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From: Ngoc Nguyen
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Date: May 12, 2016 at 9:18:49 PM EDT
To: Ngoc Nguyen
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Subject: Statement on CA Democrats' Latest Gains in Voter Registration
For immediate release: Thursday, May 12, 2016
Media contact: Michael Soller, California Democratic Party: (916) 503-8480 press line / (213) 446-1851 cell, michael@cadem.org
Statement of California Democratic Party Executive Director Chris Masami Myers on Democrats’ Latest Gains in Voter Registration
The latest California voter registration report
shows an unmistakable trend: Democrats continue to rise while Republicans lose more ground. Democratic voters now hold a 16-point edge over Republicans, up from 13 points in 2012.
While California Democrats have led the charge to rebuild our economy, create 2 million jobs since 2011, balance the state budget, and restore our credit rating from worst in the nation to its highest level since 2001, Republican leader Donald Trump and his party’s dangerous ideas are driving California Republicans toward third-party status.
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Can one of you respond to her? Thanks!
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From: "Alcindor, Yamiche"
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Date: April 24, 2016 at 3:34:24 PM EDT
To: "Palermo, Rachel"
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Subject: Request from The New York Times
Hi Rachel,
It's Yamiche Alcindor, a reporter with The New York Times. We connected a few months ago through Symone Sanders during the Democratic Party dinner in South Carolina.
I'm reaching out now because I'm doing a story about black voters' loyalty to the Democratic party and wanted to speak with someone from the DNC about it. I'm interested in discussing outreach efforts, platforms, and how the party has remained the choice for many black voters.
I'm on deadline and wondering if someone might be able to talk tomorrow or Tuesday morning. Please let me know if you might be able to help connect me with the right person.
Thanks,
Yamiche
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Yamiche Alcindor
National Reporter, The New York Times
c. 954-292-2553
t. @Yamiche


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Friends, ahead of tomorrow's electoral contests I wanted to make sure you saw this memo from this weekend from the Co-Chairs of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee with an update with where we are and how our process works.
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TO:                             Interested Parties
FROM:                       Lorraine Miller and Jim Roosevelt, Jr.,
Co-Chairs of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee
REGARDING:           An Overview of the Democratic Delegate Selection Process
DATE:                        April 22, 2016
2016 CYCLE OVERVIEW
Democrats are excited about the 2016 Democratic primary election season, and that's because we have strong candidates who are dedicated to solving the issues that matter most to Americans.  Voters are eager to cast their vote for the next Democratic presidential nominee and participate in the Democratic delegate selection process in their state.  Our process aims to uphold our Party's values of inclusivity, diversity, and transparency.
Here is the Democratic delegate selection process by the numbers:
*         4,765 = total number of Democratic delegates as of today
*         4,051 = total number of pledged Democratic delegates
*         714 = total number of unpledged delegates
*         2,383 = number of delegate votes needed to win the Democratic nomination as of today
*         57 = the number of presidential nominating contests
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) reviews the Delegate Selection Rules prior to each presidential election year.  While the general structure of the Democratic delegate selection process has been in place since 1972, the Committee, over the course of many public meetings, reflects on the delegate selection process of the previous cycle and updates the Rules accordingly.
The RBC met five times in 2014 in order to finalize the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2016 cycle, which were then shared with the 57 state and territory Democratic parties.  In May of 2015, each party submitted their Delegate Selection Plan to the RBC.  These plans were subsequently reviewed by the Committee to ensure compliance with the DNC's Delegate Selection Rules during the summer of 2015 at three public meetings, attended by press, presidential campaigns, and other interested parties, held on June 26, July 24 and August 27.  In partnership with the RBC, DNC staff, and presidential campaigns, state parties work to implement their Delegate Selection Plans starting in September of 2015 until the process draws to a close.
While state and territory parties are the drivers of their process, the creation and implementation of their Plans are governed by the DNC's Delegate Selection Rules, the Call for the Convention, and the Regulations of the Rules and Bylaws Committee.  These materials provide states and territories with the guidance that ensures fundamental values of the Democratic Party-such as a commitment to diversity and participation of all eligible voters-are upheld throughout this process.  For example, each state and territory party solicits public comment on their Plan for no less than 30 days to allow for input from constituents, making the drafting of the Delegate Selection Plan a democratic process.
Additionally, each state is required to develop and implement an extensive affirmative action and inclusion outreach plan. The state and territory parties as well as presidential campaigns are tasked with conducting widespread outreach and recruitment to encourage Democrats of all backgrounds to run to be delegates.  Our Party believes that our convention should look like America, and state and territory parties and campaigns are responsible for striving to meet that diversity goal.
THE REPUBLICAN DELEGATE SELECTION PROCESS VERSUS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
Some stark differences between the Democrats' delegate selection process and the Republican's delegate selection process were mentioned in the previous section, but that's not where the differences end.  Outlined below are some major differences between our process and that of the Republicans:
*         A commitment to diversity and equal representation of men and women
*         The solicitation of input from the public during the creation of a state's Delegate Selection Plan
*         The transparent development of our Rules
*         Proportional allocation of pledged delegates to presidential candidates based on the results of the state's primary or caucus
o   Unlike the Republicans, we do not allow for "winner-take all" outcomes, meaning that the candidate who wins the majority vote in a state does not win all of the state's delegates.
o   Instead, presidential candidates who break threshold, which is 15% in all states, are allocated delegates proportional to the percentage of the vote that they won in the primary or caucus.
o   Delegates must affirm in writing that they are bona fide supporters of the candidates that they are representing in the delegation and are subject to review by each campaign.
o   We believe that this is the fairest way to reflect the intention of Democratic voters and to mirror the results at each step in the delegate selection process in the states.
*         Delegates elected in the states are pledged not bound, meaning that they are required only to represent in good faith those who elected them.
UNPLEDGED DELEGATES
An often discussed feature of the Democratic delegate selection process is the unpledged delegates, also referred to as "superdelegates."  These individuals serve by virtue of the elected office that they hold, and they include:
*         Democratic Governors
*         Democratic Members of Congress
*         Distinguished Party Leaders (such as former presidents and former leaders in the Senate and the House)
*         DNC Members
We ensure these leaders have a voice in our convention, and their existence as a separate group means that interested voters don't have to run against elected officials in order to attend the Democratic National Convention. Unpledged delegates are also distinguished by the fact that they are not pledged to a presidential candidate based on the results of their state's primary or caucus and instead exercise their best judgment when selecting a presidential candidate to support.
Concerns that unpledged delegates may change the outcome of the election are historically unfounded-unpledged delegates have never changed the outcome of an election since unpledged delegates were established over 30 years ago.  Like pledged delegates, unpledged delegate cast one vote, which carries the same weight as the vote of any other delegate.
There have been recent reports of harassment or mistreatment of state parties who are managing the process in their state and unpledged delegates.  This does not reflect the values of this process and our great Party.  State Parties are working year round to elect Democrats at every level and are the foundation of our Party.  Unpledged delegates have been a feature of our process for many decades and will continue to play a role.
We encourage all interested parties, including presidential candidates and members of the press and public, to learn all about their state's process. It is important that our process is open, transparent, and maximizes participation.  Each state plan has undergone a rigorous review process to ensure compliance with our Rules, and changing Rules midway through the cycle would lead to confusion among participants in the delegate selection process, unnecessary costs to state parties, and inconsistent standards for states to abide by.
Our Party spends years preparing for each presidential election cycle, and we believe that our process is designed to best position our Party and our eventual nominee for victory in the general election in November.  We are looking forward to the Democratic National Convention in July where our delegates will cast their vote for the next President of the United States.
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[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


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Begin forwarded message:
From: "Armando O. Carmona"
>
Date: May 12, 2016 at 6:43:40 PM EDT
To: "Armando O. Carmona"
>
Subject: NDLON responds to Escalation of Immigration raids targeting Central American Mothers and Children
For Immediate Release
 // Available Online Here
May 12th, 2016
Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org
, 951-966-6500
NDLON responds to Escalation of Immigration raids targeting Central American Mothers and Children
Los Angeles, CA - In response to an “exclusive report
” from Reuters regarding plans for a month-long series of deportation raids specifically targeting Central American Mothers and Children, the  following statement was issued by Olga Tomchin, Deportation Defense Coordinator & Staff Attorney for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
"In the midst of an election rife with racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric, President Obama is solidifying his legacy as Deporter-In-Chief by planning massive armed raids to round up refugee mothers and children for deportation to violence and potential death. Mothers fleeing murder must not be used as political pawns to appear "tough" on immigration."
"While this administration continues daily attacks on immigrant communities, these plans appears to be an escalation of similar January raids. It is vilely immoral and a violation of U.S. human rights obligations to use mass roundups, imprisonment, and deportation to deter refugees from fleeing death.
"We expect elected officials and candidates for office to denounce these raids and other attempts at deterring asylum seekers, which are no less grotesque than policy proposals by Donald Trump or Arizona's "self-deportation" tactics. We demand President Obama immediately stop sowing panic and cancel these planned human rights abuses."
Armando O. Carmona | Communications Manager
National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)
(951) 966-6500
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Good morning.
Who is pulling these together?
Ryan:
DNC Comms Interview - Los Angeles Daily News
DNC Comms Interview - Univision Leon Krauze
Thanks,
Ryan
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Ben Carson on now
From: TJ Helmstetter
>
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 10:14 PM
To: TJ Helmstetter
>, Comm_D
>
Subject: Re: Video request: Fox News
Newt Gingrich on now
From: TJ Helmstetter
>
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 10:08 PM
To: TJ Helmstetter
>, Comm_D
>
Subject: Re: Video request: Fox News
Tucker Carlson just had a good line “it’s understandable to be appalled by Trump"
From: TJ Helmstetter
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Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 9:55 PM
To: TJ Helmstetter
>, Comm_D
>
Subject: Re: Video request: Fox News
Megyn kelly just said “you can’t win the presidency when 72% of women oppose you” - we should clip this and put on twitter right now
From: TJ Helmstetter
>
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 9:50 PM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Video request: Fox News
Donald Trump Jr was just on


