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In NYC yesterday, eight people were killed and 13 were injured in what Mayor Bill de Blasio called an “act of terror,” after a man drove a pickup truck down a crowded bike path in Lower Manhattan. Donald Trump is using the opportunity to advance his agenda on “extreme vetting” and to blame Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). On Capitol Hill, Republicans still can’t get on the same page. House GOPers postponed their much-anticipated tax bill rollout Tuesday night as members of the Caucus continue to spar over key elements in the plan. Open enrollment for the ACA begins today, and without the Obama machine touting the law coupled with the Trump administration shading the policy, numbers are expected to be low. Finally, it’s happening people. Twitter will up its character limit to 280 characters for everyone in the very near future. But if this info never makes it to Fox News, there’s a good chance the president will keep his tweets to 140. So keep it on the QT. We’re kicking off November with this...
- Barack and Michelle Obama kick off summit.
- Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) says colleagues know all about that 420 good good.
- Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) intros bill to stop WH from preemptive strikes against North Korea.
- Check out who are the 2017 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.
- Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA) has legislation to help protect the country’s power grid from cyberattacks.
- Asia Society names new Co-Chairs.
- A coalition of civil rights groups make demands of Mark Zuckerberg.
- Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) presses FEMA on housing help for displaced Floridians.
- Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is looking for answers from the White House.
- Find out who’s the new writer on the Splinter staff.
- Congresswoman Mia Love (R-UT) talks Michelle Obama and being the first Black woman Republican in the House.
- Longtime Televisa CEO to step down.
- Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) is way ahead in the Dem primary for NM governor.
- Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) cites shady findings in Ossoff-Handel congressional race.
- Meet the judge presiding over the Manafort case.
- Colin Kaepernick's attorney says QB will be signed.
- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) aims to curb sexual harassment on the Hill.
- DC brought some big guns to the 2022 Gay Games bid -- but it didn’t help.
- NM congressional candidate accused of stalking. Again.
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|  | Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) showing support for "Dreamers" and DREAM Act legislation. | |  | Donna Brazile in VA with candidates Kathy Tran and Alison Friedman and supporters. | |
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Obama Summit Day One
Former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama launched their inaugural Obama Foundation Summit Tuesday, bringing together a collection of high-profile artists, entrepreneurs, world leaders and royalty to meet with hundreds of mostly young up-and-coming leaders. "In many ways, we want to learn from you as much as we want to share what we've learned," said POTUS44. “The reason I’m so excited to see you all here today in part is because this is where I started,” Obama said. “This isn’t where I was born, I was born in Kenya,” he laughed, quickly adding, “that’s a joke.” He also set one rule for participants for the summit: No selfies with him or the former First Lady. "It may seem trivial, but it's not," Obama said of his aversion to selfies. "I say this because ... one of the weird things about becoming president is I found that people were no longer looking me in the eye and shaking my hand." Despite the instructions, many guests did snap selfies including some eager fans excited to meet with former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. “The moment we are in right now is the tail not the dog,” Obama said. “What we need to do is think about our civic culture, because what’s wrong with our politics is a reflection of the problems in our civic culture.” Michelle Obama is set to take the stage today. More here.
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Michelle Obama and Prince Harry Surprise Students
Before the summit got started, former First Lady Michelle Obama and Prince Harry surprised approximately 20 students on Tuesday at Hyde Park Academy. The public high school on Chicago’s South Side is located across from the future site of the Obama Presidential Center and serves a predominantly African American population. It focuses on career preparation and college advancement. “The warm and wide-ranging conversation, lasting over an hour, covered how the Obama Presidential Center will showcase the South Side of Chicago for a global audience, the importance of young people staying inspired and hopeful, and the transformative power of students using their voices to change the world,” Caroline Adler Morales, the former first lady’s communications director, said in a statement provided to ABC News. More here.
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The Nathan Cummings Foundation is looking for a VP of Finance. Responsible for overseeing the entirety of the Foundation’s finance function, the VP will balance setting a strategic vision for the finance team with a hands-on approach to managing financial operations.
