Trump has also said that abortion would be an important issue for selecting a justice:
TRUMP SAID ABORTION WOULD  BE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR SELECTING A JUSTICE BUT DID NOT SAY IT WOULD BE PART OF HIS LITMUS TEST
Donald Trump Said Abortion Was An Important Issue To Him But Did Not Say If He Would Have A Pro-Life Litmus Test For Supreme Court Appointments. TAPPER: "Let me ask you about a few social issues... just because I'm not -- they haven't been issues you have been talking about for several years. I know you're opposed to abortion." TRUMP: "Right. I'm pro-choice." TAPPER: "You're pro-choice or pro-life?" TRUMP: "I'm pro-life. I'm sorry." TAPPER: "Pro-life.  So how important is that issue to you now? When President Trump picks Supreme Court justices, would that be a litmus test?" TRUMP: "It is. It is. Look, you have a lot of pro-choice people out there. But that is an issue, it's very interesting, because, in terms of polling, the pro-choice is actually going down a little bit. You know, it's very interesting." [State Of The Union, CNN, 6/28/15]
Trump On Abortion As A Litmus Test For Supreme Court Appointees: "Well, I Would Certainly Be Asking Them The Question." TRUMP: "My statement on that happens to be, you know, if the mother will die. And you're going to know that. And the problem with the life: If you say life, what does life mean? You have a cold and you're going to end up having an abortion. So I have the three exceptions and pretty much the standard three exceptions that many Republicans have." CHUCK TODD: "Is this going to be a litmus test for the Supreme Court nominees that you pick?" TRUMP: "Well, I think I would certainly be asking them the question. And I think it would be, if not a litmus test, it would certainly be helpful in terms of my choices. I mean, I want great jurists. I want great intellects. And certainly that would be helpful to me." [Meet The Press, NBC, 8/16/15]
Trump On Selecting Supreme Court Nominees: "I'd Go Pro-Life." "'You know I'm pro-life,' he offered, responding to a question about how a President Trump might choose Supreme Court nominees.  Picking senior jurists 'is a very important decision. One of the most important,' he said. 'The next president could have three or four.' 'I'd go pro-life,' Trump said after a brief pause. 'I'd go pro-life.'" [Daily Mail, 5/22/15]
Trump: Abortion "Would Be, If Not A Litmus Test, It Would Certainly Be Helpful In Terms Of My Choices." CHUCK TODD: "Is this [abortion] going to be a litmus test for the Supreme Court nominees that you pick?" DONALD TRUMP: "Well, I think I would certainly be asking them the question. And I think it would be, if not a litmus test, it would certainly be helpful in terms of my choices. I mean, I want great jurists. I want great intellects. And certainly that would be helpful to me." [Meet the Press Extended, NBC, 8/17/15
]
In 2000, Trump  Supported His Sister's Statement That A Federal Judge's Personal Views On Abortion Were Immaterial To Their Potential Appointment. "When my sister Maryanne Barry Trump, one of the brightest and most capable people on the federal bench, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing on her elevation to a federal judgeship in the Third Circuit Court, Smith insisted on asking her views on abortion. She patiently explained to the good senator that her personal views on the issue were meaningless; a federal judge's job is to uphold the law as it is written, not to interpret from the bench based on his or her personal views. Maybe if my sister had spoken more slowly he would have understood her." [Donald Trump, The America We Deserve, 2000]
TRUMP CRITICIZED THE COURT'S ROE V. WADE DECISION
Donald Trump: Roe V. Wade Evinced The United States' Slide "Toward A Culture Of Death." "Over time, our culture of life in this country has started sliding toward a culture of death. Perhaps the most significant piece of evidence to support this assertion is that since Roe v. Wade was decided by the Supreme Count 43 years ago, over 50 million Americans never had the chance to enjoy the opportunities offered by this country. They never had the chance to become doctors, musicians, farmers, teachers, husbands, fathers, sons or daughters. They never had the chance to enrich the culture of this nation or to bring their skills, lives, loves or passions into the fabric of this country. They are missing, and they are missed." [Donald Trump Op-Ed, Washington Examiner, 1/23/16
]
Donald Trump: "The Supreme Court In 1973 Based Its Decision [In Roe v. Wade] On Imagining Rights And Liberties In The Constitution That Are Nowhere To Be Found." "The Supreme Court in 1973 based its decision [in Roe v. Wade] on imagining rights and liberties in the Constitution that are nowhere to be found. Even if we take the court at its word, that abortion is a matter of privacy, we should then extend the argument to the logical conclusion that private funds, then, should subsidize this choice rather than the half billion dollars given to abortion providers every year by Congress. Public funding of abortion providers is an insult to people of conscience at the least and an affront to good governance at best." [Donald Trump Op-Ed, Washington Examiner, 1/23/16
]
Donald Trump: If Abortion Is A Matter Of Privacy, As The Supreme Court Ruled In Roe v. Wade, Then Only Private Funds Should Be Used For Abortion And No Public Funds Should Ever Go To Abortion Providers. "The Supreme Court in 1973 based its decision [in Roe v. Wade] on imagining rights and liberties in the Constitution that are nowhere to be found. Even if we take the court at its word, that abortion is a matter of privacy, we should then extend the argument to the logical conclusion that private funds, then, should subsidize this choice rather than the half billion dollars given to abortion providers every year by Congress. Public funding of abortion providers is an insult to people of conscience at the least and an affront to good governance at best." [Donald Trump Op-Ed, Washington Examiner, 1/23/16
]
Donald Trump: The Supreme Court's Decision In Roe v. Wade Showed The Court's "Utter Contempt ... For Federalism And The 10th Amendment.  "If using taxpayer money to facilitate our slide to a culture of death were not enough, the 1973 decision became a landmark decision demonstrating the utter contempt the court had for federalism and the 10th Amendment. Roe v. Wade gave the court an excuse to dismantle the decisions of state legislatures and the votes of the people. This is a pattern that the court has repeated over and over again since that decision. Roe v. Wade became yet another incidence of disconnect between the people and their government." [Donald Trump Op-Ed, Washington Examiner, 1/23/16
]
From: Crystal, Andy
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 9:52 AM
To: RR2
Subject: Trump/Grassley SCOTUS
Couple things here:
Attached the doc I put together a while back when Trump was supposedly releasing his list of potential nominees.
Here's the article where Grassley said he believes Trump would nominate the right type of justice based on the fact Trump previously mentioned Bill Pryor as a potential nominee.
Des Moines Register: Grassley: Trump Would Nominate 'Right Type' To Court
Last week, Grassley said it would be a 'gamble' to let Trump fill the vacancy:
Huffington Post: Chuck Grassley Admits It's 'A Gamble' To Let Trump Fill SCOTUS Vacancy
Bill Pryor's Greatest Hits:
*         Called Roe v. Wade "the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law."
*         Opposes abortion even in cases of rape or incest.
*         Urged Congress to repeal Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
*         Was the only Attorney General in the nation to file an amicus brief to the Supreme Court arguing that the federal remedy for victims of sexual assault in the Violence Against Women Act was unconstitutional.
*         In 2005, Lambda Legal called Pryor "the most demonstrably antigay judicial nominee in recent memory."
And here is a release Rachel and I put together about all of Trump's potential nominees to prepare for him possibly releasing a list. He should definitely be pressed to release it now - all of these judges fall right into our narrative over the past few weeks (terrible for women, for voting rights, for the LGBT community). It never went back around RR2 so here it is:
SL: Whom Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley Are Holding Out For
Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley have long been waiting for this day - to see whom their party's frontrunner would consider nominating to the Supreme Court. The day has finally come, and it's nothing pretty.
"The Supreme Court nominating process is serious, Donald Trump is not. Again and again he has demonstrated he lacks the experience and temperament to be an effective commander-in-chief. So it comes as no surprise that his list of top picks for the Supreme Court is full of red flags.
"The justices judges he wants to elevate to our highest court have a history of making the same sort of unpredictable, extreme decisions that we see every day from Trump. It's bad enough that Senate Republicans refuse to uphold the Constitution, do their jobs and hold hearings on President Obama's eminently qualified nominee. But, it's worse that the reason for the obstruction is their hope that Trump would get to nominate one of these judges.," - DNC Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach
No one is more qualified to immediately serve on the Supreme Court than Chief Judge Merrick Garland - but Senate Republicans continue to say they won't meet with Chief Judge Garland, hold a hearing or vote on his nomination.
So instead, let's take a closer look at whom the Republicans are holding out for:
Diane Sykes
*         Throughout her career, Diane Sykes has supported partisan republican efforts to restrict access to the ballot box. voter obstruction measures. In 2014, she voted in favor
of upholding Wisconsin's restrictive photo voter ID law, one of the strictest in the nation, which could block 300,000 registered voters
in Wisconsin from casting their ballots. law only eight weeks before an election in which Scott Walker was in a tight gubernatorial race. Sykes also joined authored an opinion that same year that declared major portions of gutted major portions
of Wisconsin's campaign finance reform law unconstitutional, giving special interest groups more influence in our elections.
*         In 2013, Sykes authored an opinion restricting that restricted a woman's access to birth control, which was described as the "broadest ruling"
so far by a federal appeals court barring enforcement of the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
Bill Pryor
*         After George W. Bush nominated Bill Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit, Senate Democrats filibustered his nomination
because of his extreme positions on abortion. Pryor opposes abortion
even in cases of rape or incest, and he called
Roe v. Wade "Tthe worst abomination in the history of constitutional law."
*         In 2009, Pryor authored the Eleventh Circuit's decision upholding Georgia's strict voter ID law. Years earlier, he urged Congress
to repeal Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
*         Pryor was the only Attorney General in the nation to file an amicus brief
to the Supreme Court arguing that a provision in the Violence Against Women Act that allowed victims to file suit in federal court was unconstitutional that the federal remedy for victims of sexual assault in the Violence Against Women Act was unconstitutional.
*         Pryor has a long history of opposing LGBT rights. In fact, in 2005, Lambda Legal called
Pryor "the most demonstrably antigay judicial nominee in recent memory."
*         Editorial boards across the country denounced Bush's nomination of Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit, including the Washington Post, New York Times
, and numerous local outlets.
Brett Kavanaugh
*         As a Circuit Judge, Brett Kavanaugh was one of the staunchest critics of President Obama's environmental rules efforts to combat climate change and he authored an opinion
that struck down the EPA's cross-state air pollution rule.
*         Throughout his career, Kavanaugh has used his judicial authority to increase the influence of money in politics. In 2009, he authored an opinion
that ruled that the government can't restrict political spending by nonprofit groups or political committees. In addition, Kavanaugh authored an opinion
that upheld South Carolina's restrictive voter ID law.
*         Kavanaugh has argued
that a president may refuse to enforce a law if he or she personally deems that law unconstitutional, even if the Supreme Court has previously upheld it. should have the authority to decline
to enforce a statute that regulates private individuals when the president deems the statute unconstitutional, even if a court has held or would hold the statute constitutional.
Paul Clement
*         Paul Clement has taken action on his out-of-touch views on immigration, serving as lead counsel to defend SB 70, Arizona's extreme immigration law. Republicans have continually hired Paul Clement to defend their out of touch views on immigration, health care, and LGBT rights.
*         Governor Jan Brewer hired
Clement as lead counsel to defend SB 70, Arizona's extreme immigration law
.
*         Clement has "pledged to the destruction
" of the Affordable Care Act, which would take away quality, affordable health insurance from millions of 20 million Americans. He served as lead counsel
in the lawsuit that first challenged the authority of the ACA.
*         In 2011, Clement was hired
by John Boehner hired
Clement to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, and in 2012, Clement was hired
by Governor Nikki Haley hired
Clement to defend South Carolina's strict voter ID law.
*         Clement also represented
corporate interests the International Franchise Association in a lawsuit to block Seattle's $15 an hour minimum wage law.
Steven Colloton
*         Steven Colloton has consistently held dangerous positions on women's health. He joined an opinion
that found the opt-out provision to the ACA's contraception mandate unenforceable against non-profit organizations restricted women's access to birth control under the Affordable Care Act. He also voted to uphold a South Dakota law requiring
physicians to disclose an increased risk of suicide to women seeking safe and legal abortions.
Don Willett
*         As a judge on the Texas Supreme Court, Don Willett has time and again ruled in favor of special interests at the expense of consumers and workers. In fact, Willett ruled in favor of
corporate interests 81 percent of the time.
*         Willett authored an opinion
that protected industrial plants and refineries from liability suits by contract workers who claimed their they were injured on the job due to the negligence of their employers. Texas Watch, a nonpartisan citizen advocacy organization, called
Willet's majority opinion in this case "the most activist decision in years" that would allow companies to "avoid accountability for workplace safety violations."


