COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of October 13, 2023

Weekly Activities:

 Happy to Help: A buddy of mine at the Grover meeting went out his way to introduce to me an Iraq War vet who has just started lobbying in Congress.  He wants the Defense Dept to award a Purple Heart to all those soldiers who were injured by Agent Orange in Vietnam and the burning oil pits, etc. in Iraq…he is having great difficulty arranging meetings with Congressional staffers.  I gave him some pointers and next week he will go with me on a few of my meetings to see how I do it; AKA I will mentor him…feels good

Florence Nightengale / Personal Time:  A short week, as my fiancé Jean had medium serious foot surgery, needed a driver and serious care the first 24 hours..  it was my first time to be a health care provider/nurse.  Not fun and was interesting.

This Week:

 4089 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 04 this week…

Meetings: 01 Grover Norquist

COP stats since inception: August 2009

366 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0 this week:

444 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,

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

215 interviews and reports in minor media …0 this week –

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

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