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06/09/2017 06:50 AM EDT

By ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc) and JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman) with DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman)
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Happy Friday. BREAKING IN LONDON -- AP: "Prime Minister Theresa May plans to seek the permission of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government even though her Conservative Party lost its majority in the House of Commons. Downing Street says she plans to meet the queen at 12:30 p.m. local time (1130 GMT).

"May will need the support of another party or group of parties to command a majority. Her plan of calling an early election in the hopes of getting a bigger majority than she enjoyed during the previous parliament backfired in Thursday's general election." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c5146780063f60abd85c7424bb6a3039dc002b15a3745e199658ada0fb380ded10b965eb4244ed6381a0d5df90059340

FROM THE GUARDIAN -- "May has the right to remain in office and try to assemble a working government - but she is under intense pressure from senior colleagues, many of whom blame her for a botched manifesto launch and a wobbly campaign." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6873356681e4f26795b9d484c8edd44bd6ca4ce3b3fa76d0053f44b15905252a244f958cf1aa9b590

IMPORTANT CONTEXT: From POLITICO Europe's Tom McTague in London -- "If Brussels had come round to the prospect of an unyielding two-year Brexit negotiation under May -- grating in its parochialism maybe, but at least grown-up -- they now face the nightmare prospect of a new partner across the table or a weakened May beholden to her backbenchers and a small retinue of Northern Irish MPs." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d60f402fc6907f858cd7a47176ea12dea4295aa0f8bdde5b51811782341804fb1a0755296b860b940d

BREAKING at 6:10 a.m. -- STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: "Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!" This statement was made on Twitter.

-- THIS IS A BIG DEAL: The president of the United States appears to be accusing the former FBI director of lying under oath. He doesn't directly say that James Comey lied while testifying Thursday, but comes pretty close.

-- SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ (D-HAWAII) (@brianschatz): "Making a false statement to Congress is a felony. This is not just another silly tweet."

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT -- Lawmakers will say if the president believes Comey lied, Trump himself should come to Capitol Hill and testify under oath about his recollection of events. This is why keeping quiet is oftentimes the best idea. TRUMP has now created a whole new storyline that is certain to distract Washington for the days and weeks to come.

NOTE that most Republicans yesterday didn't accuse James Comey of lying -- in fact, many of them called him honest and honorable. They just took issue with whether Trump directly asked Comey to drop the Russia investigation.

FOR THE PRESIDENT -- WHAT THE STATES YOU WON ARE WAKING UP TO -- CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: "Comey says Trump lied about his firing: Burr offers low-key defense of Trump" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d60f71af66b9234727868708a2a95f87048c3cc1aa40464a93e647d5c5eeb96c74de6a38ce4a9329cc ... PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: "Comey Challenges Trump ... FIRING: Former FBI director says president's reasons for dismissal 'were lies' ... RUSSIA PROBE: He says request to 'let Flynn go' felt like improper pressure ... LEAK: He admits divulging personal memos in order to prompt a special prosecutor" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d697dc8ada5c775ac9535a4362ed9d2eb8103912d073447be287c5d7c4bc6158d866f2926ec54bf3cc ... DES MOINES REGISTER: "COMEY SLAMS TRUMP 'LIES': White House: Testimony proves that president has acted appropriately"
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WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING -- Forget what the White House thinks of yesterday's testimony. We spent the day in the Capitol, talking to Republican members of Congress -- the ones that have to vote on President Donald Trump's agenda -- and they were absolutely shocked at how poorly yesterday went for the president. Publicly they say that the president is a political neophyte who is still learning the presidency. But privately, they said James Comey was extraordinarily convincing and Trump's team absolutely botched their response. They're all afraid of more shoes dropping.

MARC KASOWITZ, Trump's lawyer who offered the principal rebuttal to the main event, made a legal argument, which mostly ignored the political reality that an FBI director called the president of the United States a liar and described what most termed disturbing interactions under oath. Trump's political standing on Capitol Hill is growing more and more perilous. Meanwhile, the RNC's principal rebuttal seemed to be that the Obama administration had a bad day -- which is true, but almost entirely irrelevant.