Research?
--
[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 2:40 PM
To: Walker, Eric
Cc: Freundlich, Christina; Palermo, Rachel; Crystal, Andy; presstwitter_d; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: Re: For Approval: @dncpress tweet
yea eric's is better
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 29, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
It's a bit aggressive and personal. Could we say something more like:
Watch the @TheDemocrats' @LuisMiranda explain to @GOP's @seanspicer why Dems will win in Nov:
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 2:35 PM
To: Palermo, Rachel; Crystal, Andy
Cc: Walker, Eric; presstwitter_d; Miranda, Luis; Manriquez, Pablo; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: Re: For Approval: @dncpress tweet
Ok
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:17 AM -0700, "Palermo, Rachel"
> wrote:
Can someone please sign off for comms?
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 29, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Crystal, Andy
> wrote:
good
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 12:49 PM
To: presstwitter_d
Subject: For Approval: @dncpress tweet
Watch the DNC's @LuisMiranda call out @seanspicer on the GOP's shameless hypocrisy and misogyny:
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Polson, Jonathan"
>
Date: April 29, 2016 at 8:43:02 AM EDT
To: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>
Cc: Comm_D
>
Subject: RE: Video Request: Luis on CNN
DNC clips here:
I added the tags: "DNC" "Luis Miranda" "RNC" and "Sean Spicer" and made the video public, which should help it be seen more than unlisted. Let me know if you'd like anything else changed.
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 8:18 AM
To: Polson, Jonathan
Cc: Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video Request: Luis on CNN
Thank you sir! Pls upload to YouTube DNCclips Unlisted
Title: DNC's Luis Miranda Debates RNC's Sean Spicer on New Day
Questions: Forgive my ignorance but How can we optimize visibility to this? Can we add tags or maybe a transcript to the description?
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 29, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Polson, Jonathan
> wrote:
Watch here
-----Original Message-----
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 7:31 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Luis on CNN
momentarily
Sent from my iPhone


May 16, 2016
Contact: Drew Hammill/Evangeline George
202-226-7616
Pelosi Statement on Final Republican Road-to-Ruin Budget Failure
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after Republicans moved to begin bringing appropriations bills to the floor without having enacted a budget, the final admission that Speaker Ryan has given up attempting to pass the Ryan Road-to-Ruin Budget proposal:
“Today, the Republican Leadership owned up to the radical reality of their conference: the most devastating Ryan ‘Road to Ruin’ budget proposal in history was insufficiently severe for the radical forces that have seized control of the Republican Party.
“A Ryan budget that would have ended the Medicare guarantee, devastated good paying jobs, and demanded $6.5 trillion in cuts was not extreme enough to pass this insatiably reckless Republican majority.
“Hard-working Americans deserve a Congress that protects their safety and invests in their future.  Democrats will continue to press for action to confront the challenges Americans face and a budget that reflects our values as a country – a budget that creates jobs, strengthens our security, and brings bigger paychecks to the American people while reducing the deficit in a responsible way.”
# # #
________________________________
Press Release Link:

DemocraticLeader.gov
– Twitter
– YouTube
– Flickr
– Facebook
– The Gavel


Noteworthy that he said trump should be held to a different standard because he was a businessman and that he gave a non-answer about defeating isis while cutting spending. He also said that he might change his mind on not endorsing.
*         What about Trump's unpredictability?
o    I looked at the speech at whole and I don't think that people understand that the political establishment is often think tanks and outside groups. I think that these groups have gotten it wrong and I like that he challenged them.
o    In regards to predictability, I think it is good that people fear Trump.
o    Details need to be fleshed out, but I liked the speech
o    Trump is evolving.
o    I was building shopping centers before I was a senator.
*         Was it a mistake to focus on America First without focusing on Anti-WWII group?
o    I don't penalize him for not looking back at history, he's been in business
o    We're not going to have a foreign policy unless we deal with our debt
o    Debt is the #1 threat to national security
o    I like the sentiment, but I might have framed it differently because of history. It's good that he didn't go to some foreign policy think tank.
*         Trump says he wants to stay out of wars but wants to defeat ISIS. How to do that without spending money?
o    I didn't write the speech, I don't know what he's thinking.
o    More details need to come but it was a good start.
o    I thought this marked a transition in the campaign.
o    Foreign policy establishment needs to be challenged.
o    I havent endorsed a candidate, I'm just the foreign relations chair and a front runner gave a speech on the topic.
*         Why haven't you endorsed?
o    I want the people of America to speak. I don't want to choose sides.
o    I don't want to see things redirected at convention.
o    I may change my mind about not endorsing
o    I want to hear more about Trump's foreign policy
From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:00 PM
To: Brinster, Jeremy; Freundlich, Christina; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Corker on MSNBC now
Watch here
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:04 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Corker on MSNBC now
*Corker
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:03 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Cochran on MSNBC now
Christina Freundlich
DNC Deputy National Press Secretary
314-302-0602


SHOT: Paul Ryan tweets
a photo from his "most important meeting of the day":
[
CHASER: 'Trump Effect' Leading to 'Widespread Fear, Bullying in Schools,' According to Survey of Teachers Across US
LIME: "While we were honest about our differences, we recognize that there are also many important areas of common ground. We [...] remain confident there's a great opportunity to unify our party and win this fall, and we are totally committed to working together to achieve that goal." - Joint Statement from Paul Ryan and Donald Trump today
--
TJ Helmstetter
Deputy Director of Regional and Specialty Media
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8022 - desk
973.464.9224 - cell
HelmstetterT@DNC.org


USA Today- Opinion

May 16

May 16
FOLLOW US

NEWS

SPORTS

LIFE

MONEY

TECH

TRAVEL

OPINION

WEATHER

USATODAY.COM

NEWS
opinion

Transgender bathroom 'guidance' could be last straw: Cal Thomas
Obama administration has given families turning to alternatives to public school another push.

Read Story

opinion

Mr. Trump, release your tax returns: Our view
Voters deserve to know before Election Day.

opinion

Mrs. Clinton, and your speeches?: Our view
What you said privately to bankers would interest voters.

opinion

Transgender bathrooms now a 2016 battleground: Column
The Obama administration's threat to pull federal money from states is unconstitutional bullying.

Advertisement

opinion

Trump doesn't seem headed for Mt. Rushmore: Column
Presumptive GOP nominee is already lagging on measures of presidential greatness.

opinion

White House jumps into restroom debate: #tellusatoday
Hold it, there is a debate going on in the bathroom.

nation-now

Voices: Transgender people just want to use bathroom
In all the years of working with adults who were sexually abused as children, I know not one of them having been abused by a transgender person.

nation-now

Voices: I survived China's horrific Cultural Revolution
Fifty years ago Monday, dictator Mao Zedong of China lit the flames of Cultural Revolution to purge his opponents and preserve the “true” communist ideology.

opinion

Punchlines: An 'encouraging' meeting?
The late-night comics on Paul Ryan's response to a closed-door session with Donald Trump.

opinion

Al-Qaeda resurrects under ISIL shadow: Column
While Islamic State seized world's attention, bin Laden network rebranded and recharged.

