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To: Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] From: Anna Palmer Jake Sherman Daniel Lippman Sent: Thur 6/15/2017 5:04:22 PM Subject: Playbook Power Briefing: SCALISE faces a third surgery, was visited by Pence -- JIM DEMINT setting up a new conservative group - Digging into lawmakers' financial disclosures - SPOTTED at the UAE Embassy last night View ojJine^yerejon | Add BoJjtLcopjaybopK^ to your address book. 06/15/2017 01:00 PM EDI By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman), (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc), DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman), ZACH MONTELLARO (zmontellaro@politico.com; @ZachMontellaro) Good Thursday afternoon. NEWS -- JIM DEMINT is in the process of setting up a NEW conservative group that will be announced in the next few weeks. He and his allies have been talking around town about it in recent days. Wesley Denton, his spokesman, said: "We'll be announcing in a few weeks and we're excited to get started. Our goal isn't to replicate things other great organizations are doing, but rather to fill a void and advance the conservative movement in a meaningful way." THE LATEST ON SCALISE -- "Scalise faces third surgery after being wounded in mass shooting," by Rachael Bade: "House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, shot Wednesday during a congressional baseball practice, was undergoing his third surgery Thursday morning as his colleagues gathered to discuss the horrific shooting and share cautiously optimistic statements about Scalise's recovery. "The Louisiana Republican remained in critical condition early Thursday as doctors at MedStar Washington Hospital Center began a third operation. The bullet had fractured bones and torn through internal organs, according to a late Wednesday night hospital statement. And Scalise, who suffered severe blood loss, had been receiving multiple units of blood transfusion. According to sources familiar with Scalise's condition, the third surgery was routine for gunshot victims. Doctors went in to check on the work they performed the night before. "On the Hill, lawmakers grappled with the severity of Scalise's condition, with some Republicans even speculating that Scalise could be out commission for some time. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his leadership team called an emergency conference Thursday morning to give lawmakers an update. Scalise's chief deputy whip Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), who's visited him in the hospital, gave a moving speech about faith in dark times - and about Scalise's strength as an individual. Sources in the room said people tried to stay optimistic, even as some members who witnessed the horrific shooting stood and told their stories. Lawmakers signed jumbo cards for Scalise and the other victims." //politi.co/2ssSDXU - - NOTE: Rachael and Jake were reporting through last night and early this morning and we've been told that the likelihood is Scalise will be out of commission for some time. Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003015-00001 -- "Pence visits Scalise in hospital as he recovers from shooting wound," by Nolan D. McCaskill: "A spokesman said Pence checked on Scalise and spoke to Crystal Griner, one of two Capitol Police officers who were wounded during the incident." http://politi.co/2tqqfme PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said Scalise's situation has "been much more difficult than people even thought at the time," per pooler Jordan Fabian of The Hill. "Trump said 'he's in some trouble' but [added], 'he's going to be OK, we hope.'" FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SEASON ... - HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI'S husband lost at least $10 million on his investment in the United Football League and the Sacramento Mountain Lions team. But Pelosi and her husband remain very rich, with a net worth of between $32 million and $149 million. - HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY'S wife has picked up a job at the California Republican Party. - - NEW YORK REP. CHRIS COLLINS disclosed between $25 million and $50 million in Innate Immunotheraputics, the company he has been advising other lawmakers to invest in. He had between $5 million and $25 million last year. - - REP. DARRELL ISSA (R-CALIF.) has picked up a building right across from the Capitol. He now owns 25 D Street, SE through a limited partnership, according to his financial disclosure. He bought it in April 2016. - - REP. CHARLIE CRIST (D-FLA.) took quite the pay cut to come to