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Happy Saturday, y’all!
On Thursday, I told you how civil rights leaders were preparing for their meeting with President JOE BIDEN and VP KAMALA HARRIS over voting rights and their belief that the administration wasn’t acting aggressively enough to advocate on the issue. At the very least, they want to see the president focus as much attention on voting rights as he has on infrastructure.
Now, I have some new details about what really happened in that meeting.
— Rev. AL SHARPTON told me that Biden and Harris didn’t make any promises, but that he and the other leaders in the room felt like they absorbed the sense of urgency over the nearly two-hour meeting, and were ready to put the full force of their bully pulpit behind the push for voting rights legislation.
— Civil rights leaders brought up at least two filibuster workarounds in order to protect voting rights: finding a way to use reconciliation to pass it, or reforming the filibuster to make a carveout for the issue.
— On filibuster reform, Sharpton says that Biden was noncommittal but encouraging, urging the civil rights leaders to flesh out what specifically the changes would look like, and bring it back to the White House.
Among civil rights advocates, there’s a growing consensus that the filibuster needs to be changed or else voting rights protections are toast. And that poses a potential challenge for the president: on the one side are the Black voters and political leaders who were so instrumental in electing him to the White House, and on the other are the institutionalists who (like Biden himself) love Senate tradition and are loath to change it.
The idea of a voting-rights filibuster carevout is being pushed even more urgently by House Majority Whip JIM CLYBURN, the man whose endorsement helped solidify Biden’s South Carolina win. In a must-read article out this morning, Clyburn told our Laura Barrón-López that Biden “should endorse” a carveout for legislation that applies to the Constitution.
— More from Clyburn: “Biden could ‘pick up the phone and tell [Sen.] JOE MANCHIN, ‘Hey, we should do a carve out.’ I don't care whether he does it in a microphone or on the telephone — just do it.” Read the full article, y’all.
Let’s be clear: there’s only so much the White House can do with a barely-there majority in the Senate. Civil rights leaders understand that, but if they don’t see the administration getting more active on the issue, they’re prepared to turn up the pressure on Democrats throughout the summer as many Republican state legislatures rush to restrict voting rights.
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THREE TOP STORIES FOR SATURDAY …
— Is Medicaid infrastructure? Rachel Roubein and Alice Miranda Ollstein take us behind the scenes as congressional Dems grapple with “how to extend health insurance to millions of poor Americans in states that have refused Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, believing their upcoming party-line ‘human infrastructure’ package represents the best chance to plug the health law’s biggest gap.” They’re weighing three major competing options; Rachel and Alice have the details.
— A preview of what could be 2022’s toughest Senate election: MAGGIE HASSAN vs. CHRIS SUNUNU, by NYT’s Carl Hulse. Hassan is a moderate Dem, but unlike other senators who fit that profile, “does not make waves or grab headlines,” Hulse writes. That’s the way she likes it as she gears up for reelection next year in deep-purple New Hampshire. But Republicans see the race as a major pick-up opportunity, especially if Sununu, the Granite State’s popular GOP governor, jumps in the race. And they’re “already trying to paint Ms. Hassan as a loyal acolyte of Senator CHUCK SCHUMER, the New York Democrat and majority leader. They say her low profile … is a sign of ineffectiveness.”
— Unpacking Biden’s sweeping new war on monopolies, by Leah Nylen. On Friday, the president signed a sweeping executive order to, as Leah describes, “promote competition throughout the U.S. economy, in the most ambitious effort in generations to reduce the stranglehold of monopolies and concentrated markets in major industries.” What exactly does that mean? Here are some specifics: It urges the FCC to reinstate “net neutrality” rules, calls for the FDA to allow imports of prescription drugs from Canada, requires airlines to refund passengers who get shoddy Wi-Fi service or baggage handling, restricts businesses’ ability to foist noncompete agreements on workers, challenges occupational licensing requirements in many industries; and guarantees farmers and motorists the right to repair their own vehicles without voiding warranty protections. It amounts to a major change — and because it happened on a Friday afternoon, it’s probably not going to get as much attention as it merits.
BIDEN’S SATURDAY — The president has nothing on his public schedule.
