POLITICO Playbook: ‘Don’t overthink it’
“DON’T OVERTHINK IT.” That’s the mantra we hold listening to from many Democrats in D.C. So many members of the House majority are befuddled by the hyperventilating over messaging, confused at the pretzels some lawmakers twist themselves into as they pursue impeaching President DONALD TRUMP. They say that what TRUMP has stated within the open is sufficient to cost him with excessive crimes and misdemeanors.
THESE DEMOCRATS recommend this message: The president tried once more to robust arm a sovereign European nation into injecting itself into america’ electoral process. Don’t take my phrase for it -- simply take heed to the president’s personal phrases.
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED IN THE LAST 12 OR SO HOURS:
-- THE WASHINGTON POST reported TRUMP advised Russian officials in the Oval Office he was “unconcerned about Moscow’s interference within the 2016 U.S. presidential election because the United States did the same in other nations, an assertion that prompted alarmed White Home officers to restrict access to the remarks to an unusually small number of individuals, based on three former officials with information of the matter.” WaPo’s Shane Harris, Josh Dawsey and Ellen Nakashima
-- THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR UKRAINE KURT VOLKER resigned after he was caught up talking to Rudy Giuliani. The State Press -- the ASU newspaper -- broke this story
-- … AND: GIULIANI -- the president’s lawyer -- “abruptly canceled his scheduled paid appearance at a Kremlin-backed convention in Armenia next week.”
WAPO: “Giuliani, who confirmed to The Washington Submit on Friday morning that he would attend the occasion, reversed himself that evening after The Submit reported on his participation in the meeting, which Russian President Vladimir Putin and other prime Russian officers are anticipated to attend. The two-day conference is sponsored by Russia and the Moscow-based Eurasian Economic Union, a commerce alliance launched by Putin in 2014 as a counterweight to the European Union.” The Post story, by Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey, Amie Ferris-Rotman and Ros Helderman … NYT’s Maggie Haberman scooped that Giuliani wasn’t going
-- CNN: “White Home efforts to restrict entry to President Donald Trump's conversations with overseas leaders prolonged to telephone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, based on individuals familiar with the matter.
“Those calls -- both with leaders who keep controversial relationships with Trump -- have been among the presidential conversations that aides took exceptional steps to keep from turning into public.” Story by Pamela Brown, Jim Sciutto and Kevin Liptak
Good Saturday morning from Austin, Texas. IF THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS win either right now at 4:05 p.m. or tomorrow at Three:05 p.m. towards the Cleveland Indians, they'll host the Wild Card recreation Tuesday at Nats Park. As of now, it is going to be the Nationals vs. the Milwaukee Brewers.
SPOTTED: Home Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on the DCA &pizza on Friday, ordering half veggie/half pesto. Pic… Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Jim’s in Philadelphia ordering a Philly cheesesteak with provolone. Pic …
… Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER assembly with Mark Cuban on the Regency lodge restaurant in New York. Cuban supports S.348, the Resident Doctor Shortage Reduction Act, which opens up slots for docs, so he asked for an update on where the invoice stands. Apart from swapping tales, Cuban also shared his thoughts on impeachment as they chatted about news of the day. Steve Bannon’s nephew Sean Bannon also came as much as Cuban and stated hi to him earlier than the assembly.
PALM BEACH POST: “Prosecutors: Army official at Mar-a-Lago uploaded suspected baby porn to Russian web site,” by Martin Vassolo and Nicholas Nehamas: “A army official formerly in cost of all White Home communications for the U.S. Army at Mar-a-Lago was sentenced to 3 years of probation on Friday after he made false statements to a federal agent throughout a toddler pornography investigation.
“Richard Ciccarella — a non-commissioned officer who informed federal agents he was in command of communications at President Donald Trump’s Palm Seashore resort — turned a goal of an investigation after he uploaded photographs of a younger woman to a seedy Russian web site between 2017 and 2018, in accordance with courtroom documents.
“Ciccarella used the username RICH25N to add suspicious pictures and folders to the web site iMGSRC.RU between November 2017 and February 2018, in line with courtroom paperwork.” Miami Herald
NYT’S MAGGIE HABERMAN and ANNIE KARNI: “N.R.A.’s LaPierre Asks Trump to ‘Stop the Video games’ Over Gun Legislation in Discussion About Its Help”: “President Trump met within the White Home on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief government of the National Rifle Association, and discussed potential gun laws and whether or not the N.R.A. might present help for the president as he faces impeachment and a harder re-election marketing campaign, in accordance with two individuals acquainted with the meeting.
“In the course of the assembly, Mr. LaPierre asked that the White Home ‘stop the games’ over gun management legislation, individuals acquainted with the assembly stated. It was not clear whether Mr. Trump asked Mr. LaPierre for his help, or what that help would look like.
