PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP this morning, at a wreath-laying ceremony at the New York City Veterans Day Parade: “Just some weeks ago, American special forces raided the ISIS compound and brought the world’s No. 1 terrorist chief to justice. Because of American warriors, [Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi is lifeless. His second-in-charge is lifeless. We now have our eyes on No. three. His reign of terror is over. And our enemies are operating very, very scared.”
HOUSE REPUBLICAN RETIREMENT NO. 20* … “GOP Rep. Pete King says he will not search reelection,” by Quint Forgey and Steve Shepard: “King, a 14-term congressman first elected in 1992, stated the ‘prime cause’ for his departure ‘was that after 28 years of spending four days every week in Washington, D.C., it is time to finish the weekly commute and be residence’ in Seaford, New York. …
“Whereas King’s seat is aggressive, he advised his choice to step down was not driven by worry of a challenger in subsequent yr’s election, citing his help in public polling and a formidable marketing campaign struggle chest. … King gained reelection in 2018 by 6 proportion points, down sharply from his 17-point margin in 2016.” POLITICO
*OUR RETIREMENT COUNT consists of people who find themselves leaving the House and operating for other workplaces.
-- NATIONAL JOURNAL’S @AlexClearfield: “#NY02: E-mail to me from former Rep. Rick Lazio (R), who represented part of this district from 1993-01: ‘I simply heard the news about Pete King’s announcement and I might be considering by way of what meaning for the district - past the apparent.’”
-- KING IS AS PART AND PARCEL to the House Republican Conference as anybody. He’s been a number one voice in national security issues, and an in depth ally of the management for years. His Long Island district is going to be very competitive. It was lengthy thought that his daughter, native pol Erin King Sweeney, can be a leading candidate for the seat. But King famous this morning that she had moved to North Carolina.
-- @SenSchumer: “Peter King stood head & shoulders above everyone else […] He’s been principled & by no means let others push him away from his rules […] He’s fiercely beloved America, Long Island, and his Irish heritage and left a lasting mark on all three […] I will miss him in Congress & value his friendship.”
Good Monday afternoon. THE L.A. TIMES has corrected a quote from Pete Buttigieg that we cited in this morning’s Playbook. The LAT initially misquoted him as talking concerning the “failures of the Obama era.” He truly referred to “failures of the previous regular.” More
IN ADVANCE OF ERDOĞAN’S VISIT … HOUSE GOP CONFERENCE CHAIR LIZ CHENEY (R-Wyo.) asked Secretary of State MIKE POMPEO not to permit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s bodyguards who have been concerned in a clash in D.C. in 2017 into the country. The letter
WHAT’S ON THE PRESIDENT’S MIND -- @realDonaldTrump at 9 a.m.: “Will probably be assembly with representatives of the Vaping business, together with medical professionals and individual state representatives, to provide you with a suitable answer to the Vaping and E-cigarette dilemma. Youngsters’s well being & safety, along with jobs, might be a spotlight!”
UKRAINE THE SWAMP -- “After push from Perry, backers obtained big fuel deal in Ukraine,” by AP’s Desmond Butler in Kyiv, Michael Biesecker, Stephen Braun and Richard Lardner: “Ukraine awarded the contract to Perry’s supporters little greater than a month after the U.S. power secretary attended Zelenskiy’s Might inauguration. In a gathering during that trip, Perry handed the new president an inventory of people he beneficial as power advisers. One of the four names was his longtime political backer Michael Bleyzer.