Wasserman Schultz Statement on Rep. Mark Takai’s Decision Not to Seek Re-election
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement tonight after Rep. Mark Takai (HI-01) announced he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives:
“My heart is in Hawaii tonight with my colleague and friend, Rep. Mark Takai and his family, as he continues his ongoing battle with cancer. Mark’s career, marked by bravery in our armed forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom and distinguished service in both the Hawaii legislature and U.S. House of Representatives, is entering a new phase, as he makes the decision not to seek re-election. As a breast cancer survivor, I know that this battle can be difficult – but Mark’s strength, and the enduring love and support of his wife Sami, his family and friends, and the people of Hawaii, will lift him in this battle. It has been a privilege to get to know him and to serve with him.”
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Read the statement online
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Contact:
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, 202.225.7931
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From: Hillary for America Press
>
Date: May 18, 2016 at 7:34:02 PM EDT
To: Hillary for America Press
>
Subject: Republicans Continue to Reject A Potential Trump Presidency as Risky, Divisive & Unpredictable: Wednesday Edition
Republicans Continue to Reject A Potential Trump Presidency as Risky, Divisive & Unpredictable: Wednesday Edition
Day after day, Republicans are continuing to reject Donald Trump's unpredictable, risky and divisive candidacy. Trump has for years proven himself to be a loose cannon whose hateful language and dangerous policies will do serious harm to working families and put America’s security at risk, and Republicans are continuing to acknowledge that a President Trump would be too big a risk.
Read the growing list
of Republicans and conservatives unwilling to support a President Donald Trump and fresh condemnations of Trump:
Eliot Cohen, Counselor to U.S. Department of State under President George W. Bush
: "Mr. Trump’s temperament, his proclivity for insult and deceit and his advocacy of unpredictability would make him a presidential disaster — especially in the conduct of foreign policy, where clarity and consistency matter."
Jeb Bush:

“First, not all Hispanics are Mexican… Secondly, not all Hispanics eat tacos. Thirdly, showing your sensitivity by eating an American dish is the most insensitive thing you can do. Fourthly, to say this, next to all things he already said, is a further insult. It’s like eating a watermelon and saying ‘I love African-Americans.’… If we lose in November, we Republicans have ourselves to blame.”
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]:
On supporting Donald Trump: "No, I'm not. And who would have ever thought when I did that interview that talking about having a transgender son would be more comfortable than saying I'm not going to support my Republican party nominee?"
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]:
"Ribble...remains deeply opposed to Donald Trump while his party begins to rally around him. “It’s an unrecoverable relationship, let me put it that way,” Ribble says of his attitude toward the New York developer, a candidate he says lacks the temperament to be president."
Ken Cobb, Chair Beltrami County, Minnesota Republicans:
"Speaking on my behalf ... I am concerned about our presumptive nominee, that he is at odds with the principles that make our party what it is," Cobb said. "I'm concerned that he will do considerable damage just by association to our candidates who are conservatives."
John Weaver, former Chief Strategist for John Kasich:
“I think a combination of his rhetoric, his inability to bring people together, which is what you have to do in swing stages like Michigan, ... are going to put Michigan out of reach for him."
Minnesota State GOP Convention Delegate Walter Hudson:
“We want to send a clear message that Republicans in Minnesota categorically reject the divisive candidacy of Donald Trump.”
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For Immediate Release, May 18, 2016
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White House and Congressional Schedule
Wednesday, May 5
President's Schedule
In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.
In the afternoon, the President will have lunch with the Vice President in the Private Dining Room. This lunch is closed press.
Later in the afternoon, the President will host a Cinco de Mayo reception; the Vice President will also attend. The President's remarks in the East Room will be pooled press.
In the evening, the President will be joined by the Vice President, the First Lady and Dr. Biden to kick off the 5th anniversary of Joining Forces and the 75th anniversary of the USO. The President and the First Lady's departure from and arrival to the South Lawn will be open press, and the President's remarks at Joint Base Andrews will be open to pre-credentialed media. The Vice President, First Lady and Dr. Biden will also deliver remarks.
In-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: CBS
Print: CS Monitor
Radio: Sirius XM
Out-of-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: CBS
Print: CS Monitor
Radio: Sirius XM
EDT
9:30AM          In-Town Pool Call Time
10:00AM        THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
12:30PM         THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT meet for lunch
Private Dining Room
Closed Press
4:05PM           THE PRESIDENT hosts a Cinco de Mayo reception; THE VICE PRESIDENT also attends
East Room
Pooled Press (Pre-set 1:55PM; In-Town Pool Final Gather 3:30PM - North Doors of the Palm Room)
5:25PM           THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn
Open Press (Final Gather 5:05PM - North Doors of the Palm Room)
6:00PM           THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST LADY AND DR. BIDEN kick off the 5th anniversary of Joining Forces and the 75th anniversary of the USO
Joint Base Andrews
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media (Out-of-Town Travel Pool Gather Time 3:50PM - Stakeout Location)
6:45PM           THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Joint Base Andrews en route the White House
Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage
6:55PM           THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at the White House
South Lawn
Open Press (Final Gather 6:40PM - North Doors of the Palm Room)
Briefing Schedule
12:30PM         Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest
Vice President's Schedule
In the morning, the Vice President will attend the President's Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.
In the afternoon, the Vice President will have lunch with the President in the Private Dining Room.
Later in the afternoon, the Vice President will attend the Cinco de Mayo reception hosted by the President in the East Room.
In the evening, the Vice President will join the President, First Lady, and Dr. Biden to kick off the 5th anniversary of Joining Forces and the 75th anniversary of the USO at Joint Base Andrews.
Senate
The Senate meets in a pro forma session.


At Texas GOP convention, Cruz mum on Trump
Dallas (CNN)Ted Cruz on Saturday vowed to attendees at the Texas Republican convention here that he will continue fighting for conservative values -- but he notably avoided weighing in on the 2016 race.
In his first speech since ending his presidential bid earlier this month
, the Texas senator didn't mention presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, instead devoting much of his time to thanking his supporters.
"Let me tell you, it is great to be home," he told the state delegates in attendance. "This afternoon, more than anything else, what I want to convey to each of you is thank you."
RELATED: Trump's past surfaces as GOP looks forward
Cruz's remarks were received enthusiastically -- delegates often got up from their seats and waved "Thank you Ted!" signs during his speech, cheering repeatedly throughout his speech.
Cruz weighed in on the transgender bathroom issue, saying the White House doesn't have a right to decide the country's bathroom policy.
RELATED: Now on the sidelines, Ted Cruz targets his scorn on Trump's enablers
"There is no decree clause to the Constitution," he said. "We have entered the world of politically correct lunacy. And there is nothing in the Constitution that gives the President the power to be the bathroom police in this country."
His only mention of the 2016 race was to say that the United States needs a strong conservative president.
"We need a president who will have your back," said Cruz, who, aside from not mentioning Trump's name, also didn't address the issue of unifying the Republican Party following the bruising primary fight.
Cruz told his supporters he'll continue fighting for them in the U.S. Senate. Many delegates and top Texas GOP leaders, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, hope that he'll be nominated to the Supreme Court. But Cruz, a former solicitor general of Texas, shot that down on Friday, telling Dallas radio station WBAP
that it's "not a desire of my heart."
Some state delegates attending the convention said they were disappointed that Cruz dropped out of the race. Jeff Puryear, a state delegate from Bryan, Texas, told CNN he's not sure he'll vote for Trump.
"Frankly, I haven't decided who I am going to vote for," he said. "I don't know if I'm going to support Trump or not. I think it's up to Trump to court conservatives."
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Begin forwarded message:
From: "Miranda, Luis"
>
Date: May 4, 2016 at 6:33:22 PM EDT
To: "Walker, Eric"
>, "Paustenbach, Mark"
>, "Freundlich, Christina"
>
Subject: RE: quick hit idea
Let’s tee this up for tomorrow.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 6:32 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Freundlich, Christina
Subject: quick hit idea
SL: Will any former GOP nominee or president endorse Trump?
Body:
Looking pretty bleak so far...
Texas Tribune: Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump
Huffington Post: Mitt Romney Lambasts Donald Trump As A ‘Phony’ And ‘Fraud’ In Blistering Speech
Arizona Republic: John McCain joins Mitt Romney in hammering Donald Trump
All eyes on you, Bob Dole!
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


So none of them went out?
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: DNC Helpdesk
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 4:50 PM
To: Palermo, Rachel
Cc: Yared Tamene; Miranda, Luis; Price, Jenna
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Berto, our guys in Systems who manages mailman is in the process of fixing DNCRRMain as we speak. He estimates it will take about 20 minutes. Once it's fixed, you'll need to send the blast again.
Let us know if you have any questions.
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Making sure you saw this...Amy and Luis, this is what I mentioned a few weeks ago was coming down the pipe.


