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ZELENSKYY'S APPEAL FALLS SHORT (FOR NOW) — No one was surprised by the request: a no-fly zone — and if not that, then access to those Soviet-style fighter jets in Poland that could help them "close the sky."

But if Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY — who has risen to almost folk-hero status in the eyes of Congress, and who clearly did his homework, invoking 9/11, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. and Pearl Harbor in one 16-minute address — thought his message would immediately elicit the changes he wanted, he was wrong.

At least so far.

Yes, lawmakers commended his bravery and his words — some even wiped away tears in reaction to the video he showed of dead Ukrainians being pulled from the rubble. But less than 24 hours after his video address to members in the basement of the Capitol, most lawmakers remain firmly opposed to a no-fly zone, fearing escalation with Russia. And Democratic allies of the Biden administration — from Senate Majority Whip DICK DURBIN (Ill.) to swing-state freshman Sen. MARK KELLY (Ariz.) — continue to push back against Zelenskyy's desired fighter jet transfer.

Democratic lawmakers aren't united on the latter by any means. (Sen. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-Conn.), who visited the Poland-Ukraine border in recent days, is one of the latest to declare his support for the transfer.) But as we wrote Monday, in the past couple of weeks, Congress has seen success in forcing President JOE BIDEN's hand on Ukraine because it's been largely united — clear up to top levels of leadership. Right now, lawmakers are still fractured on this issue.

Will that pushback hold? It's hard to say — especially amid headlines about Russian forces shooting Ukrainian civiliansstanding in a bread line, or bombing a theater where hundreds were sheltering and where Ukrainians hadspecifically denoted the word "children" in large letters to signal to bombers to stay away. What's more, at least one Democratic leader — Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER himself — has supported the transfer of these planes before: In a March 5 statement after his Zoom with Zelenskyy, he said "these planes are very much needed. And I will do all I can to help the administration to facilitate their transfer."

The pressure from the right is also reaching a crescendo. Senate Minority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL didn't mince words when he exited Zelenskyy's video conference and told reporters that "Biden needs to step up his game right now, before it's too late." And as our colleagues wrote Wednesday, Republicans areout-hawking Biden and the Democratic Party on this issue — big time.

At the White House in the hours after Zelenskyy's speech, the Biden administration touted its latest bid to help: an $800 million Ukraine assistance package that includes 800 anti-aircraft missiles, 9,000 anti-armor systems, 7,000 small arms and 20 million rounds of ammo. Biden also called Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN a "war criminal" Wednesday, an intentional rhetorical escalation.

But the reality is these were not the big concessions Zelenskyy — who also proposed sanctions on all Russian politicians and on non-Russian companies that do business with Russian entities — was looking for.

 

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SCOOP: IT'S NASHVILLE VS. MILWAUKEE FOR 2024 GOP CONVENTION — And then there were two. Last week, the RNC's site selection committee voted to eliminate Salt Lake City from contention as host city of the 2024 Republican National Convention. (Sources tell Playbook that SLC will, however, be considered for 2028.)

That leaves two cities left for 2024: Milwaukee and Nashville. We're told that RNC Chair RONNA MCDANIEL was in Milwaukee on Wednesday to meet with the mayor and members of the host committee. (The city emerged as the favoritea few weeks ago, we reported in mid-February.) Representatives of both cities will be in Washington next week to make their final pitches to the RNC's site selection committee.

 

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BIDEN'S THURSDAY:

— 9:30 a.m.: The president will receive the President's Daily Brief.

— 10:30 a.m.: Biden was supposed to have a bilateral meeting with Irish Taoiseach MICHEƁL MARTIN in the Oval Office. (FWIW: The schedule was sent before Martin tested positive for the coronavirus and the White House had not sent an update as of publishing time, so it is subject to change.)

— Noon: Biden and Martin was set speak at the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon, hosted by Speaker NANCY PELOSI at the Capitol.

— 5 p.m.: The Bidens were planning to host the Martins for a Shamrock presentation in the East Room.

VP KAMALA HARRIS' THURSDAY — The VP will swear in SHALANDA YOUNG as OMB director at 11:35 a.m.

Press secretary JEN PSAKI will brief at 2 p.m.

