Stories from the week of December 10, 2021

 Solid Week:  By invitation to the annual energy conference, I again was able to make contact with two House members and we talked drug policy.  I was also able to chat with their staffers and other staff who attended along with their bosses.

Yes, the risk of Covid (no one wore a mask) is there.  Please know I have been vaxxed and boosted, so should be ok.

Weekly Activities:

332 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 02 this week.    Congresswoman Harrell, (R-NM), CWoman van Duyne (R-TX)

3709 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 04 this week..

Meetings:  2-day energy conference

COP stats since inception: August 2009

398 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc.: 0 this week –

92 Radio Interviews… 0 this week

208 interviews and reports in minor media …0 this week.

107 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 This week

44 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribune, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters

31 major conferences attended – (UN drug conference, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”

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