Edits below.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 6:54 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Cc: RR2
Subject: FOR REVIEW: RE: LTEs for signoff
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 6:33 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: LTEs for signoff
LTE 1:
It's disturbing to see the chaos in the Republican primary, and their constant bickering. How can Republicans lead if they can't get their act together and why should we like them if they don't like each other? And if House Speaker Paul Ryan is willing to step down from being their convention Chair, why won't [STATE NAME] explain clearly whether [he/she] supports Donald Trump.
It's also obvious that despite the circus, they're all pushing the same policies. From Donald's opposition to raising the minimum wage to his plan to cut taxes for the rich, Trump, [STATE NAME] and House Speaker Paul Ryan are cut from the same cloth.
I was also troubled to hear that Trump would avoid paying the country's debt and that the treasury would just print more money. If I don't pay my bills I know what happens, I can't get any credit. What would happen if he refused to pay our nation's bills? This whole Republican primary feels full of reckless and irresponsible personalities.
LTE 2:
The more I read about Donald Trump's tax proposals, the more I am terrified of another Republican presidency. That's what hurt hard-working Americans like me, under Bush. Trump's tax plan would cost $9.5 trillion by slashing taxes for billionaires, while standing staunchly against a minimum wage increase. Trump even made the outrageous claim that wages were too high. His plans are an even more reckless version of the same, trickle-down tax plans that Speaker Paul Ryan has tried and failed to advance in Congress, in which the rich get richer at the middle-class's expense.
I'm concerned [STATE CANDIDATE/INCUMBENT NAME] hasn't spoken out and taken a clear position on Trump. Especially because of the economy. We have come too far since the Great Recession to hand the keys to the economy over to the folks whom economists have warned could lead us into another recession. The last Republican administration left our country in a recession, and I worry about that.
I don't believe Donald Trump's populism, because it seems he has built his fortune by taking advantage of others, and his tax plan would mean a big windfall for himself, once again giving middle-class families the short end of the stick. That would be taking us in the wrong direction.
LTE 3:
While Republicans like Donald Trump and Paul Ryan argue, their historic spat isn't taking something into account, they're both promising pretty much the same thing. No wonder most Republicans in exit polls think their primary has been divisive. But we can't be misled that any of these guys is a friend of working people. First, Trump said in a debate that wages are "too high" in this country. Then, he rolled out a tax plan that would give the top 0.1% of income earners like himself an average tax cut of more than $1.3 million. We can't know exactly how much Trump would benefit from his own plan to cut taxes for the rich, since he has refused to release his tax returns. And [STATE NAME/CANDIDATE/INCUMBENT] hasn't taken a stand.
I wonder if it's because Republicans in Congress have been riding the same Bush-style tax cuts for the rich and trying to cut things like healthcare, education, and infrastructure spending to pay for it, and they've done it for years. Either way, it's troubling.
LTE 4:
I don't understand why Donald Trump and Paul Ryan don't get along. They both support the same trickle-down economic policies that preceded the economic downturn in 2008 and economists have warned could lead us into another recession. They both want to more Bush-style tax breaks for the rich. They both oppose raising the minimum wage. They both oppose ensuing equal pay for women. They are both content to threaten the country's full faith and credit by playing games with the debt limit. They both want to undo the progress we've made under President Obama - more than 14 million new jobs and cutting the unemployment rate in half.
Trickle-down economics simply doesn't work. The last two times Republicans implemented this agenda, our country was left mired in recession and facing massive deficits. The fact that Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are still pushing this failed economic theory shows they just don't understand what regular Americans are going through.
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Now. Just said he had 100% confidence in the DNC.


Gates just made good comments re trump let's pull the good parts, clip it and blast it.
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Ezra
From: Kane, Michael
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 7:25 PM
To: Comm_D; DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: RE: Video request: Katrina Pierson on CNN
Pierson:
Not breaking news that a billionaire had girlfriends or the head of a beauty pageant likes beautiful women
Says Bill Clinton used his power to pull women into the Oval Office and "abuse" them
From: Kane, Michael
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 7:20 PM
To: Comm_D; DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Video request: Katrina Pierson on CNN
Happening now, thanks.


