POLITICO Playbook: ‘TERROR INCIDENT’: ‘Deadliest mass shooting in U.S. in at least 30 years’
FLASH - "50 dead in Orlando nightclub terrorism attack, state of emergency declared," by Orlando Sentinel: "There are 50 dead and 50 more injured in the Orlando nightclub shooting, and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has declared a state of emergency for the city and state after Sunday morning's terrorism attack. This is the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in at least 30 years. U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, confirmed the gunman's identity as 29-year-old Omar Mateen of Port St. Lucie, calling the attack a 'hate crime' because the shooting happened at a gay club." https://bit.ly/1Ojz0rT
--Trump tweets: "Really bad shooting in Orlando. Police investigating possible terrorism. Many people dead and wounded."
--@HillaryClinton: "Woke up to hear the devastating news from FL. As we wait for more information, my thoughts are with those affected by this horrific act. -H ... Desperté con la devastadora noticia de FL. Mientras esperamos más información, mis pensamientos están con los afectados de este horrible acto."
A sobering Sunday morning. Yesterday was the hottest day of 2016, by far, per WashPost's legendary Marty Weil, on p. C7: "It was the first day this year that the mercury reached 90 degrees. It did not merely brush up against that mark, but instead continued climbing, until it reached 96 degrees at 6 p.m." https://wapo.st/1XPv9X6
By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email protected]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email protected])
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TOP TWEET -- @jmartnyt: "Wow, Bernie dodges @chucktodd q if he's still an active candidate for prez. Just sez: 'I am doing everything that I can' to stop Trump."
--"Sanders to meet with Clinton on Tuesday," by Theo Meyer: "'I simply want to get a sense of what kind of platform she will be supporting, whether she will be vigorous in standing up for working families and the middle class, moving aggressively in climate change, healthcare for all, making public colleges and universities tuition-free,' Sanders said on NBC's 'Meet the Press.' 'And after we have that kind of discussion and after we can determine whether or not we are going to have a strong and progressive platform, I will be able to make other decisions.'" https://politi.co/1U7NtJN
JUST POSTED -- "Clinton launches first general election ad," by Annie Karni: "In the one-minute-long spot, footage of Clinton looking presidential as she reviews a stack of briefing papers and descends from a plane that looks like Air Force One is spliced with clips of Trump inciting his crowds at campaign rallies. ... In a voiceover, Clinton says voters face a choice about who we are as a country and asks, 'Do we respect each other? Do we help each other? Do we stand together?'" https://politi.co/1ZIeHVG ... The ad https://bit.ly/1VTe2S5
THE NARRATIVE ... DAVID REMNICK, editor of The New Yorker, in the forthcoming issue "The Choice":"Clinton will have to campaign with unwavering poise against the most dangerous and unpredictable variety of opponent ... If her concentration slips, if she falters in the debates or is upended by some ethical failing, if some event (a terrorist act, for instance) takes place that allows Trump to twist its meaning and rally voters to his banner of America First-if any of that happens, ... the prospect of a female President [could] remain a fantasy ... And then what? A disaster beyond the imagining of any screenwriter." https://bit.ly/1U7GLU0
MOOD MUSIC: AP for Mon. papers - "Health Overhaul-Paying Full Freight: Proposed premium hikes rattle consumers paying their own way," by AP's Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Tom Murphy, with Social Media Editor Eric Carvin: "Millions of people who pay the full cost of their health insurance will face the sting of rising premiums next year, with no financial help from government subsidies. Renewal notices bearing the bad news will go out this fall, just as the presidential election is in the homestretch." https://apne.ws/1Ojtjdv
ZEITGEIST -- "Trump: The GOP's 'hope for change' candidate," by Shane Goldmacher: "[M]any Republicans fret that Trump is a ticking time bomb, only ever a moment away from snapping back to his old self." https://politi.co/1VTeuji
--"Romney rips 2016 also-rans for losing to Trump: Mitt gets emotional: 'Seeing this just breaks your heart,'" by Alex Isenstadt, with Kristen East: "By spending months attacking each other and ignoring Trump, he argued, they made a severe tactical error." https://politi.co/1UL8La7
--"Furious GOP donors stew over Trump: At an exclusive Park City retreat, some of the Republican Party's top financiers lashed out at their nominee," by Alex Isenstadt in Park City: "[Paul] Ryan, who has endorsed Trump despite criticizing his behavior, joked during his presentation on Friday that in a recent conversation with magician David Copperfield, he said that he wished he could make himself disappear." https://politi.co/1S107mh
IF YOU READ ONLY 1 THING ... WashPost Sports cover, "TESTING THE LIMITS: After overcoming personal struggles, Michael Phelps has his sights set on an unprecedented fifth Olympic Games," by Michael Ruane (2 strip pages inside): Post-DUI, "Phelps is in top physical condition - extra lean and muscled ... He's older [30] and stronger, yet tires much more easily. ... [Longtime coach Bob Bowman:] '[H]e's in so much better place as a person, and therefore as an athlete ... I honestly never thought I'd see that again. ...
