WHCD weekend reaches fever pitch

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Apr 29, 2023 View in browser   By Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels and Ryan Lizza Presented by National Association of Realtors® With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross The White House Correspondents' Association dinner tonight will highlight the festivities of the weekend as official Washington mixes with celebrities to celebrate the First Amendment. | Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY TUNE IN — We are teaming up with our friends at CBS News tonight for a live show before the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Ryan, host and executive producer of Playbook Deep Dive, will be joining CBS’ Major Garrett, host of the The Takeout podcast, for an hour of special interviews from inside the Washington Hilton. You can listen live from 6 to 7 p.m. tonight on SiriusXM POTUS Channel 124. And if you happen to be joining us at the CBS-POLITICO pre-reception, please stop by Major and Ryan’s radio setup and say hello. We just might put you on air! BIDEN MEETS THE PRESS — Due to hangoveredness, we are going to keep things simple this morning. The president and the press wil take center stage tonight at the WHCA Dinner. JOE BIDEN and KAMALA HARRIS will both be in attendance. Comedian ROY WOOD JR. will provide entertainment. Live coverage of the event will begin on C-SPAN at 8 p.m., with several other outlets taking portions live on their streaming platforms. The main program starts at 9:30 p.m. Heads up: Climate activists who want Biden to end fossil fuel extraction on public lands are organizing a “blockade” of the Hilton to protest Biden. “We are aware of the planned protest. There are security precautions in place,” NPR’s Tamara Keith, this year’s president of the WHCA, told ABC News. Among the guests: BRITTNEY and CHERELLE GRINER will attend with CBS, along with ROSARIO DAWSON, BD WONG and JULIA FOX. … YULIA NAVALNAYA and DASHA NAVALNAYA, the wife and daughter of Russian dissident ALEXEY NAVALNY, will attend with CNN … Ukrainian Ambassador OKSANA MARKAROVA will attend with USA Today, along with Wizards forward KYLE KUZMA and Maryland Gov. WES MOORE … JOHN LEGEND and CHRISSY TEIGEN will attend with NBC. Here’s your pre-dinner reading list on all things Biden and the media: “How the Trump Years Weakened the Media,” by John Harris in his latest Altitude column: “The reality is that the defining ethos of contemporary journalism is not confidence but insecurity — a reality that is expressed in everything from the business models of news organizations to the public personas and career arcs of reporters and editors. This is an apt weekend to examine the question.” “Requiem for the Newsroom,” by NYT’s Maureen Dowd: “I don’t want this to be one of those pieces that bangs on about how things used to be better, and they’ll never be as good again. But, when it comes to newsrooms, it happens to be true.”  “Inside a sweaty D.C. media tradition: Getting the cool kids to sit with you at nerd prom,” by WaPo’s Ben Terris and Elahe Izadi: “Landing a Good Guest is a time-honored art form in Washington. A Good Guest can help validate the importance of a news organization, become a source for news, or — if their presence helps lure donors — a future source of revenue.” “Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon Are Out but Not Down,” by Brian Stelter for Vanity Fair: “They have been texting back and forth in the past few days, according to two sources with knowledge of the relationship. By ‘relationship,’ I do not mean friendship. Far from it. The two men have never met, and they likely didn’t have much to discuss until recently.” “Top Fox Hosts Are Telling Friends They Could Be the Next to Go,” by Rolling Stone’s Asawin Suebsaeng and Diana Falzone … “Biden huddles with top donors as 2024 effort kicks off,” by AP’s Zeke Miller and Chris Megerian … “Biden’s old guy advantage with older voters,” by Steven Shepard CLICKER — “The golden age of the White House correspondents’ dinner (yes, there was one),” by WaPo’s Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts Good Saturday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line and tell us what you’re seeing when you’re out and about this weekend: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza.   