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BIG NYT INTERACTIVE: HOW WE JUNETEENTH … WAPO: “Original ‘Juneteenth’ order found in the National Archives” … BOSTON GLOBE: “‘Something we can hold onto’: Reflections on Juneteenth”
AP’S AARON MORRISON and KAT STAFFORD: “Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action”: “In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a community festival, a soulful rendition of ‘Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.’
“But in 2020, as the coronavirus ravishes black America disproportionately, as economic uncertainty wrought by the pandemic strains black pocketbooks, and as police brutality continues to devastate black families, Juneteenth is a day of protest. …
“Friday’s celebrations will be marked from coast to coast with marches and demonstrations of civil disobedience, along with expressions of black joy in spite of an especially traumatic time for the nation. And like the nationwide protests that followed the police involved deaths of black men and women in Minnesota, Kentucky and Georgia, Juneteenth celebrations are likely to be remarkably more multiracial.” AP
TEXAS TRIBUNE: “U.S. Sen. John Cornyn will file bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday,” by Alex Samuels … THE HILL: “Group of Democratic senators to propose making Juneteenth national holiday”
FOX NEWS POLL: JOE BIDEN 50, DONALD TRUMP 38 … QUINNIPIAC: BIDEN 49, TRUMP 41 …
NEW: ALEX ISENSTADT SPEAKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE OVAL OFFICE: “‘My biggest risk’: Trump says mail-in voting could cost him reelection”: “President Donald Trump called mail-in voting the biggest threat to his reelection and said his campaign’s multimillion-dollar legal effort to block expanded ballot access could determine whether he wins a second term.
“In an Oval Office interview Thursday focusing on the 2020 election, the president also warned his party in blunt terms not to abandon him and cast Hillary Clinton as a more formidable opponent than Joe Biden, despite his commanding lead in polls.
“The president’s assertion that mail-in voting will endanger his reelection comes as states across the country are rushing to accommodate remote voting in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of voters could be disenfranchised if they decide to stay home on Election Day rather than risk contracting the virus at crowded polling stations.
“But Trump and his campaign argue, despite a lack of evidence, that widespread mail-in voting will benefit Democrats and invite fraud. The Republican Party is spending tens of millions of dollars on a multi-front legal battle. ‘My biggest risk is that we don’t win lawsuits,’ Trump said. ‘We have many lawsuits going all over. And if we don’t win those lawsuits, I think — I think it puts the election at risk.’”
-- EYES EMOJI! … TRUMP ON QUESTIONING THE LEGITIMACY OF THE ELECTION: “Trump was asked a two-part question during the interview: Would a substantial amount of mail-in voting — which is widely expected because of coronavirus — cause him to question the legitimacy of the election? And would he accept the results no matter what?
“‘Well, you can never answer the second question, right? Because Hillary kept talking about she’s going to accept, and they never accepted it. You know. She lost too. She lost good.’ Clinton conceded the day after the 2016 election.”
WSJ FRONT PAGE, both above the fold: “Facebook Removes Trump Ads Over Hate Rule … Justices Block President’s Repeal of ‘Dreamers’ Immigrant Program”
Good Friday morning. SPOTTED: Sen. TED CRUZ (R-Texas) and Rep. SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-Texas) on United 6185 from DCA to Houston on Thursday.
SCOOP … WAPO’S SEUNG MIN KIM: “Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump’s response to racial tensions in the country”: “A senior State Department official who has served in the Trump administration since its first day is resigning over President Trump’s recent handling of racial tensions across the country — saying that the president’s actions ‘cut sharply against my core values and convictions.’
“Mary Elizabeth Taylor, assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, submitted her resignation Thursday. Taylor’s five-paragraph resignation letter, obtained by The Washington Post, serves as an indictment of Trump’s stewardship at a time of national unrest from one of the administration’s highest-ranking African Americans and an aide who was viewed as loyal and effective in serving his presidency.
“‘Moments of upheaval can change you, shift the trajectory of your life, and mold your character. The President’s comments and actions surrounding racial injustice and Black Americans cut sharply against my core values and convictions,’ Taylor wrote in her resignation letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. ‘I must follow the dictates of my conscience and resign as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.’”
WHAT TULSA IS READING … TULSA WORLD, by Randy Krehbiel: “Like an approaching cyclone, the bits and pieces of what is likely to be a memorable and perhaps momentous weekend swirled about Tulsa on Thursday.
“At the center is President Donald Trump. Details remain fuzzy -- not unusual for a presidential visit -- but Trump’s 7 p.m. rally at the BOK Center on Saturday is expected to fill the 19,000-seat arena to overflowing despite the growing concern of public health professionals.”
-- LAT: “As Trump heads to Tulsa, foreboding grows among Black residents,” by Molly Hennessey-Fiske and Kurtis Lee in Tulsa
WSJ: “Early Data Show No Uptick in Covid-19 Transmission From Protests,” by Daniela Hernandez, Sarah Krouse, Brianna Abbott and Charity Scott: “Early coronavirus testing data from a handful of U.S. cities and states suggest that recent protests against racial injustices haven’t yet led to a marked uptick in new cases. Public-health officials warn that the data is still preliminary, however, and protest-related cases could still rise.”