"[A]t the height of his glory in Athens [2004], where he won six gold medals, he made a gesture of sublime sportsmanship. He had edged out teammate and rival Ian Crocker to win the 100 butterfly and the right to swim in the medley relay, the crowning swimming event of the Olympics. Phelps, then 19, knew Crocker had been fighting a sore throat and felt he deserved another shot. He announced that he was giving up his relay slot to Crocker.
"'I will be in the stands, and I will be cheering as hard as I can,' Phelps said at the time. 'We came into this meet as a team, and we're going to be leaving it as a team.' The next night, Crocker led the U.S. to victory in a world record.'" https://wapo.st/1XPA8Hj
MAUREEN DOWD on fire - "Girl Squad," her imagined conversation between Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren: "'Thanks, Pocahontas,' Hillary replies, looking steely. 'I can do some things on my own. I did manage to secure a spot in the Ivy League without pretending to be Native American. I hope you noticed that I've decorated my house in all the colors of the wind.' Warren bristles, Church Lady-style." https://nyti.ms/28uvy48
RISING STARS - FRANK BRUNI in South Bend, Ind., "The First Gay President? A dynamic mayor brings to mind barriers not yet broken": If you went into some laboratory to concoct a perfect Democratic candidate, you'd be hard pressed to improve on Pete Buttigieg, the 34-year-old second-term mayor of this Rust Belt city ... [A] veteran Democratic strategist pointed me toward Buttigieg as one of the party's brightest young stars." https://nyti.ms/1tksQxL
TV TONIGHT - "60 Minutes at 7 p.m., "Hamilton" encore with more material, in two parts, right before Tony Awards: "Director's Cut of 'Hamilton' offers more on the Broadway smash ... nearly double the length of Charlie Rose's original report first broadcast last November. The ... additions include more of the interviews with [Lin-Manuel] Miranda, the cast, and more ... performance footage from the show." Script of original segment https://cbsn.ws/1WKgtrg
--70th annual TONY AWARDS, 8 to 11 p.m. on CBS - AP Drama Writer Mark Kennedy: "Despite the presence of new host James Corden and the arrival of Barbra Streisand for the first time since 1970, 'Hamilton' will be front and center ... The musical is nominated for a record 16 awards - with some of the actors vying in the same categories - and can actually only win 13, which would break the 12-Tony record held by 'The Producers.'" https://apne.ws/1WKf9F0
** A message from the Coalition for Fiscal and National Security: Strength at Home and Abroad: Mullen, Albright, Brzezinski, Gates, Kissinger, Panetta, Paulson and more unite to emphasize the fundamental link between America's long-term fiscal health and national security. Respected bipartisan group highlights fiscal sustainability and economic growth as foundation for continued global leadership in changing security environment. Read more: https://bit.ly/CFNS2016 **
5-0! KEVIN SHEEKEY - former deputy New York City mayor; maestro behind Mayor Bloomberg's perpetual presidential exploratory campaign; now Bloomberg L.P.'s global head of government relations, public policy, marketing and communications; and chairman of Bloomberg Government - was surprised (not) by his wife, Robin Caiola, at an al-fresco party Friday night at Tavern on the Green, just off Central Park West.
