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<p><strong>Rusty Capitol Hill aides </strong>\u2014 Republicans and Demo=rats \u2014 shed suit jackets and bowl a few frames, before eating pizz= and pouring soda out of two-liter bottles. </p><p><strong>They're at the =hite House, </strong>in the basement of the Eisenhower Executive Office Bu=lding, as part of an intense effort by the Trump White House to make amend= with lawmakers and their staffs \u2014 who felt ignored for most of t=e Obama years, and blindsided by early Trump actions. </p><p><strong>While=bosses</strong> were home on recess last week, the White House held two bo=ling nights and a bowling lunch for top staff left in D.C. (The White Hous='s two-lane alley has photos on the wall of past presidents bowling.) So f=r, 45 Hill aides have watched one of Washington's great spectacles a Marine One departure from the South Lawn.</p><p><strong>The legislat=ve-outreach strategy, </strong>and how it's working, based on conversation= with lawmakers, their aides, and White House staff: </p><ul><li><strong>F=r his first five years, </strong>President Obama paid little attention to =gos on the Hill: He scheduled events involving senators during their 12:30=Tuesday party lunches, the one sacrosanct time on their calendars. And he =nvited a championship team to the White House when the lawmakers from that=state <strong> </strong>\u2014 who would have loved to bask in the even= <strong> </strong>\u2014 were home on recess. </li><li><strong>Althoug= Obama's team</strong> paid more attention in the final years, Trump is pu=hing on an open door by courting lawmakers and their aides, deploying staf= to work the office buildings, and hiring staff from leadership and the cl=akrooms who understand the members' micro and macro needs. <strong>A Housemocrat </strong>told us: "Trump doesn't understand Congress, but he does='t disdain Congress."</li><li><strong>Rick Dearborn,</strong> White House =eputy chief of staff for Legislative Affairs, Office of Intergovernmental airs, Cabinet Affairs, and Implementation, was chief of staff to Sen. Je=f Sessions (now attorney general). <strong>Marc Short, </strong>Director o= Legislative Affairs, has been a chief of staff in both the House and Sena=e. "These aren't diplomats to a foreign land," said<strong> Don Stewart,</=trong> deputy chief of staff to Leader McConnell. </li><li><strong>Perhaps=the most important element </strong>is the art of the schmooze by the presnt himself. Democrats are regularly being invited to Oval Office events,=and are riding on presidential aircraft. </li><li><strong>After Neil Gorsu=h </strong>was nominated to the Supreme Court, Trump invited several red-s=ate Democratic senators (with a few Republicans thrown in to make it less =bvious) for a low-key chat in the Roosevelt Room. Photographers were invit=d in, giving the lawmakers good publicity back home \u2014<span></span>=and making it tougher for the senators to stiff him later. </li></ul>
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<p><strong>What doesn't really matter: </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Trump <=strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2 GVyLmNvbS9yZWFsRG9uYWxkVHJ1bXAvc3RhdHVzLzgzNTYwODY0ODYyNTgzNjAzMj91dG1fccmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRl=l9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB01b7f4eb" target="_blank"><strong>tting</strong></a> two months in advance that he'll skip the White House =orrespondents' Association dinner April 29. It's a fine night in a crammed=room with episodic humor and celebrity sightings, with scholarships awarde= to journalism students who have contagious enthusiasm and idealism. In th= scheme of things, the president's presence doesn't make or break it. </li=<li><strong>Spicer cherry-picking media orgs</strong> for briefings. The b=iefings are marginally useful at best (<a href="http://link.axios.com/cl=ck/8978317.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3YvdGhlLXByZXNzLW9mZmljZ=8yMDE3LzAyLzI0L3ByZXNzLWdhZ2dsZS1wcmVzcy1zZWNyZXRhcnktc2Vhbi1zcGljZXItMjI0=jAxNz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24=bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBe387b9cb" target="_bla=k">transcript here</a> of what the excluded reporters missed), and a terri=ic waste of time at worst. Twitter will tell you anything of substance tha= happened. So the time is better spent working the phones.