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Hey, good morning, Playbookers. I'm Rugu Monovalin. It's Friday, and this is your Politico

Playbook Daily Briefing.

All right, before we get going, if you have a little bit of free time in your day, I implore you

to check out the top story in today's playbook from Tara Paul Mary. It's a story about Paolo Zampoly. If you don't know him, he's a notorious

New York City playboy. He was a one-time modeling agent. He represented Melania Trump in her

former career. Even introduced her to her future husband at a party he hosted back in 98

at the Kit Kat Club. He even managed to become both a fixture on page 6 and an ambassador for the tiny island

nation of Dominica to the UN.

Check that story out at Politico.com slash playbook.

Here's today's reminder that we're some 390 days away from the midterm elections.

Paul Steinhauser from Fox News writes that House Democrats have the upper hand over House

Republicans and fundraising ahead of the 2022 elections.

Here's a quick look at the numbers.

The D-Triple C raised 14.5 million.

The NRC raised 12.2.

In Q3, the D-Triple C raised 35.8 million, the NRCC, 25.8 million. But when it comes to cash on hand, Dems clock in at 63 million, the NRCC, 65 million.

Former Chief of Staff to President Obama and Bush agree on something. That Biden, Chief of Staff, Ron Claim, may be spending too much time on Twitter while managing the leader of the free world.

Bush's chief of staff John Bolton told playbook, quote,

I would never have done that, and frankly, I don't know how he does it.

Bolton warned that an errant tweet from the chief of staff could throw a new cycle spinning in the wrong direction.

Just Wednesday, Klan was criticized after retweeting a post that called inflation a, quote,

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