Congress. He made $604,596 from the law firm Morgan and Morgan in 2016. WHITE HOUSE STATEMENTS - from @realDonaldTrump at 6:55 a.m.: "They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice"... at 7:57 a.m.: "You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA" TRUMP'S CLIMATE POLICY -- "Energy Department Closes Office Working on Climate Change Abroad," by NYT's Brad Plumer: "The Energy Department is closing an office that works with other countries to develop clean energy technology, another sign of the Trump administration's retreat on climate-related activities after its withdrawal from the Paris agreement this month. "The 11 staff members of the Office of International Climate and Technology were told this month that their positions were being eliminated, according to current and former agency employees. The office was formed in 2010 to help the United States provide Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003015-00002 technical advice to other nations seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The small office also played a lead role preparing for the annual Clean Energy Ministerial, a forum in which the United States, China, India and other countries shared insights on how best to promote energy efficiency, electric vehicles and other solutions to climate change." http://nyti.ms/2ssOCTk IN THE VALLEY -- "Tim Cook on Donald Trump, the HomePod, and the Legacy of Steve Jobs," by Bloomberg Businessweek editor Megan Murphy on the cover of the magazine: Cook on Trump: "I feel a great responsibility as an American, as a CEO, to try to influence things in areas where we have a level of expertise. I've pushed hard on immigration. We clearly have a very different view on things in that area. I've pushed on climate. We have a different view there. There are clearly areas where we're not nearly on the same page. "We're dramatically different. I hope there's some areas where we're not. His focus on jobs is good. So we'll see. Pulling out of the Paris climate accord was very disappointing. I felt a responsibility to do every single thing I could for it not to happen. I think it's the wrong decision. If I see another opening on the Paris thing, I'm going to bring it up again. At the end of the day, I'm not a person who's going to walk away and say, 'If you don't do what I want, I leave.' I'm not on a council, so I don't have those kind of decisions. But I care deeply about America. I want America to do well. America's more important than bloody politics from my point of view." -- Bloomberg Businessweek has also launched a new redesign that's anchored by a print magazine that will have three editions (Asia, Europe and the Americas), a new email newsletter, and a redesigned app and website. They're also rolling out a two tiered membership model -- a digital only subscription and an "all access" one that includes the weekly magazine. http://bit.lv/2ssMrPF ... Some of the magazine's 2017 covers http://bit.lv/2rvkY0u FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP -- "Leaked audio reveals Malcolm Turnbull roasting Donald Trump over 'fake polls' and Russia," from 9News's (an Australian news network) Laurie Oakes: "Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull isn't known for being a comedian but he tried some daring Donald Trump material on a room full of journalists in Canberra last night. He gave a tongue-in-cheek speech, which Nine's Political Editor Laurie Oakes has decided to reveal, at Parliament House's annual Mid Winter Ball. ... He even does a Donald Trump impersonation. "'The Donald and I, we are winning and winning in the polls. We are winning so much, we are winning, we are winning like we have never won before,' he says. He also alludes to the probe into the Trump campaign's links with Russia, adding: 'I have this Russian guy... Believe me, it's true, it is true.'" ON TO CANADA -- @GovMattBevin: "Proud of my dear friend, Kelly Knight Craft, the next Ambassador to America's largest trading partner, Canada"... @UKCoachCalipari: 'Tm so happy for Kelly Knight Craft and this opportunity for her and Joe Craft as she Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003015-00003 gets set to become the American ambassador to Canada." MEDIAWATCH -- The New York Times editorial board was pilloried online for its editorial about yesterday's shooting. In the editorial, they connect the shooting of thenRep. Gabby Giffords to a map put up by Sarah Palin's PAC -- even though extensive Times reporting from the time showed no such connection, and the ABC News story they linked to said that "no connection has been made" between the shooting and the map. National