Editorial Cartoon

Popular Stories

Supreme Court sends 'contraceptive mandate' cases back to lower courts

Gannett raises offer to buy Tribune to $15 per share

Missing 64-year-old hiker found tied to tree
To forward this e-mail to a friend,

click here
You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: mirandal@dnc.org. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please

click here .

Manage Subscriptions  |

Help  |

Advertise  |

Home Delivery  |

Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights
(c) 2016 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC.
7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108


CNN now playing an interview with Secretary Clinton.
On the nomination, "It is done in effect. There's no way I won't be" the nominee.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


Ugh this got stuck in my outbox this morning.
Adding Deshundra, Pratt, and Tom in case no one is working on this already.
If everyone’s busy I can take a stab at this quickly…. Let me know. thanks
From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:33 AM
To: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Ryan Banfill
Subject: NC Voter ID Law
DWS wants to do a statement.
®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0


With the understanding that the response is coming from the campaign.
________________________________________
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 4:14 PM
To: Banfill, Ryan; Ryan Banfill
Cc: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Press calls re Bernie Endorsement
Hi Ryan,
I am sending press calls about the Bernie endorsement to you. Giving reporters your gmail and cell.
So far I've sent both Shawna Thomas from NBC/Meet the Press (Shawna.thomas@nbcuni.com) and Yamiche Alcindor from the New York Times (Yamiche.alcindor@nytimes.com) your way.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


started around 7:08 am


@HACRORG
Why support HACR?
[2016 SYMP]
[Facebook]
[Twitter]
[Linkedin]
[Youtube]
[“HACR30"]
Disclaimer
All material included in this email is the property of HACR, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies and/or third-party licensors and is protected by copyright laws. Modification or use of the Content except as expressly provided by HACR violates HACR’s intellectual property rights. Any use of the Content shall attribute HACR as the source and copyright holder.
From: Elia Quintana
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 5:27 PM
To: Elia Quintana
>
Cc: Cid Wilson
>; Yariany Perez-Nieto (YPerezNieto@hacr.org
)
>
Subject: HACR 24th Annual Symposium Highlights
Dear HACR Corporate Member:
We are just days away from our HACR 24th Annual Symposium and 30th Anniversary Gala taking place at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, DC. Below are just a few highlights of the major events taking place at this year’s symposium.
HACR Corporate Members Breakfast – Monday, May 2nd at 8am in Room Oriental B/C:  We kick-off the HACR 24th Annual Symposium with a corporate member breakfast where Cid Wilson, President & CEO of HACR, will give organization updates, a full-year recap and a summary of 2016-2017 initiatives.
HACR Symposium Lunch – Monday, May 2nd at 12pm in Room Oriental B/C
Be sure to catch a keynote speech by Lorna Donatone, CEO of Schools Worldwide and President of
Sodexo North America.
HACR Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ Awards Reception – Monday, May 2nd at 6pm in Room Oriental B/C: This is the annual reception where awards are given to the Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ (YHCA) Class of 2016. This is a special year as we celebrate 10 years of the YHCA program. We invite everyone to attend as we recognize the awardees, many of whom are bringing their families to attend the ceremony.
HACR Symposium Lunch – Tuesday, May 3rd at 12pm in Room Oriental B/C:  This year we are excited to have U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez deliver the keynote speech at Tuesday’s luncheon.
HACR 10th Annual CEO Roundtable – Tuesday, May 3rd at 3:15pm in Room Oriental B/C:  The CEO Roundtable is the flagship event of HACR’s Symposium. We have a great line-up this year with Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell, MassMutual President and CEO Roger Crandall, The Home Depot Chairman, President, and CEO Craig Menear, and Northern Trust Chairman and CEO Frederick Waddell. The event, hosted by Target will be moderated by Telemundo 39 Dallas Anchor Norma García.
HACR 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration – Tuesday, May 3rd at 6pm in the Grand Ballroom:  We are planning for a special night in celebration of HACR’s 30th Anniversary. The 30th Anniversary Gala requires a separate ticket not included in your symposium registration. For ticket information please click here
. The attire for this year’s gala will be white tie. It is suggested that women wear white/light colored or black dresses, and men wear tuxedo’s with a white or black tie.
For more information on HACR’s annual programs, including registration and gala tickets, click here
. For up-to-the-minute updates follow HACR on social media by liking us on Facebook
, connecting with us on LinkedIn
, following us on Twitter
, and viewing videos on YouTube
and downloading the HACR mobile app. Share and post your pictures using hashtags #HACR2016 and #HACR30.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you in a few days.
All My Best,
Elia Quintana
Director Corporate Development
Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
[
1220 L Street NW Suite 701 / Washington, D.C. 20005
Direct: (202) 682-4013 / www.hacr.org
/ @HACRORG
Why support HACR?
[2016 SYMP]
[Facebook]
[Twitter]
[Linkedin]
[Youtube]
[“HACR30"]
Disclaimer
All material included in this email is the property of HACR, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies and/or third-party licensors and is protected by copyright laws. Modification or use of the Content except as expressly provided by HACR violates HACR’s intellectual property rights. Any use of the Content shall attribute HACR as the source and copyright holder.


Finallyyyyyyy. Lots of dealmaking involved.
Roberta Jacobson confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Mexico
By Seung Min Kim
The Senate finally confirmed Roberta Jacobson to be the U.S. ambassador to Mexico on Thursday, ending a months-long delay of her nomination that was ultimately resolved by a complicated deal that drew in two Senate Republicans who had vied for president.
Jacobson, a top State Department official, had faced objections from senators related to her work on implementing the Obama administration’s controversial policy normalizing relations with Cuba. In November, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who at the time was deep into his presidential run, put a hold on her nomination while publicly criticizing her work at State.
But the wheels began to turn toward getting Jacobson installed this month, after Rubio returned to the Senate following his failed presidential bid. Senate GOP leaders and the White House approached Rubio, asking him what would make him lift his Jacobson blockade, according to a Senate aide.
Rubio’s ask: an extension of a 2014 law he wrote that imposed sanctions on key officials in Venezuela, home to another regime that has been the target of Rubio’s wrath.
That set up intricate maneuvering with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who said he would block the extension Rubio wanted unless he could get Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to back off his nearly yearlong hold on a separate measure reauthorizing the State Department, according to the Senate aide.
Cruz — who has also been busy campaigning for president — had put a blanket hold on the legislation and all nominees to the State Department last summer because of the administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. But Rubio asked Cruz to drop his hold, according to the Senate aide, in exchange for helping to push legislation Cruz has championed that would rename the street in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington the Liu Xiaobo Plaza. That legislation was crucial
for Cruz to lift his hold on the State Department nominees in February, although the White House has warned
that it would veto Cruz’s legislation.
Alongside Jacobson’s confirmation, the Senate also swiftly cleared the State Department authorization bill for the current fiscal year, as well as Rubio’s bill that extended sanctions for three years, in rapid succession Thursday evening.
“The Maduro regime’s abuses of power and violations of human rights are hurting innocent people in our hemisphere and threaten the national security interests of the United States," Rubio said after the sanctions legislation passed Thursday night. "We have a responsibility to stand with the Venezuelan people by extending these sanctions.”
The moves ended a nearly yearlong saga over Jacobson’s nomination, which had drawn an intraparty rift among Republicans, many of whom supported her despite objections from Cuban-American lawmakers such as Rubio who are vociferously opposed to the administration’s Cuba policy.
But other Republicans argued that it was unfair to hold Jacobson, whose nomination passed the Foreign Relations Committee in November, hostage over Cuba politics.
“On issues ranging from trade to migration to security and the border, the interests of the United States are served and Arizona benefits when our nation is well-represented in Mexico,” Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, Jacobson’s most vocal Republican supporter, said after she was confirmed. “Though long overdue, I’m pleased that the Senate has confirmed an individual as qualified and capable as Roberta Jacobson to serve as U.S. ambassador to Mexico.”
Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the confirmation in a statement, praising Jacobson's "tremendous service record in the State Department."


I didn't see it
I'm on CNN this Sunday
Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile
> On May 13, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
wrote:
>
> Hi all, I sent her background along the same lines of what we previously gave to Politico. Nothing new.
>
> Best,
> Mark
>
> Mark Paustenbach
> National Press Secretary &
> Deputy Communications Director
> Democratic National Committee
> W: 202.863.8148
> paustenbachm@dnc.org
>
> From: Leah Daughtry
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 4:45 PM
> To: Miranda, Luis; Donna Brazile; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark; April Mellody
> Subject: RE: Washington Post inquiry
>
> Adding April Mellody on Convention team.
> Luis/Mark:  please make sure April is involved in any conversations with reporters about the Standing Committees; thanks.
>
> From: Miranda, Luis
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 4:36 PM
> To: Donna Brazile
; Patrice Taylor
; Leah Daughtry
; Dacey, Amy
; Paustenbach, Mark
> Subject: RE: Washington Post inquiry
>
> Plus Mark who is dealing with Abby on our end
>
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Donna Brazile
> Date: 05/13/2016 15:04 (GMT-06:00)
> To: Patrice Taylor
, Leah Daughtry
, "Dacey, Amy"
, "Miranda, Luis"
> Subject: Fwd: Washington Post inquiry
>
> I have no intentions of touching this.
>
> Why? Because I will cuss out the Sanders camp!
>
> Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Phillip, Abby"
> Date: May 13, 2016 at 11:51:50 AM PDT
> To: "donnabrazile@me.com"
> Subject: Washington Post inquiry
>
> Hi Donna,
>
> Do you have a minute to chat today? Wanted to ask you about this fight between the Sanders camp and DNC over adequate representation on the platform committee and others ahead of the convention.
>
>
>
> I can be reached on my cell at 857-928-7338.
>
>
>
> Abby
>
>
>
>
> --
> Abby D. Phillip
> National Political Reporter
> Washington Post
> (Cell) 857-928-7338
> Twitter: @abbydphillip


