Domenico?
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On May 16, 2016, at 5:16 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
How about NPR in the morning?
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 5:08 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton
Subject: Re: DWS Broadcast Bookings
For tomorrow: No from New Day. No from Hardball.
For Wednesday: Yes from Wolf. Do we know where she’ll be in the 1pm hour ET?
Will have additional requests ready for review tomorrow morning.
On May 16, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
Luis and I approve
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 10:07 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: DWS Broadcast Bookings
For approval (from Luis) —
To Pitch for Tomorrow: New Day, Hardball
To Pitch for Wednesday: Wolf, Hardball
To Pitch for Friday: Philadelphia radio and/or local Sunday show
To Pitch generally: Spanish-language, Hispanic media (Noticias Univision/Telemundo)
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


I'll get back to her and decline.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: DNC Press
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:21 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Manriquez, Pablo; Ryan Banfill (ryban1001@gmail.com); Banfill, Ryan
Subject: FW: Interview Request
FYI-
From: Caldwell, Traci
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:05 PM
To: DNC Press
Subject: Interview Request
Good Afternoon
Is. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz available for an interview tomorrow morning with Fernando Espuelas on Matter of Fact?  We tape the show at the Newseum and can do the interview anytime between 9am-11am.  It will take about 10 minutes for the interview and we have a make-up artist on site.
Rep. Wasserman Schultz has been a guest on the show before.  Thanks for your consideration!
Best,
Traci Caldwell
matteroffact.tv
202-365-3726 (cell)
[Image removed by sender.


Please send this to the compliance team and they will vet.
Thanks!
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 3:01 PM
To: Bagchi, K.J.
Cc: Palermo, Rachel; Dillon, Lauren; Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: VETTING REQUEST: Chair's Invitation | NAM's 2016 Manufacturing Summit
Have we done anything previously with NAM?
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 16, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Bagchi, K.J.
> wrote:
Thank, Racel - happy to get any clarification on process if needed. Otherwise, let me know if there are any issues with the Chair attending this event. Thanks all.
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:37 PM
To: Bagchi, K.J.; Dillon, Lauren; Walker, Eric
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: RE: VETTING REQUEST: Chair's Invitation | NAM's 2016 Manufacturing Summit
Eric's out of town so I'm adding Mark/Luis. Thanks!
--
[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041
From: Bagchi, K.J.
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:22 PM
To: Dillon, Lauren; Walker, Eric
Cc: Palermo, Rachel
Subject: VETTING REQUEST: Chair's Invitation | NAM's 2016 Manufacturing Summit
Hi Pablo and Lauren,
Not sure how to get this vetted, but want to see if there are any flags for the Chair to attend this event with this organization.  Let me know if there are other folks I should loop in. Thank you!
From: Davis, Marilyn
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 1:50 PM
To: Bagchi, K.J.
Subject: FW: Invite | NAM's 2016 Manufacturing Summit
Run this past research and comms then complete the event form
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 11:50 AM
To: Davis, Marilyn
Cc: Kate Houghton; Guerra, Liana; Scott, Jillian; Kroll, Amy
Subject: FW: Invite | NAM's 2016 Manufacturing Summit
Marilyn --> See attached and the contact cards below/attached. They have invited the Chairwoman. Can you have the event request form filled out and provide a recommendation? Thanks!
[Candice Daniels Austin][Toska Gamble]
From: Toska Gamble
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 11:35 AM
To: Bonosky, Garret
Cc: Candice Daniels Austin
Subject: Invite | NAM's 2016 Manufacturing Summit
Dear Garret,
On behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), please see the attached invite for the Chairwoman.
Best,
Toska Gamble
National Association of Manufacturers
Senior Coordinator, External Relations
E-mail: tgamble@nam.org
Direct: (202) 637-3110
Mobile: (512) 695-8287


Listen here
On 5/18/16, 1:06 PM, "Manriquez, Pablo"
> wrote:
1:20pm hit time on KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO LOS ANGELES
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Next Wednesday works for us. Thank you Rachel.
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On Apr 25, 2016, at 6:21 PM, Palermo, Rachel
> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Luis would like to host a media training session for Communications, Political, and CE next week. Would 12-1:30 on Tuesday, or 2-3:30 on Wednesday work? Let me know. Thanks!
Rachel
--
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041


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DAILY VIDEO UPDATE – 4/27/16
PRIMARY COVERAGE
4/26/2016: WFXP (FOX) – Erie, PA interviewed Verel Salmon, the Erie County Republican Chair, about Donald Trump’s primary night sweep and Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Ted Cruz’s alliance. They also spoke with an alternate delegate about the Pennsylvania primary. [Watch
]
4/27/2016: WPRI (CBS) – Providence, RI reported on the primary results in Rhode Island, noting that voter turnout was lower than expected. [Watch
]
TED CRUZ
Commentary: 04/27/2016: Bay News 9 - Tampa Bay, FL reported that Sen. Ted Cruz has chosen Carly Fiorina as his running mate. [Watch
]
4/27/2016: WJBK (FOX) - Detroit, MI reported that Sen. Ted Cruz needs to win the upcoming Indiana Primary in order to deny Donald Trump from getting more delegates. [Watch
]
4/27/2016: WSAW (CBS) - Wausau, WI reported on Sen. Ted Cruz announcing Carly Fiorina as his running mate. [Watch
]
Tracking: TED CRUZ: 04/27/2016, 9:30 AM: Retail Stop Sister's Place Restaurant Indianapolis, IN [@teddyschleifer] [Not tracked]
TED CRUZ: 04/27/2016, 4:00 PM: Rally 201 S Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN [Eventbrite] [Track]
TED CRUZ: 04/28/2016, 4:30 PM: Rally Century Center 120 S St Joseph St, South Bend, IN [wsbt.com] [Tracker scheduled]
JOHN KASICH
Commentary: 4/27/2016: WVAH (FOX) - Charleston, WV reported that Gov. John Kasich is still holding out for a contested convention. [Watch
]
Tracking: JOHN KASICH: 04/28/2016, 4:30 PM: Town Hall 1900 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR [eventbrite] [Volunteer scheduled]
JOHN KASICH: 04/29/2016, 10:30 PM: Speech at California GOP State Convention Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport 1333 Old Bayshore Way, San Francisco, CA [@RonNehring] [Volunteer scheduled]
JOHN KASICH: 04/29/2016, 5:00 PM: Town Hall Parc 55 55 Cyril Magnin Street, San Francisco, CA [commonwealthclub.org] [Volunteer scheduled]
RICK SCOTT
Interview: 04/26/2016: News Service Florida: Gov. Rick Scott held a media avail about his upcoming trip to California and his criticism for the state’s minimum wage increase. [Watch
]
DONALD TRUMP
Commentary: 4/26/2016: WXXA (FOX) – Albany, NY reported that the Trump University case is going to trial. [Watch
]
04/26/2016: WDSU (NBC) - New Orleans, LA reported that the fraud case against Trump University will go to trial. [Watch
]
04/27/2016: WBTW (CBS) - Myrtle Beach, SC reported that Donald Trump secured larger than expected victories on Tuesday and now considers himself the presumptive nominee. [Watch
]
04/27/2016: WJTV (CBS) - Jackson, MS interviewed a resident who said the delegate selection process in Mississippi did not follow the rules and he had a hard time being recognized. [Watch
]
4/27/2016: WHTM (ABC) – Harrisburg, PA reported on Mary Pat Christie rolling her eyes during Donald Trump’s speech last night. [Watch
]
4/27/2016: KTWO (ABC) - Casper, WY reported that Donald Trump says he is the presumptive nominee and he called on Gov. John Kasich and Sen Ted Cruz to drop out of the race. [Watch
]
4/27/2016: KEYT (ABC) - Santa Barbara, CA reported on the violence that ensued between supporters and opponents of Donald Trump on Tuesday. [Watch
]
Tracking: DONALD TRUMP: 04/27/2016, 12:00 PM: Foreign Policy Speech. Highlights relationship between economics and national security. Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC [WSJ] [Not tracked]
DONALD TRUMP: 04/27/2016, 4:00 PM: Town Hall with Greta van Susteren. Airing at 7pm. Hilbert Circle Theatre Indianapolis, IN [@jdelreal] [Tracked]
DONALD TRUMP: 04/27/2016, 6:00 PM: Rally Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN [Trump Campaign] [Volunteer scheduled]
DONALD TRUMP: 04/28/2016, 10:00 PM: Rally Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA [Trump Campaign] [No volunteer scheduled]
DONALD TRUMP: 04/28/2016, 12:00 PM: Rally Old National Events Plaza Evansville, IN [14news.com] [Volunteer scheduled]
DONALD TRUMP: 04/29/2016, 3:00 PM: Speech at California GOP State Convention Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport 1333 Old Bayshore Way, San Francisco, CA [@RonNehring] [Volunteer scheduled]


