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Let’s start with all this talk of Oprah becoming president of the United States after her rousing speech at last night’s Golden Globes. C’mon, guys! Do we really think the country would elect a wealthy TV star as president? More on that below. For now, let’s get to the seriousness of the stable genius and his beef with former BFF Steve Bannon -- who’s now apologizing for his remarks in Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. Looks like Trump is learning that some supremacists are not very fine people after all. From one beef to another. Retiring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), an outspoken critic of Trump, will join the Commander-In-Chief on Air Force One today as they head to Nashville, where POTUS45 will deliver remarks at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 99th Annual Convention. There’s nothing worse than an awkward plane ride. Here are some tips I’ve learned that I’m happy to share with Corker: wear headphones (even if nothing is playing) and bring a Bible (because no one wants to talk to anyone holding a Bible and I doubt Trump wants to revisit two Corinthians). Meanwhile, the darling president of some Christian conservatives is holding the fate of “Dreamers” hostage over his request for nearly $18 billion to build a superfluous border wall. With funding for the federal government running out on January 19th, the clock is ticking for Dems to strike a deal. And today, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is expected to decide whether the U.S. should allow TPS to expire for Salvadorans in March, following similar decisions last year that ended the protection for Haitians and Nicaraguans. We have more on last night’s historic Golden Globes below. Read on. And fresh on the heels of earning a Golden Globe nomination, Mary J. Blige is finally being honored with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 11th. Nothing but Real Love for Mary. Well deserved! Okay, we’re kicking off our first full week back with this...
- Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) to be on committee investigating Congressman Rubén Kihuen (D-NV).
- Maya Rockeymoore Cummings ends MD gubernatorial bid while husband Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) recuperates from minor operation.
- Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) wants more women in the aviation field.
- A night of historic firsts at the Golden Globes.
- Judge Greg Mathis is considering a congressional run.
- PR Governor Ricardo Rosselló launches task force investigating deaths related to Hurricane Maria.
- Obama Foundation awards construction contract to diverse firms.
- Former President Barack Obama to be first guest on new David Letterman show.
- Thorn is looking for a Senior Manager of Government Affairs. Check it out below!
- Meet the new leadership in Senator Mazie Hirono’s (D-HI) offices.
- FCC Chair Ajit Pai reportedly canceled CES appearance because of death threats.
- Trump nominates Michelle Giuda as an Assistant Secretary of State.
- Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) staffer leaves Capitol Hill for new job.
- Congresswoman Mia Love (R-UT) rejects overtures from conservative PAC.
- Congressman Carlos Curbelo’s (R-FL) gets some reelection help.
- Indian American political wunderkind contemplating congressional run.
- Oprah 2020?
- Meet the new member of CNN’s Politics team.
- Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) clashes with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) over Cuba.
- Black unemployment numbers are down.
- Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke heads to court.
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Oprah's speech at Sunday night's Golden Globes has fueled speculation about a WH run. | |  |
Actress Meryl Streep brought National Domestic Workers Alliance Director Ai-jen Poo as her date to Sunday night's Golden Globes. | |
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Cummings Hospitalized
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is currently hospitalized after a procedure to drain an infection, Politico reported on Friday. This is the latest setback in a string of health issues for the Ranking Member on the House Oversight Committee. Cummings' office released a statement saying his health issues were related to a bacterial infection in his knee. "Doctors drained the infection in a minor procedure today. He is resting comfortably and expects a full recovery," his office said Friday. Cummings was hospitalized and sidelined for several months last year because of heart issues. More here.
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Yvette Clarke Part of Ethics Committee to Investigate Rubén Kihuen
The House Ethics Committee has announced the members of a subcommittee which will investigate allegations that Congressman Rubén Kihuen (D-NV) sexually harassed multiple women, including a former campaign staffer. Congressman Kenny Marchant (R-TX) will serve as the Chairman of the subcommittee and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) will be the Ranking Member. Kihuen has said he will not resign but will also not run for re-election in 2018 because, as he said, the allegations and investigation would divert attention away from campaign issues. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Congressman Brian Higgins (D-NY) will also serve on the committee. More here.
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Tammy Duckworth Wants More Women in Aviation
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a former Army helicopter pilot, is co-sponsoring a bill called Promoting Women in the Aviation Workforce Act. The legislation, which was put into committee December 18th, aims to enlarge the footprint of women in the generally male-dominated industry. She is joined in the bipartisan effort by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME). As noted in the bill, women comprise more than 50% of the national workforce but only 2% of airline mechanics, 4% of flight engineers, 5% of repairmen, 26% of air traffic controllers, 18% of flight dispatchers, and 6% of pilots. The Senators want the aviation industry to explore all opportunities, including pilot training, STEM education, and mentorship programs, to encourage and support female students and aviators to pursue a career in aviation. The bill, if it makes it through the Congress and to Trump’s desk, would create an advisory board with members in five different aerospace-related industry sectors, all with the central purpose of encouraging women and girls to enter the aviation workforce. More here.