Watch here
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 7:47 AM
To: Comm_D
Cc: DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Video Request: Rep. Renee Ellmers on CNN
Happening now


Video remarks by Trump & Clinton will be played to 1,200 Latino leaders in California Fri, event organizers say. 1st reported by @bpolitics.
Original Tweet:


U.S. will not seek death penalty for accused ringleader in Benghazi attacks
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it will not seek the death penalty against Ahmed Abu Khattala, 54, a U.S.-designated terrorist whom prosecutors accuse of leading the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.
The announcement, contained in a notice to the federal trial court in Washington, clears the way for a major terrorism trial in the nation’s capital, the first in the United States since 2015, barring a plea agreement by Abu Khattala.
The decision ended a lengthy review after President Obama aired concerns in October that while he supported capital punishment in theory, he found it “deeply troubling” in practice.
[Obama calls death penalty ‘deeply troubling
]
The move marked somewhat of a shift for the Justice Department, one year after federal prosecutors last May secured a death sentence in a capital terrorism case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
The department in November approved its first new capital prosecution under Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch — who called the death penalty an “effective punishment” before her Senate confirmation in April 2015 — against Noe Aranda-Soto, an illegal immigrant accused of human trafficking and murder in Texas.
However, analysts said the government faced a difficult calculation in the Benghazi case, pointing to complex legal, political and national security concerns that have produced a mixed record in capital terrorism cases, and to a history in which no D.C. jury has ever imposed the death penalty.
“We do these on a case-by-case basis,” a Justice Department official said, declining to elaborate. Legal observers noted challenges facing the U.S. government in bringing witnesses from Libya to testify in a U.S. courtroom amid sectarian conflict in the region.
A trial date before U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the District has not been set.
Abu Khattala commanded a brigade absorbed by the extremist anti-Western group Ansar al-Sharia, which carried out the attacks on Sept. 11 and 12, 2012, that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others, according to U.S. investigators. The U.S. government in January 2014 designated Abu Khattala a terrorist and Ansar al-Sharia, an armed militia that seeks to establish sharia law in Libya, a terrorist organization.
[Meet Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged ringleader of the Benghazi attacks
]
“The department is committed to ensuring that the defendant is held accountable for his alleged role in the terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission and annex in Benghazi that killed four Americans and seriously injured two others, and if convicted, he faces a sentence of up to life in prison,” Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Pierce said in a statement Tuesday.
Clinton's Benghazi hearing in three minutes
Play Video3:02
Here are top moments from the House Select Committee hearing on Benghazi where former secretary of state Hillary Clinton testified. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post)
The Obama administration authorized Abu Khattala’s capture in a June 2014 U.S. Special Operations raid in Libya after he was lured to a villa south of Benghazi.
He pleaded not guilty after being indicted on 18 counts, including death-eligible charges of murder of an internationally protected person, murder of an officer or employee of the United States, killing a person in an attack on a U.S. facility and providing material support to terrorists resulting in death.
In unsealing a July 2013 complaint with death-penalty-eligible charges, then-Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that an investigation was ongoing and that the arrest “proves that the U.S. government will expend any effort necessary to pursue terrorists who harm our citizens.”
A spokesman for Channing D. Phillips, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, referred questions about the decision by the attorney general’s office to the Justice Department.
A.J. Kramer, federal public defender for D.C., declined to comment.
[Benghazi suspect captured in secret raid
]
The decision returned focus at least briefly to the criminal prosecution for an attack that remains politically charged — raised in Republican presidential debates and dramatized in a feature film released nationwide early this year.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, testifying in October before a House select committee investigating the attacks, repeated her categorical denials of the long-debunked charge that she impeded rescue attempts. However, a State Department review concluded that security was inadequate for Benghazi, and the issue has continued to spur partisan crossfire.
[Fact-checking the Benghazi attacks
]
In the Abu Khattala case, it remains unclear what impact a decision not to seek the death penalty might have on plea talks, even as national security concerns surrounding the prosecution persist.
The situation is not unusual. The government’s record in capital terrorism cases has been mixed, with more success in cases brought against “lone wolves” acting on their own to kill on U.S. soil than in cases brought against foreign-based or foreign-trained fighters.
Libya is in the midst of a civil war, complicating the investigation and raising questions about how much prosecutors will rely on classified evidence and on how any such disclosures might affect U.S. interests in the region.
Prosecutors have already turned over about 20,000 pages of material to Abu Khattala’s defense at last notice, most of it is classified, and much of the government’s case remains secret.
The Libyan government has previously protested the U.S. seizure of Abu Khattala as a violation of Libyan sovereignty.
In court papers, U.S. authorities alleged that Abu Khattala told others he believed the American diplomatic presence in Benghazi was cover for a U.S. intelligence-gathering facility and vowed to “do something about this facility.”
Abu Khattala drove with attackers to the U.S. diplomatic post and participated in the assault that began about 9:45 p.m. that night, “coordinating the efforts of his conspirators and turning away emergency responders,” prosecutors alleged. Stevens and State Department communications expert Sean Patrick Smith died of smoke inhalation after attackers set ablaze a villa containing a “safe room” at the compound.
Near midnight, Abu Khattala allegedly entered a mission office and oversaw the looting of data about a nearby CIA annex that soon came under mortar fire, killing security contractors Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty.
[Former CIA chief challenges the story line of Benghazi movie ‘13 Hours’
]
Last year, a lawyer for Abu Khattala, standing next to the defendant,  said in court that “everyone agrees what happened in September 2012 was a tragedy and Americans suffered a tragic loss.” Defense attorney Jeffrey D. Robinson added, “Mr. Abu Khattala agrees it was a tragic loss but disagrees he is the person responsible for it.”
Death-penalty experts said they were not surprised at the government’s move, noting that terrorism prosecutions for the deaths of Americans remain extremely rare and highly case-specific.
Federal prosecutors have sought the death penalty for an accused terrorist at least 14 times since 1993, but only one was executed — Timothy McVeigh, the 1995 Oklahoma City federal-building bomber.
McVeigh is one of three people executed by the U.S. government since 1964.
Tsarnaev, the most recent addition to federal death row, also is a U.S. citizen, of Chechen heritage, who purportedly was inspired by Islamist radicalism but not in contact with any organized group.
Others who faced the death penalty but pleaded guilty and received life sentences include serial bomber Eric Rudolph, an avowed white supremacist convicted in 2005 for explosions at Atlanta’s Olympic Park in 1996 and at an Alabama abortion clinic, and Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who was convicted in 1998 of leading an 18-year-long anti-technology and anarchist crusade from his remote Montana cabin that killed three and injured 28.
Since 2000, the U.S. government has failed to persuade federal juries to impose the death penalty in other high-profile cases.
A jury in Alexandria, Va., in 2006 rejected the U.S. government’s four-year effort to obtain a death sentence against al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, a French citizen who received life in prison for conspiring in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Manhattan jurors in 2001 deadlocked in the al-Qaeda-led bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998 that killed 214 people, resulting in life sentences for a Saudi and a Tanzanian man convicted in the attacks.
The Moussaoui prosecution in particular was criticized by some analysts from both the left and right. Conservative critics said the result highlighted the drawbacks of trying terrorists in civilian courts. Liberal experts said the government wasted years and millions of dollars seeking Moussaoui’s execution when a plea deal and life sentence was an option from the outset.
The Daily 202 newsletter
A must-read morning briefing for decision-makers.
Other observers questioned whether U.S. pursuit of the death penalty helps or hinders foreign-government cooperation with U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
“There are tensions between public trials and national security,” said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, including what kinds of evidence can be admitted in a capital case and the need not to compromise anti-terrorism efforts abroad. “This is a highly extraordinary case.”
The prospect of a death-penalty trial in Washington poses hurdles for both sides.
Trying a foreign terrorist accused of the overseas killing of a senior U.S. diplomat and other federal employees could be expected to draw a sympathetic jury in Washington, seat of the national government.
However, since Congress reinstated the federal death penalty in 1988, only a handful of eligible cases have gone to federal trial in the District, and none resulted in a death sentence.
Sent from my iPhone


