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Anton Becker, comms director for Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) ... Ashley Mettler ... Dem consultant John Hlinko ... Blair FitzGibbon ... Rebekah Allen ... ... Breitbart White House reporter Charlie Spiering is 35 ... Yelberton (Yebbie) Watkins, longtime chief of staff to House Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn ... Lucas Boyce ... Bob Juliano ... Warren Coats ... Paul Schur ... Katie Sander ... Lindsey Parham ... Jillian Martin ... Beth Rossman ... Phillip Carnegie Smith is 65 ... Peggy Wilhide Nasir ... Kathleen Gleason Prayias ... consultant Adrian Gray, a Bush-Cheney alum ... Matthew Doering ... Melissa Cross ... Margaret O'Meara ... Cynthia Alksne ... Eric Bakker ... Branda Weix ... Brendan Martin (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Pete Townshend (The Who) is 72 ... pop singer Sam Smith is 25 (h/ts AP) ****** a message from JPMorgan Chase & Co.: JPMorgan Chase's investment in Detroit goes well beyond just writing a check. Through the firm's Detroit Service Corps, dozens of senior level employees spent more than 10,000 hours on the ground, working with local nonprofit partners and using their expertise to assist with strategic and business planning, market analysis and much more: http://politi.co/2r9hUCy ****** SUBSCRIBE to the Playbook family: POLITICO Playbook http://politi.co/1M75UbX ... New York Playbook http://politi.co/1ON8bqW ... Florida Playbook http://politi.co/1OypFe9 ... New Jersey Playbook http://politi.co/1HLKltF ... Massachusetts Playbook http://politi.co/1Nhtq5v ... Illinois Playbook http://politi.co/1N7u5sb ... California Playbook http://politi.co/2bLvcPl ... Brussels Playbook http://politi.co/1FZeLcw ... All our political and policy tipsheets http://politi.co/1M75UbX View online To change your alert settings, please go to https://secure.politico.com/settings/settings This email was sent to caroline_boulton@ios.doi.gov by: POLITICO, LLC 1000 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA, 22209, USA Please click here and follow the steps to unsubscribe. To: caroline_boulton@ios.doi.gov[caroline_boulton@ios.doi.gov] From: Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman Sent: 2017-05-19T07:04:59-04:00 Importance: Normal Subject: Playbook Power Briefing, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co.: BULLETIN: Sweden dropping charges against Julian Assange -- The White House's blind spot -- Remember MIKE PENCE - PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW: Geoff Morrell -- B'DAY: Cindy McCain Received: 2017-05-19T07:05:20-04:00 View online version | Add politicoplaybook@politico.com to your address book. Today's Playbook Power Briefing presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co. 05/19/2017 06:58 AM EDT By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman) and ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc) with DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman) DRIVING THE DAY Listen to the Playbook Audio Briefing http://bit.ly/2q05w00 ... Subscribe on iTunes http://apple.co/2eX6Eay ... Visit the online home of Playbook http://politi.co/2f51Jnf BREAKING THIS MORNING -- AP at 5:06 a.m.: "STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden's top prosecutor drops 7-year rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange." ... at 5:42 a.m.: "LONDON (AP) - UK police: Assange still wanted for jumping bail, will face arrest if he leaves Ecuadorean embassy in London." ... at 6:22 a.m.: "STOCKHOLM (AP) - Prosecutor: Probe could be reopened if Assange returns to Sweden before statute of limitations ends in 2020." Good Friday morning. We are beginning to sense a trend with THE WHITE HOUSE: they oftentimes act as if politicians are completely consistent in their views. For example, the president seemed convinced dismissing James Comey would be popular with both parties, just because Democrats criticized him during the campaign. And now, they seem to think, just because Joe Lieberman was a Senate Democrat (at one point), the entire caucus would vote to confirm him as FBI director. (Don't feel bad,