THE HOUSE will meet at 10 a.m. The Financial Services Committee will mark up sanctions and other bills aimed at hitting Russia and Belarus and supporting Ukraine at 10 a.m. Pelosi will hold her weekly press conference at 10:45 a.m.

THE SENATE is in.

 

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi hugs Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addresses Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 16. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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WALKER'S PRIMARY OPPONENT OUT FOR BLOOD — Privately, GOP political operatives call them "heel-nippers" : candidates running in races where they have little to no shot at winning, but who manage to take aim at the frontrunner and damage him or her in a primary before the general election. Republicans are particularly worried about these types in 2022.

We've recently heard the term used to describe GARY BLACK, a Republican running against football legend HERSCHEL WALKER in Georgia. Black, a cattle farmer and state agriculture commissioner, is out with a new ad this week highlighting allegations of violence in Walker's past, including incidents when he allegedly put a razor to his ex-wife's throat, choked her and held a gun to her head.

"We have to wonder: how many more women are out there, and what stories might they tell?" the female narrator voice asks after listing other incidents in which women have gone to law enforcement to report threatening behavior by Walker.

Asked for its response to the ad, Walker campaign comms director MALLORY BLOUNT told Playbook that "the only thing more embarrassing than Gary Black's obsession with Herschel Walker is Gary's fundraising and poll numbers."

Black campaign spokesman DAN MCLAGAN told Playbook that no one in the Republican Party has asked them to take these ads down. But privately, we've heard Republicans from across the political spectrum grumbling about spots like this, which they worry will boost Democratic Sen. RAPHAEL WARNOCK in a state Republicans may need to flip in order to win back the Senate.

Still, it's likely just a taste of what's to come in the general election. And Black's campaign has no plans to step back, pointing to research suggesting the more voters learn about Walker's past, the more they turn on him. "[Walker is] going to lose — whether he loses in the primary or the general election," said McLagan. "We'd rather have people saying, 'Oh my!' when they learn something about him in the primary than [saying], 'Oh no!' when they learn about it and it's too late."

TRUMP READIES TO PLAY BIG IN SENATE GOP PRIMARIES — Former President DONALD TRUMP told the Washington Examiner's David Drucker that he might retract his endorsement of Rep. MO BROOKS (R-Ala.) for Senate and instead back KATIE BRITT or MIKE DURANT. "Mo Brooks is disappointing," Trump told Drucker. "I'm determining right now, has Mo Brooks — has he changed?"

We wrote about Trump souring on Brooks a few weeks ago, when Britt visited the former president at Mar-a-Lago. Back then, Trump was mad at Brooks for praising former A.G. JEFF SESSIONS.

But Trump also has a branding concern: Some of his endorsed candidates for Senate haven't been doing so well in their primaries. That's certainly the case in Alabama, as Drucker points out: "In a March 10–13 survey for the Alabama Forestry Association conducted by the Republican firm McLaughlin & Associates, Durant led the field with 33.8 percent, with Britt close behind at 32 percent. Brooks was in third and trailing badly, with 17.6 percent."

So will that keep Trump from endorsing again? Apparently not, per Drucker's head-snapping walkoff: "Trump said he is planning to endorse in Senate primaries in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Missouri, where he said scandal-plagued former Gov. ERIC GREITENS is still in the running for his seal of approval, something Republican insiders in Washington, D.C., and the Show-Me State will be disappointed to hear."

Another headline from the interview: "Trump says Pence partnership over as ex-president eyes 2024 comeback bid," by David Drucker

AND ON THE DEM SIDE … 

KHANNA 2024? — "Top figures from BERNIE SANDERS' presidential campaign are privately encouraging RO KHANNA to run for president in 2024 if Joe Biden doesn't seek a second term, giving the California congressman an important stamp of approval from progressives as the party looks to its post-Biden future," scoops Holly Otterbein in a new story that just posted this morning. "JEFF WEAVER, Sanders' former presidential campaign manager, and MARK LONGABAUGH, a senior adviser to Sanders during his 2016 bid, have both urged Khanna to consider a campaign in the event Biden declines to run again, according to a person familiar with their discussions."

