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05/16/2016 05:46 AM EDTBy Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)Good Monday morning, and huge thanks to the two Celebrity Guest Playbookers -- Ben Smith, one of the great journalistic innovators, and Marc Caputo, master of Florida politics - who held down the fort while I spent a few days in Maine fishing, four-wheeling and eating fried food. VEEP INTRIGUE - 'Castro moves to stop VP fire from the left,' by Isaac Dovere: 'Targeted by progressive activists hoping to kill his chances of being picked as Hillary Clinton's running mate, Julián Castro is set this week to announce changes to what's become a hot-button [HUD] program for selling bad mortgages on its books. ... Castro's actions could potentially defuse an issue that activists have been using to question his progressive credentials.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f851763564116ae39a5982d2bf417d39c523e63909d95fee03a PLAYBOOK IN-BOX - MATT McDONALD, Hamilton Place Strategies partner, McKinsey alumnus, associate communications director in George W. Bush White House, and senior counselor on GOP campaigns: 'I've always thought of establishment as those who put winning #1 and ideology #2, and I've thought of the grassroots as putting ideology #1 and winning #2.'Now, it's the establishment that seems to be having ideological reservations and the grassroots who are embracing someone who doesn't adhere to the norms of conservative thought. Not sure that winning is actually part of the thinking here at all for anyone.'LOOK FOR A WAVE of stories like this ... 'On more than one issue, GOP's Trump sounds like a Democrat,' by AP's Jill Colvin, with Lisa Lerer in D.C.: '[O]n ... trade and national defense, the billionaire businessman could even find himself running to the left of Hillary Clinton ... Trump is a classic Republican in many ways. He rails against environmental and corporate regulations, proposes dramatically lower tax rates.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f855a1cbb463a6767d24d8ccd8cd5f058a437b0013fbecef8dc--Kansas City Star, 'Trade policy issues are blurring old lines, turning politics in 2016 inside out,' by Dave Helling: 'Free-trade Republicans are becoming protectionist, while some Democrats are moving the opposite direction on exports and imports. The flip-flops are making it harder to reach consensus in Washington.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85d53ed748a44c1e06ff7f060d9a931867b2502701466187a0--GRAPHIC ... N.Y. Times Upshot on May 11, 'Where Trump Breaks With the Republican Party,' by Alan Rappeport and Alicia Parlapiano: 'He aligns more with Democrats on some economic issues.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85c39f1a839b6d1c0881a850c83832ef72f900db27fd2b207fYOU'RE INVITED! Mike Allen and Darius Dixon (engineer, geologist and Politico energy reporter) interview Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at a Playbook Breakfast on WEDNESDAY. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. at the W Hotel. RSVP http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85e6861c7c5975d1701b313ff3d5ea76995c58225ead016aa9 MONEY HONEYS -- 'In Koch World 'Realignment,' Less National Politics,' by National Review's Tim Alberta and Eliana Johnson: '[T]he brothers' political decision-making [is] increasingly being influenced by their business and public-relations interests, and ... their investments in electoral politics at the federal level [ARE] diminishing.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85f2ffff84b2cfbb97dd66ba5d271b5bfc6578f2f81f14695fCLINTON STRATEGERY - 'Clinton caught in end-of-the-primary trap ... [N]eeds to start focusing on Donald Trump. But she can't ... without alienating Bernie Sanders' supporters,' by Gabe Debenedetti: 'Republicans are getting a head start on November ... Democrats may have an unprecedented opportunity to win over the significant number of GOP voters ... and the Clinton campaign is unable to take full advantage. ... [S]he has held just two open events in Ohio and Virginia in recent weeks, intent on remaining in places with upcoming primaries lest she appear to be looking too far beyond Sanders.