“Every week later, Bleyzer and his associate Alex Cranberg submitted a bid to drill for oil and fuel at a sprawling government-controlled website referred to as Varvynska. They provided tens of millions of dollars less to the Ukrainian authorities than their solely competitor for the drilling rights … The sequence of events suggests the Trump administration’s political maneuvering in Ukraine was entwined with the large enterprise of the power trade.” AP
SYRIA LATEST -- “Turkey begins deporting suspected Islamic State militants, together with U.S. citizen,” by WaPo’s Kareem Fahim in Istanbul: “An Inside Ministry spokesman, Ismail Catakli, did not determine the American suspect. Residents of Denmark, Germany and France would also be despatched back to their nations within the coming days, he added. … Turkey stated it had captured tons of of militants over the previous few weeks.” WaPo
THE BRAVE NEW WORLD -- “How GOP-linked PR companies use Google’s ad platform to reap e mail addresses,” by Engadget’s Sam Baker: “What’s the seventh largest purchaser of US political advertisements on Google proper now? After the Republican Senate and Congressional Leadership Funds and the Trump campaign, comes a gaggle referred to as DedicatedEmails.com –- a limited-liability firm specializing in digital advertising for shoppers trying to appeal to new clients by way of ‘opt-in e mail lists.’ …
“The advertisements look like geared in the direction of amassing potential voter e-mail addresses and directing individuals to questionable news sites. The emails individuals obtain after signing up are either miracle well being cures, secret new ways to boost your revenue or scary news about savings and the newest socialist coming to take them. Based on Google’s political promoting transparency report, DedicatedEmails.com has spent over $3.5 million on greater than three,400 Google advertisements … so far -- selling poll questions that finally ask for e-mail addresses. …
“In a joint Engadget and Point investigation, we discovered at the very least three corporations actively putting most of these advertisements related to incendiary ‘information’ websites, one in every of which is run by a Republican donor and one other that was registered by a former Trump campaign lawyer.” Engadget
IMMIGRATION FILES -- “How the Trump Administration Eroded Its Own Legal Case on DACA,” by NYT’s Michael Shear, Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Adam Liptak: “At a contentious meeting in the White Home Roosevelt Room [in 2017], Elaine C. Duke, then the appearing secretary of homeland security, had broken with the remainder of Mr. Trump’s staff and balked at its demand that she concern a memo ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program referred to as DACA that shields immigrants who have been delivered to america as youngsters. …
“Immigrant rights teams suing Mr. Trump have now zeroed in on the refusal by Ms. Duke, who resigned in early 2018 shortly after a everlasting secretary was named, as evidence to bolster their protection of the program. Legal professionals for the groups say the again story of her memo has formed the oral arguments they'll make to the justices on Tuesday. If they're persuasive, the courtroom might rule towards Mr. Trump in June, simply as he enters the ultimate stretch of his re-election campaign.” NYT
-- WSJ: “Migrants Discover Totally different Fates at Texas, Arizona Borders,” by Alicia Caldwell in Tuscon: “Now some migrants are heading to Arizona as phrase spreads that they are much more more likely to be allowed to remain in the U.S. there than in the event that they cross in Texas, New Mexico, or California. … Customs and Border Protection, which incorporates the Border Patrol, confirmed that [the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy] isn’t in place in Arizona.” WSJ
PACIFIC TENSIONS -- “U.S. Army Chief Urges South Korea Not to Give up Pact With Japan,” by WSJ’s Gordon Lubold and Alastair Gale in Tokyo: “Gen. Mark Milley, who is visiting Japan and South Korea on his first abroad trip as chairman, informed reporters on a army jet earlier than touchdown in Japan on Monday that robust three-way army coordination was wanted to face threats within the region.
“‘It's clearly in China’s curiosity, and in North Korea’s curiosity, to separate South Korea from Japan and the United States, and it’s in our curiosity to keep all three of them very intently aligned,’ he stated. The agreement, launched in 2016, permits Seoul and Tokyo to immediately share intelligence, such as info on North Korean missile exams, moderately than going by means of the U.S.” WSJ
CABINET ROUNDUP … KNOWING SONNY PERDUE -- “Trump’s trade wars are hurting farmers. Can Sonny Perdue maintain them completely satisfied?” by WaPo’s Annie Gowen and William Wan: “Perdue — talking in a state that misplaced almost two dairy farms a day final yr — remarked [last month] that small farms would unlikely survive because the ‘huge get greater and small go out.’ The comment reverberated throughout the country, prompting calls for his resignation from farm groups, indignant editorials and even criticism from his own social gathering. …
“During the last yr, Perdue has emerged as President Trump’s key evangelist in bruising trade wars, touring the nation to offer folksy pep talks to annoyed farmers who have seen their incomes drop and exports hit exhausting by tariff disputes. … As the top of USDA, Perdue has been a disrupter in the Trump mould. … Internally he’s been praised for his relentless promotion of the administration’s agenda. … But endurance is waning for Perdue’s sunny bromides in rural America, where farm bankruptcies and loan delinquencies are rising.” WaPo
