| | | | | First lady Melania Trump and President Trump on the South Lawn, returning from Bedminster, New Jersey, Sunday. Credit: Yuri Gripas/Pool/Getty Images | | | North Korea Hasn't Quit Making Missiles, but Apparently We Have a Plan: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Who Did the Ocasio-Cortez Campaign Branding?: What the lead designer said about political branding for a new Millennial candidate
Street Art Sighting: #EndFamilyDetention projected onto the Newseum | | | What Washington is Talking About:
Congress is on recess, and Repubs are discussing what they will and will not put up with for a Supreme Court nominee. Sen. Susan Collins said she wouldn't support a nominee "who demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade," Sen. Lindsey Graham said he doesn't want the nominee to recuse himself or herself from the Russia investigation, and Sen. Tim Scott recommended fellow South Carolinian Trey Gowdy for the job.
What America is Talking About:
LeBron James is headed to the Lakers.
Reminder:
Rent is due.
Poll of the Day:
Americans' view of the Supreme Court is split by party preference. A Gallup poll out today found that while 37% of Americans have confidence in the high court, Repubs are more than 10% more likely than Dems to have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the court. | | Credit: Gallup
June 2018, a Retrospective:
Last month saw two Kim summits, neither of which led to North Korea giving up its nuclear missiles, and family separation at the border, which has become one of the biggest controversies of the Trump administration. We're halfway done with the year. Here's your June 2018 retrospective: | | Credit: Hunter Schwarz
Cohen on Where His Loyalties Really Lie:
In an interview with ABC that published this morning, President Trump's longtime attorney Michael Cohen said his first loyalty isn't to Trump, but to his family and country. He also defended the FBI, which raided his home and office. "I don't agree with those who demonize or vilify the FBI. I respect the FBI as an institution, as well as their agents."
North Korea Hasn't Quit Making Missiles, but Apparently We Have a Plan:
We have more satellite images that appear to show North Korea continuing to build parts for its missile program, and the Washington Post reported over the weekend the country plans to hide its missiles and production capabilities. White House national security adviser John Bolton said this weekend the US has a one-year plan for North Korea to get rid of its nukes, but that it hasn't been implemented yet.
Chamber of Commerce Comes Out Against Trump:
The traditionally Repub-friendly US Chamber of Commerce came out against Trump's tariffs today. Chamber President Tom Donohue said in a statement, "the administration is threatening to undermine the economic progress it worked so hard to achieve. We should seek free and fair trade, but this is just not the way to do it."
Trump to Announce Supreme Court Nominee Next Week:
On Air Force One en route to Bedminster Friday where he said he'd spend the weekend interviewing possible Supreme Court nominees, Trump said his shortlist was down to "about five," and included two women. Trump is expected to announce his nominee next Monday. | | Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Trump's Not a Fascist, Albright Says:
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Trump isn't a fascist (her definition is "somebody who uses violence to achieve what he wants"), but did say he is "the most undemocratic president in modern American history," in an interview with the BBC. "And by the way, it's not easy as a former diplomat to be in a foreign country and criticize one's own president. But I am concerned," she said.
Who Did the Ocasio-Cortez Campaign Branding?:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign design felt distinct and fresh, and she has New York design firm Tandem to thank. Tandem paired a photograph of the Millennial candidate shot by Jesse Korman with angled copy, and went with a purple-and-yellow color scheme instead of the typical red, white, and blue. | | Credit: Tandem Design NYC
"Ocasio" was set apart from the rest of her name in a speech bubble, simplifying her name for readers by breaking it up into three distinct lines. And it highlights her Puerto Rican heritage with an inverted exclamation point. We've seen speech bubbles used as a design element for campaigns before, for Martin O'Malley's 2016 logo and in an ultimately rejected version of Barack Obama's 2008 logo. | | Credit: via Logo Design Love, O'Malley 2016
"She is a non-traditional candidate running a non-traditional campaign, and we wanted her visual identity to reflect that, to be true to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez," lead designer Maria Arenas told Co.Design. "There's a misconception that political graphic design is about misleading people, misrepresenting the candidate, that branding is just for marketing, ergo, dishonest. Most political design is very timid, safe, and traditional. I think our work was able to break through that perception … Good design has a place in politics."
Tiffany Trump, Dreamer:
A little light and inspiration from the first daughter, who posted early this morning this photo with the caption, "ℐ ⅅℛℰᎯℳ ℐℕ ℂᎾℒᎾℛЅ TℋᎯT ⅅᎾℕ'T ℰxιѕт." | | Credit: @tiffanytrump/Instagram
Street Art Sighting:
Projection artist Robin Bell partnered with MoveOn and illustrator Pablo Stanley for this #EndFamilyDetention image projected on the facade of the Newseum in Washington. Bell shared this photo Saturday: | | Credit: @bellvisuals/Instagram
If you spot political street art, tweet me @hunterschwarz, tag me on Instagram @hunterschwarz, or email me at coverlinehunter@cnn.com with your sighting so I can feature it in COVER/LINE.
P.S.:
Drake's new double album Scorpion broke single-day streaming records on Spotify and Apple Music, with 132 million and 170 million streams in 24 hours, respectively. | | | | | | |
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