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Booker Says Many Members of Congress Are Weed Smokers
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been an advocate of pushing back unfair marijuana policies. He introduced a bill a few months ago that would legalize marijuana and help release prisoners who are in jail for minor cannabis convictions. In a recent interview, Booker said, “I know in casual conversations in the Congress, many legislators who’ve done pot themselves. This pejorative pot smoker label doesn’t fly,” Booker said. “So many Americans have used marijuana or have no judgement for people that do. It’s like saying, ‘Oh, those alcohol drinkers.’ We are a great society, a decent society, a good society, but our criminal justice laws do not reflect the heart of America and we all have got to do something about that.” Senator Booker, don’t expect those members you reference to put you in the next puff pass rotation. You know how private, and hypocritical, the Beltway can be. Booker also added that many prominent politicians have done far harder drugs than marijuana. "Two of the last three presidents admitted to doing drugs harder than pot," Booker said. "Too many people are sitting on the sidelines. And I really want to point fingers." But the Senator wasn't just talking about politicians. He noted that many upper-middle-class people use marijuana freely and without any punishment, and therefore don't get involved in legalization efforts. But by staying out of the fight, they simply put the less fortunate in more danger. More here.
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Duckworth Co-Sponsors Bill to Reign in 45 on North Korea Strike
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) co-sponsored a bill with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) to bar Donald Trump from launching a preemptive strike on North Korea without congressional authorization. The bill would prohibit the use of funds for military operations in North Korea without congressional authorization, unless there is an “imminent threat” to the U.S. or its allies, or American forces are repelling a “sudden attack” against the U.S., its servicemembers or its allies. The Hill reports that at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Monday, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged the administration has no authority to strike North Korea absent an imminent threat. But pressed by Murphy whether they consider the possession of a nuclear weapon to be an imminent threat, they responded that such a scenario was too hypothetical to answer. “Congress must take the president’s saber-rattling seriously and exercise its constitutional responsibility,” Duckworth said. More here.
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Tim Scott Pushes Back on John Kelly’s Civil War “Compromise” Comments
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) on Tuesday pushed back on WH CoS John Kelly for his comments that the Civil War occurred because of a “lack of an ability to compromise.” Kelly also called Robert E. Lee an honorable man and said that the removal of Confederate monuments was a “dangerous” scrubbing of history; comments which U.S. historians have called “strange,” “sad,” and “wrong.” In a statement, Scott said, “We need to stop relitigating and referencing the Civil War as if there was some moral conundrum … There was no compromise to make – only a choice between continuing slavery and ending it. We need to move forward together, instead of letting the divisions of the past continue to force us apart.” For those who thought Kelly would be the voice of reason in the West Wing, think again. More here.
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Mia Love Talks Frustration with Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Being First Black Republican Woman in Congress
Congresswoman Mia Love (R-UT) spoke to the Utah County Republican Women in Provo on Monday. She offered some advice to other conservative women of color when asked about how she handles “attacks from the left” as the first Black, Republican woman to serve in Congress. “The advice I would have is, don’t let anyone put you in a box,” Love said. “The other advice I would have is, there are a lot of people who have died and paved the way for us to be independent thinkers, and I hate the fact that they’re like, OK, we are OK with your diversity as long as you think just like us.” Love expressed frustration with comments made by former First Lady Michelle Obama earlier in October, saying that Republicans are made up of primarily white men, while Democrats have some women and people of color. Though, based on the numbers, FLOTUS44’s comments appear to be accurate. Love also called out Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for donating to her opponent. “She (Pelosi) is always going out and finding people that think like her,” Love said. “To me, when someone says, ‘You look at one side, then you look at the other side,’ that’s divisive politics. I believe that we are more divided today than we were, racially, than we were eight or nine years ago.” More here.
