SCOOP: GERSHKOVICH AND TICE RELATIVES TO ATTEND WHCD - Amid the fizzy wash of parties in Washington, it’s easy to lose sight of what the WHCD is ostensibly all about: a celebration of the First Amendment. Ben Cline (R-Va.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and John Joyce (R-Pa.), UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, EU Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Ned Price, Neera Tanden, Jan Bayer, Ralph Buchi, John Harris, Matt Kaminski, Josh Dawsey, Sam Feist, Andrea Mitchell, Robert and Elena Allbritton, Karen Knutson, Glenn Fogel, Missy Owens, Shannon Ricchetti, Ian Sams, Sena Fitzmaurice, Jacqueline Alemany, Scott Mulhauser, Lisa Monaco, Eric Fanning, John McCarthy, Ned Price, Dan Koh and Amy Sennett, Josh Rubin, Ryan Berni, Will Wu, Elizabeth Falcone, Heather Podesta, Sam Runyon, Kate Cooksey Noyes, Sanam Rastegar, Gevin Reynolds, Rachel Palermo, Tate Mitchell, Liza Acevedo, Ernie Apreza, Ben Haas and Morgan Dwyer, Caitlin Conant, Annie Clark, Jonathan Lemire, Jonathan Martin, Karen Travers, Todd Gillman, Garrett Haake, Carol Lee, Mark Ein, Mike Donilon, Steve Clemons, Jeff Mason, Ben and Ashley Chang, Jennifer Beals, Patrick Steel and Lee Satterfield, Matt Gorman, Scott Sloofman, Rebecca Blumenstein, Mike Memoli, Andrew Bleeker, Carrie Budoff Brown, Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson, Jacqui Heinrich and Olivia Nuzzi. SPOTTED: Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Reps. Playbook team took on the London Playbookers in an Oxford-style debate over which country’s politics are more absurd: America’s or Britain’s?

“Jim VandeHei, From ‘Win the Morning’ to ‘Choose Joy,’” by Michael Schaffer: “The surreal spectacle of Washington’s most surprising leadership column, and what it says about how the knowledge industry works now.”ġ776 REDUX - Last night, POLITICO kicked off WHCD weekend by hosting “The Great Playbook Debate” at the British Embassy to mark the launch of London Playbook PM. RITCHIE TORRES (D-N.Y.), RO KHANNA (D-Calif.) and ELISE STEFANIK (R-N.Y.), among others.ģ. “The Award for Thirstiest Member of Congress Goes to …” by POLITICO Magazine: “Presenting the first-ever Thirsties, for those who excel in Washington’s signature art form: trying to get on your TV screen tonight.” Featuring: Reps. “Baby showers, icicle music and sauna time: How embassy parties have become the new K Street,” by Daniel Lippman and Hailey Fuchs: “The embassy scene has come roaring back post-pandemic as D.C.’s diplomatic set races to make up for lost time.”Ģ. We’ve finally made it: White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend is upon us.ġ.

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