“In a press release Friday evening, an N.R.A. spokesman confirmed the meeting occurred but insisted The Occasions’s account of the assembly was ‘inaccurate.’ He pushed back on the account of some officers that any supply of help for the president was in change for opposition to gun legal guidelines. ‘The N.R.A. categorically denies any discussion occurred about particular arrangements pertaining to the N.R.A.’s help of the President and vice versa,’ the assertion stated.” NYT
-- PEOPLE INVOLVED in the gun management course of say they consider the president was getting weak-kneed on background checks on his personal.
IMPEACHMENT CLIP PACKET …
STAKEOUT ALERT … OCT. 4: INTEL COMMUNITY IG MICHAEL ATKINSON is coming to temporary the Intelligence Committee behind closed doors.
BEHIND THE SCENES … DCCC CHAIR CHERI BUSTOS of Illinois sent an e-mail to House Democrats yesterday, touting new get together polling on impeachment: “Given the fluid nature of this week’s events, we instantly went into the sector to get a snapshot of the current sentiment. The results of that survey are hooked up here on your evaluation,” she wrote within the e mail.
“Polls carried out after massive news events will typically shift, however the hooked up exhibits a snapshot of where public opinion lies immediately. Please reach out when you have any questions. Thanks.”
-- THE POLL was carried out online amongst 1,013 possible voters nationwide. … The ballot requested if the respondent can be extra more likely to vote for a candidate who “sided with Nancy Pelosi and supported an impeachment investigation into Donald Trump,” or somebody who “sided with Mitch McConnell and opposed an impeachment investigation into Donald Trump.” 49% would vote for the candidate who sided with Pelosi, in comparison with 38% for the candidate who sided with McConell.
-- THE MEMO DOES NOT ADDRESS say whether Democrats polled whether or not TRUMP ought to be impeached, or not. The DCCC-commissioned poll memo
CNN’S MANU RAJU and ALEX ROGERS: “Democrats say White House stonewalling won't drag out inquiry and will increase case for impeachment”: “House Democrats are creating a brand new plan to cope with any White Home stonewalling to their upcoming calls for for data and testimony: They may use it as proof for an article of impeachment towards President Donald Trump, in accordance to sources involved in the discussions.
“Democrats are hoping that the tactic will drive White House officers to select: They might present data to bolster the Democratic investigation, or they will resist the Home subpoenas and add to the Democrats' case that Trump has sought to impede Congress. On Friday, three Democratic chairmen signaled their plans within the first spherical of subpoenas issued since Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry earlier this week.
“‘Your failure or refusal to adjust to the subpoena shall represent evidence of obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry,’ the chairmen wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.” CNN
CLIP AND SAVE … “Impeachment takeaways: Where we stand and what comes next,” by Natasha Bertrand, Kyle Cheney, Andrew Desiderio, Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn
NEVADA INDEPENDENT: “Amodei on Trump impeachment inquiry: ‘Let’s put it by means of the process and see what happens’”: Rep. Mark Amodei supports the House’s inquiry into whether or not President Donald Trump ought to be impeached, however is withholding judgment on whether Trump has crossed the authorized line.
“‘Let’s put it by way of the method and see what happens,’ Amodei, the one Republican within the state’s congressional delegation, stated on a name Friday with reporters, adding that he believes Congress is justified to look into the matter. ‘I’m an enormous fan of oversight, so let’s let the committees get to work and see the place it goes,’ he added.
“‘Using government businesses to, if it’s confirmed, to put your finger on the size of an election, I don’t assume that’s right,’ he continued. ‘If it turns out that it’s something along those strains, then there’s a problem.’” Nevada Independent
-- THIS SOUNDS LIKE he’s for hearings and attending to the underside of issues, not impeachment.
CAPITOL HILL TO RUDY: SHUT UP, AND GO AWAY … MEL ZANONA: “‘I wish he would shut the heck up’: Republicans sour on Giuliani: Even some of president’s closest Hill allies say Giuliani is not serving to the president.”
PAGE SIX: “Lindsey Graham loudly blabs about whistleblower controversy on business flight,” by Carlos Greer: “Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday gave a business flight a personal preview of his appearance on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation,’ a source advised Web page Six, including calling the whistleblower controversy ‘Kavanaugh on steroids!’