REPUBLICANS were shocked just how well Comey came across. He didn't try to jam his viewpoint down the committee's throat, he was confident but not cocky and admitted, on several occasions, that his impression of his interactions could've be faulty, but the evidence otherwise seemed overwhelming to lawmakers.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE -- How much Trump's weakened position could thwart the GOP agenda. Senate Republicans are plodding their way through health care reform with no definite deal in sight. For every fix, Senate Republicans seem to find another problem. And while Trump has promised the biggest tax cut in the country's history, Republicans are increasingly bearish on a massive rewrite of the tax code. Instead, most are eyeing a simpler and smaller tax cut as a more realistic option.

THE BIG PICTURE -- PETER BAKER on A1 -- "For Trump, the 'Cloud' Just Grew That Much Darker," by NYT's Peter Baker: "[T]hanks to Mr. Trump's own actions, the cloud darkened considerably on Thursday and now seems likely to hover over his presidency for months, if not years, to come. Rather than relieve the pressure, Mr. Trump's decision to fire Mr. Comey has generated an even bigger political and legal threat. In his anger at Mr. Comey for refusing to publicly disclose that the president was not personally under investigation, legal experts said, Mr. Trump may have actually made himself the target of an investigation. While delivered in calm, deliberate and unemotional terms, Mr. Comey's
testimony on Thursday was almost certainly the most damning j'accuse moment by a senior law enforcement official against a president in a generation." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d69d4d47b34467e2a07f2eb810ae8fe4fb25b937d19aa856af0294722d755321a184fcb87fe8d8e6cc

JOSH GERSTEIN AND KYLE CHENEY's "Five takeaways from Comey's dramatic testimony": "From the outset, Comey regarded Trump as a liar. Comey's prepared statement made it clear that the former FBI director was troubled by his interactions with Trump in recent months, but it wasn't until Comey's live testimony Thursday that the FBI director suggested he harbored doubts about Trump's honesty from the very first time he met him - and perhaps even earlier. ...

"The cloud is growing, not lifting. Comey testified that Trump repeatedly asked him to help lift the 'cloud' of the Russia investigation dogging his administration. But even though Comey confirmed Trump wasn't personally under investigation as of May 9, his testimony complicates life for a president trying to wash away the stain of the scandal. ... New mysteries. Comey's startling testimony may have provided striking revelations about his meetings with the president, but what he declined to discuss may be even juicier. ...

"Collateral damage. Trump was expected to take a bruising at Thursday's hearing and it seemed inevitable that Comey would also take some hits over his actions. Both those things transpired, but what was less expected was the collateral damage to a slew of others, including Sessions, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. ... Partisanship reigns. The aftershocks from Comey's testimony are still reverberating but it took virtually no time for partisans to retreat to their corners and begin sniping at each other over the meaning and import of what he said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d67ab0620bd8feb5a395c42cc26e9a0b7ac22370ed6034a90ac7132738b295be8469a2689459fb816e

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS -- "Comey told senators Sessions may have met Russia's ambassador a third time," by CNN's Manu Raju, Evan Perez and Jim Sciutto: "Former FBI Director James Comey told senators in a closed hearing this afternoon that Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have had a third interaction with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., according to people familiar with the briefing. The information is based in part on Russian-to-Russian intercepts where the meeting was discussed ... But the sources said it is possible the ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, was exaggerating the extent of the encounter." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d60f59b7ac4f7cd4758611f646a81a3e0750df9ed01d31d467a4842cd6ae8a18bf60f76dccf82d9fda


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BEFORE THE TWEET -- TARA PALMERI, ELIANA JOHNSON and JOSH DAWSEY proved prescient, in a story posted at 5:26 p.m. yesterday: "[A]s the day wore on, aides began to voice concerns that their boss would 'explode' later in the evening or on Friday after he watches TV news coverage and talks to friends in New York and Florida - a pattern of delayed response that's repeated itself in the months since Trump took office. ... Trump was also quiet after setbacks like the failure of his first health care bill in March, only to fire back the next day on Twitter." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6432b2b30f2d7c27245f5b3d9693cf065f03c6d6ce7b63d43296299e3a2e07474ad0b05b1e9ddfee4

--MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH on NYT A13, "'I Was Right': As Trump Watches Comey on TV, Anxiety Yields to Relief": "In all, Mr. Trump watched only about 45 minutes of Mr. Comey's testimony, the people close to the president said. Much of that time was spent under the eye of his take-charge personal lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, one of the cabinet members he trusts most. This was by design, with the president's tacit consent. His aides packed the day with meetings and speechwriting sessions, including a 90-minute sit-down focusing on North Korea, Qatar and the terrorist attacks in Iran with the national security adviser, H. R. McMaster; Secretary of State
Rex W. Tillerson; and Mr. Mattis. ... There was pleasure among White House aides with how Republican senators - who largely avoided taking on the president - performed in the hearing." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d68e0932b385dc12d3b263ca670ba99b6b822755eecf5795bb6d3e53417e37f42ecf8a14207ef9ff93

-- PHIL RUCKER and BOB COSTA in WaPo, "Behind Trump's silence: Why the counterpuncher let others do the punching": "[Kasowitz's] combative presentation was on full display Thursday as he read from a statement that contained two typos. (He misspelled 'president' as 'predisent,' and the surname of Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats as 'Coates.')" With cameos by Rudy Giuliani, Chris Ruddy, Sam Nunberg, Jack Quinn, and Boyden Gray http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d674b6719916292721a769a51cc9ad0776ad987e88ed3308ea889464515a1905590153fbe1e20a61c2

TODD S. PURDUM in Politico, "Comey's devastating indictment of President Donald Trump": "Comey had not finished testifying before the White House deputy press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was moved to insist, 'I can definitively say the president is not a liar. I think it's frankly insulting.' Such protestations from any White House are never a good thing. (See Richard Nixon's, 'I am not a crook,' and Bill Clinton's, 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky,' just for starters)." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6ed4544e8ea398da1de71805df5290f55e794740078ed3fa176ec15fc5e70dd4380b0159bb738a301

LATE-NIGHT BEST - STEPHEN COLBERT on Comey's testimony: "He thought Trump might lie. That's razor-sharp FBI instinct in action right there. Fellas, look, I don't want to get out over my skis here but I think this dead body might not be alive." Video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6ccacf5be6c7146d06bdd8cc73c150a0dabd3a0386e10f2ec40a5c34fb9dacca233289b174b598973

THE NEXT TURN OF THE SCREW -- "Comey's Testimony Sharpens Focus on Questions of Obstruction," by NYT's Charlie Savage: "If one believes James B. Comey's account of his encounters with President Trump, it could present a prosecutable case of obstruction of justice, several former prosecutors said Thursday. But they also cautioned that little is normal about this situation. The Justice Department has long argued that the Constitution does not permit prosecuting a sitting president. And even if Mr. Trump left office first - through impeachment, or simply by losing re-election in 2020 - there is no guiding precedent in which any former president has been indicted on a charge of ordering a
criminal investigation closed for improper reasons." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d67ea8a55c356d5d55134fa88bae3a81c2fd50eae8bda8a44d94243e0d5f9a6ff1dce517e8458c6fab

POLITICO MAGAZINE FRIDAY COVER - "Will Comey's Testimony Matter? Legal experts tell us what Thursday's high-drama hearing means for Trump and the Russia investigation" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d62222df8fdd95d6b54b72110d0b86cf2654463e2edf81214122f7756ca9114f5f6f8c58d5fc57fc54

COMING ATTRACTIONS -- "Jared Kushner Could Meet With Senate Intel Committee Staffers This Month, Sources Say," by NBC News' Kasie Hunt and Phil Helsel: "The Senate Intelligence Committee expects top presidential adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner to meet with committee staffers this month, two sources familiar with the planning told NBC News Thursday. A third source familiar with the conversations said discussions about timing are still ongoing. The committee expects Kushner will meet with staff, provide documents and ultimately take questions from the senators, the two sources said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d699c40e29a065f32bac9805f44eead08ba99e68816e4e89d4a32e43977a2d7819b941ce178e549760

NEXT WEEK'S NEW YORKER COVER - BARRY BLITT did next week's cover illustration, "Modern Times," which shows Trump (wearing a long red tie) caught in the gears. Blitt writes: "Charlie Chaplin and Donald Trump both get caught in the grinding gears of modern times. But with Trump it's not so funny." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d69bcc015aa6b69c564f880770a83b1f29da2671647c83dbe95875c41cc65cffcee2c52f85e1da540d

