| | | | | |  | | By Ryan Lizza, Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels and Tara Palmeri | | | | | | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | BREAKING OVERNIGHT: The Supreme Court allowed a controversial Texas law banning abortion after six weeks to go into effect just months before it hears a more direct challenge to Roe v. Wade this fall. More from WaPo Rabbit rabbit! That's an old-timey expression — taught to us by a friend of Playbook — that you're supposed to say on the first of the month to bring good luck. September in Washington is going to be wild, so it can't hurt. President JOE BIDEN ended August on Tuesday with a combative speech in which he stubbornly defended his decision-making on Afghanistan, which has become by far the most controversial turn of his short presidency. He criticized Afghan national security forces for melting away in the face of the Taliban. He insisted that Americans in Afghanistan had "multiple warnings and offers to help them leave." He blamed DONALD TRUMP for leaving him with a deal that had "no requirement that [the] Taliban work out a cooperative governing arrangement with the Afghan government" and "authorize[d] the release of 5,000 prisoners." He repeated that the "real choice" he faced was "leaving or escalating." And he maintained that critics were mistaken to think a mass evacuation could have started earlier: "There is no evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kinds of complexities, challenges, threats we faced. None." "Biden is fighting The Blob," noted our colleague Alex Ward. "That seems to be the messaging here, both in and out of DC." The Blob was a term popularized by progressive critics of the foreign policy ideas generally embraced by the center left and center right during the last two decades, especially concerning American military interventions (the Blob loves them) and engagement with pariah regimes such as Iran and North Korea (the Blob generally frowns upon it). During the 2020 primaries, foreign policy advisers to BERNIE SANDERS used the idea to distinguish their candidate from his main rival. Biden, in their view, was a creature of The Blob. In the film from which the term comes, the Blob, which can't endure cold temperatures, is airlifted to the Arctic. While Biden may have temporarily put the Blob on ice, he hasn't sent it into a frozen exile. The Blob quickly struck back: Richard Haass: "Most debatable claim in @potus remarks is US choice in Afghanistan was to leave or 'commit tens of thousands of more troops going back to war.' There was a 3rd choice: to stay as we were as costs of mil presence had gone down b/c of previous troop reductions & end of combat ops." WSJ Editorial Board: "President Biden's defiant, accusatory defense on Tuesday of his Afghanistan withdrawal and its execution was so dishonest, and so lacking in self-reflection or accountability, that it was unworthy of the sacrifices Americans have made in that conflict." Ed Luce: "Biden's still directing most of the blame at Afghans for the Taliban takeover and heaping praise on America for breaking historic evacuation records. Not a very dignified speech." National Review: "After disastrously underestimating the gathering Taliban offensive and drawing down troops before getting out civilians and diplomats, the administration allowed itself to get bottled up at the Kabul airport, dependent on the Taliban for security. Rather than acting to restore our leverage, by retaking Bagram Air Base or another airfield, the White House rushed to bug out by the August 31 deadline that the Taliban insisted on." Josh Rogin : "Now that the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete, many stories of heroic efforts to save Americans and Afghan allies are pouring out, each describing one facet of the chaos and dysfunction that plagued the effort to evacuate all of those in Kabul who had placed their trust in the United States. Among the most tragic examples is the story of how the Biden administration left behind more than 100 government-sponsored journalists, plus their families, after putting them through three weeks of hell." | | | | A message from AT&T: Accessible, affordable broadband helps communities reach their American Dream. That's why we're making a $2 billion, 3-year commitment toward helping close the digital divide, so more low-income families have the ability to succeed. Learn more. | | | SURVEY SAYS — Our latest POLITICO/Morning Consult weekly poll shows the Afghanistan pullout is taking a pretty big toll on Biden's political standing, at least for the time being. Just 39% of respondents said the country is on the right track, versus 61% who think things "have pretty seriously gone off on the wrong track." Biden is underwater, at 47% approval and 49% disapproval, and just three in 10 respondents give him passing marks on his handling of Afghanistan. But all is not lost for the president: By a 50% to 41% margin, voters back his decision