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Thorn, a nonprofit working to protect vulnerable children at the nexus of technology, law enforcement, and private industry to find child victims of sexual abuse, is looking for a passionate and driven leader to navigate those worlds and communicate how technology is dramatically changing the landscape in the fight against child sexual exploitation. Thorn is newly engaging with government and needs an individual to build relationships with diverse constituencies and effectively communicate Thorn’s message to key decision-makers in DC. You'll be responsible for representing Thorn to external government stakeholders, leading outreach in support of their priorities, and building relationships within the DC community.
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Obama Foundation Awards Diverse Construction Firms Contract to Build OPC
A collective of five construction firms -- most of them owned by African Americans -- has been hired to manage the building of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The awarding of the contract -- valued at $300 million -- to the newly created joint venture Lakeside Alliance represents some of the most established and well-respected African American-owned construction firms in Chicago. The creation of the joint venture will ensure that minority firms from the South Side will be in significant leadership positions in the construction of the Obama Presidential Center. Not only will the presidential partners have 51% of the overall financial equity of the contract, but key roles in the day-to-day decision making and strategy setting will be performed by people of color and women. The decision to select Lakeside came after four months during which foundation officials conducted interviews and probed the firms’ hiring records and charitable giving histories to determine if they would truly commit to inclusive hiring and a diverse workforce. “We spent a lot of time on this decision,” said Michael Strautmanis, the Obama Foundation’s VP for Civic Engagement. “We probably could have gotten this done six months ago if we had done business as usual — which is hire a majority firm, ask them to hire minority partners and move on. But President Barack Obama wants to take as many opportunities as we can find to make a real and lasting impact.” More here.
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Barack Obama Joins David Letterman
Former President Barack Obama will be the first guest on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, set to begin January 12th. This will mark Obama’s first television talk show appearance since leaving office. When Letterman aired on CBS, Obama appeared on the show eight times while he was in office. Other upcoming guests include Malala Yousafzai and JAY-Z. Letterman, 70, signed a deal last year to develop the six-episode Netflix show, for which he will be paid $2 million per episode. In each hour-long episode, Letterman will have a long-form conversation with the guest over a range of topics. More here.
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CNN commentator Ana Navarro last week expressing solidarity with "Dreamers" and DACA legislation. | |  |
Actress Amy Poehler brought Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, as her date to Sunday night's Golden Globes. | |
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New Leadership in Hirono’s Office
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) announced that Alan Yamamoto will serve as her Chief of Staff based in Hawaii, and Coti-Lynne Haia will serve as her Deputy Chief of Staff based in her DC office. Yamamoto has served as Hirono’s State Director since April 2013. The Claremont McKenna College graduate previously served in the office of former Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye. Haia most recently served as the DC Bureau Chief for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. She has more than five years of Congressional experience in the offices of Senators Hirono and Inouye. Prior to her time in DC, the Gonzaga University and William S. Richardson School of Law graduate served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu. She splits her time between Hawaii and DC. Congrats, Alan and Coti-Lynne! More here.
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WH Nominates Assistant Secretary of State
Donald Trump has nominated Michelle Giuda as an Assistant Secretary of State (Public Affairs). Since 2014, she has served as SVP of Global Corporate Communications at Weber Shandwick in NYC, where she oversees global communications strategy across 81 countries. Giuda was named one of the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business by the Asian American Business Development Center in 2016. She previously served as Deputy National Press Secretary to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Communications Director for GOPAC in DC. She is a first-generation American. Her family fled Saigon just days before South Vietnam fell in April 1975. The 2007 UCLA graduate went on to earn an M.P.S. from George Washington University in 2009. Fun fact: as an undergraduate, Michelle won an NCAA Championship and captained the UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Team. See Trump’s other nominees here.
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Will Hurd Staffer at Crossroads
Crossroads Strategies snagged Salim Alameddin from Capitol Hill to join their ranks as VP. He was previously a Legislative Assistant to Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX). Before that, he got his start in politics in the upper chamber in the office of Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) as a Legislative Correspondent. The 2015 University of Alabama graduate is no stranger to leadership roles, as he was Interfraternity Council President during college. Crossroads Strategies is a bipartisan, multi-disciplinary federal relations, advocacy, and advisory firm based in DC. Congrats, Salim! More about him here.