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85a5148715fee63f721f6fb6e48ac4b83f412f2b42c32236302016 PLAYERS: Miguel Angel Ayala, press secretary at Small Business Administration, named Nevada comms director for Clinton campaign.JUST POSTED - 'The return of John Boehner: The ex-speaker, far from receding into retirement, is making headlines and set to barnstorm the country to elect House Republicans,' by Jake Sherman: 'The former House speaker will spend late July and all of August on a cross-country bus trip raising money and campaigning for House Republicans ... The trip - on Boehner's bus, dubbed 'Freedom One' - will begin after the [RNC] in Cleveland and end Labor Day weekend.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85036922dba611deb83a066e47f3d1bceb3d36699e074dbcdb --'Trump backers face 'scam PAC' charges,' by Politico Influence's Isaac Arnsdorf and Ken Vogel: 'An increasing number of unauthorized groups are invoking the presumptive GOP nominee's name to raise money, suggesting that they'll use the cash to support his campaign, even as some appear to be spending most of their money on contracts with favored consultants. Trump's campaign and its allies worry that the groups are doing little to help the campaign, and may be doing more harm than good by siphoning off cash that would otherwise go to the campaign's fledgling fundraising effort.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85dd2f3b2757675041ff3a79fc307f8303be4c48578ab2021b MEDIAWATCH - 'How the New York Times plans to conquer the world ... in search of a sustainable digital business,' by Politico's Joe Pompeo in New York and Alex Spence in London: The 'Times now has north of a million digital subscribers, but only 13 percent are from outside the United States. ... [CEO Mark Thompson:] 'I don't see why we shouldn't aspire to a digital subscriber count [overseas] of many millions' ... NYT Global ... will be looking at developing new editorial products around certain topics with broad global appeal, like climate change, technology, gender identity and urban life.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f850b566035cb9bc351ceb6b58a545de510fd37df1a82060f59--'60 Minutes' honors correspondent Morley Safer as he retires,' by AP Television Writer Frazier Moore: 'The tribute marked the close of a 61-year career for Safer, who, according to the program, has had the longest-ever run on prime-time television. CBS announced his retirement last week. ... Safer's first report on '60 Minutes' in 1970 was about the training of U.S. Sky Marshals. His 919th and last, a profile of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, was broadcast in March. At 84 and dealing with health issues, Safer had cut back on work in recent years. The Toronto-born Safer was the first Saigon bureau chief for CBS News.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f859586cbf26f24db6596a86b60a0b7086175624d34ac0437b8 ... Video of 60 Minutes' special report on Safer http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8510fbbfcb9189d80ef8e992967012b33e85cd6c392da4e6a0 JUICY READ - 'Gossip Girl: Fifty years ago, Rona Barrett forged a Hollywood gossip empire. Then she left it all behind, her innovations attributed to others, her legacy almost entirely overlooked. But as she nears 80, there's very little Miss Rona regrets,' by BuzzFeed News Features Writer Anne Helen Petersen: 'Barrett slowly but fundamentally altered the type of information we consider newsworthy, blurring the distinction between hard and soft 'news' so thoroughly that it's never been rebuilt.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8544758996b9bbf234605cdf1e18a08244aa25f7b2de23e6de** A message from JPMorgan Chase & Co.: Detroit's approach to urban renewal puts inclusion first. The goal? Fueling a recovery that provides economic opportunities for all Detroiters. Experience what Detroit can teach other cities about inclusive growth. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f850b54704575db623b5abd8b7745be4b1d33ec5e950dcb7dc6 **DAN BALZ gave Longwood University's commencement on Saturday, where October's V.P. debate will take place. In this 90-sec. clip, he admits journalists and pundits got it wrong, and says this is the most unusual election we've ever seen http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f858c8149cbddc81e672d32e8b7b1a9cdbf5c9e6cb5597440bb ... His funny Joe Biden story from the 2012 election http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8531b132c7c4b7605633098c6de3bc62038add3e090fc90e0a SPOTTED: Michelle Obama Sunday morning at SoulCycle on 14th St. ... Newt and Callista Gingrich and the Notorious RBG (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg) at