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By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman), ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc) and DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman)

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Driving the Day
Good Saturday morning. Washington is recalibrating. John McCain has once again upended Republicans' plans to pass healthcare legislation. President Donald Trump has quickly pivoted to the blame game -- tweeting about everything from McCain to Rand Paul to Steph Curry this morning.

CONSIDER THIS: Next week Republicans will settle a brutal primary in Alabama and the fate of the health care repeal-and-replace process will be sealed. This could give Trump back-to-back losses. It also could give back-to-back losses to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an unusual situation for the Kentucky Republican. THE BIG QUESTION: Will this again push Trump into Democrats' arms?

WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TWEETING -- @realDonaldTrump at 6:42 a.m.: "John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves. He campaigned on Repeal & Replace. Let Arizona down!" ... at 6:50 a.m.: "Arizona had a 116% increase in ObamaCare premiums last year, with deductibles very high. Chuck Schumer sold John McCain a bill of goods. Sad". ... at 6:59 a.m.: "Large Block Grants to States is a good thing to do. Better control & management. Great for Arizona. McCain let his best friend L.G. down!" ...

... at 7:04 a.m.: "I know Rand Paul and I think he may find a way to get there for the good of the Party!" ... at 7:13 a.m.: "Alaska had a 200% plus increase in premiums under ObamaCare, worst in the country. Deductibles high, people angry! Lisa M comes through." ... 7:17 a.m.: "It was great being with Luther Strange last night in Alabama. What great people, what a crowd! Vote Luther on Tuesday." ... at 8:45 a.m.: "Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!"

-- @jaketapper: "Focusing like a laser on the major problems of the American people: black professional athletes with opinions." ... CBS'S JACQUELINE ALEMANY (@JaxAlemany): "Tom Brady chose not to come to the White House and Trump didn't say a thing."

TRUMP IN ALABAMA, via Burgess Everett in Huntsville: "The president also threw a jab at Strange's opponent, Roy Moore, a controversial former Alabama chief justice, who, he argued, could lose to a Democrat in the December general election.

"'Roy has a very good chance of not winning in the general election," Trump said. "Moore is going to have a hard time winning.' Trump's speech, which stretched on for well over an hour, represented a political risk. In declaring his unwavering support for Strange, who has the support of establishment figures like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the president is squaring off against longtime loyalists such as former chief strategist Steve Bannon who have come out forcefully for Moore ...

"'I'm taking a big risk, because if he doesn't make it, they're going to go after me,' the president said, referring to the many members of the media who were in attendance at the Von Braun Center. Trump said he would face accusations that he couldn't get his candidate over the finish line.

"At some moments, he seemed to be bracing for the possibility of a Strange loss. He acknowledged that polls had shown the senator trailing throughout the race. And he said that if Moore came out ahead on Tuesday, he would campaign for him before the general election.'I told Luther if his opponent wins, I'll be here campaigning like hell for him,' Trump said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad6cfffa272012c5ab6d72d501a8eceb36f59c9ba678ed4d88ba8bb9b86a647555c17b46897d39bd132c4a5bae17a5497e

-- WAPO'S JENNA JOHNSON: "'I might have made a mistake. I'll be honest, I might have made a mistake,' Trump told a crowd of several thousand gathered at the Von Braun Center that cheered much louder for him than for the candidate he was there to support, Sen. Luther Strange, who was appointed earlier this year to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. ... 'And, by the way, both good men. Both good men,' the president said of the two Republican candidates. 'If his opponent wins, I'm going to be here campaigning like hell for him. But, I have to say this ... Luther will definitely win.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adbffee2463c437db02122835798dbc4b9a202423365990754f0ee40dbab9311699a92104d989d2f347c295f4e15073e9b

-- "Trump to NFL owners: Fire players who kneel during anthem," by AP's Jill Colvin and Catherine Lucey: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adcf10cbb10e53442879b151144e71ec7df678c29762e011ba22acf96b8d771d14c0f9b5f8c59dc6db305c19780cc05954