WILD STORY OF THE DAY — The Justice Department said Wednesday that the Chinese government tried to concoct a fake political scandal about — and even considered physically attacking — a Democratic congressional candidate on Long Island, Reuters' Jan Wolfe reports. The target appears to have been XIONG YAN, who was born in China but became a dissident and has criticized the Chinese government.

WELL THAT WAS FAST — "Dr. Oz will renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected to Senate: 'I will only be a U.S. citizen,'" by Fox News' Brooke Singman

A BANNER DAY FOR THE CUOMO BROTHERS — Two stories on this front:

1. Former New York Gov. ANDREW CUOMO is considering running "against his replacement and fellow Democrat, Gov. KATHY HOCHUL, as part of an attempt at a comeback after resigning in disgrace amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment by former aides," sources tell CNBC's Brian Schwartz. "Cuomo, who reluctantly left office last year after denying the harassment allegations, has been fielding calls from supporters about a possible run against his former lieutenant governor. His aides have been conducting their own internal voter polling on a potential matchup."

2. Ousted CNN anchor CHRIS CUOMO is seeking $125 million from the network following his December 2021 firing by JEFF ZUCKER, Deadline's Dominic Patten scooped. The demand for $125 million in cash "includes not only the remaining salary owed under the Agreement, but future wages lost as a result of CNN's efforts to destroy his reputation in violation of the Agreement," per a filing by Cuomo's attorneys.

2024 WATCH — Sen. TOM COTTON (R-Ark.) is getting the early jump on the ground game in Iowa and New Hampshire, becoming a fixture with local GOP officials, BuzzFeed's Kadia Goba reports. He's particularly emphasizing crime and law-and-order issues, blasting the bipartisan First Step Act and invoking positive memories of ANDREW JACKSON. "The overall case Cotton made last week, though, largely embraces the themes Trump ran on in 2016 when he upended Republican politics."

 

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WAR IN UKRAINE

IF YOU READ ONE THING FROM UKRAINE … AP's Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka and Lori Hinnant have a vivid, horrifying first draft of history from Mariupol:

"The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling. There's 18-month-old KIRILL, whose shrapnel wound to the head proved too much for his little toddler's body. There's 16-year-old ILIYA, whose legs were blown up in an explosion during a soccer game at a school field. There's the girl no older than 6 who wore the pajamas with cartoon unicorns, among the first of Mariupol's children to die from a Russian shell.

"They are stacked together with dozens of others in this mass grave on the outskirts of the city. … Workers toss the bodies in as fast as they can, because the less time they spend in the open, the better their own chances of survival. 'The only thing (I want) is for this to be finished,' raged worker VOLODYMYR BYKOVSKYI, pulling crinkling black body bags from a truck. 'Damn them all, those people who started this!'"

MORE ON UKRAINE …

— Western investigators believe that Russia has used cluster munitions in its attack on Ukraine, Foreign Policy's Sara Hagos and Jack Detsch report. They've assessed that "Russia has used the weapons almost indiscriminately in Ukraine," spreading the lethal tools that are banned in most of the world across the country it's invaded. (Neither Russia nor the U.S. has signed the international treaty prohibiting their use.)

— The Ukraine war has reset the GOP's foreign policy alignment, pushing the party much more toward its traditional hawkishness than the "America First" isolationism that Trump advocated, Yahoo's Tom LoBianco writes. "Emboldened by Putin's invasion of Ukraine, [the hawks are] flexing their muscles in Washington and on the campaign trail after nearly six years of being sidelined by Trump and his circle."

THE WHITE HOUSE

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER — In the wake of a federal investigation into his taxes, HUNTER BIDEN paid off a major tax liability, which "could make it harder for prosecutors to win a conviction or a long sentence for tax-related offenses," NYT's Katie Benner, Ken Vogel and Michael Schmidt report . But the broader investigation into the president's son is continuing, with a federal grand jury hearing witness testimony as recently as February. Experts tell the Times that prosecutors would have to clear a pretty high bar to be able to bring charges against Hunter Biden related to his lobbying work.