</li></ul><p><st=ong>What really does matter:</strong></p><ul> <li><strong>The double-barre shots</strong> by Trump and Bannon at CPAC. Bannon: "If you think<stron=> they're</strong> going to give you your country back without a fight, yo= are sadly mistaken. ... [E]very day, it is going to be a fight."</li><li>=strong>New overnight ... </strong><strong></strong>"<a href="http://link=axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yZXV0ZXJzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3Vz=WNoaW5hLWRlZmVuY2UtbmF2eS1pZFVTS0JOMTY1MDBQP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ=dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c54d77a8b8cBa7d6af2b" target="_blank">Wary of Trump unpredictability</=>, China ramps up naval abilities," from Reuters: "The PLA Navy is likely =o secure significant new funding in China's upcoming defense budget as Bei=ing seeks to check U.S. dominance of the high seas and step up its own protion of power around the globe."</li><li><strong>Republican "Rep. Darrel= Issa</strong> [<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0c=ovL3d3dy5sYXRpbWVzLmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy9lc3NlbnRpYWwvbGEtcG9sLWNhLWVzc2VudGlhwb2xpdGljcy11cGRhdGVzLXByb2RkZWQtYnktYmlsbC1tYWhlci1nb3AtcmVwLWRhcnJlbGw=MTQ4Nzk5Nzc4MS1odG1sc3RvcnkuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77acB375d7333" target="_blank">told Bill Maher</a>] that a<strong> specia= prosecutor</strong> should be tapped to investigate Russian interference =n the 2016 election,<strong> a stance that mirrors the calls of congressio=al Democrats</strong> to sideline the U.S attorney general from such inqui=ies."</li></ul><p><strong>BREAKING ...</strong> In NBC/ WSJ poll, Trump hi=s record low for a new president: 44% approve, 48% disapprove.</p>
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<p><strong>An efficient, evocative dispatch</strong> by AP's Bill Barrow fr=m the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta: "When Tom Perez stepped to the stage =s the newly elected Democratic national chairman, his first official act w=s to invite his vanquished rival to join him as deputy chairman. Minnesota=Rep. Keith Ellison accepted on the spot and two men stood together, smilin= like a national ticket at a presidential nominating convention."</p><ul> =li><strong>Perez told DNC members </strong>ahead of his election: "We suff=r from a crisis of confidence ... a crisis of relevance."</li><li><strong>=[T]he competitive race</strong> that took two rounds of voting \u2014 u=precedented in recent memory for either major party. They picked Perez, a =ormer labor secretary backed by ... Obama [Drudge banner: "STILL OBAMA'S P=RTY"], over Ellison, the liberal Minnesota congressman backed by liberal i=on Bernie Sanders.</li><li><strong>"Reaction wasn't enthusiastic</strong> =mong the liberal groups that embraced Sanders' presidential campaign and h=ve intensified their efforts since the election."</li></ul><p><strong>Bern=e Sanders</strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR=cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CZXJuaWVTYW5kZXJzL3N0YXR1cy84MzU1OTAxMTE0NzE1NTA0Nj=_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld=NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB8f904d85" target="_blank">=tweets</a>: "It's imperative Tom understands that the same-old, same-old i=n't working and that we must bring in working and young people in a new wa=."</p><p><strong>Trump <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8978317.3623=/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9yZWFsRG9uYWxkVHJ1bXAvc3RhdHVzLzgzNTYxMDkxNzU2O=IwMDcwNT91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFp$9bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB0191f108" target="_=lank">tweets</a>:</strong> "Congratulations to Thomas Perez, who has just n named Chairman of the DNC. I could not be happier for him, or for the =epublican Party!"</p><p><strong>Perez <a href="http://link.axios.com/cli=k/8978317.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9Ub21QZXJlei9zdGF0dXMvODM1NjIyNz=2OTc2ODg5ODU3P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jY=1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB34cc4020" targe="_blank">answers</a>: </strong>"Call me Tom. And don't get too happy. @=eithellison and I, and Democrats united across the country, will be your w=rst nightmare."