most Aggressive Gun-Control Legislation in Decades," by WSJ's Reid J. Epstein: "Democrats ousted at least 15 House Republicans with 'A' National Rifle Association ratings, while the candidates elected to replace them all scored an 'F' NRA rating." WSJ

2018 WATCH -- "Sinema expands lead in Arizona Senate race," by James Arkin and Alex Isenstadt: "At the highest levels of the national party, there's frustration with McSally - and a sense that she's not being aggressive enough throughout the process. While Florida Gov. Rick Scott has lashed out at election officials over the vote counting in his state, McSally has been largely silent. Top officials with the White House and [RNC], who've been prodding the McSally campaign to amp up its efforts, have expressed frustration that the Arizona congresswoman hasn't tried to drive a message that there's something amiss with the vote count.

"On Thursday evening, senior Republicans joined the McSally campaign for a conference call to discuss the state of play. On the call, Justin Clark, the White House director of public liaison, and Mike Roman, a veteran opposition researcher who is working with the RNC, pressed the McSally campaign on what was being done." POLITICO

THE LATEST FROM FLORIDA -- "Nelson files lawsuit to count more votes; Scott alleges fraud," by Marc Caputo in Miami: "Sen. Bill Nelson's campaign and Florida Democrats filed an 11th hour federal lawsuit Friday to block local elections officials from applying 'arbitrary and standardless' policies for rejecting thousands of vote-by-mail and provisional ballots. 

"The lawsuit - filed in the heat of three nationally watched and disputed statewide elections amid charges of voter suppression and voter fraud - comes just a day before the noon Saturday deadline for Florida election supervisors to send the first wave of results for the 2018 midterms, so that the state can determine which races to certify and which to recount." POLITICO

-- "Photos Show Scores of Uncounted Ballots in Opa-locka Mail Center," by Miami New Times' Jerry Iannelli: "Miami-Dade County announced today that it has finished counting votes for the 2018 election. But photos obtained by New Times show scores of mail-in ballots sitting inside an Opa-locka mail distribution center - the same center that was evacuated last month after alleged mail bomber Cesar Sayoc's pipe bombs passed through the facility." Miami New Times

THE INVESTIGATIONS ... "Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal," by WSJ's Joe Palazzolo, Nicole Hong, Michael Rothfeld, Rebecca Davis O'Brien and Rebecca Ballhaus: "As a presidential candidate in August 2015, Donald Trump huddled with a longtime friend, media executive David Pecker, in his cluttered 26th floor Trump Tower office and made a request. What can you do to help my campaign? he asked, according to people familiar with the meeting. Mr. Pecker, chief executive of American Media Inc., offered to use his National Enquirer tabloid to buy the silence of women if they tried to publicize alleged sexual encounters with Mr. Trump.

"Less than a year later, Mr. Trump asked Mr. Pecker to quash the story of a former Playboy model who said they'd had an affair. Mr. Pecker's company soon paid $150,000 to the model, Karen McDougal, to keep her from speaking publicly about it. Mr. Trump later thanked Mr. Pecker for the assistance. The Trump Tower meeting and its aftermath are among several previously unreported instances in which Mr. Trump intervened directly to suppress stories about his alleged sexual encounters with women, according to interviews with three dozen people who have direct knowledge of the events or who have been briefed on them, as well as court papers, corporate records and other documents." WSJ

         
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA will be the special guest on a live taping of "The Axe Files" with DAVID AXELROD on Nov. 20 in Chicago. The release

TRUMP'S SATURDAY -- The president is in Paris, France. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are also scheduled to have dinner hosted by Macron and his wife.

CLICKER - "The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics," edited by Matt Wuerker - 11 keepers

                 PLAYBOOK READS         

PHOTO DU JOUR: A firefighter keeps watch as the Woolsey Fire burns a home in Malibu, California, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. | Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo
   
2020 WATCH -- "Midterms deliver 'reality check' on 2020 presidential map," by David Siders: "Democrats winding up to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 have long approached the electoral map with two goals in mind: Reestablish the party's dominance in the upper Midwest, and expand the competitive terrain to include several new, traditionally conservative states.

"Tuesday served as a reminder of how difficult that will be. Despite drawing closer to Republicans in marquee races in Georgia, Arizona and Texas - all hopeful signs - Democrats nevertheless ran into traditional ceilings in those states. 

"They also failed to pick off Iowa's Republican governor, Kim Reynolds - despite near-optimal conditions of a freshman incumbent, massive turnout and tariffs weighing heavily on rural voters - and lost the Ohio gubernatorial race, winning just nine of 88 counties after Trump carried the state by 9 percentage points in 2016." POLITICO

   
         
FOR YOUR RADAR -- "Trump administration to end refueling of Saudi-coalition aircraft in Yemen conflict," by WaPo's John Hudson and Missy Ryan: "The Trump administration is ending the practice of refueling Saudi-coalition aircraft, halting the most tangible and controversial aspect of U.S. support for the kingdom's three-year war in Yemen, U.S. and Saudi officials said. 

