Subject: POLITICO Playbook: Sonny Perdue knocks Bud Light, Zinke packs up and Rosenstein dines out
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Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 09:02:16 -0600
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                     DRIVING THE DAY      
OVERHEARD -- AG SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE telling farmers on Friday at the 2019 Commodity Classic in Orlando: "I don't know if you all watched the Super Bowl at all, but there was a commercial on there and talking about some products some of you corn growers may have produced. And they [Bud Light] don't use it anymore. Well guess what? I don't use theirs [Bud Light] anymore either." The audience applauded. Audio

SPOTTED: A yellow Penske moving truck this week outside Ryan Zinke's residence in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of D.C. near Capitol Hill. Two tipsters saw Zinke and his son moving "furniture (dining chairs, tables, dressers, boxes) stacked on the sidewalk at the rear of the truck and the house front door wide open," in the words of one of the sources. After the truck was on the block for around a week, it finally left overnight, according to another of the people. Zinke had moved into the early 20th century Victorian row-house, which he rented, when he first became a congressman in 2015. Pic of Zinke and his truck

ZINKE hung up when we called for comment, and did not respond to text messages.

ALSO SPOTTED: Rod Rosenstein at the University Club Friday afternoon. He inquired about the meatless Beyond Burger, but got the Dover sole, and a Coke. Pic

THE PHILLIES will introduce Bryce Harper in a news conference at 2 p.m. PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER FRONT PAGE: "Harper could score big with wage tax revenue as well" Front page PDF

THE NATION'S FRONT PAGES ... GRAND RAPIDS PRESS: "Attorney testifies, summit fails" ... STAR TRIBUNE: "Klobuchar: I'll 'do better' by staff" 

Happy Saturday. THE PRESIDENT is speaking at CPAC at 11:30 a.m. THE DEBT LIMIT will be reached today, and TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN -- who went to Europe without telling the press corps -- will have to employ extraordinary measures.

GOOD THING EVERY NEWS OUTLET FLEW TO HANOI! ... WSJ'S MICHAEL GORDON, JONATHAN CHENG and VIVIAN SALAMA: "Even Before Trump and Kim Met, Nuclear Talks Had Run Aground"

LOWELL TAKES THE STEERING WHEEL ... KEN DILANIAN (@KenDilanianNBC): "New statement from a spokesman for Abbe Lowell: 'Mr. Lowell was not aware of nor told of any request for or action by the President to be involved in the security clearance process. Again, officials affirmed at the time that the regular process occurred without any pressure.'"

CNN'S JIM SCIUTTO (@jimsciutto): "Breaking: U.S. & South Korea expected to reconfigure annual large-scale military exercises, a cornerstone of the defense relationship, into smaller exercises. The larger exercises have been a major irritant to North Korea. @barbarastarrcnn reporting." CNN

NYT'S ANNIE KARNI: "Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Loyalist, Visits Trump, and Democrats Are Not Pleased": "Penn, one of the primary architects of President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, met briefly with President Trump in the Oval Office last week, according to two people in attendance. The face-to-face meeting, the first between Mr. Trump and the onetime loyal adviser to the Clintons, marked what some saw as the inevitable conclusion of Mr. Penn's long-running political metamorphosis. ... Mr. Penn arrived at the White House last week with Andrew Stein, a Democrat and former president of the New York City Council, who has known Mr. Trump for decades." NYT

YA DON'T SAY ... -- @rickklein: "does Bernie Sanders want advice from Hillary Clinton? 'I think not,' Sanders tells @MeghanMcCain. 'Hillary and I have fundamental differences.' @TheView"

-- L.A. TIMES: "Harassment and retaliation claims during Kamala Harris' time as California's top cop led to $1.1 million in settlements"

-- YAHOO NEWS' ALEXANDER NAZARYAN: "In Iowa, a boot camp trains an army of progressive foot soldiers"

HE HAS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO ... "If He Returns to Big Law, Robert Mueller Will Make an Obscene Amount of Money," by Washingtonian's Marisa M. Kashino: "[I]f he wants it, the special counsel will have an enormous payday waiting for him at his pick of prestigious law firms whenever he finishes the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. How much, exactly, will firms be willing to shell out for him? 'As high a number as the market has available,' says Jeffrey Lowe, the Washington managing partner of legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa. 