Trump in West Chester PA at 4pm
History with PA:
-          Went to school in PA
-          Says his daughter Tiffany is going to school in PA
-          Sons Eric and Don Jr. went to the Hill School in PA
Trade
-          Bad leaders. Letting us be ripped off
-          Cruz supports Chinese currency cheating
-          Kasich just as bad
Cruz and Kasich joined forces
Have to vote of Trump delegate slate in PA
-          System is almost as crooked as Crooked Hillary
PA losing jobs and manufacturing
"We are going to undeplete or depleted military"
We're now tied with Hillary Clinton
-          I don't like being tied
Hitting Kasich on eating again
-          That's not presidential
Carrier Air Conditioning
-          Vicious firing
Kasich is a stubborn guy
-          Disgusting eating
-          1 for 41
-          Trump blames Lehman for financial collapse
Talking about a sick friend who was supposed to die a year ago
-          Very strong mentally
-          Keeps on living
-          Reminds me of our country
Kasich/Cruz agreement
-          I wrote out my response last night.
-          I think it's pretty good for 11:30 in the evening
-          In Indiana, the people are too smart to go for this stuff
-          Kasich broke the deal by saying he wanted people in Indiana to vote for him
Trump again compares Kasich to a spoiled kid
-          Kasich and Cruz have no path to victory
-          OH is in the middle of the pack, nothing special
Trump rallies are the safest places
We will have unification
-          African-American unemployment is the highest
If it goes to a 2nd or 3rd ballot, and I have 5 million more votes--
-          GOP is the hottest party right now
Virginia let out 200,000 criminals to vote Democrat
-          Committed horrendous crimes.
-          This is the world of politics
Bernie Sanders. We don't want to have a communist in that position
Can't put someone who's millions of votes behind get it on the 2nd ballot
-          Reince is a nice man
-          You would have a revolt if you picked a guy that got creamed
-          If Paul Ryan ever got it, millions of people that voted for Trump would never vote
-          It would be impossible for a Republican to win
Trump says he has young people just like Sanders
-          Sanders is finished unless Hillary gets indicted, which she should be
U.S. is worst in education but highest in spending
- Like my campaign, winning while spending the least
Protect the border
-          Drugs pouring across
Complaining about Louisiana
-          Win but get less delegates
-          Cruz can't win with the voters, so has to try to grab delegates
-          Likens winning on the first ballot to a prize fighter: "If I knock them out, there's not a damn thing the judges can do."
Moral obligation for PA delegates to go with whoever wins the state on the first ballot
-          Should be on more than first ballot, but we aren't worried about that
Does Hillary look presidential?
-          She won't be there at 3am to answer the phone call
-          Bad judgement
Trump says he was against the war in Iraq when he "was just a civilian"
Compares himself to a golfer in his first year on the PGA tour
-          Shouldn't change your swing now
-          Shouldn't be more presidential yet because this is what helped him beat governors and senators
Trump says everyone in the room will lost 9 pounds because the air conditioning system wasn't designed for so many people
Most loyal supporters
-          Cruz supporters aren't loyal
Cruz isn't a good Senator
-          Total failure as a senator
-          Can't create consensus
Winning again
-          Trade, vets, military, border, wall
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:47 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Trump in West Chester PA at 4pm
Coming up on ABC Go


Watch here
From: "Sarge, Matthew"
>
Date: Monday, May 16, 2016 at 4:06 PM
To: Comm_D
>
Cc: "djtspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
"
>
Subject: Video Request: Marsha Blackburn on CNN
Talking about NYT story, etc


I am not
From: Marilyn Davis
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 7:08 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Rangappa, Anu; Alvillar, Raul
Subject: Fwd: Hillary Clips 5.3.16- 5.9.16
R u on this listserv?
Marilyn D. Davis
M: 609-218-3254
Twitter: @marilynddavis
Facebook.com/marilynddavis
Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any typos
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jamal Smith
>
Date: May 9, 2016 at 5:48:36 AM EDT
To: Jamal Smith
>
Subject: Hillary Clips 5.3.16- 5.9.16
Greetings,
Below is a weekly update of Hillary's top news clips.  This week, I've added twitter-friendly links to each headline so that you can easily share stories on your social media channels.
Best,
Jamal
In Case You Missed It
*   Hillary was on Face The Nation yesterday, May 8th discussing how she plans to take on Donald Trump in the general election. To see and share the full interview, click here:
*   Hillary leads Bernie Sanders by nearly 300 pledged delegates and over 3 million popular votes. To see and share the full delegate scoreboard, click here:
*   The next Democratic primaries are in West Virginia on Tuesday, May 10th and Kentucky on Tuesday, May 17th. To phone bank for Hillary, please use and share this link:
Top Stories
Hillary Clinton wins Guam Democratic caucuses // CNN // 5.7.16 //
Hillary Clinton speaks to the L.A. Times editorial board about war, women and her ability to navigate partisan obstructionism // LAT // 5.5.16 //
Barack Obama's last campaign // CNN // 5.7.16 //
Fact Check: Hillary Clinton And Coal Jobs // NPR // 5.3.16 //
Fact check: Hillary Clinton wasn’t a ‘birther’ // USAT // 5.5.16 //
Exit Polls from Indiana: Democrats Are Excited, Republicans Are Divided // Fortune // 5.3.16 //
New Clips
How Donald Trump Can Beat Hillary Clinton // Barrons // 5.3.16 //
Hillary Clinton turns her attention to Donald Trump // CNN // 5.4.16 //
Is Hillary Clinton ready to face Donald Trump? "Oh absolutely," she says // CBS // 5.4.16 //
Why Hillary Clinton isn't pushing Bernie Sanders to exit race // 5.5.16 //
Hillary Clinton: The party of Trump | Campaign 2016 // WaPo // 5.5.16 //
Hillary Clinton Supports Ending Forced Arbitration // Money // 5.5.16 //
“Candidate in race most like Bush and Cheney is Hillary Clinton,” says GOP strategist // Salon // 5.5.16 //
If Hillary Clinton Has 70 Percent Chance to Win, Why Is Merrick Garland at 0? // 5.5.16 // NYT //
10 times Hillary Clinton was asked about running for president // 5.5.16//Politifact //
Fact check: Hillary Clinton wasn’t a ‘birther’ // USAT // 5.5.16 //
The vetting of Hillary Clinton // MSNBC // 5.5.16 //
Hillary Clinton video lists 8 promises of Donald Trump presidency. Did he say that? // Politfact // 5.5.16 //
Donald Trump’s ridiculous claim that Hillary Clinton started the birther movement // WaPo // 5.6.16 //
Hillary Clinton should promise to renominate Merrick Garland //  LAT // 5.6.16 //
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts focuses on Hillary Clinton in endorsing Donald Trump // WaPo // 5.6.16 //
Hillary Clinton Is Now The Most Religious Candidate Running For President. Here’s Why That Matters // 5.6.16 // Think Progress //
The Clinton Email Scandal Cannot Die, Because It Is a Clinton Scandal // 5.6.16 // Esquire //
Quiz: How well do you know Hillary Clinton? // CBS News // 5.6.16 //
Hillary Clinton to campaign in N.J. on Wednesday // 5.6.16 // NJ.com
//
Hillary Clinton makes campaign stops in South and East L.A. // 5.7.16 // LA Wave //
Bernie Sanders supporters protest at Hillary Clinton event // 5.7.16 // LA Daily //
Donald Trump Doubles Down on Attacks on Hillary Clinton as 'Enabler' of Husband's Affairs // 5.7.16 // ABC //
From Whitewater to Benghazi: A Clinton-Scandal Primer // 5.6.16 // Atlantic //
Hillary Clinton Nicknames Donald Trump the ‘Presumptuous Nominee’ // ABC // 5.6.16. //
Mother’s Day on the Campaign Trail: The Meaning Behind Hillary Clinton’s Favorite Accessory // ABC // 5.7.16 //
Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton Mistreated Husband’s Female Accusers //NYT // 5.7.16 //
This week alone: 10 reasons Hillary Clinton will win // WaPo // 5.7.16 //
Donald Trump Slams Sen. Elizabeth Warren: She's Hillary Clinton's 'Goofy Friend' // 5.7.16 //
Trump says Clinton wants to abolish the 2nd Amendment // 5.7.16 // CNN //
Hillary Clinton Talks Parenting for Mother's Day: 'Watching Chelsea Mother Charlotte Is Just the Greatest Joy’// 5.7.16 // People //
Clinton congratulates newly elected London mayor // 5/7/16 // CNN //
Hillary Clinton Plans To Have A 'Climate Map Room' In The White House, Podesta Says // 5.8.16 // Forbes //
Azealia Banks Endorses Donald Trump, Claims Hillary Clinton 'Talks to Black People As If We're Children or Pets’// 5.7.16 // Billboard //
Financial Sector Gives Hillary Clinton a Boost // WSJ // 5.8.16 //
5 Things You Need to Know About the Coming Trump vs. Clinton Showdown // Politico // 5.8.16 //
Hillary is Trump’s dream opponent: Clinton is exactly the “limousine liberal” his coalition distrusts the most // Salon // 5.8.16 //
Hillary Clinton Says She Is Available for F.B.I. Interviews Over Emails // NYT // 5.8.16 //
SNL Pokes Fun at Hillary Clinton With 'President Barbie' No One Wants To Play With // Fortune // 5.8.16 //
Lady Gaga Wants Hillary Clinton to Be America's Mom // MC // 5.8.16 //
Hillary Clinton speaks to crowd at campaign rally in Oakland // TDC // 5.8.16 //
House Republicans Begin Hillary Clinton Pre-Impeachment // HuffPo // 5.8.16 //
Hillary Clinton Thanks Jennifer Lopez for Her Surprising 'Ain't Your Mama' Video Shout-Out // People // 5.8.16 //
Mass. voters favor Clinton over Trump, poll finds // BG // 5.8.16 //


FYI
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 7:48 PM
To: hrtsleeve@gmail.com; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan
Subject: RE: Platform drafting rollout
There is a lot of reporter interest and plenty of outlets are chasing the story after the Ann Gearan story claimed the DNC would be offering concessions, but so long as you haven't called the people you'll be appointing to confirm they will definitely be on, we can probably hold it. Then we could work the story over Saturday and Sunday, and have our roll out on Monday morning. If the campaigns told these people they would definitely be on, then it will be pieced together more quickly and we would have to execute on a faster timeline.
For a Monday roll out we would want a call with Cummings and a reporter tomorrow or early Sunday, with your calls to the members to confirm their appointment on Sunday night.
The Tic Toc would be roughly:
Saturday May 21
Finalize Public Affairs Guidance
*   Talking Points
*   Q&A
Secure Validators
*   Tee up Cummings and one other appointee to be on message, and to speak with the reporter for the preview/launch story
Finalize Press Release
Lock In Preview/Launch Story Reporter
*   Recommendation: Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Pitch New Day and Andrea Mitchell without details
Schedule Sunday notification calls
Sunday May 22
Hold calls with the reporter with
*   DWS
*   Cummings
*   TBD appointee
*   Convention team / Party Affairs for background
Lock in New Day and Andrea Mitchell
Notification calls start at 8pm ET
10:00 PM Embargo on Preview/Launch Story lifts for web (Preview story runs online)
Pitch Paul Kirk and Howard Dean on co-signing a Medium Post on what happens at convention / praising platform drafting moving forward
Monday May 23
Preview / Launch story runs in print in Washington Post
6:40 AM - DWS on New Day
Begin Pitching Cummings to Cable Television
12:10 PM - DWS on MSNBC (Andrea Mitchell)
Lock in Dean / Kirk Medium Post (Send them draft)
9pm Medium Post online
* Send to morning TV producers
* Send to morning tipsheets (Playbook, etc)
Cummings interviews throughout afterrnoon and into Tuesday the 24th
________________________________________
From: hrtsleeve@gmail.com [hrtsleeve@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:36 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan
Subject: Platform drafting rollout
Luis, I do want to go with the Monday morning WP/New Day/Andrea Mitchell plan for the rollout. I asked Leah to hold and said I would be happy to talk to her. She is concerned it will leak before then but I think we can mostly keep it contained.
Please let me know what you think.
DWS


