TOP TWEETS: ZIMMERMAN NOT GUILTY ? @donnabrazile: ?I respect the verdict, but I still believe that #Zimmerman had the upper hand and chose to profile, follow & later kill an unarmed teenager? ? @JeffreyToobin: ?Trayvon got the death penalty for buying Skittles in a hoodie. I understand it, but still? ? @EWErickson: ?Bad choices were made by both George Zimmerman and by Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman is not guilty, but he still killed? ? @daveweigel: ?The outrage in 2012 was that Zimmerman wasn't being tried at all. He was tried. This is how the system works.? POLITICOstorify mobile-friendly link http://bit.ly/1aEzowi
--HARRY REID: ?THIS ISN?T OVER? ? Juana Summers: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told David Gregory on ?Meet the Press? that Florida should reexamine its Stand Your Ground law: ?This isn't over. ? I think the Justice Department's going to take a look at this. This isn't over with, and I think that's good, it's our system.?
--BENJAMIN CRUMP, Trayvon Martin family attorney, to George Stephanopoulos on ABC?s ?This Week,? on whether a decision has been made on filing a civil lawsuit: ?[T]hey are going to certainly look at that as an option. They deeply want a sense of justice. They deeply don't want their son's death to be in vain. ? [T]hey are still in disbelief about his death, and now they're in disbelief about this verdict. It's just one of the things they have to deal with -- they're in church this morning, praying and turning to God, a higher authority, to make sense of it all. ? When prosecutor John Guy said if the roles were reversed, and Trayvon Martin would have followed and profiled and shot George [Zimmerman] in the heart, what would the verdict have been? And that's the question that everybody is asking, that's why the whole world was watching this case.?
--ABC?s DAN ABRAMS, on ?This Week?: ?[T]he [legal] question was: Was there reasonable doubt about the moment that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin? And the question there was: Did George Zimmerman reasonably believe that great bodily injury was going to be inflicted on him? And there was a lot of evidence in this case that Trayvon Martin had beaten George Zimmerman. Now what led up to that is a separate question. But the legal question is only: [What w]as going on in George Zimmerman's mind at the moment he did that, and was there reasonable doubt as to what he believed? When you picture it that way, and you're talking about just the moment he shoots, and the amount of evidence there was that George Zimmerman had been beaten by Trayvon Martin, it was difficult to see how the prosecution was going to win this case.?
--ABC?s PIERRE THOMAS: ?[T]he Justice Department is looking at [whether the prosecution overreached,] in terms of whether a civil rights case can be brought.? In terms of the prosecutors, a lot of legal scholars are going to look at this case and say maybe they should have gone for a lesser charge.? ? [T]he court of public opinion is where this thing is exploded. You have many in the African-American community wondering about one single issue: Why was Trayvon Martin singled out when at the time of day, between 7:00 and 8:00 at night -- we're not talking about midnight, we're not talking about 2 ? in the morning.? We're talking about a reasonable period to be walking down the street, no report of a crime. That is the issue that many African-Americans are asking about. ? The bar is extremely high, but the Justice Department will be under intense pressure by the civil rights community to do something.?
--PAUL GIGOT, Wall Street Journal editorial-page editor, to Stephanopoulos, on whether Justice can resist: ?I would hope they will. I think it would be seen by a lot of the country as a case of double jeopardy. ... [I]t's not as if this did not get an extensive trial ... the state threw everything they had at George Zimmerman for a year and a half. The judge in many of the rulings tended to be more sympathetic ... gave the option of the manslaughter change. But they still couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. I think that you cannot say that Trayvon Martin did not have representation in this case.?
--NAACP WANTS CIVIL RIGHTS CASE -- Andrea Drusch: ?NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous says [from Orlando] he?s ?outraged? and ?heartbroken? ... Asked by CNN?s Candy Crowley on ?State of the Union? whether he had spoken with Attorney General Eric Holder, Jealous said his organization had been in contact with senior members of Holder?s team. ?If this moves to a civil case, they will review everything that comes out in that and then they will make a choice about whether or not they will pursue criminal civil rights charges. We are calling on them to do just that ? When you look at [Zimmerman?s] comments?there is reason to be concerned race was a factor.??