WEATHER: 66F, SHOWERS
POTUS and the Administration
President Obama is urging Congress to pass TPP
THE HILL // VICKI NEEDHAM
President Obama on Monday said Congress needs to pass a sweeping Asia-Pacific trade agreement to ensure the United States takes the reins of global trade in the region instead of China. The Obama administration is working closely with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to build support for the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), arguing that delaying votes on the deal will make it harder to pass the agreement, the president said in a Washington Post op-ed. "The world has changed," Obama said. "The rules are changing with it," he said. "The United States, not countries like China, should write them. Let's seize this opportunity, pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership and make sure America isn't holding the bag, but holding the pen." He argued that the deal will grow the U.S. economy and strengthen national security. "But none of this will happen if the TPP doesn't become a reality," Obama said. "That's because the Asia-Pacific region will continue its economic integration, with or without the United States," he said.
Obama on U.S. helicopter crash in bin Laden raid: 'Not an ideal start'
CNN // NICOLE GAOUETTE
President Barack Obama entered the Situation Room to watch the raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound just in time to see one of the specially equipped Black Hawk helicopters hit the ground. The President remembered thinking it was "not an ideal start," he told CNN's Peter Bergen in a lengthy and exclusive interview about the May 2011 raid that killed the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Obama and key members of his inner circle spoke to CNN's Peter Bergen about the raid that killed the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks for the "Anderson Cooper 360°" special on Monday at 8 p.m. ET: "'We Got Him': President Obama, Bin Laden and the Future of the War on Terror." Bergen's exclusive interview marks the first time Obama has sat down with a journalist in the main Situation Room, known as the John F. Kennedy Conference Room.
President Obama Says Donald Trump Is Not Equipped to Be President
ABC NEWS // JORDYN PHELLPS
President Obama says that Republican front-runner Donald Trump is not equipped to deal with the challenges of being president. "I think that he is not somebody who even within the Republican Party can be considered as equipped to deal with the problems of this office, but look, we live in a democracy," President Obama said in an interview Monday with WMUR, an ABC affiliate in New Hampshire. If Trump does become the Republican nominee, Obama said he's confident that the Democratic nominee will win in a general election match-up. "If in fact the Republicans nominate Mr. Trump, then it's going to be an interesting fall season," he said. "I'm confident that ultimately the Democrat in that circumstance will win."
Obama reflects on raid that killed bin Laden five years ago
WASHIGNTON TIMES // DAVE BOYER
On the fifth anniversary of the Special Forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama reflected Monday that the mission was worth the risk because "I had confidence that I could get our guys back." In an interview with CNN conducted partly in the White House situation room, Mr. Obama outlined the choices he weighed prior to the 2011 raid that killed the al Qaeda leader at a walled residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. "After the discussions with the principals, it was clear to me that this was gonna be our best chance to get bin Laden," Mr. Obama said.
Obama barnstorms on TV for stalled nominee Garland
CNN // ANTHENA JONES
The Senate may be in recess, but the White House and allied groups are working hard to keep the pressure on the chamber's Republicans to hold a hearing and a vote for the president's pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland. Obama appeared on several local TV stations Monday afternoon making the case for Garland. No surprise, they were in markets with vulnerable Senate Republicans who Democrats are trying to pressure to move on the nomination -- or pay a steep electoral price. In Milwaukee, Obama's target was Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, who has not yet sat down with Garland during the judge's meet-and-greet tour of the Senate. "What we're seeing is unprecedented which is the notion that you wouldn't meet with or provide a hearing or a vote for a nominee that everybody agrees is eminently qualified. I'm glad that Senator Johnson now has finally agreed to meet with him but he says he's not gonna give him a vote before the election and yet you haven't heard a good reason for it," Obama said on WISN.
Biden's Iraq hopes crash with reality
POLITICO // NAHAL TOOSI
Vice President Joe Biden landed in Baghdad last week with his aides optimistically declaring that Iraq's political tumult had "trended in a more stabilizing direction." But the vice president's plane had barely left Iraqi airspace when the country's political divisions exploded, with hundreds of protesters storming into Baghdad's Green Zone, occupying the fortified area for much of the weekend to demand an end to government corruption. The developments threaten to distract from the fight against the Islamic State, which has grabbed vast swaths of Iraqi territory. At the same time, the situation underscores the limited influence U.S. officials - even one as deeply versed in Iraq as Biden - have over the politics of the country America invaded 13 years ago. Obama administration officials on Monday defended the optimistic overtures from Biden and his aides. They say the onus for resolving the political standoff between Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his opponents should rest on the shoulders of Iraqis because any overt U.S. role could lead to a backlash.
Syria conflict 'out of control' warns Kerry amid push to save truce
BBC // BBC STAFF
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the Syrian conflict is "in many ways out of control", as he made a fresh push to salvage a fragile truce. After talks with UN and Arab diplomats in Geneva, he said progress had been made on a plan to reduce violence in the second city of Aleppo. However, he said more work was needed and there was no guarantee of success. A cessation of hostilities has reduced fighting in Syria's five-year civil war but has unravelled in recent days. About 250 people have reportedly been killed in Aleppo in the past nine days. On Monday, fresh government air strikes and artillery attacks on rebel-held districts and suburbs of Aleppo left at least three dead, according to activists.
For Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, Divergent Paths to Iran Nuclear Talks
NEW YORK TIMES // MARK LANDLER
Early in 2011, after a hectic visit to Yemen, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in the tranquil Arab sultanate of Oman. She was there to talk to Sultan Qaboos bin Said about an idea one of his envoys first pitched to the State Department in the spring of 2009: that Oman serve as a conduit for secret nuclear talks between the United States and Iran. Mrs. Clinton agreed to explore the proposal but was dubious that it would go anywhere. "Even under the best of circumstances," she wrote later, "this was a long shot." It would be 18 months before she took up the sultan on his offer and dispatched a team of diplomats to Oman to meet with the Iranians. Mrs. Clinton, however, was not the only prominent American making discreet trips to Oman in those days. Senator John F. Kerry, then the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and later her successor as secretary of state, was holding his own meetings with Sultan Qaboos and his trusted emissary, a businessman named Salem ben Nasser al-Ismaily.
Is DOJ inadvertently creating "copyright trolls?"
THE HILL // ANDREW LAGNER
Since just prior to World War II, the primary collectives for the major music publishers - the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) have operated under antitrust consent decrees with the Department of Justice (DoJ). These consent decrees allow ASCAP and BMI to operate as monopolists, but protect the marketplace from price manipulation. ASCAP and BMI along with their major publisher affiliates rightly understand that these consent decrees limit their ability to obtain monopoly prices for the use of music. And despite no change in market concentration and a continued history of anticompetitive behavior, ASCAP, BMI, and their major publishers are lobbying DoJ to ease the protections in the consent decrees. Any relaxation of the consent decrees would raise costs on any business that licenses music - from radio stations to retail stores to gyms to restaurants, and everyone in between.
Democrats
House Democrats Target Nine GOP Incumbents
MORNING CONSULT // ELI YOKLEY
The campaign arm for House Democrats on Monday unveiled its first advertising reservations for the fall campaign, targeting nine Republicans incumbents, defending two of their own and making their mark in three open-seat races. While the reservations are not set in stone, they do indicate some optimism by House Democrats as the GOP readies for the likely prospect of Donald Trump as their standard bearer in November. "There is little doubt that the size of the Democratic caucus will be larger next year - the only question is how much larger. This initial reservation shows we are going on offense in a big way," said Meredith Kelly, the national press secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in a statement. "Donald Trump continues to tear the Republican brand to shreds as he marches toward their nomination, and Republican incumbents will be dragged down by his trainwreck."
Overnight Healthcare: First House Republican backs Obama Zika request
THE HILL // SARAH FERRIS
The first House Republican has backed President Obama's funding request to fight Zika just days after the country's first recorded death from the virus. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) called on the White House and GOP leaders to end months of gridlock over the nearly $2 billion funding request, which has been flatly rejected by the vast majority of Republicans. Buchanan's support for the White House request comes after a Florida Republican, Sen. Marco Rubio, has already sounded the warning about the need for a robust Zika response. Another Florida Republican, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, also introduced a bill last week to immediately move all leftover funding from the U.S. Ebola virus response into the Zika response, though he didn't say he would support the full $1.9 billion.
Gov. Jerry Brown: 'Something strange' is fueling the rise of Donald Trump
LOS ANGELES TIMES // JOHN MEYERS
Gov. Jerry Brown called Donald Trump's presidential campaign "a phenomenon worth examining" on Monday, but took a pass at offering any direct comment about the either the tone or the tenor of Trump's two-day campaign swing through California. Brown made the comments during a question-and-answer period after an event on fire prevention awareness at a Cal Fire facility near Sacramento. Asked about Trump's campaign, the governor labeled it as "something strange." "I think people are upset. Wherever you look, there's a lot of climate of discontent," he said.
Republicans
Default at hand, Congress faces new pressure to act on Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON POST // MIKE DEBONIS
Hours before Puerto Rico missed hundreds of millions of dollars of bond payments, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday issued a new and urgent call for Congress to pass legislation allowing the territory to restructure the $72 billion it owes to creditors. In a letter to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), Lew connected the island's fiscal crisis to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has spread through the Caribbean and was recently confirmed to have claimed its first life on U.S. soil - a 70-year-old Puerto Rican man who died in February from a bleeding disorder linked to Zika. "This is not just a matter of financial liabilities and litigation," Lew wrote. "Hospitals continue to lay off workers, ration medication, reduce services, and close floors. Moreover, despite the intensifying threat from the Zika virus, financial constraints have made it extremely difficult to counteract. Unsealed septic tanks, abandoned homes, cemeteries, and piles of old tires, where mosquito larvae grow, for example, must all be treated, but the government is struggling to pay for the work to be done."
Time running out as Puerto Rico's default picks up steam
POLITICO // RACHEL BADE
When Puerto Rico took its first major step toward a catastrophic default on Monday, lawmakers on Capitol Hill - where Puerto Rican officials looked for help - were nowhere to be found, having gone home for a one week recess last Friday. The island began defaulting on most of a $422 million debt payment Sunday at midnight, but much bigger problems are just around the corner. Congress has just a handful of weeks to hammer out a legislative fix to save the island from financial ruin ahead of a second default on a $2 billion debt payment due in early July. But while GOP congressional staff is working through the break to sketch out a Plan B - with an eye towards unveiling it around May 10 - getting a fix off the ground before July could be a major lift: House GOP leadership will have to convince enough conservatives to back a bill that's been labeled a "bailout" by some. Democrats, too, will likely have to whip their own to back the deal - which could include provisions they don't like, perhaps even a minimum wage cut for the territory.
Two GOP House Members Battle for Senate Nomination in Indiana
WALL STREET JOURNAL // SIOBHAN HUGHES
Republicans in Indiana will choose between two House members in a U.S. Senate primary Tuesday that will determine whether a tea party-aligned lawmaker or more establishment figure will vie in November for the seat of retiring GOP Sen. Dan Coats. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and other establishment forces are backing Rep. Todd Young. They also want to prevent a repeat of four years ago, when a tea-party Republican defeated Sen. Richard Lugar (R., Ind.) in a high-profile primary, then lost to Democrat Joe Donnelly in the general election. Mr. Young joined 86 Republicans who bucked the majority of their House GOP colleagues and joined Democrats in voting to end the October, 2013 government shutdown.
2016 Democrats
Clinton allies fume over Sanders's vow to fight on
THE HILL // JONATHAN EASELY
Hillary Clinton's allies are fuming over Bernie Sanders's vow to take the presidential nominating contest to a floor fight at the Democratic convention this summer. Many Democrats believe Clinton effectively clinched the nomination after a string of victories across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic gave her what looks to be an insurmountable lead in delegates. But rather than rein in his efforts, Sanders has declared that he's playing to win, even if he's trailing badly in delegates after the last votes are cast in the final primary contests next month. The Vermont senator says he plans to campaign and lobby superdelegates to support him over Clinton all the way through the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this July.
Clinton outraises Sanders for first time in months
WASHINGTON POST // ANNE GEARAN
Hillary Clinton brought in more campaign cash in April than rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, the first time in months that the Democratic front-runner has bested Sanders and his juggernaut of fervent supporters willing to donate over and over. Clinton's campaign said Monday it raised about $26.4 million in donations for the primary. Sanders's campaign said Sunday that it brought in $25.8 million in April. Clinton's success in April was due more to a dramatic drop-off in Sanders's donations rather than a big spike in hers. Sanders had brought in about $44 million a month in February and March; Clinton's haul for March was about $27 million. The drop-off for Sanders coincides with the narrowing of his chances to defeat Clinton, who remains far ahead of him in overall votes and delegates. Clinton has won six of the last seven state contests, including the two biggest prizes on the calendar in April - New York and Pennsylvania.
Clinton cleans up coal comments
POLITICO // NOLAN MCCASKILL
Hillary Clinton pledged to fight for coal miners Monday as she insisted that her comment last month about putting coal miners out of business was taken out of context. "I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean renewable energy as the key into coal country because we're gonna put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," Clinton said last month during a Democratic town hall event hosted by CNN. Speaking to retired mine workers Monday in Williamson, West Virginia, the former secretary of state sought to explain that her remark was "totally taken out of context" from what she meant, pointing to her record and a policy she laid out last summer as evidence that she's been supportive of helping coal country. "It was a misstatement because what I was saying is that the way things are going now, we will continue to lose jobs. That's what I meant to say, and I think that that seems to be supported by the facts," Clinton said. "I didn't mean that we were going to do it. What I said was that is going to happen unless we take action to try to help and prevent it."
Hillary Clinton Hears Wrath of Coal Supporters in West Virginia
NEW YORK TIMES // AMY CHOZICK
Hillary Clinton came to campaign in coal country - and she had her feet held to the fire. As Mrs. Clinton stepped onto the sidewalk on Monday to tour a health and wellness center here, a crowd of protesters stood in the rain, many of them holding signs supporting the leading Republican candidate, Donald J. Trump, and chanted, "Go home!" Later, when Mrs. Clinton sat down with residents to discuss health care and other issues affecting the community and coal miners in particular, the chants of the protesters outside could still be heard. "No matter what they might be saying out there, they have a friend," Senator Joe Manchin III, who accompanied Mrs. Clinton, told the panel participants. But not everyone was buying it. "Supporting her hurts you," Bo Copley, a 39-year-old father who tearfully explained that he had lost his job in the coal industry and who struggled to support his family, pointedly told Mr. Manchin.
Clinton Feels Heat in Coal Country
ROLL CALL // NIELS LESNIEWSKI
The steel mill here shut down recently, costing 600 jobs, as China dumps cheaper steel on the market. The coal mines have been slowing down production for years as renewable energy gains traction. And Democrats who used to win elections in this patch of Appalachia are losing to Republicans. So when Hillary Clinton arrived here Monday for an event at a local restaurant, she drew protesters. "Coal and steel are the lifeblood here," said Jose Gonzalez, one of the first to arrive. "It kills me that people from this area are like, 'Yeah, Hillary.'" He was part of a small group of protesters waving signs. They included people who had lost jobs as part of the effects of the downturn in the state's coal industry.
How Bernie changed Hillary
POLITICO // ANNIE KARNI
No candidate ever wants a tough primary challenge - and Hillary Clinton has found the mass appeal of a self-described socialist particularly irksome. But as she shifts her gaze toward the general election and Donald Trump, Clinton may have actually learned some lessons from Bernie Sanders
. On the eve of the Indiana primary, Clinton was touring Appalachia, making an appeal to voters who have been energized by the anti-trade message of both Sanders and Trump. Sanders' focus on deep economic discontent, inequality and a political system dominated by big money helped inform and polish her response. "Talk about a ripple effect. It's just devastating communities," Clinton told steel workers at an Italian restaurant in Ashland, Kentucky.
Sanders seeks to end his free fall
POLITICO // DANIEL STRAUSS
Indiana won't have a dramatic effect on Bernie Sanders' fortunes - win or lose, he's said he's fighting on through the convention. But a win Tuesday would be a much-needed respite from a week of headlines suggesting his campaign is sputtering and his path to the nomination is all but gone. First came news of hundreds of staff layoffs. Then came word that his April fundraising had declined considerably compared to March - his haul dropped from $44 million to $26 million. The Northeastern primaries were unkind to him as well: Hillary Clinton won four of five states last week. Story Continued Below This week, though, all evidence points to a nail-biter in Tuesday's only primary. Sanders has barnstormed the Indiana college campus circuit. Clinton has worked the state's biggest cities, hoping to lock down the African-American vote. She's got strong support from the state's top Democrats, but Sanders has an ace-in-the-hole: Indiana's open primary format, which voters don't need to be Democrats to participate in the Democratic primary. Open primaries are where Sanders shines: They helped grease his path to victory in Midwestern wins in Michigan and Wisconsin. "It's close," said former Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, a top Clinton surrogate.
2016 Republicans
Ted Cruz Desperately Seeks to Stop Donald Trump in Indiana
ASSOCIATED PRESS // JULIE PACE AND SCOTT BAUER
Republican Ted Cruz faces a high-stakes test for his slumping presidential campaign in Tuesday's Indiana primary, one of the last opportunities for the Texas senator to halt Donald Trump's stunning march toward the GOP nomination.
Cruz has spent the past week camped out in Indiana, securing the support of the state's governor and announcing retired technology executive Carly Fiorina as his running mate. Yet his aides were pessimistic heading into Tuesday's voting and were prepared for Cruz to fall short, though the senator vowed to stay in the race, regardless of the results.
"I am in for the distance, as long as we have a viable path to victory," Cruz told reporters on Monday during a campaign stop.
The Republican-big business alliance is fraying. Now what?
VOX // LEE DRUTMAN
For a long time, the Republicans have been the party of big business. But for the last several years, that relationship has grown more and more strained. This strain is about far more than major companies pulling out of the 2016 GOP convention. It's about the way in which the GOP-big business consensus is now being powerfully squeezed by two separate factions within the party: one ultra-conservative, one populist. After four decades of unusual success, the old corporate-Republican alliance looks increasingly weak. On the ultra-conservative front, a growing movement in and around the House Freedom Caucus has increasingly used the banner of "crony capitalism" to oppose more and more of the mainstream business, Chamber of Commerce agenda. These extremists (who have included Ted Cruz) continue to demand ever-greater government spending cuts. They are willing to hold the debt ceiling hostage.
Trump sees a decisive Indiana victory at hand, gears up to take on Clinton
WASHINGTON POST // PHILLIP RUCKER
This was supposed to be the pragmatic Midwestern state that would deny Donald Trump the delegates he needs to secure the Republican presidential nomination. Yet on the eve of Tuesday's critical primary, Indiana appeared poised to help the front-runner get closer to locking it up. Trump campaigned Monday across the Hoosier State with characteristic gusto, boasting about his polling lead and endorsements from local celebrities and relishing a fight with likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Certain that victory was at hand, Trump predicted Tuesday's balloting would bring the demise of top rival Ted Cruz. From here, he said, it is on to the general election. "If we win Indiana, it's over," Trump declared at a boisterous Monday afternoon rally in Carmel. "They're finished. They're gone." The Indiana primary, with 57 delegates at stake, stands in the minds of many Republicans as the last major hurdle for Trump to clear. Cruz and his allies have poured every resource and maneuver at their disposal into the state in an urgent, last-ditch effort to derail the controversial billionaire mogul.
New polls continue to undercut the effort to stop a Donald Trump nomination
WASHINGTON POST // PHILIP BUMP
There are two things that Donald Trump's opponents need to do to keep him from getting the Republican presidential nomination. The first is that they need to block him from getting 1,237 pledged delegates by the time voting wraps up in early June. The second is that they need to get people used to the idea that a guy could walk into the convention with the most delegates and the most votes and walk out a very angry non-politician real estate magnate. Both of those efforts are going badly. A new poll from CNN makes clear the challenge Trump opponents face on that second point. Ninety-one percent of Republicans think that Trump will be the nominee, and more people say they would be dissatisfied or upset with Ted Cruz or John Kasich winning the nomination than say the same about Trump. What's more, Trump is the preferred second choice of 43 percent of those currently backing Cruz or Kasich. So people think he'll win, more people will be more frustrated if he doesn't than if he does, and he has got a broader base of support.
Ted Cruz Stays Positive Despite Grim Numbers in Indiana
NEW YORK TIMES // THOMAS KAPLAN
It almost resembled Iowa, if you squinted. Senator Ted Cruz expressed gratitude for the "common-sense good judgment" of Midwesterners. His stump speech had scarcely changed, from a favorite anecdote about a drawling West Texas farmer to a running countdown of the time remaining before the primary. ("Fifty-one hours," he said sternly.) He drew a crowd of several hundred at a faith-based community center here, whose cheers at times coaxed the Texas senator to guttural shouts. One woman held a sign: "Pray'n For Ted." "The eyes of the entire country," Mr. Cruz said, "now rest on Indiana." Yet two days before what is widely viewed as a must-win primary, Mr. Cruz strained to conceal a grim reality: He is in serious trouble. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released on Sunday showed Donald J. Trump with a lead of 15 points among likely Republican primary voters, 49 percent to 34 percent.
Cruz confronts Trump supporter
THE HILL // BEN KASIMAR
Ted Cruz on Monday faced off against Donald Trump supporters who crashed an event in Indiana, where the GOP hopeful is desperately working to upset the front-runner and keep his White House dreams alive. Protestors started chanting "Do the math" during Cruz's stop in Marion, Ind., prompting the Texas senator to walk up to to a demonstrator holding a Trump campaign sign. The man, who refused to give his name to reporters but said he had come from Ohio, interrupted Cruz and repeatedly called him "Lyin' Ted," Trump's favorite nickname for his rival.
This is what it looks like when the campaign comes to California
LOS ANGELES TIMES // CHRISTINA BELLATONI
It was supposed to be a snoozer of a state party convention. Then the presidential race came to California. And the events in Burlingame Friday through Sunday gave a little taste of what the next five weeks could be like on the Republican side. It started Friday when Donald Trump attracted angry protesters who forced him to traipse through a field to get into the convention site, then dismissed them during his brief speech to California Republican activists. He declared the race was close to over. "I think it's going to come to an end very soon," Trump said. "And really, I'm speaking to the people in this room, because there has to be unity in our party." Sen. Ted Cruz went after Trump for donating to Democrats, and his new running mate Carly Fiorina offered a feisty stump speech to delegates Saturday night, taking sharp jabs at Trump and those who oppose Cruz.
California Prepares for Long-Denied Star Turn in Presidential Race
NEW YORK TIMES // ADAM NAGOURNEY
This is the most populous state in the nation, but in presidential elections, it has almost always found itself on the sidelines. The last time a Republican primary in California mattered was 52 years ago, when the party nominated Barry Goldwater. But California will finally play an important role in the drama of presidential politics. The 172 Republican delegates up for grabs in the state's June 7 primary, which in most years has taken place well after the party's presidential standard-bearer was known, will determine whether Donald J. Trump can clinch the nomination on the last day of voting and avoid having to wrangle uncommitted delegates at the national convention in July. All three Republican presidential candidates, along with hundreds of reporters, turned up for the party's state convention here over the weekend, the biggest show in memory of presidential candidate firepower at this yearly gathering.
Editorials/Op-Eds
Bernie Sanders's Gift to His Party
NEW YORK TIMES // EDITORIAL BOARD
Though some opinion polls on Tuesday's primary in Indiana show Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in a tight race
, the plunge in Mr. Sanders's latest fund-raising numbers makes clear what he doesn't yet want to say. His campaign - for the presidency, anyway - is most likely nearing its end. "We intend to fight for every vote and delegate remaining," Mr. Sanders said
in Washington on Sunday. While he continues to infuriate the Clinton campaign by battling for Mrs. Clinton's superdelegates
, his tone suggests that he's no longer in it to win. He's fighting to ensure that all his supporters get a chance to cast a ballot during the primary season ending in June, and most of all, that Democratic leaders pay attention to their views. The Democratic Party and Mrs. Clinton are better off for Mr. Sanders's presence in this race. His criticism, as Winston Churchill might say, was not agreeable. But it called necessary attention to unhealthy developments in the Democratic Party, including its at-times obliviousness to the lingering economic pain of the middle class and the young, and its drift toward political caution over aspiration.
President Obama: The TPP would let America, not China, lead the way on global trade
WASHINGTON POST // PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Over the past six years, America's businesses have created more than 14 million new jobs. To keep this progress going, we need to pursue every avenue of economic growth. Today, some of our greatest economic opportunities abroad are in the Asia-Pacific region, which is on its way to becoming the most populous and lucrative market on the planet. Increasing trade in this area of the world would be a boon to American businesses and American workers, and it would give us a leg up on our economic competitors, including one we hear a lot about on the campaign trail these days: China. Of course, China's greatest economic opportunities also lie in its own neighborhood, which is why China is not wasting any time. As we speak, China is negotiating a trade deal that would carve up some of the fastest-growing markets in the world at our expense, putting American jobs, businesses and goods at risk.
Joe Biden Didn't Lose Iraq
FOREIGN POLICY // JAMES JEFFERY
The sudden trip of Vice President Joe Biden to Iraq this weekend - his first to Baghdad since U.S. troops left in late 2011 - was rudely upstaged by the storming of the Green Zone by angry protesters on Sunday, just after the veep had decamped to Erbil. But while the optics looked ugly, the trip - and focus on righting the ship in Iraq - has long been central to Biden. Since the first days of the Obama White House, Biden has been the president's point man for what may be the administration's toughest portfolio. President Barack Obama ran on a "get out of Iraq" ticket in 2007, although he tried after a fashion three years later to keep some forces on, and now has ordered 5,000 back to support operations against the Islamic State. In all of this, Biden's role has been central. This should not surprise, given his energy, his family relationship to Iraq (where his son served), his vote for the invasion in 2002, and his close focus on events there as Senate Foreign Relations chair. But this long history is not without controversy. For example, in 2006, he authored with Les Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, a plan, dead-on-arrival in Baghdad, for a soft petition of the country into Sunni Arab, Kurdish, and Shiite Arab cantons. That year, he also leaned toward a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces - before the surge reduced violence and, of course, before he was tapped as Obama's No. 2.
Will Hoosiers save Ted Cruz?
CHICAGO TRIBUNE // EDITORIAL BOARD
In the second round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament a few weeks ago, Texas A&M was in a hopeless spot, trailing Northern Iowa by 12 points with just 44 seconds remaining. Everyone knew A&M was done for. But the Aggies staged a stunning rally, sending the game into overtime, where they came out on top. Fans - particularly those in Iowa - learned then that victory can be elusive even when it looks certain. Ted Cruz, who like the Aggies is from Texas, needs a dramatic surprise to have a real chance of winning the Republican nomination for president. But at least until Indiana votes on Tuesday, it's too early to assume Donald Trump has the nomination wrapped up. Plenty of observers, of course, are eager to pronounce him the GOP winner so they can get on to obsessing about the general election. Trump himself, with a comfortable lead in the Indiana polls, shares that impulse.