to end the country's military presence in Afghanistan by Sept. 11. Lots more to dig into here in the toplines and crosstabs Good Wednesday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza, Tara Palmeri. POLICY-PALOOZA, PART 1: PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS — Biden is about to make a sharp pivot from fighting D.C.'s foreign policy Blob to fighting D.C.'s interest group Blob. Two weeks from today, congressional committees are scheduled to complete assembling the myriad pieces of Build Back Better into a single bill — resulting in possibly the largest package of new legislation in American history. Today we start Playbook's series of deep dives into the major policies of the reconciliation bill by digging into the Dems' proposals to lower prescription drug costs. Democrats love talking about lowering drug prices. And while everyone may agree that prices are too high, Biden's problem is that not all Democrats agree on how to lower them. THE PROPOSAL: The crux of Biden's plan would allow Medicare to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies. Ending the current prohibition would save Medicare hundreds of billions of dollars, which would be used to add vision, dental and hearing benefits. Two of the biggest questions will be which specific prescription drugs are subject to price negotiations and how heavily to tax drug companies when they refuse to sell at those prices outside of Medicare. The answers will determine how much money is available. If the drug industry and its allies in Congress lose the bigger fight over ending the prohibition against negotiating drug prices, they will move to limit the damage by curtailing the number of drugs on the negotiating list and lowering the excise tax. KEY HOUSE PLAYERS: Ways and Means Chair RICHARD NEAL (D-Mass.) and Energy and Commerce Chair FRANK PALLONE (D-N.J.) will largely write the drug bill. THE POTENTIAL OPPOSITION: Ten Democrats — one of them a guy named GOTTHEIMER who you may have heard of — went on record earlier this year opposing the key Medicare negotiations part of the bill. So on this issue, Biden and Speaker NANCY PELOSI start the House debate without majority support. KEY SENATE PLAYER: Finance Chair RON WYDEN (D-Ore.), who will write the bill. In June, he published a white paper outlining principles for lowering drug prices, but the crucial policy details concerning Medicare negotiations were left blank, hinting at the difficult road ahead. Our colleagues Hailey Fuchs, Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Wilson report that Wyden's bill "is nearly complete" and he's now circulating drafts. THE PhRMA CAUCUS: KYRSTEN SINEMA (D-Ariz.), BOB MENENDEZ (D-N.J.) and TOM CARPER (D-Del.). Like the Gottheimer group in the House, the three senators are not on board with the idea and are currently the targets of an aggressive lobbying and ad campaign. (Yes, they all have drug industry interests back home, though all three also have home-state Senate colleagues — MARK KELLY, CORY BOOKER and CHRIS COONS, respectively — who are supportive of reform.) Which interest groups are going to war over this? The AARP, which has already been providing air cover for Democrats targeted over their support for pricing reform, will start a new seven-figure ad campaign the week of Sept. 13, we're told. PhRMA and its allies "have spent upwards of $18 million on ads opposing the Medicare negotiation proposal since July," according to an analysis flagged by our colleagues. The industry is buoyed not just by flush coffers but by a reputational bump for its response to the pandemic. Gun to your head, does it pass? Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices polls with 88% support . The few Democrats who oppose the policy will have a hard time explaining why they would tank the entire reconciliation bill over this. And Dems need this as a pay-for. However, PhRMA has never lost this fight, and their core argument — that pricing reform kills "innovation" — has new life in the Covid-19 era when drug companies are being praised for the miracle of mRNA vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments. | | | | A message from AT&T:   We're making a $2 billion, 3-year commitment toward helping close the digital divide. | | | WATCH: The war is over in Afghanistan. Now what? After 20 years, the U.S. officially ended the longest war in the country's history when the last evacuation flight departed from Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan. But questions remain over how the Biden administration handled the evacuation efforts, and tensions are rising after 13 U.S. troops lost their lives in an ISIS attack on the airport. This week, Pentagon reporter Lara Seligman joins Ryan to break down what happened behind closed doors in the hours leading up to the ISIS attack and what the U.S. withdrawal could mean for the future. | 