the Kennedy Center for the final installment of Wagner's 'The Ring of the Nibelugen.' (h/t Matthew Leddicotte)--SEND YOUR SPOTTINGS to dlippman@politico.com LIFE ONLINE: Trumpojis http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8578eb4337b9f2afc9188407a9dabff89d267702caed523aad COMING ATTRACTIONS -- 'Mark Zuckerberg to meet with conservative media figureheads,' by CNN's Brian Stelter: 'The meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, is aimed at addressing the alleged suppression of conservative news stories in Facebook's 'trending' stories section. Along with [Dana] Perino and [Glenn] Beck, other confirmed attendees include Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute, CNN conservative commentator SE Cupp, and Zac Moffatt, co-founder of tech firm Targeted Victory.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85571f6a9f7e6c19dc303241601cc87199426f1a2159d383ba -- @VincentHarris: 'Facebook's meeting w 'conservatives' in Silicon Valley? Why not use Facebook live to stream to the base? Transparency is the issue after all.'#THISTOWN -- 'A British Power Broker Sets His Sights on Washington,' by Sarah Wildman on page 8 of yesterday's N.Y. Times Styles section: 'Nothing in this room is off the record,' Juleanna Glover ... warned the stragglers assembled in the kitchen of her Kalorama home as Steve Hilton, a former chief adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, hunted for a beer. ... Hilton is credited as the architect of a modernized British Conservative image ... Hilton's book, 'More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First,' [out May 21, is] a call for smaller-scaled living and governance.' With cameos by Steve Clemons, Steve Schmidt, Tammy Haddad, Heather Podesta and Betsy Fischer Martin http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8585584ef0c86c75578f2deb04cc7fc323082bc0fe8c4697c0 ... Pre-order -- $22.34 on Amazon http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8524ae6fe74b03d9a51fe75db0e517ad9f3e546ffb36e311d0 BEN TERRIS in Columbus, WashPost Style section lead, 'Ben Carson as surrogate: First do no harm?': 'Not long ago, Donald Trump stood on a stage in front of thousands of Iowans accusing Carson of fabricating parts of his life story, calling him 'pathological' and comparing him to a child molester. No big deal, Carson says today. He didn't take it personally. 'It just means he's like a typical politician,' Carson said ... 'Other politicians might not be as colorful, but they do the same things.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85c8554168f2184e02a19dc4350b2ae4ed8015722c53ddfbde OBAMA's COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS at Rutgers on Sunday where he hit Trump without uttering his name and also urged students to welcome debate and not 'shut your ears off' to opposing opinions: 'The world is more interconnected than ever before, and it's becoming more connected every day. Building walls won't change that. ... We live in an age of global supply chains, and cargo ships that crisscross oceans, and online commerce that can render borders obsolete. And a lot of folks have legitimate concerns with the way globalization has progressed ... jobs shipped overseas, trade deals that sometimes put workers and businesses at a disadvantage. But the answer isn't to stop trading with other countries. In this global economy, that's not even possible. ... 'Facts, evidence, reason, logic, an understanding of science -- these are good things. (Applause.) These are qualities you want in people making policy. These are qualities you want to continue to cultivate in yourselves as citizens. ... In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. (Applause.) It's not cool to not know what you're talking about. (Applause.) That's not keeping it real, or telling it like it is. (Laughter.) That's not challenging political correctness. That's just not knowing what you're talking about. (Applause.) And yet, we've become confused about this. ... [W]hen our leaders express a disdain for facts, when they're not held accountable for repeating falsehoods and just making stuff up, while actual experts are dismissed as elitists, then we've got a problem. ...'If you disagree with somebody, bring them in -- (applause) -- and ask them tough questions. Hold their feet to the fire. Make them defend their positions. (Applause.) If somebody has got a bad or offensive idea, prove it