NOT FAKE NEWS -- "Carson breaks with Trump, backs Moore for Alabama Senate seat," by Cristiano Lima: "'Judge Moore is a fine man of proven character and integrity, who I have come to respect over the years,' [HUD Secretary Ben] Carson wrote in a statement. 'I was delighted to hear he is running for the US Senate.' Carson, a devout Christian who garnered strong support from the religious right during the 2016 Republican primaries, praised Moore for his 'Judeo-Christian values.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad6eae340a10c43182db77134e61497e18c6475be079fd4e06ecf00d40bf89e007b3f38a5639e7eb981f7969e84911df26

IS HEALTHCARE REPEAL DEAD? -- "Dems not declaring victory yet on Obamacare," by Elana Schor and Heather Caygle: "When John McCain cast the decisive vote against Obamacare repeal two months ago, Chuck Schumer waved an arm to quiet fellow Democrats as they burst into audible elation. Don't gloat or cheer over the GOP's failure, Schumer signaled - a move he made again on Friday in a statement, after McCain delivered what looks like a fatal blow to his party's seven-year drive to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Far from celebrating, Democrats tempered their responses to McCain with reminders of the bipartisan health care talks that Republicans had walked away from when they took one last
shot at repealing Obamacare.

"And even as their liberal base turned a rally to pressure McCain into a thank-you celebration, Democrats stopped far short of declaring repeal dead. ... Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office did not immediately respond to questions about whether he will still hold the vote on the bill." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad7076f49594f0a7b1f324f01195728f7a1c4bd4c8fadec97c0d4eb1e0c12af55fbc80e2c77610033fc58d623cea4ee914

-- "Is Obamacare finally safe?: The clock may finally have caught up with Republicans after nearly 10 months of failed repeal efforts," by Jen Haberkorn and Paul Demko: "Obamacare has endured more than seven years of political attacks, dozens of congressional repeal votes and four Supreme Court challenges. But as of today, the Democrats' universal health care law is as secure as it's ever been. Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) opposition to the latest repeal effort sponsored by his closest friend in the Senate likely doomed the bill - and with it, the hope that Republicans could fulfill their campaign pledge to undo Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement before a Sept. 30 deadline.

"On top of that, the insurance markets are alive and, despite skyrocketing premiums and dwindling competition, face no threat of immediate collapse. ... 'I'll be honest, it seems unlikely that we'll be voting on this' next week, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told a town hall meeting Friday in Iowa City shortly after McCain's announcement." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad0b96ea73873c1c7af032f3cd65f5db4c9ca629ba8e48d8a955b9c10340ae0354f53cfc7c9616a8d77d5bca50c655d712

-- "Why McCain screwed the GOP on Obamacare repeal - again: His friendship with Lindsey Graham was less important than his grievances with the process," by Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad30306dc6768a20b11f6d11c466f79d05abffc5b14f57bd8abb2ec9c891429acf366c60b39c962cb64296131fc36f9fb9

-- ALASKA GOV. BILL WALKER on the bill, to the New York Times: "In an interview, Mr. Walker said he did not believe any special accommodation could be reached for his state, because the overall structure was so damaging to Alaska. He said he had communicated his concerns extensively to Ms. Murkowski.

"'Alaska would fare very, very poorly,' he said. 'Nothing has been brought to my attention that would increase my comfort level.' A spokeswoman for Ms. Murkowski, Karina Petersen, said the senator is studying the matter. 'Senator Murkowski is still focused on how the bill will impact Alaska, specifically,' Ms. Petersen said. 'She's continuing to gather data and is looking at the details of the bill to determine what's best for her state.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad2bc298e04a5bb166d3ce8abf9cbfdebb31be525fa5fe73e61d4ed96df9b9015796b108f2bf2b1e906bcf49dc297a9039

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INSIDE THE ROOM -- NYT'S CARL HULSE: "Behind New Obamacare Repeal Vote: 'Furious' G.O.P. Donors": "As more than 40 subdued Republican senators lunched on Chick-fil-A at a closed-door session last week, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado painted a dire picture for his colleagues. Campaign fund-raising was drying up, he said, because of widespread disappointment among donors over the inability of the Republican Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act or do much of anything else. Mr. Gardner is in charge of his party's midterm re-election push, and he warned that donors of all stripes were refusing to contribute another penny until the struggling majority produced some concrete results. 'Donors
are furious,' one person knowledgeable about the private meeting quoted Mr. Gardner as saying. 'We haven't kept our promise.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad8b6d2b6e59667636751852256aa1961f65db91b662e4cf1fe0e2018500bcda2a3028b7c6b5cf4f8afbd265680eed4ba2