Review's David French on the editorial: "Let's be blunt. In its zeal to create moral equivalencies and maintain a particular narrative about the past, the Times flat-out lied. ... The Times editorial board didn't have far to go to understand Loughner's motivations; it could have asked ... New York Times reporters." http://bit.lv/2ssVfoG The New York Times has since issued a rare correction to the editorial, saying in part that "no such link was established." The NYT editorial http://nyti.ms/2ssS0gK -- Kaitlan Collins, Daily Caller's White House correspondent, will be a White House reporter at CNN starting on Monday (scooped by Kelsey Sutton at Mic http://bit.lv/2st7gui). Alex Pfeiffer is being promoted back at Daily Caller to be their new White House correspondent (a Maxwell Tani scoop at Bl http://read.bi/2stkQxO). Pfeiffer is just 20 years old. SPOTTED at last night's Interfaith Iftar dinner at the stunning UAE embassy, hosted by Ambassador Yousef Al-Otaiba: Wolf Blitzer, Jordanian Amb. Dina Kawar, Martin Indyk, Jason greenblatt, Jim Zogby, Jeremy Katz, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Kim Dozier, Andrew Exum, Emma Green, Laura Whitefield, Fred and Kim Kagan, Nahal Toosi, Afghan Amb. Dr. Hamdullah Mohib (a loyal Playbooker) and Azerbaijan Amb. Elin Suleymanov, Husain Haqqani. Pics of the embassy http://bit.lv/2sesfyl ... http://bit.ly/2selpYT ... http://bit.ly/2seUuNG OUT AND ABOUT -- Lanny Griffith was honored as the new president of the Miss America Foundation last night at BGR. SPOTTED: Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields, former Gov. Haley Barbour, Dan Murphy, Bill Viney, Chris Henick, Rod Windham, Tammy Haddad, Dan Meyers, William Crozer, George Nassar, Kimble Ratliff, Sam Haskell, Josh Randle, Eli Popicg and Lynn Weidner. SUBSCRIBE to the Playbook family: POLITICO Playbook http://politi.co/1M75UbX ... New York Playbook cnKUuW ... Florida Playbook http://politi.co/1 OypFe9 ... New Jersey Playbook http://politi.co/1 HLKItF ... 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EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003015-00005 To: Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] From: Anna Palmer Jake Sherman Daniel Lippman Sent: Wed 11/1/2017 4:59:42 PM Subject: Playbook Power Briefing, presented by BP: TRUMP wants to call tax bill: `Cuts, Cuts, Cuts' - POTUS bashes SCHUMER less than 24 hours after deadliest terror attack in NYC since 9/11 - NYPD: Attack done `in the name of ISIS' View ojJine^yerejon | Add to your address book Today's Playbook Power Briefing presented by BP By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman), ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc), DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman) and ZACH MONTELLARO ( zmontellaro@politico.com; @ZachMontellaro) Good Wednesday afternoon. THE TAX BILL'S NAME? - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP wants to name the tax bill "Cuts, Cuts, Cuts," according to sources familiar with internal discussions. This is running into a tad bit of resistance among some on Capitol Hill, who don't exactly favor the name. The 1986 tax bill was called, quite plainly, the "Tax Reform Act of 1986." Oh, and by the way: lawmakers don't want to call this a tax cut bill. They want to call it TAX REFORM! HOT DOC - START PLANNING YOUR VACATION - The 2018 House legislative calendar is out. Time to start your vacation planning! http://politi.co/z774XPG HMM -- "Special counsel: Manafort's stated wealth fluctuated wildly; he keeps 3 passports," by WaPo's Spencer Hsu: "Onetime Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort keeps three U.S. passports with different identification numbers and submitted 10 passport applications in as many years, the office of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III disclosed in a new court filing Tuesday arguing that Manafort poses a significant flight risk." - CNN's "MOSCOW" MANU RAJU and JIM ACOSTA: "Trump didn't dismiss idea when foreign policy adviser suggested setting up Putin meeting": "Candidate Donald Trump did not dismiss the idea of arranging a meeting with Russia's president when it was suggested in a meeting with his campaign foreign policy advisers last year, according to a person in the room. "The idea was raised by George Papadopoulos as he introduced himself at a March 2016 meeting of the Republican candidate's foreign policy advisers, according to a court filing. 