POLITICO Playbook: HILLARY CLAIMS HISTORY – GOP ‘RACISM’ SCARE

Good Wednesday morning. N.Y. POST cover, "THE FIRST LADY: Hill makes history as female nominee." https://nyp.st/1U7555g ... DAILY NEWS cover, with Hillary arms outstretched in triumph: "HER! Clinton makes history as first female Prez nominee." https://bit.ly/1UEhEoM

BULLETIN - AP, 6:13 a.m., "WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential primary in California." 

HUFFPOST banner, "HILL YEAH!" ... Drudge banner, "I AM WOMAN HEAR ME ROAR!"

CALIFORNIA LATEST: Clinton: 56% ... Sanders: 43% 

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email protected]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email protected])

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ABOUT LAST NIGHT -- "Clinton casts victory as 'milestone' for women," by Annie Karni in Brooklyn: "[A]s she secured the Democratic nomination, claiming she had won a majority of pledged delegates to the delight of a warehouse full of cheering supporters in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Clinton chose to keep the focus on the women in her life - a striking contrast as she criticized the presumptive Republican nominee for 'calling women pigs.' ... 

"Refining themes she rolled out last week in ... San Diego, Clinton offered a warning to Trump, telegraphing the bruising general election ahead. 'We are better than this ... We won't let this happen in America.' ... 

"Clinton's entire Brooklyn campaign staff attended the victory rally Tuesday night, many of them fresh off a delayed 3:00 a.m. red eye flight from California, whose results had yet to post when Clinton left the stage. And a group of her biggest fundraisers were delivered to the Navy Yard by ferry, directly from a finance committee meeting." https://politi.co/1UEizpf

PHRASE THAT PAYS: Ari Shapiro, anchoring NPR's live coverage last night of victory remarks by a scripted, well-behaved Republican nominee: "Trump in a box."

--"Trump turns to object of his ridicule: a teleprompter," by AP's Jonathan Lemire in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.: "A pair of teleprompters flanked the podium at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban New York City, and the celebrity businessman appeared to be reading from them as he delivered a speech that featured far less of his trademark bluster. ... '[T]eleprompter' [trended] on Twitter." https://apne.ws/1Y8nRMi

COMING ATTRACTIONS - Trump, in last night's victory speech: "I am going to give a major speech on probably Monday of next week and we're going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the Clintons. I think you're going to find it very informative and very, very interesting. I wonder if the press will want to attend -- who knows?"

GLENN THRUSH in Brooklyn, "5 takeaways from the night the general election began: Clinton makes history, Trump's under pressure and Bernie weighs his demands": "[1] Hillary Clinton is the first woman to win a major party's presidential nomination. ... [2] How many Republicans will un-endorse Donald Trump? ... [Yesterday's comments] ... suggested an end to the shaky détente between Trump and the party establishment - at the precise moment Clinton began pivoting away from Sanders to her general-election opponent. ... 

"[3] Release the hounds! ... Expect ... statements [calling on Sanders to go] to become significantly more pointed as talks between the Clinton and Sanders campaigns drag on ... 

"[4] What does Bernie want? ... A fulsome consideration of more stringent Wall Street regulation (the Clinton campaign has been in quiet talks with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on those issues and others for weeks), party platform language that permanently bonds Clinton to her recent anti-free-trade stances and a coordinated policy to attack income inequality. ... [5] What does Jane want? ... ... [H]is most militant adviser is his wife, Jane, who has spurred him to step up his attacks on Clinton." https://politi.co/1U712pw

THE MAP -- The 11 states that will determine the 2016 election: Trump vs. Clinton may be an unusual matchup, but their coming battle will be fought on familiar terrain.," by Politico chief polling analyst Steve Shepard: "Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. All were battleground states in the previous two elections. ... 

"Trump's [dreams]: California (45 percent nonwhite in 2012), Connecticut (21 percent), Maine (4 percent), New Jersey (33 percent), New York (33 percent) ... Clinton's reaches: Arizona (27 percent nonwhite in 2012), Georgia (36 percent nonwhite in 2014 midterm election), Texas (34 percent nonwhite in 2014 midterm election)." https://politi.co/1TV2tVM

THE DYING REVOLUTION - "Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution: For better and for worse, Sanders made all the big decisions," by Isaac Dovere and Gabe Debenedetti: "There are many divisions within the Sanders campaign-between the dead-enders and the work-it-out crowds ... Sanders is himself filled with resentment, on edge, feeling like he gets no respect -- all while holding on in his head to the enticing but remote chance that Clinton may be indicted before the convention. ... [C]onvinced since his surprise Michigan win that he could actually win the nomination, Sanders has been on email and the phone, directing elements of the campaign right down to his city-by-city schedule in California. ... 