HOW IT PLAYED -- NYT: "McCain Rejects G.O.P. Health Bill, Likely Dooming It" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad4f914d0a3431e39dd2e02f897b95de7076a087c5627d6e3821d72573ff0907475028d4db6f2d28e6fa4e61c4b0a280d0 ... WAPO: "Latest effort to repeal Obamacare on brink of failure after GOP defections" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad9cfdd04c82c2d177191760df1be0ed2aa352cd5ada55e93121a6461ed13ce36c3261f66bbba1b38eb626e113b1e9c786 ... WSJ: "GOP Health Push in Jeopardy as McCain Withholds Support" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ada9e47bdfa90135bc961e421717531bfc54f46574bcea50e572c63526273e5aebba2c41c39f659da0af5b51e768f09f65

-- AROUND THE COUNTRY: ARIZONA REPUBLIC (big McCain photo): "TWO THUMBS DOWN: McCain announces he will vote against latest attempt to repeal ACA" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adfc71916d0214b630641b0ad2a1cadfe001e1141bfc7f4ad8f5ace6a548d8ab390a4fa5e30793a092ef669a91407c6741 ... THE POST AND COURIER: "McCain votes no on Graham's bill: Decision likely dooms friend's health care legislation that McMaster now supports" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adc51459d8e6bc4ee78f24b1157652839117b16418e4205e93a1a0999ce38896cff71dd784dbaa3c1f326a40ad25571b8e ... CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: "Clinic CEO lobbies against repeal: Cosgrove says new bill being rushed without hearings" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad650232789b6fe65a6c848b47e20554baac6255b07aa4a9d9b2b49305e690ec6d48a00b70e2fc58f300e2be4c5a46ccee

COMING ATTRACTIONS -- "Trump to talk tax reform in Indiana on Wednesday," by Nancy Cook: "President Donald Trump is planning to head to Indiana on Wednesday to give a major speech on tax reform, the same day that the 'Big Six' tax negotiators will unveil their broad-brushstrokes proposal for overhauling the tax code. ... Following the president's Indiana trip, several Cabinet secretaries including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon will also participate in tax reform-related events and media outreach across the country."

-- "GOP eyes corporate tax rate of 20 percent, retreating from Trump's lofty goal," by WaPo's Mike DeBonis, Sean Sullivan and Damian Paletta: "Republicans are targeting a corporate rate of 20 percent in their federal tax overhaul plan, according to three people familiar with the emerging blueprint - a number that represents a substantial cut from the current 35 percent rate but falls short of the 15 percent President Trump has long pushed for. The plan remains fluid ... But they said the template is taking a more definite shape ahead of a planned rollout next week by the 'Big Six' negotiators from the White House, Senate and House." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad71766f991bd0c93d85aa9df784fb56596ebcce2484cdc448adc4386682ead939445de58a11dc535ebe928c13d983441b

FLOTUS WATCH -- "Meetings with Prince Harry, Canadian PM for Melania Trump," by AP's Darlene Superville: "Melania Trump is ... leading the U.S. delegation to an international sporting event for wounded service members, her first solo trip outside the United States to represent her adopted country. On the agenda for daylong stop Saturday in Toronto: a first-time meeting with Britain's Prince Harry, founder of the Invictus Games; a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; remarks at a reception for the nearly 100 American athletes participating in the weeklong Olympic-style competition; and attending the opening ceremony." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adc97d802fabf56a4f921e6d0d8e84732d1bfb6bbb9df750bd217c9961e77af000444edcf2047632a2403d6a958519f00f

PALACE INTRIGUE -- "Aides warned Trump not to attack North Korea's leader personally before his fiery U.N. address," by LATimes' Brian Bennett: "Senior aides to President Trump repeatedly warned him not to deliver a personal attack on North Korea's leader at the United Nations this week, saying insulting the young despot in such a prominent venue could irreparably escalate tensions and shut off any chance for negotiations to defuse the nuclear crisis. Trump's derisive description of Kim Jong Un as 'Rocket Man' on 'a suicide mission' and his threat to 'totally destroy' North Korea were not in a speech draft that several senior officials reviewed and vetted Monday, the day before Trump gave
his first address to the U.N. General Assembly, two U.S. officials said.

