A PERFECT CALL, PART II . . . ERIC BOLLING in a city hall with President DONALD TRUMP for Sinclair TV: BOLLING: “With Covid, is there anything you think you could have done differently?If you had a mulligan or a review on one side of how he treated it, what would it be?TRUMP: “Not much. Look, it’s all over the world, you have a lot of wonderful leaders, a lot of wise people, it’s all over the world. He came here from China, China has stopped him.
COVID RELIEF UPDATE . . . WEDNESDAY PELOSI RONDA . . . THE MINUSCULE OF THE VIS HERE is President NANCY PELOSI suggesting now that it is very imaginable that an agreement will take place until the end of the election. PELOSI said the state and local investment is and she said her purpose was anything enacted by law on November 1 because of the hiring checks. But read on to learn more. . .
– PELOSI broadcast JOE MADISON on SIRIUS XM: “As far as the leader of the majority in the Senate is responsible for the president to take care of him, it is up to the president to convince them because the president so desires. legislation. He wants that check to pass into people’s pockets. He doesn’t care about everything else in terms of what he does to run families. So that’s our lever. ” Array. .
MADISON: “Do you think you have a deal until November 3rd?” PELOSI: “Well, I hope so. In fact, we can expect it to be. In other words, you know that it is clear that we need to reach an agreement until 3 November. In fact, it will depend on whether the president can convince Mitch McConnell to do so. However, I don’t think, I think Mitch McConnell won’t think of doing it after the election. “
– PELOSI at MSNBC at ANDREA MITCHELL: “I’m pretty happy. I think we have an agreement . . . I’m optimistic, because even with what Mitch McConnell says, we don’t have to do it before the election,” we’re still running so we can do it after the election. “
New. . . SENATE MAJORITY WHIP JOHN THUNE (RSD) TOBURGESS EVERETT: “The leader’s position is dictated through mathematics. I mean, he knows where the votes are and all we need to come to an agreement, an agreement that would be approved to reach the Senate with all the Democratic votes, and a handful of Republicans is not something the leader needs to happen. The leader would like to see a deal that gets a majority of Republicans and policies really effective at fighting the virus. “
“It’s about numbers, math. If you look at the number Democrats are talking about, now with the new score [from the Congressional Budget Office], it’s $2. 4 trillion, I can’t locate thirteen Republicans to vote for. yes, you could possibly, depending on that number and the characteristics of the agreement, there would be enough Republicans to cross the final line. But the dimensions of what they’re talking about today, I don’t think there are thirteen Republicans for that. This is my math-based assessment. “
Ap’S ANDY TAYLOR’s Chuck GRASSLEY (R-Iowa) senator, through Pool Hill, about clients of a lame duck deal: “It’s pretty hard to wait because I think what happens in the presidential election will be better known now. “
– ANDY DEMAND what would happen if TRUMP lost: “I think Democrats would have to wait for the new president to take the oath and then do it. And I think Republicans would probably say unless the economy turns around between now and let’s say December 1, and there doesn’t seem to be any sign that this is going to happen. . . we would say that the economy is taking care of that. “
TRADING DAY . . . From a Republican concerned about the talks: “No one knows what the hell Pelosi and [Treasury Secretary Steven] Mnuchin agreed on in their clandestine calls. Mass confusion at the committee level. Democrats, Republicans are all left while those two keep talking.
Turns out there’s a theory that the Senate would vote first on a Covid relief bill. We are told that this is highly unlikely.
ALYSSA FARAH, head of communications at the White House, told reporters this morning through Newsday’s Laura Figueroa: “I think this is the most productive kind of position, with such cautious optimism. “
THE LOT OF THE JIM CLYBURN CAMERA MAJORITY (DS. C. ) on CNN said Covid’s relief will come after the election: “It’s less than two weeks before the election, and I think we’ll be back in Washington a week or two later, and there’s something we can do about it. At least the choice will be us. People will know what their long term is. The clip, with research through Manu Raju
Good Wednesday afternoon.
OH MI – “Rudy Giuliani faces questions after a compromising scene in the new film Borat,” via The Guardian’s Catherine Shoard: “In the film, released Friday, former New York Mayor and current non-public lawyer Donald Trump is realizing that she would reach her pants and touch her genitals while lying in a bed in the presence of the actor betting on BoratArray’s daughter posing as a journalist television.
After an obsessive interview for a fake conservative news program, the couple back down to their suggestion to have a drink in the bedroom of a hotel suite, which is equipped with hidden cameras. After his microphone, Giuliani, 76, can be noticed as mendacity in bed, betting with his blouse loose and sticking his hand in his pants. Then they are interrupted by Borat who runs and says, “She’s 15 years old. She’s too old for you. ” Array. .