HARRIS’ SATURDAY — The VP has nothing on her public schedule
PLAYBOOK READS
THE WHITE HOUSE
SO LONG, SAUL — “Biden fires head of Social Security Administration, a Trump holdover who drew the ire of Democrats,” by WaPo’s Lisa Rein: “Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner ANDREW SAUL, a holdover from the Trump administration who had alienated crucial Democratic constituencies with policies designed to clamp down benefits and an uncompromising anti-union stance. … But Saul said in an interview Friday afternoon that he would not leave his post, challenging the legality of the White House move to oust him.”
THE RICCHETTI FAMILY BUSINESS — “As a high-ranking Biden aide pushes Congress to raise inheritance taxes, his brother lobbies against it,” by WaPo’s Michael Scherer, Jeff Stein and Sean Sullivan
AFGHANISTAN
PULLOUT FALLOUT — “Biden takes calculated political risk on Afghanistan withdrawal,” by Anita Kumar: “Now president himself, Biden has not only unapologetically reaffirmed his plan to get troops out of the country after a record-breaking two decades, he has aggressively expedited their withdrawal. His move makes good on a pledge he made to himself to end a war that he has long viewed as unwinnable. It also implicitly acknowledges the rapidly shifting politics around American military intervention abroad.
“Biden’s now-it’s-my-turn-moment … was met with resignation from a large swath of the foreign policy community that has come to believe that withdrawal was, in the end, a defensible decision even if the ripple effects are unknown.”
— “Biden under pressure to respond to escalating attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria,” by Lara Seligman and Andrew Desiderio: “U.S. troops and diplomats in Iraq and Syria were targeted in six rocket and drone attacks this week alone, including when at least 14 rockets hit a base in Iraq on Wednesday, injuring two U.S. service members. The development is the latest in an escalating back-and-forth between the U.S. and Iranian-backed militia groups, which have stepped up attacks on U.S. troops in recent months despite Biden’s stated goal of deterrence through retaliatory airstrikes.
“The conflict is once again testing Biden’s resolve to pivot away from America’s decades of war in the Middle East so his administration can focus on ending the pandemic and navigating adversarial relations with Russia and China. And it could threaten Congress’ work this year on scaling back the president’s authority to strike in the region.”
— “Across U.S. government, views remain divergent on Afghan military’s readiness for U.S. troop withdrawal,” by WaPo’s Sammy Westfall
POLICY CORNER
ANOTHER IMMIGRATION POLICY REVERSAL — “U.S. stops jailing pregnant migrants, reversing Trump policy,” by AP’s Ben Fox: “The new directive, announced Friday, does not bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement from initiating proceedings to deport women who are pregnant, nursing or have given birth within the past year. But they generally would no longer be detained pending the outcome of their cases except under ‘exceptional circumstances,’ the agency said. The practice of detaining pregnant migrants has been condemned as a threat to maternal and fetal health by immigrant and women’s advocacy groups critical of medical care at detention centers.”
CONGRESS
TIME RUNNING OUT FOR CAPITOL POLICE — “Senate GOP backs emergency Capitol Police funding as shortfall nears,” by Burgess Everett and Sarah Ferris: “Top appropriators on Friday pushed for bipartisan legislation that would ease a funding crunch facing the Capitol Police and the National Guard while a broader emergency security spending package languishes in the Senate. Republicans have offered a plan to largely focus on just the beleaguered police unit and the National Guard, according to a draft of the bill obtained by POLITICO, though it’s unclear whether Senate Democratic leadership will accept it. …
“Increasing bipartisan urgency in the Senate to cough up emergency cash to cover the financial needs of both forces comes after the House passed a $1.9 billion emergency spending bill in May. The measure, which stalled in the Senate amid GOP objections to certain provisions, would set aside $43.9 million for the Capitol Police, in addition to $520.9 million to cover unanticipated pay and operations costs for the National Guard.”
SETTING THE TONE — “Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Jan. 6 hearing,” by AP’s Mary Clare Jalonick and Padmananda Rama: “A new House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is expected to hold its first public hearing this month with police officers who responded to the attack and custodial staff who cleaned up afterward, chairman Rep. BENNIE THOMPSON said. … [T]he committee hopes to ‘set the tone’ of the investigation by hearing from those first responders, many of whom were brutally beaten and verbally abused by former President Donald Trump’s supporters.”