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Scott, at what number can we reach you?
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I know Kay pretty well.
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Luis- Scott can help us with Alaska ED. Please call him.
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Trump Rally in New Jersey
- Christie paid off his campaign debt
- Hits back at Hillary Clinton for her criticism of his Muslim Ban
- Hillary Clinton not qualified because she suffers from bad judgment
- Doesn't say radical Islamic terrorism because she wants to agree with her president
- She and the husband can't stand [Obama], but now they are being so nice
- Terrible tragedy today
- If anyone thinks the plane wasn't blown out of the sky, they are 100% wrong
- Expert on TV today said I'm the only one who knows what's going on
- "Crooked" might be more accurate than "Lyin'" for Hillary
- I have so many employees in New Jersey, I hate to think of it
- I'm taking care of more salaries, education, and health care in New Jersey than almost anyone
- Build the wall to stop drugs from flowing into New Hampshire
- HRC doesn't know how to make trade deals, and even if she did, she couldn't because she's taken care of by special interests
- HRC wants to put the miners out of business.
- I want to open the mines. That's why I won West Virginia (opening up the mines was a big applause line in NJ)
- We are going to use our power, including our power of taxation (on companies leaving)
- Hitting Carrier, Ford, and Nabisco
- Not eating Oreos anymore, nor is Chris [Christie]. Don't feel bad
- Talks through how he would call and threaten Carrier
- A lot of you don't know the world of economics, and you shouldn't even bother. Leave it to me
- Chinese currency devaluation
- $500 billion trade deficit with China, "who the hell cares if there’s a trade war?"
- "We're like a big, big sloppy bully that gets punched in the face and goes down."
- You ever see a bully get knocked out? It's a sad thing, unless you're doing the punching
- Says when the border patrol endorsed him, he asked them if we needed the wall
- Our military is depleted. Old planes
- Repeal and replace Obamacare, protect second Amendment
- Compares NATO countries to tenants delinquent on rent
- I have so many friends there [in Saudi Arabia]. They buy my apartments
- We will be so rich again, we will be able to afford social security and medicare
- We will make America great again
- Vote on June 7th
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Thanks for flagging this, Akshai. Adding some folks to the chain for awareness.
From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 8:37 AM
To: Manriquez, Pablo; Garcia, Walter
Cc: Research_D
Subject: NALEO Latino Voting Rights Report
Wanted to flag this report in case it hadn't gone around. Covered on Univision last night too:
Noticiero Univisión
NALEO has released a report suggesting that more than 875,000 Latinos will face new voting restrictions this November. [Watch
]