</p><p><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/89783=7.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9yZWFsRG9uYWxkVHJ1bXAvc3RhdHVzLzgzNTgxND=4ODY4NjIzMzYwMT91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY=FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB3e9791f4" targ=t="_blank">Trump adds</a> this morning:</strong> "The race for DNC Chair=an was, of course, totally 'rigged.' Bernie's guy, like Bernie himself, ne=er had a chance. Clinton demanded Perez."</p><p><strong>SIREN ... "</stron=>Progressives threaten revolt after DNC vote," by <a href="http://link.a=ios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jbm4uY29tLzIwMTcvMDIvMjUvcG9saX=pY3MvZG5jLWNoYWlyLXZvdGUtcHJvZ3Jlc3NpdmVzLWFuZ3J5LWVsbGlzb24tcGVyZXovaW5kZ=guaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFp$9bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB5373d291" target="_=lank">CNN's Greg Krieg </a>in Atlanta: "After the results were announced, =ngry Ellison loyalists rose from their seats ... and tried to shout down o=tgoing interim chair Donna Brazile, chanting, 'Party for the people, not b=g money!'"</p>
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<p>BP invests more in the U.S. than anywhere else, and over the past 10 yea=s no energy company has invested more in America.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL2Jldm8tdXMtZWFzdC0xL=Fkc25hdGl2ZS5jb20vY2s_dXJsPWh0dHA6Ly9vbi5icC5jb20vMmxTUW45RiZkYXRhPU9URmhP=EUzTWpSbU1Ea3pOelV5TnpVd05tWm1Zamd6TlRkak1tRmlZV1l6TTJNNU1HTTRaV00zWWpFMU5=TTFZMk5sTldFME9URXlPVEZsTTJRMlpERm1OV0UxWldObFkyTTRNR1ptWTJZd05tVTVORFkxWk=kbFlXTm1NR0psTUdJMFlXTTJOakU1Tm1SbU1UWTVaREEzTTJJMk0yUmlNams0Tnpoa01qUmlZe=5qWVdRME1qazFOekJtTkRobVpXSTFaalZsWVdVME16UTFOall5WlRRd1pHTXlNVGxsTVdZek5H=TBZalU0TWpZMU9URmxZVGsyWkRObE9XWmhOVGMxTTJRd01HWTBNRE14TnpObVl6UmxPR1V5TjJ=M05ESTROV1EyWkdReFl6WmxOelptWldVM09EQmtPV05qTnpZeU5EYzBZbU5pTjJZeE5URTJOR1=yTkdSak5EbGhPRGd6WVRVMk9HRTRaakppT1RBek1UazJOamcwTURWa05UQXpaREEwTUdJNU1UQ=FOekZqTWpNeE5UaGtZakl5WVRoa1pUZ3lNVEElM0Qmc2lkPTZhM2ZiZDgyNjllMDQzMzM4NWI2=DkwYzI0MGIyMmU1X2ZlOGViNTM3JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWV=YWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBec61c" target=\u201d_blank\u201d class="adLink">Learn more abou= our U.S. impact.</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Warren Buffett released </strong>his highly-anticipated annual l=tter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders yesterday (<a href="http://link.=xios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5iZXJrc2hpcmVoYXRoYXdheS5jb20vb=V0dGVycy8yMDE2bHRyLnBkZj91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFp=CZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB12f56" target="_blank">29-page PDF</a>). <strong>Takeaways</strong> by Axio=' Alayna Treene:</p><ul><li><strong>Buffett devoted nearly 5 pages </stron=>to condemning hedge funds for charging high fees while delivering meager =esults.</li><li><strong>Immigration is good: </strong>Buffett said that yo= don't need to be an economist to understand that immigration has been at =he foundation of what makes America great. Buffett never mentions Trump by=name.</li><li><strong>Stocks will continue to go up: </strong><strong></st=ong>"The years ahead will occasionally deliver major market declines even panics \u2014 that will affect virtually all stocks." But do='t panic: "Yes, the build-up of wealth will be interrupted for short perio=s from time to time. It will not, however, be stopped."</li></ul>
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<p><strong>President George W. Bush unveils</strong> a new passion project a 192-page book of oil paintings, "Portraits of Courage: A Comman=er in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors," <a href="http://link.axios=com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvbS9Qb3J0cmFpdHMtQ291cm=nZS1Db21tYW5kZXItQW1lcmljYXMtV2FycmlvcnMvZHAvMDgwNDE4OTc2NT91dG1fc291cmNlP=5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlv/t/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB833208b4" target="_blank">out Tuesday</a> f=om Crown. Bush aide Freddy Ford emailed details to Bush family and friends=last evening: </p><ul><li><strong>Over the past year, </strong>Bush painte= 98 wounded warriors he's gotten to know through the Bush Institute. </li>=li><strong>T</strong><strong>he book includes </strong>64 of them, plus a =our-panel mural, with each painting accompanied by a story Bush wrote abou= the patriot.