ON THE UP AND UP — NYT's Jeanna Smialek : "The Federal Reserve lifted its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday as policymakers took their first decisive step toward trying to tame rapid inflation by raising borrowing costs. Fed officials have kept interest rates near zero since March 2020, when the pandemic began to shake the U.S. economy, and this week's decision was their first rate increase since 2018. Policymakers projected six more similarly sized moves over the course of 2022 … signaling that they are prepared to pull back support for the economy markedly."

Why it matters: NYT's Jeff Sommer has the step back on the Fed's "precarious balancing act, trying to rein in high inflation while simultaneously avoiding a severe economic slowdown, perhaps even a recession. … [W]hether the economy can withstand rising rates during a period of geopolitical turmoil and a lingering pandemic is a question without an immediate answer."

Related reads: "Fed kicks off fight against inflation. It could take years," POLITICO … "Democrats Are Wondering How to Run on Inflation. They Can't Run Away From It," The New Republic

CONGRESS

DEMS' NEW POLICY STRATEGY — "Nearly eight months out from the midterms, some House Democrats are acting like they've already lost their majority," write Sarah Ferris and Nicholas Wu . House liberals "are so frustrated by Senate standoffs that they're now imploring President Joe Biden to pursue as much of the party's agenda as he can without them."

MEDIAWATCH

TOP-ED — In his latest Altitude column, John Harris dives into Project Veritas' recent sting operation on NYT reporter MATTHEW ROSENBERG and what it reveals about "cancel culture," which he writes may be fading thanks to irreverence and incoherence. "Increasingly the best response is not to try to make sense of it all. Rosenberg, [DEAN] BAQUET, and Project Veritas have given us a reminder. People sometimes say stupid things. It doesn't have to be a big deal."

AMERICA AND THE WORLD

JUST POSTED — "'Finish Them Off': Aid Workers, Found on Battlefield, Executed by Soldiers," by NYT's Simon Marks and Declan Walsh, with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

 

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PLAYBOOKERS

Eric Adams is going Irish.

Netflix has made Volodymyr Zelenskyy's "Servant of the People" TV show available to American viewers again.

Local reporter Brian Holmes grilled Janice McGeachin on her speech at a conference organized by white nationalists.

A James Cox/Franklin Roosevelt campaign button has sold for $183,000 .

DONATING RED, BUYING BLUES? — A handful of huge donors to American political groups are locked in battle over … buying Chelsea FC, one of the biggest soccer teams in Europe (and the employer of U.S. men's national team star Christian Pulisic, who scored a nice goal Wednesday). The Blues are up for sale as the current owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, faces U.K. and EU sanctions.

Potential buyers from around the globe include the Chicago Cubs-owning Ricketts family and hedge-funder Ken Griffin the GOP's biggest political donor so far this election cycle — who are teaming up on a bid. Woody Johnson, New York Jets owner and Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom, is also lodging a bid for the London team ahead of a Friday deadline. One of the left's major megadonors is involved too: Hansjƶrg Wyss, whose nonprofits have given nine figures in recent years to Sixteen Thirty Fund, the liberal financial hub, is part of another group looking to buy the club. (h/t Scott Bland)

OUT AND ABOUT — The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation hosted a fundraiser Tuesday night called "Washington Stands with the People of Ukraine" at the American Legion Nash Post 8. They raised over $40,000 for Operation Ukraine AirLIFT, which provides medical supplies to the country. SPOTTED: guest of honor Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Reps. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and AndrĆ© Carson (D-Ind.), Polish Ambassador Marek Magierowski, Turkish Ambassador Hasan Murat Mercan, Albanian Ambassador Floreta Faber, Estonian Ambassador Kristjan Prikk, Slovenian Ambassador Tone Kajzer, Moldovan Ambassador Eugen Caras,Evan Rogister,Igor Leschishin and Margaret Brennan.

The Ireland Funds hosted their national gala at the National Building Museum on Wednesday night, including a reception and dinner. Irish Taoiseach MicheƔl Martin, the featured guest, had to leave early when a Covid-19 test came back positive. Norah O'Donnell emceed the black-tie event, which included politicians' remarks and an Irish dance troupe that's popular on TikTok performing traditional Irish dance to songs like "Another One Bites the Dust." President Joe Biden recited Irish poetry in his comments. SPOTTED: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Rep. Richie Neal (D-Mass.), Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall, British Ambassador Karen Pierce, Ian Hyland and Mike Walsh.