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|  | Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) showing support for "Dreamers" and DREAM Act legislation. | |  |
Comedian Chris Rock with Insecure's Amanda Seales in DC during Rock's Black Out Tour. | |
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Asia Society Names New Co-Chairs
Chan Heng Chee has been named a new co-chair of the Asia Society. The Singaporean academic and diplomat served as Singapore's Ambassador to the United States from July 1996 to July 2012. The 1967 Cornell University graduate is currently the Ambassador-at-Large with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chairman of the National Arts Council and a member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. She will join John Thornton, Professor and Director of the Global Leadership Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, who has also been named Co-Chair. Thorton is also Executive Chairman of Barrick Gold Corporation and Non-Executive Chairman of PineBridge Investments. Politico reports that Caroline Kennedy and Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud have been named to the board. Asia Society is an educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. The organization is reportedly starting a $135 million capital campaign. More about the organization here.
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300 Black Corporate Directors in the World’s Leading Corporations
Savoy magazine, a publication that showcases and drives positive dialogue on and about Black culture, released their 2017 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors. Within the directory, there’s a prestigious listing of leaders active on the boards of the world’s most prominent corporations. Names on the list include: Melody Barnes, Obama alumna and Co-Founder and Principal at MBSquared Solutions, who serves on the boards of Booz Allen Hamilton and Vintas; Infor CEO Charles E. Phillips sits on the board of Viacom; Roger Ferguson, CEO of TIAA, sits on the boards of Alphabet Inc., General Mills, Inc., International Flavor & Fragrances, and TIAA; Juanita Powell Baranco, EVP and COO of Baranco Automotive Group, sits on the board of Southern Company; Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General under then-President Barack Obama, sits on the boards of Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc., Kaiser Permanente, and Proteus Digital Health, Inc.; Torrence Boone, SVP of Global Ad Sales at Google, sits on the board of Finish Line; Carla Harris, Vice Chair at Morgan Stanley, sits on the board of Walmart; and former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman sits on the boards of the Coca-Cola Company, Cummins, Inc., and MGM Resorts International. There are many more impressive names on the list. Check it out here.
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|  | Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) campaigning for VA gubernatorial candidate Ed GIllespie. | |  | Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) with daughter Catherine at the World Series cheering on the Astros. | |
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Bera Intros Bill to Protect Country’s Power Grid
Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA) has proposed a bill that would authorize the creation of an interagency research and development program to secure the country’s power grid systems from cyber attacks. The Grid Cybersecurity Research and Development Act would require coordination between the departments of Energy and Homeland Security, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Science Foundation, to establish a strategic cybersecurity plan for utilities. The FBI reported that as far back as May, hackers have targeted nuclear, energy, aviation, water, and manufacturing sites. “The safety and stability of our energy grid is a critical national security issue,” said Bera. “Ensuring that we protect our public and private infrastructure and have the resources to defend ourselves is essential.” More here.
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Rubio Presses FEMA Director on Housing for Displaced Floridians
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) penned a letter to FEMA Director Brock Long to work with Florida communities to ensure that displaced storm victims have adequate housing options available to them while they rebuild and repair their homes, and address any outstanding issues with FEMA’s help line that have led to delays with assistance. “Tens of thousands of homes in Florida were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Irma. Reports have indicated thousands of Floridians are waiting for housing units to arrive and be filled, and many are living in uninhabitable circumstances with collapsed ceilings and mold. These are not sustainable living conditions, and could lead to negative health consequences or personal injury,” they write. “While we recognize manufactured housing may not be appropriate for every situation, it seems there are serious delays in direct leasing options as well. Thus, we urge you to work expeditiously with Florida communities to ensure that Floridians have safe and sustainable housing options in the coming months.” See the full text of the letter here.
