A REMINDER: THERE ARE 16 LEGISLATIVE DAYS scheduled earlier than the top of the yr. There are 11 days left earlier than authorities funding runs dry.
PRETTY PLEASE! … REUTERS/SEOUL: “United States 'very actively' asking North Korea to return to talks: South Korea”: “America is ‘very actively’ making an attempt to persuade North Korea to return again to negotiations, South Korea’s national security adviser stated on Sunday, as a year-end North Korean deadline for U.S. flexibility approaches.
“South Korea was taking North Korea’s deadline ‘very critically’, the adviser, Chung Eui-yong, informed reporters, at a time when efforts to improve inter-Korean relations have stalled.
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un in April gave america a year-end deadline to point out extra flexibility of their denuclearisation talks, and North Korean officials have warned the United States to not ignore that date.” Reuters
SNEAK PEEK … THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK: Monday: THE PRESIDENT will converse at the Veteran’s Day parade in New York. Tuesday: TRUMP will converse on the Financial Membership of New York, and can increase cash in New York. Wednesday: TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit the White Home. The pair will hold a news convention. Thursday: THE PRESIDENT will meet with NATO Secretary Basic Jens Stoltenberg, and will hold a political rally in Bossier Metropolis, La.
-- THE TRUMP-ERDOGAN news convention is on the same day as the primary impeachment hearing. Wednesday might be busy!
NYT’S PETER BAKER in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and MAGGIE HABERMAN: “In In search of to Be a part of Go well with Over Subpoena Power, Mulvaney Goes Up Towards the President”: “Even in a White House of never-befores, this may be one of the more head-spinning: The president’s chief of employees is making an attempt to hitch a lawsuit towards the president.
“Mick Mulvaney works only about 50 steps from the Oval Workplace as he runs the White Home employees but fairly than merely obey President Trump’s order to not cooperate with Home impeachment investigators, he sent his legal professionals to courtroom late Friday night time asking a decide whether he ought to or not.
“To acquire such a ruling, the legal professionals requested to hitch a lawsuit already filed by a former White House official — a lawsuit that names ‘the Honorable Donald J. Trump’ as a defendant together with congressional leaders. The legal professionals tried to finesse that by saying within the body of their movement that the defendants they really needed to sue have been the congressional leaders, but their own motion still listed Mr. Trump at the prime as a defendant because that is the go well with they sought to hitch.” NYT
WAPO: “Republicans try to maneuver impeachment inquiry away from Trump,” by Rachael Bade, Karoun Demirjian and Colby Itkowitz: “House Republicans on Saturday pressed forward with their efforts to maneuver the impeachment inquiry away from President Trump, calling on Democrats so as to add witnesses to the probe together with former vice chairman Joe Biden’s son and the whistleblower whose initial grievance kicked off the investigation.
“The GOP demands have been met with quick skepticism from Home Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), who warned towards ‘sham investigations’ of the Bidens and different issues in a transparent sign that most of the witnesses have been unlikely to be referred to as.” WaPo
MESSAGING ADVICE from REP. JIM HIMES (D-CONN.) on NBC’S “MEET THE PRESS”: “Properly I have two problems with quid pro quo. Number one, whenever you're making an attempt to influence the American individuals of one thing that is really fairly easy, which is that the President acted criminally and extorted in the best way a mob boss would extort someone, a weak overseas country, it's in all probability greatest to not use Latin words to elucidate it.”
… AND FROM SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY.), also on MTP: “I assume we've gotten lost on this entire concept of quid pro quo. And I assume Senator Kennedy sort of hit the nail on the top. It's that, when you're not allowed to provide assist to people who find themselves corrupt, there's all the time contingencies on assist. Even, even President Obama withheld help. You already know, he was supposed to offer lethal assist. Congress stated, ‘Give them $300 million in deadly help.’ And he despatched them blankets. So presidents, because the beginning of time, have resisted Congress.
“And there's been this kind of back-and-forth jockeying over what is shipped. But in addition, presidents have withheld assist before for corruption. So the thing is I feel it's a mistake to say, ‘Oh, he withheld assist, until he obtained what he needed.’ Nicely, if it's corruption, and he believes there to be corruption, he has each right to withhold assist. So I feel it's a massive mistake for anyone to argue quid pro quo, he did not have quid professional quo. And I know that's what the administration's arguing. I wouldn't make that argument. I might make the argument that each politician in Washington, aside from me, nearly, is making an attempt to control Ukraine to their functions. Menendez tried it. Murphy tried it. Biden tried it. Trump's tried it. They're all doing it.”