--HOW IT?S PLAYING GLOBALLY ? ?Jury acquits George Zimmerman in killing of Trayvon Martin,? by Reuters? Ellen Wulfhorst and Barbara Liston in Sanford, Fla.: ?Cleared by a Florida jury, George Zimmerman walked free from criminal charges in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin but was still under fire from civil rights leaders and critics who were dismayed by the verdict. The six women jurors who deliberated for 16 hours over two days found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter Saturday night in a case that has polarized the U.S. public. Debates about racial profiling, guns, self-defense laws and the equality of justice that arose from the 2012 shooting continued the morning after the verdict. ?I remain stunned at the decision,? civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said on CNN on Sunday. ?The (U.S.) Department of Justice must intervene to take this to another level.??
--HOW IT?S PLAYING NATIONALLY: N.Y. Post wood, ?TRAYVESTY: Uproar at ?not guilty? verdict in teen slay? ? N.Y. Daily News wood (with small graphic of bullet hole with Martin peering through), ?NOT GUILTY! Stunning verdict in Trayon slay? ? N.Y. Times 2-col. lead, ?Zimmerman Is Acquitted In Trayvon Martin Killing: Florida Jury Finds Him Not Guilty on All Counts in a Racially Charged Trial? ? WashPost 1-col. lead, ?Fla. man free in Martin killing: ZIMMERMAN IS FOUND NOT GUILTY ? Case of slain teenager captivated the nation? ? L.A. Times 5-col. lead, ?Zimmerman not guilty: Florida jury clears defendant in Trayvon Martin killing?
--HOW IT?S PLAYING IN FLORIDA: Orlando Sentinel (the local paper) banner, ?NOT GUILTY: Zimmerman cleared of 2nd-degree murder, manslaughter in teen?s death? ? Miami Herald banner, ?NOT GUILTY: The trial of shooter George Zimmerman riveted the nation, provoking debate over race, gun rights ? Trayvon Martin?s supporters will demand an immediate federal civil rights investigation? ? Tampa Bay Times banner, ?NOT GUILTY: After a 5-week trial, 59 witnesses and 16 hours of deliberation, 6 jurors decide? (1A sidebar: ?Analysis: Case for ?ill will? didn?t trump reasonable doubt?).
--THE N.Y. TIMES A1 story in early editions that got demoted to a refer to make room for Zimmerman: ?City in Russia Unable to Kick Asbestos Habit.? http://nyti.ms/140GIP2
FIRST LOOK ? WEST WING WHO?S WHO -- Promotions in White House press office: Eric Schultz has been promoted to Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary, after serving as Associate Communications Director for the last two years. Schultz will be working alongside deputies Amy Brundage, Jamie Smith and principal deputy Josh Earnest.
--Jessica Santillo will start in the Lower Press Office tomorrow as an Assistant White House Press Secretary. She was previously the Press Secretary at?the White House Office of Management and Budget,?and ran the Ohio communications operation during the reelection campaign. She?ll handle the health care and energy portfolios.
--Bobby Whithorne, who started in the White House Press Office in May, 2011, has been promoted to Assistant Press Secretary and has added the Homeland Security portfolio to the list of economic issues, including trade, that he already handles.
--Rachel Racusen recently joined the White House team as Associate Communications Director. She was the Deputy Communications Director on the reelection campaign last year, after a stint as a FEMA spokesperson.
--Hannah Hankins moved to the Lower Press Office several weeks ago to handle press wrangling and press assistant duties. Previously, she was the Press Assistant for the regional media team.
--Desiree Barnes recently joined the Press Office as a Press Wrangler/Press Assistant. She?s a familiar face to many White House reporters after spending?the previous three years on the road with the White House Advance Office.