Here's the epic Tammy Haddad tribute video, with cameos by Vice President Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Bono, Sen. Cory Booker, Jonathan Capehart, Joanna Coles, Bryan Cranston, Aggie Doty, Anita Dunn, Mark Ein, Michael Feldman, Betsy Fischer, Harold Ford Jr., Bloomberg Chairman Peter Grauer, Savannah Guthrie, Patti Harris, Rep. Steny Hoyer, Kate Hudson, Bill Knapp, Professor Mitchell Moss, Kelly Rohrbach, Charlie Rose, Hilary Rosen, Sheryl Sandberg, Dillon and Sam Sheekey (his 14-year-old twins), Eric Stonestreet, Chris Taylor, Bob Tierney, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and more. YouTube https://bit.ly/1PU66z4
IF YOU'RE IN NYC ... Peter Watkins, Bush 43 alumnus, pops up a Sette Neckwear shop in Manhattan all week, in time for Father's Day. Robert Barnett and Wayne Berman love their Settes, handmade in Como, Italy -- perfect for the big pitch, or a gift for top client. Peter is selling today and all week at the Waldorf, just off the main lobby. www.setteneckwear.com ... Pic of pop-up https://bit.ly/25RxJQL
AP's MAP - "Road to 270: Where Trump, Clinton start their race ... how the 50 states have voted in the six presidential elections since 1992. SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC: These states, in addition to [D.C.], have voted for the Democratic nominee in every election since 1992: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin. ... ALL DEMOCRATIC, BUT ONCE: These states have voted for the Democratic nominee in five of the six elections since 1992: Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico. ...
"MORE OFTEN DEMOCRATIC: These states have voted for the Democratic nominee in four of the six elections since 1992: Nevada, Ohio. ... EVEN UP: These states have voted for the Democratic nominee three times and the Republican nominee three times since 1992: Colorado, Florida. ... MORE OFTEN REPUBLICAN: These states have voted for the Republican nominee in four of the six elections since 1992: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. ...
"ALL REPUBLICAN, BUT ONCE: These states have voted for the Republican nominee in five of the six elections since 1992: Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina. ... SOLIDLY REPUBLICAN: These states have voted for the Republican nominee in every election since 1992: Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming." https://bit.ly/1S0YTHt
--That's a "Glance" sidebar to the main story, "Road to 270: Donald Trump faces uphill climb to White House," by AP's Tom Beaumont and Julie Pace in Philly, with Lisa Lerer in D.C. and Bill Barrow in Atlanta https://apne.ws/25V6L79
PRESIDENT TRUMP -- "What Exactly Would It Mean to Have Trump's Finger on the Nuclear Button?: A nuclear launch expert plays out the various scenarios," by Bruce Blair on Politico: "In the atomic age, when decisions must be made very quickly, the presidency has evolved into something akin to a nuclear monarchy. With a single phone call, the commander in chief has virtually unlimited power to rain down nuclear weapons on any adversarial regime and country at any time." https://politi.co/1toDcxp
JEFF WEAVER PROFILE - "The Sanders Whisperer - Will Jeff Weaver Be the Last Man Standing on the Bernie Barricades?" (online headline: "Will This Guy Shut Off the Lights in the Sanders Campaign?") by Alessandra Stanley on NYT Sunday Styles front: "[S]ome [Democratic] party strategists have complained that Mr. Weaver is the Vermont senator's enabler in chief, a true believer who could encourage his boss to keep fighting on after the June 14 primary in Washington, D.C., even though Mrs. Clinton has mathematically locked up the nomination. Others think Mr. Weaver may be the one person who can coax Mr. Sanders into a conciliatory stance. ... He has French-Canadian roots; his grandmother was named Violet Champagne. He was educated by nuns and considers himself as social justice Catholic; his three children attended Catholic schools. From 1985 to 1989, he was in the United States Marine Corps Reserves." https://nyti.ms/1UtP9aN
REMEMBERING GEORGE VOINOVICH -- Cleveland Plain Dealer's Stephen Koff: "Voinovich, an earnest-looking Collinwood boy who grew up to be an Ohio legislator, Cleveland mayor, Ohio governor, U.S. senator and one of the most popular Buckeye State politicians of his generation, died early Sunday. He was 79. ... Voinovich, a lawyer and one-time assistant state attorney general who spent more than four decades in politics, was credited with restoring financial health to Cleveland after the city went into default under his mayoral predecessor. ... He had a just-folks, Midwest persona, lacking all pretense and wearing Save the Children neckties." https://bit.ly/1UonNH1
