| | | | | |  | | By Tara Palmeri and Rachael Bade | Presented by |  | | | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | Good morning! There's a lot to unpack today. But first, take a few minutes to watch this very powerful PAMELA BROWN interview with two U.S. Capitol Police officers, Sgt. AQUILINO GONELL and Ofc. HARRY DUNN, about the Jan. 6 insurrection. THE OP-ED EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT — This morning, Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) served up a double blow for progressives, taking to the op-ed page of the Charleston Gazette-Mail to announce that he's a "no" on the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) and definitively snuffing out Democratic hopes of nuking the filibuster. — On the For the People Act: "Today's debate about how to best protect our right to vote and to hold elections, however, is not about finding common ground, but seeking partisan advantage. … I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act." — On the filibuster: "I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster." — But he reiterated his support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, writing that it "would update the formula states and localities must use to ensure proposed voting laws do not restrict the rights of any particular group or population," and suggesting there's bipartisan support to "update and pass this bill through regular order." We can't help but notice the timing. On Tuesday, President JOE BIDEN unnecessarily tweaked Manchin during remarks in Tulsa, Okla. VP KAMALA HARRIS, who earlier this year stepped on Manchin's toes by not giving him a heads-up about a media hit in West Virginia, was given the seemingly impossible task of making sure H.R. 1 passes. On Thursday, VoteVets took to West Virginia airwaves with an ad nudging Manchin on the bill. (Worth noting: The senator is planning to meet Tuesday with a group of civil rights leaders to talk about voting legislation.) Manchin's message: The pressure ain't working. Deal with it. At this point, Biden can only hope that this hard line on bipartisanship doesn't extend to using reconciliation on an infrastructure bill. TRUMP IN RESIDENCY — The awkward state of DONALD TRUMP — so much power over the Republican Party but still struggling to shake off his has-been status — was on full display Saturday night. At the North Carolina Republican Convention, Trump made his first big speech since CPAC in February. And he used the occasion to, well, repeat the same old material, complaining about "rigged" elections and relitigating past criticisms of him — as when he recounted, at some length, press coverage of his slow walk down a ramp at West Point. "At times, it gave off the vibe of an entertainer in the twilight of his career, playing the hits for a Vegas crowd," writes Meridith McGraw. "For good measure, the evening featured a relatively new addition to the Trump rally playlist: 'My Heart Will Go On,' the theme song from 'Titanic' and the classic hit of Vegas-staple Celine Dion." — But he did make some big 2022 news: His daughter-in-law LARA TRUMP announced that she won't be running for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring incumbent RICHARD BURR (R-N.C.). "No for now," she said before teasing a political future, "not no for forever." Donald Trump then endorsed GOP Rep. TED BUDD in the hotly contested race — a seemingly last-minute decision, as he gave Budd a 15-minute notice beforehand, according to WaPo's Josh Dawsey. In the business of influencing Trump, this was a big win for MARK MEADOWS, who pushed Trump to endorse Budd, who was coming in third in the polls behind Rep. MARK WALKER (R-N.C.), himself a Trump loyalist, and former Gov. PAT MCCRORY, who hinted that it was Meadows' fault that Trump chose Budd over him, calling it "bad advice" from "Washington insiders." More on that from James Arkin Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza, Tara Palmeri. | | A message from the American Beverage Association: At America's beverage companies our plastic bottles are made to be remade. We're carefully designing them to be 100% recyclable, including the caps—so every bottle can become a new one. That means less plastic waste in our environment. Please help us get Every Bottle Back. EveryBottleBack.org | | | AOC BLESSES A PROGRESSIVE IN NYC — On Saturday, Rep. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-N.Y.) weighed in on New York's (very fluid) mayoral race, endorsing MAYA WILEY just a week before early voting starts. But is it too late? Our Sally Goldenberg writes in: "AOC's endorsement … is the undeniable linchpin in Wiley's to-date unsuccessful effort to consolidate the progressive leaders of the Democratic Party in New York City and declare herself their only viable choice when voters hit the polls on June 22. But the congresswoman's star power is arriving late in the race, and it remains to be seen over the next two weeks whether she can help Wiley where she needs it most — fundraising. "Wiley currently has $2.4 million on hand, dwarfed by Brooklyn [Borough President] ERIC ADAMS and ANDREW YANG, who have $5.9 million and $4.7 million, respectively. KATHRYN GARCIA, the former sanitation commissioner, has $3.5 million in the bank. And while Wiley will benefit from a super PAC run by GEORGE SOROS and the 1199 [SEIU] healthcare workers union, every candidate in this race is getting a big outside money boost so it may be a wash." Three more important Sunday stories: — NYT's Alexander Burns on a new 70-page Dem post-mortem on the 2020 election: "A review of the 2020 election, conducted by several prominent Democratic advocacy groups, has concluded that the party is at risk of losing ground with Black, Hispanic and Asian American voters unless it does a better job presenting an economic agenda and countering Republican efforts to spread misinformation and tie all Democratic candidates to the far left. … It appears to be the most thorough act of self-criticism carried out by Democrats or Republicans after the last campaign. … "Overall, the report warns, Democrats in 2020 lacked a core argument about the economy and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic — one that might have helped candidates repel Republican claims that they wanted to 'keep the economy shut down,' or worse. The party 'leaned too heavily on "anti-Trump" rhetoric,' the report concludes." Read the 70-page memo, which has six key findings — Biden is out with a WaPo op-ed ahead of his first foreign trip, on resetting the U.S. relationship with Europe: "[T]his trip is about realizing America's renewed commitment to our allies and partners, and demonstrating the capacity of democracies to both meet the challenges and deter the threats of this new age. … Will the democratic alliances and institutions that shaped so much of the last century prove their capacity against modern-day threats and adversaries? I believe the answer is yes. And this week in Europe, we have the chance to prove it." — NYT's Ross Douthat on the "three paths to containing Trump": "[Trump] reportedly believes that swing-state 'audits' will somehow reinstall him in the White House by the end of summer," writes Douthat. "Many of the courtiers who encouraged his earlier delusions are still busily at work; one of them, Michael Flynn, recently suggested (before backpedaling) that the United States needed a Myanmar-style military coup. … What needs to happen to keep Trump's dreampolitik from spilling over into reality again, in the way of Jan. 6 or in some more destabilizing form?" SUNDAY BEST … — Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-S.C.) on the recent spate of cyberattacks on Gray TV's "Full Court Press": "We need to go on offense. You can only play defense so long. It's time for the Russians to pay a price. … Cyberterrorism is emanating from Russia and we're not doing a damn thing about it, and that needs to change." — Commerce Secretary GINA RAIMONDO on ABC's "This Week": "We should assume — and businesses should assume — that these attacks are here to stay and, if anything, will intensify." — Energy Secretary JENNIFER GRANHOLM on CNN's "State of the Union," asked whether foreign cyberattackers have the ability to take down the U.S. power grid: "Yeah. They do." — Graham on an infrastructure deal: "If Biden can't pull this off, he's not trying, because there's a bunch of Republicans like me that would do an infrastructure bill around a trillion dollars. This is a layup if he wants it. So if we don't have one by the end of the summer, it's because President Biden gave in to the left." — Raimondo, asked if this week is a 'do or die' moment for a deal: "No, it's not 'do or die.' There's no hard-wired deadline. We are doing the work of legislating." — Granholm, sounding less patient: "This has got to be done soon. And without putting a specific date on it, you noted they talked on Friday. They're going to talk on Monday. The thing is, it's just a bit perplexing why the Republicans haven't moved further on critical pieces. … The clock is ticking. There is an endpoint to this discussion." — But the man who matters most still has faith: "Manchin: 'All the confidence in the world' for bipartisan infrastructure deal," by Quint Forgey — Sen. ANGUS KING (I-Maine) on "State of the Union" on whether he's ready to kill the filibuster: "I'm very reluctant about it. But if it comes down to voting rights and the rights of Americans to go to the polls and select their leaders vs. the filibuster, I will choose democracy." | | | | A message from the American Beverage Association:   Every Bottle Back is one way we're driving solutions together. 