SNEAK PEEK - WHAT VLADIMIR PUTIN told Oliver Stone for his Showtime special about what he thinks about Sen. John McCain. "[H]onestly, I like Senator McCain to a certain extent. And I'm not joking. I like him because of his patriotism, and I can relate to his consistency in fighting for the interests of his own country." 2-min. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6d044e89e79ccc43242d7c94fcf572287dbdca783cbe40b9fa907082f5d6ab9be4aee7a0b9fb04fbc

BUZZ: THE NEW LOYALTY TEST? -- An aide to a Democratic Senate Judiciary committee member told us that he expects that FBI director pick Christopher Wray will be asked in a confirmation hearing if he pledged "loyalty" to Trump in the interview process.

THE LATEST ON HEALTH CARE -- "Senate GOP finds a new problem for every one resolved on Obamacare repeal," by Adam Cancryn, Jen Haberkorn, Burgess Everett and Rachana Pradhan: "Senate Republicans hoping to get the bulk of an Obamacare repeal bill done within the next few days keep finding a new problem for every old one they get closer to resolving.

"A burst of optimism that they could agree on a more generous version of the House-passed repeal bill was quickly doused by concerns over the cost. An emerging consensus on subsidies to stabilize shaky insurance markets was countered by a threat that crucial abortion restrictions could derail the effort altogether. And looming over it all, lawmakers are still struggling to bridge the deep divide over the future of Medicaid.

"'Building consensus is hard,' Sen. John Cornyn, the chamber's No. 2 Republican, said earlier this week. 'We've all got a better idea. But pretty soon we're going to have to make a decision on a single bill.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6ada95813591551db58a78d336e603f952dad7bb184f1fbbc62ca3db721bb5c04ff52b87dc31d2f9a

THE JUICE ...

-- TRUMP CAMPAIGN VETS, members of the "45 Club", gathered at Morton's Thursday night. SPOTTED: Scott Mason, Anthony Pugliese, Matt Mowers, Paul Gates and Kirk Bell.

-- SPOTTED last night at The Palm for a party honoring longtime maitre d' Tommy Jacomo: Kellyanne Conway, Wolf Blitzer, Tony Kornheiser, James Carville and Mary Matalin. The shindig included a pre fixe menu for dinner, balloons, a video of Tommy and pictures of him throughout the years.

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PHOTO DU JOUR: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr and Vice Chairman Mark Warner greet fired FBI Director James Comey before his testimony on Capitol Hill on June 8. | John Shinkle/POLITICO

SILICON VALLEY WATCH -- "Tech CEOs Cook, Bezos, Catz Said to Attend Kushner-Led Summit," by Bloomberg's Mark Bergen and Brian Womack: "Leaders from the largest technology companies are set to visit the White House later this month for an inaugural meeting of President Donald Trump's group formed to modernize government services, according to three people familiar with the plans. ... The list of planned attendees include Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos, Oracle Co-CEO Safra Catz and International Business Machines Corp. CEO Ginni Rometty ... Alphabet Inc. plans to send Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt."
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-- IT'S WORTH NOTING: Despite the tech industry's tough talk on Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate agreement and over his administration's proposed travel ban, neither appear to have made as big of an impact on the RSVPs for Kushner's summit as some insiders expected.

TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE -- "Trump Picks Scaramucci to Be Ambassador to OECD, Sources Say," by Bloomberg's Jen Jacobs: "President Donald Trump will appoint SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci ambassador to the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said two people familiar with the plan. Scaramucci, 53, was a campaign fundraiser for Trump and regular adviser during the presidential transition, appearing almost every day at Trump Tower and regularly defending the president on television." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d637d2ef147b2e63222a8fc52dcd19f9d5781781c6eba7fc39831b3104fc768b93c89da4efc7d6aa4e