New Report Finds Restrictive Changes May Make Voting
More Difficult For More Than 875,000 Latino Voters in Election 2016
More than 8 million Latino voters-or nearly one of every three members of the Latino
electorate-reside in states where they will be without the full protections they had in 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Less than six months before Election Day, NALEO Educational Fund released a new report
that found that more than 875,000 Latino voters may find it more difficult to cast ballots this year than in 2012.  The findings were released at a briefing in Washington D.C. that featured Former Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and NALEO Educational Fund Executive Director Arturo Vargas.
The new report "Latino Voters at Risk: Assessing the Impact of Restrictive Voting Changes in Election 2016"
found that the nation's 27.3 million eligible Latino voters will face a very different political and legal landscape in Election 2016 than existed in 2012.  Voters lost the protection of a critical piece of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the preclearance process, in the Supreme Court's ruling in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013.
"More than 13.1 million Latino voters are expected to cast ballots in 2016.  While historic, we know millions more will stay at home on Election Day," said Arturo Vargas, NALEO Educational Fund Executive Director. "To maximize participation among Latinos, we need to be promoting policies that make voting and registering to vote more accessible, and not less accessible, to the nation's second largest population group and all qualified U.S. citizens."
Many of the states, counties, and cities that were formerly subject to anti-discrimination review under the VRA have adopted new laws or practices that now make it harder to vote in the years since Shelby County was decided, as have many of the places where underrepresented voters' potential political influence has been growing most rapidly.  Major findings from the new report include:
*   Eight million Latino voters-or nearly one in every three members of the Latino electorate-are vulnerable to restrictive lawmaking and changes in election administration in 2016.  These eligible Latino voters live in jurisdictions that have been freed from oversight, in spite of their documented histories of adopting practices that discriminate against minority voters.
*   Nineteen states created new barriers to Latino participation since 2012. These laws could seriously impede more than 875,000 Latinos who are eligible to vote from participating in the 2016 presidential election.  These states include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.
*   States with the greatest Latino population growth were likely to implement restrictive changes.  Of the nine states that saw more than a 100 percent increase in their Latino populations between 2000 and 2010, six-Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee-have implemented new provisions since 2012.
*   Serious obstacles to voter registration are in place in eight states. These provisions can be carried out in numerous forms, including adding requirements for documentation from potential registrants and moving voter registration deadlines up.
*   States have imposed discriminatory restrictions on voting. Changes from 2012 may make it more difficult to vote both in-person and by mail. This includes the addition of voter ID requirements, truncated early voting periods and changes to absentee ballot policies.
*   Administrative practices that perpetuate discrimination against Latinos are on the rise.Election administrators have discretion to set aggressive registration list maintenance policies, close or consolidate polling locations, neglect language assistance needs, and more.
In order to effectively safeguard against laws and policies that discriminatorily make it harder for Latinos to vote, Congress should enact legislation that modernizes the Voting Rights Act to full strength. Two bills in Congress today would accomplish these goals: the Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR 2867
and S 1659
) and the Voting Rights Amendment Act (HR 885
).
In the lead up to Election 2016, NALEO Educational Fund will continue to operate its toll-free bilingual hotline 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (1-888-839-8682) to ensure Latino voters have information on every aspect of the electoral process, from finding their polling location, to state voter ID requirements, to reporting problems on Election Day.
Visit the NALEO Educational Fund website at www.naleo.org/latinovotersatrisk
to download the full report.
###
About NALEO Educational Fund
NALEO Educational Fund is the nation's leading non-partisan, non-profit organization that facilitates the full participation of Latinos in the American political process, from citizenship to public service.


POLITICO Breaking News: House votes to bar Confederate flag at some federal graveyards
Published: 05/19/16 11:29 AM EDT
The House voted Thursday to bar the Confederate battle flag from flying over some federal graveyards, the first time the chamber has cast a ballot on the issue.
The measure, offered by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) as an amendment to a spending bill, passed 265-159 with the support of GOP leaders. It would bar the Civil War symbol from being flown at cemeteries run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
A similar Democratic amendment last year — offered after the racially charged shooting of black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C. — tanked an entire appropriations bill after Southern Republicans objected to it.


