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President Joe Biden is heading to Philadelphia today for a key union campaign kickoff event. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | BIDEN HITS THE TRAIL — After a relatively low-key launch and slow opening stretch, President JOE BIDEN’s campaign is revving up. This afternoon in Philadelphia, Biden will headline a rally with labor unions, where he’ll receive the backing of AFL-CIO — the earliest presidential endorsement in the powerful group’s history — and 17 other labor groups. It’s his 13th trip to Philly since becoming president, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, and there’s good reason for Biden to once again choose the city as a backdrop for his campaign kick-start, AP’s Seung Min Kim and Will Weissert note — not least that it is a key reservoir of Democratic votes in Pennsylvania, perhaps the most crucial swing state of 2024. AFL-CIO’s early support is also important: The group is known for its strong organizing and mobilization game, skills they’ll use to boost the president. RAY ZACCARO, AFL-CIO’s director of public affairs, told our colleagues Holly Otterbein and Jonathan Lemire that union members will start knocking on doors and advertising on behalf of Biden right away. “Labor is incredibly enthusiastic about what this president has done,” Zaccaro said, calling his federation “a mobilization force unlike any other.” But with the close of the fundraising quarter looming, the campaign’s main focus for the next few days will actually be on the Benjamins. With no serious primary challenge — and still 17 months to go until the election — the president, Vice President KAMALA HARRIS and other top White House surrogates are about to fan out around the country to help stock the president’s campaign war chest, Holly and Jonathan add. Why the money matters: The president will need to flex some financial muscle to ward off worries about his reelection failing to excite voters. That’s particularly true given some outlier polling showing him trailing DONALD TRUMP, most recently in a new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll. On the fundraising schedule: Biden heads to Atherton and Kentfield, Calif., for events with California Gov. GAVIN NEWSOM; Chevy Chase, Md.; and to Chicago for an appearance with Illinois Gov. JB PRITZKER. Harris, meanwhile, will travel to fundraisers in New York City, Dallas and Potomac, Md., while first lady JILL BIDEN will be collecting checks in Minneapolis and Nashville, Tenn.
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| | | | A message from The Coalition to Protect America's Regional Airports:   Learn more about The Coalition to Protect America’s Regional Airports. | | | | | BIDEN’S SATURDAY — Earlier this morning, Biden received an aerial tour of the site of the I-95 highway collapse in Philadelphia and a briefing on emergency repair and reconstruction efforts.
11:45 a.m.: Biden will provide an update on the administration’s I-95 reconstruction efforts.
2:15 p.m.: Biden and the first lady will deliver remarks at a political rally hosted by union members.
3:35 p.m.: The Bidens will depart Philadelphia en route to Rehoboth Beach, Del.
VP KAMALA HARRIS’ SATURDAY — The vice president is in Los Angeles and has nothing on her public schedule. | | PHOTO OF THE DAY
|  Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan after a news conference at the State Department on Friday, June 16. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo | | | PLAYBOOK READS | | 9 THINGS THAT STUCK WITH US 1. PLAYING THE TRUMP CARD: As the GOP presidential race comes into focus, it would be reasonable to expect a healthy shakeup given the tumult that has faced frontrunning DONALD TRUMP and the crowded field of contenders. But according to the polls, it’s not exactly playing out like that. “Trump’s grip over GOP primary voters remains mostly unaffected despite his federal indictment last week on charges he absconded with classified documents from the White House,” Steven Shepard writes. By the numbers: “Nationally, Trump has been over 50 percent in the RealClearPolitics average since early April — following his other criminal indictment, in New York City — and the three polls conducted mostly or entirely after his second indictment show him between 51 percent and 53 percent.” Related read: “Some Republicans are angry about Trump’s prosecution yet ready to vote for someone else in 2024,” by AP’s Thomas Beaumont in Pella, Iowa Pence on the Trump indictment: In an interview for NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former VP MIKE PENCE weighed in on the legal trouble that his former boss and current political rival faces: “I don’t know why some of my competitors in the Republican primary presume the president will be found guilty,” Pence told Chuck Todd. Watch the full clip 2. DeSANTIS DOWNLOAD: WaPo’s Michael Scherer has the details on the RON DeSANTIS campaign’s novel approach to the Florida governor’s presidential campaign that is testing the “boundaries of campaign finance law.” Through the super PAC Never Back Down, DeSantis campaign is effectively outsourcing early organizing efforts. “It is designed to allow the PAC to run a paid-field operation bigger than ever before tried in a presidential primary, on the scale of four simultaneous congressional races in Iowa, two in New Hampshire and seven in South Carolina.” 