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THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK … Tuesday: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Wednesday: There will be an 11:30 a.m. Cabinet meeting, and at 4 p.m., the president will present a Medal of Honor. Thursday: The president will go to Missoula, Mont., for a political rally. Friday: Trump will go to Mesa, Ariz., for a political rally. Saturday: The president will go to Elko, Nev., for a political rally.

-- ARIZONA REPUBLIC FRONT PAGE: “Trump returns to Ariz. on Friday”

THE KINGDOM SWIPES BACK … WAPO’S LOVEDAY MORRIS in ISTANBUL: “Saudi Arabia on Sunday said it rejects threats’ and political pressure over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate in Istanbul, a day after President Trump said there would be ‘severe punishment’ if Saudi Arabia is found to have killed the Washington Post Global Opinions columnist.

“Threatening to impose economic sanctions and repeating ‘false accusations’ will not undermine the country’s standing, said the statement on Saudi Arabia’s official press agency, which quoted an ‘official source.’ The kingdom’s government and people are ‘as glorious and steadfast as ever,’ it said.” WaPo … Full text of the statement

-- “After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince’s ‘dark’ and bullying side,” by WaPo’s Karen DeYoung and Kareem Fahim

SUNDAY BEST … GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS spoke to LARRY KUDLOW on ABC’s “This Week”: STEPHANOPOULOS: “Your colleague, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, is under some pressure as well. He’s planning to attend this investor conference in Saudi Arabia. Many leading CEOs are pulling out of it to protest this action. Is it appropriate for him to be going to that investor conference?”

KUDLOW: “Well, by the way, it’s actually a [conference] about terrorist financing and how to stop it. So it’s a very important subject. Regarding Secretary Mnuchin -- spoke to him last evening. At the moment, he is intending to go because of the importance of the issue of ending terrorist financing. But, again, along with the president and the general investigation Mr. Mnuchin will make up his mind as the week progresses and new information surfaces.”

-- JAKE TAPPER had SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FLA.) on CNN’s “State of the Union”: RUBIO: “I don’t think we should continue business as usual until we know exactly what’s happened here. Because what we do know is this: he walked into that consulate and never came out. So the only two things that could’ve happened is he’s alive and somehow still in there. Or he’s dead, and the Saudis are the ones who did it. There’s no other explanation for it.

“Because if there was video of him leaving they would’ve shown it by now. As far as arms sales: I would not have said it the way the president said it. Arms sales are important, not because of the money, but it also provides leverage over their future behavior. They’ll need our spare parts, they’ll need our training. And those are things we can use to influence their behavior. But I would not take cutting that off off the table.”

-- RUBIO to JOHN DICKERSON on CBS’s “Face the Nation”: “Look if you don't sell arms, they’re going to buy them anyways. And then in the future when you want to influence Saudi behavior on another topic, you’re not going to have anything to threaten them with or anything to hold over their head.

“But to me it isn’t about the money. I don’t know if the president had just been briefed and that’s kind of how he used it or expressed it. But the bottom line is I mean there’s. The money. There’s no way. There’s no -- not enough money in the world for us to buy back our credibility on human rights if -- if we do not move forward and take swift action on this if in fact if and when it’s proven to be true.”

JUST POSTED … NEW WASHINGTON POST/ABC POLL … SCOTT CLEMENT and DAN BALZ: “Three weeks before critical midterm elections, voters are expressing significantly more interest in turning out than they were four years ago, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. Enthusiasm is up across almost all demographic groups, but the increases are greater among younger adults, nonwhite voters and those who say they favor Democrats for the House.

“At the same time, President Trump’s job approval rating has risen five points after tying a record low point in August, although Democrats maintain a double-digit advantage in overall support for Congress, the poll finds.