AMERICA AND THE WORLD
HAITI LATEST — “Haiti Calls U.S. for Troops, After Wild Day of Gunfights and Suspicion,” by NYT’s Natalie Kitroeff, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Catherine Porter and Julie Turkewitz: “After 24 hours of wild gun battles with suspects in the assassination of Haiti’s president, the nation’s authorities announced the arrests of 20 people and called on the United States to send troops to help protect crucial infrastructure. Haiti’s remarkable request for military assistance from the U.S., a former colonial overlord that has repeatedly intervened in the nation’s affairs, is a measure of how deeply shaken the nation has been by days of chaos and intrigue.”
— “Haitian opposition leader hired D.C. lobbyist two days before president’s assassination,” by Theodoric Meyer: “Haitian opposition leader PIERRE REGINALD BOULOS has hired a lobbyist as part of an effort to build support for his political party and encourage Biden to support an interim Haitian government. ART ESTOPINAN, a former chief of staff to former Rep. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-Fla.), a onetime chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, registered on Thursday as a foreign agent working for Boulos. Boulos hired Estopinan on Monday, Estopinan said, two days before Haiti’s president, JOVENEL MOÏSE, was assassinated.”
BEYOND THE BELTWAY
NEW FISSURES BETWEEN DESANTIS AND TRUMP — “DeSantis parts with Trump in response to Surfside tragedy,” by AP’s Bobby Caina Clavin and Steven Sloan: “When the coronavirus ravaged Florida, Gov. RON DESANTIS defiantly bucked mask mandates. He later cracked down on protesters advocating racial justice, blasted President Joe Biden on immigration, jumped into the fight over transgender athletes and signed sweeping legislation to toughen voting rules. But after a deadly building collapse, the Republican governor is largely hitting pause on the culture wars. …
“DeSantis has often taken his cues from Trump. But as he prepares for a reelection bid next year that could propel him into a presidential campaign, the tragedy in Surfside is exposing voters to a different side of the governor. He’s still the conservative populist who rarely parts with Trump. But unlike the former president, DeSantis is showing that he can tone down some of his most extreme partisan rhetoric during a disaster. … If DeSantis’ popularity rises and he threatens Trump’s status as the undisputed leader of the party, many Republicans privately expect Trump to turn on the governor.”
GOP TRENDWATCH — “Why Are Republican Governors Sending National Guard to the Border?” by Jack Herrera for POLITICO Magazine
CLICKER — “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker — 15 funnies
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Ryan Lizza:
— “The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?” by Michael Pollan for The Guardian: “Caffeine makes us more energetic, efficient and faster. But we have become so dependent that we need it just to get to our baseline.”
— “The Subversive Joy of Lil Nas X’s Gay Pop Stardom,” by NYT Magazine’s Jazmine Hughes: “A peek into a hot boy summer filled with new highs, disappointment and growth.”
— “The Agony and Ecstasy of the Trump Reporters After the Fall of Trump,” by Julia Ioffe: “Six months since Trump left office after dispatching a mob to ransack the Capitol, the journalists who covered Trump are still not fully adjusted to the post-Trump reality.”
— “How the FBI played a role in the capture of Princess Latifa of Dubai,” by USA Today’s Kim Hjelmgaard and Kevin Johnson: “Without the FBI’s assistance, Princess Latifa might never have been found during her escape. Questions swirl over the well-being of the princess.”
— “The QAnon Movement Isn’t Dead. From What I Saw in Dallas, It’s Just Evolving,” by Texas Monthly’s Christopher Hooks: “The outlandish conspiracy theory has made legions of believers into political activists. And the Texas GOP benefits from that.”
— “The Smoke Comes Every Year. Sugar Companies Say the Air Is Safe,” by The Palm Beach Post’s Lulu Ramadan and ProPublica’s Ash Ngu and Maya Miller: “To harvest more than half of America’s cane sugar, billion-dollar companies set fire to fields, a money-saving practice that’s being banned by other countries. Some residents say they struggle to breathe, so we started tracking air quality.”
— “The Life and Suspicious Death of Cachou the Bear,” by Bloomberg’s Laura Millan Lombrana: “Conservationists saw the 6-year-old brown bear as a symbol of hope. Villagers saw him as a menace. Then he turned up dead.”
— From the archives, Afghanistan edition: “The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret,” by Michael Hastings for Rolling Stone, April 16, 2012; “War Without End,” by NYT Magazine’s C.J. Chivers, Aug. 8, 2018
PLAYBOOKERS
SPOTTED: Second gentleman Doug Emhoff at Barcelona Wine Bar on Friday evening.