Even more panel
How much is playbook totally new?
Gershon: Making an unusual message to people. Trump’s policies change all the time. He is offering to be in charge of everything. Side effect is likely to get negative elections, clash of personalities.
Both parties feel like they are having an arranged marriage.
Pace: And it’s being put off as Bernie keeps winning. You see HRC trying to reach out to his voters. Having Trump will be more of motivating factor for Sanders voters than anything else. She needs to be able to turn to general and unite party.
Page: Hard to say get out of the race, you keep winning. WV voters said they would vote for Trump over HRC.
People so fed up they want the “earthquake.”
Bouie Maybe true in GOP but I don’t think as true in Democratic Party. People want to see Obama style policies continued. Sanders has revealed generational differences but I think not that much disunity in Democratic Party. If Sanders campaigns for party, unity won’t be such a problem.
Trump cabinet. GOP taking comfort in people he might work with. Is that good?
Gershon: To make case to GOP is to look like you might win. Foreign policy establishment least attached to GOP, most critical of Trump’s views. These are radical, dangerous foreign policy positions and foreign policy analysts would have a lot to swallow.
Page: Gates seemed like he would vote HRC.
From: Miller, Lindsey
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 11:10 AM
To: Jakubiec, Matthew; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Face the Nation
More panel
Where do things stand in GOP unity project?
Pace: We heard a lot about unity but seems to be superficial, continue to be huge differences between Ryan wing and Trump wing. Big win for Trump that he got Ryan to speak nicely about him. Effort to unify around Trump.
What is party going through, situation where everyone comes together?
Gershon: Ryan going to surrender. Trump is benefiting from extreme polarization, never Trump people are more strongly never HRC. Long-term problem with him as nominee – immigration position is damaging, war on women part two that he represents. Huge long term risk for GOP.
Page: That is what Ryan is struggling with. Speaker is of course going to endorse but struggling to maybe pull Trump back on rhetoric.
Gershon: He didn’t get anything out of this.
Page: Ryan 46, will be around post-Trump and he is trying to protect the GOP he wants to represent. Trump is face of party this year, defines GOP until November
Bouie: Part of reason Trump won party is that forces to counter the racial polarization don’t exist. Trump reinforces racial polarization. Trump can make Latinos a core Democratic group for generations like Goldwater in 64.
Doesn’t Ryan have to endorse?
Pace: He knows this will be long process, will want something. So much difference between the two men. For him personally, the longer this takes, he will be asked every day and overshadow what he believes in, an agenda for GOP to run on in the fall.
You’ve seen presidents up close. Is it just about being right on issues?
Question is whether GOP candidate is fit to be president, he is a nativist. Can change public life in fundamentally destructive ways. Can this man represent America in the world and all of our citizens?
Reince would say HRC has the same kinds of challenges. Is that a good pushback?
Bouie: Not good pushback. She has a host of problems but she is fundamentally mainstream politician. She isn’t that far from Obama on policy. Trump conjuring the worst kind of nativism and bigotry to try to win election and once you open that box in any society but particularly ours, it doesn’t close again. Because Trump bringing ugly impulse to the fore, not just the fact HRC worse. They can say she is a liberal but she isn’t encouraging violence at political events.
Pace: Risky for HRC because she has to inspire people.
Page: This electorate wants change and HRC represents continuity. She wants to outline policy positions and none of these are breaking through. What breaks through is what Trump says and how she responds. Trump driving the conversation.
From: Jakubiec, Matthew
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 10:59 AM
To: Miller, Lindsey; Comm_D
Subject: Re: Face the Nation
Reince
From: "Miller, Lindsey"
>
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 10:58 AM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: RE: Face the Nation
Panel: Susan Page, Jamelle Bouie, Julie Pace, Michael Gerson
Is Priebus right that spokesman thing doesn’t matter?
Page: Reality is the fact he did it is not important but the fact that he is now denying it is an issue to expanding the number of people who support him. Raises question of trustworthiness.
His argument is voters like Trump.
Gerson: He is saying Trump extraordinary phenomenon. Weird positon for RNC chair. Trump gets away with things like this because he always has.
HRC has tried to make tax return attack. Profitable for her given her issues with email, etc?
Jamelle Bouie: I don’t think she does. Wrong approach. If some of rhetoric coming from HRC true and Trump unprecedented, typical attacks won’t work. Need to find a way to say sleazy and dishonest but will never be for you. All about his own personal gain. Tax returns and transparency doesn’t do it. Warren has figured I tout, HRC needs to huddle with her.
From: Miller, Lindsey
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 10:52 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Face the Nation
Reince!
Trump served as his own spokesman. Thoughts?
(laughs, stutters) Odd but of all the things facing this country, I can assure you that will not move the electorate. HRC career politician who made millions through politics. Trump outsider who will cause earthquake in DC. All these other stories won’t move electorate.
Now that we are looking at general electorate, these stories people key on. Not impersonation but the fact he denied it even though admitted in the past.
Well, like I said, issues facing DC is efficient, accountable government. Electorate not looking at someone calling reporter 30 years ago as issue that decides campaign. Trump’s niche is turning this place upside down. They don’t think HRC is that person. HRC should be careful throwing stones in glass houses.
Tax returns, Trump said people don’t have right to see him. That’s been the standard. Should it not be anymore?
I wouldn’t be surprised if people don’t care. Trump rewritten traditional playbook. I don’t know if anyone else could have pulled this off over past year. Rules for candidates don’t apply to Trump. People want something done right this second and Trump effectively represented that. Whether taxes disclosed won’t move electorate.
Does political success change how we evaluate candidate?
Good point but look at Bill Clinton. He’s still out there running around, people still coming to see him. Real analysis is what we as a party have to do to make sure we are true to our party and true to our platform and party exists in future. Trump has been winning in  more in primary than any GOP nominee in history. Voters like him.
Third party. Should that be stopped?
I’ve heard Mitt isn’t looking at that. It’s a suicide mission because you throw out 8 years of white house, generations in Supreme Court. Suicide mission, not right and people should take Paul Ryan approach and find common ground and assurances
Paul Ryan differs on immigration, entitlements, taxes, trade, questioned his tone. What’s the basis for unity?
Agree on more than they disagree! They agree on items on Ryan’s agenda, Supreme Court, platform of GOP, abortion. Eighty percent overlap. Trump nuanced a little bit on those positions. We’ll get there, especially when choice is HRC, who lies/skirts issues/emails/Benghazi.
Panel:
Marsha Blackburn, Peter King and Chris Collins.
Collins, what is it about Trump that GOP should unify around?
Chief executive, not a career politician. Obama was a legislator and that went bad. Why I supported Trump, he was the only chief executive and his issues on trade. Other countries will try to steal our job and we need someone who will stand up and stop it.
King, congressman makes decisions on national security. That is where you criticized Trump. What made you come to support him?
King: I’m supporting nominee of the party but I still have questions on policy. Can’t explain how trade war with China works. How can he take troops out of Japan if he wants leverage over China? Concerned about romance he has with Putin. Trump has brought people into party but I want him to have coherent foreign policy before I campaign for him.
Blackburn, Reince said he is nuancing his positions. That used to be dirty word. What is your view on Trump and how he might change?
Trump has listened to the American people and shown he has heard them. They like the way he heard them and responded. I’m encouraged he is trying to find common ground. I think that’s a wonderful opportunity. You will probably see an aggressive legislative agenda under Trump, particularly in the first 100 days, which I look forward to.
Collins, immediate deportation, ban on Muslim immigrants, do you support that?
No those are not policies that I don’t support. But what hasn’t changed with him is securing border, bringing jobs home, defeating ISIS. He is reaching out to Congress, half of our committee chairs have endorsed. He is asking them for input. That is what CEO does, sets vision and hires great minds to come to decisions. Just now seeing Trump move into policy.
King, women voters. Does Trump have an issue with them?
Issue with them, I don’t know if HRC can raise it, but Trump will make his case. The average woman concerned about security. She is concerned about her kids staying alive, she saw 9/11 and never wants to see it again. She thinks Trump can protect us. If Trump can show he can protect us and be strong on economy, he can win.
Blackburn, Ryan given grief for not endorsing. Should be praised?
Ryan will move very quickly to endorse and unify. We will have dynamic campaign this fall, millions of new GOP voters. Voters know HRC is a lying, cheating, stealing type woman and Trump is a can-do man.
Robert Gates
Doesn’t know how Trump would deal with ISIS, concerns about relationship with Putin. These are policy positions that can be changed. But Trump seems to think he has all the answers and doesn’t need help. Doesn’t feel the need to surround himself with informed advisors. I worked with very different presidents and each one of those presidents understood he did not have all the answers and surrounded himself with experienced, thoughtful people who would give good advice. They would often make their own judgments but nonetheless they only acted after listening to different points of view.
Fatal flaw?
One would have to show between now and election that you were willing to listen and adjust to give a sense of confidence. I come at this from national security standpoint. I think about how will be in charge of young people in military so I want to see evidence that a person can be trusted with their lives.
Would you serve him if he asked?
Inconceivable to me. I’ll be 73.
Let’s say you were 63.
I think there would have to be a conversation with the candidate to see. When Obama asked me to stay on, we did something unusual. We had a secret meeting and I had sent him 10 questions, beginning with why he would trust me.