Plus Mark who is dealing with Abby on our end
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Donna Brazile
Date: 05/13/2016 15:04 (GMT-06:00)
To: Patrice Taylor
, Leah Daughtry
, "Dacey, Amy"
, "Miranda, Luis"
Subject: Fwd: Washington Post inquiry
I have no intentions of touching this.
Why? Because I will cuss out the Sanders camp!
Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Phillip, Abby"
>
Date: May 13, 2016 at 11:51:50 AM PDT
To: "donnabrazile@me.com
"
>
Subject: Washington Post inquiry
Hi Donna,
Do you have a minute to chat today? Wanted to ask you about this fight between the Sanders camp and DNC over adequate representation on the platform committee and others ahead of the convention.
I can be reached on my cell at 857-928-7338.
Abby
--
Abby D. Phillip
National Political Reporter
Washington Post
(Cell) 857-928-7338
Twitter: @abbydphillip


Which part of the 11 pm hour? First 15 mins?
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 10, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
wrote:
>
> Here's one we could still do tonight. I can be around to staff if she needs it. Would need to lock it in ASAP.
>
> FOX NEWS - ELECTION SPECIAL
> Who: DWS and Bret Baier
> What:  Live, one-on-one, TV interview discussing tonight's primary and a look ahead to next week's primary.
> Where: Fox News DC Bureau at 400 N. Capitol
> When: 11pm hour ET
> Staff: Pablo
> Brief: Luis/Mark/Ryan
> Length: 5-7 mins
> Makeup: Yes, available at Fox News greenroom
> Contact: TBD
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 10, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Banfill, Ryan
wrote:
>>
>> ROLE PRESS - OUTLET
>> Who: (DWS and reporter)
>> What:  describe topic of interview, the medium (radio or TV or print) and whether it is live or taped
>> Where: Location (if it's phone, say so and who will connect and what the number is)
>> When: Date and time
>> Staff:
>> Brief:
>> Length: estimate even if you don't have exact hit
>> Makeup: let dws know if it's needed and whether she must do it or station is providing
>> Contact: best reporter contact (name, email, phone)
>> DWS Approval - Date/Source


Great job on CNN! Everyone on the floor cheered at #smh! The kids loved it!
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Hey,
Happy to chat. I'm at my desk, 202-863-8148.
Best,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Elliott, Philip - Time U.S.
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:11 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Cc: Frizell, Sam - Time U.S.
Subject: DWS Interview Request
Hey, Gents.
Sam and I are working on a story for next week's issue about where the Democrats go next after we all felt the Bern. Is it possible that we can get the Chair for an interview? We could do in person or by phone-whatever is easiest for her. We've seen him-and his supporters-move the Party in a pretty significant way that could have re-allignment issues for a generation. The story will be a significant part of next week's magazine (read between the lines), which goes to print on Wednesday of next week.
Can we hop on the line to chat today?
Thanks,
Phil
-
Philip Elliott
TIME
philip.elliott@time.com
202.861.4012 (d)
202.531.9208 (m)
@philip_elliott


Luis is in Philly today so I'm adding Mark.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2016, at 7:30 AM, Scott, Jillian
> wrote:
Good Morning All,
Friendly reminder.
Please see attached email for details. Conference number below.
We still need someone from Political and Comms to participate on this mornings call. Please let Marilyn know if you are available. Thank you so much.
Jillian
Conference Call Information:
866-810-8093
/ Code: 816-697-0275
Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2016, at 12:20 AM, Scott, Jillian
> wrote:
FYI. Please see below.  Please let Marilyn know if you can join this call. Thank you all.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 18, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Scott, Jillian
> wrote:
Hi All,
Thank you for participating in the Caucus call.
On Friday, May 20th.  We have a call with the Council Chairs @ 11AM. See details below. Please let Marilyn know if you or someone from your team can participate on this call.
Please note:  We do these calls for Council Chairs and Caucus Chairs once a month and your participation is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Jillian
From: Scott, Jillian
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 10:55 AM
To: 'Jan H. Donatelli'; 'don@fowlercommunications.com
'; 'lachman4dnc@mac.com
'; 'raejason@yahoo.com
'; 'Rion Ramirez'; 'sregenstreif@gmail.com
'; 'brichie711@sbcglobal.net
'; 'jjz@aaiusa.org
'
Cc: Davis, Marilyn
Subject: RE: 2nd DNC Council Chairs Conference Call
Good Morning Council Chairs,
I am sending a friendly reminder about our conference call on Friday, May 20th @ 11AM-11:30AM eastern time.  Please find the conference call number below.  If there are any issues, comments, and/or concerns that you want us to address during this call please send them my way.
As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
All the best,
Jillian Scott
201-696-2695
Conference Call Information:
866-810-8093 / Code: 816-697-0275
From: Scott, Jillian
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 3:39 PM
To: 'Jan H. Donatelli'; 'don@fowlercommunications.com
'; 'lachman4dnc@mac.com
'; 'raejason@yahoo.com
'; 'Rion Ramirez'; 'sregenstreif@gmail.com
'; 'brichie711@sbcglobal.net
'; 'jjz@aaiusa.org
'
Cc: Davis, Marilyn; Gregory Hinton; Thompson, Dejuana; Pratt Wiley
Subject: 2nd DNC Council Chairs Conference Call
Good Afternoon Council Chairs,
I am sending a friendly reminder about our next conference call on Friday, May 20th @ 11AM-11:30AM eastern time.  Please find the conference call number and the conference call  kick-off email regarding these calls below.  As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
All the best,
Jillian Scott
Conference Call Information:
866-810-8093 / Code: 816-697-0275
DNC Council Chair’s Conference Call:
Thank you all for your input regarding scheduling. Your monthly conference call will kick-off on Friday, April 15th @ 11AM-11:30AM eastern time, and will be every 3rd Friday of the month @ 11AM-11:30AM eastern time moving forward. The conference call details are below. Thank you all again,  Have a wonderful weekend.
Jillian Scott
Democratic National Committee
Scottj@dnc.org
202-863-8105


Tomorrow, but I'll work on trying to get a member of congress as the third speaker
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 12:28 PM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: For Comms Approval: Talking points for NJ teacher press call
When is this?
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 11:41 AM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: For Comms Approval: Talking points for NJ teacher press call
Still working on getting a third speaker, updated NJ teachers script, plus a third set below (I'm really trying to get a woman as the third person)
Assemblyman Diegnan
Hi everyone and thank you for joining the call. This is Assemblyman Pat Diegnan, and I serve as the Chair of the Education Committee.
It has certainly been a busy week in Trenton and nationally as well, with Donald Trump spouting another conspiracy theory and all but certain to secure the Republican nomination, Ted Cruz dropping out, and our governor generating buzz as a possible Trump vice presidential pick.
During this Teacher Appreciation Week, we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight the Republican record on education locally and at the national level.
Governor Christie's behavior toward teachers and public employees for the past six years has been disgraceful. Over and over again, he has tried to devalue the teaching profession and squeeze those who work so hard to shape our children's future. He actually suggested last year that teachers should be making minimum wage
, after he vetoed and stood against
minimum wage increases.
And he is supporting and actively campaigning for Donald Trump, who is similarly destructive. Trump has said that he would reduce union power and has vowed to cut the Department of Education.
How is that for investing in New Jersey's future? And our state has resoundingly rejected these wrong-headed policies, Governor Christie's approval ratings have plummeted to 26 percent since he endorsed Trump.
These issues haven't gotten much attention because of the GOP's numerous, other outrageous comments. The Republican party agenda is so extreme that those backward education proposals are the standard now.
As New Jersey has wrestled with the consequences of Governor Christie's actions and hostility, we cannot allow his policies to spread across the country at the prospect of a Republican president.
Now, I would like to introduce someone who has always been a champion of educators, NJEA President Wendell Steinhauer.
Wendell Steinhauer
Hi everyone, and thank you Assemblyman. As some of you may know, I taught in the Riverside public schools for 27 years. In my time at the NJEA, I've seen first-hand Chris Christie at work.
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and Governor Christie has been anything but appreciative of teachers and our work his entire tenure in office. We all remember when he slashed the state education aid by more than $1 billion in his first year in office, leading to thousands of layoffs.
Or when he made reneged on his promise to fund public employee pensions, despite his promise to do so at the negotiation table.
Or when he suggested violence against teachers and teachers unions; he has made multiple references to punching us.
It is certainly no surprise to us that Chris Christie is supporting Donald Trump for President, they are two peas in pod. But when it comes to teachers, we cannot allow what Governor Christie has done to New Jersey to spread to the rest of the country, especially now that Trump is the standard bearer of the Republican party.
Trump is on record for saying that he would cut the Department of Education and that he would reduce the power of the teachers' unions.
We simply can't imagine what would happen under this Republican president, where Governor Christie's dangerous ideas and policies would surely be allowed to spread nationally.
We are calling out these dangerous ideas and gross misconceptions and asking voters to take a stand against them.
Thank you. I would like to now turn it over to [3rd speaker]
Speaker #3
Thank you XXXX, and as mentioned, I am XXXX.
Before Donald Trump was even thinking about running for President, Chris Christie was writing the book on squeezing teachers and hurting working families here in New Jersey.
Just this week, he vetoed an equal pay bill that would have helped women breadwinners in our state. I couldn't believe it he suggested that teachers should be making minimum wage last year.
And let's face it, the teaching profession is a woman-dominated one and issues around equal pay and the minimum wage affect working women and their families. So when Governor Christie says those horrible things about teachers and suggests inflicting violence on teachers' unions, he is targeting a lot of New Jersey women.
At the national level, Trump and the rest of the Republican Party share those values. With Trump as the face of the Republican party, we expect to hear a lot more divisive, wrong-headed rhetoric, and unfortunately, more hostility toward educators.
Trump and Christie are cut from the same cloth. New Jersey is well aware of Christie's bullying tactics, reneging on promises made at the negotiation table, slashing funding for state education. And all indicators suggest that Trump will be worse on the national level.
Thank you.