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Cummings Looks for Answers on Oversight
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is requesting documents from the White House about Trump officials possibly using personal emails, about former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s foreign contacts, and about the Trump administration’s response to the hurricanes earlier this year. The Hill reports Cummings is calling on committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) to put six motions to subpoena on the committee’s Thursday agenda. “I understand that you personally may disagree with our requests, but all of our Committee Members deserve the opportunity to debate and vote on these motions, rather than you unilaterally blocking their consideration,” Cummings wrote to Gowdy in a letter. He noted that Democratic congressional staff members on October 20th asked Gowdy’s staff to place the motions on the Thursday agenda. He said he received “no official response” from Gowdy or his staff, and the six motions were not on the upcoming agenda. More here.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton Wants to Protect Hill Staff from Sexual Harassment
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced a bill that would extend the same comprehensive civil rights laws and federal health and safety standards that apply to the executive branch, agencies, and private sector employers, to Congress and its agencies. Congress exempted itself from important notice and training provisions, and altogether omitted important substantive and administrative protections aimed at curbing sexual harassment and protecting victims. “As sexual harassment takes an increasingly high profile, it is impossible to justify exempting congressional offices from the comprehensive provisions Congress now requires of private employers and federal agencies,” Norton said. “Particularly in a work environment such as Congress, where powerful figures often play an out-sized role with a sense of their own importance, sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination must be met head on.” Norton knows a thing or two on what needs to get done: she authored the nation’s first sexual harassment guidance as the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. More here.
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|  | Congressman Rubén Gallego (D-AZ) with WI congressional candidate Randy Bryce, aka Iron Stache, and "Dreamers." | |  | Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) showing her support for "Dreamers" and DREAM Act legislation. | |
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Televisa CEO Steps Down
Televisa CEO Emilio Azcárraga Jean is stepping down after 20 years amid programming and ad revenue troubles. Televisa announced that Azcárraga will be replaced by two longtime company executives: Bernardo Gómez and Alfonso de Angoitia will take over as co-CEOs on January 1st of next year. Azcárraga Jean, who remains Televisa’s controlling shareholder, will continue to lead the media giant’s long-term strategy as Executive Chairman of the Board. He will also be directly responsible for Televisa’s soccer business, including the Club América soccer team, as well as for Fundación Televisa. Televisa reported revenue losses in its third-quarter results, released hours after the announced leadership change. Mexico-based Televisa is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world. More here.
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Splinter Welcomes New Writer
Splinter has welcomed Clio Chang as a new staff writer. She comes to the online publication after serving in a similar role at The New Republic. Her writing typically centers around topics related to injustice. The 2014 Cornell University graduate is fluent in three languages: English, Spanish, and Mandarin. Splinter News is part of the Gizmodo Media Group, and has been increasing its focus on politics. More about Chang here.
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Civil Rights Groups Write Facebook CEO to Do Public Audit
A group of 19 prominent civil rights groups representing African American, Muslim, Latino, Asian, and LGBTQ communities, among others, yesterday sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, expressing deep concern over the content on the platform that the group says is used to divide the country. They call for the social media giant to do more to combat it -- including the release of the now- infamous Russian-bought ads that attempted to use divisive social messages to influence last year's presidential election. “It is necessary for Facebook to take critical steps to address the bigotry and discrimination generated on your platform,” the letter said. Signing groups included the Human Rights Campaign, Muslim Advocates, the League of United Latin American Citizens, NAACP, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Politico reports that the letter also calls for Facebook to enlist a third party to perform a civil rights “public audit” of its policies and programs, regularly convene civil rights working groups with the organization, develop and make public a clear process on how hate speech is dealt with on the site, and create a fund to provide grants to groups that combat bigotry. More here.
