| | | | |  | | By Shia Kapos | | Presented by |  | | | TGIF, Illinois. Enjoy the last days of June.
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Former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden face off in Atlanta for the first debate of the 2024 election season on Thursday, June 27, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO | START ME UP: Some oldsters took the stage last night — and killed it. We’re talking, of course, about the Rolling Stones at Soldier Field. The same can’t be said for the old politicians who appeared on stage in Atlanta for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. President Joe Biden looked his age at 81, and former President Donald Trump, 78, was his old self, spouting falsehoods and what not. Breaking down Biden’s disastrous debate: “Debating former President Donald Trump with a raspy voice, wandering eyes, pallid complexion and a halting delivery, Biden’s performance was at times unintelligible. And though Trump blustered through his own answers with falsehoods, there was one defining issue: Biden’s age,” via POLITICO’s politics team. ‘WTF’: Panicked Dems start looking for alternatives to Biden: Gov. JB Pritzker’s name is in the mix, via POLITICO’s Elena Schneider, Adam Wren and Lauren Egan. CNN: Flash Poll: Majority of debate watchers say Trump won the debate over Biden, by Ariel Edwards-Levy Some senior Dems look to Schumer, Jeffries and Jill Biden to urge the president to rethink his campaign, by POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin Gov. JB Pritzker, a surrogate for Biden, is among Democrats sticking by him. In a post-debate statement, the governor said: “Tonight, voters were presented with a clear choice — a president working hard every day to improve the lives of all Americans or a convicted felon, a selfish blowhard looking out only for himself. The contrast between these two men was clear before the debate — it is even clearer now.” Here’s the full statement from his political campaign. iden, Dems would need to open a rulebook not used in decades, by POLITICO’s Steven Shepard Here’s the full CNN debate transcript.
| | CONVENTION ZONE | | — State adds two migrant shelters months before DNC, causing objections from lawmakers: Democratic state Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, whose district is home to one of the new shelters said “when she raised concerns to Pritzker’s Illinois Department of Human Services about the plan to bring up to 950 more migrants to her Southwest Side and southwest suburban area, agency officials specifically referenced the ‘unpredictability’ of what [Texas Gov. Greg ]Abbott might do in the lead-up to the political convention. ‘That was their reason for it,’” by the Tribune’s Dan Petrella and Nell Salzman. — 'Serious concerns' remain after CPD revises mass arrest policy ahead of Democratic Convention: “A coalition of community organizations says the policy still fails to draw a line between crowds protected under the First Amendment and those engaged in illegal activity such as looting,” by the Sun-Times’ Tom Schuba. — Firefighters to march during Dem convention and NASCAR to turn up heat on mayor’s for new contract: “Pat Cleary, president of Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2, predicted ‘hundreds’ of members would participate in the two-hour march on Michigan Avenue on July 6 ‘right alongside of NASCAR.’ A similar march is planned during the Democratic National Convention ‘as close as possible to the United Center,’” by the Sun-Times’ Fran Spielman. If you are President Biden’s makeup man, Playbook would like to hear from you. Email skapos@politico.com
| | | | A message from Electronic Payments Coalition: Lawmakers in Springfield are giving away millions to corporate megastores—and Illinoisans will pay the price. This back-room deal will radically change how we use credit and debit cards; consumers may have information on their private purchases exposed, and local
businesses could face costly operational challenges, even requiring separate cash payments for tips and sales tax. Prevent credit card chaos. Learn more at GuardYourCard.com/Illinois. | | | | | WHERE'S JB | | No official public events.
| | | WHERE's BRANDON | | | At the Chicago Cultural Center for a Sundance Institute and Chicago press conference.