--Peter Velz has been promoted after nearly a year of tireless work as Media Monitor. He?s the new Press Assistant for the regional media team.
--Jessica Allen started this week as the new Media Monitor, after handling the same responsibility at the reelection campaign?s Chicago HQ.
TOP TALKER ? ?Obama's gift to ESPN's Kornheiser is game of golf? ? AP: ?Obama teed off Saturday with [Tony] Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, co-hosts of [ESPN?s] ?Pardon the Interruption? [on] Kornheiser's 65th birthday. Obama spent more than four hours at the golf course at the Army's Fort Belvoir in [Fairfax County]. The president is an avid sports fan and viewer of ESPN programming. ? In the evening, Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended daughter Sasha's singing performance at a friend's house in Gaithersburg.?
2014 WATCH ? ?Schweitzer rekindles GOP Senate hopes,? by Manu Raju: ?Former Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer?s surprise announcement Saturday that he won?t run for Senate in Montana imperils Democrats? chances of holding the seat and could further narrow an ever-shrinking 2014 Senate map. Already, Republicans are favored to win two seats left vacant by Democratic retirements ? in West Virginia and South Dakota ? and the Schweitzer move will make it much easier for the GOP to win in Montana. That means the battle for the majority will likely be fought in a handful of red states with Democratic incumbents, including North Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alaska. To capture the net six seats it needs to take back the majority in 2014, the GOP will also have to successfully defend Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky and avoid a bloody primary in Georgia that could give Democrats an opening in the red state. Schweitzer roiled the Senate landscape when he told AP on Saturday that he wants to stay in Montana rather than move to Washington ?
?[Schweitzer?s] potential candidacy was ? raising red flags within the party: After weeks of courting the 57-year-old Schweitzer, Democratic leaders reversed course in recent days. Scrutinizing Schweitzer?s past, they concluded there was too much ammunition for Republicans to use against him in the campaign to replace the retiring veteran Democrat Max Baucus ? Polls had shown the ? folksy ex-governor as a favorite in the race ? Schweitzer had been hit with a series of damaging stories about his ties to ?secret money? and a nonprofit group run by former aides. But sources said the laundry list of opposition research went much deeper ? and could have crippled a Schweitzer campaign ? Moreover, there was fear that Schweitzer?s penchant for off-the-cuff remarks would hurt his ability to respond ? Schweitzer ended a long Republican run of control of the governor?s office when he was first elected in 2004. But he frequently sparred with fellow top Democrats in the state, including Baucus and Sen. Jon Tester. ?
?In Montana, Democrats said Saturday they still had a chance and there were other possible Democratic candidates who could give Republicans a serious run. Those potential Democratic candidates include Denise Juneau, Montana?s state public schools superintendent; Stephanie Schriock, the president of Emily?s List; and Monica Lindeen, Montana insurance commissioner. ? Republicans could have their own tough primary in Montana. It remains to be seen how the Republican primary shapes up ? and whether Rep. Steve Daines decides to jump in against former state Sen. Corey Stapleton and state Rep. Champ Edmunds. Nevertheless, Schweitzer?s move is expected to stun the Democratic political establishment ? particular in Montana, where the party was gathering this weekend for the state convention in Lewistown, Mont. His decision will also disappoint the left, which embraced the populist governor when he backed a liberal health care overhaul plan in 2009 as Baucus played dealmaker in the Senate.? http://politi.co/12y0mAw
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FOR YOUR RADAR ? ?ElBaradei sworn in as Egypt vice president? ? AFP/Cairo: ?Prominent liberal Egyptian leader Mohamed ElBaradei was sworn in on Sunday as Egypt's interim vice president for foreign relations ? ElBaradei, a former head of the UN nuclear watchdog and a Nobel peace laureate, ? was initially tipped to lead the cabinet, but his nomination was rejected by the ultra-conservative Salafist party Al-Nur. ElBaradei was late last year named head of the National Salvation Front, a coalition of leftist and liberal groups, formed in the wake of a power grab by Morsi in November.?