"Top Sanders aides admit that it's been weeks, if not months, since they themselves realized he wasn't going to be win ... They debate whether Sanders' role in the fall should be a full vote-for-Clinton campaign, or whether he should just campaign hard against Trump without signing up to do much for her directly. ... 'He wants to be in the race until the end, until the roll call vote,' [campaign manager Jeff] Weaver said. 

"Aides say they're going to discourage people from booing Wasserman Schultz ... when she takes the stage at the convention. But they think it's going to happen anyway. Meanwhile, they're looking into trying to replace the Florida congresswoman as the convention chair with [Rep. Tulsi] Gabbard of Hawaii, and force Wasserman Schultz to resign as DNC chair the day after the convention." https://politi.co/1TYmTTg

--"Bernie Sanders Is Said to Plan Large Layoff From Campaign Staff," by NYT's Yamiche Alcindor and Maggie Haberman: "Senator Bernie Sanders plans to lay off at least half of his campaign staff Wednesday as his battered presidential bid continues despite Hillary Clinton's being declared the presumptive Democratic nominee ... Many of those being laid off are advance staff members who often help with campaign logistics, as well as field staff members." https://nyti.ms/1RWWT3d 

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GAME CHANGE -- "Trump 'racism' frenzy engulfs Hill Republicans: This is not the debate elected Republicans wanted to have," by John Bresnahan, Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim: "The furor surrounding Trump's accusations ... swamped everything. House members and senators spent the day fielding questions about Trump's remarks - and struggling to square their support for the presumptive nominee with rhetoric seen as increasingly toxic to their own chances of political survival this fall. ... Most Republicans stuck to the line Ryan used - that what Trump said about [Judge] Curiel is racist and he should apologize." https://politi.co/28jSJ19

"McConnell to Trump: 'Get on message,'" by Nick Gass : "'[I]t's time to quit attacking various people you competed with or various minority groups in the country and get on message ... He has an opportunity to do that. This election is eminently winnable.'" https://politi.co/1OcziRl

--"Kirk: 'I cannot and will not support my party's nominee,'" by Seung Min Kim: "'While I oppose the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump's latest statements, in context with past attacks on Hispanics, women and the disabled like me, make it certain that I cannot and will not support my party's nominee for President regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the Republican Party.'" https://politi.co/1svyg8W

--OLIVIER KNOX on Yahoo, "Trump has 2-3 weeks to fix campaign: GOP Sen. Corker": "'He's obviously stepped in it. He's made statements that are inappropriate ... If he keeps moving towards the convention with similar types of weeks like the last one, I just fear that he's going to be in a position that doesn't really allow him to fully take advantage of this incredible opportunity.'" https://yhoo.it/1XBA2my

--NYT C3, "Meryl Streep Does a Number on the Donald at the Public Theater's Gala," by Melena Ryzik: "At the moment that Hillary Clinton was all but clinching the Democratic nomination for president, Meryl Streep was on a stage in Central Park, impersonating Donald J. Trump. In orange face makeup and pompadoured hair, Ms. Streep, the chameleonic three-time Oscar winner, did a more than credible version of the presumptive Republican nominee, down to the pursed lips and low-hanging belly. She got the braggadocio-inflected voice, too, even while singing. ... The crowd, which included Michael R. Bloomberg ... Samantha Power; Lin-Manuel Miranda; and Bette Midler, loved it." https://nyti.ms/25Lrj5D

WEST WING DEPARTURE LOUNGE: Frank Benenati moves from spokesperson at the White House [an Assistant Press Secretary with a portfolio that includes domestic issues including energy and environment, criminal justice, social issues] to head communications at EPA, as Associate Administrator for the Office of Public Affairs. His last day at 1600 is today, and he starts his new gig Monday. Frank's first day in Obamaworld was May 30, 2011, when he started as a spokesperson for the Clinton reelect - one of the first hires at the Chicago HQ.

--EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy emails the staff: "Before arriving in the West Wing, Frank served as spokesperson at [OMB] ... I would like to again extend a heart-felt thank you to Liz Purchia for the incredible work that she has done over the past year." 