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PHOTO OF THE DAY: World War II reenactors mark the 77th anniversary of the Normandy landing on Omaha Beach on Sunday, despite most public commemoration events being canceled in France due to the pandemic. | David Vincent/AP Photo | TRUMP CARDS BOMBSHELL — "Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims," by NYT's Katie Benner: "In Donald J. Trump's final weeks in office, Mark Meadows, his chief of staff, repeatedly pushed the Justice Department to investigate unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, according to newly uncovered emails provided to Congress, portions of which were reviewed by The New York Times. "In five emails sent during the last week of December and early January, Mr. Meadows asked JEFFREY A. ROSEN, then the acting attorney general, to examine debunked claims of election fraud in New Mexico and an array of baseless conspiracies that held that Mr. Trump had been the actual victor. That included a fantastical theory that people in Italy had used military technology and satellites to remotely tamper with voting machines in the United States and switch votes for Mr. Trump to votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr. None of the emails show Mr. Rosen agreeing to open the investigations suggested by Mr. Meadows, and former officials and people close to him said that he did not do so." THE WHITE HOUSE FROM THE LEFT — "The health insurance public option might be fizzling. The left is OK with that," by NBC's Benjy Sarlin and Sahil Kapur: "Joe Biden campaigned on making the public option a reality, but so far, he's done little to get Congress to enact one. Instead of outrage, influential progressives seem to be OK watching the promise go unfilled, preferring to pursue universal health care through other means, like expanding Medicare eligibility." VP ON THE ROAD IN GUATEMALA — "Harris keeps goals modest for first foreign trip," by Eugene and Sabrina Rodríguez HEADS UP — "U.S. is on track to fall short of Biden's July 4 vaccine goal," CNN THE DOJ SEIZURES WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT — "White House Disavows Knowledge of Gag Order on Times Leaders in Leak Inquiry," by NYT's Charlie Savage and Katie Benner: "The Biden administration said on Saturday that no one at the White House had been aware that the Justice Department was seeking to seize the email data of four New York Times reporters and had obtained a gag order in March barring a handful of newspaper executives who knew about the fight from discussing it. "The disavowal came one day after a court lifted the gag order, which permitted a Times lawyer to disclose the department's effort to obtain email logs from Google, which operates the Times's email system. It had begun in the last days of the Trump administration and continued until Wednesday, when the Biden Justice Department asked a judge to quash the matter without having obtained the data about who had been in contact with the reporters." — Related: "Justice Department to End Pursuit of Reporters' Contact Records Over Leaks," WSJ POLITICS ROUNDUP THE NEW GOP — "In Trump's shadow, Ga's. Kemp draws boos from GOP faithful," AP: "Georgia Gov. BRIAN KEMP drew jeers and boos at his state party's annual convention Saturday, laying bare the bitterness that remains among Republicans over his role in certifying Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the presidential race. "Kemp's supporters tried to drown out the taunts and he pleaded for party harmony. … Kemp never mentioned the former president who has bashed him for months … Nor did Kemp ever explicitly state that the 2020 election was fraudulent or inaccurately tallied, setting him apart from a parade of other speakers who took the stage, including one of his underdog primary rivals who received a rousing