wrong. Engage it. Debate it. Stand up for what you believe in. (Applause.) Don't be scared to take somebody on. Don't feel like you got to shut your ears off because you're too fragile and somebody might offend your sensibilities. Go at them if they're not making any sense. Use your logic and reason and words. And by doing so, you'll strengthen your own position, and you'll hone your arguments. And maybe you'll learn something and realize you don't know everything. And you may have a new understanding not only about what your opponents believe but maybe what you believe. Either way, you win.' Transcript http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85e24086f83a0ec0a970cb32070e03692a533cffa89d59e2df ... Video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85132e3e5d52f58bd641e8fbfca1001efc7d79922dae666ef0 THOUGHT LEADERS - 'The Skills Schools Aren't Teaching But Must,' by Michael Bloomberg and Jamie Dimon on Bloomberg View: 'While helping more students go to college has been a topic of discussion and is a vitally important goal, what about those who do not go -- or who drop out of high school? They are largely being ignored ... That must change. We will not solve the critical challenges of poverty, underemployment, wage stagnation and bulging prisons unless we get serious about investing in effective programs that prepare kids who are not immediately college-bound for middle-class jobs.' Posts at 6 a.m. www.bloomberg.com/view/ --GENE SPERLING for Politico Magazine, 'Trump's Week of Playing with Financial Fire: If he were president right now, the markets would be reeling and interest rates rising in reaction to his comments about debt': 'Trump has long said that his private-sector wheeling and dealing would be beneficial experience ... But that image was dealt a harsh blow ... [W]ords like 'poker,' 'crashed' and 'discount' ... just might not be the best thing to do to enhance economic confidence in locating new jobs and investment in the United States.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8597350c85cfb756f023a15d50967ffd390e64ebb69dadb7b6100 YEARS AGO TODAY, the modern map of the Middle East was drawn, per Ryan Heath's Brussels Playbook: 'European powers secretly concluded the Sykes-Picot agreement that led to the modern Arab states.' - AP: 'In 1916, during World War I, France and Britain secretly ratified the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which concerned postwar partitioning of Arab lands held by the Ottoman Empire.' ... Economist special report, 'The Arab World,' in current edition http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f858bfe76e4a6d6f0104a8c601eed33fd210e08fd57858d759350 YEARS AGO TODAY - 'China barely notes start of Cultural Revolution 50 years ago,' by AP's Christopher Bodeen in Beijing, with Gerry Shih: 'On May 16, 1966, the ruling Communist Party's Politburo met to purge a quartet of top officials who had fallen out of favor with Mao. ... The start of the Cultural Revolution was not widely known or understood at the time, but soon took on an agenda characterized by extreme violence.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f859c0d96512651f4151b7bcb43c941e97df41085c9bff3b5a7CONNECTING THE DOTS - New issue of The New Yorker - 'Enter Left: Will a fervent socialist reshape British politics or lead his party to irrelevance?' by Sam Knight: 'The astonishing political emergence of Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing leader of the British Labour Party, is the sort of thing that passes for normal in Western democracies these days. Since the economic crash in 2008, anti-establishment types have cropped up everywhere. Corbyn, a sixty-six-year-old socialist, had never held a position of authority in his party or in government ... 'He is Syriza in Greece; he is Podemos in Spain; he is Sanders in America. His politics rebel against a Britain that is eager to join foreign wars and pallid in the face of social inequality.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8502e125bc9d385b24c472d846f441d87a30ef2061d6a9e111SCOOP -- 'The Americans: 15 Who Left the United States to Join ISIS,' by NBC News' Richard Engel, Ben Plesser, Tracy Connor and Jon Schuppe: 'In March, NBC News was given a thumb drive by a man claiming to be an ISIS defector ... [which] contained the names and snippets of biographical information of more than 4,000 ISIS foreign fighters who entered Syria in 2013 and 2014.