NYT, A1: “How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry”
AP: “Former Trump Adviser John Bolton Has a Ebook Deal”: “The hawkish Bolton departed in September due to numerous overseas policy disagreements with President Donald Trump. He reached a deal over the past few weeks with Simon & Schuster, based on three publishing officers with information of negotiations. The officers weren't approved to discuss the deal publicly and spoke on situation of anonymity.
“Two of the officials stated the deal was value about $2 million. Bolton was represented by the Javelin literary company, whose shoppers embrace former FBI Director James Comey and the nameless Trump administration official whose e-book, ‘A Warning,’ comes out Nov. 19.” AP
Good Sunday morning.
SUNDAY BEST …
JAKE TAPPER spoke to SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-Minn.) on CNN’S “STATE OF THE UNION”: KLOBUCHAR on BLOOMBERG: “I don't assume [voters] say, oh, we'd like somebody richer. I don't assume that, Jake. I feel it's a must to earn votes and never buy them. … I don’t assume you simply waltz in and say as an alternative of properly, ‘I’m ok to be president,’ your argument is, the other individuals aren’t ok. That isn't how we’ve been conducting these debates.
CHUCK TODD spoke to SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D-OHIO) on NBC’S “MEET THE PRESS”: TODD: “What do you make of this feeling in the Democratic celebration right now about nervousness on this area?”
BROWN: “Properly, it’s genetic that Democrats wring their arms about presidential campaigns, I mean we, we all the time do. I, I assume it’s a great subject. I feel we’re going to beat Trump. I assume when individuals, when voters make the distinction with President Trump’s guarantees, especially his promises to staff in Lordstown, Ohio and everywhere in the industrial Midwest, and distinction that with Trump’s betrayal of staff on minimal wage, and over time, and his courtroom appointees and the Nationwide Labor Relations Board and all the best way he’s, he betrays staff within the center west and he betrays our allies in the Middle East. And I feel that’s, that’s the distinction voters are going to make with whomever, with whomever our nominee is and we win in 2020 in consequence. So I don’t, I don’t, I don’t have this hand wringing anguish that a variety of my, quite a lot of others may need.”
CHRIS WALLACE spoke to REP. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY (D-N.Y.) on “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”: MALONEY stated the new Trump-Zelensky transcript just isn't “related to this investigation” The video clip
A BIT OF DISSENTION … MARTHA RADDATZ spoke to REP. MAC THORNBERRY (R-TEXAS.) on ABC’s “This Week”: RADDATZ: RADDATZ: “Congressman, you are once more talking about process. The method. I requested you about substance. How do you fend towards the substance?
THORNBERRY: “Properly, as you understand -- perhaps you realize, Martha -- I consider it's inappropriate for a president to ask a overseas leader to research a political rival. Now that results in a question if there's a political rival with a member of the family who is concerned in questionable exercise, what do you do? Simply let them alone. However set that apart. I consider it was inappropriate. I don't consider it was impeachable.
“And process -- you recognize, you all all the time need to say substance, not process. There is a cause we let murderers and robbers and rapists go free when their due process rights have been violated. We consider the integrity of the system, the integrity of the constitution, the integrity of the processes underneath our legal system, is more necessary than the result of 1 specific case. So, I don't assume you'll be able to sweep course of beneath the rug, because it is part of an impeachment determination, which has a constitutional requirement: bribery, treason, excessive crimes and misdemeanors, but also a political factor about whether or not it is good for the nation to pursue it underneath these circumstances.”
2020 …
NYT, A1 … SYDNEY EMBER and JONATHAN MARTIN: “‘I’d Think about Anybody’: Democrats Like Their 2020 Candidates, and Yet …” (print headline: “Bloomberg Nudges Right into a Area Chock Filled with Not-So-Positive Bets”): “Mr. Bloomberg has jolted the Democratic main, drawing hearth from the main liberals within the subject who stated he was making an attempt to buy the presidency whereas posing a direct menace to the centrist candidacy of Mr. Biden. But he has also exposed the jitters among establishment-aligned Democrats who worry that the leftward flip of the celebration is endangering their probabilities of constructing a profitable coalition.
“For weeks, senior Democratic officers and donors have been musing about whether or not a new candidate could possibly be lured in the race, a putting illustration of nervousness simply three months before the Iowa caucuses. Some talked up Mr. Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton, but others questioned if Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio may make a late entry to unite a celebration splintered along ideological strains.