"The move comes amid escalating criticism of Saudi Arabia's conduct in the war. ... Hours after The Washington Post reported a decision had been made, the Saudi and American governments issued statements confirming a halt to the refueling program." WaPo
 
-- "Tape of Khashoggi's killing has been given to U.S., Saudi, Europeans, Erdogan says," by WaPo's Loveday Morris in Ankara: "An audio recording that Turkish officials say captures the dying moments of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as he is killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has been shared with Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and Germany in addition to the United States, the Turkish president said Saturday." WaPo

K-STREET FILES - Per Daniel Lippman in POLITICO Influence: "The Livingston Group, the Washington lobbying firm that represents clients including Citigroup and Tulane University, has removed from its website the names of three former members of Congress who had been listed as 'senior counselors' at the firm but had done little work for it in recent years ... Former Rep. Eva Clayton (D-N.C.) told PI she hadn't talked to anyone at the firm in more than three years. ... 

"Former Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), who's now vice president of government relations for the American Motorcyclist Association, said he works with the firm on a contract basis. ... Asked what the firm's senior counselors are expected to do, he said, 'If they're anything like me, they probably don't do too much work.' ... After talking with PI, the firm removed Clayton and former Reps. Jim Barcia (D-Mich.) and Bob Clement (D-Tenn.) from the list of senior counselors on its website." POLITICO

MEDIAWATCH - "NY Times redesigns Sunday biz section, renames daily section Business," by Talking Biz News' Chris Roush.

GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:

-- "Will the Left Go Too Far?" by Peter Beinart in December's Atlantic: "For the third time in a century, leftists are driving the Democratic Party's agenda. Will they succeed in making America more equitable, or overplay their hand?" The Atlantic

-- "What if the Placebo Effect Isn't a Trick?" by Gary Greenberg in the NYT Magazine: "New research is zeroing in on a biochemical basis for the placebo effect - possibly opening a Pandora's box for Western medicine." NYT

-- "The Time Capsule That's as Big as Human History," by Michael Paterniti in GQ: "The tablets - roughly the size of bathroom tiles - are laser-engraved with personal recollections and global news, texts of books and scientific studies." GQ (h/t TheBrowser.com)

-- "Empire's Racketeers" - Boston Review: "Wajahat Ali speaks with Pankaj Mishra on the devastating consequences of Western imperialism, globalization, and capitalism and the fate of liberal democracy." Boston Review

-- "'No One is in Charge': Inside Trump's New Fox Takeover," by Gabe Sherman: "Lachlan Murdoch, now installed at Fox News, is a caretaker rather than an empire builder. And, so more than ever, Trump remains the network's main programmer." VF

-- "Inside Tesla's factory, a medical clinic designed to ignore injured workers," by Will Evans in Reveal: "Injured employees have been systematically sent back to the production line to work through their pain with no modifications, according to former clinic employees, Tesla factory workers and medical records. Some could barely walk." Reveal (h/t Longform.org)

-- "Double agents: how soccer clubs, players and advisers play the tax game," by Reuters' Tom Bergin and Cassell Bryan-Low in London: "Agents are some of the most powerful figures in soccer and can earn huge fees. Documents show that what they do and how they get paid has come under scrutiny from Britain's tax authority - and hundreds of millions of pounds are at stake." Reuters

-- "Losing Laura," by Peter DeMarco in the Boston Globe: "My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?" Boston Globe (h/t Longform.org)

-- "'It's not fair, not right': how America treats its black farmers," by Debbie Weingarten in the Guardian - per Longreads.com's description: "Sugarcane is Louisiana's most lucrative, stable crop, yet lending discrimination, fraud, vandalism, and intimidation keep putting black farmers out of business. It isn't just sugarcane." The Guardian

-- "How London Became the Center of the World," by Laura Parker in NatGeo - per TheBrowser.com's description: "Nearly 40 percent of London residents were born overseas, and 300 languages are spoken on its streets. Cranes on the skyline testify to a building boom that includes 'several of the largest regeneration projects in Europe'. A 'super sewer' is being built below the River Thames. A $20 billion high-speed tube line will open next year. Brexit may ruin everything, but it does not seem to be having any tangible effect yet on London, at least outside the banking industry." NatGeo

                 PLAYBOOKERS      
SPOTTED: Michael Steele yesterday on the 1:44 p.m. Delta flight from DCA to JFK ... former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) on the Acela from New York to Union Station.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- OBAMA ALUMNI -- Andrei Greenawalt, VP for public policy at Via and an Obama WH alum, and Brin Frazier, director of executive and strategic communications at Nissan and former chief speechwriter for former AG Eric Holder, recently welcomed Millie Kathryn Greenawalt, who came in at 7 pounds. Pic ... Another pic

