| | | | | |  | | By Tara Palmeri | | | | | | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | TODAY'S MUST-READ — "The toughest trial KEVIN MCCARTHY faces on his way to becoming House speaker isn't reclaiming the majority. It's what comes afterward." That's the blunt takeaway from Olivia Beavers' big piece this morning drawing on interviews with more than 40 Republicans, which "point to two worrisome factions for McCarthy in a future vote for speaker: conservatives and wild cards." HERE'S THE THING … | • | DONALD TRUMP has been complaining to members and guests at Mar-a-Lago that Florida Gov. RON DESANTIS still hasn't joined the other 2024 hopefuls in pronouncing that he won't run for president if Trump runs. One guest suspects that Trump's gripes are so frequent because he is planting them in hopes that they'll get back to DeSantis. Trump has told his advisers that DeSantis privately assured him that he won't run if Trump does, but that's not enough for the former president — he wants DeSantis to say it in public. Trump has even suggested that DeSantis shouldn't underestimate his Democratic challenger CHARLIE CRIST, calling him a "killer." Now, as DeSantis crisscrosses the country to raise money for his 2022 reelection, Trump aides are starting to feel pressure to pick sides. Trump has made it known that he didn't appreciate that former White House chief of staff MARK MEADOWS traveled to Beverly Hills for a DeSantis fundraiser in June (also in attendance: Trump pal and casino magnate STEVE WYNN and former Treasury Secretary STEVE MNUCHIN) and then went on to Orange County, where he introduced DeSantis to other deep-pocketed donors. In a statement to Playbook, a spokesperson for Trump called this reporting "fake news." | • | At the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Georgetown, the students don't want DAVE CHAPPELLE's money. The high school planned a fundraiser with its famed alum for Nov. 23 to raise money for a new theater named after the comedian, but quietly canceled the event due to an uproar over remarks he made about transgender people in his recent Netflix special, "The Closer." Now here's the backstory: Two students tell Playbook that their peers got into a heated debate with faculty after being told that they were expected to help assemble an exhibition to honor Chappelle on the same day as the fundraiser. With many of their classmates identifying as LGBTQ+, the students were uncomfortable supporting the comic, and some even talked about staging a walkout if the tribute went forward. Ellington ended up canceling the fundraiser, even though an invite had already been sent to multiple patrons. Chappelle, a graduate of Ellington, has credited the school with saving his life, donated $100,000 to his alma mater, gave it one of his Emmy awards in 2017, delivered a commencement address for the school, held a master class for students and regularly visited its campus with fellow celebs, like BRADLEY COOPER and CHRIS TUCKER. | • | Now here's an event everyone is angling to attend: the White House Christmas parties. Though the pandemic has sidelined most social events at 1600 Penn for nearly a year, "we are going to celebrate the holidays," a White House spokesperson told Daniel Lippman. "It will look a bit differently than it has in the past. We are working through final details." But just how different will it look? Two other White House officials told Daniel that the parties likely won't be indoors, since the administration has to lead by example and follow the city's guidelines on large gatherings. At the same time, an outdoor party in December sounds cold. Quite the conundrum. A final decision still hasn't been made, but regardless it'll likely be a skinnier guest list. Bonne chance! | • | Rep. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS (R-N.Y.) scored some enviable treatment from the N.Y. Post editorial board Thursday for voting in favor of President JOE BIDEN's BIF: an adoring headline praising the Republican for "vot[ing] for her constituents on infrastructure bill." But at the Metropolitan Republican Club in New York on Tuesday, Malliotakis was booed by the crowd when former Trump staffer BORIS EPSHTEYN singled her out among the 13 Republican "traitors" who voted for the bill. "It may be time for primaries on Staten Island," he said, drawing applause and leading someone in the audience to shout out the name of her primary challenger in 2020, JOE CALDARERA. Rough. | • | Ask Sen. JON TESTER (D-Mont.) if he's running for reelection in 2024, and you'll hear one of two answers. The one you'll