“Four years ago, midterm voter turnout fell to its lowest level in more than half a century. Republicans were able to capitalize by expanding their House majority and taking control of the Senate. Today, with that GOP House majority at risk and some close Senate races that will determine who has control of that chamber in January, a 77 percent majority of registered voters say they are certain to vote next month or have already voted, up from a 65 percent majority in Post-ABC polls in October 2014.” WaPo

-- THE GENERIC BALLOT. Democrats are +9. The poll



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ANOTHER “60 MINUTES” SNEAK PEEK … TRUMP CALLS MATTIS “SORT OF A DEMOCRAT” WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS LEAVING THE ADMINISTRATION … LESLEY STAHL: “You have said that this administration is like a smooth running machine. And yet, we keep hearing that the White House is in chaos.” TRUMP: “It’s wrong, it’s so false. It’s fake news. Now, did -- out of hundreds and hundreds of people, some I could’ve not picked. I’m changing things around. And I’m entitled to. I have people now on standby that will be phenomenal. They’ll come into the administration, they’ll be phenomenal.” STAHL: “More people going to go?” TRUMP: “Yeah. Other people will go. Sure.”

STAHL: “But so many people -- you have a kind of a record of -- on turnover.” TRUMP: “I told you the story. I told you the story. We have a great -- I think I have a great Cabinet. There are some people that I’m not happy with. I have some people that I’m not thrilled with. And I have other people that I’m beyond thrilled with.” STAHL: “What about Gen. Mattis? Is he going to leave?” TRUMP: “Well, I don’t know. He hasn’t told me that.” STAHL: “Do you want him to leave?” TRUMP: “I have a very good relationship with him. I had lunch with him two days ago. I have a very good relationship with him. It could be that he is. I think he’s sort of a Democrat, if you want to know the truth. But Gen. Mattis is a good guy. We get along very well. He may leave. I mean, at some point, everybody leaves. Everybody. People leave. That’s Washington.” 1-min. video

LET’S ALL BE FRIENDS ... WAPO’S GABRIEL POGRUND in Richmond, Ky., and ELISE VIEBECK: “Trump celebrates McConnell, federal judicial appointments at Kentucky rally”: “President Trump on Saturday railed against the ‘Democratic politics of hatred, anger and division’ at a rally that celebrated his appointments to the federal bench and his alliance with Kentucky’s senators, especially Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R).

“With less than a month until the midterm elections, Trump traveled to Madison County to campaign for the reelection of Rep. Garland ‘Andy’ Barr (R-Ky.), a three-term congressman facing a tough race against Democratic newcomer Amy McGrath.

“‘Not everybody knows that Mitch is a great guy,’ Trump said to laughs, calling the Republican leader ‘one of the most powerful men in the world . . . there’s nobody tougher, there’s nobody smarter.’ McConnell, who typically avoids commenting on Trump’s day-to-day remarks and behavior, spoke warmly about him to the crowd.” WaPo

Good Sunday morning. AXIOS’ JONATHAN SWAN reported that PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has chosen Pat Cipollone as his new White House counsel and that Cipollone has started to fill out the required paperwork for the job. Axios

SUNDAY BEST (cont.) … CHRIS WALLACE had CHINESE AMBASSADOR CUI TIANKAI on "Fox News Sunday": WALLACE: "Are you clear who President Trump listens to on trade issues, whether it’s moderates like Kudlow and Mnuchin or hardliners like Navarro?" CUI: "You tell me."

WALLACE: "You have confusion about this? I mean, that’s obviously part of your job as the Chinese ambassador, to be able to report back to Beijing who has the president’s ear." CUI: "Honestly, I’ve been talking to ambassadors of other countries in Washington D.C. And this is also part of their problem."

WALLACE: "What?" CUI: "They don’t know who is the final decision maker. Of course, presumably, the president will take the final decision, but who is playing what role? Sometimes it could be very confusing."

KUDLOW also talked the economy on “Fox News Sunday” with CHRIS WALLACE: “These kinds of corrections are absolutely normal this one so far is rather moderate I think it’s about 5 percent or so 6 percent. Were still ahead year to date in the major indexes by 4 or 5%.

“The economy is in terrific shape we are in an economic boom, people thought it would be impossible. The reality is we’re clicking on all cylinders, Americans, entrepreneurs, workers are absolutely crushing it profits are rising, confidence is up blue collars are up wages are up. So I think the background for this is very positive for the stock market as I said corrections come and go and people should stay very calm over these things. It’s quite normal.”

