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on the Web: <http://link.washingtonpost.com/view/5483d5bc3b35d0d76d8c549c2upgn.734x/1c03f913> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE DAILY 202 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By James Hohmann - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Share on Twitter: <http://link.washingtonpost.com/5483d5bc3b35d0d76d8c549c2upgn.734x/Va4qLcPo0YZOtW1mAf8db> Share on Facebook: <http://link.washingtonpost.com/5483d5bc3b35d0d76d8c549c2upgn.734x/Va4qLcPo0YZOtW09Aa016> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Reuters/Dominick Reuter) THE BIG IDEA: CHARLESTON, S.C.—Donald Trump’s South Carolina kickoff, postponed because of the church shooting here last month, and John Kasich’s presidential campaign announcement at The Ohio State University both start at 11 a.m. this morning. Cable news will undoubtedly cover the New York businessman, under fire for his comment that John McCain is not a war hero, more than the sitting governor of Ohio, who could much more conceivably be the next president (or vice president). The split-screen contrast will show both sides of the now 16 candidate GOP field and reflect the extent to which Trump, who has taken leads in national and state polling, has drowned out almost everyone else. Neither Trump nor Kasich will speak from a teleprompter. That’s about where the similarities end. The jury is out on just how damaging Trump’s POW gaffe will be. The Washington Post and ABC were in the field with a poll when Trump made his comments in Iowa Saturday; even after seeing his support drop dramatically on the final night of the survey, Trump came out at the top of the pack. He leads nationally with the support of 24 percent of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. Scott Walker was in second place with 13 percent, just ahead of Jeb Bush at 12 percent. Who is supporting Trump? “He does far better among those who are not college graduates than among those who are,” Dan Balz and Peyton M. Craighill explain. “His support among men and women is about the same, and he performs somewhat better among GOP moderates than among those who say they are ’very conservative.’ … There is clear resistance to his candidacy within the party. A majority (54 percent) say his views do not reflect the core values of the Republican Party … If Trump were to receive the GOP nomination, 62 percent of Americans say they definitely would not consider voting for him.” Trump as spoiler? The number in our poll that gives the GOP establishment heartburn: If he were to leave the GOP race and run for president as an independent, something he has not ruled out, our survey shows that Trump would currently get 20 percent in a three-way contest. Hillary Clinton would win with 46 percent, to 30 percent for Jeb Bush. The latest—Interviewed by Bill O’Reilly on Fox News last night, Trump appeared to soften his tone about McCain. “Certainly if there was a misunderstanding, I would totally take that back,” he said. But then he insisted that McCain has not done a good job fighting for vets, something that veterans groups readily disagree with. O’Reilly admonished Trump: “McCain shouldn’t be the whipping boy … I don’t think McCain’s the villain here.” McCain, for his part, was more measured earlier in the day on MSNBC: “I think he may owe an apology to the families and those that have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. Watch O’Reilly’s interview with Trump here. Pile on—The Des Moines Register editorial board calls on Trump to drop out of the race in today’s paper: “By using his considerable wealth, his celebrity status, and his mouth to draw attention to himself, rather than to raise awareness of the issues facing America, he has coarsened our political dialogue and cheapened the electoral process. He has become ‘the distraction with traction’ — a feckless blowhard who can generate headlines, name recognition and polling numbers not by provoking thought, but by provoking outrage … The best way Donald Trump can serve his country is by apologizing to McCain and terminating this ill-conceived campaign.” John Kasich in Nashua, N.H. this spring (AP Photo/Steven Senne) — Why John Kasich deserves to be taken seriously. His pitch boils down to the belief that he is the most qualified person to be president. In addition to his time as a chief executive, he served 18 years in the House, including as chair of the Budget Committee the last time the federal government balanced the budget. He also had a tour on the Armed Services Committee. Of the four sitting governors running for president, he is the only one who remains popular back home. Kasich’s theory of the case: “At this point, there are two races