White House and Congressional Schedule
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
President's Schedule
In the morning, the President will travel to Flint, Michigan. The departure from the South Lawn is open press, and the arrival at Bishop International Airport is open to pre-credentialed media.
In the afternoon, the President will receive a briefing on the federal efforts in place to help respond to the needs of the people of Flint. There will be a travel pool spray at the bottom of this meeting at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
Later in the afternoon, the President will participate in a neighborhood listening roundtable to the hear first-hand from Flint residents about the public health crisis. There will be a travel pool spray at the top of this meeting at Northwestern High School.
Afterwards, the President will deliver remarks to community members at Northwestern High School. The President's remarks will be open to pre-credentialed media.
In the evening, the President will depart Flint en route Washington, DC. The departure from Bishop International Airport is open to pre-credentialed media, and the arrival on the South Lawn is open press.
Later in the evening, the President will deliver remarks at the Asian Pacific American Institute of Congressional Studies 22nd annual awards gala dinner. This event at the Washington Hilton hotel will be covered by the in-town travel pool.
In-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: ABC
Print: BuzzFeed
Radio: SRN
Out-of-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: ABC
Print: New York Times
Radio: CBS
EDT
9:30AM          In-Town Pool Call Time
10:05AM        THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn
Open Press (Final Gather 9:45AM - North Doors of the Palm Room)
10:20AM        THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route Flint, Michigan
Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage (Call Time 9:00AM - Virginia Gate, Joint Base Andrews)
11:50AM        THE PRESIDENT arrives Flint, Michigan
Bishop International Airport
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media
12:40PM         THE PRESIDENT receives a briefing on the response and recovery effort by the Unified Command Group
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, Flint, Michigan
Travel Pool Spray at the Bottom
2:30PM           THE PRESIDENT participates in a roundtable meeting with Flint community members
Northwestern High School, Flint, Michigan
Travel Pool Spray at the Top
4:00PM           THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks
Northwestern High School, Flint, Michigan
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media
5:00PM           THE PRESIDENT departs Flint, Michigan en route Washington, DC
Bishop International Airport
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media
6:25PM           THE PRESIDENT arrives Joint Base Andrews
Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage
6:40PM           THE PRESIDENT arrives the White House
South Lawn
Open Press (Final Gather 6:20PM - North Doors of the Palm Room)
8:25PM           THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies 22nd Annual Awards Gala Dinner
Washington Hilton Hotel
Expanded Pool Coverage (In-Town Travel Pool Gather Time 7:25PM - North Doors of the Palm Room)
**Pool should dress in dark attire for this formal event**
Briefing Schedule
Press Secretary Josh Earnest will gaggle aboard Air Force One
Vice President's Schedule
On Wednesday, the Vice President will chair the U.S.-Caribbean-Central American Energy Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit will gather Caribbean and Central American heads of government and energy ministers, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and other international partners.  Two dozen delegations from across the region will participate.
At 9:00 AM, the Vice President will take a family photo with heads of delegation. This photo at the Department of State will be open press.
At 9:30 AM, the Vice President will hold a meeting with the Caribbean heads of delegation. There will be a pool spray at the top of this meeting at the Department of State.
At 11:15 AM, the Vice President will hold a meeting with the Central American heads of delegation. There will be a pool spray at the top of this meeting at the Department of State.
At 1:30 PM, the Vice President will deliver remarks at the summit plenary lunch. These remarks at the Department of State will be open press.