THOUGHT LEADERS - USA Today op-ed, celebrating the 20th graduating class of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, "To grow the economy, grow small businesses," by Lloyd Blankfein, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett and Michael Porter: "Meeting small business capital, technology and labor needs and relieving their regulatory burden could drive new boom. ... As we've seen through Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, entrepreneurs across the country are facing barriers to growth." https://usat.ly/2179UO0

TOP-ED -- "Why Trump's Assault on the Judiciary Is the Most Dangerous Thing He's Done: The GOP presumptive nominee has already made a long step toward authoritarian rule,"

by Brookings senior fellow Stuart Taylor, Jr. on Politico: "It is a deplorable elevation of Trump's raw financial and political self-interest above the law and the national interest. But mostly what we should deplore-and fear-is this: Such a brazen presidential attack on the rule of law, by a man of such a belligerent temperament and crude sensibility, could portend defiance of court orders by a President Trump." https://politi.co/1rchBGo

TOP TWEETS -- @amychozick: "I won't be answering calls from unknown numbers today, after third call from Bernie supporters telling me they'd hunt me down in the streets". ... @daveweigel: "It's a total canard that 'the media' went easy on Trump. Conservative voters, conditioned to hate the media, just didn't trust us." ... @mkraju:"MARK KIRK says he will write in 'Petraeus' when he votes this fall and definitely won't vote for Hillary"

TV TODAY -- David Muir's "exclusive, first interview with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will air ... [today] on 'Good Morning America,' 'World News Tonight with David Muir,' 'Nightline' and across ABC News platforms."

2016 PLAYERS - "Clinton Campaign Hires Black Veteran As Deputy Foreign Policy Adviser," by BuzzFeed's Darren Sands: "[Bishop] Garrison, an Obama 2012 veteran, will report to the campaign's foreign policy adviser Laura Rosenberger, a former high-ranking State Department official. Garrison comes to the Clinton campaign from Homeland Security, where he was executive director of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee." https://bzfd.it/24xIAct

SCOOP -- NYT A1, "F.B.I. Steps Up Use of Stings in ISIS Cases," by Eric Lichtblau: "The F.B.I. has significantly increased its use of stings in terrorism cases, employing agents and informants to pose as jihadists, bomb makers, gun dealers or online 'friends' in hundreds of investigations into Americans suspected of supporting the Islamic State, records and interviews show. Undercover operations, once seen as a last resort, are now used in about two of every three prosecutions involving people suspected of supporting the Islamic State, a sharp rise in the span of just two years ... Charges have been brought against nearly 90 Americans believed to be linked to the group." https://nyti.ms/1Uz6leK

SPOTTED: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser having lunch at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab yesterday and at dinner Monday night at Le Diplomate. 

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HAPPENING TONIGHT -- SUSAN GLASSER is moderating an event on "U.S. foreign policy opportunities and challenges for the next administration" at the Hoover Institution tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Participants will be: the Honorable Jane Harman, the Honorable Jane Holl Lute and Hoover's Amy Zegart. RSVP https://bit.ly/1rcL4Qz

MEDIAWATCH -- "The Huffington Post speeds up Huffpost Mexico launch due to Donald Trump," by Kelsey Sutton: "Just in time for the U.S. general election, The Huffington Post will launch Huffpost Mexico, its 16th international edition - and the timing has a lot to do with Donald Trump. Huffpost Mexico, which Huffington Post cofounder and editor in chief Arianna Huffington said is slated to launch September 1, has been in the works for months, but it wasn't slated to debut until 2017." https://politi.co/1WEqXIQ ... Release https://politi.co/1UzmVuQ

SAVANNAH GUTHRIE is pregnant with a second baby with husband Mike Feldman. The couple's first child, Vale, was born in 2014. Video https://on.today.com/1rcE5qK ... Personal essay from Savannah, about the "delight of second pregnancy: 'Joy multiplied infinitely'" https://on.today.com/22ODJV0

PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION -- "George Washington President Steven Knapp Announces Final Year": "Dr. Knapp became the 16th president of the George Washington University in August 2007. His priorities included enhancing the university's partnerships with neighboring institutions, expanding the scope of its research, strengthening its worldwide community of alumni, enlarging its students' opportunities for public service and leading its transformation into a model of urban sustainability." https://bit.ly/25L6VOy ... Jake Sherman's first GW Hatchet interview with him https://bit.ly/1Zxacxd

CALIFORNIA SENATE - "Two Democrats will face off for U.S. Senate in November," by L.A. Times' John Myers: "California voters made history on Tuesday in the race for the U.S. Senate, sending two Democrats to a November runoff and denying a Republican a spot on the fall ballot for the first time since the state's first direct election of senators in 1914. State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris won the largest share of the vote and the title of winner in the primary. By the end of the night, Harris led Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez by more than 800,000 votes, a margin of 23 percentage points." https://lat.ms/1TYnqo4

--AP's Mike Blood in L.A.: "In a year when millions of voters embraced outsider candidates in the presidential contest, California Senate voters appeared impressed with the two Democrats' deep experience. ... Harris, the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, would ... become the first Indian woman to hold a Senate seat and the second black woman elected to the Senate. Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun was elected in 1992 and served one term. Sanchez, if elected, could become one of the first Latinas to hold a U.S. Senate seat. 