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85ac684b709b6d694601aa48cc391dd46be64d50305d79f0ae HAPPENING TODAY - BuzzFeed's Chris Geidner 'will be interviewing the President live (on Facebook Live and YouTube) about the Supreme Court and his nomination of Merrick Garland starting at 2:50pm. It's the president's first interview on Facebook Live, and the second for BuzzFeed News.' www.Facebook.com/BuzzFeed ... www.Youtube.com/BuzzFeedVideo ... Chris and Evan McMorris-Santoro's preview on Facebook Live in the White House briefing room http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f8518818c5916f6911b4431c5c9e7d0915ecbd1362423cb667c OBAMA ALUMNI -- Hagar Hajjar Chemali has left the U.S. Mission to the U.N. as Samantha Power's spokesperson and director of comms. and today launches a media strategies consulting business called Greenwich Media Strategies, LLC. She was previously Treasury Spokesperson for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and Director for Syria and Lebanon at the National Security Council. www.greenwichmedia.comHer former deputy spokesperson, Kurtis Cooper, and Energy Department spokesperson Aoife McCarthy are both taking over her previous position at the U.S. Mission to the UN. Cooper will be Spokesperson and Special Adviser for Strategic Communications and McCarthy will be Director for Communications. WEEKEND WEDDINGS: Marisa Schultz, Washington correspondent for N.Y. Post, wed Peter Mayer, an accountant at Verdi Consulting. The couple exchanged vows at Holy Rosary Catholic Church on Friday evening, followed by dinner and dancing at National Museum of Women in the Arts. 'In quintessential 'this town' style, the couple met four years ago in Florida while Marisa was covering the Romney campaign. In December 2014, Peter proposed to Marisa at the White House during the Christmas tour.' Montage pic from Instagram http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85f5a5f5b7be70a2db2c49bfa38f69299b38ae9ea012cd6a1f--'Cat Buckley, Michael Leavey' - N.Y. Times: 'The bride, 28 ... is an assistant editor at Vanity Fair magazine. She graduated from the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Her father [Christopher] is the author and political satirist whose most recent novel was 'The Relic Master.' He is also the author of 'Losing Mum and Pup,' a memoir about his parents. ... The bride's paternal grandfather, the late William F. Buckley Jr., was the founder of National Review. ... The groom, 30, is a trading assistant at Morgan Stanley in New York, where his work includes processing bond trades. He graduated from Loyola University Maryland. ... The couple were introduced through OkCupid in January 2012.' With pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f851ef3470983b3f490e0ebeeb1084739797d5ccfabf3b2f479 --'Jan Benzel, Bruce Weber' - N.Y. Times: 'The bride and groom work at The New York Times, where Ms. Benzel is the editor of the Metropolitan section and Mr. Weber is an obituary reporter. Ms. Benzel, 60, is keeping her name. ... Mr. Weber, 62, is also the author of 'As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires' and 'Life Is a Wheel: Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America.' With pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f859be2e7fbeba8926d0e19ce825ea64e23639814c34e09bee4 --'Ashley Flanagan, Sean Kennedy' - N.Y. Times: 'Mrs. Kennedy, 37, is a partner in Flanagan, Fulkerson & Company, a political fund-raising and event planning firm in Washington. She graduated from the University of Richmond. ... Mr. Kennedy, 45, is a senior vice president for global government affairs at Airlines for America ... From 2009 to 2011 he was a special assistant for legislative affairs to President Obama. He graduated from Emory University and received a law degree from the Catholic University of America.' With pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f855e85916d655c6d90810bcbf1c0b0e40372802d91250d1eaf SPORTS BLINK - USA Today columnist Christine Brennan, at bottom of front page, 'As doping scandal grows, could Russia get Olympic boot?' (online: 'How long until Russia faces Olympics ban?'): 'Is Russia's doping limited only to track and field and the winter sports at the Sochi Games? Why would that be? ... [E]arlier this year, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced that Russian swimming was being scrutinized.