POLICY CORNER THE TAXMAN COMETH — The new 15% corporate minimum tax included in the Inflation Reduction Act is on its way, and companies are working hard to figure it out — or figure out ways around it, NYT’s Alan Rappeport reports. There’s a serious lobbying campaign underway from various industries to get Treasury to enforce the law generously, while progressives urge Secretary JANET YELLEN to hold firm on a strict interpretation. The big question is how Treasury will write the rules. “[E]nergy companies, the film industry, financial firms and foreign companies that operate in the United States are particularly concerned.” BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW IN ACTION — “Help Wanted: Women to Fix America’s Infrastructure,” by WSJ’s Sarah Chaney Cambon and Sabrina Siddiqui: “The federal government is working with tradeswomen organizations and local governments to help women enter and stay in the labor force, developing strategies that include offering child-care services and addressing gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace, officials said.” BOONDOGGLE BOULEVARD — “The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the ‘Little Crappy Ship,’” by ProPublica’s Joaquin Sapien: “Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.” BEYOND THE BELTWAY THE ABORTION LANDSCAPE — New Guttmacher Institute data shows that over the first half of this year, legal abortions jumped in states where they remained accessible, NYT’s Amy Schoenfeld Walker and Allison McCann report. Compared to the same period in 2020, abortions nationwide rose about 10% from 465,000 to 511,000. There were especially large leaps in states that border areas where abortions have been blocked, including Illinois, New Mexico and South Carolina, indicating that many women are traveling to obtain them. AFTERNOON READ — “How Ben Sasse Became a Combatant in Florida’s Education Wars,” by NYT Magazine’s Michael Sokolove: “As RON DeSANTIS has turned public education into a political battleground, his state’s flagship university, now led by the former G.O.P. senator from Nebraska, has not remained neutral territory.” NARRATIVE CORRECTIVE — There’s been plenty of ink spilled over Republican governors sending migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to blue cities and states. But NYT’s Miriam Jordan and Edgar Sandoval note that the vast majority of new arrivals are heading to places like NYC and Chicago of their own accord. JUDICIARY SQUARE CRYPTO COLLAPSE — Major GOP donor RYAN SALAME, a former executive of SAM BANKMAN-FRIED’s FTX, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges, Bloomberg’s Ava Benny-Morrison reports. The details aren’t clear yet. MEDIAWATCH SEARCHING FOR A SAVIOR — “Philanthropies Pledge $500 Million to Address Crisis in Local News,” by NYT’s Katie Robertson: “The initiative, called Press Forward, is spearheaded by the MacArthur Foundation and supported by organizations including the Knight Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.” PLAYBOOKERS FOR YOUR RADAR — The Atlantic Festival has announced CBS News as its exclusive broadcast media partner, along with a new slate of speakers: Hillary Clinton, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Secretary of State Antony Blinken, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch, Morgan Sword, Raúl Ibañez, DOE’s David Turk and Rohit Aggarwala. The festival is set to take place Sept. 28-29 at The Wharf. OUT AND ABOUT — The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy held a cocktail reception at Cafe Milano last night, hosted by owner Franco Nuschese and co-hosted by Kristi Rogers, Ashley Davis, and Anita and Tim McBride. SPOTTED: Barbara Comstock, Andrew Roberts, Ellie LeBlond Sosa, Helena Andrews-Dyer, Sam and Lee LeBlond, Brian McCormack, Marion Blakey, Alejandra Segura and Eric Jewett. MEDIA MOVE — Joshua Eure is joining The Hill as executive producer of The Hill video. He’s a KXXV-TV, CBS and ABC alum. TRANSITIONS — Joe Householder is now a partner at Longacre Square. He most recently was EVP at Burson Cohn & Wolfe and is a Hillary Clinton alum. … The Human Rights campaign is adding Sam Lau as VP of comms, Drew Daniels as VP of digital comms and strategy, Brandon Wolf as national press secretary/senior director of political comms and Christopher Huntley as VP of executive comms. … Tarsha Phillibert is now a partner at Duane Morris’s trial practice group. She previously was a trial attorney at the DOJ. … … The U.S. Green Building Council and Green Business Certification Inc. are adding Sarah Zaleski as chief products officer, Pete Tolsdorf as general counsel and Andy Burr as chief of staff. … Jordan Coyle is now a partner at White & Case’s intellectual property practice. He previously was a partner at Orrick. … Rob Shrum has launched Nexus Public Affairs, a consulting firm specializing in coalition management, external affairs counsel and government affairs strategy. He most recently was assistant VP at MultiState. Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here. Send Playbookers tips to playbook@politico.com or text us at 202-556-3307. Playbook couldn’t happen without our editor Mike DeBonis, deputy editor Zack Stanton and producers Setota Hailemariam and Bethany Irvine.
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