EMBASSY SUITES — The White House announced several new ambassador nominations: Denise Bauer to France and Monaco, Peter Haas to Bangladesh, Eric Garcetti to India and Bernadette Meehan to Chile.
MEDIA MOVES — NYT Opinion’s politics team is adding Laura Reston as senior editor and moving Sarah Wildman up to be staff editor and writer. Reston currently is deputy editor of The New Republic. Announcement
— Nicole Childers is joining NBC News as executive editor of business, technology and media coverage. She most recently has been senior producer of Marketplace Morning Report. Talking Biz News
— Kristin Fisher is joining CNN as a space and defense correspondent. She previously was a White House correspondent at Fox News.
TRANSITIONS — Bob Poulin is joining Ogilvy’s D.C. office to head the government practice as managing director and chief growth officer. He previously was chief growth officer at agencyQ. … Giovanna Gray Lockhart is now a senior adviser at PL+US: Paid Leave for the United States. She most recently was chief strategy officer at The Riveter.
TRUMP ALUMNI — Kara Brooks is now director of corporate comms for SHRM. She most recently was director of comms for former second lady Karen Pence.
WEDDINGS — Nancy Youssef, a national security correspondent for the WSJ, and Vijay Ravindran, a tech entrepreneur and CEO of VR therapy company Floreo, got married June 27 at Dumbarton House in Georgetown. The couple first met in 1996, when Nancy interviewed Vijay at U.Va., where they were both students. For two decades afterward, they nearly crossed paths several times around Washington, but only connected again in 2019 when they met online. Pic by Chip Somodevilla … Another pic
— Kevin LaBuz and Molly Corbett, via NYT: “The couple married June 20 at the home of the bride’s family in Baltimore. … Mr. LaBuz [is] the head of investor relations of 1stDibs … Ms. Corbett … works in Manhattan as a communications director at Everytown for Gun Safety.”
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Stefanie Rinehart, VP at CRD Associates, and Jonathan Rinehart, CFO at Innovative Surgical Designs Inc., welcomed Claudette Frances Rinehart on Wednesday. Pic … Another pic
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.) and Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) … Stephonn Alcorn of the White House … Tim Murtaugh … POLITICO’s Sam Stein, Chris Cadelago, Matt Daily, Catherine Boudreau, John Appezzato and Ashley Afranie-Sakyi … Sarah Boxer … Alex Angelson of Michael Best Strategies … Ben Napier … Katie Pavlich … Eli Yokley of Morning Consult … CBS’ Shawna Thomas … MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin … Kenny Day … White & Case’s Keir Whitson … Caroline Ciccone … Sarah Hodgkins … Rena Shapiro of a4 Media … former CDC Director Robert Redfield (7-0) … Remley Flock (3-0) … former Reps. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) and Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) … Rubicon Founders’ Morgan Ortagus … Megan Ortagus … Julianna Smoot of WaterWorks … WSJ’s Heather Haddon … Peter Bondi
THE SHOWS (Full Sunday show listings here):
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“State of the Union”: Anthony Fauci … Eric Adams … Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) … Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.).
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“Meet the Press”: National security adviser Jake Sullivan … Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) … Richard Engel. Panel: Al Cardenas, Stephanie Cutter, Kasie Hunt and Mark Leibovich.
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“This Week”: Anthony Fauci … Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson … Eric Adams. Panel: Chris Christie, Donna Brazile, Sarah Isgur and Jane Coaston. … Gio Benitez live from New Mexico as Richard Branson launches into space.
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“Fox News Sunday”: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott … John Kirby. Panel: Marc Short, Julie Pace and Charles Lane. Power Player: Yo-Yo Ma.
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“Cross Connection,” with a special Sunday edition: Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) … Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) … Carlos Curbelo … Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) … Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.).
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“Face the Nation”: Anthony Fauci … Scott Kirby … Jeh Johnson … Scott Gottlieb.
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“Full Court Press”: Leon Panetta.
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“Inside Politics”: Panel: Jeff Zeleny, Jonathan Martin, Molly Ball, Lauren Fox and Leana Wen.
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“Sunday Morning Futures”: Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) … Mike Pompeo … Donald Trump … Charlie Kirk … Alan Dershowitz.
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