SL: Guidance for events around Trump-Ryan meeting in DC this week.
Body:
Overview / Event Guide
This week, Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are coming together in Washington D.C. for a highly-anticipated meeting. The Republican Party's highest-ranking elected official and their party's standard bearer may have some personal disagreements, but they both share the same agenda: cutting taxes for the rich at the expense of middle-class families, opposing measures like equal pay and paid family leave, attacking women's health, and holding up comprehensive immigration reform, among others.
We're asking state party communications directors to put together events around the Trump-Ryan meeting to deliver the following message: that Trump is not a moderate and he is not engaging in a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. His extreme rhetoric and dangerous policies are in line with what Republicans in Washington have been pushing for years. We're also asking state party communications directors to echo these events with op-eds and letters to the editor in local papers, and surrogates on television and radio.
In this packet you'll find:
*         Sample talking points / message guidance
*         A sample advisory
*         A sample press release
*         A sample op-ed
*         Four sample letters to the editor
DNC can offer national surrogates to appear via satellite or phone on local television and radio broadcasts to amplify the message. Please reach out to walker@dnc.org
if you would like to book one of our surrogates. Members of Congress and Senators who are currently in Washington can also use our studio to do local hits.
Here's what we're looking for in terms of event logistics:
*         Types of speakers:
o   State Party Chairs, Vice-Chairs, and EDs
o   Local Elected Officials
o   Allied Groups - Planned Parenthood, NAACP, Mi Familia Vota, etc.
o   Labor
o   People sharing personal stories
*         About 15-20 supporters
*         Signs that say "Reject the Trump-Ryan Agenda" - we have a mockup that can be found here
.
*         A big push to get local TV to the event - studies show that local TV is the dominant player in most markets and Americans trust local TV news about 20 points more than they trust national TV news.
General Talking Points:
*         For years, GOP leaders have pushed a cynical and feckless political strategy that obstructs any kind of progress and exploits unfounded fears of immigrants, minorities, the poor, the LGBT community and more, all for political gain.
*         They have sold hardworking Americans the empty promise of trickle-down prosperity, while strangling America's middle class with backwards economic policies that only enrich those already at the top.
*         Donald Trump's victory is the ultimate, sad culmination of the success of that strategy. Trump is not engaging in a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. Trump is the modern Republican Party.
Trump / Ryan on Taxes:
*         Trump's reckless tax plan would reward those at the top
by slashing the top income tax rate to 25 percent from 39.6 percent
*         That would give
the "top 0.1% of income earners like himself an average tax cut of more than $1.3 million
*         Trump also plans to substantially
reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 to 15 percent, instead of fixing tax loopholes that allow some large companies to pay no federal income tax at all
*         Trump's tax plan isn't anything new - it's the same proposal put forth by Republicans in Congress who want to cut
the top tax rate to 25 percent. Paul Ryan and his colleagues would also cut corporate taxes down to 25 percent - making Trump's 15 percent plan even more extreme.
*         Trickle-down economics simply doesn't work. The last two times Republicans implemented this agenda, our country was left mired in recession and facing massive deficits. Not only does trickle-down economics slow down the economy, but it means we won't have the money to pay for things like education and infrastructure and health care
Trump/Ryan on Debt:
*         For years, Republicans in Congress threatened the full faith and credit of the United States and threatened to breach the debt ceiling, leading one credit rating agency to remark
that any protracted fight over the issue could endanger America's credit rating.
*         Trump agrees that the United States should consider
playing fast and loose with our nation's finances, even calling himself "the king of debt."
*         He also said, "you never have to default because you print the money." Such reckless positions, if implemented, could threaten America's standing in the world and lead to chaos in the global financial markets.
*         We saw what happened the last time a Republican president came in and made a mess of the economy. We have come too far since the Great Recession to hand the keys to the economy over to the folks who crashed it in the first place.
*         In conclusion, Donald Trump's reckless tax policies and his suggestion that we should play chicken with the country's finances are lifted directly from the same old failed Republican playbook. Trump can ignore reality and crown himself the "king of debt," but it's clear that his economic ideas, and those of his fellow Republicans are simply bankrupt. The American people and our economy can't afford a disastrous Trump presidency.
Trump/Ryan on women's health:
*         This week marks women's health week.
*         A few weeks ago, Donald Trump said that he wanted to "punish" women who get abortions.
*         Paul Ryan and House Republicans are already implementing Trump's agenda to punish women.
*         Paul Ryan has wasted the American people's time, money, and patience with a partisan investigation of Planned Parenthood
*         Both Paul Ryan and Donald Trump want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would mean that:
o   Women could be charged more than a man for the same health care plan
o   We would go back to the days when pregnancy and domestic violence could be considered pre-existing conditions
o   Women would go back to paying out-of-pocket for birth control
*         Trump thinks ensuring equal pay for women should just be left up to "the marketplace" and once suggested family leave policies should actually be scaled back and noted pregnancy was "an inconvenience for a business." Trump complained that when he employed mothers, they were not giving him "100 percent."
Trump/Ryan on immigration reform:
*         Trump's dangerous proposals and inflammatory rhetoric on immigration didn't come from nowhere.
*         Before Trump came along, Republicans in Congress were holding up immigration reform, suing the President for prioritizing the deportation of criminals over families, and stoking fear of immigrants.
*         Democrats, by contrast, support comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
*         Immigration reform is not just the right thing to do - it reduces the deficit and helps to create jobs. In fact the Congressional Budget Office found that the immigration reform bill that passed the Senate but got blocked by Republicans in the House would reduce the federal deficit by $175 billion in the first ten years.
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Since the white house lock has been lifted, I think we are okay to send this once research is good
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:05 PM
To: RR2
Subject: For research: Excerpts from DNC Chair Rep. Wasserman Schultz at the ASDC Meeting in Philadelphia
For Immediate Release
May 20, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
Excerpts from DNC Chair Rep. Wasserman Schultz at the ASDC Meeting in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Today, DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz addressed a meeting of the Association of State Democratic Chairs. Below you will find excerpts as prepared for delivery:
"I'm excited to join you all here in Philadelphia, the home of our upcoming convention where we will show the world a Democratic Party ready for one of the most important General Elections of our time. I'm proud of the work that each and every one of you is doing in your states, managing what is never an easy delegate selection process, but one that will bring the values and diversity of our party and our country to this city in just 66 days!
...
"When Democrats from all across this great country come to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, we will be energized, united and focused on making sure that we continue to build upon the progress we've made under President Obama by electing a Democrat as the 45th President of the United States of America.
"And that's really what this is all about. Making sure that together we launch our nominee into the White House with the support of a Democratic House and Senate and State Houses across the country so that we can continue to: Build a strong and safe future for our children and grandchildren, grow our economy and create good paying jobs; and move our country forward for all Americans, not just the wealthy and well connected!
...
"In just the last week, the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump has backpedaled away from his own pledge to release his tax returns, vowed to slash taxes for those at the top like himself, and seemingly lied about pretending to be his own publicist. He refused to address his well-documented history of misogyny and insulted one of our country's most important allies, Great Britain. His campaign called their selection of a white supremacist delegate a 'database error.'
"I don't know about you, but it didn't exactly put me at ease either, when Trump suggested we could always resolve debt by printing more money, and he legitimized a despotic North Korean dictator. Every day there's a new example of his knee-jerk recklessness, lack of judgment and unstable temperament.
"But we cannot gloss over the genuine concern that too many Americans are still feeling about their own pocketbooks and our place in the world. Donald Trump is promoting anxiety as a way to ease people's concern. We need to listen to them because our candidates have the most thoughtful solutions. That's why your work is so crucial. That's why, at the DNC, we're doing everything we can to support you and help you bring people into the general election energized, understanding what's at stake, and championing the values and priorities that make our party and our country great.
...
"Nearly 23 million people have participated in our primaries and both campaigns have worked so hard to advance ideas that will improve the lives of Americans. Supporters of both Clinton and Sanders deserve respect for the work they have put into their campaigns. That is a stark contrast with the divisive policies that have come from the Republicans. I will always stand up for party activists because they bring us energy and ideas. I will always stand up for the leaders of this party because they volunteer their precious time to guide our progressive future. We are Democrats and we welcome everyone in. More importantly, our agenda, unlike Republicans, is inclusive and welcomes everyone!
...
"Because of Democratic leadership: 20 million Americans have health insurance who didn't before. We've seen 74 straight months of private sector job growth creating over 14 million new jobs and we all remember the Great Recession, when we were losing 800,000 jobs a month when George W Bush left office. Well, we are not going back by allowing a Trump presidency.
...
"By working together as Democrats, we can accomplish great things for honest, hard-working people from every walk of life. Our record shows we can set and pass an agenda that promotes economic growth, fairness and opportunity. Yes, fellow Democrats: America's future is bright. When we stick together, anything is possible.  I'm excited for the future of our party, and I'm proud of your work that I know will carry us forward into a brighter future. On to victory!"
###


Parra is the closest. Former journalist for Miami Herald, fully bilingual, House and Senate experience so he knows the issues.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Kenneth Baer
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 3:17 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: speechwriters for the Convention
Thanks.
I think short of someone who knows Spanish is we need a Hispanic speechwriter who knows the issues as well as can really write. Anyone fit that bill?
Ken
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Hi Ken, good to hear from you! I saw your FB post but had deleted the app from my phone so hadn’t had a chance to respond. This one is tough. The truth is most Hispanic consultants aren’t all that great in Spanish. The best ones are not American, they’re Lat Am based, so it creates issues for this kind of thing. If you come across names feel free to send to me for feedback.
Federico de Jesus is someone you can bring on to manage translations of speeches. Not necessarily a speechwriter but can help. He was at Transportation and at the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs office, and Reid and Pelosi’s offices before that. fdejesus@fdjsolutions.com
. Another who might be able to help is Jose Parra, used to work for Reid, jose@prosperolatino.com
.
I’ll tell you ones to avoid. Lorena Chambers --- not actually fluent. Gabriela Domenzain – fully fluent and may be ok on messaging, but was with O’Malley and not sure of the skillset. Avoid Jose Aristimuno who is currently at HHS but was with O’Malley… hasn’t left good impressions.
From: Kenneth Baer [mailto:ken@crosscutstrategies.com
]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:10 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: speechwriters for the Convention
Luis --
How are you? It's been a while since our WH days.
Jeff Nussbaum, Josh Lahey, and I are running speechwriting at the convention, and would love your help in getting some names of Hispanic and Spanish-speaking speechwriters. Do you have any to send over? the ones we thought we had didn't pan out.
Thanks!
Ken
--
Kenneth Baer
CEO/Founder
Crosscut Strategies, LLC
202-792-7200
- o
202-701-6229
- m
@kennethbaer
--
Kenneth Baer
CEO/Founder
Crosscut Strategies, LLC
202-792-7200 - o
202-701-6229 - m
@kennethbaer