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|  | Lin-Manuel Miranda, back from bringing toys to Puerto Rico, celebrating Three Kings Day on Saturday with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. | |  | Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) last month talking with NPR's Sam Sanders from It's Been A Minute. | |
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Oprah 2020?
Oprah’s speech at last night’s Golden Globes has refueled calls for the media mogul to run for President in 2020. “For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up,” Oprah said to the very receptive crowd at the Beverly Hilton. President Oprah would have been an unlikely scenario just a few years ago. But in recent times, the country has seen celebrity crash the Beltway. Why not the deity that is Oprah? Golden Globes host Seth Meyers stood before Oprah, who is the first Black woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and made a joke/plea for her to seek the highest office of the land. And her longtime partner Stedman Graham told the LA Times on Sunday, “It’s up to the people. She would absolutely do it.” Will she? In the past, she has shunned the suggestion. She told The Hollywood Reporter in June, “I will never run for public office. That’s a pretty definitive thing.” But has the current political landscape changed her mind? Oprah closed last night with this, “I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say "Me too" again.” See video of her speech here.
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A Night of Historic Firsts and Activism at Golden Globes
Last night’s Golden Globe awards brought many historic firsts. Aziz Ansari made history by becoming the first man of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Comedy. This Is Us actor Sterling K. Brown became the first Black man to win Best Lead Actor in a Dramatic TV Series. Of his historic moment, Brown thanked the show’s creator for writing a role for a Black man. “Dan Fogelman, you wrote a role for a Black man that can only be played by a Black man. So what I appreciate so much about this is that I’m being seen for who I am and being appreciated for who I am, and it makes it that much more difficult to dismiss me or dismiss anybody who looks like me.” Sixteen-year-old Simone García Johnson, daughter of rumored 2020 presidential hopeful Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson served as the first-ever Golden Globe Ambassador -- a position previously called Mr. or Miss Golden Globe. Finally, the red carpet was awash in black as many attendees commemorated the #MeToo movement. Several social justice leaders joined attendees on the red carpet as part of the Time’s Up initiative in Hollywood, including #MeToo founder Tarana Burke (pictured); Marai Larasi, Executive Director of Imkaan, a British network of organizations working to end violence against Black and minority women; Rosa Clemente, a community organizer focused on political prisoners, voter engagement, and Puerto Rican independence; Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; Mónica Ramírez, who fights sexual violence against farmworkers with Alianza Nacional de Campesinas and is Deputy Director of LCLAA; Calina Lawrence, a Suquamish Tribe member, singer, and activist for Native American treaty and water rights; Saru Jayaraman, a workplace justice advocate for restaurant workers; and Billie Jean King, founder of the Women’s Tennis Association. Read more about some of the firsts here.
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CNN Adds to Political Team
CNN has nabbed Veronica Stracqualursi to join their Politics team. Veronica has spent the last three years as a Production Assistant for ABC News. The 2014 University of Massachusetts graduate will be writing breaking news stories on CNN’s digital platform for the Politics team. While at ABC, she assisted with coverage of the Trump administration, penning several pieces on the ever-newsmaking White House as well as its interaction with Capitol Hill. She is a proud member of the Asian American Journalists Association. Congrats, Veronica! More about her here.
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|  | The View's Sunny Hostin on Friday checking out Michael Wolff's highly anticipated Fire and Fury. | |  | Senator RIchard Blumenthal (D-CT), Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) in San Juan on January 3rd talking about more federal aid for hurricane recovery. | |
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Maya Rockeymoore Suspends Campaign
Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Maya Rockeymoore Cummings suspended her campaign on Friday just hours after it was reported that her husband, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was hospitalized. Rockeymoore Cummings was the last of eight Democrats to declare her candidacy and the first to drop out. She was endorsed by Emily’s List in October. “I thank all of the people across the country who have supported my campaign and those whom I have met on the campaign trail who also fervently believe that we can and must do better for the people of Maryland,” her statement said. The remaining Democratic candidates are: Krishanti Vignarajah, Rushern Baker, Benjamin Jealous, Kevin Kamenetz, Richard Madaleno, Alec Ross, and Jim Shea. More here.