A message from National Association of Realtors®: The U.S. is at least 5.5 million housing units short. That equates to a $4 trillion underinvestment in housing. Even relatively modest steps taken now to reduce this gap will unleash tremendous economic activity and create millions of new jobs. We can improve access to homeownership, increase housing inventory, and streamline affordable housing programs in a bipartisan way. Find out how at FlyIn.Realtor   PARTY REVIEWS — An aspiring society reporter and good friend of Playbook sent us this (admittedly somewhat biased) recap of last night’s events: Semafor at Justin Smith’s home: “the only real ‘house party’ of the whole weekend. Intimacy a plus. Rain spoiled use of garden.” Washington Diplomat at the Italian Embassy: “‘bad prom,’ cavernous hall with bad music.” Axios/Live Nation at the National Building Museum: “I didn’t attend, but I heard Axios party was opposite of its ‘Smart Brevity’ brand — vast football field, went for quantity over quality of people.” Qatar/Washingtonian at the Four Seasons: “surprisingly the best wet bar in town. Iconic breakfast room turned into a gaudy Gulf salon. Good music, decent vibe.” UTA at Fiola Mare: “most elite Friday nightcap, but at some point they gave up on door checks and it was hot and crowded. Bar closed earlier than expected. Ended with a whimper. … Still … nothing even came close to Thursday’s Playbook U.K. party!” SPOTTED … — At the UTA party at Fiola Mare: Don Lemon and Chris Licht walking past each other and not saying hello. … Brian Stelter trailing Lemon as the latter left the party. (Stelter later tweeted this pic.) — At the CAA party at The Henri: Doug Emhoff and AMC President Dan McDermott talking about their neighborhood in L.A. … Emhoff talking to The Atlantic’s Frank Foer and CNN’s Dana Bash about personal trainers in D.C. … Emhoff asking N.Y. Mag’s Olivia Nuzzi why she doesn’t write more often. … Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) talking about how he skipped a trip to Israel with Speaker Kevin McCarthy to attend the WHCD weekend festivities. … Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) being told about a forthcoming NYT Mag piece on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). … Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) chatting with former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone. Pic … Lisa Vanderpump mingling with guests. Pic — Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) asking if anyone had seen any food at the Voto Latino party at Decatur House last night. — At the DC Improv: Roy Wood Jr. testing out tonight’s material. (He tells Eugene this morning he made some tweaks and is feeling good about his set.) Scroll on for much more party coverage …   A message from National Association of Realtors®:   PARTY FOUL — Multiple partygoers who had RSVP’d to Time’s after-party tonight at the Swiss ambassador’s residence were told yesterday that they were effectively uninvited. “Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot confirm you on the list,” read an unsigned e-mail sent to one would-be guest. “We are one of many sponsors of the event and while you were confirmed on our invitation list, the host was unable to confirm you on the master list ... due to capacity limits and for security reasons.” Party organizer KIMBALL STROUD confirmed a sponsor invited more than its allotted number of guests but denied the hosts disinvited anyone: “That's not how we roll.” (In any case, they’ll be safe from the bees.) FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — No surprise here, but MoveOn is out this morning with its endorsement of Biden, the earliest of a president in the group’s 25-year history: “President Biden and Vice President Harris have done what millions of MoveOn members sent them to Washington to do: protect our rights and freedoms and blunt right-wing extremism,” RAHNA EPTING, MoveOn’s executive director, told Playbook in a statement. “This moment requires urgency to solidify behind President Biden and show unified resolve to defeat MAGA and build on the progress of the last two years.”   JOIN US IN Los Angeles as the race for the White House and campaign 2024 kicks into gear! POLITICO’s Senior Political Columnist Jonathan Martin and Playbook Co-Author & MSNBC Political Analyst Eugene Daniels will lead conversation with veteran Democratic Strategist, the Ragin’ Cajun James Carville following Day One of the Milken Conference Monday, on May 1 at 5:30pm at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. Is Biden/Trump II inevitable? What would a second term of either look like? What are the political fault lines that will determine the race for the next 18 months? Space is very limited, register for a chance to join here.     