| BIDEN'S WEDNESDAY: — 10 a.m.: The president and VP KAMALA HARRIS will receive the President's Daily Brief. — 2 p.m.: Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY in the Oval Office. — 4:30 p.m.: Biden and Harris will receive their weekly economic briefing. — Throughout the day: Biden will get briefings on Ida impacts from his homeland security team. (Not on Biden's and Harris' public schedules: a meeting with their national security team on Afghanistan in the Situation Room, which the White House initially said Sunday would happen every day this week.) Press secretary JEN PSAKI will brief at 1 p.m. THE HOUSE is out. The Armed Services Committee will mark up the National Defense Authorization Act at 10 a.m. THE SENATE is out. | | | | STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What's really happening in West Wing offices? Find out who's up, who's down, and who really has the president's ear in our West Wing Playbook newsletter, the insider's guide to the Biden White House and Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. | | | | | | | PLAYBOOK READS | | | 
PHOTO OF THE DAY: People wade through water from Hurricane Ida in Barataria, La., on Tuesday, Aug. 31. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images | TALIBAN TAKEOVER SIGN OF HOPE? — "Taliban cooperation included protecting Americans from possible terrorist attack at airport," by NBC's Courtney Kube: "Less than 24 hours before the U.S. completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban stopped a bus headed for the Kabul airport and forced all the passengers off, saying the bus might be rigged with explosives and that it had two possible suicide attackers on board, according to the account of a U.S. citizen who was on the bus. "The U.S. citizen was on the bus with his six daughters Sunday when Taliban fighters stopped it at the Panjsher Pumping Station just outside the airport, two people familiar with the account said. The Taliban told everyone to get off. The U.S. citizen and his daughters hid in a nearby drainage ditch until the Taliban gave them the all-clear." CRAZY STORY — "Oklahoma congressman threatened embassy staff as he tried to enter Afghanistan, U.S. officials say," by WaPo's Tyler Pager and John Hudson: "The call to the U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan came in Monday. On the line, two U.S. officials said, was Rep. MARKWAYNE MULLIN (R-Okla.) with an unusual and urgent request: He needed assistance in transporting a huge amount of cash into the country, saying he was going to neighboring Afghanistan to rescue five American citizens, a woman and her four children, stuck in the country. They planned to hire a helicopter for the effort. … "The answer was no. … Mullin was outraged by the response, the officials said — threatening U.S. ambassador JOHN MARK POMMERSHEIM and embassy staff and demanding to know the name of staff members he was speaking with. The episode marked Mullin's second attempt to travel to Afghanistan in as many weeks for an unauthorized evacuation effort … Mullin's behavior has alarmed top U.S. officials who say he has gone to extraordinary lengths to defy U.S. warnings." MORE HEADLINES — "Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008 Left Behind After U.S. Exit," WSJ … "Airline employees took on new mission in Afghanistan conflict's final days: Getting evacuees to the U.S.," WaPo — The Hill's @johnkruzel: "AP reporter @JimLaPorta, who served in Afghanistan as a Marine, is tweeting out the names and brief bios of U.S. service members who died in the war. His timeline is now tribute to the fallen." The tweets CHIEF CHAT — MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan grilled White House chief of staff RON KLAIN in his first interview after Biden's speech. They covered everything from the promise to get Afghan allies out safely to whether the U.S. will recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan. (Hint: not likely.) Full interview here CONGRESS SCOOP: GOP TO FORCE CRITICAL RACE THEORY VOTE — Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee will use today's marathon National Defense Authorization Act markup to put panel Democrats on record about whether they think the military should be allowed to teach, study or promote critical race theory. Republican Study Committee Chair JIM BANKS (R-Ind.), a member of the panel, is expected to introduce an amendment banning the teaching of CRT or any related theories that the U.S. or the Constitution is fundamentally racist. The vote comes a few weeks after Sen. TOM COTTON (R-Ark.) forced a vote on banning CRT in K-12 education during the Senate's vote-a-rama last month. The only Democrat who supported it was Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.). Hill Republicans believe the issue plays extremely well with their base, and Banks has even been sending out messaging memos instructing Republicans to "lean into the culture war," including with anti-CRT rhetoric. So expect to see more of these types of votes. The amendment Our defense policy guru, Connor O'Brien, has been all over this debate (read here and here for more) and will be covering the markup for us today. WARNING SHOT — "McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe's phone records requests," by Myah Ward: "Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY on Tuesday threatened to use a future GOP majority to punish companies that comply with the House's Jan. 6 investigators, warning that 'a Republican majority will not forget.' "McCarthy called out Rep. ADAM SCHIFF (D-Calif.), Rep. BENNIE THOMPSON (D-Miss.