underway,” Balz explains in his curtain-raiser. “One is a contest among some of the most conservative candidates for supremacy in Iowa. The other is a largely separate contest among those candidates seen as less conservative and more acceptable to the party establishment who doubt they can win in Iowa and will need to finish strongly in New Hampshire to stay alive. It is the New Hampshire contest that is most attractive to Kasich, according to his advisers. He has spent the past two years separating himself from some of the harder edges of the conservative movement. He has said often that he wants to define what it means to be a Republican.” Bracketing— From the right: The Club for Growth and other conservative groups plan to attack Kasich for expanding Medicaid today. President David McIntosh will warn of “the long-lasting consequences from his decision to burden Ohio with an ever-growing price tag for Medicaid expansion.” From the left: Kasich worked at Lehman Brothers until the bank’s collapse in the financial crisis. The Democratic National Committee will seize on the fact that today is the fifth anniversary of Dodd-Frank to tie him with Wall Street. Kasich says the law “went overboard.” Trolling Trump: Retired Air Force Col. Tom Moe, a Vietnam veteran who spent five years in the Hanoi Hilton as a POW, will lead the Pledge of Allegiance before Kasich speaks. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: — SCOOP from Jenna Johnson: Two groups supporting Scott Walker raised more than $26 million before the end of June. “The haul puts the Wisconsin governor in fourth place in the GOP’s money race, behind Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio … The Unintimidated PAC, which was started in April by two of Walker’s closest political advisers, has collected just over $20 million … Our American Revival, a nonprofit advocacy group Walker started in January that does not have to disclose its donors, raised $6.2 million … He also raised $5.9 million for Friends of Scott Walker, a state level account that can’t be used for his White House run but shows his fundraising strength. … Aides have said they hope to have at least $40 million on hand by early next year. Nearly 300 people donated to the super PAC and 2,500 donated to the nonprofit political organization. Among the key non-Wisconsin donors to Walker’s super PAC: Joe Ricketts, the billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade; supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis; and media mogul John Malone. — The FBI recovered a pistol that may have been owned and used by one of the Marines killed by Chattanooga shooter Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the Washington Post reported. Investigators want to know if the 9MM Glock was used in the fatal exchange and possibly wounded Abdulazeez. The incident has “prompted calls to arm military personnel at bases and other facilities, including recruiting center” where currently only military police can carry them. GET SMART FAST: Planned Parenthood told Congress yesterday that its critics have “unlawfully infiltrated its clinics for years and most likely possessed thousands of hours of surreptitious video recordings that they could deceptively edit and spread for months to come,” the New York Times reports. “A manager at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Georgia is on leave with pay following his indictment on 50 counts of ordering his staff to falsify medical records of veterans waiting for outside medical care,” Lisa Rein reports, in what appears to be the first round of criminal charges stemming from the wait-times scandal. Sixty-six percent of Americans would support 10-year term limits for Supreme Court justices in the wake of sweeping health care and same-sex marriage rulings in June, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. California proposed a record $1.5 million fine on a group of Central Valley farmers for stealing water during the drought. SpaceX Founder Elon Musk blamed the June 28 disintegration of his company’s rocket, grounding the fleet, on a subcontractor’s steel rut. POWER PLAYERS IN THE NEWS: Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) announced that he’s cancer free following prostate surgery last week. Ex-Florida Gov. Charlie Crist declared that he intends to run for the House, if (as expected) a new, court-ordered congressional map puts his home into a district he can win. John Kerry will travel to Havana on August 14 to open the American embassy in Cuba. Scott Walker signed the 20-week abortion ban into law, with exceptions only for the life of the mother. Rand Paul huddled with Art Laffer and Steve Moore yesterday ahead of a new push to promote his tax plan. On Fox News  