CAP’S ANSWER TO PROJECT 2025: Liberal think tank Center for American Progress released “a new report Thursday outlining its wishlist of voting rights, campaign finance, and democracy proposals,” Bloomberg’s Kate Ackley reports. — “The report, which comes amid controversy over the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, offers a blueprint for some of Democrats’ signature issues that CAP will push for next year and could pitch as policy templates for a potential Harris administration and Democratic Congress.” FOREIGN LEADERS SET TO WOOING TRUMP: “Foreign leaders traveling to the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly this week in New York have also been meeting with former president Donald Trump, as they hedge their bets in case of a Trump victory in the November election,” The Washington Post’s Isaac Stanley-Becker and Josh Dawsey report. — “Trump is scheduled to meet this week with the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, according to people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share private details. On Sunday, Trump wrote on social media that he had met with the emir and prime minister of Qatar at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida.” — “The meetings reflect an acknowledgment by a wide range of foreign governments, from Europe to the Persian Gulf, that Trump may soon return to the White House and take over management of multiple global conflagrations, including Russia’s war in Ukraine, the civil war in Sudan, and Israel’s war in Gaza and its escalating conflict with Hezbollah. They are also “notable because they include foreign leaders beyond those known to be friendly with Trump.” I THINK I’VE SEEN THIS FILM BEFORE: “Launchpad Strategies was incorporated less than a year ago and has since received $15 million from Donald Trump’s election fundraising machine. For what is mostly a mystery,” per the Associated Press’ Richard Lardner. — “Campaign finance records indicate the limited liability company was hired to provide online advertising, digital consulting and fundraising. On its website, the firm boasts it is a ‘full-service Republican digital agency run by expert strategists.’ Yet, those expert strategists aren’t identified. An online contact form does not appear to work. And business registration records in Delaware provide no clues as to who owns or runs the firm. The campaign’s checks are sent to a P.O. Box in North Carolina.” — “While other political campaigns have relied on vendors with hazy origins, Trump’s operation has set its ‘own standard in terms of doing it far more than anyone else,’ said Saurav Ghosh of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center. … The payments to Launchpad Strategies have evoked earlier allegations the Trump campaign subverted federal rules designed to prevent candidates from concealing how they spend donor dollars.” AFPI MERGES WITH SENATE GOP GROUP: “A nonprofit organization aligned with former President Donald Trump that has played a major role in preparations for his potential second term is merging with a key group that works with Senate Republicans,” per our Alex Isenstadt. — “The America First Policy Institute is combining with the Senate Working Group, the two organizations announced Wednesday. The merger will expand AFPI’s profile in Washington, further solidifying its relationship with the congressional wing of the GOP.” — “AFPI has aggressively promoted pro-Trump policies during his post-presidency, and its leaders have taken senior positions in the former president’s transition operation. … With the possible reelection of Trump, the organization is looking to deepen its ties to Senate Republicans, who would play a major role in approving his policy agenda.” NOOM LOBBYING AGAIN: Weight loss app Noom has lobbyists on its payroll once again after a two-year hiatus. Noom last week retained Rachel Stauffer of McDermott+, a former health policy director on the Hill, to lobby on issues related to virtual care services, according to a disclosure filing. The last time Noom retained lobbyists in Washington was in 2022, when it parted ways with Sirona Strategies after two years. — Our colleagues over at Morning Pulse reported on Tuesday that Noom is pressing policymakers for a longer off-ramp to allow compounding pharmacies “to continue filling prescriptions once the current shortage of injectable GLP-1 shortage is resolved.” — “Under existing law, compounders can make ‘essentially a copy’ of a drug in shortage. But once it’s back in supply, outsourcing facilities have 60 days to ramp down production, and smaller compounding pharmacies must stop making them immediately unless they’re filling customized prescriptions,” a scenario Noom’s CEO argued could compromise patients’ access to the weight loss and diabetes drugs. SPOTTED at the Hotel Washington on Wednesday, where Perkins Coie launched its updated lobbying handbook, a go-to guide for congressional lobbyists written and published by Perkins Coie and the American Bar Association: Perkins Coie’s Rebecca Gordon, Brian Svoboda, and Barak Cohen, ABA’s Thomas Susman, Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ Maryll Toufanian, Alliance for Retired Americans’ Richard Fiesta, AOL’s Timothy Lynch, Center for American Progress’ Rebecca Mears, GSK’s Monica Cloud, Invenergy’s Andrew Wills, Mars’ Joanne Cosiol, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare’s Dan Adcock, Palantir Technologies’ Amanda Kane Rapp, Rakuten’s Clare McCown, Sandler Reiff’s Joe Sandler, and Wiley’s Hannah Bingham.
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