PHOTO OF THE DAY Air Force quarterback Haaziq Daniels and Air Force running back Brad Roberts give President Joe Biden with a jersey during the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's trophy at the White House on Friday, April 28. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo PLAYBOOK READS 9 THINGS THAT STUCK WITH US 1. DeSANTIS DOWNLOAD: Our colleague Stefan Boscia in London has the readout from Florida Gov. RON DeSANTIS’ latest overseas stop, where he met with more than 50 representatives of major U.K. firms and business lobbying groups. The reports are rough for DeSantis: “One U.K. business figure said DeSantis ‘looked bored’ and ‘stared at his feet’ as he met with titans of British industry in an event co-hosted by Lloyd’s of London — the world’s largest insurance marketplace.” What they’re saying: “He had been to five different countries in five days and he definitely looked spent, but his message wasn’t presidential,” one source told Stefan. “He was horrendous.” Said another: “Nobody in the room was left thinking, ‘this man’s going places’” 2. SINEMATOGRAPHY: “The Kyrsten Sinema Theory Of American Politics,” by The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins: “KYRSTEN SINEMA knows what everybody says about her. She pretends not to read the press coverage — ‘I don’t really care’ — but she knows. She knows what her colleagues call her behind her back (‘egomaniac,’ ‘traitor’). She knows how many articles The New York Times has published about her wardrobe (five). She feels misunderstood, and she would like to explain herself.” Not quite an open book: “Even in her private life, she tells me, she’s prone to slow, painstaking deliberation. I ask for an example. ‘It took me eight years to decide what to get for my first tattoo’ she offers. So what did you decide on? I ask. ‘I don’t actually want to share that.’” 3. SCOTUS WATCH: Supreme Court Justice SAMUEL ALITO gives a buzzy interview to WSJ’s James Taranto and David B. Rivkin Jr. on the publishing of the Dobbs draft decision: “Justice Alito says the marshal ‘did a good job with the resources that were available to her’ and agrees that the evidence was insufficient for a public accusation. ‘I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible, but that’s different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody,’ he says. He’s certain about the motive: ‘It was a part of an effort to prevent the Dobbs draft . . . from becoming the decision of the court. And that’s how it was used for those six weeks by people on the outside—as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court.’” 4. WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS READING: “Republicans Effectively Voted to Raise Taxes. They’re Fine With That,” by WSJ’s Richard Rubin: “The bill, which passed in the GOP-controlled House and won’t survive the Democratic-led Senate, would repeal clean-energy tax credits that Congress created last year. … Still, their willingness to advance a bill that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says would raise tax revenue shows Republicans are less focused on official tax tallies and more determined to reverse Mr. Biden’s agenda.” The administration view: “This is exactly what President Biden means when he says it’s no longer your grandparents’ Republican Party,” White House spox ANDREW BATES said in a statement to Playbook. “House Republicans are now cheering what they admit in their own words is a ‘tax increase’ — a tax increase the private sector warns will decimate the manufacturing jobs President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is bringing back to America.” Related read: “Never mind that huge climate law — some greens are bashing Biden,” by Zack Colman 5. THE TALENTED MR. SANTOS: “George Santos, Instead of Shrinking From the Spotlight, Steps Into It,” by NYT’s Nicholas Fandos: “Colleagues refuse to work with him, dooming his legislative priorities. His local party has vowed to defeat him. And a slew of law enforcement and ethics investigators are combing through his life and campaign finances. But rather than shrinking from the attention, the 34-year-old congressman is stepping ever more definitely toward the spotlight. [GEORGE] SANTOS seems eager to test whether he can make the journey from laughingstock to legitimacy by aligning himself with former President Donald J. Trump — or at least signaling that he’s in on the joke.” 6. INSIDE THE OPIOID CRISIS: “As fentanyl crisis grows, U.S.