“And while some celebration leaders have muted their considerations in an effort to be neutral, that restraint has began to offer means to open expressions of alarm. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been repeating the same mantra — ‘Keep in mind November’ — in personal about focusing on profitable the overall election, and has advised Democratic allies she was uneasy a few nominee operating on Medicare for all.” NYT
ELENA SCHNEIDER: “Inside the 2020 campaign with the potential First Gentlemen”
DES MOINES REGISTER on the AOC-BERNIE appearance in Iowa
THE PRESIDENT’S SUNDAY … THE PRESIDENT is in New York, and he has no public events.
GREAT PIECE … WAPO’S ROBIN GIVHAN: “Roger Stone has turned his court appearances into a fashion show”
AP/TEHRAN: “Iran’s president: New oil field found with over 50B barrels”: “Iran has discovered a new oil subject in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president stated Sunday, a discover that would increase the country’s confirmed reserves by a 3rd as it struggles to promote power abroad over U.S. sanctions. …
“‘I'm telling the White Home that within the days when you sanctioned the sale of Iranian oil and pressured our nation, the nation’s pricey staff and engineers have been capable of uncover 53 billion barrels of oil in an enormous subject,’ Rouhani stated.” AP
LAT: “‘Go back to California’: Wave of newcomers fuels backlash in Boise,” by Maria L. La Ganga in Boise, Idaho: “This city positive is aware of the right way to roll up the welcome mat — that is, in case you happen to move right here from California.
“Simply think about final week’s mayoral election. It was probably the most aggressive race in current reminiscence, a referendum on progress in the rapidly expanding capital of Idaho. And candidate Wayne Richey ran on a quite simple platform: Cease the California invasion. His primary plan to satisfy that campaign promise? ‘Trash the place.’
“Richey figured that might be the easiest way to keep deep-pocketed Golden Staters from shifting to his leafy hometown. He blames them for pushing residence costs and rents up so excessive that Boiseans can’t afford to reside right here on the meager wages most Idaho jobs pay.
“At a candidate forum in late October, he had a terse reply for the query: ‘In case you have been king or queen for the day, what one factor would you do to improve Boise?’ ‘A $26-billion wall,’ he stated, laughing, drawing out each word for max emphasis. As in build one. Around Idaho.” LAT
BONUS GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman (@dlippman):
-- “Baby Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Corporations Look the Other Approach,” by NYT’s Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance: “Although platforms bar youngster sexual abuse imagery on the net, criminals are exploiting gaps. Victims are caught in a dwelling nightmare, confronting pictures many times.” NYT
-- “Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest,” by The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson: “Indigenous individuals and unlawful miners are engaged in a battle which will help determine the way forward for the planet.” New Yorker
-- “Trump’s rap sheet,” by WaPo’s Chris Richards: “Three many years of rappers name-dropping the president, and what it all means.” WaPo
-- “The ugly, gory, bloody secret life of NHL dentists,” by David Fleming in ESPN -- per TheBrowser.com’s description: “A profile of hockey dentists, the ‘gnarliest and most peculiar fraternity in sports activities’. Tooth enamel is the ‘hardest organic substance on earth’, however it is no match for hockey pucks.” ESPN
-- “America’s Largest Health Insurer Is Giving Flats to Homeless Individuals,” by John Tozzi in Bloomberg Businessweek: “There are greater than half one million homeless within the U.S., a few third of them unsheltered — that is, dwelling on streets, beneath bridges, or in abandoned properties. Once they want medical care or merely a mattress and a meal, many go to the emergency room. That’s where America has drawn the line: We’ll pay for a hospital bed however not for a home, even when the house can be cheaper.” Bloomberg
-- “My Yr of Concussions,” by The New Yorker’s Nick Paumgarten: “The thud was thicker than I’d anticipated. It felt as if my head had been slammed in a automotive door.” New Yorker
-- “In China, day by day is Kristallnacht,” by WaPo’s Fred Hiatt: “In a cultural genocide with few parallels since World Struggle II, hundreds of Muslim spiritual sites have been destroyed. No less than 1 million Muslims have been confined to camps, the place ageing imams are shackled and young males are pressured to surrender their religion. Muslims not locked away are pressured to eat through the fasting month of Ramadan, pressured to drink and smoke in violation of their faith, barred from praying or learning the Koran or making the pilgrimage to Mecca.” WaPo
-- “Andrew Yang Is Not Filled with S***,” by Wired’s Nicholas Thompson: “The so-called Silicon Valley candidate has a behavior of ripping the tech business, but his message is catching on, he’s flush with cash, and he’s positioned to survive deep into the primaries.” Wired
-- “She Was Allegedly Raped And Couldn’t Bear Going To Trial. So She Met Her Attacker In Individual To Work Issues Out,” by BuzzFeed’s Lauren Strapagiel: “Marlee Liss now needs different survivors to know that the normal justice system isn’t their solely choice.” BuzzFeed
-- “The Rise (and Stall) of the Boba Era,” by Jenny G. Zhang in Eater: “How bubble tea turned excess of just a drink to younger Asian People.” Eater (h/t Longreads.com)
-- “The Huge Bitcoin Heist,” by Mark Seal in December’s Vainness Truthful: “With its low cost geothermal power and low crime price, Iceland has develop into the world’s leading miner of digital foreign money. Then the crypto-crooks confirmed up.” VF
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SPOTTED: President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Reps. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), Ralph Abraham (R-La.), Mike Johnson (R-La.), Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) and Garret Graves (R-La.) at the Alabama-LSU recreation on Saturday. Pic … Another pic
SPOTTED at a personal dinner hosted by Tammy Haddad on Saturday night time at Cafe Milano with Lesli Linka Glatter and Meredith Stiehm, two former “Homeland” producers who at the moment are turning the guide “The Banker’s Wife” into an Amazon collection: Carol Leonnig, Eric Schultz, Chris Ullman, Betsy Fischer Martin, Jeremy and Robyn Bash, Olivia Nuzzi, Tom and Corinne Hoare.
WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Daniel Huey, companion at Something Else Methods, and Hannah Bruce, principal at Molly Allen and Associates, received married on the Decatur Home. … SPOTTED: Ieva Augstums, Kevin McLaughlin, Betsy Ankeny, Heath Thompson, Todd Harris and Kevin Golden.
-- Patricia O’Brien to Hodding Carter, by way of NYT’s Vincent M. Mallozzi: “The bride, 83, was a reporter in the Washington bureau of Knight Ridder and a reporter for The Chicago Sun-Occasions earlier than retiring. ... The groom, 84 ... was the spokesman and the assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the Carter administration from 1977 to 1980. ... At numerous occasions during his career, he served as a reporter, anchor, political commentator and panelist for ABC, BBC, CBC, CNN, NBC and PBS.” With a pic: NYT
-- “Zara Kessler, Mark Filenbaum,” by way of NYT: “Mrs. Filenbaum, 29, is an editor in New York for Bloomberg News, the place she focuses on digital technique. She graduated summa cum laude from Yale. ... Mr. Filenbaum, 33, is a principal in New York for Centerview Partners, an investment banking and advisory agency. He graduated cum laude from Boston School.” With a pic: NYT
WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Samantha Smith, who works at FedEx government affairs and is a Chris Christie and Google alum, and Bubba Atkinson, a media strategist/marketing consultant and an Axios and IJR alum, just lately welcomed Lucy Connor Atkinson. Pic
BIRTHDAYS: Rep. Invoice Johnson (R-Ohio) is 65 … CBS’ Howard L. Rosenberg and Alan He … Benjamin Pauker, managing editor of stories at Vox (h/t Ben Chang) ... Misty Marshall ... NPR congressional reporter Sue Davis (h/t Tim Burger) … Jim Kuhnhenn, co-founder of WaVe Communications ... Cary Justice … Mary Jordan, WaPo nationwide correspondent ... former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) is 76 … former Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Neb.) is 7-0 ... former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) is 75 ... Michael Hacker … Pierce Stanley … CNN’s Kylie Gudzak ... Amanda Ashley Keating, SVP at the Glover Park Group … Geoff Brewer, editorial director at Gallup … POLITICO’s Jeff Daker and Bryarly Richards … Elizabeth Greener, director of communications at American Forest Foundation … Andy Blomme of NeighborWorks America … Ruth Igielnik
… LaRonda Peterson … Ellen Bredenkoetter … Aaron Brown is 71 … Jeremy Stoppelman is 42 … Raphael Sonenshein is 7-0 … Brian Romick … ABC’s Josh Margolin is 49 … Andrea Dukakis … Marla Romash (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Gabriela Ayala … Zach Lowe … power advisor Howard Marks is 75 (h/t spouse Sandy) … Jane Cherry … Andy Diaz … Jean Weinberg of Bloomberg Philanthropies … Tim Garraty … Jessica (Cole) Buchanan … POLITICO’s Bryarly Richards and Jeffrey Daker … Elliot Ayres … Julie Weber … Jared T. Miller … Robyn Patterson … Allison Kelly … Elias Alcantara … Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch … Nate Treffeisen … Christina Brown … Elizabeth (Ladt) Sullivan … Ben Engwer … Kristin Stiles … Andrew Mims … Jeremy Nordquist, COS for Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.) … Blake Deeley … Miranda Lilla … Zachary Enos … Tom Cosgrove … the United States Marine Corps is 244
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