-- JOSH HAWLEY spoke with CHUCK TODD on NBC’s “Meet the Press”: TODD: “All right, final question for you. We found a clip of a TV ad you ran when you were running for attorney general in 2016. Here's what you said in that ad. … ‘Jefferson City is full of career politicians just climbing the ladder, using one office to get another. I'm Josh Hawley. I think you deserve better.’ You, within two years, immediately ran for the U.S. Senate. What would you say to yourself in that ad?”

HAWLEY: “I would say that the future of our country is at stake. And I would say you can see it with the hearings with Justice Kavanaugh. You can see it in what we’re seeing out on the streets now. The future of this country and our way of life here is at stake. And it’s incumbent upon all of us to do all that we can. I’m trying to do my part to make sure that we fight for the future of this country and fight for Missouri. Claire McCaskill has not, but I will.”

WHAT AMERICA IS READING … SACRAMENTO BEE: “How much the gas tax increase really costs you … $700 a year? …. $10 a month?” … DENVER POST: “Election 2018: Governor … Distinct choice” … SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL: “DeSantis, Gillum working to court Jewish voters” …

… MIAMI HERALD: “RACE FOR CONGRESS … Mucarsel-Powell wants to be part of Fla.’s blue wave … Curbelo tries to distance himself from Trump” … CHICAGO TRIBUNE: “President’s presence looms large over Roskam-Casten campaign”

DES MOINES REGISTER: “Capitol harassment: Lewd, intimidating conduct has created a ‘toxic’ Statehouse, staffers and lawmakers say,” by Jason Clayworth: “For more than a decade, Iowa legislators and staff members engaged in lewd and sexually aggressive behavior, creating a ‘toxic’ environment and a ‘culture of secrets’ at the state Capitol, according to detailed court depositions reviewed by the Des Moines Register.

“The depositions, taken under oath by about two-dozen lawmakers and legislative staffers, comprise more than 1,000 pages of documents previously unreleased to the public. They were part of a landmark sexual harassment case that resulted in the state of Iowa paying a $1.75 million settlement last year.

“The depositions detail more than 50 instances of inappropriate behavior that played out over years at the Capitol, including allegations that: Multiple staff members watched pornography at work, including male staffers who gathered to view a video of topless women jumping on a trampoline to the tune of ‘Jingle Bells.’

“Staff members and lawmakers described female co-workers and lobbyists in lewd or sexually derogatory ways. For example, male legislative staffers would ‘go out in like a little pack,’ assessing the physical attributes of female lobbyists. One male legislative employee called women ‘c----’, a vulgar term referring to female genitalia.

“A senator gossiped with a colleague that a female senator was sexually promiscuous, while another senator asked a staff member on the Senate floor about the size of her nipples. The latter senator's drinking problems prompted a Senate leader to bring a breathalyzer to test his colleague before he spoke on the Senate floor.” DSM … Front page

JARED UPDATE … NYT, A1: “Kushner Paid No Federal Income Tax for Years, Documents Suggest: Confidential documents reviewed by The Times indicate that Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, probably paid little or no income tax from 2009 to 2016,” by Jesse Drucker and Emily Flitter: “Over the past decade, Jared Kushner’s family company has spent billions of dollars buying real estate. His personal stock investments have soared. His net worth has quintupled to almost $324 million.

“And yet, for several years running, Mr. Kushner — President Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser — appears to have paid almost no federal income taxes, according to confidential financial documents reviewed by The New York Times.

“His low tax bills are the result of a common tax-minimizing maneuver that, year after year, generated millions of dollars in losses for Mr. Kushner, according to the documents. But the losses were only on paper — Mr. Kushner and his company did not appear to actually lose any money.

“The losses were driven by depreciation, a tax benefit that lets real estate investors deduct a portion of the cost of their buildings from their taxable income every year. In 2015, for example, Mr. Kushner took home $1.7 million in salary and investment gains. But those earnings were swamped by $8.3 million of losses, largely because of ‘significant depreciation’ that Mr. Kushner and his company took on their real estate, according to the documents reviewed by The Times.