A FEW MORE JOHN BOLTON NUGGETS … p. 230: At one point, TRUMP put BOLTON in charge of immigration, telling him, “You are the f---ing boss.” BOLTON, reluctant to take on such a thankless task, drafted a one-page memo that called for ousting KIRSTJEN NIELSEN and JEFF SESSIONS and imagined sweeping legislative and policy changes, including “rewriting all the relevant Homeland Security and Justice Department regulations.” TRUMP took the memo, folded it and put it in his pocket, saying he couldn’t act on BOLTON’S ideas until after the election.
-- p. 233: BOLTON describes Secretary of State MIKE POMPEO saying, “The only thing MNUCHIN thinks about is covering his ass.” POMPEO, worried about the implications of JOHN KELLY quitting, says, “This whole thing could end up being the Donald, Jared and Ivanka show!”
-- p. 235: BOLTON describes “considerable debate” over whether TRUMP should issue a statement absolving the Saudi crown prince of responsibility for killing JAMAL KHASHOGGI before or after the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon.
-- p. 244: NICK AYERS, in the running to succeed KELLY as chief of staff, worked directly for TRUMP for two days “as an experiment” to see if he could stomach the job. He decided he could not.
-- BOLTON repeatedly knifes MNUCHIN, whom he accuses of foiling his efforts to take “tough measures” against countries like China and describes as “basically a Democrat.” But he misspells the Treasury secretary’s first name multiple times.
-- pp. 255-256: BOLTON describes going through the motions of weighing military options against Venezuela “solely to keep Trump interested in the objective of overthrowing Maduro.”
-- p. 260: TRUMP tells BOLTON to “go have fun with the press” by flaunting his notepad saying “5,000 troops to Colombia,” which set off a diplomatic incident in Latin America.
THE LEGAL BATTLE: “Bolton lawyers call DOJ attempt to halt book’s publication ‘surreal’ — and too late,” by Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein: “John Bolton moved late Thursday to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit to stop publication of his book, contending that the Justice Department legal drive violates the First Amendment and is — at this point — entirely futile.
“The former national security adviser’s first formal legal response to the government’s suit landed just hours before a federal judge is slated to hear arguments on the attempt to keep Bolton's book from hitting shelves.
“But Bolton argues the effort is a naked attempt to prevent him from revealing embarrassing information about President Donald Trump and that, at any rate, it’s much too late: some 200,000 copies of the book have been bound and shipped to booksellers, and nearly every major media outlet in the United States has a copy.” POLITICO
THE TEAM GETS IN LINE -- “‘Traitor’: Pompeo, Mnuchin and Navarro pile on Bolton,” by Max Cohen and Matthew Choi
ANDREW DESIDERIO and BURGESS EVERETT: “Everybody in Washington hates John Bolton”
VEEPSTAKES ... SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-Minn.) officially took herself out of the running to be BIDEN’S running mate Thursday night on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” “This is a historic moment and America must seize on this moment. I truly believe that this [is] a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket and there are so many incredibly qualified women,” she said.
-- OF COURSE, Klobuchar became a much more unlikely pick in the wake of George Floyd’s death as questions were raised about her decision not to prosecute Minneapolis police officers after a fatal shooting while she served as Hennepin County’s top prosecutor.
STAFFING UP -- “Biden Campaign Lags in Hiring Top Staff in Battleground States,” by Bloomberg’s Jennifer Epstein and Tyler Pager
TRUMP’S FRIDAY -- The president has nothing on his schedule.
TV TONIGHT … PBS’ “Washington Week” with Bob Costa: Yamiche Alcindor, Geoff Bennett, Josh Dawsey and Susan Page.
SUNDAY SO FAR …
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“Fox News Sunday”: Thomas Inglesby. Panel: Guy Benson, Juan Williams and Katie Pavlich.
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“This Week”: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). Panel: Chris Christie, Rahm Emanuel, Cecilia Vega and Leah Wright Rigueur.
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“Meet the Press”: Panel: Yamiche Alcindor, Al Cardenas and Carol Lee.
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“America This Week with Eric Bolling”: VP Mike Pence … Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) … Corey Lewandowski … Marc Lamont Hill … Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) … Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) … Bernard Kerik. Panel: Ameshia Cross and Sebastian Gorka.
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“Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren”: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) … Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.).
PLAYBOOK READS
AXIOS’ HANS NICHOLS: “Trump’s fourth NSC Russia director is leaving the White House”: “Tom Williams, who had been serving as the acting senior director for European and Russian Affairs at the National Security Council, will be returning to the Pentagon, according to national security adviser Robert O'Brien.”
ACROSS THE GLOBE -- “Singapore opens gyms, dining out as China outbreak steadies,” by AP’s Royston Chan and Elaine Kurtenbach in Singapore: “Singaporeans can wine and dine at restaurants, work out at the gym and socialize with no more than five people at a time as of Friday, when the city-state removed most of its pandemic lockdown restrictions.