BIRTHDAYS: CBS' Howard L. Rosenberg ... The United States Marine Corps is 243 ... former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) is 75 (hat tip: Lauren Claffey) ... Benjamin Pauker, managing editor of news at Vox (h/t Ben Chang) ... Misty Marshall ... NPR congressional reporter Sue Davis (h/t Tim Burger) ... Jim Kuhnhenn, co-founder of WaVe Communications and an AP alum ... Cary Justice ... Mary Jordan, WaPo national correspondent ... former Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Neb.) is 69 ... Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) is 64 ... former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) is 74 ... Michael Hacker ... Pierce Stanley ... CNN's Kylie Gudzak (h/t Lauren Pratapas) ... Amanda Ashley Keating, SVP at GPG ... Geoff Brewer,
 editorial director at Gallup ... Jeff Daker, executive director of advertising at POLITICO (h/t Blake Waggoner) ... Elizabeth Greener, director of communications at American Forest Foundation ... CBS' Alan He (h/t Meridith McGraw) ...

... ABC News' Josh Margolin is 48 (h/t Ali Dukakis) ... Gabriela Ayala ... Zach Lowe ... Howard Marks ... Jane Cherry ... Andy Diaz ... LaRonda Peterson ... Jean Weinberg of Bloomberg Philanthropies ... Tim Garraty ... Jessica Cole Buchanan ... Politico's Bryarly Richards ... Julie Weber ... Jared Miller of NYMag ... Robyn Patterson ... Allison Kelly ... Elias Alcantara ... Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch ... Nate Treffeisen ... Christina Brown ... Elizabeth (Ladt) Sullivan ... Ben Engwer ... Kristin Stiles, PR manager at Hearst Magazines ... Andrew Mims ... Alexandru Godescu ... Jeremy Nordquist, COS for Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.) ... Blake Deeley ... Miranda Lilla ... Zachary Enos ...
 Jessica Taylor ... Brian Romick ... Tom Cosgrove ... Marla Romash ... Andrea Dukakis ... Lisa Stefanik (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)

THE SHOWS, by @MattMackowiak, filing from the British American Project annual conference in Seattle:
          
CNN
 
"State of the Union": Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ... Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) ... NRSC chairman Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.). Panel: Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), Rick Santorum, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Nina Turner
   
CBS
 
"Face the Nation": House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ... Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) ... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Panel: Rachael Bade, Dan Balz, Mark Landler and Ed O'Keefe
   
Fox
 
"Fox News Sunday": Florida Gov. Rick Scott ... Kellyanne Conway. Panel: Rich Lowry, Jim Messina, Jane Harman and Josh Holmes ... "Power Player of the Week": the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, Hershel "Woody" Williams
   
NBC
 
"Meet the Press": Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). Panel: David Brooks, Matthew Continetti, former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Eliana Johnson
   
ABC
 
"This Week": Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) ... Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) ... Kellyanne Conway. Panel: Mary Bruce, Matthew Dowd, Chris Christie, Sara Fagen and Rahm Emanuel
   
Fox News
 
"MediaBuzz": Mollie Hemingway ... Susan Ferrechio ... Adrienne Elrod ... Jessica Tarlov ... Kristin Tate ... Ari Fleischer ... Larry Sabato
   
CNN
 
"Inside Politics": Josh Dawsey, Julie Pace, Manu Raju and Rachael Bade
   
CNN
 
"Fareed Zakaria GPS": French president Emmanuel Macron
   
CNN
 
"Reliable Sources": Panel: April Ryan, Bryan Karem and David Zurawik ... Floyd Abrams ... Neil Patel ... Houston Chronicle interim executive editor Steve Riley ... George Lakoff
   
Univision
 
"Al Punto": Maria Antonieta Collins ... Rep.-elect Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (D-Ill.) and Rep.-elect Veronica Escobar(D-Texas) ... panel: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Fabian Nu&ntilde;ez and Maria Urbina ... El Salvador Ambassador to the U.S. Claudia Canjura ... actor Eugenio Derbez ... former U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley
   
C-SPAN
 
"The Communicators": Verizon chief network officer Nicola ("Nicki") Palmer, questioned by David McCabe ... "Newsmakers": Army Secretary Mark Esper, questioned by Missy Ryan and Patrick Tucker ... "Q&A": author and UNC's Michael Gerhardt ("The Forgotten Presidents")
   
MSNBC
 
"Kasie DC": Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) ... Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) ... Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) ... New Mexico Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham ... Rep.-elect Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.) ... Phil Rucker ... Erick Erickson ... Kimberly Atkins ... Ken Dilanian ... Jeff Mason ... A.B. Stoddard ... Tiffany Cross
   
Washington Times
 
"Mack on Politics" weekly politics podcast with Matt Mackowiak (download on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher or listen at MackOnPolitics.com): Ron Brownstein.
               
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