“Nothing in the documents suggests Mr. Kushner or his company broke the law. A spokesman for Mr. Kushner’s lawyer said that Mr. Kushner ‘paid all taxes due.’” NYT … A1 PDF. Headline: Forms Suggest Kushner Paid Tax Bills of $0”

-- THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE of something that would trigger a hearing and investigation in a Democratic House.

MIDTERM COUNTDOWN: 23 DAYS …

-- CBS BATTLEGROUND TRACKER … Dems in line to win 226 seats. CBS

-- FRONT PAGE OF THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: “NC race could be key to control of US House”

-- WAPO’S AMY GARDNER: “Crackdowns on potential voter fraud fuel worries about ballot access in November”: “In Georgia, election officials have suspended more than 50,000 applications to register to vote, most of them for black voters, under a rigorous Republican-backed law that requires personal information to exactly match driver’s license or Social Security records. In Texas, the state attorney general has prosecuted nearly three dozen individuals on charges of voter fraud this year, more than the previous five years combined.

“And in North Carolina, a U.S. attorney and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued subpoenas last month demanding that virtually all voting records in 44 counties be turned over to immigration authorities within weeks — a move that was delayed after objections from state election officials. Voting rights advocates said Republicans are seizing on sporadic voting problems in an effort to disenfranchise voters of color.” WaPo

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TV TONIGHT -- “How the Secret Service Foiled an Assassination Plot Against Trump by ISIS: A pair of Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Trump open up about the anxieties of their jobs and a pair of credible assassination threats they stopped in Manila,” by the Daily Beast’s Marlow Stern: “[Last year] there was a plot against President Trump’s life in Manila—a shocking fact revealed in ‘United States Secret Service: On the Front Line,’ a two-hour special airing on the National Geographic Channel Sunday night.” Daily Beast … Trailer

SNL LAST NIGHT – “Kanye West Donald Trump Cold Open”: “Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) meets with Kanye West (Chris Redd) and Jim Brown (Kenan Thompson) in the Oval Office.” 6-min video

A FEW DAYS AGO, we featured a story from the San Jose Mercury News about Susan Rice’s son at Stanford. The Stanford Daily first reported on this. Here is their story.

MEDIAWATCH – FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: TOBY HARNDEN, managing editor of the WASHINGTON EXAMINER, and the Examiner have apologized for including several paragraphs from a New York Times story about Jared Kushner’s relationship with Saudi Arabia in an Examiner story by Joel Gehrke. The Examiner is going to correct the original article and also put Harnden’s statement at the top of the article. MSNBC’s David Gura first pointed out the similarities on Twitter. Gura’s tweets with screenshots ... The Examiner story … The Times story by Mark Landler, Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt

-- HARNDEN’s statement: “The Washington Examiner apologizes for inadvertently including paragraphs from a New York Times story in an Examiner story about Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia. I was editing the story. During the editing process, I put a note, in an unpublished story file, that included a section from a story by the New York Times. The note was intended to inform the reporter and give him an example of the kind of approach he could consider in the Examiner story.

“The note was not clear, however, and the reporter thought I had rewritten part of his story. The material from the New York Times was then subsequently mistakenly published in error and without any attribution. This should not have happened and the Examiner regrets this editing error.”



PLAYBOOK READS

PHOTO DU JOUR: President Donald Trump listens as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo

PASTOR BRUNSON RELEASED … CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: “‘You really fought for us,’ freed N.C. pastor tells President Trump,” by Joe Marusak and Brian Murphy: “Brunson placed his left hand on Trump’s right shoulder and asked God to ‘pour out your Holy Spirit on President Trump, that you give him supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him. I ask that you give him wisdom to lead this country into righteousness.’

“Trump also lent levity to the gathering when he later asked Brunson’s wife whom she voted for in the presidential election. She appeared to respond she voted for Trump. Andrew Brunson also responded, prompting laughter when he said, in all seriousness, that he voted for Trump by sending an absentee ballot from prison.

“Trump also thanked Turkey’s president for Brunson’s release, saying political circumstances in that country made it difficult to pull off. Trump said he thought he had Brunson all but released two months ago.” Charlotte Observer

2020 WATCH -- “Kamala Harris books first trip to Iowa,” by David Siders: “The freshman senator will travel for the first time this year to the first-in-the-nation caucus state on Oct. 22-23, as she prepares for a potential presidential run. Harris, a California Democrat, will make appearances in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, with other stops expected to be added.