'He didn't say yes and he didn't say no,' the official said, declining to be more specific about Trump's response to Papadopoulos. "But the chairman of Trump's national security team, then Alabama senator and Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003019-00001 now attorney general Jeff Sessions, shut down the idea of a Putin meeting at the March 31, 2016, gathering, according to the source. His reaction was confirmed with another source who had discussed Sessions' role." http://cnn.it/2iRIGQM THE LATEST ON THE NYC TERROR ATTACK - "NYPD: NYC bike path attack 'in the name of ISIS,' planned for weeks," by Newsday's Bart Jones, with reporting from 16 different reporters: "The suspected lone wolf terrorist who drove a rented pickup truck down a lower Manhattan bike path, killing eight people, attacked 'in the name of ISIS' and it appears he 'had been planning it for a number of weeks,' an NYPD official said Wednesday. Investigators found notes, handwritten in Arabic, that Sayfullo Saipov, 29, left behind which said, 'The Islamic State would endure forever,' NYPD Deputy Police Commissioner John Miller said at a late morning news conference. "A law enforcement source said Saipov came to Manhattan four times before the attack in what were believed to be reconnaissance missions. Miller said Saipov, an Uzbekistan immigrant who came to the United States in 2010 and is a legal permanent resident, appeared to follow ISIS instructions put out on social media 'almost to a T.'... Miller said Saipov had never been the subject of an FBI or NYPD probe. Six of the people killed Tuesday were foreign tourists, officials said." https://nwsdy.li/2iRWJWE TRUMP said during a pool spray that he'd "consider" sending the terrorist from the New York City attack to Guantanamo Bay and that he is "starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program ... I am going to ask Congress to immediately initiate work to get rid of this program." He also said U.S. immigration laws are "a joke." - - @realDonaldTrump at 7:24 a.m.: "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based."... at 7:30 a.m.: "We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter). @foxandfriends"... at 7:40 a.m.: "'Senator Chuck Schumer helping to import Europes problems' said CoLTony Shaffer. We will stop this craziness! @foxandfriends". - - @JeffFlake: "Actually, the Gang of 8, including @SenSchumer, did away with the Diversity Visa Program as part of broader reforms. I know, I was there ... In fact, had the Senate Gang of 8 bill passed the House, it would have ended the Visa Lottery Program AND increased merit based visas." - - QUICK NOTE: Less than 24 hours after a terrorist incident, the president is bashing the senior senator whose home state was attacked. * ***** message from Bp: we operate the largest renewables business of any major oil and gas company in the world. / enin more in om Fnonomi', hriparp FA 'Doit ****** VP MIKE PENCE is going to the CIA today, and will deliver remarks to agency employees and participate in briefings with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003019-00002 UPDATE ON THE NAVY'S SUMMER COLLISIONS - "Navy crews at fault in fatal collisions, investigations find," by Defense News' David Larter: "Two accidents that claimed the lives of 17 sailors and wounded dozens more resulted from complete breakdowns in standard Navy procedures and poor decision making by officers and sailors on the bridge of the two warships, according to a Navy report obtained by Defense News. The Navy plans to release on Wednesday its first official report on the specific causes of the two unrelated collisions this summer when both the destroyers Fitzgerald and John S. McCain struck commercial vessels in crowded sea lanes in the Pacific. "The report reveals that both collisions came after critical failures of officers and sailors on the bridge and raise troubling questions about the basic proficiency of the Japan-based 7th Fleet and the surface Navy as a whole. In both incidents, sailors on the bridge failed to sound a ship-wide alarm notifying the crew of danger, which is a standard Navy procedure." http://bit.lv/2iRte7m * ***** message from Bp: prom coast to coast, we spent $16 billion with local businesses last year, rake 30 seconds to see how we're supporting jobs across the ****** ANOTHER IDEA FOR TAX REFORM - @realDonaldTrump at 10:59 a m.: "Wouldn't it be great to Repeal the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate in ObamaCare and use those savings for further Tax Cuts...."