“We’re informed that the South Carolina pol was on a JetBlue flight from Washington, DC, to Charleston and was chatting loudly with “Jared” — presumably White Home adviser Jared Kushner — before takeoff. It was a ‘full-blown, loud conversation’ in response to an airborne spy. ‘His telephone rang and he answered, ‘Hey, Jared!’ He was . . . saying he’s going to be on ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday. He stated, ‘Pay attention — this is what I’m going to lay out,’ ’ we’re informed. …
“Our supply associated, ‘He was like, ‘We need to know why Hunter [Biden] was receiving $50Okay’ ’ for being on the board of Ukrainian fuel firm Burisma. ‘He then stated, ‘You'll be able to’t impeach somebody on hearsay.’ He was laying out his story for Sunday.’” Page Six
-- IF GRAHAM’S DEFENSE is going to be centered around why Hunter Biden was making a bunch of cash from a Ukranian fuel firm, he ought to go searching Washington and he’ll see numerous individuals making a lot of cash as a result of they know somebody powerful.
THE PRESIDENT’S SATURDAY … No occasions scheduled.
… BUT, BUT, BUT … POST AND COURIER’S CAITLIN BYRD (@MaryCaitlinByrd): “More details on Lindsey Graham's golf outing with President Donald Trump on Saturday: - Trump and Graham will probably be joined on the green by golfers Gary Participant and Annika Sörenstam -Graham advised the gang in Bluffton, SC that he plans to be there by around 9:15 a.m.”
IN MEMORIAM -- “Joseph Wilson, Who Challenged Iraq Warfare Narrative, Dies at 69,” by NYT’s Neil Genzlinger: “Joseph C. Wilson, the long-serving American diplomat who undercut President George W. Bush’s declare in 2003 that Iraq had been making an attempt to build nuclear weapons, leading to the unmasking of his wife on the time, Valerie Plame, as a C.I.A. agent, died on Friday at his residence in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 69. Ms. Plame stated the cause was organ failure. …
“An enormous character whom some found prickly and troublesome, Mr. Wilson served in quite a few posts, many in Africa, in a 23-year diplomatic profession that began in 1976. … In a phone interview on Friday, Ms. Plame, whose marriage to Mr. Wilson led to divorce this yr, stated he had never regretted writing the article. ‘He did it as a result of he felt it was his duty as a citizen,’ she stated. ‘It was not carried out out of partisan motivation, despite the way it was spun.’ ‘He had the coronary heart of a lion,’ she added. ‘He’s an American hero.’” NYT
WHAT HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AND OBAMA ALUMNI WILL BE READING … INSIDE HOOK: “The ‘Ari Gold of Politics’ on the Rules Every Man Should Live By: Michael Hardaway helped Obama win the presidency. Now he needs that will help you.”
CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker -- 14 keepers
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman (@dlippman):
-- “The Darkish Aspect of Techno-Utopianism,” by The New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz: “Huge technological shifts have all the time empowered reformers. They've also empowered bigots, hucksters, and propagandists.” New Yorker
-- “The Libertarians on the Anti-Krugman Cruise Just Need to Be Left Alone,” by Lizzie O’Leary in Bloomberg Businessweek: “All aboard the Superstar Solstice with the listeners of Contra Krugman, a podcast dedicated to rebutting the Nobel Prize-winning economist.” Bloomberg Businessweek
-- “The Distinctly American Ethos of the Grifter,” by Ligaya Mishan in the NYT’s T Journal: “As tales of theft and deception have come to dominate the cultural dialog, it may possibly typically really feel like grift is a contemporary phenomenon — however it isn’t.” T Magazine
-- “Will there ever be a remedy for continual pain?” by Sophie Elmhirst in 1843 Journal’s October/November situation: “We aspire to a life with out discomfort, without unpleasantness. But what kind of life would that be? It is as arduous to imagine a world without pain as an individual with out unhappiness: an entire dimension of existence can be missing.” 1843 Magazine (hat tip: Longform.org)
-- “‘I don’t know what it is ... however it’s just ... It’s 30,’” by WaPo’s Caroline Kitchener in Boones Mill, Va.: “We pored over census knowledge on 30-year-old ladies in America to seek out someone who falls within the center: for marital standing, salary, schooling, number of youngsters. It led us to Sam Smith.” WaPo
-- “Ritalin at 75: what does the longer term maintain?” by Matthew Smith in The Conversation: “[The] medicine have been marketed to deal with on a regular basis issues. With medicine like Ritalin, (but in addition bestselling anti-anxiety medicine and tranquilisers, akin to Miltown and Valium) the message to ladies, particularly, was clear. As an alternative of dealing with the features of their lives that made them drained and depressed, they should flip to ‘mother’s little helper.’” The Conversation
-- “A Prison Lifer Comes House,” by Maura Ewing and Samantha Melamed in The Atlantic: “Imprisoned for decades for a crime he committed as a juvenile, ‘Purple Dog’ Fennell was launched as an previous man right into a baffling world.” The Atlantic