The Radio & Television Correspondents' Association held its annual dinner at the Anthem on Wednesday night, bringing the D.C. media social scene back and honoring awards recipients from the past two years after a pandemic hiatus. Comedian Rachel Feinstein hosted the ceremony, which followed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres and preceded an afterparty with DJ Kopec. Among the guests, NBC brought Capitol food service worker Dion Montague and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn.

Ripple threw a cryptocurrency happy hour Wednesday on the open terrace at La Vie on the Wharf. SPOTTED: Brad Garlinghouse, Stuart Alderoty, Sue Friedman, Susan Hendrick, Stacey Ngo, Reince Priebus, Mike Conaway, Scott Graves, Michael Steel, Malcom Glenn, Niki Christoff, Melissa Netram, Joel Oswald, Chris Wilcox and Mahlet Makonnen.

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Bishop Garrison is now chief of staff at the Selective Service System. He most recently was a senior adviser to the secretary of Defense on issues including human capital and diversity, equity and inclusion.

MEDIA MOVES — POLITICO is promoting Jenny Ament to executive producer of audio, a role she's been filling on an interim basis. She's been senior producer of the Playbook Deep Dive podcast. Staff announcement … NBC News digital video productions is adding Rachael Morehouse as executive producer of the features and specials team and Yara Bishara as senior producer. Morehouse previously was a producer for 60 Minutes+, and Bishara previously was supervising producer at The New Yorker.

TRANSITIONS — Jamie Smith is launching Smith and Partners, a strategic management and comms consulting firm named after her late father's small business. She will remain affiliated with West Exec Advisors. … Miguel RomĆ”n is now senior director and chief scientist for climate and environment at Leidos. He previously was a leading researcher in satellite remote sensing at NASA. … Denise Fleming is now senior director of legislative affairs at WorkMoney. She previously was legislative director for Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa). …

… Hailey Ray is now U.S. PAC and advocacy manager at GSK Consumer Healthcare. She previously was director of political affairs at the Auto Care Association. … Bill Dumais is now a legislative outreach manager at the American Legislative Exchange Council. He previously was senior manager of government relations at the Council for Responsible Nutrition. … Molly Meegan is now chief legal officer and general counsel at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She previously was deputy general counsel at Human Rights Campaign.

ENGAGED — Jeff Stephens, sustainability policy lead at HP Inc. and an Obama White House alum, recently proposed to Marcy Stech, director of portfolio comms and nonprofit media at Emerson Collective and an EMILY's List and Priorities USA alum, in their San Francisco apartment in the presence of their dog Gordon. The couple met eight years ago in D.C.Pic

WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Joe Kristol, a public affairs director at Elliott Investment Management and a Tom Cotton and McKinsey alum, and Delia Pais Kristol, an emergency medicine resident physician at Jacobi/Montefiore in the Bronx, on March 10 welcomed Adam Irving Kristol, who came in at 8 lbs, 13 oz and 19.5 inches and joins big sister Louisa.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) … Laurel Strategies' Alan FleischmannTim Burger … former CIA Director Michael HaydenEileen O'Connor of the Rockefeller Foundation … Hill+Knowlton's Judy Stecker … POLITICO's Sarah Owermohle and Connor FoxwellPatrick Murphy of 3 Click Solutions … Mark Paustenbach Joe Hines of Stand Up America … CNN's Kate SullivanStefano Dotti … former Reps. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) and Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) … NBC's Sally BronstonCarl LeubsdorfTrey Sherman of "The Problem with Jon Stewart" … NRDC's Mark DrajemHarrell KirsteinBen Miller of Convergence Media … MSNBC's Tiffany Mullon … Yahoo's Dylan StablefordLarry Farnsworth of Gavel Public Affairs … Mary Schaper … WSJ's Anna RafdalAndrew Kovalcin of Advanced Advocacy … Adeline DeYoung of Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez's (D-N.M.) office … Alex BallVeronica PollockMike GoscinskiAngie Goff … GW's Ethan PorterMyrlie Evers-Williams … 270toWin's Allan Keiter

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