~7:53am this morning
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


Susan, Off the record, your premise is wrong. For starters I was never an employee of the Trimpa Group, and I am not a lobbyist. That's not what I do, so clearly whoever put you up to this didn't give you accurate information.
-------- Original message --------
From: Susan Crabtree
Date: 05/20/2016  07:07  (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
Subject: Re: When exactly...
Probably for Monday -- not sure I am writing anything -- just want to see why no one registered to lobby for the Cuba lobbying campaign that has been extensively written about.
Also,  I'm not sure that you were easy to get a hold of at that time -- in August of last year. I called and emailed repeatedly the logical place to reach you, the employer that seemed to be taking credit for the lobbying campaign
for #CubaNow.
They told me to call James Williams, the point man, I guess, and I tried him every way I could but he never responded. Follow ups to Trimpa to reach you or anyone else about it were not responded to.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 19, 2016, at 10:18 PM, Miranda, Luis
wrote:
When are you writing for? I'm easy to find so the idea that you tried to reach me and couldn't didn't make sense.
From: Susan Crabtree [scrabtree@washingtonexaminer.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 7:09 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: When exactly...
Nice to hear from you. Last August before I went on maternity leave when I did the story. Wasn't going to bring up your name today but Josh was trying to get me to be more forthcoming about what I was getting at and I understood why he was doing that and
thought o would just be forthcoming.
But I do have questions about your role in the Trimpa Group's lobbying on the Cuba issue. I contacted the Trimpa Group several times to try to reach you -- didn't know you had moved on to the DNC until yesterday.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 19, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Miranda, Luis
wrote:
Did you try to reach me?
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone


This just feels odd… Defending reporters?
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Steven Paikowsky
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:51 PM
To: Weinberg, Aaron
Cc: Sarah Arkin; Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Banfill, Ryan
Subject: Re: response to anti-semitism against jewish reporters by trump supporters
agreed
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Weinberg, Aaron
> wrote:
Yes, I will take a look after Shabbat. Might we want to consider including the RAC too?
Aaron
Aaron Weinberg
Director of Jewish Engagement
Democratic National Committee
Cell: 847.848.2968
-Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Sarah Arkin
> wrote:
Yes. Will look over the weekend
Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Hey everyone – there’s been a lot of press on this and I think there’s an opportunity for us to weigh in.
Bit late in the day for this, so I’d like to roll this out on Monday. Want to get thoughts from this group first, then I will take to ADL / NJDC / Bend the Arc
Thanks – let me know.
DNC Chair, Jewish Community Leaders Denounce Anti-Semitic Vitriol Against Jewish Reporters in 2016 campaign
Today, DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined with Jewish community leaders from the Anti-Defamation League, the National Jewish Democratic Council, and Bend the Arc to denounce anti-Semitic vitriol against Jewish reporters in the 2016 campaign.
Throughout the 2016 campaign, journalists reporting on Donald Trump’s candidacy have been met with hatred and vitriol inspired by the Republican nominee.  In fact, the Wall Street Journal recently reported on Trump’s inspiring of white supremacists in a story titled: “White Nationalists See Advancement Through Donald Trump’s Candidacy
.” Whether it’s Trump’s campaign manager assaulting a female reporter, or Donald Trump commanding the crowd to direct their anger towards the press during his rallies, it’s clear Trump’s supporters derive this kind of violent behavior and extreme rhetoric towards the press from the man standing behind the podium.
Furthermore, the Trump camp has shown no remorse or sympathy for reporters who are subjected to abuse by Trump supporters. When GQ reporter Julia Ioffe received
hateful messages in response to a profile she penned about Melania Trump, Ms. Trump blamed the reporter, saying she “provoked
” the anti-Semitic abuse. Mr. Trump declined
to denounce the followers who flooded that reporter with invective, saying he had “no message,” for them. According to Politico, Jewish leaders on both sides of the aisle were dismayed by Trump’s refusal to combat
Yesterday, Robert Kagan wrote this in the Washington Post about the fascist threat posed by Trump’s candidacy
: “A mass political movement is thus a powerful and, to those who would oppose it, frightening weapon. When controlled and directed by a single leader, it can be aimed at whomever the leader chooses.”
Predictably, when Jonathan Weisman of the New York Times, tweeted out a passage from that op-ed, he was treated to similar anti-Semitic abuse
from Trump supporters.
This is unacceptable. Until Trump makes a forceful denouncement of the anti-Semitic vitriol his supporters have directed at Jews and Jewish reporters, he is condoning his followers’ comments.
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Team,
With Indiana voters casting their ballots on Tuesday, we should update you on our candidates’ pledged delegate count once again. Secretary Clinton has been allocated 1,716 pledged delegates, while Senator Sanders’ current pledged delegate count is 1,433. The magic number to secure the nomination can still be defined as 2,383 delegates. Patrice and the entire Party Affairs Team are diligently working to keep us informed as we continue to move through these contests. Oregon voters will be participating in their primary this upcoming Tuesday, but as was stated in the All Staff Meeting on Wednesday, the next delegate-rich primary day will not be until June 7, with contests in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
During the All Staff Meeting, we also took a closer look at the framework for the Party’s messaging with an update from the Communications Department. This was nicely accompanied with our Surrogate Operations presentation, showcasing the tools we have implemented to cultivate messengers, or what we call “leads" at a grassroots level. All of this was capped with an overview of the communities we are honoring this month. Thank you to all of the teams who worked to show us something special at our May All Staff Meeting – I am excited to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month with you this May.
Additionally, I was kept very busy at the end of the week with Polish engagement events at the DNC, the White House, and on the Capitol. We are ramping up for outreach with many more ethnic and constituency groups in June. Stay tuned for our upcoming adventures in New York, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh (that city needs a little love with all the activity surrounding its neighboring DNCC host city).
As always, feel free to touch base with me by submitting your questions and comments to Info4CEO@dnc.org.
All my best,
Amy


Hola Grace,
Just sent your request to scheduling. Stay tuned!
Luis to bcc
On May 17, 2016, at 5:16 PM, Solorzano, Grace (NBCUniversal)
> wrote:
Gracias Luis!
Looking forward to the possibility, Pablo.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 5:01 PM
To: Solorzano, Grace (NBCUniversal)
Cc: Manriquez, Pablo
Subject: RE: Telemundo Network /// DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Hi Grace, copying our Booking Director to follow up. Thanks.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Solorzano, Grace (NBCUniversal)
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:53 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Telemundo Network /// DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Hola Luis, I hope you’re doing great.
For this week’s edition of Enfoque, we will be dedicating a segment entirely to the 2016 party conventions.
As you may be aware, there are reports of violent behavior displayed during the DNC State Convention in Nevada, and state party officials believe this is a precursor for what will play out in Philadelphia.
We would like to invite Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz to come on the show this week to discuss this summer’s convention, and party unity.
Taping will take place on Friday between 1:30 and 3 pm.
Please let me know if she may be available.
Thank you, as always.
Grace Solorzano
News Producer
“Enfoque”
O:305-889-6933
M:305-586-3840
grace.solorzano@nbcuni.com
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Can we clip that section? The clip I saw on MSNBC had Trump saying something like “illegal immigrants, they’ll never vote Republican” and then something like saying Republican shouldn’t even bother outreaching
From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 2:21 PM
To: Logan, Olivia; Sarge, Matthew; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Trump in Bridgeport at 12:30pm
FLAG: MSNBC reporting on this rally right now that Trump basically ruled out immgrants as a GOP voting bloc in his remarks
From: Logan, Olivia
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 2:07 PM
To: Sarge, Matthew; Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video Request: Trump in Bridgeport at 12:30pm
Watch
From: "Sarge, Matthew"
>
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 1:33 PM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Re: Video Request: Trump in Bridgeport at 12:30pm
Trump in Bridgeport at 12:30pm
(Trump was pumped up)
Only really have 1 opponent
- Cruz and Kasich are each 1/2
- Why is Kasich still in?
Trade
- TPP and NAFTA are killing us
- TPP will be worse
Omnibus budget
- Trillions of dollars in debt
Mentions Tom Brady
Gives a shoutout to staff
- Manafort, Lewandowki, and Hicks
I'm a smart guy
- Went to the best school
- I'm like really smart
Crooked Hillary
Bernie is over
- Unless Hillary is indicted
Trump claims Bill O'Reilly is "straight down the middle"
- Has no friendships, no nothing
Slowest trigger on foreign policy
New Hampshire
- Heroin problem
- Didn't mesh with landscape
If I don't win CT, I'm moving to Alabama
Cruz can't win in voting
- Has zero personality
- Lies like a thief
(Walk off music comes on before Trump is done)
Usual close
On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Sarge, Matthew
> wrote:
"Coming Up" on ABC Go


Watch
From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:09 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: CNN Chain
~8:06
Panelist talking about Cruz torching the senate to try to be president
________________________________
From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:05 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: CNN Chain
~7:02
Panelists discussing the stages of grief of Trump nominee


Part 1
Part 2
From: "Sarge, Matthew"
>
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 10:17 PM
To: Comm_D
>
Cc: DJTspeaks
>
Subject: Re: Video Request: Manafort on CNN
Manafort on CNN
- Says tax returns are not a real issue
- Says he hasn't seen the returns and has nothing to do with them
- If audit isn't complete until after election, then returns won't be released until after
More with Manafort next
On May 11, 2016, at 10:14 PM, Sarge, Matthew
> wrote:
On now
Thanks


No go? NBC News wants her too. We can stack them if we can spare a 20 min window. They'll come to us.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 18, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
What:             TV – CBS NEWS
When:              Today, 18 May, anytime between now and 4pm (I suggest stacking it before or after capitol rotunda hits)
Where:             TBD
Format:           Taped
Who:               TBD, Anchor/Reporter
Topic:             State of the race, NV issues
Staff:               TBD
Contact:          TBD
TIMELINE:
Arrival Time:  TBD
Makeup:         NO
Hit Time:        TBD
Cleared:           TBD
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