BONUS GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--"Paul Manafort's Wild and Lucrative Philippine Adventure," by Ken Vogel on the Friday Cover of Politico Magazine: "As Ferdinand Marcos used his fortune to cling to power, he found an ally in Trump's campaign chairman." https://politi.co/1UGj1jV
--"Is marriage worth it?" by Laurie Penny in The New Statesman: "Love needs to be freed from the confines of the traditional, monogamous, nuclear family - and so do women." https://bit.ly/1rh91Gd (h/t TheBrowser.com)
--"Blindsided: A Dream Engagement Turned Nightmare," by Mary Milz in Indianapolis Monthly: "Don Huckstep thought he'd found true love in his small hometown of Fowler, Indiana. But when Teri Deneka mysteriously vanished from his life, the disappearance foreshadowed a bizarre-and grisly-series of discoveries that left Huckstep, police, and another man's family with more questions than answers." https://bit.ly/28qL4yb (h/t Longform.org)
POLITICO HEADS TO CANNES LIONS: Politico and Burson-Marsteller headline a panel, "Creativity on the Stump: Communications and American Presidential Politics," on June 22 at this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The panel features Politico's co-founder, publisher and editor-in-chief John F. Harris and Brussels-based managing editor Carrie Budoff Brown (a birthday girl today), along with Thomas Gensemer, Burson-Marsteller's U.S. chief strategy officer. It will be moderated Burson-Marsteller worldwide chair and CEO Don Baer. https://bit.ly/1O6KAGM
HAPPENING WEDNESDAY -- The 2016 Congressional Women's Softball Game, (benefiting Young Survival Coalition, for women who are diagnosed with breast cancer) takes place next Wednesday at Watkins Recreation Center with an after party at H Street Country Club. The Members team includes Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Shelley Moore Capito and Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Mia Love. The Press team (the "Bad News Babes") includes Jen Bendery, Elise Folsey, Jill Jackson, Brianna Keilar, Jackie Kucinich, Lynn Sweet, Amy Walter, and rookie Elena Schneider, coached by Dave Espo, Carl Hulse and Frank Thorp. More infohttps://bit.ly/1S0ejf2 ... Tickets https://bit.ly/28syf6q
BRUSSELS BEAT: Carrie Budoff Brown -- the pride of York, Pa., and the spirit of POLITICO Europe in Brussels -- was feted last night by friends and family at Belga Queen in Brussels to celebrate the big 4-0. (chapeau tip: Tom, Celia, Gabe and sister Jen Budoff) Gabe pic https://bit.ly/1UcDyzx
OUT AND ABOUT: Friends gathered last night at A and D in Shaw to celebrate Politico's Eli Stokols turning 37.
SPOTTED: Reid Epstein, Michael Bender, Ryan Williams, Ed O'Keefe, Alan Rappeport, Zeke Miller, Matt Viser, Annie Linskey, Jake Sherman, Ben Schreckinger, Anna Palmer, Elena Schneider, Andrew Rafferty, Rob Lockwood, Shane Goldmacher, Ashley Parker, Jose DelReal, Nick Corasaniti, Michael Falcone, Daniel Strauss, Julie Bykowicz.
--MICHAEL MORONEY and Francesca Chambers hosted their annual rooftop soiree last night to kick off summer. Guest enjoyed pulled pork, chicken, and brisket.
--LUIS MIRANDA, DNC communications director, celebrated his 40th birthday last night at a surprise bash at Meze in Adams Morgan. Friends from throughout D.C., the administration, State Department and the DNC all hit the dance floor until closing time.
ENGAGED -- Chris Logsdon of Wilco popped the question to Dan Rafter, chief public affairs officer for Freedom for All Americans and HRC comms. shop alum, at sunset on the picturesque roof deck of the Pennsylvania Building at 12th and Penn. After Rafter gleefully accepted, he was surprised again by friends with an engagement party on the roof deck. The two met at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in 2011. Pic https://bit.ly/1XPvVTV
WEEKEND WEDDING - Collin Gutman, the son of former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman, married Jenna Spinks on Saturday night at the National Press Club. Collin is in V.C. and is a founding partner of Acceleprise, an enterprise software accelerator fund, and is just completing a 4 year run as CEO of WorkAmerica. Jenna just received her Masters degree from SAIS, winning the award for being the top student in the class. After a honeymoon in the UK, she will start with Deloitte Federal Systems. The couple met playing intramurals at Yale and Collin proposed 6 years later at the same gym at Yale. Pic of first dance https://bit.ly/1YljfCQ ... https://bit.ly/1ULeKf5
--SPOTTED: Sen. Mark Warner, Katharine Weymouth, bridesmaid Margy Slattery, Sean Glass, Allen Gannett, former U.S. Amb to Austria William Eacho, current Thailand Ambassador to U.S. Pisani Manawapat.
