POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Healey's hot fundraising summer

 

BY LISA KASHINSKY With help from Kelly Garrity FOLLOW THE MONEY — Maura Healey burned through $8 million in her gubernatorial bid. Now she’s hitting the summer fundraising circuit on the Cape and Islands to replenish her campaign coffers. In the past few weeks, Healey has collected checks across fundraisers on Martha’s Vineyard and Provincetown, according to attendees and invitations obtained by Playbook. She’s scheduled to headline another event on Nantucket next Saturday, per the Nantucket Current . Her campaign declined comment. Healey likely won’t be on a ballot again until 2026. But it’s smart politics not to wait around to pad her depleted war chest. Healey started her first run for governor with more than $3 million in her campaign bank account, and at one point grew her cash on hand to more than $5.5 million. But she also spent heavily despite facing no significant competition for the corner office. By March of this year, Healey’s account had dwindled to just $632,000, according to state campaign finance records. Now she’s cashing in on the deep-pocketed donors who’ve decamped to their summer homes on the Cape and Islands. The governor has brought in nearly $350,000 in the past two months, and her bank account has swelled back over $1 million. That’s not counting last Sunday’s Provincetown fundraiser, or the upcoming reception at the Nantucket home of Ken Jarin and Robin Wiessmann. Truro state Sen. Julian Cyr and Falmouth state Rep. Dylan Fernandes are on the host committee for the Nantucket event. It’s notable that Healey is holding events on the islands, where donors are typically more focused on federal races. Case in point: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley fundraised on Nantucket last week for her presidential campaign. And Vice President Kamala Harris is set to headline two fundraisers on Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday. Tickets for a “grassroots” reception range from $50 for guests to $10,000 for hosts. Tickets for a higher-dollar gathering start at $3,300 and climb as high as $25,000 for co-hosts and $50,000 for hosts. GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Also dashing for cash on the Cape and Islands next weekend: Democratic Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who have four events scheduled between them. TODAY — Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll have no public events. Tips? Scoops? Going to a political fundraiser? Drop me a line: lkashinsky@politico.com .   A NEW PODCAST FROM POLITICO: Our new POLITICO Tech podcast is your daily download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy around the world. From AI and the metaverse to disinformation and cybersecurity, POLITICO Tech explores how today’s technology is shaping our world — and driving the policy decisions, innovations and industries that will matter tomorrow. SUBSCRIBE AND START LISTENING TODAY .     DATELINE BEACON HILL From left: Gov. Maura Healey, Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano at the fiscal year 2024 state budget signing on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at the Massachusetts State House. | Lisa Kashinsky/POLITICO SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED — Gov. Maura Healey changed little of what lawmakers sent her when she signed the $56 billion state budget on Wednesday, flanked by top legislative leaders in a show of Democratic unity. But she did tinker with a few items: — Healey returned eight of the 112 policy sections with amendments, including delaying the implementation of free calls for the incarcerated until Dec. 1 because "we needed a little bit more time to be able to get it done.” — She also axed a policy section that would have pulled $205 million in one-time funds into the budget, and cut $205 million in net spending to balance it out. That included slashing $1 million for “Hey Sam,” a text help line for young people operated by the suicide-prevention group Samaritans, because its “goals are sufficiently funded through" allocations for the 988 suicide and crisis hotline. But the move drew alarm from state Sen. Becca Rausch , who wants lawmakers to override the veto. The Legislature has until Nov. 15 to make such a move. The budget green-lights one of Healey’s signature policy proposals: the $20 million “MassReconnect” program to make community college free to those over age 25 who lack college degrees. It also makes universal free school meals permanent and grants certain undocumented immigrants access to in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. Boston will finally get a seat on the MBTA board of directors. And the state is bringing back the pandemic-era program that pauses eviction cases while tenants have pending applications for rental aid. House Speaker Ron Mariano said legislative leaders “weren’t surprised” the spending plan that’s now the second-latest in 22 years “went a little long,” given that it was being negotiated in tandem with tax relief. Yet Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka offered no timeline for filling the $580 million hole they left in the budget for tax-code changes. And the governor declined to set a deadline for them at the budget bill signing. — “Sen. Velis: State budget ‘very robust’ for veterans,” by Maddie Fabian, Daily Hampshire Gazette. FROM THE HUB — “Boston receives ‘go sign’ from state for Long Island bridge project,” by Danny McDonald, Boston Globe: “Boston is one step closer to reconstructing a 35-acre recovery campus on Long