-Mexico divide deepens,” by WaPo’s Mary Beth Sheridan in Mexico City: “U.S. officials blame the flood of fentanyl crossing the border primarily on Mexican crime groups, and are pressing the government to do more to stop them. President ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR, however, insists that the main source of the synthetic drug is Asia. Mexican criminals, he says, merely stamp fentanyl powder into pills as it transits the country.” 7. UNLIKELY ALLIANCE: “Eric Adams is sounding a lot like Republicans on immigration,” by Julia Marsh and Joe Anuta: “GOP leaders lit up this month after hearing New York City Mayor ERIC ADAMS say President Joe Biden had ‘failed’ the city on immigration. New York, Adams said, ‘is being destroyed by the migrant crisis.’ … Adams’ new rhetoric … was even more eyebrow-raising given the moderate Democrat is a national surrogate for Biden.” 8. ON THE MARKET: “JPMorgan, PNC Bidding for First Republic as Part of FDIC Takeover,” by WSJ’s Andrew Ackerman, David Benoit and Rachel Louise Ensign 9. WHERE ARE THEY NOW: “He blew the whistle on Trump’s Truth Social. Now he works at Starbucks,” by WaPo’s Drew Harwell: “About six months ago, WILL WILKERSON was the executive vice president of operations for former president Donald Trump’s media business, a co-founder of Trump’s Truth Social website and a holder of stock options that might have one day made him a millionaire. “Today, he is a certified barista trainer at a Starbucks inside a Harris Teeter grocery store, where he works 5:30 a.m. shifts in a green apron and slip-resistant shoes, making Frappuccinos for $16 an hour. ‘It’s an honest day’s work,’ he says, sitting near the flower kiosk of the supermarket in a North Carolina suburb, which he asked not be named due to fears of harassment. ‘I love what I do.’”   A message from National Association of Realtors®:   CLICKER — “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker — 15 funnies Cartoon | Courtesy/Kevin Kallaugher GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Ryan Lizza: — “When Flying Private Kills,” by N.Y. Mag’s Jeff Wise: “The freak accident that killed a D.C. power broker.” — “For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery,” by the L.A. Times’ Max Kim in Ulsan, South Korea — “Salt Bae’s former employees describe tip theft, discrimination, and polyester uniforms within the memeable meat empire,” by Insider’s Sophia Ankel: “The Instagram-famous butcher is known for his over-the-top antics. A string of lawsuits and interviews with former employees reveal a darker side.” — “Inside the Chaotic World of Kids Trying to Play Video Games on School Laptops,” by Vice’s Patrick Klepek: “Most school children have a Chromebook, and every day, it’s a war between kids, teachers, and the developers trying to entertain bored students.” — “The Sad Dads of the National,” by The New Yorker’s Amanda Petrusich: “For two decades, the band has written music about the kind of sadness that feels quotidian and incremental — the slow accumulation of ordinary losses.” — “The deputy and the disappeared,” by CNN’s Thomas Lake: “A Latino man and a Black man went missing three months apart in Florida. Both vanished after getting in a patrol car driven by the same White deputy sheriff.” — “Inside Superiority Burger: The Buzziest Restaurant in America,” by GQ’s Brett Martin: “How did chef and former punk drummer Brooks Headley turn his all-vegetarian vision for a rock and roll diner into the season’s hottest new restaurant?”   HAPPENING NEXT WEEK! GO INSIDE THE 2023 MILKEN INSTITUTE GLOBAL CONFERENCE: POLITICO is proud to partner with the Milken Institute to produce a special edition "Global Insider" newsletter featuring exclusive coverage, insider nuggets and unparalleled insights from the 2023 Global Conference, which will convene leaders in health, finance, politics, philanthropy and entertainment from May 1-4. This year’s theme, Advancing a Thriving World, will challenge and inspire attendees to lean into building an optimistic coalition capable of tackling the issues and inequities we collectively face. Don’t miss a thing — subscribe today for a front row seat.     