get most often is what he told Playbook (and other outlets): maybe — he's still "feeling positively" about running for reelection, but won't commit until 2023. But in late October, at a breakfast in Bozeman, Mont., he reassured about 30 donors and Democratic activists that he would run again. So … Tester is making sure the donor cash continues to flow while keeping the Democratic establishment on its toes over whether he'll defend a red-state seat in a presidential year — which only gives him more leverage. Want the real answer? Tester's office says to ask his wife. | | | | A message from Altria: Moving beyond smoking. Altria's companies are leading the way in moving adult smokers away from cigarettes – by taking action to transition millions toward less harmful choices. We are investing in a diverse mix of businesses to broaden options beyond traditional, combustible cigarettes. See how we're moving. | | | Happy Friday. Thanks for reading Playbook. 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PHOTO OF THE DAY: A man puts the World War II Congressional Gold Medal for World War II veteran Remigio "Rey" Cabacar as he arrives at a Veterans Day ceremony at the World War II Memorial on Thursday, Nov. 11. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo | CONGRESS FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Senate Minority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL is declaring that the fate of Democrats' reconciliation bill is far from assured. In a new interview on the "Flyover Country with Scott Jennings" podcast out this morning, McConnell says, "Whatever the House does is irrelevant. The final bill is gonna be written in the Senate, and it'll be written by two people." He also says he believes America's democracy remains healthy. — BUT, BUT, BUT: In a WaPo op-ed Thursday, McConnell warned in stark terms that Democratic ideas to reform the Supreme Court would undermine judicial independence and weaken American democracy. "As this month's elections confirmed, Americans did not hand Democrats any mandate to let radicals transform the country," he concludes. "And they certainly have no mandate to permanently damage the rule of law." — SPEAKING OF: McConnell announced that he will not attend Monday's signing ceremony for the BIF, which the Republican leader voted for. PAGING BERNIE SANDERS — About two-thirds of America's millionaires would get a tax cut under Democrats' current reconciliation bill plan, reports Brian Faler , a far cry from the party's initial dreams of socking it to the wealthy. That's according to a new Tax Policy Center analysis that attributes the shift largely to repealing the state and local tax deduction cap. THE WHITE HOUSE BUILDING BACK BIDEN — As Democrats fear that unforeseen obstacles could yet torpedo the reconciliation bill, the party is clamoring for Biden to take a bolder leadership role in shepherding the package through Congress, Laura Barrón-López reports. Liberal outside groups want the president to make sure the House actually votes on the BBB bill next week as promised, and to manage the Senate centrists who could throw a wrench in the works. MARK YOUR CALENDARS — The BIF sales pitch tour continues next week. Biden will head to Woodstock, N.H., for an event at an 82-year-old, red-listed bridge Tuesday, the day after he signs the bill into law. Then it's on to Detroit on Wednesday to visit a GM electric vehicle plant. ALL POLITICS 2022 WATCH — Sen. LISA MURKOWSKI (R-Alaska) announced this morning that she'll run for reelection next year. Some Republicans had worried that Democrats might stand more of a chance if she bowed out, Burgess Everett reported in August, though the state's new ranked-choice system offers room for plenty of surprises. Her launch video largely emphasizes her independent streak, noting the respect she gets from members of both parties and her support for infrastructure funding. — Rep. MO BROOKS (R-Ala.) may have gotten the Trump endorsement to replace retiring GOP Sen. RICHARD SHELBY, but the 87-year-old isn't leaving Congress without having his say. Shelby will spend $5 million of his own campaign money to boost KATIE BRITT, his former chief of staff, per WaPo's Michael Scherer. GETTING UGLY IN OHIO — The latest controversy in the crowded GOP Senate primary in Ohio is an ad from MARK PUKITA that negatively highlights JOSH MANDEL's Judaism, reports Natalie Allison. The radio ad features an actor saying, "Are we seriously supposed to believe the most Christian-values Senate candidate is Jewish?" Pukita tried to defend himself Thursday, saying, "In