False. On Iraq, on Libya, Trump keeps trying to rewrite his history.
Donald Trump did not warn the Iraq War would 'destabilize the Middle East' before it started
PolitiFact - Jon Greenberg
When Donald Trump laid out the fundamentals of his foreign policy at a Washington hotel conference room, he offered his go-to proof of sound judgment.
"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East," he said April 27, 2016.
Not in any way we could find. Let's review the record of what Trump said when about the Iraq War.
The war began in March 2003. We searched the Nexis database of transcripts and news reports from 2002 to 2008. From what we found, if Trump saw regional destabilization on the horizon, he kept it under wraps.
In a September 2002 interview,  shock jock Howard Stern asked Trump if he supported the Iraq invasion.
Trump responded, "Yeah, I guess so."
That isn't a ringing endorsement of the war, but Trump did not decry the march toward military action in the way thousands of protesters had been doing for months in 2002.
On Jan. 28, 2003, just under three months before the invasion, Fox News' Neil Cavuto asked Trump whether President George W. Bush should be more focused on Iraq or the economy.
Speaking of Iraq, Trump said, "Well, he has either got to do something or not do something, perhaps, because perhaps shouldn't be doing it yet, and perhaps we should be waiting for the United Nations, you know. He's under a lot of pressure. I think he's doing a very good job. But, of course, if you look at the polls, a lot of people are getting a little tired. I think the Iraqi situation is a problem. And I think the economy is a much bigger problem as far as the president is concerned."
Trump seems to be skeptical of the mission in Iraq here, and he said the economy should be a higher priority. But he did not say anything that resembles his claim that Bush should not proceed because a war would "destabilize the Middle East."
About a week after the war began, Trump gave a mix of views. At an Academy Awards after-party, Trump said that "the war's a mess," according to the Washington Post. But he also told Fox News that because of the war, "The market's going to go up like a rocket."
On Sept. 11, 2003, Trump told MSNBC, "It wasn't a mistake to fight terrorism and fight it hard, and I guess maybe if I had to do it, I would have fought terrorism but not necessarily Iraq."
By 2004, Trump begins to take a tougher stand against the war. (A big hat-tip to Buzzfeed for this.)
On April 16, 2004, Trump is back with Stern.
"I think Iraq is a terrible mistake," Trump said. "And to think that when we leave, it's gonna be this nice democratic country. I mean, give me a break. There's usually a reason why a country is run a certain way."
Trump amplified on that in an August 2004 article in Esquire:
"Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we're in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the country? C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have.
"What was the purpose of this whole thing? Hundreds and hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and legs? Not to mention the other side. All those Iraqi kids who've been blown to pieces. And it turns out that all of the reasons for the war were blatantly wrong. All this for nothing!"
In November 2004, he told CNN's Larry King, "I do not believe that we made the right decision going into Iraq, but, you know, hopefully, we'll be getting out."
Clearly Trump opposed the Iraq War in its early years. There's no evidence, though, that he advocated against the war beforehand, or that he was especially vocal about it destabilizing the Middle East.
We reached out to the Trump campaign and did not hear back.
Our ruling
Trump said, "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."
The record shows at best some early reservations about the war that evolved into opposition about a year after the war began. However, we find no evidence of Trump warning about regional destabilization before or after the war started.
We rate this statement False.


DeWit, others bounced from hotel over Trump delegate election
State Treasurer Jeff DeWit and another individual were asked to leave a downtown Mesa hotel Friday night after they heatedly argued in the lobby over which names should appear on a delegate slate at the Arizona GOP convention.
The argument involving DeWit – Donald Trump’s Arizona chairman -- came on the eve of the state GOP convention
, where more than 1,200 state delegates were set to cast their ballots for 55 open delegate slots for the national convention in July. Tensions are high between pro-Trump and pro-Ted Cruz factions.
[
Cheryl Evans/azcentral
State Treasurer Jeff DeWit speaks during the Arizona Republican 2016 state more
DeWit downplayed the incident, but said Saturday there was “an argument” in the hotel, and that it got noisy. The hotel is near the Mesa Convention Center, where the state convention was held Saturday.
“I’m working for Mr. Trump
, and some of the people around here are working against Mr. Trump,” DeWit said. “Our voices were raised and a guy came over and said, ‘Hey can you take it outside.’ ”
DeWit said a man who was working at the front desk asked him and three other people to leave.
“There are people that are not being very helpful with what we want to get done right now,” DeWit said, adding, “People are asking us to put names on our slate that we don’t want on our slate,” which was the root of his frustration.
While Trump won the primary, delegates by state law must only vote for him on the first ballot. Delegates can then switch their votes on the second ballot and any other subsequent ballots. Trump supporters have been aggressively working to ensure Trump loyalists
are elected as delegates to the convention, while Cruz supporters are working just as hard to send Republicans who would vote for Cruz if there was a contested convention.
A hotel source who was briefed on what took place told The Arizona Republic on Saturday there was “an incident between two individuals, and that there was an argument – it was a very loud argument with foul language, there were other people in the lobby that heard it and saw it.” The source did not see the incident firsthand.
The two were “asked to separate,” and “to stop the argument,” the source said.
A hotel staffer recognized one of the people as DeWit. The pair “started to separate,” but a hotel staffer had to again intervene when the two began to argue loudly again, the source said.
Drinks had been flung off a lobby table near elevators, the hotel source said.
“ 'That’s enough,’ ” the source said, and DeWit and three others were asked to leave.
DeWit confirmed the hotel source’s account of the incident.
Follow the reporter on Twitter @yvonnewingett
and reach her at yvonne.wingett@arizonarepublic.com
or 602-444-4712
.
Sent from my iPhone


Is this a no go?
On Apr 22, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
WHO: DWS and Jake Tapper
WHEN: 4 o'clock hour on Monday
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


The FDP is closed today; emailed Max but he's probably not around given today is the last day of Passover. I can reach out to the Broward County Chair if you think she would be a good person to attribute the statement to.
[SigDems]
Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
JeffersonD@dnc.org
| (202) 863-8112


Bloomberg is doing a story on the fundraising email we just sent with Hillary Clinton's signature. The reporter wants to know if this "reflects a new agreement between the DNC and the Clinton campaign, an acknowledgement that she will almost certainly be the Democratic nominee" and wondered if we were "at all concerned that Sanders supporters will see this as the DNC choosing a winner before the voters have decided."
Proposed response is below:
On-the-record: "Now that we know who the Republican nominee, we are going to find ways to integrate the voices of both of our candidates for President into our efforts at the DNC. Our goal is to mobilize Democrats across the country and make sure our candidates up and down the ballot have the resources they need to win in November."
On background: NO, there is no new agreement. We reached out to both campaigns. The Sanders campaign preferred that the DNC use his prior statements on Trump, so last week we sent a similar email using his quotes. The only difference is that Hillary Clinton signed today's email.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Compton, Matt
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 11:26 AM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: HRC emails
Hi, y'all -
Just for context, I've pasted the three drafts below. These are the subject lines we're going to test:
I'm ready to beat Donald Trump, NAME - are you?
NAME, the whole world is counting on us
I'm ready to beat Donald Trump, NAME - are you?
I've never been prouder to be a Democrat
I'm ready to beat Donald Trump, NAME - are you?
NAME, I'm asking you to help
Amy signed off as well, and she spoke with the Chair about them just a moment ago.
From: Hillary Clinton
>
Reply-To: democratic party
>
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM
To: Digital_D
>
Subject: [sample] I've never been prouder to be a Democrat
Keith --
The Republican Party has a new leader: Donald Trump. I can't think of a time in my life when I've been prouder to be a Democrat -- or more committed to building a strong party.
Consider Trump's stated goals for his first 100 days in office: He plans to undo some of President Obama's most important accomplishments, like the Affordable Care Act and executive orders on immigration, and he promises to appoint a Scalia-like justice to the Supreme Court to rip away our dearest progress, like marriage equality and a woman's right to choose.
Keith, we absolutely cannot let those things happen. We need to protect and build on President Obama's legacy -- for our shared values, and for the future of the country we love. Your $10 contribution to the Democratic National Committee today will do just that -- can you help?
If you've saved your payment information, your donation will go through immediately.
QUICK DONATE: $10
QUICK DONATE: $25
QUICK DONATE: $50
QUICK DONATE: $100
QUICK DONATE: $200
Or donate another amount.
As Democrats, we have a very different vision for our country, from protecting LGBT people and public education at the state level to raising the minimum wage and confronting climate change as a nation. We know that there are no magic solutions -- we get things done by rolling up our sleeves and putting in hard work.
That starts with working to elect Democrats all across this country, to protect President Obama's legacy, and to make sure Donald Trump never, ever becomes president.
We can't win this fight without you, Keith. Chip in now -- the world is counting on us:

With deep thanks,
Hillary
From: Hillary Clinton
>
Reply-To: democratic party
>
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM
To: Digital_D
>
Subject: [sample] Keith, the whole world is counting on us
Keith --
What was once unimaginable is now all but certain. Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.
This isn't hyperbole: Our country -- and the whole world -- is counting on us to win this election.
No matter who you're supporting in our Democratic primary, I know this team will step up and do all we can to keep Trump out of the White House.
Please give what you can today, and let's start defeating Donald Trump right away.
If you've saved your payment information, your donation will go through immediately.
QUICK DONATE: $10
QUICK DONATE: $25
QUICK DONATE: $50
QUICK DONATE: $100
QUICK DONATE: $200
Or donate another amount:

Thank you,
Hillary
From: Hillary Clinton
>
Reply-To: democratic party
>
Date: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:12 AM
To: Digital_D
>
Subject: [sample] Keith, the whole world is counting on us
Keith --
What was once unimaginable is now all but certain. Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.
This isn't hyperbole: Our country -- and the whole world -- is counting on us to win this election.
No matter who you're supporting in our Democratic primary, I know this team will step up and do all we can to keep Trump out of the White House and beat the Republicans who will be on the ballot with him.
Please give what you can today to help.
If you've saved your payment information, your donation will go through immediately.
QUICK DONATE: $10
QUICK DONATE: $25
QUICK DONATE: $50
QUICK DONATE: $100
QUICK DONATE: $200
Or donate another amount:

Thank you,
Hillary
Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington DC 20003 and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible.
This email was sent to digital_D@dnc.org
. If this isn't the best email address at which to reach you, update your contact information
. Our email list is the best way we have of staying in regular contact with supporters like you across the country and letting you know about the work President Obama and other Democrats are doing. If you like staying in touch, but want to receive only the most important messages, click here
. Click here
to unsubscribe from our supporter list, but if you leave, it will be harder for you to stay involved in the organization that you've been such a critical part of. This organization is powered by you, and we'd love to hear your ideas. Send us any comments, criticisms, or feedback here
, or just reply to this email! Thanks for supporting President Obama and other Democrats.