PLAYBOOKERS Dan Crenshaw won an impromptu push-up challenge against visiting Scouts. Vivek Ramaswamy and Marianne Williamson ran into each other at a hotel in South Carolina. Gina Raimondo tried her hand at filmmaking. Donald Trump and Steve Bannon are hanging out again. OUT AND ABOUT — The White House Correspondents’ Association weekend blitz is on. Here’s a roundup of the action yesterday … — SPOTTED at the CAA party at The Henri: Ariana Madix, Lala Kent, Jerry O’Connell, Roy Wood Jr., Ego Nwodim, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Naomi Biden, Wolf Blitzer, Yamiche Alcindor, Manu Raju, Chris Licht, Amy Entelis, Eric Sherling, Sam Feist, Olivia Nuzzi, Dan McDermott, Ben Haigh, Gina Mingacci, Kim Godwin, Derek Medina, Rebecca Blumenstein, Meghan Rafferty, Dana Bash, Jim Acosta, Robert Costa, Weijia Jiang, Andrea Mitchell, Audie Cornish, Abigail Crutchfield, Phil Mattingly, Jericka Duncan, Kylie Atwood, Anthony Bernal, Annie Tomasini, Drew Scott and Linda Phan, Peter Alexander, Mike Memoli, Jacqui Heinrich, KC Sullivan, Shaq Brewster, Dasha Burns, Yasmin Vossoughian, Susan Rice and Ian Cameron, Mary Bruce, Kris Coratti, Chloe Arensberg, Rebecca Kutler, Jonathan Greenberger, Ken Strickland, Mark Lima, Adam Verdugo, Lauren Fox, Jessica Dean, Kaitlan Collins, Meena Harris, Garrett Haake, Sara Sidner, Mark Kassen, Alison Pepper, Lis Smith, Kayla Tausche, Morgan Brennan, Carrie Budoff Brown, Jeff Zeleny, Simone Swink, Kate Bedingfield, Shawna Thomas, Cat McKenzie, Vlad Duthiers, Jonathan Lemire, Alayna Treene, Brian Stelter, Rachel Adler, Ali Spiesman, Mark McGrath, Michael Glantz, Brian Jacobs, Jeff Jacobs and Kyle Margolis. — SPOTTED at the UTA party at Fiola Mare: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Larry Hogan, Naomi Biden and Peter Neal, Kara Swisher, Meghan McCain, Jodi Kantor, Anchyi Wei, Anthony Mason, Ariana Maddix, Desus Nice, Billy Eichner, Rosario Dawson, Sophia Bush, Justin Theroux, Kal Penn, Chuck Todd, Cecilia Vega, Robert Costa, Chloe Akers, Cobie Smulders, Dana Bash, Eboni K. Williams, Harvey Mason Jr., Jen Psaki, Jerry O’Connell, Jim Acosta, John Leguizamo, John Quinones, Jonathan Swan, Jose Antonio Vargas, Kate Bennett, Kevin O’Leary, Lala Kent, Liev Schreiber, Margaret Brennan, Matt Friend, Meena Harris, Molly Jong-Fast, Norah O’Donnell, Rebecca Romijn, Nichole Francis Reynolds and Vladimir Duthiers. — SPOTTED at the Voto Latino party at Decatur House, where Rashida Jones, Mónica Gil and Cecilia Vega were honored with awards and guests were treated to a live performance from a mariachi band: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman, Maria Teresa Kumar, Cesar Conde, Rosario Dawson, John Leguizamo, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Susan Rice, Gisele Fetterman, Andrea Mitchell, Katie Phang, Molly Jong-Fast, Jim Acosta, John Quiñones, Janet Murguía, Catherine Pino, Ingrid Duran, Yasmín Vossoughian, Eve O’Toole, Hector Sanchez, Nadine Farid Johnson and Indivar Dutta-Gupta. — The Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA co-hosted a celebration at the MPA HQ last night, where SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher announced the launch of the Green Council. SPOTTED: Charles Rivkin, Bradley Whitford and Amy Landecker, Kyra Sedgwick, Sophia Bush, Rosario Dawson, Chris Colfer, Jennifer Beals, Alysia Reiner, Aida Rodriguez, Sarah Yarkin, Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Dutch Ambassador André Haspels, Monaco Ambassador Maguy Maccario Doyle, John Phillips, Gail MacKinnon, Emily Lenzner, David Hyman, Ruchi Bhowmick, Susan Fox, Liz Hart, Josh Stamberg, David Leavy, Alexa Verveer, Major Garrett, Peter Alexander, Kira Alvarez, Glen Roberts, Sena Fitzmaurice, Ted Johnson and Linda Douglass. — SPOTTED at Correspondents for the Culture at the Burns Brothers HQ D.C. House: Roy Wood Jr., press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Erica Loewe, Vincent Evans, April Ryan, Don Lemon, Tasha Cole, John Burns, Damon Jones, Nicole Collier, Trey Baker, Stephanie Young, Alencia Johnson, Luisana Perez Fernandez, Crystal Carson, Terrence Woodbury, Wendy Osefo, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Ben Chavis, Mark Thompson, Ivan Bates, Nii-Quartelai Quartey, Tia Mitchell, Phillip Lewis, Kirstin Garriss, Nolan McCaskill, Brie Jackson, Jasmine Brand, Jasmine Sanders, Ebony McMorris, Michael Leach, Jason Johnson, Colby Redmond, Kamau Marshall, Cameron Trimble, Wintta Woldemariam and Alan Williams. Pic — ELLE magazine hosted the 2023 “Women of Impact” event honoring powerful women leaders at Ciel Social Club. SPOTTED: first lady Jill Biden, Ashley Biden, Reps. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), Sara Austin, Kayla Adler, Amanda Nguyen, Oriaku Njoku, Elena Velez, Gisele Fetterman, Julia Fox, Winnie Harlow, Meena Harris, Emily Ruhl, Vinoda Basnayake, Wendy Osefo, Rina Shah, Bill Barton, Patty Perreira, Kara Voght, Christina Sevilla and Dana Spaulding. Pic … Another pic — Washingtonian CEO Cathy Merrill and Qatari Ambassador Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani hosted a party at the Four Seasons. SPOTTED: British Ambassador Karen Pierce, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Chuck Todd, Norah O’Donnell and Geoff Tracey, Molly Jong-Fast, Kevin O’Leary, Abby and Roy Blunt, Steve and Jean Case, Sam Feist, Jonathan and Betsy Fischer Martin, Bill Anaya, Anna Palmer, Liz Johnson, Heather Podesta, Ann Compton, Jackie Bradford, Josh Dawsey, Shane Harris, Steve Clemons, Ben Pauker, John McCarthy, Gloria Dittus, Marcus Goodwin, Teresa Carlson, Carol Melton, Marlene Malek, Grace Bender, Bart and Leslie Gordon and John Hudson. — Kevin Sheekey hosted his annual Friday dinner at Cafe Milano. SPOTTED: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Andy Moffit, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and first lady Dawn Moore, Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, French Ambassador Laurent Bili, Shari Redstone, George Cheeks, Liev Schreiber, Justin Theroux, Kyra Sedgwick, Ruth Porat, Evan Ryan, Ben LaBolt, Jon Banner, Dave Bernad, Dave Clark, Gary Cohn, Kaitlan Collins, Pascal and Flore Confavreux, Mark Ein, Rufus Gifford, Lesli Linka Glatter, Tammy Haddad, Dara Khosrowshahi, Steve and Amy Ricchetti, Stephanie Ruhle, David Urban and Bradley Whitford. — WaPo and Bully Pulpit Interactive hosted top executives at an exclusive dinner at the Top of the Hay at the Hay-Adams Hotel last night, where guests dined on plates featuring famous moments covered by the Post. SPOTTED: Fred Ryan, Kathy Baird, Philip Rucker, Toluse Olorunnipa, Andrew Bleeker, Scott Mulhauser, Robert Gibbs, Ben Coffey Clark, Bradley Akubuiro, Kim Axelrod, Ed Cohen, Casey Aden-Wasbury, April Boyd, Matt Bucci, Steve Clayton, Brent Colburn, Tucker Bounds, Jason Lilly, Mayra Macias, Sean Robbins, Katy Parsons, Nidhi Sinha, Erin Streeter, Meredith McPhillips, Yolanda DuCille and Derrick Plummer. — SPOTTED at the Politics & Inclusion dinner at Masseria Restaurant last night: Abby Phillip, Lauren Wesley Wilson, Gayle King, April Ryan, Jonathan Capehart, Weijia Jiang, Geoff Bennett, Jim Acosta, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Cecilia Vega, Alicia Menendez, Rachel Scott and Astead Herndon. — Axios and Live Nation hosted a party at the National Building Museum, where country star Lainey Wilson with D.J. D-Nice performed. SPOTTED: Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, British Ambassador Karen Pierce, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz, Evan and Aubrey Allen, Ruby Cramer, Olivia Nuzzi, Dan McDermott, Ben Haigh, Gina Mingacci, Joe Kernen, Alicia Menendez, Amna Nawaz, Didem Nisanci and Bruce Andrews, Lis Smith, Yasmin Vossoughian, Brian Walsh, Jon Banner, Kurt Bardella, Nick Barnicle, Alex Benard, Joe Berchtold, Christine Brennan, Dylan Byers, David Chalian, Steve Clemons, Cesar Conde, Charlotte Klein, Chris Licht, Reggie Love, Brennan Moss, Scott Mulhauser, Megan Murphy, Jeff Nussbaum, Ben Rose, Hilary Rosen, Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Rachel Roy, Ali Rubin, Maralee Schwartz, Jennifer Beals, Gene Sperling, Doug Thornell, Lynn Sweet, Margaret Talev, Steve Thomma, Leland Vittert and Rachel Putnam, Peter Watkins, Reed Werner, Jordan Zaslav and Robert Zirkelbach. — Semafor threw its second annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner party hosted by Justin Smith, Ben Smith, Gina Chua, Steve Clemons and Rachel Oppenheim at Justin’s Kalorama home. The evening featured music by Thievery Corporation co-founder and fellow Kalorama resident Eric Hilton. Food was curated by Michelin-star chef Chris Morgan. SPOTTED: Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chris Licht, Dylan