"Some of Trump's top aides, including national security advisor H.R. McMaster, had argued for months against making the attacks on North Korea's leader personal, warning it could backfire. But Trump, who relishes belittling his rivals and enemies with crude nicknames, felt compelled to make a dramatic splash in the global forum." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad5cc016540a9c81d4cf7b3e9a53f316b962c951fdf752b47d1466dee7b4963438d8345129c94bf15d771a6fc67146d0f0

-- "Enforcer or 'choke point'? Kelly seeks to bring order to chaotic White House," by WaPo's Ashley Parker and Phil Rucker: "White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly has a new evening routine: He periodically strolls the perimeter of the White House grounds late at night, inspecting the compound and chatting with Secret Service agents to see if they have what they need. Just two months into his new post, Kelly has expanded his portfolio to include issues large and small throughout the administration - from influencing personnel staffing at the agencies to vetting President Trump's reading materials to his periodic nighttime walks along the White House fence line to check security.

"The no-task-too-small leadership style - dating to Kelly's training in the Marine Corps, where he rose to a four-star general - has its benefits for a president who often sows chaos in his wake, implementing a sense of order and discipline in a White House known for lacking both. But it also has prompted grumbling about micromanaging within the West Wing, where some staffers complain that Kelly may be growing his mandate too far and that his strict regimen stifles the creativity and spontaneity that have been hallmarks of Trump's enterprises. As one of Kelly's subordinates put it, the chief of staff sometimes becomes 'a one-man choke point.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad93be846f0ff22aaba5b5262434b3ec921ab5195f5866e1a25ec463fb7f609425bbe8e8aa8731560657d5f32f2d191939

DRAIN THE SWAMP! -- "Corey Lewandowski appears to be working with another lobbying firm," by Theo Meyer and Daniel Lippman: "Months after Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, quit the lobbying firm he co-founded after the 2016 election, he appears to be working with a new one, reviving questions about whether he is still cashing in on his relationship with the president. The firm, Turnberry Solutions LLC - a name that calls to mind Trump Turnberry, the president's Scottish golf resort - is staffed by two lobbyists who worked for Lewandowski's old firm. While Lewandowski has denied any link to the firm, there's plenty of evidence to the contrary. Lewandowski was on a
recent conference call between Turnberry and one of its clients, according to the client, and Turnberry also created an email address with his first name on it.

"A source familiar with the firm told POLITICO that Lewandowski also traveled to Poland earlier this month with two of Turnberry's lobbyists to pitch the firm's services to the Polish government. ... Lewandowski has touted his access to Trump outside his work with Turnberry, too. In a recent conversation with Elin Suleymanov, the Azerbaijani ambassador to the U.S., Lewandowski promised that he could get the Azerbaijani president a meeting with Trump ... Asked whether he had promised access, Lewandowski responded by text message: 'No - I don't do foreign work. Sorry.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16add4ea20df61b2c1ea0bc8f927cc69dffdfa438e59edbb8c488d9463ed5acd1854674549d79fb3eaf52fe72da978503f1c

CLICKER - "The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics," edited by Matt Wuerker -- 16 funnies http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad5846e0dcac212b72c83aa09ee7bd23b221f4c3a51cc7288591ed4a6f2e664c27bf99e7c88208fa4826a185dc62511943


Playbook Reads


PHOTO DU JOUR: President Donald Trump hugs Senate candidate Luther Strange during a campaign rally in Huntsville, Ala., on Sept. 22. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo

BILL SCHER: "Joe Biden's Platform for 2020: Anti-Populism": "On Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden wrote a blog post that proves two things: Blogging isn't dead and neither is Biden's political career. In fact, in Biden's essay, and in other little-noticed public pronouncements, you can see him sculpting a role for in the 2020 presidential campaign that perhaps only he could get away with playing: the voice of anti-populism. Though Biden's essay was largely ignored amid the constant hum of Trump-related stories, it made a bit of news in wonk circles because Biden used it to announce his opposition to a 'universal basic income,' that newly vogue policy proposal in which every American
would receive a periodic check from the government regardless of their work status." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adf629f76db98d2a69ac296a4869023c99cde7cae228d0f92d3cce9dcbb63d5d5ee132fe6d05431e1ba65f435daa740c7b ... Biden's post http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad61287895c796783ca8d4221bf9e5bfdbbc74c1eae1551e56d73263f79b4a5589782d74b00287e1388542a23c0269183a

RUSSIA WATCH -- "Wisconsin, Ohio, California among states targeted by Russian hackers in 2016 race," by Reuters' David Shepardson and Dustin Volz: "Wisconsin, Ohio, California and 10 other states said on Friday they were among 21 states that Russian government hackers targeted in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump though no votes were changed. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed it had notified the states of the activity but declined to identify them. ...

"Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Washington state also confirmed they were targeted by Russian hackers but said they were not successful. Arizona and Illinois confirmed last year that they were targets. The Associated Press confirmed Iowa, Maryland, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Oregon, Oklahoma and Virginia were also targets, bringing the total states identified to 21. Those states did not immediately return messages seeking comment late Friday." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad9526366e5143a13e63e3dea2b6b06c5642b193f6cec8e6c5623335ef87da78493c81322a841ba70377a926fc80454d31

OBAMA ALUMNI -- "Pod Payoff: Crooked Media's Jon Favreau Buys L.A. Bungalow for $1.9M," by Realtor's Claudine Zap: "Jon Favreau, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, finally has a place for his Sonos speakers, Parachute sheets, and Blue Apron meals. Those are some of the sponsors he enthusiastically hawks on the popular podcast 'Pod Save America.' ... The Crooked Media co-founder and his wife, Emily Black, have settled in SoCal, where they purchased a Spanish-style bungalow in L.A. for $1.9 million in early August. The three-bedroom, three-bath home was built in the 1920s and comes 'beautifully updated,' according to the listing." With 8 pix on one page
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adb3da7cf025e962d5840ed17a5160ef801270cc05eb73db7ff16070b25f5fa6c6fbca2cf3defb4e832967f0121d9030d2

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MEDIAWATCH - "The mysterious group that's picking Breitbart apart, one tweet at a time," by WaPo's Paul Farhi: "Hardly anyone paid attention last November when a strangely named Twitter account, Sleeping Giants, sent its first tweet into the digisphere. 'Are you aware that you're advertising on Breitbart, the alt-right's biggest champion, today?' read the tweet, aimed at a consumer lending outfit called Social Finance. 'Are you supporting them publicly?' Within 30 minutes, Social Finance replied, tweeting that it would stop running ads on Breitbart. It was, it turns out, the start of an odd, and oddly effective, social media campaign against Breitbart ...

"Sleeping Giants is a mysterious group that has no address, no organizational structure and no officers. At least none that are publicly known. All of its leaders are anonymous, and much of what it claims is difficult to independently verify. A spokesman for the group wouldn't identify himself in interviews for this article. But the group does have a singular purpose, pursued as relentlessly as Ahab chasing a whale: It aims to drive advertisers away from Breitbart." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad182b6d84b6f184ab4e25b5fb5cfeddcec61814d30730cba7ad6381fada7749ee67a7bba6969bcb26f1885ae7c03b4094

-- JIM WINDOLF has been named NYT's new media editor. He previously edited Men's Style. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adf945bce25c5a92cabfdf0895b6ce1e11c1ed3c73fd4a520aac85923e49378501bbd7531cb86647527ff7dc23f56bbebf

GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman, filing from NYC:

--"She told them she was Hugo Chavez's ex-wife and worked in the White House. And she'd make them rich," by WaPo's Manuel Roig-Franzia: "Madame Giselle ... is forever boasting of being the secret wife of Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, even saying she facilitated the first phone call between the Middle Eastern leader and President Trump ... Over homemade Turkish coffee in her lavishly appointed apartment or across the table at pricey restaurants, the neighbors say, she has shared in a confiding tone that she occupies a prime White House office next to Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adce9fd71fc4b936316c2cafe6447362c09c75f3449372ffeaa27ab68f99a14c4fe31a253f66b310b5c14cfaf014bf7aea (h/t Longform.org)