at 9:40 a.m., the Kentuckian will debut a video that shows him literally taking a chain saw to the U.S. tax code. The campaign sent Dave Weigel this picture as a preview: WAPO HIGHLIGHTS: —“Menendez lawyers accuse Justice Department of misconduct,” by Carol  D. Leonnig: “Lawyers for Sen. Robert Menendez accused federal prosecutors and FBI agents Monday of lying to win a corruption indictment against him this spring, saying the Justice Department would ‘stop at nothing’ to try to convict the powerful lawmaker…According to the defense documents, the lead prosecutor allowed an FBI agent to falsely testify to the grand jury that HHS officials were ‘perfectly clear’ that Menendez had been seeking favorable treatment for his friend. In contrast, defense lawyers argued, internal FBI memos showed the officials saying that they couldn’t recall Menendez mentioning Melgen, and one said she wasn’t sure what Menendez specifically wanted.” –“AIPAC Spent Record $1.7 million as it lobbied Congress to review Iran deal,” by Catherine Ho: “The $1.67 million that AIPAC spent so far this year is more than the group has ever spent on direct lobbying during a six-month period — at least in the last 16 years, according to lobbying records in the Senate Office of Public Records database, which date back to 1999… It is funneling resources to support Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran, a new 501(c)4 group that is expected to spend around $20 million on advertising and campaigns in up to 40 states to get opponents of the Iran deal to pressure their representatives in Congress.” —“Jeb Bush wants to revamp Washington. Some in Washington aren’t fans of revamp,” by Ed O’Keefe: Bush “on Monday embraced a series of fix-it plans that congressional Republicans and watchdog groups have tried failed to enact for decades. Democrats noted that many of Bush’s wealthy supporters would be directly affected by the changes…He endorsed a federal worker attrition plan Republicans have unsuccessfully pursued for years that would replace every three departing federal workers with just one new hire. He backed a GOP plan to partially restore the line-item veto…Most boldly, Bush proposed a six-year ‘cooling off’ period for former lawmakers who want to be lobbyists — an aggressive expansion of current law.” SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ: — ZIGNAL VISUAL: Interest in Bernie Sanders continues to grow. The Vermont senator was mentioned more than any other presidential contender on Monday, dominating 20 percent of the overall conversation about 2016. These top Sanders-related tweets summarize the Sanders media alchemy pretty well: some talk of college debt retirement; an income inequality riff; a smidgen of #blacklivesmatter; links to a glowing New York Times feature and an endorsement from the rapper “Lil B”: Any campaign would want Sanders’ word cloud, which reflects the big crowds he draws and the sense of momentum that exists among his supporters: –WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT: Pictures of the day: John Kasich unveiled his presidential campaign logo: (@JohnKasich) Tweets of the day: First Lady Michelle Obama exchanged tweets with Funny or Die’s Billy Eichner and Big Bird after a sketch with the two was nominated for an Emmy: .@FLOTUS Hi @FLOTUS! So excited #BillyontheStreet was nominated for an Emmy 4 our segment about #LetsMove with u & @BigBird!! — billy eichner (@billyeichner) July 20, 2015 Congrats @BillyEichner on the Emmy nomination and thanks for supporting #LetsMove! http://link.washingtonpost.com/5483d5bc3b35d0d76d8c549c2upgn.734x/Va4qLcPo0YZOtW1RA57ce — The First Lady (@FLOTUS) July 20, 2015 That’s great @FLOTUS @billyeichner! But who’s Emmy? — Big Bird (@BigBird) July 20, 2015 After dancing with @BigBird, an Emmy nomination is just the icing on top. Remember to eat your carrots, @BillyEichner! — The First Lady (@FLOTUS) July 20, 2015 The Post’s Emily Heil documented the first mojitos at the newly reopened Cuban embassy in Washington: (@emilyaheil) Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) joked that Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) cousin, comedian Amy Schumer, has “eclipsed” him in fame. “But,” Rangel wrote, “I know he doesn’t mind sharing a good laugh!” (The grapes are a reference to the Rangel Resolution, a 30-day commitment to three rules of healthy eating): (@cbrangel) Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) thanked “Gossip Girl” actress Kelly Rutherford for testifying last week on a law to return abducted American children: (@JacksonLeeTX18) Instagrams of the day: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) squeezed in a game of basketball before heading back to D.C.: (senatortimscott) Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) posted a photo from the Chickasawhay River: (senatorwicker) Jill Biden shared a snapshot from an orphanage she just visited in Vietnam: (drbiden) GOOD READS FROM ELSEWHERE: — Wall Street Journal, “Democratic Party Machine Shows Rust,” by Colleen McCain Nelson and Peter Nicholas: “A tepid economy and President Barack Obama’s sinking approval ratings contributed to some of the Democratic losses last fall. The setbacks also revealed a withering of the campaign machinery built by Mr. Obama’s team more than seven years ago. While Democrats held the White House, Republicans have strengthened their hand in statehouses across the U.S…After two presidential victories, Mr. Obama presides over a Democratic Party that has lost 13 seats in the U.S. Senate and 69 in the House during his tenure, a net loss unmatched by any modern U.S. president. Democrats have also lost 11 governorships, four state attorneys general, 910 legislative seats, as well as the majorities in 30 state legislative chambers. In 23 states, Republicans control the governor’s office and the legislature; Democrats, only seven.” — Miami Herald, “Lawmakers set special session on Congressional map,” by Mary Ellen Klas: “Florida legislators announced Monday they will convene a 12-day special session starting August 10 to comply with a court order to revise the state’s congressional districts and will take some extraordinary measures to make sure staffers draw an initial base map without consulting anyone but lawyers…House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner have ordered legislators to compile all documents and communications related to drawing the new congressional districts, forward them daily to a specially-created email account, and prohibited those who are drafting the new map from talking about it.” —Bloomberg View, “Homeland Security Leaders Bent Rules on Private E-mail,” by Josh Rogin: “Jeh Johnson, the secretary of homeland security, and 28 of his senior staffers have been using private Web-based e-mail from their work computers for over a year, a practice criticized by cybersecurity experts and advocates of government transparency…The department banned such private e-mail on DHS computers in April 2014. Top DHS officials were granted informal waivers, according to a top DHS official who said that he saw the practice as a national security risk…Future exceptions are to be granted only by the chief of staff.” — Vanity Fair, “Rachel Dolezal’s True Lies,” by Alison Samuels: “Her life bears little resemblance to the one she and her 13-year-old son, Franklin, were living just six weeks ago. ‘I’ve got to figure it out before August 1, because my last paycheck was like $1,800 in June,’ she says. ‘[I lost] friends and the jobs and the work and—oh, my God—so much at the same time.’ And yet, Dolezal’s claim on black womanhood still seems to be non-negotiable. Even in conversation with an actual black woman on the other end of the line or sitting in her cozy home, Dolezal unequivocally identifies as black.” undefined BUZZING AT THE CAPITOL: —House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) will celebrate what he calls the “Unhappy Fifth Birthday” of Dodd-Frank with a 2:30 p.m. speech at the conservative think tank AEI. An excerpt: “The Dodd-Frank architecture, first of all, has made us less financially stable. Since the passage of Dodd-Frank, the big banks are bigger and the small banks are fewer. But because Washington can control a handful of big established firms much easier than many small and zealous competitors, this is likely an intended consequence of the Act. Dodd-Frank concentrates greater assets in fewer institutions. It codifies into law ‘Too Big to Fail’ and taxpayer-funded bailouts.” — Politico, “Immigration advocates warn against ‘sanctuary city’ crackdown,” by Seung Min Kim: “A coalition of immigration advocacy and civil rights groups is urging lawmakers not to push forward with bills to crack down on so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ — an issue that’s been catapulted into the 2016 campaign spotlight after an undocumented immigrant allegedly fatally shot a woman in California earlier this month … The Senate Judiciary Committee…will hold a hearing Tuesday that will bring extra congressional scrutiny to the issue, and the committee announced Monday that [the woman’s] father, Jim, will testify.” –Politico, “Ethics panel weighs full probe of Democrat Mike Honda,” by Lauren French: “The House Committee on Ethics is considering whether to launch a full-scale investigation into allegations that California Rep. Mike Honda allowed improper coordination between his congressional and campaign offices…The probe stems from a story published