</li><li><strong>Forewords by</strong> Laura Bush and Gen. Pe=er Pace, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.</li><li><strong>Bush i= donating</strong> profits to the Bush Institute, where the Military Servi=e Initiative helps post-9/11 veterans, with a focus on employment and the =nvisible wounds of war.</li></ul><p><strong><a href="http://link.axios.c=m/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNoY2VudGVyLm9yZy9leGhpYml0cy1hbmQt=XZlbnRzL2V4aGliaXRzLzIwMTcvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWNvdXJhZ2UtZXhoaWJpdC5odG1sP3V=bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbG GVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBe59ece4b" target="_blank">See = gallery of the portraits here.</a></strong></p><p><strong>A slipcover edi=ion</strong> signed by President Bush is available<a href="http://link.a=ios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nZW9yZ2V3YnVzaGJvb2tzLmNvbT91dG291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xld=Rlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB7f513969" target="_blank"> here<=a>. </p>
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<p><strong>Axios AM moved metals markets</strong> this week with the scoop =hat the infrastructure bill is likely to be crowded off the stage this yea=, and instead pushed to 2018 for both practical and political reasons. Bar=on's sees the moment as a sign that the Trump rally is starting "to show s=gns of age." </p><p><strong>"Streetwise" columnist </strong>Kopin Tan has =everal columns' worth of astute points in "<a href="http://link.axios.co=/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5iYXJyb25zLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy9laWdodC15Z=Fycy1hLWJ1bGwtMTQ4ODAwMDM4Mj91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1l=WFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB262f2" target="_blank">Eight Years a Bull</a>: The bull market's eight-r anniversary is just around the corner [March 9] \u2014 and cracks i= its faade are beginning to show": </p><ul><li><strong>"The Dow indu=trials'</strong> 11 straight record closes have become its longest streak =ince early 1987."</li><li><strong><strong>"</strong>Economically sensitive=financials</strong>, industrials, and materials are still the top three se=tors since the election. But they've slipped off the medal podium to the f=fth to seventh spots this year, as an infrastructure spending bill looks u=likely before 2018.</li><li><strong>Unintended consequences: </strong>"[T]=e White House wants to reduce the inflow of immigrants and increase the ou=flow, which could slow the already wan growth in our labor force by 32% in 18 and 62% in 2019 ... Reducing immigration 'should not be viewed just a= a supply shock to labor, but more importantly as a demand shock.'"</li><l=><strong>"Immigrants</strong>\u2014both illegal ones targeted by border=guards, and legal aliens who feel the chill\u2014buy homes and cars and=services, and t<strong>heir ejection from the base of our economic pyramid=could affect markets </strong>from retail to housing."</li><li><strong>If =ou read only 1 paragraph in this entire newsletter: </strong>"Above all, o=r cyclical rejuvenation hasn't cured the structural ills of an economy hol=owed out by automation and global competition, and stagnant wages for 90% =f the population. That may be why there's anger on the streets, even if ou= economic enhancement continues to enthrall Wall Street."</li></ul>
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<p><strong>George Will uses </strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click78317.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL29waW5pb25zL2JpZy1n=3Zlcm5tZW50LXNuZWFraWx5LWdldHMtYmlnZ2VyLzIwMTcvMDIvMjQvNzBjYjUyZDItZmEwNy0=MWU2LWJlMDUtMWEzODE3YWMyMWE1X3N0b3J5Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJn V9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c54d77a8b8cB6e3dc2a3" target="_blank">today's column</a>, "How big gov=rnment disguises its growth," to illuminate a big idea in <a href="http:=/link.axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJvb2tpbmdzLmVkdS9ibG=nL2ZpeGdvdi8yMDE3LzAyLzEzL3Rlbi1xdWVzdGlvbnMtYW5kLWFuc3dlcnMtYWJvdXQtYW1lc=ljYXMtYmlnLWdvdmVybm1lbnQvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVt=WlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBba747" target="_blank">a Brookings paper</a> by John DiIulio of the Univ=rsity of Pennsylvania, who ran George W. Bush's first faith-based office: =/p><ul><li><strong>"[G]overnment has prudently </strong>become stealthy ab=ut how it becomes ever bigger ... using three kinds of 'administrative pro=ies' \u2014 state and local government, for-profit businesses, and nonp=ofit organizations."