... at 11:03 a.m.: "....for the Middle Class. The House and Senate should consider ASAP as the process of final approval moves along. Push Biggest Tax Cuts EVER" - - @RichardRubinDC: "It raises money because fewer people would be insured, so the government spends less money on subsidies for them. ... So yes, they COULD use it to 'pay for' more tax cuts. But it introduces health politics into taxes. And Brady trashed the idea yesterday." YOU'RE INVITED - REMINDER: JAKE and ANNA will sit down FRIDAY with HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIRMAN KEVIN BRADY - Kevin Brady is the House's top tax writer, putting him in the middle of Republicans' biggest and most important legislative push. He will explain the tax bill to us -- and to Washington -- in a Playbook Interview. LOCATION: The Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW). TIME: Doors open at 11:30 a.m., and the event starts at noon. RSVP: http://bit.ly/politicobrady EMAIL US if you have questions for the chairman. VALLEY TALK -- "Burr downplays Russian Facebook ad targeting of Michigan, Wisconsin," by Li Zhou, Nancy Scola and Ashley Gold: "Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (D-N.C.) on Wednesday sought to downplay reports that Russian-linked actors targeted Facebook ads at two key battleground states in the 2016 election. Quoting from a news story that Russian-linked Facebook ads were aimed at Michigan and Wisconsin, with some of the ads targeting specific demographic groups, Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003019-00003 Burr said the situation wasn't that simple. ... "But Burr later emphasized the continuing threat of Russian meddling. 'We can't afford to kid ourselves about what happened last year and continues to happen today,' he said. 'This is about national security ... deliberate and multifaceted manipulation of the American people by agents of a hostile foreign power.' "Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), ranking member of the Intelligence committee, echoed concerns about the ongoing nature of the Russian threat. Russians are using social media to 'set us against ourselves and to undermine our democracy,' he said. 'They did it during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. They are still doing now.' Warner called on Facebook, Google and Twitter to 'commit more resources' to identify those who exploit their networks for nefarious purposes." http://politi.co/2iUXeiV - HAPPENING TODAY - FLASH BRIEFING on Facebook, Google Hearings: POLITICO and The Information are partnering to offer an insider flash briefing for real time analysis, key takeaways, and the impact that Congressional testimony about Russian involvement in the 2016 Election by representatives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter will have. Jessica Lessin will moderate a discussion and Q&A featuring POLITICO'S Nancy Scola and The Information's Cory Weinberg on the hearings and their impact on legislation, the latest intel about possible connections to the Trump and Clinton campaigns, and insight into how these tech giants are responding to Russian propaganda arms like RT. Sign up for today's Flash Briefing ($1 trial offer for The Information http://bit.ly/2iREi4k), and sign up for POLITICO'S Morning Tech for all latest tech news in your inbox each morning (http://politi.co/2iRxBPZ). WHAT A TIME -- "John McCain Is Liked By More Democrats Than Republicans, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds," by WSJ's Joshua Jamerson: "Among Republicans, 44% hold a negative view of Mr. McCain, and 35% held a positive view in the poll. This is a stark difference from the 79% of Republicans who had a positive opinion of Mr. McCain in the run-up to the 2008 election, when only 9% of Republicans in the survey said they had a negative view of the senator. Mr. McCain's image among Democrats has also changed. In the most recent survey, 52% of Democrats held a positive opinion of the longtime senator. In 2008, 69% of Democrats polled reported a negative view." http://on.wsi.com/2iUgCw7 OBAMA ON OFFENSE -- "Obama goes to bat for health law on first day of sign ups," by Rachana Pradhan: "Former President Barack Obama sought to boost his namesake health law Wednesday by appearing in a video urging people to sign up for coverage on the first day of the 2018 enrollment season. Obama's call comes as the Trump administration has taken numerous actions to undermine the law while doing almost nothing to publicize the start of the six-week enrollment season that wraps up on Dec. 15." http://politi.co/2z4ZPut... The video http://bit.ly/2z5XaAS HOLLYWOODLAND -- "Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct," by the Los Angeles Times' Amy Kaufman and Daniel Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003019-00004 Miller NOW HIRING! -- "The Trump Campaign's Data Firm Is Hiring Up Staffers For Mexico's Elections," by BuzzFeed's Rafael Cabrera: "Cambridge Analytica, the data company that claims at least partial credit for President Donald Trump's 2016 win, is hiring staffers to work on campaigns throughout Mexico in 2018. ... [T]he company will be working on the campaigns for governor in seven of Mexico's 31 states: Chiapas, Guanajuato, Morelos, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Veracruz. It is also looking for someone based in Mexico City." http://bzfd.it/2vioqyz SPORTS BLINK - THE FIRST AP TOP 10 for NCAA men's basketball: 1) Duke ... 