| | | Where's Toni | | | No official public events. Have a tip, suggestion, birthday, new job or (heaven forbid) a complaint? Email skapos@politico.com
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Our newsroom is deeper, more experienced, and better sourced than any other—with teams embedded in the world’s most active legislative and regulatory power centers. From Brussels to Washington, New York to London, Sacramento to Paris, we bring subscribers inside the conversations that determine policy outcomes and the future of industries, providing insight that cannot be found anywhere else. Get the premier news and policy intelligence service, SUBSCRIBE TO POLITICO PRO TODAY. | | | | | | | KEEPING UP WITH THE DELEGATION | | — GET WELL SOON! Sen. Dick Durbin, the U.S. Senate’s majority whip, underwent a successful replacement surgery for his left hip Thursday. The procedure was performed at RUSH in Oak Brook. “Durbin will remain in Illinois until he is cleared for travel to Washington by his doctor,” according to a statement from his office. Statement from Durbin: “I had a routine hip replacement surgery in Chicago. I’m grateful to the medical staff at RUSH for today’s successful procedure, and I look forward to a speedy recovery and climbing the Capitol steps again as soon as possible.” — Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, a Democrat, and Congressman Mike Bost, a Republican, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging an investigation into potential national security threats from a Chinese state-run company’s acquisition of a grain terminal in Cahokia, Illinois.
| | | 2024 WATCH | | | — Gov. JB Pritzker’s Think Big America is spending six figures in Arizona, Florida and Nevada, by ABC News’ Isabella Murray — Monica Gordon just received $25,000 from Citizens to Elect Karen Yarbrough, according to the State Board of Elections. Gordon is a Cook County commissioner running for Cook County Clerk. She was tapped by the Democratic Party to run after Yarbourgh’s recent death. — CTU endorses slate of candidates for Chicago’s first elected school board: “Just days after the candidate filing period ended, the CTU is out with 11 endorsed candidates for 10 seats, including parents, educators, faith leaders and community organizers,” by WBEZ’s Sarah Karp and Lauren FitzPatrick.
| | | THE STATEWIDES | | | — FARM TO TROUBLE: Investigate Midwest has a new series on the agricultural practices causing the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone.
| | CHICAGO | | — SCOOP: CTU lobbyist helped craft mayor’s letter to Senate president at heart of Springfield selective enrollment fight: “Public records provided to the Tribune reveal a CTU official helped craft the eleventh-hour letter that likely saved the teachers union and Johnson from an embarrassing defeat in the statehouse,” by the Tribune’s Alice Yin and Jeremy Gorner. — Cracks revealed between Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union at board meeting: “As resources have become more scarce—with the district facing an approximately $400 million deficit when pandemic-era federal relief funds expire in the fall—different priorities emerged at Thursday’s more than six-hour meeting,” by the Tribune’s Sarah Macaraeg. — Tax revolt looms as Johnson ponders how much to give his CTU pals, by Crain’s Greg Hinz — Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 600 support staff members: “About half of the layoffs affected teacher aides,” by WBEZ’s Sarah Karp. — Chicago schools that removed police officers saw slight drop in high-level discipline violations: study, by Chalkbeat’s Reema Amin — OPINION: Time to do what Chicago does best: lift the children of this city onto big shoulders and chart a course toward a brighter future, by the Joyce Foundation’s Stephanie Banchero in Crain’s — Not a single illegal trash pickup has been cited in the 8 months since Streets and Sans was given new enforcement powers, by WTTW’s Nick Blumberg — Chicago Pride Parade is Sunday. Here’s what you need to know, by Block Club’s Patrick Filbin — YES, CHEF: Discover the dozen Chicago restaurants with cameos in season three of ‘The Bear,’ by WBEZ’s Cassie Walker Burke, Bianca Cseke and Sandra Salib
| | | | A message from Electronic Payments Coalition:   | | | | | COOK COUNTY AND COLLARS | | — Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas on property tax increases: “You can’t keep studying the property tax system and keep saying it doesn’t work then do nothing about it. It’s time for Springfield to make changes,” the county treasurer tells the Daily Herald’s Jake Griffin. — Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin reviews public safety, engagement in State of the City talk, by the Daily Herald’s Susan Sarkauskas
| | LAW AND ORDER | | — Ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke used Catholic card in bid to soften sentence in corruption case: “It’s unclear whether Catholic figures appealing for leniency in letters to the judge affected the two-year sentence she handed down for Burke. But priests, nuns and lay church leaders went to bat heavy for him — after years of the former alderman funneling campaign money to Catholic causes,” by the Sun-Times’ Robert Herguth. — Judge in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s case hints that prosecutors may have to alter their game plan: A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week “walks back a key bribery statute contained in Madigan’s indictment” in an Illinois bribery case, by the Tribune’s Jason Meisner and Ray Long.