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Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) with her new grandson Javi. | |  | Congressman Rubén Kihuen (D-NV) on Monday with NV State Senator Yvanna Cancela. | |
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Latino Victory Fund Pulls VA Political Ad
The Latino Victory Fund last night announced it had pulled a political ad for the Virginia gubernatorial race that showed a truck with a bumper sticker for GOP candidate Ed Gillespie chasing minority children down the street. The ad also shows adults watching white nationalists march while a narrator asks: "Is this what Donald Trump and Ed Gillespie mean by the American Dream?" LVF President Cristóbal Alex said, “We knew our ad would ruffle feathers. We held a mirror up to the Republican Party, and they don’t like what they see.” Alex added that the ad was also pulled in consideration of yesterday’s attack in NYC where a driver plowed a truck into a pedestrian bike lane, killing at least eight people. “Given recent events, we will be placing other powerful ads into rotation that highlight the reasons we need to elect progressive leaders in Virginia.”Gillespie and other Republicans called it a “desperate smear campaign.” However, Gillespie’s camp ran misleading ads with obvious racial undertones which tie Latino immigrants to gangs. People for the American Way is also airing a Spanish-language TV message across the commonwealth that tries connecting Gillespie to Trump. “Ed Gillespie talks about us, he demonizes us with divisive and racist language, calling us criminals,” an announcer says in Spanish. “Let’s not allow Trump’s policies in Virginia.” See the LVF ad here.
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Luján Grisham Laps Opponents in Gubernatorial Race
It’s looking more likely that Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) may be saying farewell to Congress soon. A new poll shows that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair has a strong lead in the Democratic New Mexico gubernatorial primary. The poll by The Majority Institute (TMI) found that 75% of likely Democratic primary voters support Luján Grisham. Her opponents lag far behind, with 10% expressing support for Jeff Apodaca, 3% say they back Joe Cervantes, and 2% say they want Peter DeBenedittis. So far, Congressman Steve Pearce is the only Republican candidate for governor. Ten percent of likely Democratic primary voters are undecided. The poll surveyed 446 likely Democratic primary election voters on both cell phones and landlines between October 12th and 18th. More here.
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Hank Johnson Alleges Foul Play in Georgia’s Special Election
Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) is making some strong accusations about the special election for Georgia's 6th District between Democrat Jon Ossoff and incumbent Congresswoman Karen Handel (R-GA). Ossoff stayed consistently ahead in most polls leading up to the runoff -- then lost on election night. “I think it’s quite possible that Jon Ossoff won that election and the election was stolen from him,” said Johnson, who once employed Ossoff as an aide. “That’s my suspicion,” Johnson told WXIA-TV in Atlanta. The Congressman cited delayed election results from one county on election night. He also mentioned shady circumstances surrounding a computer server at Kennesaw State University's Center for Elections Systems, which stores votes in Georgia. The server in question had been handed over to the FBI after an alleged data breach in March 2017, but the subsequent investigation found the server uncorrupted. Less than a month after Handel’s victory, the center wiped the election results from the server because it had been “designated to be repurposed ... for alternative uses” by the FBI, the university said in a statement. "Georgia needs to get down to the bottom with (sic) happened with the destruction of that very important evidence that now appears to be gone forever," Johnson said. More here.
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|  | Soledad O'Brien out for a ride with one of her horses. | |  | Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, AG 82 Eric Holder, and activist Harry Belafonte discussing criminal justice reform and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. | |
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Meet the Judge Presiding Over Manafort
Now that Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates have turned themselves in to the FBI, they will appear before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson. The preliminary judge has overseen cases involving former DC Mayor Marion Barry, former VP advisor Lewis “Scooter” Libby, and NBA player Allen Iverson. The Morgan State University alumna graduated from Emory University School of Law and was sworn in as a Magistrate Judge in 1988. In the late 1980s, she presided over 12 days of preliminary hearings for Rayful Edmond, later convicted as one of DC’s most infamous drug traffickers. Prior to her current position, Robinson spent eight years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting criminal cases in the U.S. Superior Court and the U.S. District Court. Remember when candidate Trump criticized District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel over his "Mexican heritage" in a case involving Trump University? A smear campaign here is almost inevitable. More here.
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Kaepernick Attorney Says Player Will Be Signed Within 10 Days
Mark Geragos, the attorney for Colin Kaepernick, said Tuesday he expects the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback to be signed within ten days. "I think somebody's gonna sign him. I think the NFL has to come to their senses, and realize every day that goes by just proves the collusion case even more," Geragos said during an appearance on The Adam Carolla Show. Kaepernick filed a collusion lawsuit against the NFL owners on October 15th after he was unable to get a team to sign him during the offseason and by the start of the regular season. The intersection of sports and politics reached a pinnacle when Donald Trump began tweeting about NFL players protests. Expect a tweet if/when Kaepernick gets signed. More here.