...totally cackling over that bit with Fiorina singing today? I can imagine that segment got snipped and tagged for your digital library almost immediately!
Luciana Lopez
Correspondent, Reuters 2016 Campaign Team
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Flagged for top PR reporter and he tweeted out to his 15k followers.
[   José A. Delgado (@JoseADelgadoEND
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5/5/16, 10:44 AM
Add Puerto Rico's debt crisis to the list of issues Donald Trump doesn't understand vox.com/2016/5/5/11595…
via @voxdotcom
On May 5, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Some interesting stuff to save for paid media when it comes to that point:
As a very successful person I would buy companies, throw them in a chapter, bankrupt it, negotiate
-          Could follow that up with workers who lost their jobs in bankruptcy
WOLF BLITZER: They're prevented from using the bankruptcy laws, Puerto Rico, as opposed to all the US states. You've used those bankruptcy laws over the years.
DONALD TRUMP: I'm the king
I know more about debt than practically anybody, I love debt
-Could use for a hit on bad business deals / tax plans
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 10:34 AM
To: Roberts, Kelly; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Vox: Add Puerto Rico's debt crisis to the list of issues Donald Trump doesn't understand
Thx for this, Kelly. Will push to PR reporter I know
From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 10:33 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Vox: Add Puerto Rico's debt crisis to the list of issues Donald Trump doesn't understand
Great headline, long list.
Add Puerto Rico's debt crisis to the list of issues Donald Trump doesn't understand
Vox – Matthew Yglesias
Now that Donald Trump has secured his place as the Republican Party's presidential nominee, the fact that his statements on matters of public policy often don't make sense will be taken much more seriously. The latest example came during yesterday's interview between Trump and CNN's Wolf Blitzer in which, among other things, Blitzer asked Trump about Puerto Rico.
You can read our explainer on the Puerto Rico situation here, but the long and short of it is that Puerto Rico owes a ton of money and, due to population loss, it can't pay. Under normal circumstances, a city or county or business in this situation would file for bankruptcy to reduce its debt burden, but the existing bankruptcy code doesn't let Puerto Rico do this. The White House and many congressional Democrats have proposed creating a bankruptcy process for Puerto Rico, but Republicans — at the behest of distressed debt funds that bought up Puerto Rican bonds — have blocked it.
Here's Blitzer trying to ask Trump if he agrees the bankruptcy law should change:
WOLF BLITZER: They're prevented from using the bankruptcy laws, Puerto Rico, as opposed to all the US states. You've used those bankruptcy laws over the years.
DONALD TRUMP: I'm the king — I understand. By the way —
WOLF BLITZER: Should Puerto Rico have an opportunity to use the bankruptcy laws?
DONALD TRUMP: As a very successful person I would buy companies, throw them in a chapter, bankrupt it, negotiate — I would do great deals, I didn't use them for myself, I used them as a businessperson. Many of the top people in my category use the laws. I know more about debt than practically anybody, I love debt. I also love reducing debt, and I know how to do it better than anybody. I will tell you with Puerto Rico they have too much debt. You can't just restructure; you have to use the laws, cut the debt way down, and get back to business, because they can't survive with the kind of debt they have. I would not bail out if I were — if I were in that position I wouldn't bail them out.
WOLF BLITZER: Would you let them have a bankruptcy option?
DONALD TRUMP: They're going to have no choice. if they're not going to pay the bill they're not going to pay the interest on the bonds —
WOLF BLITZER: They can't.
DONALD TRUMP: They can't. You can't — you know, the expression you can't take it out of the grave if they don't have it. Whether they officially declare or not, but ultimately what they have to do is cut the debt way down. They're never going to pay that debt off, they have to cut it way down, and the United States is going to be in that position very soon because they have too much debt.
Trump is so busy here being defensive about his business record that he's not understanding what the question is. He seems to think that Puerto Rico legally can file for bankruptcy and the problem is they haven't done so, and that what they need is a smarter leader/negotiator at the helm who can clean up the balance sheet the way he would have in one of his real estate deals.
But the whole political issue is that a) Puerto Rico can't do this, legally speaking, and b) the political party that Trump leads is blocking the Obama administration from changing the law. But Trump has no idea what's going on and doesn't seem to be listening to Blitzer's questions.
It's easy to go numb to these kinds of things, roll your eyes at pedantic coverage, and say Trump's success so far shows voters don't care about small details like whether or not the president has any idea what he's talking about.
But the fact of the matter is that very few people vote in primaries at all, and lots of people don't pay much attention to early campaign coverage. The fact that Trump repeatedly shows up to interviews totally unprepared to discuss the issues of the day in an informed manner and proceeds to wing it in an inconsistent and ideologically unpredictable way is important, and people need to keep hearing about it.
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Quick draft quote in response:
"Donald Trump is the candidate that will Make America Hate Again. Trump's racist, xenophobic candidacy continues to fuel a resurgence of white nationalism in the United States, and to elevate a man like this shows that Trump has neither the temperament nor judgment to serve as President."
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 4:05 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Mother Jones: Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California
h/t Joel
We have a fair amount on William Johnson and his Pro-Trump American National Super PAC running robocalls in Iowa
Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California
On Monday evening, California's secretary of state published a list of delegates chosen by the Trump campaign for the upcoming Republican presidential primary in the state. Trump's slate includes William Johnson, one of the country's most prominent white nationalists.
Johnson applied to the Trump campaign to be a delegate. He was accepted on Monday. In order to be approved he had to sign this pledge sent to him by the campaign: "I, William Johnson, endorse Donald J. Trump for the office of President of the United States. I pledge to cast ALL of my ballots to elect Donald J. Trump on every round of balloting at the 2016 Republican National Convention so that we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" After he signed, the Trump campaign added his name to the list of 169 delegates it forwarded to the secretary of state.
Johnson leads the American Freedom Party, a group that "exists to represent the political interests of White Americans" and aims to preserve "the customs and heritage of the European American people." The AFP has never elected a candidate of its own and possesses at most a few thousand members, but it is "arguably the most important white nationalist group in the country," according to Mark Potok, a senior fellow for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which tracks
hate groups.
Johnson got the news that he had been selected by Trump in a congratulatory email sent to him by the campaign's California Delegate Coordinator, Katie Lagomarsino. "I just hope to show how I can be mainstream and have these views," Johnson tellsMother Jones. "I can be a white nationalist and be a strong supporter of Donald Trump and be a good example to everybody."
Johnson says that in his application to be a GOP delegate for Trump he disclosed multiple details about his background and activism, though he did not specifically use the term "white nationalist." The Trump campaign and Lagomarsino did not respond to requests for comment. Whether or not Johnson was vetted by the Trump campaign, the GOP front-runner would have a hard time claiming ignorance of Johnson's extreme views: Johnson has gained notice during the presidential primary for funding pro-Trump robocalls that convey a white nationalist message. "The white race is dying out in America and Europe because we are afraid to be called 'racist,'" Johnson says in one robocall pushed out to residential landlines in Vermont and Minnesota. "...Donald Trump is not racist, but Donald Trump is not afraid. Don't vote for a Cuban. Vote for Donald Trump."
Armed with cash from affluent donors and staffed by what the movement considers to be its top thinkers, the AFP now dedicates most of its resources to supporting Trump-and for good reason: Johnson claims the AFP's pro-Trump robocalls, which have delivered Johnson's personal cellphone number to voters in seven states, have helped the party find hundreds of new members. "[Trump] is allowing us to talk about things we've not been able to talk about," Johnson says. "So even if he is not elected, he has achieved great things."
On numerous occasions, Trump has failed to forcefully repudiate this sort of support. After being endorsed by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke in August last year, Trump simply told Bloomberg News, "I don't need his endorsement; I certainly wouldn't want his endorsement. I don't need anybody's endorsement."
Asked in February about the robocalls, which are funded by Johnson through a super-PAC, a Trump spokeswoman would only tell CNN that the candidate had "disavowed all super-PACs offering their support."
The SPLC's Potok argues that Trump has "legitimized and mainstreamed hate" in ways we haven't seen since the days of George Wallace. Though nobody can say for sure how many people belong to America's largest hate groups, the SPLC has found that the number of such groups grew by 14 percent in 2015, reversing years of declines. Potok worries that Trump could fuel the spread of the AFP's ideas for years to come.
Johnson is a corporate lawyer who grows persimmons and raises chickens at his 67-acre "ranch" in a Los Angeles suburb. When I met him recently outside his law office in downtown LA's World Trade Center, he was in high spirits. He suggested brightly that we walk downstairs to get lunch at a nearby Korean restaurant. As we sat next to a table of immaculately coiffed Korean Air flight attendants, I mentioned that some might find it surprising that a guy who wrote a book advocating the creation of an all-white ethno-state was eating a plate of bulgogi beef with kimchee. "Koreans don't have to make Korean food," he said matter-of-factly. "One of the best Chinese restaurants I went to in the Bay Area is owned by a Mormon and cooked by a Mormon. Really great Chinese food."
Short, graying, and 61 years old, Johnson favors pressed white shirts and bookish black-framed glasses. He grew up in predominantly white neighborhoods in Arizona and Oregon before moving to Japan in 1974 to study the language. It was there that locals engaged him in "open" discussions about differences between the races, and he came to see America's European heritage as its biggest-and most vulnerable-asset. (This trajectory is not uncommon: Jared Taylor, head of the white nationalist group American Renaissance, also speaks fluent Japanese, and Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler became a white supremacist while immersed in the caste system in India.) In 1985, Johnson published, under a pseudonym, Amendment to the Constitution: Averting the Decline and Fall of America, a book calling for the abolition of the 14th and 15th Amendments and the deportation of all nonwhites. He tried to sound a practical tone, allowing, for instance, that African Americans should receive "a rich dowry to enable them to prosper in their homeland."
The book was a hit on the talk show circuit, and Johnson suddenly found himself appearing on television alongside neo-Nazi skinheads and Klansmen. By 1989, his notoriety and clean-cut appeal convinced a group of white nationalists in Wyoming to tap him to run for Dick Cheney's vacant congressional seat. He garnered a flurry of press coverage when he earned enough signatures to qualify for the ballot; around the same time, the building housing his California law office was bombed. Johnson says the FBI accused him of detonating it himself in a bid for more press. (The bureau declined to comment.)
Twenty years later, after unsuccessfully running for various other offices, Johnson became the head of the American Freedom Party (then known as American Third Position), at the request of a group of Southern California skinheads. Johnson's post was supposed to be temporary: "The skinheads thought I was too extreme to run the organization," he explained. But they were the ones who ended up dropping out, replaced by what has become a sort of white nationalist brain trust: Party leaders now include a former Reagan administration appointee and a professor emeritus at California State University-Long Beach.
After our Korean lunch, Johnson rushed back up to his office to host the latest episode of For God and Country, a Christian AM talk show currently broadcast in California, Louisiana, and Texas. His Filipino American co-host, the Rev. Ronald Tan, nodded approvingly as Johnson praised Trump on the air for "busting up the concept of political correctness."
The show allows Johnson to push a Trump-centric version of white nationalism to a potentially receptive audience-up to a point. Several radio stations in Iowa recently canceled the program out of objection to its content. During a commercial break, Johnson fidgeted. "Are you going to quote any more Scriptures?" he asked Tan nervously. "Has the station said that we're not Christian enough?" Back on the air, Tan pivoted to 1 Samuel 16, comparing Trump to King David.
In addition to promoting Trump on the radio and over the phone, the AFP streams a podcast called the Daily Trump Phenomenon Hour. It has set up a "political harassment hotline" for Trump supporters who wish to consult with an attorney about being attacked or verbally abused by anti-Trump protesters. Johnson has personally spent $30,000 the Trump promotions, including $18,000 for the party.
The robocalls, the radio show, and the "harassment hotline" were all things that Johnson mentioned in his application to become a Trump delegate. He specifically cited an anti-Romney robocall commissioned in Utah this past March, which begins, in part, "My name is William Johnson. I am a farmer and a white nationalist."
After wrapping up the radio show, Johnson led me through his office, where a brush-painted screen hangs alongside shelves stacked with Japanese books and dictionaries. Many of his legal clients, it turns out, are foreigners who speak English as a second language. Yet Johnson says he sees no problem with Trump's isolationist foreign policy, even if it hurts his business-ideally, he'd like to give up his practice and serve as Trump's secretary of agriculture.
We ended up in a mirrored conference room to meet with three AFP sympathizers, two middle-aged women and a young man. They talked about how Trump had enabled a new kind of "honest discourse," how he wasn't a racist but a "racialist," and how he had left them feeling "emancipated." Johnson also now finds it easier to be himself: "For many, many years, when I would say these things, other white people would call me names: 'Oh, you're a hatemonger, you're a Nazi, you're like Hitler,'" he confessed. "Now they come in and say, 'Oh, you're like Donald Trump.'"


Eric, flagging this event again next week.  Sam we be on the panel, and it is open press.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 11, 2016, at 1:19 PM, McCabe, Sam
> wrote:
From: "Meaghan Larson (CELA)"
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Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 11:10 AM
To: "Meaghan Larson (CELA)"
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Subject: @Microsoft - Campaign Cutting Edge: Voter Persuasion Modeling, May 18
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Campaign Cutting Edge: Voter Persuasion Modeling
Join us for the first of a series of academic panel discussions on state of the art of campaign data and technology.
Turning out voters is the name of the game in modern elections. And modeling voter turnout can be make-or-break in today’s data-driven campaign world. Campaigns aggregate data from public data sources, information provided by voters to pollsters and canvassers, and commercially-available datasets to create data profiles of voters. Within the realm of voter data modeling lies a holy grail of sorts – can a campaign model how persuadable voters are? Voter persuasion models (VPMs) can be potentially crucial given the razor-thin margins in battleground contests, but they are notoriously difficult to do well. Are VPMs improving with every election cycle? What are the strengths and weaknesses of VPMs, and how important will they be in the 2016 cycle? Finally, how can campaigns best put the results of VPMs into effect through canvassing, ads, events, and other methods of voter contact?
Please join us Wednesday, May 18th as academics and the foremost experts in the field discuss these questions and many more.  This conversation is hosted in partnership with George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management (GWU GSPM).
Wednesday, May 18th • 8:30 am – 10:00 am• Light refreshments provided.
A PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURING:
Dan’l Lewin
– Welcome
Corporate Vice President, Technology and Civic Engagement, Microsoft
Dr. Michael Cornfield
– Moderator
Associate Professor, GW's Graduate School of Political Management
Research Director, Global Center for Political Engagement
The George Washington University
Scott Tranter
Partner, 0ptimus
Jesse Kamzol
Chief Data Officer, RNC
Sam McCabe
Director of Data Services, DNC
Dan Porter
Co-Founder & Chief Analytics Officer, BlueLabs
Chris Wilson, PRC
Director of Research and Analytics for Cruz for President, WPA Opinion Research
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Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek
20m20 minutes ago
Austin, TX
Per local report, @TedCruz
will be in Indiana for his fourth straight day tomorrow, when the northeast states vote:

Breaking news: Presidential candidate Ted Cruz will hold a rally at the Hoosier Gym Tuesday at 11am. Stay tuned for more.
355 N Washington St, Knightstown, IN 46148
Best,
Sean Sorbie
Tracking Coordinator
Democratic National Committee
Office: (202) 488-5004
Cell: (727)458-8583
[SigDems]