</li><li><strong>"Many Americans</strong> are rhetoric=lly conservative but behaviorally liberal."</li><li><strong>"The governmen=</strong>/for-profit contractor/nonprofit complex consumes about 40 percen= of gross domestic product. Just don't upset anyone by calling it "big gov=rnment.'"</li></ul>
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<p><strong>Key storyline</strong> for tonight's Oscars (ABC, 7 p.m., hosted=by Jimmy Kimmel) \u2014 AP Film Writer Jake Coyle: "'La La Land' goes =nto Sunday's 89th Annual Academy Awards with a record-tying 14 nominations= including best picture. <strong>But a cultural backlash </strong>against =he candy-colored musical has raised the possibility of an upset win by the=strong> more socially relevant</strong> 'Moonlight' or 'Hidden Figures.'"<=p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8x317.36233/aHR0cDovL2JpZ3N0b3J5LmFwLm9yZy9hcnRpY2xlLzAxZjBhZjhiNzJiZTQyNT=4ZjY4MTk5YmRmNzJlZTI1L29zY2FyLXdpbm5lcnMtYWJvdXQtaG9sbHl3b29kLXVuZGVyY3Vyc=VudHMtYW54aWV0eT91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1f/tcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBd544b518" tar=et="_blank">Sound smart: </a>"[M]any have already lamented the increasin=ly self-congratulatory nature of Hollywood's already exceedingly self-cong=atulatory awards season. ... But if 'La La Land' pulls out the win, ... it=may just prove that Hollywood doesn't need another pat on the back, but a =ep talk."</p><p><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8978317.362=3/aHR0cDovL2JpZ3N0b3J5LmFwLm9yZy9hcnRpY2xlLzdjZWE1OTA2MmNkOTQ0NjA5YmI1ZGI0=jJjOTdhY2I5L2hvbm9yLWxhLWxhLWxhbmQtNS1iZXN0LW1vdmllcy1hYm91dC1ob2xseXdvb2Q=dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3=sZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB79639c20" target="_blank">H=llywood loves movies about</a> </strong>... Hollywood: "Damien Chapelle's =.. 'La La Land' is part of a grand tradition going back beyond 'Singin' i= the Rain' and running past 'Mulholland Drive.'"</p><p><strong><a href="=ttp://link.axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5iYmMuY29tL25ld3MvZPZXJ0YWlubWVudC1hcnRzLTM4ODc0Nzk4P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVk=XVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d778cBd8b5b151" target="_blank">Celebrities who may get political </a></s=rong>in tonight's speeches, tipped to be the most political ever. </p><p s=yle="margin-left: 20px;"><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8317.36233/aHR0cDovL2FiY25ld3MuZ28uY29tL0VudGVydGFpbm1lbnQvMjAxNy1wb2xpd=ljYWwteWVhci1hY2FkZW15LWF3YXJkcy9zdG9yeT9pZD00NTY4MzEyNiZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW5l=3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2F=/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBce2be893" target="_blank">Political speeches <=a></strong>at past Oscars ceremonies. </p><p><strong><a href="http://lin=.axios.com/click/8978317.36233/aHR0cDovL3d3dy52YW5pdHlmYWlyLmNvbS9vc2NhcnM=MjAxNy1iYWxsb3QvdmFuaXR5ZmFpci1vc2NhcnMtMjAxNy1iYWxsb3QucGRmP3V0bV9zb3VyY2mV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4a=9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBb01bae95" target="_blank">Vanity Fair's 1=page printable ballot</a> </strong>for your Oscars party, with a spot to s=ore correct picks out of 24. </p><p><a href="http://link.axios.com/click78317.36233/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3N0dWRpb3MtdnMtc3RyZWFtZXJzLWhv=Gx5d29vZHMtYmF0dGxlLXJveWFsLTIyODU1MzI0MzYuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR=ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/58719924c17c54d77a8b8cBe440a40f" target="_blank"><strong>See the N.Y. Times =d, </strong></a>"The truth is hard," that will air during the Oscars and Trump's tweet about it this morning!</p>
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