| | | TAKING NAMES | | | — Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton received the Woman with Vision Award by the Women's Bar Association of Illinois at its annual dinner and awards gala Thursday. — Ken Griffin donates $10M to Northwestern Medicine to fund research into esophageal diseases, by Bloomberg’s Miranda Davis — Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig has been named the next president of the Northwest Municipal Conference. Libertyville Mayor Donna Johnson is VP and Buffalo Grove Village President Eric Smith and Skokie Village Manager John Lockerby are secretary and treasurer, respectively. Their terms run through June 2025. The organization advocates for communities in the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago.
| | | MEDIA MATTERS | | | — Sun-Times, WBEZ parent names new CEO: Melissa Bell, former publisher of Vox Media, will be the next CEO, succeeding Matt Moog, by Crain’s Brandon Dupré.
| | | | Understand 2024’s big impacts with Pro’s extensive Campaign Races Dashboard, exclusive insights, and key coverage of federal- and state-level debates. Focus on policy. Learn more. | | | | | | | Reader Digest | | We asked if Mick Jagger could be president, who would his running mate be: Vince Brandys: “Taylor Swift!” James Castro: “Bruce Springsteen.” Jim Lyons: “Lenny Kravitz. I know he was touring with the Stones when my brother-in-law worked for the Stones.” Mary Kay Minaghan: “Keith Richards, of course.” Stephen Rosenblat: “Keith Richards. He's been his successful running mate for over 50 years. Why change now?” Jan Weber: “Dolly Parton. They would make an awesome team.” NEXT QUESTION: What fix-it project did you take on yourself? Email skapos@politico.com
| | THE NATIONAL TAKE | | — The Supreme Court just took a new bite out of Biden’s agencies’ powers, by POLITICO’s Alex Guillén — Idaho must provide emergency abortions after Supreme Court declines to rule on case, by POLITICO’s Alice Miranda Ollstein — Judge rejects Trump’s claims that FBI misled court in Mar-a-Lago search warrant, by POLITICO’s Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein
| | | | A message from Electronic Payments Coalition: Imagine paying at the pump with your credit card, and then having to go inside to pay the taxes. That’s just one possible outcome of a new law that will radically change how consumers and small businesses use credit cards.
This multi-million dollar giveaway to corporate megastores could
● Force separate cash payments on sales tax and tips
● Reduce consumer privacy by exposing information about private purchases
● Create costly operational nightmares and paperwork burdens for small businesses
This first-of-its-kind, untested mandate will lead to chaos, removing credit cards as the safe, secure and hassle-free way to pay in Illinois—all so giant, out-of-state corporations can pad their profits. Prevent credit card chaos. Learn more at GuardYourCard.com/Illinois. | | | | | TRIVIA | | THURSDAY’s ANSWER: Congrats to Ashvin Lad for correctly answering that Muhammad Ali was issued special license plates with stick-figure boxers in a ring instead of a number. TODAY’s QUESTION: How did Hertz get its start? Today: Political consultant Robert Creamer, Environmental Law & Policy Center’s Illinois Legislative Director David McEllis, Boeing Executive VP of Government Operations Ziad Ojakli, actor/producer John Cusack, J Street and ALLMEP board member Mark Zivin, businessman Eric Zwiener, orthopedics fellow Weston Nadherny and Illinois Gaming Board Comms Director Beth Kaufman. Saturday: State Sen. Dave Syverson, Illinois Education Association comms director Sarah Antonacci, lobbyist John McCabe, former Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza and Digital Strategy Senior Director Katie Breen. Sunday: Cook County Circuit Court Judge Linda Perez, Worth Township Clerk Eamon McMahon, former state Rep. Dave Winters, lobbyist John Kelly, Chicago YMCA CEO Dorri McWhorter, Governor’s Office Senior Policy Adviser Emily Miller, attorney and political fundraiser Mike Lieber, political strategist Norm Sterzenbach and Young Democrats of Illinois President Paul Jones. -30- | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook family Playbook | Playbook PM | California Playbook | Florida Playbook | Illinois Playbook | Massachusetts Playbook | New Jersey Playbook | New York Playbook | Ottawa Playbook | Brussels Playbook | London Playbook View all our political and policy newsletters | | Follow us | | | | |
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