"'Firms that can pay $5 million will offer $5 million. If they can pay between $5 million and $10 million, that can be the number, too.' (To be clear, we're talking about annual compensation.)" Washingtonian

FOR REP. AYANNA PRESSLEY ... Former Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) is joining Foley & Lardner as a public affairs director in the firm's government solutions division. Boston Globe
       
A message from Everytown for Gun Safety:
 
After our supporters drove over 200,000 messages and calls, and held over 200 in-district meetings with representatives, the House voted Wednesday to #UpdateBackgroundChecks. It was the first major gun safety legislation passed in either chamber of Congress in 20 years. Now it's the Senate's turn - will they listen to the American people? Learn more here.
         
WHAT WILL THEY SAY IN CHILMARK? ... MIAMI HERALD'S JULIE K. BROWN: "Alan Dershowitz suggests curbing press access to hearing on Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse": "A court hearing on whether to unseal sensitive documents involving the alleged sex trafficking of underage girls by Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein - and the possible involvement of his influential friends - will play out in a New York City courtroom next week. 

"But it may happen behind closed doors, with the news media and public barred - at least in part. An attorney for lawyer Alan Dershowitz wrote a letter to the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday, asking whether the media should be excluded from the proceeding because his oral arguments on behalf of his client could contain sensitive information that has been under seal." Miami Herald

PALACE INTRIGUE ... ANDREW DESIDERIO: "Top Foreign Affairs Dem rebukes Ilhan Omar for 'vile anti-Semitic slur'": "Rep. Ilhan Omar is drawing criticism again for comments about Israel - this time suggesting that pro-Israel activists and lawmakers hold 'allegiance to a foreign country.'

"In a lengthy and blistering rebuke late Friday, Rep. Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Omar's remarks amounted to a 'vile anti-Semitic slur' and called on the Minnesota Democrat to apologize.

"'I welcome debate in Congress based on the merits of policy, but it's unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens because of their political views, including support for the U.S.-Israel relationship,' said Engel (D-N.Y.), who is Jewish. 'Her comments were outrageous and deeply hurtful, and I ask that she retract them, apologize, and commit to making her case on policy issues without resorting to attacks that have no place in the Foreign Affairs Committee or the House of Representatives.'" POLITICO
           
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We urge the Senate to follow in the House's footsteps and update background checks, and create a safer America for us all. Learn more here.
         
THE INVESTIGATIONS ... 

-- WAPO'S ROZ HELDERMAN and MANUEL ROIG-FRANZIA: "Two days in July: As Republicans convened in Cleveland, did Trump receive a heads-up about WikiLeaks?"

-- WAPO'S SPENCER HSU: "Judge orders Roger Stone to explain imminent release of book that may violate gag order": "Republican operative and longtime Trump friend Roger Stone faced fresh legal trouble Friday after a federal judge ordered his attorneys to explain why they failed to tell her before now about the imminent publication of a book that could violate his gag order by potentially criticizing the judge or prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III." WaPo

NEWS YOU CAN USE ... FT: "The beginner's guide to buying a private island: Avoid becoming marooned in a sea of high costs and red tape with our tips" 

                 PLAYBOOK READS         

PHOTO DU JOUR: Accompanied by his wife Fabiana Rosales, Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido waves to supporters outside the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 1. | Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo
   
BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- "Anti-Muslim display sparks conflict at WV Capitol," by Charleston Gazette-Mail's Jake Zuckerman: "Anti-Muslim material on display Friday at the West Virginia Capitol set off a series of events that culminated in a legislative aide seeking medical attention, another resigning and a House Democrat potentially facing punitive action from the chamber. The controversy began when a group set up a display in connection with 'WV GOP Day' at the Capitol. The group, ACT for America, set up a poster juxtaposing a photo of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with an image of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001." Charleston Gazette-Mail
           
A message from Everytown for Gun Safety:

 
We urge the Senate to follow the House's lead and #UpdateBackgroundChecks. Learn more here.
         