3. DEPT. OF DROPPING IT: Remember all that talk of Biden deploying the 14th Amendment to effectively kill the debt ceiling? Well, after averting an actual crisis, the White House seems to want nothing to do with the discussion, Jennifer Haberkorn and Adam Cancryn report. “Instead, the sense inside the administration is that it’s not worth the White House’s time and effort to work on averting a crisis that might arrive in 2025 when there are so many other pressing priorities. But that posture has left progressives feeling snookered and worried that the president is setting himself up for another dangerous round of brinkmanship in a few years.” 4. SCOTUS WATCH: “Guns for domestic abusers? Skirts at school? A look at what may be next at the Supreme Court,” by USA Today’s John Fritze: “Even as the justices wrap up their work, they're also making decisions about the next term, which kicks off in the fall. The court may also announce whether it will hear significant cases involving guns, voting rights and other issues − adding to a docket already brimming with important disputes. Here's a look at some of the appeals that may be on the horizon.” 5. DANCE OF THE SUPERPOWERS: “Beijing preps sharp, cold shoulder for Blinken visit,” by Phelim Kine: “ANTONY BLINKEN is set to arrive in China this weekend for a series of meetings with senior officials including Chinese Foreign Minister QIN GANG. A senior State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity told reporters to “stay tuned” regarding whether Blinken might meet with paramount leader XI JINPING. The trip comes four months after Blinken’s initially planned visit was scuttled by the furor over a Chinese spy balloon found traversing the United States.” Related reads: “Blinken to Seek China’s Help Curbing Deadly Fentanyl Traffic in Landmark Visit,” by WSJ’s William Mauldin … “China’s grudging welcome to Blinken: It’s all about the economy,” by WaPo’s Lily Kuo Elsewhere: “Biden Administration Engages in Long-Shot Attempt for Saudi-Israel Deal,” by NYT’s Mark Mazzetti, Ronen Bergman, Edward Wong and Vivian Nereim 6. NATO NAME GAME: “NATO Chief Stoltenberg Could Stay On as Nations Bicker on Successor,” by Bloomberg’s Jordan Fabian and Natalia Drozdiak: “NATO countries are increasingly likely to ask Secretary General JENS STOLTENBERG to remain for another year as they struggle to reach a consensus on his successor ahead of next month’s summit, according to a person familiar with the matter. “Stoltenberg has led the alliance since 2014, and his tenure is set to end in October. President Joe Biden met Tuesday in Washington with Stoltenberg, days after he met with a candidate to replace him, Danish Prime Minister METTE FREDERIKSEN. That led to speculation Frederiksen was a front-runner for the job, despite recent denials by Frederiksen that she is a candidate.” Related read: “NATO mulls another succession solution: Pairing with EU top jobs race,” by Lili Bayer 7. THE ART OF THE DEAL: “J.D. Vance, the Senate’s MAGA dealmaker,” by Semafor’s David Weigel: “Six months into his Senate career, [Ohio GOP Sen. J.D.] VANCE has surprised Democrats with his eagerness to co-sponsor legislation and sell it to his conservative base. In an interview with Semafor Vance said he was working to harmonize ‘the very justified MAGA impulse that conservatives never fight’ with the ‘middle of the road impulse that this town isn't doing anything.’ The first real test of the theory could come within weeks, when a railway safety bill, developed with Ohio Sen. SHERROD BROWN after the February derailment in East Palestine, reaches the Senate floor.” 8. TELLING TECH TO BUTTE OUT: “How Montana passed the strongest privacy law among red states,” by Alfred Ng: “What happened behind the scenes this spring in the Montana Legislature was a stark lesson in what can go wrong in American lobbying when an industry overplays its hand. And the degree to which tech companies fumbled on this legislation may force Silicon Valley to change its state-level tactics as it seeks to ward off a patchwork of regulations and new resistance in conservative territory like Texas.” 9. FOLLOWING THE MONEY: “Democratic-tied dark money kingmaker behind ‘nonpartisan’ group fighting ‘misinformation,’” by the Washington Examiner’s Gabe Kaminsky: “The Trust Project, a coalition of media groups that works with the likes of Microsoft and Google to purportedly inform people about websites that abide by its "trust indicators, said it is spearheading a "nonpartisan campaign" to thwart "misinformation." This same charity got "off the ground" thanks to the New Venture Fund, one of the largest left-leaning dark money groups in the United States, fiscally sponsoring it between 2019 and 2021 and steering it over $3 million from anonymous donors, according to tax records reviewed by the Washington Examiner and the fund.”