"Catherine Cortez Masto, who is also Hispanic, is the Democratic candidate for outgoing Sen. Harry Reid's seat in Nevada. ... [Republicans now account] for a meager 27 percent of registered [California] voters. Democrats control every statewide office and both chambers of the Legislature ... With 12 Republicans on the [Senate] ballot - and none widely known to voters - the GOP vote was splintered Tuesday." https://apne.ws/1UEfo0w

BARBARA BUSH: "low-key 91st birthday with family" - AP/Kennebunkport: "She and former President George H.W. Bush are being joined [in Maine] by family members including their son, former President George W. Bush, to ... celebrate [today]. ... [A] year ago[,] ... Mrs. Bush's gala 90th birthday celebration featured special guests Amy Grant, Reba McEntire and Michael W. Smith. Her husband ... turns 92 on Sunday." https://apne.ws/1tgrRPD

TRANSITIONS -- "Joshua Gardner Joins Qorvis MSLGROUP New VP of CSR and Corporate Communications ": "Gardner joined from Luntz Global Partners, where he helped clients build their brands and shape their reputation. [He is a] veteran of both Edelman Public Relations and Ogilvy Public Relations." https://politi.co/1Y8nUaP

--Freedman Consulting is "adding a few Senior Fellows who will bring their expertise to philanthropic and nonprofit partners, while maintaining separate private practices elsewhere. 

Mike Taylor ... served for the last seven years as head of all of the US Food and Drug Administration's food-related activities ... Sebastian Johnson will be joining us as a Senior Associate. Sebastian is a superstar - a Truman Scholar and McTighe prize Winner at Georgetown, and a Harvard Kennedy School graduate where he was a Dukakis Fellow and Vice-Chair of the Black Policy Conference." www.tfreedmanconsulting.com

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): William Kaplan of Joliet, Ill. ... (was Mon.): Emily Murry

BIRTHDAYS: Jonathan Collegio is 4-0 (hat tip: Rebecca) ... former Rep. Gabby Giffords is 46 (h/t Hilary Rosen) ... Barbara Bush is 91 ... Cathie Ericson, Playbook's baby sister (h/ts Nels, Anders, Tate, Gus) ... Eric Kuhn, CMO of Layer3 TV and a CNN, UTA and CBS alum, is 29 (h/t Matt Gerson) ... Cory Fritz, a Boehner alum now deputy staff director for comms. at House Foreign Affairs and the pride of Gahanna, Ohio, is 31 ... Russ Schriefer ... Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) is 63 ... Politico's Laura Hayes ... Sarah Hashemi ... Patrick Garrigan, Politico alum now events guru for The Atlantic ... Meet The Press' Justin Peligri (h/ts Olivia Petersen) ... Tim Grieve, head of news strategies at McClatchy ... 

... Roger Hickey, co-director of Campaign for America's Future ... ABC News' Chris Good, an Atlantic alum ... Kelsey Harkness, senior news producer at the Daily Signal (h/t Mary Vought) ... Mary Palmer, associate director at Georgetown's Law Annual Fund and owner of Open Spaces Studio, is 3-0 (h/t Neil Grace) ... Bale Dalton, military legislative assistant to Sen. Bill Nelson (h/t Christian Hertenstein) ... J.J. Simmons V, a partner at Reston, VA-based firm Greenfire Capital LLC (h/t Desta Abraham) ... Ashley Baia, senior grassroots project manager at 270 Strategies and formerly deputy associate director of the Office of Public Engagement at The White House (h/t Heather Purcell) ... Karen Robinson (h/t Jon Haber) ... Allie Ryan, in congressional and public affairs at USDA and a Tom Emmer, Grassley and Thune alum ... Matt Whitlock (h/t Su-Lin Nichols) ... Davis White ... Lale Mamaux, CoS to Rep. Alcee Hastings ... Kris Coratti, VP of comms and events at WaPo ... NARAL's Emily Pomeranz, an OFA, DNC and DSCC alum ... 

... Keith Maley, White House director of regional media, ardent Red Sox fan and birdwatcher ... Brian Hardwick ... Michael Shmagin (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Ann Belser, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette alum now publisher of Print, Pittsburgh's East End community newspaper ... Nancy Baile, public affairs and comms. manager at Coca-Cola ... Rosie Lineham ... Jane Hampton Cook ... Tom Davidson ... Barry Lando ... Lila Young White ... actor-comedian Jerry Stiller is 89 ... Nancy Sinatra is 76 ... "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams is 59 (h/t Tapper) ... Keenen Ivory Wayans is 58 ... Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 54 ... Julianna Margulies is 49 (hubby tip: Keith Lieberthal) ... Mark Feuerstein is 45 ... tennis player Lindsay Davenport is 40 ... Kanye West is 39 ... Maria Menounos is 38 ... tennis player Kim Clijsters is 33 ... actress Torrey DeVitto is 32 (h/ts AP)"?#Ze??"

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