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for what he called 'attempts to strong-arm private companies to turn over individuals' private data.' He asserted that such a forfeiture of information would 'put every American with a phone or computer in the crosshairs of a surveillance state run by Democrat politicians.'" | | | | A message from AT&T:   "I never saw a farm as just a place to grow crops. I saw it as a place to grow possibilities."
Kamal Bell, Founder of Sankofa Farms | | | POLITICS ROUNDUP WHERE THINGS STAND — "Republican bill tightening Texas election laws is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk," by Texas Tribune's Alexa Ura: "Three months after House Democrats first broke quorum to stymie a previous iteration of the legislation, Republicans in the House and Senate on Tuesday signed off on the final version of Senate Bill 1 to further tighten the state's voting rules and rein in local efforts to widen voting access. Abbott, a Republican, said he will sign it into law. … "The votes mark the end of a legislative saga that encompassed two sessions of legislative overtime and featured marathon hearings, a dramatic decampment to Washington, D.C., and escalating tensions between the Democrats who fled in protest of what they saw as a danger to their constituents' votes and the Republicans left behind unable to conduct business." RECALL ME MAYBE — "Dems sweat Latino turnout in California recall," by David Siders, Sabrina Rodríguez and Carla Marinucci: "With two weeks of early voting left before the California recall election, Democrats are tracking a worrisome sign for Gov. GAVIN NEWSOM and the party at large — the governor's relative weakness with Latinos. … "If the trend holds, with even a small segment of the Latino electorate embracing the GOP, it may spell disaster for the Democratic Party — and not just in California this year. The party in power typically suffers losses in midterm elections, and Democrats will need a robust Latino turnout in 2022 to protect its narrow majorities in Congress. … In an ominous sign, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Gov. TERRY MCAULIFFE is running far behind Biden's numbers with Hispanic voters this year in Virginia." TROUBLE FOR TED — "Trump's pick in a key Senate race touts his agriculture ties. He doesn't mention his role in a bankruptcy that cost farmers millions," by WaPo's Michael Kranish: "Court documents reviewed by The Washington Post show that a trustee for farmers and other creditors alleged that his father, RICHARD BUDD, improperly transferred millions of dollars in assets to his family, including TED BUDD. That occurred before Richard Budd and a family company faced a $15 million judgment in the case. "Moreover, the trustee alleged, Ted Budd 'acted in concert' with his father 'in connection with the fraudulent transfers.' As a result, Ted Budd was named as a defendant in a civil case filed by the trustee. In the end, a settlement negated the need for a trial and specified that there was no admission of wrongdoing. The 'Budd entities' agreed to pay less than half of the amount initially earmarked for the farmers and other creditors — some of whom remain angry they only received a portion of their lost earnings." VALLEY TALK AN IMPRESSIVE LOOK AT THE INNARDS OF FACEBOOK — "The Silent Partner Cleaning Up Facebook for $500 Million a Year," by NYT's Adam Satariano and Mike Isaac: "The social network has constructed a vast infrastructure to keep toxic material off its platform. At the center of it is Accenture, the blue-chip consulting firm." POLICY CORNER FDA SHAKEUP — "In a major blow to vaccine efforts, senior FDA leaders stepping down," by Endpoints News' Zachary Brennan: "MARION GRUBER, director of the FDA's Office of Vaccines Research & Review and 32-year veteran of the agency, will leave at the end of October, and OVRR deputy director PHIL KRAUSE, who's been at FDA for more than a decade, will leave in November. "A former senior FDA leader told Endpoints that they're departing because they're frustrated that CDC and their ACIP committee are involved in decisions that they think should be up to the FDA." FOR YOUR RADAR — "Social Security won't be able to pay full benefits by 2034, a year earlier than expected due to the pandemic," by CNN's Katie Lobosco TRUMP CARDS IN ON THE ACTION — "Trump wants equity in Jason Miller's social media app," by Axios' Sara Fischer: "Trump wanted equity in Gettr, the new social media app launched by former Trump aide JASON MILLER. The former president has yet to join the app, although sources say that conversations about his participation are ongoing. Discussions about equity are likely part of those conversations, and everything is a negotiation point." MEDIAWATCH WHOA — "Arrest warrant issued for Ohio man accused of confronting NBC's Shaquille Brewster on live TV," by NBC's David Li and Donna Nelson | | | | SUBSCRIBE TO "THE RECAST" TODAY: Power is shifting in Washington and in communities across the country. More people are demanding a seat at the table, insisting that politics is personal and not all policy is equitable. 