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| GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Ryan Lizza: — “A Terminal Case,” by N.Y. Mag’s Olivia Nuzzi: “Trump and the country are both in a bind, but the spectacle just gets bigger.” — “She survived a White House lightning strike. Could she survive what came next?” by WaPo’s William Wan: “The lightning fried Amber Escudero-Kontostathis’s nerves, melted her skin and stopped her heart. But the lone survivor tells herself, ‘I’m the lucky one.’” — “The Spy Who Called Me,” by NYT’s Nicholas Casey: “For years, Spanish society has been rocked by revelations from the secret tapes of José Manuel Villarejo Pérez, a former intelligence agent now facing prison. He told me his story.” — “The Enigmatic Method,” by VQR’s Meg Bernhard: “Is EMDR a psychotherapeutic breakthrough, pseudoscience, or a little bit of both?” — “The Fake Poor Bride,” by Xochitl Gonzalez in The Atlantic: “Confessions of a wedding planner.” — “Casual Luke Rides the Big Wave,” by GQ’s Gabriella Paiella: “Earlier this year, a North Shore local named Luke Shepardson paddled out during his break and won the most prestigious big-wave competition on the planet, beating some of surfing’s brightest stars. So we went to Hawaii to figure out how Luke pulled off the damn near impossible.” — “When Vertigo Melted My Brain,” by Texas Monthly’s Katy Vine: “Can medical science truly explain the mysterious, mystical experience triggered by a simple malfunction in my inner ear?” — “The Wildfire, the Hunter, and a Decade of Conspiracy Theories,” by Joseph Bien-Kahn in Rolling Stone: “It started when a local man went on a hunting trip. It ended with 250,000 acres of forest burned, a rumor about an illegal weed farm, no clear answers, and plenty of suspicion.” — “When a Huawei Bid Turned Into a Hunt for a Corporate Mole,” by Bloomberg’s Jordan Robertson and Drake Bennett: “At TDC in Copenhagen, senior managers were potential suspects. The company’s offices were compromised, people were getting tailed. And then there were the drones.” — “Jesse Watters' rise at Fox, from Bill O'Reilly's ambush man to Tucker Carlson wannabe,” by Noah Hurowitz for Insider: “Jesse Watters was once Bill O'Reilly's attack dog. Is he the man to win back Fox viewers after the network's acrimonious split with Tucker Carlson?” — “Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s War of the Rosé,” by Vanity Fair’s Mark Seal: “Miraval was more than just their family home. It was their family business: a hugely profitable wine label on an enchanting estate in the South of France. When they split following a harrowing flight, an epic battle ensued.” FROM THE ARCHIVES: “The Invisible Man,” by Robert Draper for Texas Monthly in July 1992: “El Paso author Cormac McCarthy has always shunned fame, but his latest novel may finally force him into the spotlight.”