“[Earlier] flattered and mischievous, he drinks Scots, coughs, does not distance himself socially and claims that Trump’s immediate movements in the spring saved a million Americans from Covid’s death. Also, at least in theory, to eat a bat with his interviewer.
NYT’S ASTEAD HERNDON is for LEBRON JAMES.
INTERESTING COMPANIONS – @ChuckGrassley: “Democrats calling on Senator Feinstein to renounce judicial qualifications. The member thinks twice about his sexist and elderly motives opposed to a notable legislator and a full-rule icon. The attacks on Senator Feinstein are absolutely unjustified. “
CUISINIER’S POLITICAL REPORT replaced his 12-run odds in the House, 11 in the direction of democrats. These are the seats of representatives RODNEY DAVIS (R-Ill. ), JUSTIN AMASH (Libertarian-Mich. ) And JIM HAGEDORN (R -Minn. ) In retreat, going from leaning R to launch, and representatives DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL (D-Fla. ) AND ELAINE LURIA (D-Va. ) Go from throwing upwards to tilting DD to tilting D. Plus
READ ALSO – “Biden is preparing for Trump’s attacks on Hunter the debate,” via Natasha Korecki: “Joe Biden turns out to have a simple return: a look at what his own young people have done since you took office. Biden has refused to go. And he will most likely hold that stance in the debate, according to advisers and allies, despite the Trump campaign’s promise that “there will be no escape” for Biden from questions about his son’s industrial relations.
“Biden’s advisers say that any time spent on problems other than coronavirus or economics is a waste of time. As much as possible, Biden remains focused on the president’s greater responsibilities, they say. However, some allies have suggested that Biden’s camp do more against Trump’s youth in the face of the president’s aggression in front of his.
“Screaming parties, partisan rallies, guns in polling stations: tensions are highs at early voting stations,” via Joshua Partlow of WaPo: “Election officials say voting has progressed well given the bitterly divided electorate. But a wide variety of court cases have been reported across the country, according to the revised recommendation through ProPublica’s Electionland assignment and shared with other media, adding the Washington Post, and incidents reported through local media.
WAR REPORT – “The White House relies on the Pentagon to fulfill Trump’s commitment to Afghanistan,” via Lara Seligman: “National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has said the Pentagon is executing a White House order to reduce the presence of U. S. troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 through early next year Array ignoring comments from the country’s army officer who question the new directive. . .
“These comments mark the latest in an unusually public exchange between O’Brien and Joint General Staff President General Mark MilleyArray. U. S. Central Command officials, the scenario in Afghanistan is still too volatile to fall below 4,500. “
FOR YOUR RADAR: “China’s influence operations offer a long-term view of data warfare,” through NBC’s Olivia Solon and Ken Dilanian: “[Security experts] worry that the Chinese government’s desdata operations pose a much more insidious risk to democracy. . Continue long after Election Day. Researchers who read the efforts say the Chinese are increasingly ambitious and brazen, taking pages of what was once seen as Russia’s manual for discrediting the United States.
Hmm. . . SALON: “Mark Meadows FEC deposits pose problems of illegal spending, cross-coordination,” through Roger Sollenberger: “White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has said he has spent tens of thousands of dollars as a component of his crusade and PAC leadership on what appears to be non-public spending, adding gourmet cupcakes. Arrange a mobile phone bill, grocery shopping, lavish meals, thousands of dollars at a Washington jewelry store, and accommodation at the Trump International Hotel, according to FEC documents. .
“Several expenses correspond to the failure of Lynda Bennett’s crusade to fill north Carolina’s seat that became vacant in the U. S. House of Representatives through MeadowsArray. . . It is illegal to spend the crusade and CAP budget on expenses such as groceries and meals. “
IGOR DANCHENKO SPEAKS . . . NYT: “The analyst who denounced the notorious rumor about the Trump band to erase their name,” through Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman and Jonah M. Kessel: “The main source of the Steele case explained where his peak A notorious claim came here and called the Republicans’ accusations of being a defamation of a Russian agent.
JARED RESULTS!- AXIOS ‘@BarakRavid:’ RUPTURA: Pompeo says the State Department has begun Sudan’s procedure on the list of states that sponsor terrorism and stresses that it expects Sudan to temporarily normalize its relations with Israel.
CHASSE FOR A VACCIN – “Unprecedented vaccine trials on track to start generating results,” through WaPo’s Carolyn Johnson: “In a few weeks, one of the most monitored human experiments in history will begin to report the first results, with knowledge of possible coronavirus-opposed vaccines coming this month or in November from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and modern biotechnology company.