--"Is Trump mentally ill? Or is America? Psychiatrists weigh in," by Carlos Lozada on Sunday's WaPo Outlook cover: "[S]ome psychiatrists and other mental-health professionals are shedding long-held norms to argue that Trump's condition presents risks to the nation and the world. 'The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump' features more than two dozen essays breaking down the president's perceived traits, which the contributors find consistent with symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder, sociopathy and other maladies." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad4e01e3c32158a6bb0a02f6df43b64ed9513f4e8a017313d3e44841d3bd743733475631e5effda674eea6b4d8d6952f4a

--"How Canada has been secretly giving asylum to gay people in Chechnya fleeing persecution," by John Ibbitson in the Globe and Mail: "Canada has quietly brought in 22 people, with more to come, despite risks to Canada-Russia relations." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adaac951d4cff3d329d40b49f1205bb4c9aebc1ed4f62f183800292a6389a76be2d38ed8e152a10fd30ab4045be8a5dab1

--"Jeff Bridges Will Be 'The Dude,' Now and Forever," by Caity Weaver in GQ: "Jeff Bridges will always be known as The Dude, and at age 67, he's okay with it. More than okay with it, even. GQ's Caity Weaver visits the famously relaxed actor for an appropriately chill hangout." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad57ac231d86ebfd0c3ded6525630a79958b1097730da73f6c21fc25f0bfafee59abb502563f10f8a3419baca98bf3d9c8

--"My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request," by Spenser Mestel in Longreads: "Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets - all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad43625bcb21235c02ce10a920dbf0f8020166cb285ebde11d8eaea614a32e43a2e1d5aa9dd7ce9efd70c0a189f2e0fc7b

--"How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food," by NYT's Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richtel: "As growth slows in wealthy countries, Western food companies are aggressively expanding in developing nations, contributing to obesity and health problems." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad135bbe5fc99fd9ebdf46ad1dd8f396ac6532680eb9e78acae82356c927de1f565acda41ed2f721b670637f05ef222e69

--"The great nutrient collapse," by Helena Bottemiller Evich on The Agenda: "The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adb0fdd660f2cc55b68a20948e680c1ea1428ff9b41da42425b8c42b0132b9596007d47f8b24daf340d3dc26b0c884472e

--"After My Husband's Death, I'm Learning To Steward The Light He Left Behind," by Mary Katherine Ham in The Federalist: "'All of us who knew him and loved him are keepers of this fire. It's there, and it lives on, and it is something we can breathe life into every day.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adaf137bde21b9fb22598565ade1e8076ee0e81a7c7f36f84fd50782b03439b7b0f7172c0b2d145d91ab3b6fc4c0e12b02

--"How a tax haven is leading the race to privatise space," by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian in The Guardian: "Luxembourg has shown how far a tiny country can go by serving the needs of global capitalism. Now it has set its sights on outer space." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad287c1512bfcd167a7d1130c258fc8cadf490a5be9e4c21c9501e8701f137b6550724bcb485775374cedee963b305df09

--"How Motherhood Affects Creativity," by Erika Hayasaki in The Atlantic: "Cultural messages tell women that making art and having children are incompatible pursuits. But science suggests that women may become more creative after having kids." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ade3ed1b3fb8303a7f56dd8aada070a176b85d4059dd203158450834ac0af01e57fe54d6f9a88533cf0f725073c06972d7

--"My Drowning and Other Inconveniences," by Tim Cahill in Outside magazine: "My face turned blue, then gray, and then my heart stopped beating altogether. I died that December day on Tequila Beach. This created a great deal of consternation. I was, at the time, 71 years old, and most of my team was half my age or less. These fine and foolish folk had every reason to imagine that I had all the skills necessary to handle a winter trip down the Grand Canyon." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad58c70c95ee876d9797f98c096e7c3a6f43cb7be325d5848abb361199cbca9bd479e596e73baa119c01af3fff2dd6393b

--"What is behind the violence in Myanmar?" by Samira Shackle in the New Humanist - Q&A with Francis Wade, author of "Myanmar's Enemy Within": "'You'd be hard pressed to find any justification for violence in the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism, which is what the majority in Myanmar practice. Those Buddhists who have perpetrated violence acted with the conviction that if Buddhism ceased to exist in Myanmar, the country would descend into anarchy.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad7c11defbddd47a26944a43cb85dd39c1a3a171ddfad083393e1ad5c254d2f4f1f4353b3eaaa4bdfdafe17ed154d43170