| | | PLAYBOOKERS | | | Joe and Jill Biden are celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary today. John Cornyn will swear in Democratic Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson next week. Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater are publishing a book in 2025 focused on Republicans in the 118th Congress. IN MEMORIAM — “Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92,” by NYT’s Robert McFadden: “[The disclosure of the Pentagon Papers] led to illegal countermeasures by the White House to discredit Mr. Ellsberg, halt leaks of government information and attack perceived political enemies, forming a constellation of crimes known as the Watergate scandal that led to the disgrace and resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. It led to illegal countermeasures by the White House to discredit Mr. Ellsberg, halt leaks of government information and attack perceived political enemies, forming a constellation of crimes known as the Watergate scandal that led to the disgrace and resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.” — “Richard Severo, Times Reporter in Internal Clash Over Book, Dies at 90,” by NYT’s Sam Roberts: “Richard Severo, a prizewinning reporter for The New York Times whose challenge to what he considered a punitive transfer by the newspaper’s management became a cause célèbre among journalists in the 1980s, died on June 12 at his home in Balmville, N.Y., in the Hudson Valley. He was 90. His wife, Emóke Edith de Papp, said the cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.” PLAYBOOK REAL ESTATE SECTION — “Tammy Baldwin bought pricey new D.C. pad with partner in 2021,” by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Daniel Bice: “In 2021, the second-term Democratic senator and her partner bought a ‘luxurious’ $1.3 million Washington, D.C., rooftop condo just steps from the U.S. Capitol.” OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at a fundraiser Wednesday night for Virginia state delegate Don Scott at the Capitol Hill home of John Jameson: Terry McAuliffe, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Gary Clark. — The Partnership for Public Service co-hosted a book launch party Thursday evening on their office rooftop for Jennifer Pahlka’s “Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better” ($32). SPOTTED: Dan Tangherlini, Daniel Correa, Geoff Kabaservice, Max Stier, Yadira Sanchez Vega, Peter Morrissey and Nora Gardner. — Belgian Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau and Kathy “Coach” Kemper hosted a party at the Belgian Residence yesterday evening for Jennifer Pahlka’s book “Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better” ($31.99). SPOTTED: Chris Kuang, Caitlin Gandhi, Aneesh Chopra, Nani Coloretti, R. David Edelman, Sophie Karlshausen, Elizabeth Kelly, Rebeca Lamadrid, Gulsanna Mamediieva, Clare Martorana, Wole Moses and Megan Smith. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Rebecca Brubaker is now associate director of partnerships at the Center for American Progress. She most recently was a senior associate at Precision Strategies and is a Biden White House alum. WEDDING — Caitlin Owens, senior policy reporter at Axios, and Luke Shaheen, senior technical program manager at Amazon, got married May 28 outside of Tampa, Fla. The couple met in D.C. on Bumble, with their first date a brunch at the former restaurant Tico. Pics by Dewitt for Love … Another pic HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Jerry Carl (R-Ala.) … Newt Gingrich (8-0) … Matt Canter of Global Strategy Group … State’s Matt Miller … Alex Weprin … Diane Blagman of Greenberg Traurig … Maxwell Nunes … CNBC’s Christina Wilkie … CNN’s Allie Malloy … Kent Lassman … Paul Steinhauser … Nisha Ramachandran of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus … NOAA’s Miro Korenha … Scott Thuman … Jennifer Myers … Gabe Horwitz … Common Sense Society’s Chris Bedford … WaPo’s Maxine Joselow and Will Sommer … POLITICO’s Elizabeth Kisiday and Nick Taylor-Vaisey … Amazon’s Jessica Boulanger … Boris Abreu ... Katie Grant Drew … CBS’ Nicole Domenica Sganga ... PBS NewsHour’s Jaywon Choe ... Linda Chavez … Kayla Anderson … Chris Jennings … Locust Street Group’s Noah Cavicchi … Melissa Sabatine ... Janice Lachance … former HHS Secretary Alex Azar … Chris Garcia … former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett … Kerri Chyka … Jacob McIntosh of TriNet … Nora Taktajian of Rep. Doris Matsui’s (D-Calif.) office … Jordan Wells (33) … Dan Hanlon of Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C) office … Lauren Eriksen of House Energy and Commerce (25) … David D’Antonio … Zainab Chaudary of New Heights Communications THE SHOWS (Full Sunday show listings here): ABC “This Week”: Asa Hutchinson … Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). Panel: Donna Brazile, Larry Hogan, Rick Klein and Rachael Bade. CBS “Face the Nation”: Bill Barr … Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) … H.R. McMaster … Preet Bharara. CNN “State of the Union”: Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) … Mark Esper … L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Panel: Scott Jennings, Karen Finney, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Faiz Shakir. FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Vivek Ramaswamy … Retired Gen. Jack Keane … Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) … Louie Giglio. Panel: Francesca Chambers, Mario Parker, Marc Short and Elizabeth Wydra. NBC “Meet the Press”: Mike Pence. Panel: Peter Baker, Stephen Hayes, Hallie Jackson and Kimberly Atkins Stohr. Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures”: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) … Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) … Francis Suarez. Panel: Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Brian Costello and Col. Derek Harvey. Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here. Send Playbookers tips to playbook@politico.com or text us at 202-556-3307. Playbook couldn’t happen without our editor Mike DeBonis, deputy editor Zack Stanton, and producers Setota Hailemariam and Bethany Irvine. Corrections: Yesterday’s Playbook mistakenly listed Morgan Viña’s birthday.
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