COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of December 5, 2025

Stories from the week of December 5, 2025

Tip of the Hat:  As I sat down at the big table at the Norquist meeting, I made eye contact with the woman on the other side and tipped my hat.  She smiled.  She turned out to be a candidate for Governor of Alaska…after the meeting we had an xcl chat on how to reduce prison costs in AK.

At the same meeting I had another good chat with head of the GOP in a SE state. Gave him how it is politically safe to reduce to a misdemeanor – simple possession of hard drugs in his state and save tax dollars.

I was on a roll.  The woman who sat down on my right was from Austria and part of a group of journalists who meet monthly to discuss promoting conservative values throughout Europe.  She will ask the group to invite me to participate.

A few minutes later I had a nice chat in French with a gentleman who had given us an update of what is going on in the former Yugoslavia where he now lives.

Bonus:

I had a long chat with a national Fox reporter I have seen often on that network.  I ended by saying whenever Fox would bring up the drug war issue, think of what I could contribute. Best Norquist meeting ever.

Meetings this week:  1- Grover Norquist right of center

7205 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  16 this week

489 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 01  this week.  Republican chairman of a state.

COP stats since inception: August 2009

403 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0 this week

117 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 this week

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

102 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

34 major conferences attended – CPAC 2024, (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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