CLICKER - "The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics," edited by Matt Wuerker -- 12 keepers

GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:

-- "I'm a Journalist. Apparently, I'm Also One of America's 'Top Doctors,'" by Marshall Allen in ProPublica: "Companies cash in by calling physicians 'Super Doctor,' 'Best Doctor" or 'Top Doctor' and then selling them opportunities to boast about the honor. Experts call the accolades a 'scam.' Giving me one highlights the absurdity." ProPublica

-- "What I Saw at Selma," by Harris Wofford in POLITICO Magazine in March 2015: "King's genius was that he knew when to thwart the law-and when to obey it." POLITICO Magazine

-- "Seth Meyers on Donald Trump, Fatherhood and What He Won't Joke About," by NYT's Frank Bruni: "A wide-ranging conversation with the era's defining late-night host on the eve of his show's fifth anniversary." NYT

-- "Prince of the Forty Thieves," by David Gauvey Herbert in The Atavist: "He was a Baptist who became a Muslim, a Marine who became a bank robber, a criminal who became an informant, and a student who became an imam. But was Marcus Robertson connected to the deadliest mass shooting in American history?" The Atavist (h/t TheBrowser.com)

-- "Dollars on the Margins," by Matthew Desmond in the N.Y. Times Magazine: "A living wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A diet. A stress reliever. It is a contraceptive, preventing teenage pregnancy. It prevents premature death. It shields children from neglect." NYT

-- "A Regime Still Fighting the 'Great Satan,'" by WSJ's Jerry Seib: "The sun had just set in Tehran when the car screeched up alongside me in the parking lot of the old Hilton Hotel. Four men dressed in camouflage uniforms jumped out, grabbed me, threw me face-down into the back seat and sped away. I knew immediately that they were Iranian security agents. Screaming at me in Farsi, they drove wildly to Evin Prison, where they informed me I was accused of being a spy. It was February 1987." WSJ

-- "The Jail Health-Care Crisis," by Steve Coll in The New Yorker: "The opioid epidemic and other public-health emergencies are being aggravated by failings in the criminal-justice system." The New Yorker

-- "Is Dan Crenshaw the Future of the GOP?" by John McCormack in POLITICO Magazine: "The right's newest young star in Congress offers a vision for the party somewhere between Trumpism and NeverTrumpism. But it's not easy walking the line in Washington." POLITICO Magazine

-- "The Secrets of the World's Greatest Art Thief," by Michael Finkel in GQ - per TheBrowser.com's description: "St&eacute;phane Breitwieser was a 'virtually peerless' art thief when he walked off with 300 major artworks worth $1.4 billion from 200 European museums in a ten-year run of effortless heists. He did his lifting at lunchtime when crowds were thinning and guards were changing shift; he wore oversized jackets to hide his booty as he strolled to the exit. The Swiss finally caught him in 2001 and jailed him for four years." GQ

-- "'It Is Not a Closet. It Is a Cage.' Gay Catholic Priests Speak Out," by NYT's Elizabeth Dias: "The crisis over sexuality in the Catholic Church goes beyond abuse. It goes to the heart of the priesthood, into a closet that is trapping thousands of men." NYT

-- "The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future," by Sam Knight in the New Yorker - per Longreads.com's description: "After people predicted a mining disaster, a psychiatrist began collecting premonitions, and a startling number turned out to be true. To his horror, one seer predicted the psychiatrist's own death. He spent years looking over his shoulder, living a life that begged the question: can you scare yourself to death?" The New Yorker
                 PLAYBOOKERS      
BIRTHDAYS: Joe Brettell, partner at Prosody Consulting ... Kevin Madden, partner at Hamilton Place Strategies ... former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) is 66 ... Owen Gallo ... Jason Boxt ... Ken Salazar is 64 (Interior's "birthday" is also tomorrow) ... Brookings' Robin Lewis ... Emily Miller ... Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) is 54 ... Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) is 76 ... Ernesto Vargas ... Carter Baum ... Rachel Geffner ... Kaylee Berger ... Ashley Chang, celebrating in Singapore (hubby tip: Ben) ... Liz Oberg, manager of public affairs at Business Roundtable ... Ellie Warner ... Edelman's Joe Scannell ... Levi Russell ... Dylan Colligan of Javelin (h/t Erin Abell) ... 

