COP on the Hill: Stories from the weeks of January 19, 2023 

My every four year Pilgrimage to New Hampshire: A modest success over all with 16 media events.

Supplemental to Stories of January 19, 2024.

COP coordinated with MJ Leadership Fund Don Murphy to spend a week in New Hampshire to bring up the issue of marijuana and the drug war in general.  16 hours a day spent to attend 3 rallies.  Most were easy to handle, except Trump’s: he has Secret Service protection, so we had to stand in the very cold, windy outdoors for a chance to be scanned by the SS.

Still, at his rally I was interviewed by NPR, CNN and the Washington Post…

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise:  At a Dean Phillips’ rally it was near ending, so I moved close to the only exit door.  A woman asked me ‘why legalize heroin.’  She kept asking questions, so we chatted for 10 minutes.  She said we should introduce ourselves;  She was the candidate’s wife Annalise!  And we chatted for another 10 minutes.  It was great!

Don’t let anyone see us:  A DeSantis volunteer asked for a photo of my jacket (legalize heroin)…we moved to a dark corner so attendees could not see us..LOL

Plz Cover your shirt:  I was asked by Haley staff to cover the shirt with my jacket..I complied but forgot to zip it up; Ooops…The legalize pot letters are clearly visible

I had a chat with Kasie Hunt, now CNN,,,also John Heileman of MSNBC.

CMan Dean Phillips (D-MN); Matt Gaetz (R-FL)

Major Press interviews: CNN, NPR (2), Bloomberg, Washington Post, Die Stern (German major magazine), C-Span broadcast my Q & A,

Minor: 09..total of 16.

This week(s) work:

116 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 07 This week.

231 interviews and reports in minor media …16 this week –

386 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 02 his week:

Meetings: 0

5079 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  this week

454 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,  01 this week…Annalie Phillips, wife to CMan Phillips & Candidate  for President

COP stats since inception: August 2009

98 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

33 major conferences attended – CPAC 2023, (3 UN drug conferences in Vienna, Austria),  LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

Media:  Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, OAN, 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, Stern

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Greetings From Chilly-Willy Concord, New Hampshire.

Just had a solid chat w/ CMan and Dem Prez Candidate Dean Phillps, offering him my advice on how to articulate Drug War/Drug Policy, as he holds 4 town hall meetings a day…

I am happy I drove from MD, as Tuesday was a snowing, freezing mess on the roadways…the first 3 days of attending campaign stops has been a bit exhausting; 16 hour days and lots of driving between events, fast food on the go, etc…..and all worth it!  Really good media interviews, talking to Nikki Haley, Dean Phillips, Marianne Williams today; plus media interviews with CNN, Washington Post, 2x with NPR and 1 great interview with a German magazine (Stern) which is a mixture of Life-Look and the National Enquirer…auf Deutsch natürlich….plus dozens of chats with regular people.