“The trip will follow a visit to South Carolina, another early primary state, on Oct. 19, and to battleground state Wisconsin on Oct. 21. Following the visits to Iowa and South Carolina, Harris will have appeared in three of four early primary states this election cycle. She has yet to campaign in New Hampshire.” POLITICO



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BONUS GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:

-- “My Bodyguard, My Self,” by Jamie Lauren Keiles in Topic: “These days, it seems like everyone has a security detail. We spent a day with three men in suits to find out how it feels to be safe.” Topic (h/t Longform.org)

-- “How Will Police Solve Murders on Mars?” by Geoff Manaugh in The Atlantic: “In the dry, freezer-like air and extreme solar exposure of Mars, DNA will age differently than it does on Earth. Blood from blunt-trauma and stab wounds will produce dramatically new spatter patterns in the planet’s low gravity. The Martian environment is so lethal that a murder could be disguised as a natural act. A weak seal on a space suit, an oxygen meter that appeared to have failed, could be a homicide hiding in plain sight.” The Atlantic

-- “The amazing ascent of Priscilla Chan,” by Robert Safian in Quartz: “[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative] may be the world’s best-funded startup ever, with $45 billion pledged in that initial announcement, some 99% of the family’s wealth. ... Among CZI’s goals: to help prevent, cure or manage all disease over the next century. (That’s right: all disease.) Oh, and at the same time, CZI wants to remake public education, pursue far-reaching immigration and criminal justice reform, and support affordable housing.” Quartz

-- “Raised by YouTube,” by Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic: “The platform’s entertainment for children is weirder—and more globalized—than adults could have expected.” Atlantic

-- “The Daring Journey Across Antarctica That Became a Nightmare,” by Kim Stanley Robinson in Smithsonian in Dec. 2017: “By June of 1911 Scott’s shore team of 25 men had been at Cape Evans for half a year. On June 27 Scott’s second-in-command, Edward Wilson, took marine lieutenant Henry Bowers and zoological assistant Apsley Cherry-Garrard out with him on an attempt to reach Cape Crozier about 65 miles away. They were going to man-haul two sledges, 130 miles round trip, exposed to the coldest temperatures that anybody had ever traveled in, approaching 75 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.” Smithsonian

-- “My Fiancé Jamal Khashoggi Was a Lonely Patriot,” by Hatice Cengiz in the NYT: “His ideas will reverberate from Turkey to Saudi Arabia and beyond. Oppression never lasts forever. Tyrants eventually pay for their sins.” NYT

-- “Ivanka Trump’s Gurus Say Their Techniques Can End War and Make You Fly,” by Justin Rohrlich in the Daily Beast: “Celebs from Katy Perry to Ivanka say Transcendental Meditation helps them focus. The movement’s chief promises more: quasi-magical powers and the ability to steer world events.” Daily Beast

-- “The Ghosts of the Glacier,” by Sean Flynn in GQ: “People have been disappearing on glaciers for as long as people have been walking on glaciers. And for most of human history, they were simply gone, vanished, entombed in a hopelessly deep, dense river of ice, carried away by a slow, grinding current. How many, no one knows, because that number is lost to time. ... Except then the world got hotter, and the glaciers got smaller, and now, after decades, centuries, millennia, they’re slowly surrendering the dead. The ghosts of the past are returning, and the present is that much more haunting.” GQ

-- “The New Race for Contemporary Arts Dominance in the Middle East,” by Michael Greenwald in the Belfer Center: “By investing in art and culture, the Gulf states are crafting a sense of historical prestige and a cultural narrative for their local citizens and visitors to feel and bring home. ... The contest for art dominance captures the sentiment that these states have learned: control of the narrative confers true cultural power.” Belfer