--"The Rise and Fall of the Word 'Monopoly' in American Life," by Stacy Mitchell in The Atlantic: "If 'monopoly' sounds like a word from another era, that's because, until recently, it was. ... Breaking up too-powerful companies was a bipartisan goal and on the minds of many voters. But, starting in the 1970s, the word retreated from the public consciousness. Not coincidentally, at the same time, the enforcement of anti-monopoly policy grew increasingly toothless." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad471ce944271be6b233c68776044b513e93297edcfb66d1b19fd9ae477176d6ad744268cd07a59b11e25316883d950e9f

--"Blago: His Life in Prison," by David Bernstein in Chicago Mag: "Five years ago, Rod Blagojevich kissed his wife and daughters goodbye, waved one last time to reporters, and flew to Colorado to start a 14-year sentence. In his first prison interview, the ex-governor reveals in startling detail what life has been like on the inside." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad752fcca769e188343ee8513cc0ad1c9ed55ca42c2e9cb88b8b7d991e8a1c0b649ace839899d5826bfe5b6004382d1d5a
Playbookers
SPOTTED: Jeff Zeleny having lunch at BLT Steak on Friday with Jan Crawford. Michael Meehan was at the bar ... Craig Gordon celebrating his promotion to Bloomberg DC bureau chief last night at the new Nobu with Megan Murphy, Hilary Rosen and Tammy Haddad ... Diane Rehm having dinner last night at Martin's Tavern

WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Valery Galasso, a senior policy adviser to N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Nick Merrill, communications director for Secretary Hillary Clinton, "exchanged vows and rings overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea at the Hotel Santa Caterina in Amalfi, Italy on Friday evening, in front of a blended crowd of American guests and Val's extended Italian family," per a pool report. Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adbc2a918ff5f2ff99eb56892ffcdefbc522d93bb2e040e13d9cd9ce538d14afb5cafd9a83bc04c3456bc9df44721bb8c1 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adb4b0d0acfba100a7c5e0d280adcaad6810480e944bcb68dec1b1e17828c779666bf49201a6b2ab553dec649b2a5c4e76

SPOTTED: Capricia and Robert Marshall, Chad and Elisa Bolduc, Connolly Keigher, Alex Hornbrook, Doug Landry, Alexander and Laura Mackler, Greg Hale and Mica Strother, Kamyl Bazbaz and Lucie Steinberg, Philippe Reines, Megan Rooney, Jake Sullivan, Lona Valmoro, Teddy Goff, Jon Davidson, Varun Anand, Case Button and Leigh Patterson, Mary deBree and Ben Kobren, Dan Schwerin and YJ Fischer

-- REP. SETH MOULTON (D-MASS.) was married Friday to Liz Boardman in a ceremony in Marblehead, Massachusetts at the Old North Church on an overcast day clearing up to bright sunshine. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16adba69b3d2eafbccbaef00f20e098531e368dd013286e800a72f35b68ab0023dc89901989dda4d5190680356ab1ede9033 SPOTTED: Reps. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and former Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.), David Gergen, Maura Healy, Scott Ferson, Andy Flick, Matt Corridoni, Peter Billerbeck.

-- Andrew Restuccia, Politico White House reporter, married Hillary Zulli, a records manager at the Smithsonian, Friday. They met through mutual friends in D.C. in 2011 and got married at the DC courthouse. They're celebrating with some friends tonight at the Dew Drop Inn in Brookland. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ad2b5cbb402f0f2cf8aa0b4f45bc8deaafb124e2dee61644ccc21aa99f926c410bfaa1144554195bfbb8d33db5467b75da

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Center for Public Integrity national security reporter Patrick Malone (hat tip: Dave Levinthal) ... Politico Europe's Bianca Opris