From: Press Texas Democratic Party
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:09 PM
To: Press Texas Democratic Party
Subject: Heidi Cruz likens Ted Cruz campaign to efforts to end slavery
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For Immediate Release
May 10, 2016
Contact: Tariq Thowfeek, (832) 429-8217, press@txdemocrats.org
Heidi Cruz likens Ted Cruz campaign to efforts to end slavery
Austin, TX -- “Drawing a parallel between the long-term efforts of her husband's supporters and the fight to end slavery, Heidi Cruz said Tuesday that it took "a lot longer than four years" for the latter fight to be successful.” [Texas Tribune, May 10, 2016
]
Cruz stated: "Think that slavery — it took 25 years to defeat slavery. That is a lot longer than four years. We are full of energy. We’re going to have a great vacation. We’re going to keep moving forward.” [Reporter Patrick Svitek, May 10, 2016
]
Texas Democratic Party Executive Director Crystal K. Perkins issued the following statement:
“No Heidi, your husband’s campaign was not like the fight to abolish slavery.
“In just a few sentences Heidi Cruz shows us exactly how tone deaf the Republican Party is to the history and lives of the new American majority.”
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This is ridiculous.
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Khan, Ali"
Date: 05/12/2016 9:08 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Walsh, Tom"
Cc: "Alvillar, Raul"
, Kate Houghton
, "Bonosky, Garret"
, "Miranda, Luis"
, kbrown@akdems.org
Subject: Fwd: letter from Delegate to DWS
This should work, hopefully
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kay Brown
>
Date: May 12, 2016 at 5:14:22 PM CDT
To: Ali Khan
>, "Bonosky, Garret"
>
Subject: letter from Delegate to DWS
HI.  Hal Gazaway is the chair of HD 19.  He generally has been helpful to us in dealing with the insurgency.  He wrote and sent out the 2nd attachment (letter to delegates) yesterday – I had no idea he was going to say what he did about DWS.  Then, today he brought me the letter to DWS (first attachment).
He said, if she were to address these issues in the first 5 minutes of her talk Saturday night, it might reassure people and keep them from walking out.  He said he’s asking people to hear her out and give her a chance.
I said I would pass this on.  I don’t know anything about the issues he is raising in this letter.
Kay
Kay Brown, Executive Director
Alaska Democratic Party
Direct 907-258-3074
Cell 907-529-6970
kbrown@akdems.org


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POTUS and the Administration
Obama, who once stood as party outsider, now works to strengthen Democrats
WASHINGTON POST // JULIET EILPERIN
Barack Obama rose to prominence as a different kind of Democrat, an outsider who was not part of the establishment and who would chart a separate course. Eight years later, the president finds himself working hard to restore a party from which he was once eager to stand apart.
Obama has presided over a greater loss of electoral power for his party than any two-term president since World War II. And 2016 represents one last opportunity for him to reverse that trend.
Barack Obama, the first alt-comedy president
WASHINGTON POST // EMILY HEIL
For a long time, presidential humor was predictable as a knock-knock joke. Then along came President Obama, dropping the word "heezy," mimickingviral memes
, and quipping that he and Joe Biden are so close, they'd probably be denied service at an Indiana pizza joint.
Obama, who will take the stage at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday to deliver the traditional joke-filled monologue - the eighth and final of his administration - has a comic sensibility that's edgier and more pop-culture-influenced than we're used to hearing from politicians.
With Term Waning, Barack Obama Aims to Stabilize Relations in Middle East
WALL STREET JOURNAL // AARON DAVID MILLER
Life's about learning, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young famously sang. And it may well be that in the last year of his presidency, Barack Obama is finally learning that imperfect partners in the Middle East are better than no partners at all, particularly for a president disinclined to invest in a large U.S. presence in the region.
None of this means that relations with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel will fundamentally improve before 2017 - too many divergent interests preclude that. But recent U.S. efforts suggest that Mr. Obama may at least want to stabilize them. With the Middle East a mess, he can't afford to hand to his successor three relationships in crisis.
Obama sends more Special Forces to Syria in fight against IS
REUTERS // ROBERTA RAMPTON
President Barack Obama announced on Monday the biggest expansion of U.S. ground troops in Syria since its civil war began, but the move was unlikely to mollify Arab allies angry over Washington's cautious approach to the conflict. The deployment of up to 250 Special Forces soldiers increases U.S. forces in Syria roughly sixfold and is aimed at helping militia fighters who have clawed back territory from Islamic State militants in a string of victories. Defense experts said giving more fighters on the ground access to U.S. close air support could shift the momentum in Syria. But a senior member of the Saudi royal family who asked not to be identified dismissed the decision as "window dressing."
Joe Biden goes peak Biden at campaign stop in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON POST // AARON BLAKE
Joe Biden loves politics, and he loves politics in his birth state of Pennsylvania even more.
The result is what happened Monday. Biden was campaigning in the Keystone State with the Democratic establishment's preferred Senate candidate, Katie McGinty, who faces former congressman Joe Sestak in a competitive primary Tuesday. Below are the just-released highlights from the pool reporter following Biden today, Politico's Edward-Isaac Dovere.
Democrats
Obama-backed Dem makes gains in Pa. primary
THE HILL // LISA HAGEN
The Democratic Senate race in Pennsylvania has tightened as the party's establishment seeks to topple the insurgent candidate Tuesday. Until recently, polls had shown Katie McGinty, the establishment favorite, consistently trailing rival Joe Sestak in the race to take on vulnerable Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Party leaders are still angry over Sestak's successful primary challenge against then-Sen. Arlen Specter (D) in 2010 and eventual loss to Toomey by 2 points in a year of major gains for Republicans.
But in a poll released Monday, McGinty overtook Sestak for the first time, leading him by 6 points, though a substantial number of voters remain undecided. That leaves political observers saying the heated race is anyone's game.
A pub-crawl in the 'Gayborhood': How Democrats get out the vote in Philadelphia
WASHINGTON POST // JAMES HOHMANN
The clock was about to strike midnight, and Democratic Senate candidate Katie McGinty was visiting her fourth gay bar of the night. At Woody's, a nightclub in the heart of this City of Brotherly Love, the DJ paused the Rihanna song and gave the politician a microphone.
"Listen, LGBT community, I've got your back," McGinty yelled Saturday night toward the end of a nearly three-hour pub-crawl to get out the vote in this Tuesday's heated Democratic Senate primary. "Will you have my back?"
Republicans
McConnell moves to wrap up energy appropriations bill
THE HILL // JORDAIN CARNEY
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) is moving the Senate toward wrapping up its first appropriations bill of the year. The Senate Republican leader filed cloture Monday on the energy funding bill and a key substitute amendment. The move sets up an initial procedural vote for Wednesday, unless lawmakers can get a deal to speed up their work. Leadership is hoping to clear the energy and water appropriations bill through the upper chamber this week. Sen. Lamar Alexander
(R-Tenn.) said on Monday evening that senators are making "good progress" on the legislation.
Tea Party challenger uses rep's relationship with lobbyist as ammo
THE HILL // MELANIE ZANONA
Real estate investor Art Halvorson's second bid to unseat Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has been fueled by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman's romantic involvement with a top airline lobbyist. It remains to be seen if the relationship will be enough to topple a 15-year veteran of Congress on Tuesday whose family has deep ties to the district. Shuster trounced Halvorson, a retired Coast Guard captain, in the 2014 primary, 53 percent to 34 percent. This time around, though, Halvorson says he is armed with more experience, presidential election year momentum in a district where GOP candidate Donald Trump
is a favorite and evidence that Shuster is cavorting with lobbyists who have a deep-rooted stake in the issues overseen by his committee. "It wasn't that he didn't already have problems with lobbyists [in 2014], it just wasn't as public as it is now," Halvorson said in a telephone interview with The Hill. "That's more than a conflict of interest. It's collusion, it's anti-trust and frankly I think it's criminal."
2016 Democrats
How the Northeast will be won
POLITICO // STEVEN SHEPARD
The town of Greenwich is considerably smaller than Connecticut's biggest cities, but it ranks number-one in terms of registered Republicans - it's the heart of the state's GOP base. It shares a border - and a similar profile - with Westchester County, N.Y., where in last week's New York primary Donald Trump underperformed his statewide vote share, and John Kasich overperformed. For those reasons, Greenwich is one of the key places to watch Tuesday, when five Northeastern states go to the polls in what's been called the Acela Corridor primary. The landscape seems to favor the two national front-runners: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
What to Watch For in Primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and 3 Other States
NEW YORK TIMES // ALEXANDER BURNS
Hillary Clinton
and Donald J. Trump
have drawn closer to their parties' nominations with almost every passing week. The five elections on Tuesday - in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island - may offer them their best chance before June to gain a final, decisive advantage over their opponents. But Senator Bernie Sanders
of Vermont has been a tenacious opponent on the Democratic side, and could find precincts of strength even on a Primary Day that favors Mrs. Clinton. Gov. John Kasich
of Ohio and Senator Ted Cruz
of Texas face even more daunting terrain on the Republican side; for them, this week is a battle for survival.
Bernie Sanders's Supporters Consider Where to Turn if His Bid Fails
NEW YORK TIMES // YAMICHE ALCINDOR
Bernie Sanders
lost New York's primary by a double-digit margin. Polls suggest his delegate gap with Hillary Clinton is likely to widen after five states vote on Tuesday. And Mrs. Clinton is increasingly turning her fire on Donald J. Trump
, confident that she will soon lock down the Democratic nomination.
Still, Mr. Sanders's supporters turn out, eager to hear his message but increasingly cognizant that their candidate's political chances are fading quickly by the day.
Sanders dodges on support for Clinton as nominee
THE HILL // KYLE BALLUCK
Bernie Sanders
in an interview early Tuesday dodged a question about whether he'd support Hillary Clinton
without conditions if she becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. "I think what the democratic process is about is going to the convention and arguing about what the platform should be," Sanders said on CNN's "New Day," before shifting to healthcare. "The media spends too much time speculating," he said when pressed. "Let's see what happens." "We'll have a lot of delegates in Philadelphia fighting this fight," he added, stressing an "agenda for the working people."
Bernie Sanders Will Support Hillary Clinton But He's Sticking to Some Key Demands
TIME // SAM FRIZELL
Bernie Sanders on Monday aired a stubborn position on the election: If he loses the Democratic nomination, he will help Hillary Clinton in the fight against Republicans. But he is not giving up on central parts of his platform. At a town hall meeting hosted by MSNBC on Monday evening in Philadelphia, Sanders was asked what he would do to mobilize his supporters to continue his policy proposals, assuming he lost at the Democratic convention. Sanders said that "If we end up losing," it would be "incumbent upon [Clinton] to tell millions of people who right now do not believe in establishment politics and establishment economics" that she supported Sanders' Medicare-for-all plan.
Hillary Clinton Ad Spreads 'a Little Hope and Love'
NEW YORK TIMES // NICK CORASANITI
With the political rhetoric on both sides of the presidential contest reaching new levels of vitriol, Hillary Clinton
's campaign has released a new ad
ahead of Tuesday's primaries seeking to sow "a little hope and love now." The voice of Andra Day rises from a chorus without instrumental backing, setting the tone for the 60-second spot: "Spread a little hope and love now."
Scenes from the Clinton campaign flicker in and out of focus: the candidate doling out high-fives, striding toward a stage, and supporters looking pensive at her events. Big block text with broad platitudes overlay the scenery, calling to "break down barriers."
2016 Republicans
Cruz-Kasich alliance against Trump appears to falter early
WASHINGTON POST // SEAN SULLIVAN
A sudden political alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump quickly ran into speed bumps Monday that exposed the plan's risks and called into question whether it would work. In their unconventional last-ditch scheme, Kasich said he would clear the way for Cruz to face Trump in Indiana while Cruz would return the favor in Oregon and New Mexico. The plan aimed to produce what anti-Trump Republicans have yearned for since the fall: a one-on-one showdown with the mogul.
Ted Cruz-John Kasich Alliance Against Donald Trump Quickly Weakens
NEW YORK TIMES // ALEXANDER BURNS, MATT FLEGENHEIMER AND JONATHAN MARTIN
The temporary alliance
between Senator Ted Cruz
and Gov. John Kasich
of Ohio, formed to deny Donald J. Trump
the Republican presidential nomination, was already fraying almost to the point of irrelevance on Monday, only hours after it was announced to great fanfare.
With the pact, the two candidates agreed to cede forthcoming primary contests to each other. Mr. Kasich would, most crucially, stand down in Indiana's primary on May 3 to give Mr. Cruz a better chance to defeat Mr. Trump there, while Mr. Cruz would leave Oregon and New Mexico to Mr. Kasich. It appeared to be a measure of last resort, but initially it seemed like a breakthrough.
The GOP fight over restrooms and transgender rights
WASHINGTON POST //
Allowing transgender people to use the restrooms of their choice has split Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, and even drawn attention from President Obama in recent days.
Trump goes for 5-state sweep
POLITICO // PATRICK REIS
For any other candidate, winning a five-state sweep of primaries on a single day would be a dream. But Donald Trump isn't any other candidate. The polls put Trump on pace to win all five contests Tuesday, but if he's to succeed in his quest for the 1,237 delegates he needs to win the GOP nomination without a contested convention, Trump needs to do more than just win. He needs to win by margins large enough to take home nearly all the states' delegates - and keep Ted Cruz and John Kasich off the board almost entirely.
Trump breaks 50 percent mark in national poll
THE HILL // KYLE BALLUCK
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump
is above the 50-percent mark nationally for in an online tracking poll. The billionaire businessman added 4 points to reach 50 percent in the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey weekly poll
, released Tuesday morning. It's the first time he's reached the threshold since the poll launched late last year.
Trump rejects new adviser's push to make him 'presidential'
POLITICO // KENNETH P. VOGEL AND ELI STOKOLS
Donald Trump is bristling at efforts to implement a more conventional presidential campaign strategy, and has expressed misgivings about the political guru behind them, Paul Manafort, for overstepping his bounds, multiple sources close to the campaign tell POLITICO. Trump became upset late last week when he learned from media reports that Manafort privately told Republican leaders that the billionaire reality TV star was "projecting an image
" for voters and would begin toning down his rhetoric, according to the sources. They said that Trump also expressed concern about Manafort bringing several former lobbying colleagues
into the campaign, as first reported by POLITICO.
Map Shrinks for Donald Trump's Foes
WALL STREET JOURNAL // JANET HOOK
Donald Trump is poised to sweep five states' Republican primaries on the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, but his rivals are already looking ahead to next week's contest in Indiana, which may be their last chance to keep Mr. Trump from clinching the party's presidential nomination. Polls have shown Mr. Trump leading in Indiana, which votes on May 3. But Sen. Ted Cruz now might have a better shot at beating Mr. Trump in the state, which has 57 delegates, because the Texas senator struck a deal on Sunday with John Kasich that calls for the Ohio governor not to compete in the Hoosier state. It is a must-win state for anti-Trump forces. If Mr. Trump wins in Indiana after his expected victories on Tuesday, it will be much harder for his rivals to keep him from garnering the 1,237 pledged delegates he needs to win the Republican presidential nomination.
Donald Trump Agrees to an Interview With Megyn Kelly, Fox News Says
NEW YORK TIMES // JOHN KOBLIN
Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump have reached a détente: Mr. Trump will appear on Ms. Kelly's primetime special next month, Fox News announced on Monday.
Ms. Kelly and Mr. Trump's monthslong dispute
has been the centerpiece of the Republican presidential candidate's on-again, off-again feud with Fox News.
This month, Ms. Kelly visited
Mr. Trump in his Midtown Manhattan office in an attempt to, as she said, "clear the air," and discuss the possibility of an interview. Afterward, Mr. Trump went off to lunch with the chairman of Fox News, Roger Ailes, at the network's offices.
Donald Trump Hires Political Insider for Delegate Team
NEW YORK TIMES // ALAN RAPPEPORT
Donald J. Trump added another reinforcement to his delegate-wrangling operation on Monday with the hiring of Ken McKay, the former campaign manager for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, to help lead his effort to secure the Republican presidential nomination.
Mr. McKay is the latest longtime political insider to join Mr. Trump's campaign as he makes a final push to win the 1,237 delegates needed to become the nominee. He recently hired Paul Manafort
to be his convention manager, and Rick Wiley
, who was Gov. Scott Walker's campaign manager, as an adviser.
Editorials/Op-Eds
The Donald Trump Pygmalion Project
NEW YORK TIMES // EDITORIAL BOARD
Tuesday's primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware and Rhode Island could bring Donald Trump close to securing the delegates he needs to win the Republican presidential nomination, though probably not all the way there. After a series of missteps, he seems to realize that he needs to improve the style and substance of his campaign among both Republicans who resist him and the electorate at large.
Oklahoma's Unabashed Attack on Abortion
NEW YORK TIMES // EDITORIAL BOARD
Give Oklahoma lawmakers points, at least, for honesty. They wanted to banabortion
, so they voted effectively to do just that - without offering any pretense of trying to protect women's health, as supporters of other virulent anti-choice laws in states like Texas have done. Last Thursday, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly
to bar doctors from performing abortions in all cases except to save the woman's life. A doctor who violates the law would be committing a felony, punishable by up to three years in prison and the loss of his or her medical license.
A Risky American Expansion in Syria
NEW YORK TIMES // EDITORIAL BOARD
On the face of it, President Obama
's decision
to send 250 more members of the military to Syria
to fight the Islamic State may seem like a small move. The number is a far cry from the 180,000 American troops who were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan when he took office in 2009.