Sure.  I have a conf call at 3pm.  Mostly wondering what your staffing plans were for Friday.  We could get a lot more interest than usual given everything.
-----Original Message-----
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:35 PM
To: April Mellody
Subject: RE: Have time to connect?
Has been crazy. Will call you after a conference call I'm on.
-----Original Message-----
From: April Mellody
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 1:35 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Have time to connect?
Sent from my iPhone


Ralston Reports: Democrats double Republicans in voter reg last month, ominous sign for GOP
by Jon Ralston
I have said and written many times that registration is not destiny. But those numbers mean something -- and 2016 is starting to look like 2012 and 2008 in Nevada, presidential years in which the Democrats did very well.
The latest numbers
show the Democrats padded their statewide lead by about 5,000 voters in April, out-registering Republicans by a 2-to-1 margin. This came despite the herculean efforts of the conservative registration outfit, Engage NV, which is trying to make up for the biennial ineptitude of the state GOP and a surging Democratic Party eager to atone for the 2014 wipeout.
The numbers tell an ominous story for the GOP:
►Democrats now have a 64,635-voter lead over the GOP, or more than 5 percent (40-35). Democrats have added 47,606 voters this year; Republicans have added 30,583. Thus, the Democrats have increased their lead by about 17,000 voters. So the Democrats, mostly because of same-day registration for the Feb. 20 presidential caucus, have made up for recent losses because of voter roll attrition. These gains have been felt in congressional districts and legislative districts, too, widening Democratic leads or cutting into GOP edges. (See below.) For instance, in Clark County, the Democrats now have a nearly 113,000-voter edge -- that's a 13 percentage point edge.
►In 2012, when President Obama won the state, the Democrats led by only 37,000 voters at this point; they ended up with a 90,000-voter edge by Election Day. In 2008, when Obama won the state, Democrats had a 51,000-voter edge at this point; they ended up with a 100,000-voter lead by Election Day. Republicans can point to Rep. Joe Heck and Sen. Dean Heller holding on despite the Democratic wave in 2012, but flawed Democratic contenders helped. And look how far ahead of those 2008 and 2012 paces the Democrats are.
Smart Republicans are worried about this trend, whether it is caused by Donald Trump or the Reid Machine or some combination thereof. The GOP can hold out hope that the growing nonpartisan registration, now at almost 19 percent, might favor their slate. But as Harry Reid seeks to go out with a bang
, these numbers indicate the Democrats' chances of winning Nevada in the presidential race, keeping Reid's seat, taking two competitive congressional seats from the GOP and turning the Legislature blue again are not pie in the sky.
Some of the breakdowns in key areas:
Clark County - Democratic gain of 5,645
End of March: 12.6% (107,091) advantage
End of April: 12.9% (112,822) advantage
Washoe County - Democratic loss of 49
End of March: 2.2% (5,184) disadvantage
End of April: 2.2% (5,231) disadvantage
Congressional District Highlights
Congressional District 3 – Democratic gain of 1,049
End of March: 1.0% (3,274) advantage
End of April: 1.3% (4,350) advantage
Congressional District 4 - Democratic gain of 1,514
End of March: 9.7% (30,392) advantage
End of April: 10.0% (31,923) advantage
Senate District Highlights
Senate District 5 – Democratic gain of 192
End of March: 5.1% (3,165) advantage
End of April: 5.3% (3,367) advantage
Senate District 6 – Democratic gain of 286
End of March: 5.2% (3,370) advantage
End of April: 5.5% (3,656) advantage
Senate District 15 – Democratic gain of 29
End of March: 2.3% (1,755) disadvantage
End of April: 2.3% (1,730) disadvantage
State Assembly District Highlights
Assembly District 5 – Democratic Gain of 179
End of March: 6.6% (1,892) advantage
End of April: 7.0% (2,070) advantage
Assembly District 8 – Democratic gain of 157
End of March: 14.8% (3,694) advantage
End of April: 15.0% (3,849) advantage
Assembly District 9 - Democratic gain of 157
End of March: 7.3% (2,120) advantage
End of April: 7.6% (2,284) advantage
Assembly District 10 - Democratic gain of 268
End of March: 23.7% (5,225) advantage
End of April: 24.2% (5,494) advantage
Assembly District 21 - Democratic gain of 96
End of March: 7.2% (2,109) advantage
End of April: 7.4% (2,210) advantage
Assembly District 29 - Democratic gain of 96
End of March: 3.2% (1,056) advantage
End of April: 3.4% (1,157) advantage
Assembly District 34 - Democratic gain of 157
End of March: 12.8% (3,784) advantage
End of April: 13.1% (3,939) advantage
Assembly District 35 - Democratic gain of 174
End of March: 5.3% (1,741) advantage
End of April: 5.7% (1,918) advantage
Assembly District 41 - Democratic gain of 145
End of March: 7.2% (2,129) advantage
End of April: 7.5% (2,274) advantage
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This is on top of a Monday article in WSJ that white supremacists said they found advancement through trumps candidacy. I want to try to put together a release with quotes from NJDC, ADL, other orgs, and the chair. Thoughts?
On May 19, 2016, at 8:19 PM, Sarge, Matthew
> wrote:
There was a Politico article from earlier in the week about Jewish Republicans' reluctance to back Trump because of these repeated incidents
“No one interviewed by POLITICO accused Trump of anti-Semitism, but multiple people pointed to his most extreme supporters — and his unwillingness, at times, to condemn them — as sources of concern for Jewish voters across the political spectrum. Trump has also faced criticism for being slow to condemn the Ku Klux Klan. Asked whether all of that should give Jewish voters pause, Greenblatt replied, ‘yeah,’ noting the anti-Semitic online abuse from self-described Trump supporters that a journalist (who is also a POLITICO magazine writer) faced after writing a profile of Melania Trump that the candidate’s wife criticized. Trump refused to condemn the vitriol from those supporters when asked about it directly on CNN. ‘The kind of anti-Semitic invective they used was so frightening,’ Greenblatt said.

________________________________
From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 8:02 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: WaPo: New York Times staffer tweets out op-ed critical of Trump, faces anti-Semitic avalanche
Story in link has screenshots of the tweets. This is not the first reporter to get anti-Semitic threats after covering Trump. When asked about it previously Trump had “no message” for his supporters sending Ioffe death threats and Melania claimed the reporter “provoked” it
New York Times staffer tweets out op-ed critical of Trump, faces anti-Semitic avalanche
Washington Post – Erik Wemple
Last night, Jonathan Weisman tweeted out an opinion piece from The Post by Robert Kagan: “This is how fascism comes to America.” Via Trump, that is. “This is how fascism comes to America, not with jackboots and salutes (although there have been salutes, and a whiff of violence) but with a television huckster, a phony billionaire, a textbook egomaniac ‘tapping into’ popular resentments and insecurities, and with an entire national political party — out of ambition or blind party loyalty, or simply out of fear — falling into line behind him,” writes Kagan.
A deputy Washington editor at the Times, Weisman included a portion of that sentence in his tweet — along with another tweet on a related topic — and let it fly. Hatred responded.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, among many other Twitter observers, took note of Weisman’s efforts to highlight this scourge:
On Twitter and other social-media platforms, it can be difficult to determine who supports whom. Yes, several of the people making anti-Semitic statements had references to the presumptive GOP nominee in their Twitter IDs and photos, though those references could mean anything. What has been clear for some time is that criticizing Trump while being Jewish is a hazardous online activity. On Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, a prominent conservative commentator, documented the anti-Semitic backlash that followed his own opinionating about Trump. And cited more from where that came:
It’s not just me, of course. Jake Tapper of CNN now says he’s received anti-Semitic tweets “all day.” My friend Bethany Mandel, another orthodox Jew who opposes Trump, just bought herself a gun out of fear of unhinged Trump supporters. John Podhoretz of Commentary says he receives tweets consistently from “literally neo-Nazi White supremacists, all anonymous…I don’t think I can attribute being a supporter of Trump to being a validator or an expresser of these opinions, but something was let loose by him.” Noah Rothman of Commentary tweets, “It never ends. Blocking doesn’t help either. They have lists, on which I seem to find myself.”
Shapiro Wednesday offered a further exploration at National Review under the headline, “Trump’s Anti-Semitic Supporters.” He writes: “I’ve experienced more pure, unadulterated anti-Semitism since coming out against Trump’s candidacy than at any other time in my political career. Trump supporters have threatened me and other Jews who hold my viewpoint. They’ve blown up my e-mail inbox with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. They greeted the birth of my second child by calling for me, my wife, and two children to be thrown into a gas chamber.”
As this blog reported, journalist Julia Ioffe filed a police report after receiving anti-Semitic threats stemming from the backlash against her story in GQ about Melania Trump. “The Trumps have a record of kind of whistling their followers into action,” Ioffe said at the time.


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He's getting testy with interviewers
__________
Shu-Yen Wei
Northeast Press Secretary
AAPI & Women's Media
Democratic National Committee
207-512-0005
weis@dnc.org


Adding the Chair and Mark, Sanders camp are sending a release about the letter Jeff sent to the chairwoman about the committee appointments. No chance to respond. Ken Thomas at AP has a story he is going to hit send on then Sanders sending his release.
We should've gone first.
-------- Original message --------
From: Leah Daughtry
Date: 05/06/2016 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Patrice Taylor
, "Dacey, Amy"
, "Miranda, Luis"
Subject: Update
I know things are swirling.
I am engaged in shuttle diplomacy with all parties right now ... will keep you posted if further action is needed.
Let me know if you have questions.