-- KNOWING BETSY DEVOS: “Betsy DeVos May Outlast Them All,” by HuffPost’s Rebecca Klein: “For probably the most part, regardless of her wild unpopularity, [sources] chalk up DeVos’ success to President Donald Trump’s relative disinterest in schooling, her comparative lack of ethical conflicts and scandal, and her connections to the evangelical group, a gaggle that serves as an essential voting bloc for the president. But additionally they level to her wholehearted belief in the righteousness of her agenda and persistence in seeing it via.” HuffPost
2020 WATCH -- “Andrew Yang’s Marketing campaign Has a Lot of Money. Now What?” by NYT’s Matt Stevens in Concord, N.H.: “Enthusiasm for Mr. Yang is probably most palpable right here in New Hampshire where the entrepreneur has repeatedly polled round 5 %, his strongest displaying in an early-voting state. … He raised $10 million in the third quarter and has more than $6 million nonetheless within the bank — the sixth most of any Democratic candidate as of the top of September. …
“[M]oving ahead, Mr. Yang stated he needs his message to turn out to be ‘extra human based mostly’ — maybe a needed shift for a candidate looking for a broader viewers who has up to now targeted much of his consideration on robots. His vision of a ‘human based mostly’ campaign, he stated, includes talking extra about the best way he thinks his signature pitch can really change lives.” NYT
THE POLICY PRIMARY -- For Veterans Day, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are both out with new veterans-focused plans. Buttigieg’s plan … Sanders’ plan
THE KREMLIN’S LONG REACH -- “How Russia Meddles Abroad for Profit: Money, Trolls and a Cult Leader,” by NYT’s Michael Schwirtz and Gaelle Borgia in Antananarivo, Madagascar: “Of all of the locations for Russia to try to swing a presidential election, Madagascar is probably one of the least anticipated. … But two years after the Russians’ aggressive interference in the United States, here they have been, decided to increase their clout and apply their particular brand of election meddling to a distant political battleground.
“The operation was accepted by President Vladimir V. Putin and coordinated by a few of the similar figures who oversaw the disinformation around the 2016 American presidential election, in line with dozens of interviews with officials in Madagascar, local operatives employed to participate within the Russian marketing campaign and a whole lot of pages of inner paperwork produced by the Russian operatives.” NYT
-- WSJ: “On a Rocky Island, Russia Seeks Army and Psychological Edge,” by James Marson in Brussels and Thomas Grove in Moscow: “One in every of Russia’s largest helicopters landed on a tiny island between Finland and Estonia this summer time and disgorged materials and engineers who shortly threw up a helicopter base for the Russian army. The construction on Gogland, in the Gulf of Finland, adds a new army launchpad in a area that might be entrance line in any battle between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” WSJ
BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- “New Normal in Key State for 2020 Race: Political Impasse,” by NYT’s Mitch Smith in Madison, Wis.: “The governor of Wisconsin referred to as a particular session final week to debate gun legislation. It resulted in exactly zero new legal guidelines, and it lasted lower than a minute. Such is life lately in Wisconsin, a state that for much of the last decade was a laboratory for a number of the nation’s most conservative policymaking and a hotbed of partisan fervor, however where pretty much every thing has now slowed to a crawl.
“Acrimonious deadlocks have grow to be the new regular in Wisconsin, certainly one of three Midwestern states the place Democrats ended full Republican management final yr by flipping governorships. … Yet with attention turning to the presidential election, by which Wisconsin voters are seen as enjoying a decisive position, divided power has given method to annoyed deadlock, with little probability for both celebration to hold up state policymaking as the showcase it as soon as was here.” NYT
EYES ON THE SKIES -- PROPUBLICA’S ALEC MACGILLIS: “‘I Will Never Let Boeing Forget Her’: With the 737 MAX, Boeing put income first and a whole lot died. One grieving family is decided to carry the corporate accountable.”
MEDIAWATCH -- “Hearst Magazines Staffers Unionizing Across Two Dozen Publications, Forming Big for Writers Guild of America,” by The Every day Beast’s Maxwell Tani: “The unit consists of some of its best-known publications, including Esquire, Town & Nation, Cosmopolitan, and Elle among others. … Hearst staffers’ determination to unionize across two-dozen publications will make its union one among the most important editorial models within the media business.” Daily Beast
-- Skyler Henry is now a D.C. correspondent for CBS Newspath. He most just lately was a weekend anchor and reporter for WMAR in Baltimore. … Samya Kullab is now an Iraq correspondent for the AP. She most lately was senior correspondent for Iraq Oil Report. Announcement
TRANSITION -- Brandon Shaw is now director of communications at WME. He previously was director of corporate and government communications at ICM Companions and is an Obama alum.
BONUS BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Nate Bailey, COS at the Division of Schooling. What he’s been studying recently: “I spend most of my non-work reading time working with my daughter on her studying expertise. ‘Room on the Broom’ has been a massive hit these days.” Playbook Q&A
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