YOU?RE INVITED ? TOMORROW, 10 a.m. in Manhattan: MLB Commissioner Bud Selig sits down with Mike Allen at Playbook Breakfast, a day before the All-Star Game at Citi Field. Outside cameras welcome. Please RSVP here. http://bit.ly/PlaybookMLB
THE JUICE: ?Tax Reform -- Washington's newest power couple: Max and Dave,? by AP?s Stephen Ohlemacher, in St. Paul: ?Sen. Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, and Rep. Dave Camp, a Republican from Michigan, are ? lawmakers of different states, different parties and they're a decade in age apart. Yet, Camp and Baucus are developing a close friendship as they try to rally other lawmakers to their cause. Their secret: Burgers, beer and a culture of working toward public policy answers that Americans seem to want in Washington ? The pair has a common goal for an overhaul they believe is long overdue. And tax policy, to them, is exciting for all that is wrong and could be improved about it. So beginning last week in Minnesota, Baucus and Camp began barnstorming the country, employing a similar burgers-and-beer strategy that's worked for them with colleagues in Washington. ?You have to have some basis to deal with each other to work together,? Camp said in an interview. ?What we're trying to do is create that foundation so that we are going to be able to work together on a very important bill that could have profound beneficial effects for the country.??
BEYOND THE BELTWAY ? Chicago Tribune lead story, ?Donors step up to back mayor: Emanuel savvy on display in cross-country push for cash,? by John Chase, Jeff Coen and David Kidwell: ?Dozens of people buzzed about the large Lincoln Park home, invited by one of Chicago?s wealthy philanthropists and waiting for a guest of honor who was fashionably late for his own party. Mayor Rahm Emanuel eventually glided through the door that April evening, smiling, shaking hands and expressing gratitude for the crowd drawn by the opportunity to have a few minutes of face time and to write a check to his rapidly ballooning political fund. Two months earlier and more than 2,000 miles away, Emanuel was the main attraction at another exclusive gathering of donors at the Beverly Hills compound of a Hollywood entertainment mogul, where the mayor shared his accomplishments and vision for Chicago.
?Similar scenes have played out many times in recent months, at homes, restaurants and businesses, ever since Emanuel and a cadre of his closest political supporters quietly flipped the switch on his fundraising operation in December, two years out from his 2015 run for a second term. A relentless stream of contributions is flowing into the Chicago for Rahm Emanuel fund ? hundreds of $5,000 donations from individuals, dozens of $10,000 donations from companies, 10 donations from labor unions of roughly $50,000 apiece.? Not online yet
BROKE EARLY THIS A.M. -- ?Cory Monteith, star of hit show 'Glee,' found dead,? by AP?s Jeremy Hainsworth in Vancouver, British Columbia: ?Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit TV series ?Glee? but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be alive, was found dead in a hotel room, police said. He was 31. Monteith, who played the character Finn Hudson on the Fox TV series about a high school glee club, was found dead in his room on the 21st floor of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel on Vancouver's waterfront at about noon Saturday ? Monteith ? starred in ?Glee? as a high school football player who puts his status and popularity at risk to join the glee club and its outcast members. The show, with its pop music-based song-and-dance numbers and high-profile guest stars including Gwyneth Paltrow, became an immediate hit and made stars of its relatively unknown cast. The series, which debuted in 2009, is in its fourth season.?