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NO!!!! -- "Trump's Aluminum Tax Could Make Your Beer More Expensive," by Bloomberg's Joe Deaux: "Donald Trump's efforts to save American metal-making jobs by punishing cheap imports may come with an bitter side effect: pricier beer. That's the view of Tim Weiner, senior commodity risk manager at Molson Coors Brewing Co. and its MillerCoors LLC unit. ... [I]f the U.S. does impose import duties on primary aluminum, it will affect the roughly 5,000 brewers scattered across every congressional district, Weiner said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d60db4a4cd7af9d6f29c20242bb3eb8e5653287774322cea9b151264271e2a6bc2695881ccb304c7c2

OFF MESSAGE PODCAST: HRC PREZ CALLS OUT IVANKA -- Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin blasted President Trump and other members of his administration - including the president's daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump. "An ally is not someone who tells people that they're an ally. An ally is not someone who sends a tweet to show that they're an ally. An ally is someone who stands up and fights for a cause," Griffin told Isaac Dovere on "Off Message." Ahead of a weekend of nationwide Pride marches, Griffin said he'd like to say this directly to Ivanka, but he'd be wary of an invitation to the White House: "Anyone who is invited to meet with this president needs to be careful that
they're not being used."

Isaac also talked to Tony-nominated "Indecent" playwright Paula Vogel, who says she'd love it if Mike Pence made her show about the outrage over a 1920s Yiddish theater play featuring a lesbian kiss - his next stop on Broadway after "Hamilton." "You don't want to write something that preaches to the converted, all right? You want to convert," she said. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d69e2e7d7640893175a4f21ad1be2f26811d55c31914551061aede718233fa13a5c7382d06959301c3 ... Listen and subscribe http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6af0d67b6734637a3e8d5ae4a056c2b4a8bcfb656e9a02a9e18a162594f282b7c8947436ec3ec8a55

NERDCAST PODCAST: James Comey made his first public appearance as the former director of the FBI Thursday. POLITICO's Scott Bland, Charlie Mahtesian, Ken Vogel and Eliana Johnson break down what he said and what it means for the Russia investigation. Plus, the latest on New Jersey and Virginia's gubernatorial races and what they say about the future of the Democratic Party - and what's new in Georgia's intense special House election. Listen and subscribe http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d61de907afe3c02e81d0ded155067342c63ffcd166bbecc324efb40152f13bf9db12c8f5c38d1af90a

MEDIAWATCH -- JOHN DICKERSON, "Face the Nation" moderator and CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, is now a contributing editor to The Atlantic. He will write regularly for the print magazine and the website. His first piece for The Atlantic, "Donald Trump Is an Impossible Boss" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d617db836198415949a5e8965cb8ea03b6cd4f0033e8e0f40eb80764cac1204d567a5c74be9c49ffbc

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SUNDAY SO FAR -- CBS' "Face the Nation": Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) ... Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ... Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). Political panel: Julie Pace, Susan Page, David Ignatius and Ed O'Keefe.

--NBC's "Meet the Press" is pre-empted for NBC Sports' coverage of the French Open.

--"Fox News Sunday": Panel: Karl Rove, Donna Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Charles Lane

--CNN's "State of the Union," guest-hosted by Dana Bash: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) ... Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Panel: Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), Neera Tanden, David Urban

- CNN's "Inside Politics": Jackie Kucinich, Carl Hulse, Manu Raju, Sara Murray

SPOTTED: Sen. Debbie Stabenow yesterday on Delta 5:37 p.m. flight from DCA to DTW (h/t James K.A. Smith)

OUT AND ABOUT -- Over 115 Muslim American leaders gathered last night on the rooftop of 20 F Street for the first annual bipartisan congressional Iftar. PAKPAC and MPAC sponsored the event, and they honored Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) and Virginia AG Mark Herring as "champions of religious liberty." ALSO SPOTTED: Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) (who spoke passionately about recent events in Oregon), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), Ed Royce (R-Calif.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.)

SPOTTED: At a post-Comey hearing happy hour last night at Del Frisco's Double Eagle to say farewell to Obama DOJ chiefs of staff Margaret Richardson, Airbnb's director of global policy development who is moving to the Bay Area, and Sharon Werner, who is joining PNC Bank as in-house senior executive in Pittsburgh: Former Attorney General Eric Holder, former Acting AG Sally Yates, and DOJ alums Jenny Mosier, Molly Moran, Stuart Delery, Brian Fallon, Tom Perrelli, Karol Mason, Dave O'Neil, Raj De, Kevin Lewis, Amy Jeffress, Bill Baer, Tracy Schmaler, Emily Pierce, Adora Jenkins, Brin Frazier, Jim Garland, John Bies, Peter Kadzik, Alicia O'Brien, Heather Childs, Riley Roberts, Jake Maccoby,
Helaine Greenfeld, and Annie Bradley.