-- “‘The threats comply with us house’: Survey particulars dangers for female journalists in U.S., Canada,” by Lucy Westcott in CPJ: “‘Sources would contact me by way of social media to ask me out on dates, on prime of the standard harassment via Fb feedback,’ Lauren, a web-based and print reporter based mostly in New England, advised me. ... ‘It’s arduous for ladies to cope with harassment in any setting because we’re socialized to be ‘nice’. There’s also the threat of dropping a source for those who name them out on their conduct. We have now to suck it up lots of the time.’” CPJ
-- “Paging Dr. Robotic,” by D.T. Max in The New Yorker: “A pathbreaking surgeon prefers to do his chopping by distant management.” New Yorker
-- “How Two Kentucky Farmers Turned Kings Of Croquet, The Sport That Never Needed Them,” by Julian Smith in Deadspin: “Croquet crossed the Atlantic round 1880 and made a quick appearance at the 1900 Olympics in Paris. Within the 1920s and ‘30s, Hollywood varieties like Harpo Marx and Samuel Goldwyn turned obsessed with the game. On Lengthy Island estates, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald watched Groucho Marx, Dorothy Parker, and different members of the Algonquin Spherical Desk play.” Deadspin (h/t Longform.org)
-- “Can a Burger Assist Remedy Climate Change?” by The New Yorker’s Tad Good friend: “Eating meat creates large environmental prices. Unattainable Foods thinks it has a solution.” New Yorker
-- “Stories About My Brother,” by Prachi Gupta in Jezebel: “I used to be finally turning into the lady I had all the time needed to be, however was heartbroken that my brother, the individual I beloved more than anybody else on the earth, seemingly hated that lady … When he died, I believed that I didn’t know the details of his life nicely sufficient to put in writing his obituary. Worse, I feared that he wouldn’t have needed me to write down it. How do you write about someone you liked intensely, however didn’t really like?” Jezebel (h/t Longreads.com)
Ship tricks to Eli Okun and Garrett Ross at politicoplaybook@politico.com.
TRANSITION -- David Nason is now EVP and chief danger and compliance officer at TIAA. He previously was president and CEO of GE Power Monetary Providers and is a Treasury and SEC alum.
WEDDING -- Gadi Schwartz, an NBC News correspondent and host of “Stay Tuned,” and Kimi Tobin, a reporter for NBC4 in Los Angeles, received married Thursday in Bora Bora. Pic
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Chrys Kefalas, VP of brand name technique at the Nationwide Affiliation of Producers, is Four-Zero. How he’s celebrating: “Three things are most necessary to me: individuals who select to be in my life in a meaningful method, my Greek heritage -- and Barry’s Bootcamp. And I’ll get to have fun my 40th birthday with all three, beginning at Barry’s Bootcamp with awesome teacher Stephen Klagholz and ending with dinner with household and associates at Komi.” Playbook Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Sen. Invoice Cassidy (R-La.) is 62 … Steve Schmidt is 49 … AP’s Andy Taylor … Jen O’Malley Dillon, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign manager … Laura Quinn, president and CIO of Catalist (h/t Jon Haber) … Kate Sheckells (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Helen Aguirre Ferré, comms director for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis … WaPo’s Emily Heil and Julie Bone … Poppy MacDonald, president of USAFacts … POLITICO’s Christian Vasquez, Patrick D’Silva and Suhani Sanwar … Antonio Weiss is 53 ... Ayelet Cohen, social secretary at the Israeli Embassy … Texas Tribune D.C. bureau chief Abby Livingston … Brent McIntosh is 46 ... Chris Geidner, senior adviser for regulation and coverage on the Justice Collaborative … Scott Mulhauser, companion at Bully Pulpit Interactive (h/ts Tim Burger and Ben Chang) … former Rep. Curt Clawson (R-Fla.) is 6-0 ... former Rep. Steve Largent (R-Okla.) is 65 … Google’s Mattingly Messina ... Bloomberg’s Evelyn Erskine ... Kelsie Wendelberger … Ben Greenman is 5-0 …
… L.A. Occasions’ Del Quentin Wilber (h/t Annie Linskey) … Katharine Pichardo-Erskine, president of Hamilton Marketing campaign Community (h/t Enyibel Rodriguez) … Jon Summers, president of Summers Methods … Kat Kane, senior companion at Fenway Strategies ... Laura Santucci ... Jeff Barnard is 69 … Brian Rogers, companion at Bullpen Strategy Group … Molly Crosby of Planned Parenthood ... former Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin is 86 … Hortense Goulard ... Jane Abraham ... Calley Means ... Rohan Patel ... Matt Corridoni is Three-0 (h/t Marie Harf) ... Nadia Szold (h/t proud brother Daniel Lippman) … Will Thompson ... Dorothy Lutz ... Rory Murphy of Squire Patton Boggs ... NBC’s Joanna Brenner ... Darren Grubb … Katie Listing … Melissa Charbonneau … Katie Smith Allen … Bhavna Ghia … Dave Davis … Tony Case ... Marty Machowsky .....
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