From: Hillary for America Press
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:29 PM
To: Hillary for America Press
Subject: What Else in Donald Trump's Tax Returns Does He Think Is "None of Your Business"?

What Else in Donald Trump's Tax Returns Does He Think Is "None of Your Business"?
When asked on Good Morning America
this morning what tax rate he pays, Donald Trump responded "it's none of your business." If his tax rate is none of our business, what else in his tax returns does Trump think is none of the voters' business? Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to release his tax returns because he claims he's under audit. Unfortunately for Trump, the IRS has explicitly said
that excuse is bogus. It's time for Donald Trump to release his full tax returns and stop hiding the truth from voters.
"Our country has a long history of presidential candidates releasing their full tax returns and for good reason. Voters deserve to know what's in Donald Trump's returns - how exactly he makes his money and what he does with it. Enough is enough. We know he’s done his best to avoid paying his fair share of taxes. What else is he hiding in those tax returns?" said Hillary for America Deputy Communications Director Christina Reynolds.
But don't just take our word for it:
New York Daily News: Donald Trump could be hiding his true net worth or that he skirts taxes by not coughing up returns
Atlantic: What Is Trump Trying to Hide in His Tax Returns?
Fortune: Here's What Might Be Hiding in Donald Trump's Tax Returns
TIME: The ‘Bombshells’ That Could Be in Trump’s Taxes
CBS News: 5 ways Donald Trump's tax returns could spook voters
Washington Post: Trump’s false claim that ‘there’s nothing to learn’ from his tax returns
Associated Press: What's in Trump's returns? A look at how he plays tax game
Bloomberg: I Saw Trump's Tax Returns. You Should, Too.
New York Times: What We Can Learn From Donald Trump’s Unreleased Tax Returns
Chicago Sun Times: Top five reasons Donald Trump should cough up his tax returns
Market Watch: Opinion: ‘Dodging Donald’ Trump has no good reason to withhold his tax returns
Boston.com: Mitt Romney calls Donald Trump’s refusal to release tax returns ‘disqualifying,’ again speculates of ‘bombshell’
Citizens for Tax Justice: Why Donald Trump May Be Hiding His Tax Returns
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202.255.6029
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From: "Miranda, Luis"
Date: 05/06/2016 10:30 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Leah Daughtry
Subject: What's your number?
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Hey Alex, the room was packed during her speech. Not sure if you were there for her remarks. See attached picture and this tweet has the standing ovation she got at the end.