-- “The Channel Coyotes,” by Gavin Van Horn in Emergence Magazine – per TheBrowser.com’s description: “An accurate count of coyotes in Chicago is harder to find than coyotes themselves. I’ve heard rumours there are three thousand, possibly more. ... Hundreds sport radio collars, so a good deal is known about their movements and territorial habits ... What these data points tell us is that coyotes are not just on the outermost edges of the city. They are in our city center. Coyotes are willingly moving to Chicago.” Emergence

-- “‘We Try to Learn Every Terrorist Attack’: Inside the Top-Secret Israeli Anti-Terrorism Operation That’s Changing the Game,” by Adam Ciralsky in November’s Vanity Fair: “Governments around the world are quietly turning to YAMAM, Israel’s special police force, for help with their most intractable security problems. And now, elite commandos publicly reveal the tactics that have made it one of the most fearsome counterterrorism units in the world.” VF

-- “Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture,” by Yascha Mounk in The Atlantic: “On social media, the country seems to divide into two neat camps: Call them the woke and the resentful. ... Reality is nothing like this. As scholars Stephen Hawkins, Daniel Yudkin, Miriam Juan-Torres, and Tim Dixon argue in a report published Wednesday, ‘Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape,’ most Americans don’t fit into either of these camps. They also share more common ground than the daily fights on social media might suggest—including a general aversion to PC culture.” Atlantic … The report

PLAYBOOKERS

WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Brooke Ericson, chief of staff for FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, married Shawn Donilon of the National Association of Broadcasters, at East Lynn Farm in Round Hill, Va. Pic

-- “Lauren Gann, Robert Roberts” – N.Y. Times: “The couple met at Georgia Southern University, from which they graduated. The bride, 29, is a senior manager of marketing communications at Hearst in New York [and is a Fox News alum]. ... The groom, 28, is an associate at Burson Cohn & Wolfe, a public relations firm in New York.” With a pic. NYT

-- “Laura Cederberg, Michael Siebenaler” – N.Y. Times: “Ms. Cederberg, 36, is an assistant chief of staff in St. Paul to Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat. She graduated from the University of Michigan. She worked on the first senatorial campaigns for Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, both Minnesota Democrats; she was the research director in 2012 on the campaign for Senator Mazie Hirono, a Democrat of Hawaii. ... Mr. Siebenaler, 45, is a senior adviser in the Minneapolis office of United States Representative Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat.” With a pic. NYT

BIRTHDAYS: Mike Feldman is 5-0 (hat tip: Joe Lockhart) … Bob Costa, national political reporter for the Washington Post, moderator of PBS’s “Washington Week,” and a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC ... Eli Lehrer, president of R Street ... Peter Osnos (h/t son Evan) ... Cody Keenan … Norm Ornstein is 7-0 … former White House counsel John W. Dean III is 8-0 ... Dukes Wooters (h/t Ken Vogel) ... Melissa Maxfield … Lorie Slass ... Ira Shapiro ... Tucker Foote, SVP and head of North America public policy and global trade for MasterCard (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Politico’s Erin Aulov ... Catherine Loper … Chris Walker ... Brian Hart … Isabel Milán ... Marc Dunkelman … Marco Acevedo ... Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) is 64 ... J.C. Derrick ... Nick Stanley ... TNR’s Emily Atkin (h/t Nihal Krishan) ... Daniel Castro of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (h/t the ITIF team) ...

… Leigh Farris, managing director of CEO communications at Goldman Sachs (h/t Jake Siewert) … David Lehrer … former Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) is 66 ... Mike Hook, COS for Rep. Chris Collins … Jack Fitzpatrick, a reporter at BGOV ... Robbie Myers is 32 (h/t his DOE colleagues) ... John Hanlon … Zeenat Rahman ... Collin Burton … Chris May ... Boston Globe’s Victoria McGrane (h/ts Annie Linskey and Lisa Lerer) ... Warren Hendriks ... Daniel Castro ... Dave Leichtman, of Microsoft’s Defending Democracy Program, is 4-0 (h/t Ginny Badanes) ... Eve Lieberman, COS for Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) ... Jada Bromberg ... Lauren Lyster … Sydney Lee Simons ... Jason Epstein ... Brian Bond ... Richard Skinner ... David Wallace ... Michele Curtis ... Anang Mittal … Saul Pink … Jerry Ceppos is 72.



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