... Ven Neralla, COS for Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) (h/t Mitchell Rivard) ... Katherine Harris Neel ... Caitlin McFall ... NYT's Dave Itzkoff is 43 ... Eric Phillips, press secretary to the Mayor of NYC ... Sally Rosen, creative executive for nonfiction at Endeavor Content ... Kevin Benore ... Adrian Uribarri ... Jonathan Pelto ... Gary O'Connor is 46 ... B-J Certain ... Eric Dolan ... Grant Winter ... Joe Garofoli of the S.F. Chronicle ... Yuri Beckelman, deputy COS for Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) ... former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev is 87 (h/t AP)

THE SHOWS, by @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin: 
          
NBC
 
"Meet the Press": Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) ... Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) ... new NBC News/WSJ poll. Panel: Matt Bai, Helene Cooper, John Podhoretz and Heidi Przybyla
   
ABC
 
"This Week": Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) ... House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ... Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee. Panel: Matthew Dowd, Sara Fagen, Maggie Haberman and Michael Tomasky
   
CBS
 
"This Week": Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) ... House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ... Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee. Panel: Matthew Dowd, Sara Fagen, Maggie Haberman and Michael Tomasky
   
Fox
 
"Fox News Sunday": John Bolton. Panel: Ben Domenech, Jane Harman, Gillian Turner and Marie Harf
   
CNN
 
"State of the Union": John Bolton ... Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) ... Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) ... Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.). Panel: Bakari Sellers, Amanda Carpenter, Jennifer Granholm and David Urban
   
CNN
 
"Inside Politics": Julie Pace, Lisa Lerer, Toluse Olorunnipa and Phil Mattingly
   
CNN
 
"Reliable Sources": Maggie Haberman ... Olivia Nuzzi and Bill Kristol ... Jim Acosta ... Adam Moss
   
Fox News
 
"Sunday Morning Futures": Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) ... Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) ... Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) ... Ken Starr
   
Fox News
 
"MediaBuzz": Guy Benson ... Clarence Page ... Sara Fischer ... John Roberts ... Mara Liasson ... Emily Jashinsky ... Shana Glenzer
   
CNN
 
"Fareed Zakaria GPS": Richard Haass, Matthew Kroenig and Robin Wright ... Ravi Agrawal ... Mosharraf Zaidi ... Chuck Robbins
   
Univision
 
"Al Punto": Jorge Ramos ... Maria Martinez-Guzman, Francisco Urreiztieta and Pedro Ultreras ... Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) ... Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) ... Rodrigo Sorogoyen ... Christian Noda
   
C-SPAN
 
"The Communicators": Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) ... "Newsmakers": Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, questioned by Daniel Strauss and Reid Wilson ... "Q&A": Eileen Rivers
   
MSNBC
 
"Kasie DC": Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) ... Heidi Heitkamp ... Phil Rucker ... Jake Sherman ... Juana Summers Markland ... Brendan Buck ... Tiffany Cross ... Ken Dilanian ... Josh Lederman ... Evelyn Farkas ... Joel Sawyer
   
Washington Times
 
"Mack on Politics" weekly politics podcast with Matt Mackowiak (download on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify or Stitcher or listen at MackOnPoliticsPodcast.com): Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.).
               
A message from Everytown for Gun Safety:
 
This past Wednesday, a bipartisan majority of the House came together to pass a historic bill to require background checks on all gun sales -- the first major gun safety legislation passed in Congress in 20 years. Current federal law only requires licensed gun dealers to conduct background checks on gun sales. That means that by buying from unlicensed sellers, criminals and domestic abusers can avoid the very background checks designed to block them from getting guns. In fact, a survey found that 22% of Americans who had recently acquired a gun reported doing so without a background check. Updating the law to require background checks on all gun sales has the overwhelming support of
 Americans, and is a common-sense way to keep guns away from people who are legally prohibited from possessing them. Now it's the Senate's turn: will they stand with the gun lobby, or the American people? Learn more here.
                        
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