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85233744b81b6476d53d16da89d3dd591c793de52ee998d714BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Pamela Reeves, adviser on global gender issues to Melinda Gates ... Lisa Yochelson of Sixth and I celebrated 29 at Buddakan in Philly with fiancé Grant Dubler, followed by low-key dinner with friends yesterday at new Hank's Pasta Bar in Alexandria (h/t Grant and Helen Kalla) ... USDA alum James Glueck, now senior policy adviser for Senate Ag.BIRTHDAYS: Tucker Carlson is 47 ... Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy at Brookings (h/ts John and Ann) ... Colleen McCain Nelson, WSJ White House correspondent and a proud Jayhawk and the pride of Salina, Kansas (hubby tip: Eric Nelson of the U.S. Chamber) ... Jeff Bechdel, comms director for America Rising PAC and a Rubio, Romney and Connie Mack alum ... Christine Delargy, a Politico and CBS alum and the pride of Lynbrook, NY ... Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) ... Bob Edwards ... entrepreneur Bill Rancic is 45 ('After winning 'The Apprentice,' Bill was the first candidate hired by The Trump Organization') ... Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) is 87 ... Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) ... former U.S. Senator and Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker is 85 ... former Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) ... Mike Long, comms. director for Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and a Jersey Shore native ... Kate Keane, partner at Perkins-Coie's Political Law Group, is still in her 30s (hubby tip: Brian) ... ... AP's Steve Braun ... Elizabeth Livengood, manager of global policy and gov't affairs at Siemens Healthcare (h/t Ryan Heath, filing from Brussels) ... Sara Just, PBS NewsHour executive producer and WETA SVP (h/t Nick Massella) ... Emily Aden, deputy research director at Hillary for America and McAuliffe and House Majority PAC alum (h/ts Josh Schwerin and the Rapid Team) ... Kathy Davidov ... JoDee Winterhof, SVP for policy and political affairs at Human Rights Campaign (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Minyon Moore (h/ts Samantha Slosberg, Haber and Teresa) ... Jay Perron, VP at AHIP (h/t Anne Brady Perron) ... Alana Wilson, executive assistant and scheduler for Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisc.) and a Politico alum ... Jake Sticka, senior online marketing manager at Rising Tide Interactive ... Charles Kushner, Ivanka Trump's father-in-law ... David Suissa, president of Tribe Media ... Edgar Bronfman Jr. (h/ts Jewish Insider) ... ... Ben Nathanson, DSCC alum now SVP at Ichor Strategies ... Andie Pivarunas, comms. director for Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), the pride of Chicago and a Bobby Schilling alum ... Patrick Delaney, director of policy comms. at American Soybean Association ... Bobby Frederick, director of legislative affairs and public policy at the National Grain and Feed Association and a Rodney Davis alum ... Olivia Kelley Delgado, account director in the political division of The Lukens Company ... filmmaker and author filmmaker and author Carolyn McCulley ... Mary Margaret Hart ... ... Randy Johnson, U.S. Chamber's SVP of labor, immigration, and employee benefits ... writer Gabe Beltrone, a Politico alum ... Debra Winger ... Scott Neale, a House Republican Conference alum now client advisor at Ginovus in Indianapolis ... wordsmith David Meadvin, Eric Holder and Harry Reid alum now president of Inkwell Strategies in Chicago ... Claire Howard ... Michael Wear, founder of Public Square Strategies, and author of the forthcoming 'Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=33d9d4658cbf5f85bbc5c6b73b204c9dd7ee29a5c76453d063c306f0945d3082 ... Jean Hessburg ... Debbie Tinnirello ... Juan Altamirano (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... ... Natalie Epelman, program associate in AIPAC's int'l affairs dept. ... Matt Shiraki, senior manager for public policy at McKesson and Eli Lilly and HHS alum ... Jamie Ruff ... IAVA's Jonathan Schleifer ... jazz musician Billy Cobham is 72 ... Pierce Brosnan is 63 ... Debra Winger is 61 ... Olympic gold medal gymnast Olga Korbut is 61 ... Olympic gold medal runner Joan Benoit Samuelson is 59 ... Boyd Tinsley (The Dave Matthews Band) is 52 ... Janet Jackson is 50 ... tennis player Gabriela Sabatini is 46 ... country singer Rick Trevino is 45 ... Tori Spelling is 43 ... 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