“Amid the turmoil, chaos, and incorrect information that explained America’s reaction to the pandemic, progress toward a vaccine or vaccine has been steady, reassuring, and scientific. There are no guarantees, of course . . . However, [experts] say the government’s initiative to accelerate vaccines and therapies, Operation Warp Speed, may live up to the nickname science fiction. “Wapo
– WSJ: “Covid-19 vaccines should be secretly stored under strict safety: drug brands and others plan to use fake shipments and GPS trackers to prevent possible theft,” through Jared Hopkins
THE NEW SURGE – “Trump’s force opposed to science is putting Republican governors in a dead end,” through Dan Goldberg and Alice Miranda Ollstein: “Republican governors are advocating for fundamental public fitness precautions as their states face a new wave of coronavirus cases, even as President Donald Trump minimizes the severity of the pandemic and tells others to move on.
“Conflicting messages come at a time when large areas of the country are out of control, which state officials are concerned about overwhelming their already broken fitness systems. They ask for volunteers for hospital staff, impose new limits on public meetings and urge, or in some cases demand the use of masks. “Political
LISTEN FOR THE LATE: ANNA interviewed J. Crew CEO JAN SINGER in the latest WOMEN RULE podcast published on how to lead the store through a pandemic and bankruptcy, why the company offers workers on voting day, and more.
VALLEY TALK – “Google’s antitrust fight pushes the understated CEO” Into the Line of Fire,” through NYT’s Daisuke Wakabayashi in Oakland, California: “The company’s founders, [Larry] Page and Sergey Brin, left the defense to [Sundar] Pichai, who has made his way to the ranks for more than 16 years with a reputation as a conscientious goalkeeper.
“Mr. Pichai, a former product manager, would possibly seem like an unlikely candidate to lead his company’s fight with the federal government. But if the overflowing history of the application of the antitrust laws of the generation industry is a lesson, a custodian who has entered the climax would reluctantly be preferable to a charismatic leader who was born to him. Nyt
– LEAH NYLEN: “How could Google search look if Biden wins?The Democratic presidential candidate could attack Google even more aggressively. “
OPIODES – “United States Responsible: OxyContin Manufacturer Will Allege 3 Criminal Charges” through AP’s Michael Balsamo and Geoff Mulvihill: “Purdue Pharma, the company that manufactures OxyContin, the tough prescription painkiller that experts have helped cause an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to 3 of the criminals’ fees as part of an agreement that Justice Decomponent officials said.
MEET BECKY PRINGLE – “The new head of the teachers’ union is fighting Trump, the battles to reopen the school,” through Nicole Gaudiano: “As the newly elected president of the 3 million-member National Education Association, the country’s largest union, Pringle, 65, is now the union leader of black women in the country Array. Personal delight leads her paintings to lead a nation that opposes President Donald Trump’s policies and education systems, which she says continue to marginalize academics of color. . . .
Pringle said Trump’s momentary mandate would not prevent the union’s paintings in states that help public education or its struggle, for example, for the inclusion of ethnic education in schools. And the union will continue to push for protection and fairness in schools, the pandemic through strikes, demonstrations, and illnesses, or by helping prosecutions, as happened in Florida, Iowa, and Georgia, he said.
IN THE MEMORY – “Pete Yost, a retired investigative journalist from the AP, dies at age 73,” through Will Lester of the AP: “He covered many of the most important stories of his time and was known in Washington journalism and political circles as a ferocious researcher who did not endure the turn and nuanced the factArray. . Your colleagues and resources your interview tastes great.
MEDIAWATCH – “Being a journalist in the White House was not intended to be dangerous. Then I came here COVID-19” by Rose Minutaglio of Elle: “Now [Weijia] Jiang, [Paula] Reid and other hounds are dealing with a new confused Reality: can the president be sustained for sure if he himself cannot?”
– Sylvia Bugg has been promoted to Director of Programming and Managing Director of Consumer Programming at PBS . . . . Lauren Shiplett is now a reporter for Vice News. In the past, she was a media strategist at Edelman.
WEEK FIN MARIAGE – Rachel Bovard, senior director of policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute and senior advisor to the Internet Accountability Project, and Lawrence Stanley, entrepreneur, philanthropist and CEO of Cap-X Group, married Saturday at an estate in Berryville, Virginia SPOTTED: OMB Director Russ Vought, Jim and Debbie DeMint, Marcus Washington and John Kerr, retired division general Clifford Stanley , former Undersecretary of Defense and Lawrence’s cousin, held the ceremony. Photo. . . Another photo
ANNIVERSARY BONUS: Kathleen Porter, special assistant at NSC’s main office, holding a stopover at portsmouth shipyard with her boss Robert O’Brien