Island for people struggling with addiction after state authorities issued a key permit for the city to rebuild the Long Island bridge, city officials announced Wednesday. The permit, known as a Chapter 91 license, evaluates the impact of a project on public access to coastline and waterways. The next steps for Boston’s Long Island Bridge project: a federal consistency review by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and a bridge permit from the US Coast Guard.” — “Boston City Council backs tax breaks for businesses hurt by Mass and Cass mess,” by Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald: “City Councilor Erin Murphy’s double-barreled approach to tackling the ‘public health crisis’ at Boston’s Mass and Cass was praised for giving businesses there a break, but knocked for assertions that street cleaning equipment was spreading diseases. Murphy’s proposal came in the form of two hearing orders, both of which were discussed at a Wednesday City Council meeting.”   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 .     THE RACE FOR CITY HALL — “'Regular guy who wants to fix issues': This Taunton mayoral candidate would serve for free,” by Daniel Schemer, Taunton Daily Gazette: “If you want change, if you want a difference from what has been happening, then I am the right choice. I’m just a regular guy who wants to fix issues,’ proclaimed Charles Frederick Wright, or Chuck Wright, as he likes to be called, who is running for mayor of Taunton.” — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: The SEIU Massachusetts State Council has endorsed Worcester City Councilor Khrystian King for mayor. The state council represents over 115,000 members; King, a social worker, is a member of SEIU Local 509. DAY IN COURT — “College Admissions Dad Cleared of Fraud Wants $1 Million Back,” by Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg: “Private equity investor John B. Wilson has already gotten his fraud conviction overturned in the sprawling ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal. Now he wants the $1 million he paid to the scheme’s mastermind back. Wilson, founder of Hyannis Port Capital, was among dozens of parents charged with taking part in the scam to cheat their kids’ way into elite institutions.” WARREN REPORT — “Elizabeth Warren and Ron DeSantis agree on one way student-loan borrowers should get a path to relief: getting rid of debt in bankruptcy court,” by Ayelet Sheffey, Insider: “[T]he Education and Justice Departments in November announced a series of reforms to the process to make it easier for borrowers to access bankruptcy. And it's something both Warren and DeSantis support.” — “Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins rally in support of SAG-AFTRA members in Boston,” by Russ Reed, WCVB. MARIJUANA IN MASSACHUSETTS — “Mass. cannabis industry falls short on equity aspirations,” by Cassie McGrath, Boston Business Journal: “Five years after the first recreational cannabis dispensaries opened their doors, none of the state’s largest retail companies — those with the maximum number of licenses allowed by law — are classified as equity businesses.” THE LOCAL ANGLE — “Leominster maternity unit is essential service, state health department says,” by Henry Schwan, Telegram & Gazette: “The maternity unit at the UMass Memorial Health hospital in Leominster is an essential service, according to state public health officials, representing the latest development in the health care system’s plan to close the unit Sept. 23.” — “Slammed by climate emergencies, Mass. farmers ask, 'Now what?',” by Barbara Moran, WBUR: “It started with a deep freeze in February that killed most of the peach and plum crops. Then a May frost ruined a lot of the blueberries and apples. July brought heavy rains and floods. All told, the crazy weather has ruined nearly 3,000 acres of crops in the state, affecting more than 100 farms and costing about $15 million, according to [the] Department of Agricultural Resources. And it's left farmers asking themselves a pretty big question: how to keep farming in a rapidly changing climate.” — “Former Foxboro town manager to receive four months' salary in exchange for resignation,” by Jeff Peterson, The Sun Chronicle: “Now-departed town manager John Coderre ‘voluntarily’ tendered his resignation in exchange for a financial settlement amounting to four months’ salary, according to the terms of a separation agreement released publicly this week. But the circumstances that prompted his abrupt exit less than three months after being hired remain veiled in secrecy.” — “Trapped in limbo: Haitian refugees in Worcester await permission to work,” by Veer Mudambi, Telegram & Gazette. — “North Andover's [Tuesday] storm damage estimated at $20M,” by Will Broaddus, Eagle-Tribune. MEANWHILE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE — THE CHRIS-ENING: Chris Sununu is “very partial to folks that have governor in front of their name.” But just because he introduced Chris Christie at a town hall in Salem, N.H., last night doesn’t mean he’s going to endorse him. Ditto for Doug Burgum , who Sununu appeared with at a recent house party. Or Vivek Ramaswamy , who he’s due to link up with next week. Free of a reelection bid or a White House run in 2024, New Hampshire’s outgoing governor is hitting the presidential campaign trail for everyone else. Each appearance with a candidate raises questions about who Sununu is going to endorse. 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Former High-Ranking FBI Official Set to Plead Guilty to Illegally Working for Russian Oligarch