Article is up!
Democrats use Trump as bogeyman to get people to vote
NEW YORK | BY LUCIANA LOPEZ
Democratic Party activists in some U.S. states are using Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who has stirred controversy with his comments about illegal immigrants and women, as the centerpiece of their "get out the vote" campaign for the November elections.
In California, canvassers from the Orange County Democrats carry pictures of Trump when they knock on doors ahead of the June 7 California primary. They ask if people will vote in the primary, and warn that if they don't help pick the strongest possible Democrat, "this guy will win," said Henry Vandermeir, the local party chairman in Orange County, a traditionally Republican island in the state.
Democrats in New Hampshire have unveiled Trump/Sununu lawn signs, looking to tie Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Sununu to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on issues such as climate change (Trump is a skeptic) and healthcare.
One sign reads: "Trump/Sununu. Because Health Care Is For Losers," a swipe at Trump's vow to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
"Every state party is trying to maximize what they can get out of this difference (between candidates) and to tie Trump to the Republicans in the state," said Holly Shulman, a spokeswoman for the New Hampshire Democratic Party.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
To be sure, Republicans appear likely to use Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination who is also a polarizing figure, in a similar fashion.
"There is no better volunteer recruitment tool, fundraising pitch, or unifier for the Republican Party than the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency that will surely take us further backwards," the Republican National Committee said in a statement.
"RETRUMPLICANS"
Democrats are also looking to tie Trump to Republican Senate candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot as they seek to regain control of the chamber they lost in the 2014 congressional elections.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee last week released so-called "Trump cards" online, equating several Republican senators' policy positions with those of the New York developer.
For Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey and New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte, for example, the DSCC highlighted how they and Trump oppose a federal minimum wage hike.
The DSCC also launched a website in March, partyoftrump.com, which labeled some senators "Retrumplicans" and asked for donations to help fight senators who support Trump.
Recent polls suggest that a Trump/Clinton matchup could be a tight race. The two candidates were in a dead heat in the three key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania in a Quinnipiac University poll earlier in May.
And a Reuters poll this month showed that much of the backing for Clinton and Trump comes from people whose primary motivation is to stop the other side from winning, rather than any love for either of the two candidates or their policies.
The strategy of highlighting opposing candidates is not without risks, according to Bruce Newman, the author of "The Marketing Revolution in Politics: What Recent U.S. Presidential Campaigns Can Teach Us About Effective Marketing."
If Trump - who shocked pundits by beating 16 other Republican hopefuls for the nomination - proves more attractive to the general electorate than Hillary Clinton, then tying him to other Republicans could hurt Democrats
"We don't know how popular this guy is going get," Newman said. "This is just the beginning."
--
Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


Yes, let's blast
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 17, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Freundlich, Christina
> wrote:
Mark / luis?
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 3:30 PM
To: Manriquez, Pablo
Cc: Freundlich, Christina; Comm_D
Subject: Re: blasty?? CNBC: Obamacare brings record low for US health uninsured rate
Great
On May 17, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
Yasss, Hispanics winning!
Sent from my iPhone
On May 17, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Freundlich, Christina
> wrote:
Obamacare brings record low for US health uninsured rate
CNBC
How low can Obamacare go?
Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans lacked health insurance in 2015, the first time ever in the nation's history that the uninsured rate has fallen so low, and a clear sign of Obamacare's impact.
The U.S. uninsurance rate fell to 9.1 percent last year, according to data released Tuesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It was the first time the percentage of people without some form of health coverage has gone into single digits, and a 2.4 percentage point drop from 2014.
The number of people uninsured in 2015 was 28.6 million, which was 7.4 million fewer than 2014, according to the CDC.
Since 2011, when the uninsured rate stood at 15.1 percent, that rate has fallen 6 full percentage points, according to the CDC's National Health Interview Survey.
Obamacare began going into full effect in 2014, which was the first year that people could have private health insurance plans purchased on government-run marketplaces. That was also the first year that nearly all Americans were obligated to have some form of health insurance or face a possible tax penalty.
Before that, the Affordable Care Act had for the first time allowed adults under the age of 26 to stay on their parents' health plans, which was another factor that has played a role in driving down the uninsured rate.
A third factor in bringing down the uninsured rate has been the expansion of Medicaid benefits in a majority of states to cover many more poor adults than had been eligible under that joint federal-state health insurance program before the ACA became law.
The Obama administration has said more than 20 million Americans have gained health insurance coverage since the ACA became law in 2010.
The new report Tuesday was warmly greeted by the Obama administration, which last week lost a key court decision that, if upheld, could damage the Obamacare program.
A federal court judge ruled that the administration violated the law by giving insurers money, without congressional approval, to offset the cost of covering subsidized out-of-pocket health costs of many Obamacare customers.
The administration also has been dealing with a flurry of news stories detailing possibly steeper Obamacare rate hikes for 2017, and the departure of some insurers from various markets across the nation.
Sylvia Burwell, secretary of health and human services, said, "Today's report is further proof that our country has made undeniable and historic strides thanks to the Affordable Care Act."
"The report documents the progress we've made expanding coverage across the country," Burwell said.
"Meanwhile, premiums for employer coverage, Medicare spending and health-care prices have risen at exceptionally slow rates. Our country ought to be proud of how far we've come and where we're going," she said.
The CDC's survey found that among adults aged 18-64, the percentage who were uninsured decreased from 16.3 percent in 2014 to 12.8 percent last year.
"A corresponding increase was seen in the percentage having private coverage, from 67.3 percent to 69.7 percent, respectively," the report said.
"Among children aged 0–17 years, the percentage who were uninsured decreased from 5.5 percent in 2014 to 4.5 percent in 2015," the report said.
"Among those under age 65, the percentage with private coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace [the federal Obamacare exchange HealthCare.gov
] or state-based exchanges increased from 2.5 percent (6.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2014 to 3.4 percent (9.1 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015," according to the CDC.
The report said that In 2015, adults between the ages of 25 and 34 were more than twice as likely as adults aged 45 to 64 to lack health insurance coverage — 17.9 percent compared with 8.8 percent.
"In 2015, 27.7 percent of Hispanic, 14.4 percent of non-Hispanic black, 8.7 percent of non-Hispanic white, and 7.9 percent of non-Hispanic Asian adults aged 18–64 lacked health insurance coverage at the time of interview," the report said.
"Significant decreases in the percentage of uninsured adults were observed between 2013 and 2015 for Hispanic, non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic Asian adults," the report said.
"Hispanic adults had the greatest percentage point decrease in the uninsured rate between 2013 and 2015," falling from 40.6 percent to 27.7 percent, according to the report.


Hey Luis,
I pinged Mark as well, but do you all have a response to Sander’s latest salvo against DWS? Seems to be getting rather personal. I’m still not on the press list so apologies if you sent something out earlier today.
Thanks,
Jackie


Correct.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 11:40 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: Briefing book needs for tomorrow May 4th
But to be clear - the regional writes the brief, I approve and send on to the team. Correct?
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 11:39 AM
To: Kroll, Amy; Davis, Marilyn; Alvillar, Raul; Comer, Scott; Moore, Colby; Paustenbach, Mark; Shestopal, Olivia; Scott, Jillian
Cc: Kate Houghton; Bonosky, Garret; Guerra, Liana; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: Briefing book needs for tomorrow May 4th
Walker will submit the Los Angeles briefing since it's for regional media. Copying him here.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Kroll, Amy
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 11:35 AM
To: Davis, Marilyn; Alvillar, Raul; Miranda, Luis; Comer, Scott; Moore, Colby; Paustenbach, Mark; Shestopal, Olivia; Scott, Jillian
Cc: Kate Houghton; Bonosky, Garret; Guerra, Liana
Subject: Briefing book needs for tomorrow May 4th
Good morning everyone - Please find a list of the Chair's briefing book needs for May 4th below.
The following FINAL briefs for Wednesday must be submitted to the Chair's office team by 6PM TODAY for upload to the Chair's briefing book:
Mark/ Ryan:
DNC Comms Interview - Los Angeles Daily News
DNC Comms Interview - Univision Leon Krauze
Ali:
CA political brief


Some edits
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:51 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: COMMS Review: Trump’s Tax Plan Remains Reckless and Dangerous
Importance: High
SL: Trump’s Tax Plan Remains Reckless and Dangerous
Today it was reported
that Donald Trump was taking suggestions from right-wing conservative commentators on how to alter his tax plan. DNC National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach issued the following statement:
“Look past the spin and political double-speak and it’s easy to see that Donald Trump’s tax plan remains the  is the same failed idea peddled by and even more reckless than what was proposed Paul Ryan and Republicans in Congress – just more reckless. Trump’s tax plan is built on the same failed foundation of rewards those at the top by slashing the top income tax rate, which that would give the top 0.1% of income earners like himself an average tax cut of more than $1 million. It’s clear that when Trump wins, hard-working families inevitably lose.”