by San Jose Inside that included emails between campaign and congressional staffers discussing fundraising efforts tied to what was being billed as an official event, seemingly in violation of congressional ethics rule.” HOT ON THE LEFT Photo shows a black police officer helping an ailing neo-Nazi. From Talking Points Memo: “A remarkable photo of a black police officer helping a white neo-Nazi out of the scorching South Carolina sun went viral over the weekend. The image was taken Saturday on the steps of the South Carolina statehouse, where white supremacists clashed with demonstrators from the Florida-based Black Educators for Justice. The groups’ twin rallies, which drew some 2,000 attendees collectively, spoke to the raw racial tensions recently reignited by the South Carolina legislature’s decision to remove a Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds.” HOT ON THE RIGHT Six states arm National Guard members in wake of Chattanooga shooting. From Fox News: “While safety concerns at military recruitment centers have been a long-standing issue, last week’s fatal shootings at two Tennessee installations underscore the deep risk recruiters face daily … The U.S. military on Monday confirmed to Fox News it directed recruiting centers across the country to step up security measures in the wake of the deadly rampage that claimed the lives of four U.S. Marines and a Navy sailor. At the same time, a handful of governors have taken steps to beef up security measures at National Guard recruitment centers.” DAYBOOK: –What’s happening today on the campaign trail: John Kasich will launch his bid for president at Ohio State University in Columbus, then attend a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H.. Chris Chrstie will attend a meet-and-greet in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Jeb Bush will participate in a forum in Spartanburg, S.C. Marco Rubio will hold meet-and-greets in Hooksett and Portsmouth, N.H. Bobby Jindal will hold town halls in Davenport and Ames, Iowa. Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Bluffton, S.C. –On the Hill: The House will meet at 12 p.m. and vote on several bills under suspension of the rules at 6:30 p.m. The Senate will convene at 10 a.m. and proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.22, the vehicle for the highway bills at 2:15 p.m. –At the White House: President Obama will travel to Pittsburgh, Pa. to address the 116th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention. He will also tape an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and attend a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee event in New York City. Vice President Biden will travel to Denver, Co., to deliver a speech on economic policy. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I have the good fortune of knowing both John McCain and Donald Trump well,” Sarah Palin told CNN in an e-mail. “Both men have more in common than the today’s media hype would have you believe. Both blazed trails in their careers and love our great nation.” NEWS YOU CAN USE IF YOU LIVE IN D.C.: — There will be heat today, but it’s gone tomorrow with a nicer rest of the week ahead. “Another muggy, warm morning greets us with temps rising through the 80s fairly quick,” the Capital Weather Gang forecasts. “We could also see some scattered light showers in the morning before partly sunny midday conditions as temperatures head for afternoon highs in the low to middle 90s. Showers and thunderstorms become more numerous in the mid to late afternoon going into the evening hours.” — The Nationals crushed the Mets, their division rivals, 7-2 last night in one of the team’s strongest performances of the season. VIDEOS OF THE DAY: Republicans are jumping on an interview from Martin O’Malley in which he argued that climate change produced poor economic conditions that led to the rise of ISIS: (America Rising ICYMI) British comedian Simon Brodkin interrupted a FIFA press conference on Monday to throw fake dollar bills at FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who is departing the group amid a massive corruption scandal: (BBC News) Bonus: Rapper Pitbull declared on Univision that Donald Trump cannot be president. “Trump, watch out for El Chapo!” he yelled in Spanish. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Twitter <http://link.washingtonpost.com/5483d5bc3b35d0d76d8c549c2upgn.734x/VW9OUMPoLgim3KRIA9418> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You received this e-mail because you are registered on washingtonpost.com with [email protected]. We respect your privacy <http://link.washingtonpost.com/5483d5bc3b35d0d76d8c549c2upgn.734x/VAdresPomws_ZkyqC77bd>. 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