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STAFFING UP — "Kathleen Kennedy Townsend joins DOL as Walsh's retirement rep," Pensions & Investments WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE — Grace Diana is now a senior manager of federal government relations at Samsung. She most recently was executive director of the National Science and Technology Council and is a Biden and Trump White House alum. DOJ DEPARTURE LOUNGE — "A Former Top DOJ Official's Smooth Landing," by David Lat: " John Demers, who served in both the Trump and Biden Administrations, is going back to Boeing — in an interesting new role." TRUMP ALUMNI — Ken Farnaso is now media relations director for Nikki Haley's Stand For America PAC. He most recently was press secretary for Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and is a Trump campaign alum. … Kiersten Pels is now deputy press secretary for Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.). She most recently was a research analyst at the RGA and is a Trump campaign alum. TRANSITIONS — Christian Nwachukwu Jr. is now a senior director at West Wing Writers. He most recently was senior manager for comms, content and partnerships at Bloomberg Philanthropies' government innovation program, and is an Obama HUD alum. … Dan Granot is now director of government relations, antisemitism and international affairs for the Anti-Defamation League. He previously was an assistant director of policy and government affairs for AIPAC. … Roela Santos is now VP of comms for the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems Inc. She most recently was chief comms and marketing officer for SAIC. … … Daria Berstell is now a professional staff member for the House Transportation Dems. She previously was a professional staff member for the House Veterans' Affairs oversight subcommittee. … Diego Echeverri is joining Secure Democracy as a regional director. He most recently was Florida state director for Concerned Veterans for America/Americans for Prosperity, and is an Army combat zone veteran. … Caleb Tiller is now VP of marketing, comms and membership at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. He previously led global comms and marketing for EngenderHealth. POST-CONGRESS: George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management announced its fellows for the 2021-22 academic year: former Reps. Mike Bishop (R-Mich.) and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) and former Doug Jones chief of staff Dana Gresham. WEEKEND WEDDINGS — Dave Grimaldi, EVP at IAB, and Reem Sadik, an associate at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, got married Sunday at the William Aiken House in Charleston, S.C. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) officiated; the couple first met while working in his office in 2009. Pic via Daniel Swartz … Another pic via Felicia Emry … SPOTTED: Yebbie Watkins, Mignon Clyburn, Gina and Eugene Adams, Reggie Van Lee, Marva Smalls, Patrick Steel and Lee Satterfield, Lyndon Boozer, Tom Quinn, Jim Sciutto and Gloria Riviera, Virginia Coyne and Rob Danegger, Alix Dejean, Ashley Patterson Beaty and James Beaty, John Arundel, and Jamie and Lisa Sterling. — Scott Merrick, co-founder and principal of Darby Field Advisors and an Amy Klobuchar and Jeanne Shaheen alum, and Mikayla Foster, who practices law at WilmerHale and is an Annie Kuster and Shaheen alum, got married Sunday night in a Jewish ceremony at the Mount Washington hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) delivered a tribute at the reception. Pic … Another pic … Also SPOTTED: Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sarah Holmes, Corey Garry, Bette Lasky and Matthew Bartlett. WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Jessica Collins, GOP comms director for the House Oversight Committee, and TJ Collins welcomed Samuel "Sam" George Collins on Aug. 2. Pic — Christie DeSanctis, director of business and conventional finance policy at the National Association of Realtors, and Adam DeSanctis, director of public affairs at the Mortgage Bankers Association, on Monday welcomed Landon DeSanctis, who joins big brother Nolan. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Playbook's own Tara Palmeri … Rep. 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