BIRTHDAYS: Sean Spicer, celebrating by spending the day with his family (h/t Ron Bonjean) ... Todd Ricketts ... Connolly Keigher ... Daisy Schuurman ... Maria Karl (hubby tip: Jonathan) ... Elise Jordan (h/t Ben Chang) ... Nick Everhart of Content Creative Media ... Kimberly Fritts, CEO of Podesta Group ... NYT's Mike Schmidt ... Amanda Cox, editor of The Upshot ... Abbey Watson ... Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is 68 (h/t Randy Whitestone) ... SoRelle Wyckoff, polisci and gov't graduate student at the University of Maryland and a Cornyn alum ... Ralph Hellmann is 56 ... NBC News' Julia Edwards ... Politico's Bernie Becker and Meredith Kirsch ... Todd Metcalf, principal at PwC's Tax Policy
Services and Senate Finance alum, is 47 ... NARAL's Kelly Sackley ... Naomi Seligman, comms dir for LA Mayor Garcetti (h/t Tim Burger) ... Saunji Fyffe ... Tom Martin, president and CEO at American Forest Foundation (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Politico Europe's Santa Silapetere ... Brooke Brogan, celebrating in NYC (hubby tip: Fritz) ...

... Jonathan Peled, Israeli ambassador to Mexico ... Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.) is 62 ... Clint Reed, chief of staff for Sen. Rubio ... Izabela Teixeira of GE corporate communications ... Gabriella Schwarz, managing editor and head of news at Flipboard and a former CNN politics and WH producer, who covered President Obama ... Julius Niyonsaba, a legislative aide for Sen. Durbin (h/t Mike Inacay) ... EPA's Lincoln Ferguson, Pruitt's senior adviser, is 27 (h/t Amy Graham) ... Maura O'Brien ... William Ricci ... former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay ... Amb. Kristen Silverberg, now managing director and general counsel at the Institute of International Finance ... Armaan
Pai of Centerview Partners ... Kyle Cotner ... Siraj Hashmi of Red Alert Politics ... Ryan Shucard, VP of SevenTwenty Strategies ... Ken Rynne ... Blair Fowler ... Dustee Tucker ... Matt McAlvanah ... Corey Tellez ... Loretta Solon Greene ... Matt Hirsch ... Dan Conley ... Neil Schoolnik is 46 ... Tom Daley ... Katrina Mendiola ... Stan Davis ... Dale Leibach (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)

THE SHOWS, by @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:

-- ABC's "This Week": Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin ... Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) ... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) ... Bernard Tyson ... Ret. Gen. James Cartwright, Evan Osnos. Panel: Steve Inskeep, Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, Cecilia Vega

-- CNN's "State of the Union": Steven Mnuchin ... Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) ... Preet Bharara. Panel: Nina Turner, Rick Santorum, Jen Psaki and Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.)

-- NBC's "Meet the Press": Marc Short ... Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ... House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Panel: Stephanie Cutter, Stephen Henderson, Eliana Johnson and Rich Lowry

-- CBS's "Face the Nation": Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) ... Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) ... Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) ... Marc Short. Panel: Margaret Brennan, David Nakamura and Atul Gawande

-- "Fox News Sunday": Bill Gates ... Marc Short. Panel: Karl Rove, Julie Pace, Kim Strassel and Juan Williams

-- Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures": Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) ... former Attorney General Michael Mukasey ... former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) ... former Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.). Panel: Mark Kissel and Ed Rollins

-- Fox News' "MediaBuzz": Mollie Hemingway ... Joe Trippi ... Erin McPike ... Shelby Holliday ... Carley Shimkus ... Shana Glenzer

-- CNN's "Inside Politics" with John King: Panel: Michael Shear, Mary Katharine Ham, Phil Mattingly and MJ Lee

-- CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS": Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif ... Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani

-- CNN's "Reliable Sources": Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). Panel: Bill Carter, Neera Tanden and Sarah Kliff ... Carl Bernstein and Julia Ioffe

-- Univision's "Al Punto": Report from Mexico City, including interviews with Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera, as well as with survivors and victims' relatives ... report from Puerto Rico

-- C-SPAN: "The Communicators": David Cohen, questioned by Tony Romm ... "Newsmakers": Strobe Talbot, questioned by Susan Glasser and Gardiner Harris ... "Q&A": Ann Telnaes

-- PBS' "To the Contrary": Panel: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Jennifer Higgins, Maria Teresa Kumar and Ann Stone

-- Washington Times' "Mack on Politics" weekly politics podcast with Matt Mackowiak (download on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher or listen at http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4c233d4e27ba16ada06edb3f5f8c58adcaf90e41a6653bf048c107130300af4840f68c00e37abcd530c5e107e0449fca170eb486f5a13f06 Rick Santorum ... Lanhee Chen.

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