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Big Names Didn’t Help DC to Host the Gay Games
For the second time in eight years, DC landed on the short list to host the Gay Games, only to lose the quadrennial competition on the last day. The 2022 games will be held in Hong Kong, the Federation of Gay Games announced on Monday from Paris. According to the DC committee, which organized the District’s bid, the games promised an economic impact of more than $100 million. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who was in Paris over the weekend to make a final pitch, had pledged $2 million to support the event if DC were chosen. The DC bid included three honorary chairs: tennis legend Billie Jean King, former AG Eric Holder, and former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Site selection for the 2026 games will kick off in 2020. So better luck then. More here.
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|  | Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) at the Port of Los Angeles to discuss security issues. | |  | HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson on Monday at a housing forum in Atlanta with community leaders. | |
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Congressional Candidate and Two-Time Stalker
David Alcon, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the open congressional seat in southern New Mexico, was convicted in 2008 of stalking a woman. He said last month that he had moved past a stalking conviction from nine years ago, but he's back in trouble with the law. Now, the 39-year-old faces another accuser. What for? Stalking! A Santa Fe woman told police Saturday night that Alcon sent her a series of threatening text messages that made her fear for her safety while she was at a Halloween party. She said one message suggested he was watching her and another said he loved her and wanted her to have his children. “The text messages went on to tell her that she better not leave, and he told her that he was not going to lose her again for another 10 years and even included a picture of his genitals,” a police report states. The woman called police three times, including once to report that Alcon sent her a text saying he was at her apartment. The officer went to the apartment but didn’t find anyone outside. During his 2008 sentencing hearing, prosecutors said Alcon broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house a year earlier and was found passed out with the alarm going off. Prosecutors at the time said Alcon then showed up at the woman’s house late at night, left notes and flowers on her truck, also left harassing messages for her, and drove past her home. More here.
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Today, 6P: Join the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund for the launch of Staff UP Congress, a National Initiative for a Representative Congressional Workforce. Majority Group Townhouse, 19 D Street, S.E. RSVP to: bmoz@naleo.org
Thursday, November 2nd, 10A: The National Action Network Legislative and Policy Conference Hill Day. Congressional Auditorium, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, First Street, NE.
Thursday, November 2nd, 6P: Join the Film, Gun Violence Prevention, and Hillary for America alumni communities for a reception in support of Lucy McBath for Georgia House District 37. NYC. Click here for more information and to register. Address provided upon RSVP.
Saturday, November 4th, 9A: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser hosts the Women’s Leadership Conference. Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue, N.E. Click here for more information and to register.
Thursday, November 9th: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's Los Angeles Awards Gala. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Friday, November 10th, 8P: Black Girls Vote hosts its first annual Black Girls Vote Ball with keynote speaker Joy-Ann Reid of MSNBC and Symone Sanders as Mistress of Ceremony. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Wednesday, November 15th, 8:30A: The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Chairman Conversation with former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, moderated by Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ken Biberaj. NY Law School, 385 West Broadway, NYC. RSVP to: events@manhattancc.org
Friday, November 17th: The 24th Annual Caribbean American Heritage Awards to honor visionaries from across the Caribbean. J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. To learn more about the Caribbean American Heritage Awards, visit: www.caribbeanheritageawards.org
Sunday, November 19th: The National Portrait Gallery Second biennial American Portrait Gala, honoring former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, HIV/AIDs researcher Dr. David D. Ho; artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Bill T. Jones; film director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee; and multi-award-winning actress Rita Moreno. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, November 29th, 8P: Join Congressman André Carson (D-IN) for JAY-Z's 4:44 Tour. Capital One Arena, 601 F Street, N.W. For more information or to RSVP, contact Courtney Hodges or Randy Broz at: 202.403.0606 or email: Courtney@ABConsultingDC.com
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