COP on the Hill: Stories from the weeks of November 21 and 28, 2025

Stories from the weeks of November 21 and 28, 2025

Timing and Luck:  making the rounds, I was receiving some information from the office of Congresswoman Schakowsky, D, from north Chicago area.  She was in her office and heard my “represent LE that want to make drugs a medical issue.”  She popped into the reception and asked to know more…7 minutes later with her chief of staff present, she received a solid summary of the Swiss approach to heroin addiction; and getting LE out of the drug business, giving it to doctors and clinics.  PS…7 minutes is a lot of time for a Member to give.

More Luck: a few minutes later I was coming out of an office, when the older (for a staffer) asked if I had received all I needed from his office.  We had before and ended up ahaving a 10-minute chat on the issues.  He had been promoted from staffer to Chief of Staff.

Not quite done:  finished for the day, I was going down the long escalator to the metro station (well-guarded by the National Guad – ughh), when a voice above me asked why.  As you know I always keep my wind breaker on which has the message “legalize heroin.”  The 3 of us ended up having a 10 minute chat on the issues.

Bonus:   the next day I was going to another office, when the guy asked why…he turned out to be a podcaster..we ended up doing a 10 minute interview in the hallway.

Meetings this week:  1- Grover Norquist right of center

7189 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  19 this week

488 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 01  this week.  President of the NC Senate

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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