memeorandum: Playbook PM: The Johnson CR whip count begins (Eli Okun/Politico)

2:40 PM ET, November 13, 2023

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MAGA-dominated state Republican parties plagued by infighting, money woes — National Republicans fear the cash crunch could hamper field operations in key swing states come 2024 — In Arizona, the state GOP chairman has been begging the Republican National Committee for a financial bailout.

Discussion: Raw Story

Jim Messina / Politico:

I Was Obama's 2012 Campaign Manager. There's No Need to Panic Over Biden. — Don't sweat the doom and gloom polling. We've been here before. — As you walk into my office, the first thing you see is a framed magazine cover. It's not from the days of triumph — like in November 2012 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Messenger

Jonathan Martin / Politico:

Here's How Biden Can Turn It Around — Top Democrats agree that the president needs more aggressiveness, more help from his friends and a few more friends. Liz Cheney, Rahm Emanuel and Mitt Romney can help. — Just under one year before the presidential election, Democrats should be concerned …

Discussion: The Hill, Off Message, Breitbart, Louder With Crowder, Mediaite, RedState, Washington Post, Fox News and Power Line

Financial Times:
Only 14% of US voters say Joe Biden has made them better off

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Breitbart, BizPac Review, Mediaite and Political Wire

Dan Merica / The Messenger:
Pro-Biden Priorities USA Dismisses Poll Worries, Says Election Will Be ‘Tough’ but ‘Winnable’

Discussion: Forbes and Mercury News

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A wasteland: Political coverage ignores the threat to democracy

Discussion: BizPac Review, Hopium Chronicles, Issues & Insights, Washington Examiner and Raw Story

Axios:

Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab … - His top obsession will be the Justice Department, the FBI and the intelligence community — all of which he thinks conspired to investigate him, thwart him, screw him.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, The Hill, New Republic, Rolling Stone, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story and BizPac Review

Eli Okun / Politico:

Playbook PM: The Johnson CR whip count begins — RESOLVING THE RESOLUTION — With just four days until a government shutdown, the race is on to see whether Speaker MIKE JOHNSON's plan for a two-pronged clean continuing resolution can peel off enough House Democrats to make up for Republican defections.

Discussion: ABC News, Semafor and Washington Post

Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Democrat Dean Phillips says he'll vote for Speaker Johnson's CR proposal

Discussion: NBC News, Washington Examiner, Fox News, The Post Millennial, Politico, NPR and New York Daily News

New York Times:

Maryanne Trump Barry, Donald Trump's Older Sister, Dies at 86 — A retired federal judge in New Jersey, she supported her brother but, as secret audio recordings revealed in 2019, she could also be scathingly critical of him. — Maryanne Trump Barry, a former federal judge who was an older sister …

Discussion: Daily Voice, CNN, The Hill, Insider, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Associated Press, Breitbart, PennLive, TMZ.com, The Messenger, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, GB News, Metro.co.uk, New York Post, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, PIX11, IJR and KTLA

ABC News:

Maryanne Trump Barry, older sister of Donald Trump, has died at 86: Sources — Barry was a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals until 2019. — Donald Trump, Maryanne Trump, and Robert Trump during Opening of Donald Trump's Taj Mahal Casino in April 5, 1990 at Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Discussion: CBS News, USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, NBC News, CNBC, Twitchy, The Guardian and The Gateway Pundit

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

New book details Trump lawyers' secret meeting with Jack Smith ahead of DC indictment — ABC's Jonathan Karl offers an account of a fateful July 27 meeting in his forthcoming book. — Jack Smith's public image, shaped by his near invisibility since taking over the federal criminal cases …

Discussion: NBC News, USA Today, Insider, The Messenger, The Daily Caller, Law & Crime, UPI, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Scottie's Playtime, CNN and Crooks and Liars

Mike Allen / Axios:

Scoop: Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian, new Jonathan Karl book says — Former President Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian when she called for help with a clemency case — because he assumed she voted for President Biden, ABC News' Jonathan Karl writes in “Tired of Winning,” out Tuesday.