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Former FBI agent Charles McGonigal leaves Manhattan Federal Court in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. (photo: Yuki Iwamura/AFP)

08 august 23

Charles McGonigal, who is facing two indictments related to his work with foreign agents, is looking to avoid jury trials

Aformer senior FBI counterintelligence agent is attempting to negotiate a plea deal over charges of violating economic sanctions and money laundering related to his work for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

In January, the Department of Justice brought two simultaneous cases against Charles McGonigal, who served as the head of counterintelligence at the FBI’s New York City field office before his 2018 retirement.

The first case, filed in New York, relates to his relationship with Deripaska, and a second in Washington, D.C., regards his collection of $225,000 in unreported payments from a former Albanian intelligence officer. McGonigal initially pleaded not guilty to both sets of charges — but that may change.

On Monday, Manhattan Federal Judge Jennifer Rearden wrote in a briefing that “the court has been informed that defendant Charles McGonigal may wish to enter a change of plea.”

Last week, McGonigal’s attorney, Seth DuCharme, stated that there was a “decent chance the [Washington, D.C.] case is going to be resolved” without the need for a jury trial.

Authorities allege that McGonigal “acted on behalf of Deripaska and fraudulently used a U.S. entity to obscure their activity in violation of U.S. sanctions.” Deripaska himself was indicted by the Justice Department in 2022 for violating sanctions imposed on him following allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election. McGonigal is accused of having aided Deripaska in investigating “a rival Russian oligarch in return for concealed payments.”

As an FBI official, McGonigal participated in investigations related to Russian interference in the 2016 election — including the FBI’s probe into ties between former President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia — as well as an investigation into Deripaska himself.

Some former FBI officials previously expressed to Rolling Stone their belief that McGonigal was motivated by “greed and not espionage.” But his rank and access within the FBI means the long exposure for the bureau could be devastating. “The potential here is that he could be one of the most devastating spies in U.S. history but there’s not enough evidence to make that claim,” retired CIA officer John Sipher told Rolling Stone in February.

“His arrest is a sorry day for the FBI,” added a retired senior FBI official. “The bureau has taken a beating the last few years with Trump and others attacking it. His arrest is all we need.”

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POLITICO Nightly: Biden sold farmers on climate change. Now his sights are set on Wall Street.