SPOTTED last night at a reception at Entertainment Software Association hosting college students interning on the Hill with College to Congress: House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), Michael D. Gallagher, Audrey Henson, Tom Wilbur, Lyndon Boozer, Susan Brooks, Rebecca Card, Tim Lordan, Megan Mitchell.

--Former Sen. Bob Dole was the special guest at a reception last night at the Kaiser Permanente Center on Total Health in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the National Academy of Social Insurance. SPOTTED: Earl Pomeroy, Bob Greenstein, John Rother, Peter Edelman, Lisa Mensah, Judy Feder, Ruth Fein, Steve McConnell, and Bill Hoagland.

TRANSITIONS -- Ernst & Young hired Adam Chepenik as a principal based in Washington. He was previously Treasury's deputy director of the office of state and local finance - an office he helped establish in 2014. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d68f44805ef3e7132923dbbaf96b5fb7920af2b0faaf42d43b8e4649335f5668116cd892278e14ae8d ... The American Conservative Union has hired Michi Iljazi as director for government affairs, while the American Conservative Union Foundation has named Jackie Anderson as director of policy and public affairs. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d693bfbd922d619779348e55db09c8a63eff488981ee64a705783802b92064fe8a1caaf40e680a011e

... iHeartMedia has hired Meagan Riley to manage relationships with progressive candidates, parties and advocacy groups, along with trade associations and industry coalitions. She previously was at 1776. iHeartMedia has also hired Bryan Watkins for the same role, but working with conservatives. He previously was at Townhall Media.

BIRTHDAYS OF THE DAY: Jess O'Connell, CEO of the DNC. How she's celebrating: "My wife and I are headed to New York for dinner and a show. We're going to see 'Come From Away.' It's actually a wedding gift from last year from some great friends and we're just now getting to it. Still deciding on restaurants for dinner. Looking for recommendations!" Read her Playbook Plus Q&A: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d6d3289ffc2fa8f150f4fcc8d3cfb8d91a8d69c35f966c913bbf81f77f5e10d2ed5d1c9abc4431efa2 ... Jeff Solnet, senior associate at Precision Strategies. How he's celebrating: "Well, my Precision Strategies colleagues kicked off the festivities yesterday by surprising me mid-meeting with some great bourbon and a gift certificate to one of my favorite coffee shops. I'm
out of town for a wedding tonight, but my girlfriend hosted a surprise roof-top dinner last night!" Q&A: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0ea04cd0104b17d614171ac6f7bb6869cdb8001c96bd1310f809f82edf44898cbb713387d1ab5b5746ebb8bed53ec4ec

BIRTHDAYS: Margaret Talev, senior White House correspondent for Bloomberg (hat tip: Richard Keil) ... Zac Petkanas, former Trump War Room director and senior adviser at the DNC and former rapid response director at HFA (h/ts Jesse Ferguson and Adrienne Watson) ... Lori Lodes, campaign manager for Protect Our Care, former COS for comms at HFA and former comms director at CMS (h/t Jesse) ... Marvin Kalb is 87 ... "Dial" Dick Vitale is 78 ... Aaron Sorkin is 56 ... Stephen Spector ... Miles O'Brien, science, technology, aviation and space journalist ... Liz Mair ... Aaron Sorkin is 56 ... Joe Curl ... Caroline Ryan, youngest daughter of Fred and Genny Ryan is 19 ... Bloomberg's Ashley Bahnken
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Security Project ... Mike Smith ... Robyn Mills ... Andrew Mills ... Vicki Shabo (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... comedian Jackie Mason is 89 ... author Letty Cottin Pogrebin is 78 ... mystery author Patricia Cornwell is 61 ... Michael J. Fox is 56 ... Johnny Depp is 54 ... Natalie Portman is 36 (h/ts AP)

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