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Greta Van Susteren, the pride of Appleton, Wis. (h/t John Coale) ... Politico's Reid Pillifant ... David Cohen, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ... TJ Adams-Falconer, press assistant at the White House (h/t Beyonce)
BIRTHDAYS: Dina Powell (hat tips: Autumn and Betsy) ... Carrie Budoff Brown, editor of Politico Europe and the pride of York, Pa., is 4-0 (h/t her sister, Jennifer) ... Kevin Sheekey -- the man, the myth, the legend - is 5-0 (h/t Helen Brosnan, filing from a deep-sea fishing trip 50 miles off the east end of Montauk) ... George H.W. Bush is 92 ... Marv Albert is 75 ... banker/philanthropist David Rockefeller is 101 ... Dag Vega, managing director of Burson-Marsteller and Obama WH alum, the pride of Queens ... Alex Castellanos, co-founder of Purple Strategies ... Luis Miranda, comms. director for the DNC ... Alexis Levinson, senior political reporter at National Review and the pride of Santa Monica ,who studied comparative literature at Princeton, is 28 ... AP's Rachel D'Oro ... Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) is 58 ... Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) is 75 ... Eleanor Lewis (h/t Jon Haber) ...
... Bush 43 alum Husein Cumber, EVP for corporate development at Florida East Coast Industries ... Sally Bradshaw ... Casey Ratlief is 31 ... Todd Beyer ... E&E alum Nathanael Massey is 30 ... Hanna Siegel, ABC News alum now deputy director at Partnership for a New American Economy (h/t Sarah Doolin Roy) ... Mary Urbina-McCarthy, deputy director of advance in Mayor Emanuel's office ... social media guru Colleen Shalby, engagement editor at the LA Times and a PBS Newshour alum ... Eli Zupnick, world's biggest Michael Bolton fan ... Zach Baron, senior counsel to the House Democrats on Energy & Commerce, CMS and OFA '08 alum, is 3-0; celebrating this momentous birthday (and a momentous week for HRC!) at a Nats game with friends (h/t wife Shaina and sister Sarah) ...
... Matt Wolking, comms for the Benghazi Committee and a Boehner alum ... Lisa Kurdziel, Democratic fundraiser ... Melodie McQuade ... Ted Ullyot, partner in policy and Regulatory Affairs of Andreessen Horowitz, a Facebook, Bush 43 and DOJ alum ... Dan Archer, SVP of federal gov't relations at Wells Fargo, a Hagel alum ... former Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham ... Patrick Schmitt, a Change.org, MoveOn and DNC alum ... Ryan Mannion, CTO of Hearst Autos, an OZY, Politico and NASA alum ... Sam Buchan ... Adam Wolf ... Katina Tina Rojas Joy ... William Kresse ... Melodie McQuade ... CFPB alum Victor Zapanta ... actor-singer Jim Nabors is 86 ... actor Ryan Malgarini is 24 (h/ts AP)
** A message from the Coalition for Fiscal and National Security: The Coalition for Fiscal and National Security is chaired by Admiral Mike Mullen, and includes Albright, Baker, Brzezinski, Chertoff, Gates, Hadley, Hagel, Hamilton, Hayden, Kissinger, Napolitano, Nunn, O'Neill, Panetta, Paulson, Ridge, Scowcroft, Shultz, Volcker, Warner, and Zoellick. This bipartisan group has released a new statement to draw our country's attention to the fact that America's global leadership requires a foundation of fiscal sustainability and economic growth, and to the urgent need to update and reprioritize our defense and foreign policy strategies to reflect a changing security environment. The Coalition is convened by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Read more: https://bit.ly/CFNS2016 **
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8 年Waco Texas shooting was bigger .70 people is a lot more than 50 .still very bad
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8 年Muslim religion must die for allah funny my GOD died for me why i love him so i worship a risen savior not a dead phophet !........
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8 年I dont agree wit gay lifestyle but cant see anyone being killed they are still our brothers and sisters is GODS job to judge not mine!