BY GARRETT DOWNS A worker uses a cranberry boom in a flooded bog to coral floating cranberries to a pump as they are harvested at Mann Farms in Buzzards Bay, Mass., on Oct. 9, 2022. | Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images SELLING THE FARM — President Joe Biden’s plan to address agriculture’s emissions has the powerful, conservative Beltway farm lobby smiling ear-to-ear. Next stop: Wall Street. This spring, a $3 billion initiative dubbed Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities started doling out funds , testing farming methods that are lighter on carbon emissions. The projects will be scrubbed for data to find out what works best, akin to a large-scale science experiment, and the Agriculture Department estimates the results will produce emissions benefits equal to taking around 12 million cars off the road. The USDA used its internal bank to bankroll the efforts. The Biden administration hopes the influx of cash will produce an impressive feat: turning some farmers, generally a conservative group, around on Biden. When he assumed office, Biden had a long way to go with farmers and their backers on the Hill. Only a month into his presidency, a Farm Journal Foundation poll found 75 percent of farmers disapproved of his presidency. Another poll found 72 percent opposed his plan to slash emissions in half, fearing that new regulations — which farmers hate — would follow. But the deluge of climate-cop regulations farmers feared hasn’t happened under Biden. Instead, in addition to the $3 billion carrot that his administration has dangled to create new climate-smart markets and revenue streams, he’s also signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which will grow the incentive-driven climate-ag space by nearly $20 billion. That’s enough investment to turn the agricultural lobby around on Biden, for now. But the administration acknowledges it still has a long way to go in proving to climate advocates that its plan will reduce the effects of global warming in a meaningful way. Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities has plans to invest in projects that will reach over 60,000 farms and span 25 million acres. Government officials estimate that this could sequester 60 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. But they have even broader hopes for the new $3 billion initiative: that Wall Street will see the financial possibilities of turning farms green and make their own investments in similar projects. “This can’t just be government money, we have to attract private investment,” said Robert Bonnie, the USDA’s undersecretary of farm production and conservation who helped devise the plan. “Part of the real interest in the Partnerships program is a way to provide seed money to entice more folks in the private sector to come in … the government’s not going to do it alone.” In the past, Wall Street has been nervous about investing in green supply chains — and in particular in purchasing carbon credits under government programs designed to quickly offset pollution from farms. Last year, a Bloomberg article exposed that scores of companies claiming to be eco-friendly actually purchased carbon credits that turned out to be bogus. “A lot of folks are still staying on the sidelines because there’s headline risk that you’re going to make a pledge, purchase credits, and then end up in a POLITICO or Bloomberg article about carbon credits that didn’t work,” said Kris Covey, a co-founder and President of USDA grant-recipient The Soil Inventory Project. But after USDA provides significant monetary incentives to farms around the country to go green, Wall Street will have a better idea of what works and what doesn’t — and which carbon credits and sustainable farming tools are worth the money. TSIP, which counts former Vice President Al Gore as a senior adviser, has farmers bag up soil and send it to their labs for testing on carbon content. The data it produces, USDA hopes, will help corporate titans feel comfortable to pay vast amounts of money to farmers for their emissions reductions in the form of credits. They also hope the results will encourage companies to invest private money in farms that are climate smart. If the Biden administration can secure significant private investment in farms and programs that are going green, it might just be able to thread the needle of keeping farmers happy and hitting emission goals. With Biden hitting the campaign trail for the 2024 election, he and his administration are now eager to draw comparisons to the leading Republican candidate — former President Donald Trump. Trump has already raised hackles within his own caucus for threatening to slap new tariffs on exports to China, with one Republican calling it “suicide” for rural communities. His last batch of tariffs in 2018 drove farm income to record lows and resulted in a record bailout. Biden will likely highlight how in addition to his massive and potentially lucrative incentives for green agriculture, he’s also largely avoided imposing the regulations that scare farmers away and has taken a much lighter touch on trade. Biden’s message of stability will target farmers in swing states like Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania. According to Bonnie, a regulatory approach won’t happen under a second Biden administration, either. “If we’re going to maintain agriculture and forestry support for this, it’s got to stay voluntary,” Bonnie said. “And if we can prove that this approach works, we have a high probability of doing that.” Welcome to POLITICO Nightly. Reach out with news, tips and ideas at nightly@politico.com . 