2) Michigan State ... 3) Arizona ... 4) Kansas ... 5) Kentucky ... 6) Villanova ... 7) Wichita State ... 8) Florida ... 9) North Carolina ... 10) West Virginia. The top 25 http://bit.lv/2iRZmaY MEDIAWATCH - "The Gender Pay Gap Happened to Me. Now What?," by Elva Ramirez in Lenny: "Last August, I celebrated working ten years at The Wall Street Journal. I also quit, because I was making about $13,000 less than some of my male colleagues." http://bit.lv/2z5TMWH --AP at 11:58 a.m.: "NEW YORK (AP) - NPR News Chief Michael Oreskes says he's resigning following sexual harassment allegations." -- JEFF STEIN will join WaPo's Wonkblog as a reporter covering policy on Nov. 20. He is currently at Vox. SPOTTED Bill Kristol and Scott Pattison on the Acela to New York this morning ... Russ Vought waiting to pick up his coffee this morning at Peet's on Pennsylvania Ave. near the White House SPOTTED at a book party hosted by Michael and Afsaneh Beschloss yesterday for Sally Quinn's new book "Finding Magic" -- $20.68 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2g7zmV0 : Alan Fleischmann, Don Baer, Andrea Mitchell, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Susan Blumenthal, Katherine Bradley, Amanda Downes, Tammy Haddad, Dafna Tapiero, Bernard Aronson . TRANSITIONS -- Liz Bartolomeo started today as director of communications at the Democracy Alliance. She was most recently comms director and senior adviser for Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)... Nicole Tieman has been hired as press secretary for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-lowa). This is her last week as Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner's communications director. Sean Simons is joining the ONE Campaign as its U.S./Canada press secretary. He most recently served as deputy press secretary to Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly at their gun violence prevention organization.... Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00003019-00005 ... Paul F. Wight joined Bracewell as a partner in the firm's energy regulatory group. He was previously a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. ... Maia Comeau joined the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress as a senior fellow. -- LISA MONACO, former homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to President Barack Obama, and DAVID COHEN, former CIA deputy director, have joined GMU Law School's National Security Institute. ENGAGED - Logan Pernikoff, who works in business development at Morning Consult, proposed to Kathryn Quijano, director of studios for barre3 DC studios. "We met in college at GWU. He proposed on the Georgetown Waterfront after eating our fave waffles at Blue Bottle!" Pic http://politi.co/2imJCJ1 WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Grace Evans, a legislative analyst at RAND and alum of former Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-Md.), and Jameson Ma, patent attorney at Bookoff McAndrews, welcomed Sarah Alexandra Ma. Pic http://politi.co/2xG0GAb -- Laura Zuckerman Kirkham, associate VP at AT&T Federal Relations and alum of former Rep. Steve Buyer, and Brandon Kirkham, founder of Four Rivers Consulting LLC, on Sunday welcomed Willa Rose Kirkham, at 7lbs, 10 oz, 19.5 inches. "Mom and Dad are over the moon..." Pic http://politi.co/2/\2x7iji BONUS BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is 56. A fun fact about Zinke: "I love the Lincoln Memorial. After the work day I like to walk over to the Lincoln, grab a family who is visiting D.C., and take them on a quick tour. We go down in the basement caverns -- which looks like a cathedral -- and then up on the top for a view of the mall. The Lincoln Memorial, and all it stands for, never ceases to be a special place to me." Read his Playbook Plus email Q&A: http://politi.co/2xKiL0f -- BIRTHDAY -- Noel Eisenberg, former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio appointee and founder of RockCorps SUBSCRIBE to the Playbook family: POLITICO Playbook ... Playbook Power Briefing : hj p New York Playbook ' .2 Jo Florida Playbook '-m T-hx New Jersey Playbook* r ; . ... 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