“The latest relaxation comes as reopenings in many places around the world are touching off fresh spikes in infections, raising questions about how to live with the coronavirus without causing unnecessary deaths or economic catastrophe.
“Getting back to business in Singapore came as China declared a fresh outbreak in Beijing under control after confirming 25 new cases among some 360,000 people tested. That was up by just four from a day earlier.” AP
MEDIAWATCH -- “Facebook Removes Trump Ads Displaying Symbol Used by Nazis,” by NYT’s Annie Karni: “Facebook on Thursday removed advertisements posted on its platform by the Trump campaign that prominently featured a symbol used by Nazis to classify political prisoners during World War II, saying the imagery violated company policy.
“The Trump campaign had used the ads, with a picture of a large red triangle, to inveigh against antifa, a loose collective of anti-fascist protesters that President Trump has blamed for violence and vandalism during the nationwide protests against racial injustice. There is scant evidence that antifa has been involved in any coordinated campaigns during the demonstrations.” NYT
BACKSTORY -- “Black Lives Matter’s Years of Pressure Paved Way for Sudden Police Overhaul,” by the WSJ’s Arian Campo-Flores and Joshua Jamerson: “As donations and offers of help have poured in to support the Black Lives Matter movement in recent weeks, groups in the movement are poised to expand initiatives and add staff. The Minnesota Freedom Fund, which after [George] Floyd’s death has paid cash bail on behalf of protesters who were arrested, has said it received more than $25 million since Mr. Floyd’s killing. Black Lives Matter’s Los Angeles chapter has raised more than $2 million through the fundraising site GoFundMe in three weeks.
“The Black Lives Matter movement brought a younger perspective with an aggressive agenda, pushing proposals such as police-department defunding that until last month looked to be unrealistic and well outside the mainstream. The advocacy groups often found people in power ignored them.
“Mr. Floyd’s killing has suddenly given their proposals currency. Public opinion has shifted dramatically: One poll after Mr. Floyd’s death showed 57% of Americans felt police responded differently to black people than white people; a 2016 survey by the same polling firm showed 34% of Americans felt that way.” WSJ
PLAYBOOKERS
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TRANSITION -- John Cusey will rejoin the American Enterprise Institute as VP of comms. He was most recently director of policy at HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement.
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jennifer Hazelton, deputy assistant administrator of public affairs at USAID. A trend she thinks doesn’t get enough attention: “While China has been very much in the news this year because of Covid-19, it would be great to see the American news media devote more time and attention to reporting on other aspects of China’s ambitions. From the current tensions along the China-India border, to China’s activities in the South China Sea, to the Belt and Road Initiative and ‘Made in China 2025,’ to China’s use of export credit, there is a big story to tell here that is currently underreported in the American press.” Playbook Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: British PM Boris Johnson is 56 … Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) is 41 … Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) is 66 … Jeff Mason, White House correspondent for Reuters … Anne Gearan, WaPo White House reporter and MSNBC contributor … Marcus Brauchli is 59 (h/ts Ben Chang) … former SEC Chair Mary Schapiro is 65 … The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner … Caroline Magyarits … Alex Kisling, deputy director for media relations at the Atlantic Council … POLITICO’s Alex Isenstadt, Tim Starks, Melissa Cooke and Bernardine Bruggen … Jake Lasky, trip coordinator for VP Mike Pence … David Lat … David Di Martino … Lara Spencer is 51 … Seth Stevenson … Louise Serio, managing associate at Reservoir Communications Group … Tariq Smith … Cragg Hines is 75 … Emily Hoffman of Softbank government affairs (h/t Jeff Grappone) … Lindsey Morton, associate director of events for White House legislative affairs … Aung San Suu Kyi is 75 …
… Sam Cornale, deputy CEO of the DNC (h/t Adrienne Watson) … Nicole Daigle … Ben Castagnetti of Sen. Maria Cantwell’s (D-Wash.) office (h/t Mary Beth Cahill) … Geri M. Joseph is 97 … Hodan Omaar, policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (h/t Sintia Radu) … Darren Bearson … Kenneth Lipper is 79 ... Blair Effron is 59 ... Tom Hoare, SVP of global comms and external affairs at SAP (h/t Tammy Haddad) ... Axios’ Maggie Snipes ... Olivia Draughon ... Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is 61 … Mary Dalrymple, director at Eagle Hill Consulting ... Earl Whipple ... Mike Naple is 37 ... Jenna Kastan ... Michelle Ringuette … Abigail Bessler ... Jonathan Hunley ... Katie Burke ... Sean Kevelighan … Hilary Richards ... Michael Akin ... Jennifer Fedor Ayoade ... Raytheon’s Aimee Strudwick Gilroy ... Michael Robbins … Kelly Lester ... Ruth Elliott ... Bonnie Goldstein ... Matt McKillop is 36 ... Leslea Byrd Kirby
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