terms of antisemitism, all I did in an ad was pointed out that Josh is going around saying he's got the Bible in one hand and the Constitution in the other. But he's Jewish." (Reminder: Jews use the Bible, too.) REDISTRICTING RAMIFICATIONS — After Rep. MADISON CAWTHORN (R-N.C.) decided to switch districts following the debut of new congressional lines in North Carolina, GOP state House Speaker TIM MOORE bucked expectations by announcing that he will not seek election to Congress, reports the News & Observer . Moore "was widely expected to run for the U.S. House in the newly created 13th Congressional District, which includes his home county of Cleveland," but Cawthorn decided to jump from the 14th district to the 13th, citing his fear "that another establishment, go-along to get-along Republican would prevail there" unless he ran. | | | | A message from Altria:   Altria's companies are leading the way in moving adult smokers away from cigarettes. See how we're moving. | | | POLICY CORNER INFLATION WATCH — Though a wide range of economists believe that in the long term, Biden's BIF and Build Back Better packages "could make businesses and their workers more productive, which would help to ease inflation," NYT's Jeanna Smialek and Jim Tankersley report that "many researchers say the bill is structured in a way that could add to inflation next year." And further, "some economists and lawmakers worry about the timing, arguing that the risk of fueling more inflation when it has reached record highs outweighs the potential benefits of passing a big spending bill." — Coming soon: an infrastructure czar. Sources tell Axios' Hans Nichols and Jonathan Swan that Bident is planning to appoint a new role "in charge of infrastructure to ensure his administration properly implements its trillion-dollar legislation." AMERICA AND THE WORLD WHEN I CALLED YOU LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW — Zack Colman reports that a "group of developing countries, which includes China and India, slammed the effort by U.S. climate envoy JOHN KERRY and European negotiators for countries to conduct the reviews of their climate initiatives more often, saying that the rich world had pumped most of the carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that was causing the changes in the climate." TOP-ED — The U.N.'s Amina Mohammed and the UAE's Lana Zaki Nusseibeh write in the WSJ that denying girls an education is inconsistent with the religious teachings of the Quran, whose first command centers on reading and knowledge. "The world cannot stand by in the face of the Taliban's escalating attacks on girls' education, especially restrictions clothed in the false garb of religious compliance." JAN. 6 AND ITS AFTERMATH OR ELSE — Leaders of the House select committee investigation Jan. 6 told Meadows that "they're prepared to seek criminal contempt charges if he refuses to appear for a deposition on Friday," Kyle Cheney reports. "Rep. BENNIE THOMPSON (D-Miss.), chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, said in a letter to Meadows' lawyer, GEORGE TERWILLIGER III, that Meadows' continued resistance to cooperating with the panel lacked any plausible defense." — Earlier Thursday, a federal appeals court "granted a short-term delay in the Jan. 6 select committee's access to Trump's White House records," write Kyle and Josh Gerstein . "A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit … will instead hear arguments in the matter on Nov. 30." — Also, CNN's Dan Berman breaks down what Trump's next attempt to block documents could look like. TRUMP CARDS SKIN DEEP — As CHRIS CHRISTIE mounts an early bid in the 2024 GOP presidential race, he's carving out his lane and getting under Trump's skin with subtle digs at the 2020 election and Trump's presidency, Meridith McGraw and Marc Caputo report. — The Daily Beast obtained a copy of Christie's new book, "Republican Rescue," in which he writes that he turned down Trump's offer of chief of staff, because news of the offer leaked. TV TONIGHT — PBS' "Washington Week": Rachel Scott, Kayla Tausche, Brian Bennett and Paula Reid. SUNDAY SO FAR … | MSNBC | "The Sunday Show": Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) … Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) … Maya MacGuineas … Matthew Dowd … Dionne Warwick … Maya Wiley. | CBS | "Face the Nation": Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen … World Bank Group President David Malpass … Scott Gottlieb. | FOX | "Fox News Sunday": Surgeon General Vivek Murthy … Texas A.G. Ken Paxton. Panel: Doug Heye, Julie Pace