response." | | | | A message from the American Beverage Association:   Our plastic bottles are made to be remade. Help us get Every Bottle Back. EveryBottleBack.org | | | BEYOND THE BELTWAY RIPPLE EFFECT — "Ransomware attacks are closing schools, delaying chemotherapy and derailing everyday life," WaPo: "It can feel abstract: A group of organized but faceless criminals hijacking corporate computer systems and demanding millions of dollars in exchange for their safe return. But the impact of these ransomware attacks is increasingly, unavoidably, real for everyday people." THE NEW WORKFORCE — "Workers Are Gaining Leverage Over Employers Right Before Our Eyes," NYT's Upshot: "The relationship between American businesses and their employees is undergoing a profound shift: For the first time in a generation, workers are gaining the upper hand. … Up and down the wage scale, companies are becoming more willing to pay a little more, to train workers, to take chances on people without traditional qualifications, and to show greater flexibility in where and how people work. The erosion of employer power … could persist for years." MEANWHILE — "QAnon? The 'big lie'? What might it take to get Latter-day Saints to stop believing in them?" Salt Lake Tribune: "If almost half of U.S. members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe the 'big lie' about the 2020 presidential election and almost a quarter of them subscribe to the QAnon conspiracy theory, what does that say about their ability to discern truth? In these cases, it may be about nothing more than allegiance to partisan politics or agenda-driven sources. … [T]he findings of PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) … showed that 46% of Latter-day Saints believe the 'big lie' — that the presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump — ranking behind only white evangelical Protestants (61%) and ahead of white mainline Protestants (37%) and white Catholics (35%)." AMERICA AND THE WORLD FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE — "Putin's daughter steps into the spotlight. But no one will acknowledge she's Putin's daughter," by WaPo's Isabelle Khurshudyan and Mary Ilyushina: "Russia's premier business conference featured a panelist, KATERINA TIKHONOVA, who was identified as the deputy director for the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems at Moscow State University. One significant detail was left out: She's widely acknowledged outside official circles as President VLADIMIR PUTIN'S daughter. "The Russian leader has never publicly identified his children other than to say he has two daughters. That makes for an odd wink-and-nod scenario every time they appear. Everyone knows they are Putin's children, but few dare say so and go against Kremlin policy. This dance could become increasingly tricky, however. Tikhonova and Putin's other media-cited daughter, genetics researcher MARIA VORONTSOVA, have gradually boosted their public profiles." | | | | JOIN TUESDAY FOR A CONVERSATION ON THE PATH TO A LOW-CARBON FUTURE: Reducing waste and conserving scarce natural resources are key goals of the movement to a circular economy. As the nation considers opportunities to reduce waste and improve recyclability, how can these efforts align with other measures to combat climate change? Join POLITICO for a high-level conversation on what it will take to build both a circular economy and a low-carbon future. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | PLAYBOOKERS | | GOWDY GETS NEW FOX NEWS SHOW, SEEKS DEMS AS GUESTS — We remember when then-Rep. TREY GOWDY (R-S.C.) quit Congress because he wanted to fade into the background, play more golf and spend more time with his wife — even if it meant suffering through the cheesy Hallmark movies she likes. Now, after a few months filling in as an occasional guest host during Fox News' vacant 7 p.m. weekday slot, he's reemerging in a big, splashy way. Tonight at 7 p.m., Gowdy will debut his own weekly show on Fox News: "Sunday Nights in America with Trey Gowdy." We caught up with the former congressman Friday afternoon. Here's what he has in mind for his new show: — More Democrats as guests. There aren't a ton of them on Fox News these days. But Gowdy says he wants to have guests of multiple political persuasions, even possibly exploring areas of "bipartisanship" — no easy feat in today's Washington (and perhaps not the easiest sell to Fox News' audience). And he already has a few potential Democratic guests he hopes will join him in the coming weeks, including: Sen. KYRSTEN SINEMA (Ariz.), Reps. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (N.Y.), PETER WELCH (Vt.) and JIM HIMES (Conn.), and congressman-turned-Biden adviser CEDRIC RICHMOND. We know what you're thinking: Wasn't this guy the bane of HILLARY CLINTON'S existence for, like, two years as the GOP head of the House Benghazi panel? Umm, yes — and, tbh, "bane" might be an understatement. But Gowdy boasts that he still has strong relationships with many Democrats on the Hill. "It's my job to prove to them it's worth [it to come on the show] … to convince them that [they] will be treated … fair, and the audience would like to hear [their] viewpoint," Gowdy said. — Fewer guests, but longer discussions. Gowdy says the approach will allow him to explore a range of topics with his guests, rather than just hosting them for "one and done" hits. — Live from Spartanburg, it's Sunday night! The show will be broadcast from Gowdy's hometown of Spartanburg, S.C., where he's lived since he was five. — His first guest tonight will surprise no one: Sen. TIM SCOTT (R-S.C.), the bestie he used to dine with every night while in Washington. The pair were together this weekend in Colorado, and will likely talk policing reform, which Gowdy called "an American issue" that needs to be resolved. — Does he have any Dems lined up for tonight's debut? "I tried," he said. No dice. IN MEMORIAM — "Raymond Donovan, embattled labor secretary under Ronald Reagan, dies at 90," WaPo — "Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at age 99," AL.com — "Sonia Adler, founding editor of Washington Dossier, dies at 90," WaPo SPOTTED at a dinner party Saturday night at Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith's home in Kalorama, with food catered by Reverie's Johnny Spero: Uma Thurman, David Rubenstein, Matt Kaminski, Jeff Goldberg and Pamela Reeves, Betsy Woodruff Swan and Jonathan Swan, Juleanna Glover, Jonathan Capehart and Nick Schmit, Abby Phillip, Steve Clemons, Wesley Lowery and Hannah Giorgis, Olivia Nuzzi, Daniel Lippman, Brian Strong, Craig Gordon, Josh Volz, Maureen Dowd and Shawn McCreesh. WHITE HOUSE ARRIVAL LOUNGE — Ezinne Uzo-Okoro is now assistant director for space policy in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. She most recently was a program executive at NASA. TRANSITIONS — Kathleen Robertson will be director of policy, government affairs and markets at Sol Systems. She previously was director of climate and environmental policy at Exelon. … Leilani Gonzalez is now a policy associate at the Zero Emission Transportation Association. She previously was a legislative correspondent for Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). WEDDINGS — Ashley Pratte, VP at the Herald Group, and Jonathan Oates, partner at Krum, Gergely & Oates LLC, got married Saturday at St. Francis Hall in Washington. The couple met in 2017 and had their first date at Shaw's Tavern. Pic, via Cecilie Olaussen Photography — Jon Ralston, editor of The Nevada Independent and the dean of Nevada's political reporters, and Sara Cholhagian, executive director of Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak's Patient Protection Commission, got married Saturday. RJC executive director Matt Brooks officiated the wedding in Red Rock. The couple met during the legislative session in Carson City in 2017, when he was reporting on it and she was a lobbyist. Pic — Cate Sadler, director of government relations at Airbus, and Tad Anderson, who works in the assets department of Petroleum Marketing Group, got married Saturday in Queenstown, Md. They're both Duke grads from the same year, and they met in D.C. at Barcelona on 14th Street through a mutual college friend. — Rachel Schallom and Brent Lobdell, via NYT: "Mr. Lobdell, now 34, [is] a sales manager in New York for Yelp. … Ms. Schallom, now 32, [is] the digital editor in Manhattan for Fortune magazine … On May 15, the couple were wed in the backyard of friends in Brooklyn." WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Marissa Morabito, chief government affairs and policy officer at Prevent Child Abuse America, and Dan Reilly, a senior campaigns and elections specialist at the National Education Association, welcomed Mianni Barbara Reilly on Friday. She came in at 7 lbs, 6 oz and 19.5 inches, and joins big siblings Caden and Holden. Pic HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) ... Rep. 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