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Today, the court unsealed a redacted version of that opinion, revealing details of the secret court battle for the first time. — Feinstein released from hospital after fall: Sen. Dianne Feinstein fell in her San Francisco home and went to the hospital Tuesday , according to her office. “Senator Feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution after a minor fall in her home,” said her spokesperson, Adam Russell. “All of her scans were clear and she returned home.” Russell described the fall as very minor and not involving any serious injuries. Feinstein went to the hospital for about two hours, he said. — Abortion rights activists set their sights on Arizona after Ohio win: A top progressive group wants to build on the huge success Democrats are having with abortion-related ballot initiatives — this time in Arizona . Fresh off their 14-point victory in Ohio on Tuesday, progressive groups are eyeing the Southwest battleground state as the next place to ensure abortion rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Arizona currently bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. “National Democratic donors and stakeholders should look to Arizona as the next state with a serious, layered return on investment for putting abortion on the ballot,” says a memo from the progressive organizing group Indivisible. NIGHTLY ROAD TO 2024 Donald Trump participates in a 2016 primary debate, along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) hosted by Fox News. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images OUTFOXED — The Republican National Committee has picked Fox Business to host the second GOP presidential primary debate , which is set to be held next month at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi Valley, Calif, reports POLITICO’s Alex Isenstadt. The decision means that Fox networks will televise the first two debates. The first debate, to be held Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, will be broadcast on Fox Business’ sister station, Fox News. The committee also announced that Univision and Rumble will be partners for the second debate. Rumble, a conservative-leaning competitor to YouTube, is also set to broadcast the first showdown. By tapping Rupert Murdoch-run Fox for the first two debates, the committee is looking to reach a broad swath of Republican voters who regularly tune into the network’s stations. But Fox News’ specific role in the first debate has gotten pushback from former President Donald Trump, who has warred with the network over what he has called its unfair coverage of him since leaving the White House. ‘POLITICALLY MOTIVATED’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis today once again suspended an elected Florida prosecutor from office , this time removing a central Florida Democrat that the Republican governor contended was too lenient with criminals and was endangering the public, reports POLITICO’s Gary Fineout. The move drew sharp criticism from the target of the suspension — State Attorney Monique Worrell — as well as Democrats, who called DeSantis a “dictator” and said his actions were designed to draw attention to his struggling presidential campaign. The governor’s office had been telegraphing dissatisfaction with Worrell for months, including raising questions about how her office had handled past arrests of a 19-year-old man who was ultimately arrested for allegedly killing three people in Orlando, including a television reporter. 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FOCUS: Emergency Workers Rushed to Scene of Russian Missile Attack. Then Another Missile Came.

 

 

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FOCUS: Emergency Workers Rushed to Scene of Russian Missile Attack. Then Another Missile Came.
Marc Santora, Gaëlle Girbes and Victoria Kim, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Nine people, including a rescuer, were killed and dozens more were injured in the successive missile strikes on a small city in eastern Ukraine."

Rescuers completed a search for survivors on Tuesday after a Russian missile strike on a small Ukrainian city on Monday evening that was followed by another 37 minutes later, appearing to target emergency workers responding to the first attack.

The final toll, officials said, was seven people dead, including one rescuer, and 82 injured, including 38 emergency workers and two children. The attack devastated the city of Pokrovsk, which lies about 43 miles to the northwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk and 30 miles from the front line.

After the second attack, the search for survivors was suspended overnight out of concern that there could be additional strikes on rescuers, according to Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs. At least 12 multistory buildings, including a hotel, a prosecutor’s office, a pharmacy, shops and two cafes, were damaged, Ukrainian officials said.

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