and Mo Elleithee. Power Player: Virginia Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears. | ABC | "This Week": Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Panel: Chris Christie, Donna Brazile, Jane Coaston and Heidi Heitkamp. | Gray TV | "Full Court Press": Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal. | CNN | "Inside Politics": Panel: Astead Herndon, Tarini Parti, Paul Kane, Gabby Orr and Austan Goolsbee. | NBC | "Meet the Press": Panel: Leigh Ann Caldwell, Matthew Continetti, Claire McCaskill and Eugene Scott. | | | | | | BECOME A GLOBAL INSIDER: The world is more connected than ever. It has never been more essential to identify, unpack and analyze important news, trends and decisions shaping our future — and we've got you covered! Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Global Insider author Ryan Heath navigates the global news maze and connects you to power players and events changing our world. Don't miss out on this influential global community. Subscribe now. | | | | | | | PLAYBOOKERS | | Doug Emhoff swung by a bakery in Paris' Jewish Quarter. Tish James is heading to California this weekend with hopes of building out a deep-pocketed national donor base as she mounts a campaign for governor of New York. Joaquin Castro and his wife Anna are expecting a new baby next spring. Washingtonian dug into the Josh Dawsey-going-to-space story — and David Fahrenthold's history of pranking him. SPOTTED: Neera Tanden and John Harwood at a two-top at Bindaas in Cleveland Park OUT AND ABOUT — The Federalist Society's Antonin Scalia memorial dinner at Union Station on Thursday night featured a speech by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and a toast from Leonard Leo to Justice Clarence Thomas' 30 years of service. A protest truck was also seen outside saying that FedSoc leaders had supported the insurrection (pic). SPOTTED at the dinner: Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, David McIntosh, Gene Meyer, Jeff Sessions, Anna Cotton, Ted Olson, Judge Laurence Silberman, Greg Mueller, Mike Martin, Matt Whitlock, Maureen Scalia, Gene Scalia, Samantha Dravis, May Davis, Marc Short, Pat Cipollone, Pat Philbin, Don McGahn, Annie Donaldson, Joel Kaplan, Georgia A.G. Chris Carr, Will Levi, Michael Mukasey and Brent McIntosh. MEDIA MOVES — Vox is adding Marin Cogan as senior correspondent and Rachel Wilkerson Miller as editor of a new section about helping people live better lives. Announcement TRANSITIONS — John Pomeranz is joining Community Change as general counsel. He previously was partner at Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg. … Art Hackney has moved back to D.C. as VP of Axiom Strategies. He's a longtime Alaska GOP consultant and chair emeritus of the American Association of Political Consultants. … … Elise Argall will be senior associate director of public policy comms at the Alzheimer's Association. She previously was comms director for Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.). … Priya Bery will be SVP for partnerships at the Pew Charitable Trusts. She most recently has been CEO of the Tarsadia Foundation. … Dan Green is now digital director for the American Values Coalition. He most recently was national comms director for Democrats for Life of America. WELCOME TO THE WORLD — CNN's Kristen Holmes and Noah Gray welcomed their first child, Eliot Bradley Gray, on Thursday morning. He's named after both of Kristen's grandmothers, Elenor Romano and Ruth Bradley Holmes, and he joins family dog Col. Peanut. Pic … Another pic HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) … Jeff Zients … Dr. Elena Allbritton … PBS NewsHour's Stephanie Kotuby … Protocol's Bennett Richardson … Rhana Natour … Harlan Hill … Steve Guest of Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) office … Brittany Packnett Cunningham … Anchor Change's Katie Harbath … Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group … Katie Stuntz … Ryan Coyne of Olympic Media … Jenn Ridder … Kevin Gundersen (4-0) … Michelle Perry … Lauren Peikoff of MSNBC … British Robinson of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy … Crozer Connor … Maria Cardona of the Dewey Square Group … Roger Ream of The Fund for American Studies … Erica Sackin of Planned Parenthood … Nasdaq's Jeremy Skule … Dave Weinberg … former Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta (9-0) … Ross Baird … former Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) ... Alex Brown … Jessica Kahanek ... Scott Beauchamp ... Pete DeAnna ... 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