MEDIAWATCH ? ZIMMERMAN VERDICT COVERAGE ? TVNewser?s Chris Ariens: ?It finally came just before 10pmET, leading the broadcast networks to produce rare, live, primetime special reports for the [reading of the] not guilty verdict. ? On NBC, Lester Holt anchored a special report, interrupting the final seconds of a made-for-TV movie based on the American Girl doll Saige. Holt took viewers to the verdict, seconds before it was being read. NBC?s report lasted until 10:08. CBS was first on the air at 9:58, joining during the closing credits of ?48 Hours? in the Eastern and Central time zones. The Jim Axelrod-anchored special also went off the air at 10:08. ? [ABC] already had ?20/20? on the schedule. The live special report anchored by David Muir began with the verdict then recounted the 16-month long case through the 10pm hour. The cable news channels had been on verdict watch all day, following 15 hours of deliberation by the six female jurors. ? Don Lemon anchored for CNN, Harris Faulkner on Fox News, Chris Jansing anchored on MSNBC and Nancy Grace was on HLN.
??It?s a stunner, Nancy,? said a breathless Jane Velez-Mitchell. ?Shock and awe? ?? Coverage continues on the cablers with news conferences, live chopper shots and other remote cameras on the lookout for verdict reaction. ? CNN?s Martin Savidge, who was in the courtroom, said the notice of a verdict came less than 10 minutes before it was read. ?It was a race to get to the elevators. Probably 36 reporters and on top of that the legal teams and family members that had to get into place. We barely got into the courtroom.? Will we hear from the jurors? Here?s what the judge said to them following the verdict: ?The law gives you a unique privilege not to speak about the jury?s work. Although you are at liberty to speak with anyone about your deliberations, you are also at liberty to refuse to speak to anyone. A request to discuss either your verdict or your deliberations may come from those who are simply curious from those who might seek to find fault with you, from the media, from the attorneys or elsewhere. It will be up to you to decide whether to preserve your privacy as a juror.?? http://bit.ly/1aEvFPa
HAPPENING TODAY: Talley Sergent, Tammy Sun, Corley Kenna and Adrienne Elrod are competing in the Aquaphor New York City Triathlon in? honor of their good friend and former Hillary for President colleague and Arkansan, Betsy Lavender, who is beating colon cancer like a boss. Swim. Bike. Run. #TeamBetsy. #LetsGo
SPOTTED, blowing out candles on tiramisu, on his back deck last night, after salmon and chicken from the grill: Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and maestro of Faith Angle. Ask Michael about his ?pool.? And ask Carl Cannon why he won?t go in it! http://bit.ly/1dxdrLI
BIRTHDAYS: Julie Wood, Mayor Bloomberg?s first deputy press secretary (hat tip: Kamran Mumtaz) former congressman Patrick Kennedy is 46 ... New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is 54 (hat tips: Patrick Gavin) ...? Dan Horowitz (h/t Jon Haber) ? Rosey Grier is 81 ? former music company executive Tommy Mottola is 64 (h/ts AP)
DESSERT ? ?J.K. Rowling outed as writer of acclaimed crime novel,? by Reuters? Peter Griffiths in London: ?Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling secretly posed as a retired military policeman to write a crime novel that has been hailed as one of the best debut detective stories in years. Rowling wrote ?The Cuckoo's Calling? under the name Robert Galbraith and kept up the pretence that it was the work of a married father of two and former undercover investigator. Her cover was blown when the Sunday Times newspaper became suspicious that such an assured piece of writing could have been created by a first-time novelist. An investigation uncovered that Rowling was the real author. ?I had hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience,? the 47-year-old said. ?It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name.?
?Her publisher Little, Brown had promoted the book as a ?classic crime novel in the tradition of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell.? The protagonist, Cormoran Strike, is a troubled war veteran with physical and psychological wounds. The plot follows Strike's investigation into the death of a model in Mayfair, an upmarket district of London. One reviewer described it as a ?scintillating debut novel,? while another called it ?astonishingly mature.?
?The novel had sold around 1,500 copies in hardback. However, in the hours after Rowling was named as its author, it shot up the bestseller charts. It was listed as the third biggest seller on Amazon.co.uk on Sunday, having entered the top 100 only the day before. The Sunday Times said Rowling has already written the second Cormoran Strike novel and it is due to be published next year. After selling millions of Harry Potter books, Rowling released her first adult novel, ?The Casual Vacancy,? last year to mixed reviews.?
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