Anthony Scaramucci, ousted White House communications director, has cancelled his plan to "go public" tomorrow in an online event orchestrated by ex-Fox News president Bill Shine.
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Anthony ScaramucciUsing President Trump's preferred mode of communications, The Mooch tweeted today:
"No Press Event Tomorrow: Focusing on Family, My Work in The Private Sector.#MovingForward Stay Tuned!"
Scaramucci's turnaround follows the widespread social media chatter about his "communications plan" that has bounced around the Internet.
Shine, protégé of Fox creator Roger Ailes, stepped down earlier this year among the torrent of lawsuits against the network.
The former Foxer, who is tipped as a White House staffer, recently dined with President Trump and Scaramucci.
The Mooch promises to "go dark" until Labor Day after he sorts through his prospects in both the financial and media worlds.
In one of his first offiical acts as White House chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly fired Scaramucci, who held the communications job for 10 days.
Erik Hotmire has rejoined the Securities and Exchange Commission as chief external affairs officer and director of the Office of Public Affairs.
California seeks a firm to handle a $3.5M marketing/ad program to promote awareness of, and increase sign-ups in, its job corps program. 
The National Highway Safety Administration has awarded its public education to Stratacomm following a competitive re-compete process.
Congress wants the FTC to probe whether TikTok violated child privacy laws when it launched a last-ditch lobbying blitz to defeat the bill requiring its owner, ByteDance, to divest it.
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