Discussion: Insider, USA Today, New York Post, Raw Story, Newsbusters, UPROXX, Deadline, The Hill and Political Wire

ABC News:
Trump was privately enthralled by baseless theory he could be reinstated as president: New book

Discussion: Rolling Stone, FOX8 WGHP, HuffPost, The Messenger, Newsbusters, Mediaite and Political Wire

Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:

Secret Service agents protecting Biden's granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUV — Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden's granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation's capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

Luke Barr / ABC News:
Secret Service opens fire on people attempting to break into car outside Naomi Biden's home: Sources

Discussion: Fox News, UPI, CBS News, BizPac Review and Mediaite

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:

Historian Meacham links Trump ‘vermin’ comments to ‘most ghastly kinds of crimes’ — Presidential historian Jon Meacham on Monday linked former President Trump's recent comments pledging to “root out” the “vermin” of the U.S. to fascist dictators of the 1930s.

Discussion: The Bulwark, Reuters, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Messenger, Eschaton and HuffPost

Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump calls political enemies ‘vermin,’ echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Liz Cheney says RNC chair ‘collaborating’ with Trump's ‘Nazi propaganda’

Discussion: Salon, The Messenger, Raw Story, Breitbart and Mediaite

Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Joe Scarborough Warns Trump Is ‘Going Full-On Hitler’ After Weekend Rhetoric

Discussion: ABC News, USA Today, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Messenger, Newsbusters, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Guardian

Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott abruptly ends 2024 presidential bid, shocking even his campaign staff — Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff …

Fox News:
Sen. Tim Scott announces decision to suspend his 2024 presidential campaign

Discussion: New York Magazine, New York Times, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Boston Herald, HotAir, BizPac Review, RedState, Roll Call, New York Post, Deadline, Semafor, Mediaite, IJR, ABC News, Washington Examiner and New York Daily News

NBC News:
Tim Scott drops out of the 2024 presidential race

Discussion: Politico, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Fox News, RedState, The Hill, Breitbart, WJXB, Insider, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Twitchy, Washington Post, The Post Millennial, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Political Wire and New York Times

Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Nikki Haley will launch a $10M ad campaign to try to overtake Ron DeSantis in the GOP primary

Discussion: Washington Post, The Messenger, The Hill, Washington Times, The Dispatch, New York Times, Washington Examiner and Political Wire

Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:

Why pro-China David Cameron is the UK's new foreign secretary — In a shocking development, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appointed David Cameron as the nation's foreign minister (the equivalent position to the U.S. secretary of state) on Monday. — A fellow member of the Conservative Party …

Discussion: Reuters, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Politico, UPI, Wall Street Journal and The Hill

James Landale / BBC:
Ex-PM David Cameron appointed foreign secretary in shock return to government

Discussion: New York Times, Politico, GB News, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Raw Story, The Messenger and The Guardian

NBC News:

Vivek Ramaswamy calls the most coveted endorsement in New Hampshire a ‘kiss of death’ — Gov. Chris Sununu, who has high favorability ratings, has been sought after by other candidates. But he also criticized Ramaswamy's debate behavior. — MERRIMACK, N.H. — Vivek Ramaswamy called …

Lisa Needham / Public Notice:

Stephen Miller's “America First Legal” is more dangerous than you think — This free edition of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please consider signing up. Just click the button below. — Click for Public Notice free trial

NPR:

We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared — WEST BANK - There are days when you head out to report a story, and you think you know where it's going. And then it spins in an entirely different direction. — This is the story of one such day last Tuesday …

Discussion: Hartford Courant and The Times of Israel

NBC News:

‘QAnon Shaman’ who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 files paperwork to run for Congress — Jacob Chansley, who served about 27 months in prison for his role in the Capitol attack, filed to run for the seat left vacant by Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz. — Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man known as the …