Byers, Lucinda Treat, Karen Bhatia, Jim Bankoff, Goli Sheikholeslami, Matt Kaminski, Patrick Steel, Dan Pfeiffer, Mathias Döpfner, Ecuadorian Ambassador Ivonne A-Baki, Jan Bayer, Mark Leibovich, Shawn McCreesh, Benjy Sarlin, Jessica Lessin, Subrata De, Herbie Ziskend, Juleanna Glover, Charlotte Klein, Katie Robertson, Jessica Rosenworcel, Molly Ball and David Kihara, Dave Weigel, Jordan Weissmann, Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Morgan Chalfant, Jennifer Khoury, Madeleine Haeringer, Steve Clayton, Max Tani and Meera Pattni. — SPOTTED at the Creative Coalition’s #RightToBearArts benefit dinner gala last night at the Madison Hotel: Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.), Tim Daly, Robin Bronk, Billy Eichner, Cobie Smulders, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jon Levy, Raegan Revord, Justin Hartley, Sofia Pernas, Wendie Malick, Jason Isaacs, Emily Swallow, BD Wong, Marie Royce, Grace Caroline Currey, Vincent de Paul, Wendy Federman, Clark Gregg, Gloria Calderón Kellett, Tommy Oliver, Chris Samuels, Max Jordan and Nikki Schwab. — Crooked Media, MoveOn and HIT Strategies hosted a reception at Dauphine’s last night. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and specialty cocktails, including Pimm’s Cups and New Orleans Bucks. SPOTTED: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, Lucinda Treat, Shaniqua McClendon, Karine Jean-Pierre, Jen Psaki, Billy Eichner, Susan Rice, Cody Keenan, Perry Bacon, Mehdi Hasan, Juanita Tolliver, Cenk Uygur, Richard Wolffe, V Spehar, Steve Clemons, Shawna Thomas, Gene Sperling, Charlotte Klein, Christine Delargy, Karen Tumulty, Marty Kady, James Hohmann, Virginia Chamlee, Kyler Alford, Kevin Robillard, Nick Wu and Ian Kullgren. Pic TRANSITIONS — The U.S. Cannabis Council has added Edward Conklin as executive director and David Culver as SVP. Conklin previously was SVP of government relations at Curaleaf. Culver previously was VP of government relations at Canopy Growth. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Quinn Bradlee (41) … Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) … Reps. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) (5-0) and Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) … NBC’s Hallie Jackson … Lynne Weil of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, celebrating with a night in NYC and a Broadway show … Vincent Evans of the Congressional Black Caucus … Peter Kiley of C-SPAN … Akin Gump’s Ed Pagano … Anne Brachman … Eric Pierce of Lockheed Martin … Allison Zelman … Emily Graeter of Rep. Mike Carey’s (R-Ohio) office … Dawn Kopecki … Gentry Collins … Nadeam Elshami of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck … U.Va.’s Melody Barnes … Ari Isaacman Bevacqua … Richard Goodstein … David Gaidamak ... Josh Sharp of Advoc8 ... Holly Morris ... WaPo’s Melina Mara ... Geng Ngarmboonanant … Rob Bassin … Bracewell’s Scott Segal … Cara Morris Stern … Meghan Pennington of Penta ... former Reps. Jim Ryun (R-Kan.), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) … Geoff Earle of the Daily Mail … Jasleen Vig of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) office … Nolen Bivens of Americans for the Arts … Rick Rosen … CAP’s Graham Griffin  THE SHOWS (Full Sunday show listings here): ABC “This Week”: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise … Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.). Panel: Donna Brazile, Will Hurd, Jonathan Martin and Asma Khalid. CBS “Face the Nation”: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) … Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) … Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) … Gary Cohn. CNN “State of the Union”: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) … House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) … Asa Hutchinson. Panel: Adam Kinzinger, Lis Smith, David Urban and Ashley Allison. FOX “Fox News Sunday”: RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel … Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). Panel: Jason Chaffetz, Horace Cooper, Marie Harf and Josh Kraushaar. Panel: Carrie Severino, Stephen Saltzburg, Megan Wold and Elizabeth Wydra. NBC “Meet the Press”: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas … Vivek Ramaswamy … Luke Russert. Panel: Yamiche Alcindor, Lanhee Chen, Claire McCaskill and Ryan Nobles. 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