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-------- Original message --------
From: "Miranda, Luis"
Date: 05/14/2016 21:01 (GMT-09:00)
To: alex@alaskadispatch.com
Subject: DNC Chair
For Immediate Release
May 14, 2016
Contact: DNC Press – 202-863-8148
Prepared Remarks for Delivery: DNC Chair Rep. Wasserman Schultz at Alaska State Convention
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Tonight, DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz addressed the Alaska State Convention. Below you will find excerpts as prepared for delivery:
“As chair of the DNC, I’ve committed myself to getting to know my fellow Democrats with visits to all fifty states – and I’ll be honest, it’s been a little easier to reach those lower forty-eight.
…
“But I know I’m not the only one here tonight who travelled a great distance to be at the convention – I understand there are even as many as 40 high school students coming all the way from Juneau, and who registered to be delegates – let’s give them a hand for being the future of our party.
;;“And let me just thank everyone else here who has travelled from across our country’s largest state to show your support.
“Your enthusiasm, energy, your commitment, and your dedication to our party will make all the difference on Election Day.
…
“So we’ve taken the 50-state strategy that Howard Dean pioneered when he was Chair of the National Party – and we’ve gone even further –
“Providing more funding; more infrastructure; more rocket fuel to keep the engines of our state parties firing on all cylinders and holding Republicans in office and in elections accountable.
“That means that here in Alaska the DNC helps fund direct mail campaigns to reach voters and help get them to the polls on Election Day.
“We fund salaries for critical staff under our state party partnerships. In fact, Kay Brown can tell you, she was one of the first State Party Partnership employees we ever hired.
“Since 2009, the DNC has directly provided the Alaska Democratic Party more than $625,000 in direct support.
“But it’s not just the funding -- the DNC has been out-pacing the GOP in how we offer direct support to our state parties with training, and bench-building; we share our deep research and communications capabilities in Alaska and across the country.
“Since 2013, we have quintupled the size of our digital team, to boost fundraising and provide training and support to our state parties.
“We’ve organized a team of experts in messaging, branding, and polling to review the way we communicate, and we’ve built an in-house Communications team to hold Republicans accountable every single day.
“We’ve built out a state-of-the-art media monitoring operation to track and inform our rapid response operation.
“Our teams are providing training, disseminating best practices, sharing technology and design assets, and building community among State Party staff and the rest of the Democratic family.
“And combined with our national, state-of-the-art voter file, which we’ve been building out for years, we have a real edge that’s going to help carry us to victory.
“And we’ve done it all while paying off more than $20 million in debt after winning the 2012 presidential election and re-electing Barack Obama.
“But of course, our number one advantage comes from our candidates, and the contrast they’re offering Alaska voters and the American people.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the two candidates at the top of our ticket.
“From Day One, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have been running smart, substantive campaigns focused on the issues that matter.
“We’ve watched them engage honestly with voters, answer thoughtfully at town halls and debates, and deliver an aspirational message that speaks to the hopes and dreams of the American people…
“And no matter which one of our candidates becomes the nominee, we will be united coming out of our convention and headed toward Election Day.
“In the words of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ‘Trump will not be president.’
…
“At the DNC we are not going to make ) same mistake his Republican opponents made.
“We’re ready for Trump.
“Ready to hold him accountable for the damage he’s doing as a candidate and the damage he’s promising he would do as president.
“Just this week, Trump met with Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell to show that despite their nasty, mud-slinging primary, they’re getting ready to sing ‘kumbaya’ and give us everything they’ve got.
“And what they’ve got is the same old playbook: the same failed trickle-down economic policies that preceded the Great Recession under the last Republican president.
“So Trump isn’t something new – he’s just the old Republican brand, but with a little extra bronzer on – he’s that much move dangerous.
“He only looks out for himself. He lacks the temperament and judgment to be commander in chief. And every aspect of his presidency would harm our country and damage our standing in the world.
“Even as a candidate, Trump has damaged America’s relationships across the globe.
In the White House, he would make America less safe.
“He has no foreign policy experience – but don’t worry about that - he said he’ll rely on his ‘good brain,’ instead of listening to experts.
“He has a decades-long record of denigrating women, which is why seven out of ten women disapprove of his candidacy.
“He exploits racial anxieties and cultural fears. His rallies have sparked violence against people of color, protestors, and the media.
“Recent reports found that bullying at schools is on the rise as a result of his hateful rhetoric. He’s making our communities less safe and he’s only a candidate!
“And while he tries to paint a picture of his wealth and business success, his record is riddled with examples that he prefers to turn a quick buck even when it comes at the expense of workers.
“But much of this the same old playbook gave George W. Bush two terms, so we have to treat Trump’s candidacy as a real threat because it is!
…
“I’m inspired here tonight – I wish everyone could see how much dedication the Democrats of Alaska have.
“Don’t believe for a second that just because the pundits like to paint Alaska red and say it isn’t a battleground state means you’re sidelined.
“In every presidential election since 2000, the percentage of Alaskans casting their vote for the Democrat has increased – from 27% in 2000 to more than 40% in 2012.
“This has already been an exciting election year nationally – working together, I know we can Dump Trump and, eventually turn Alaska Blue.
“I know we can count on you to keep working hard throughout this election.
“So thank you for all you’ve done to support our party, and thank you for everything you will do to bring us all the way to victory in November.
“Now on to victory! Thank you, Alaska Democrats!”
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Was it Latino oriented? Is that why you're suggesting Pablo?
________________________________
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:19 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Your schedule today
Looks like there’s some nice open spaces so you should be able to catch up on things.
10:00am: Senior Staff meeting
3:00pm: Meet Gustavo Arnavat (not sure where)
Senior staff schedule:
*   SCOTUS Update
*   2016 Planning
*   Department Updates
*   Operations Updates
Also, I asked Marilyn, Miles, and Bridgette about the Young Democrats of America Hispanic Caucus, and they said it is not an official part of the DNC but they would recommend doing the call. They said “we treat them like any other allied group.” Let me know if I should reach out to schedule, or if you’d like to pass it to Pablo.
Rachel
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[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041


Should I still request our broadcast hits via Comm_D or keep it to Video_D instead?
On May 9, 2016, at 7:37 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Please no commentary on Comm_D anymore.
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 7:36 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Freundlich, Christina; Compton, Matt
Subject: HRC email list
We are adding an Clinton campaign email list to Trump video requests when they go around comm_d so they also get flags and video in real time. Because of this, it is important that any commentary by the team or if we want to do a hit, the chain should be reduced to RR2. Otherwise, HFA will have a view into the back and forth.
Let me know if you have any questions and please let your teams know.
Thanks for your help!
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Just a few weeks ago, Republicans had the worst week in Washington
. Last week they once again won this coveted honor. Every week, the GOP will have to reckon with the problems it created by years of promoting divisive policies and rhetoric.
The Republican Party's Worst Week in Washington
WASHINGTON POST / CHRIS CILLIZZA
This is the week that the Republican Party's worst nightmare came true: Donald Trump emerged as the presumptive presidential nominee after crushing the competition in Indiana's GOP primary.
The party didn't handle it so well.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan kicked it all off, telling CNN's Jake Tapper that he simply can't support Trump yet
. "I'm just not ready to do that at this point," Ryan said. "I'm not there right now. And I hope to, though, and I want to."
The hits just kept coming.
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, a one-time presidential candidate, quickly made clear that his criticism of Trump wouldn't end now that the real estate mogul was the party's only remaining choice. "I also cannot in good conscience support Donald Trump because I do not believe he is a reliable Republican conservative," Graham said as a part of an extended tweetstorm
explaining why he wouldn't be voting for his party's nominee or attending the national convention in July.
Graham's announcement was quickly followed by a similar one from Jeb Bush. In a Facebook post
, Bush lambasted Trump as someone " who has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character. He has not displayed a respect for the Constitution. And, he is not a consistent conservative. These are all reasons why I cannot support his candidacy."
Trump was positively Trumpian in his response to all of the mishigas he has created within the party he will represent this fall. A Trump spokeswoman suggested that it might be time for someone other than Ryan to be speaker
. And Trump unleashed this doozy on Graham
: "Every time I see Lindsey Graham spew hate during interviews, I ask why the media never questions how I single-handedly destroyed his hapless run for president."
What's next is anybody's guess. The party appears to be teetering on the edge of a full-blown split between those who believe that now that the voters have spoken it's time to get behind Trump and those who view backing the billionaire as an abandonment of the true principles of conservatism.
And there's no one able stop it. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has the most difficult job in America. Trump lacks the unity gene. Lots of other eminences grises within the party -- the Bushes, Bob Dole, and so on and so forth -- are on opposite sides of the divide and seem to have no interest in serving as a bridge.
That means it's likely that the schism will get worse before it gets better. If it gets better. A party being torn in two is bad enough. That process happening within 184 days until a presidential election and in full view of the general public is even worse. And this might not even be the bottom yet.
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Hold on this, couple more edits coming
From: Crystal, Andy
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 6:12 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; RR2
Subject: RE: FOR REVIEW: SAMPLE OP-ED
Couple eds attached
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 5:22 PM
To: RR2
Subject: FOR REVIEW: SAMPLE OP-ED
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Can we clip what they're saying about this? Thanks!
Trump VP hopeful *will*have to submit tax returns in vetting, senior campaign source tells me. More on @mitchellreports now
Original Tweet:


Watch here:

Ezra
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 8:23 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Trump on O'Reilly Factor at 8pm
Trump on O'Reilly Factor at 8pm
Change of tone on Cruz?
- Good competitor.
- I respect him
Consider Cruz in administration?
- Certainly a capable guy
- Something we could think about
- Haven't talked to Cruz or Kasich yet
- Would consider Kasich for VP
- Would consider Rubio for VP
Carson leading vetting committee?
- Carson not looking for VP job
Giuliani for DHS, Christie as AG, Carson as HHS?
- Would all be good choices
Attacks on Hillary?
- If she goes the low road, I'm fine with that
- Would prefer the high road
- But can go the low road
Orders to ships if buzzed by Russian planes?
- Call Putin and tell him not to
- If they do it again, they wouldn't want to do that
Shoot them down if they call your bluff?
- I might have to do something you wouldn't want to do
Protesters at CA Convention?
- Barely any problems
- Will deal with it just fine
- "I felt like O.J. Simpson"
Message for Vincente Fox?
- Get your money out because they're paying for the wall
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From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 5:25 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Trump on O'Reilly Factor at 8pm