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Mia Love Rejects Roy Moore Super PAC Support for Senate
A right-wing super PAC that supported Roy Moore's failed Senate bid in Alabama is raising money to find a conservative candidate for Utah's open Senate seat and is pushing Congresswoman Mia Love (R-UT) as a possibility. The Louisiana-based Solution Fund PAC disclosed $11,000 in spending in support of Love’s potential candidacy for the Senate seat currently held by retiring Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT). The money went toward a fundraiser email calling Love “the most exciting young Republican conservative in Congress” while blasting potential candidate Mitt Romney as “the best friend Hillary Clinton ever had.” Love adamantly rejected the PAC’s support on Twitter, saying, “I didn't support Roy Moore and I certainly don't support this PAC. I am outraged they are using my name to raise money for their interests.” The only African American Republican woman in Congress is facing a tough reelection race as Democrat Salt Lake City Mayor Ben McAdams announced he would challenge her in October. More here.
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Curbelo Gets Boost from Conservative PAC
Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) is considered a target by Democrats this election cycle. Perhaps sensing trouble, he just got some help from a conservative PAC hoping to beat back efforts to unseat the Republican and vocal critic of Donald Trump. Maverick PAC, or MavPAC for short, focuses on getting young professionals engaged in the political process. It got started in the 2004 cycle and became known for hosting inexpensive fundraisers aimed at giving younger people access to politicians and top political operators. During the 2016 cycle, Maverick PAC raised over $3.5 million for federal candidates. During that same cycle, Hillary Clinton won Curbelo’s district by 16 points. Four Dems are hoping to knock Curbelo out of his South Florida seat: Ricky Junquera, Steven Machat, Steve Smith, and current primary race frontrunner Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who had $162,000 cash-on-hand at the end of the third quarter, compared to $1.3 million for Curbelo. MAVPAC is also backing Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), whose current term runs through 2022. More here.
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|  | Japanese legislator Fumiaki Kobayashi and FCC Chair Ajit Pai last Friday in DC signing a letter of intent for greater technological cooperation between the US and Japan. | |  | Yvonne Spicer on the 1st of the new year being sworn in as Framingham, MA Mayor, with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) looking on. Spicer is the first Black woman elected to serve as Mayor of a MA city. | |
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Judge Greg Mathis Mulls Congressional Run
Judge Greg Mathis is considering leaving his long-running syndicated television show to run for Congress to fill the seat formerly held by Congressman John Conyers. The 57-year-old said he will announce his decision on January 15th. Mathis has operated the Mathis Community Center in the district for 18 years. The Detroit News reports that it’s unclear whether Mathis is currently living in the 13th District, which includes much of Detroit and other parts of Wayne County. To run for Congress, he isn’t required to live in the district but must reside in Michigan. The courtroom show Judge Mathis has been on the air since 1999 and is produced in Chicago. As a teenager, Mathis was arrested several times, dropped out of school, and served nine months in jail for gun possession. As a condition of his parole, he had to hold down a job and get a GED. He went on to graduate from Eastern Michigan University and completed law school at the University of Detroit Mercy. According to his website, he served as a national board member of NAACP and the Morehouse School of Medicine. His son, Greg Mathis, Jr., is currently a Legislative Assistant to Senator Gary Peters (D-MI). More here.
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Political Wunderkind Contemplating Run for Congress
Jay Goyal, an Indian American who was among the youngest lawmakers in the Ohio State House when he was first elected, is considering a run for Congress to fill the seat being vacated by Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH). The 37-year-old Democrat was 26 when he was first elected in 2006. Goyal also served as the State’s House Majority Leader for a period of time during his six years there. He left in 2012 to help run his family business, Goyal Industries. He currently sits at the helm of the manufacturing company that produces metal fabrications. The Northwestern University grad went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master's in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and was recognized by TIME magazine's “Top 40 Under 40 Rising Stars of American Politics” and the New Leadership Council’s “Top 40 Under 40 Community Leaders in the United States.” He has to make a decision soon. Goyal will have to get through the May 8th primary where he faces a number of Democratic contenders already lined up to fight in the primaries. The filing deadline for the 12th Congressional District special election is February 7th. The special election will take place on August 7th. More here.
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|  | Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) visiting with Marines in Afghanistan last month. | |  |
AT&T's Susie Santana celebrating Three Kings Day with The Raben Group's Robert Raben. | |
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Rubio v. Flake on Cuba
Retiring Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), a longtime advocate for improving ties with Cuba, says the U.S. has found no evidence that American diplomats in Havana were the victims of attacks with an unknown weapon. Flake, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), met with high-ranking Cuban officials in Havana on Friday and said classified briefings from U.S. officials had given him no reason to doubt Cuban officials who said there was no evidence any health symptoms were a result of an attack. Rubio fired back, tweeting, “It’s a documented FACT that 24 U.S. govt officials & spouses were victims of some sort of sophisticated attack while stationed in Havana.” The discord between the two Senators sets up a potentially explosive hearing Tuesday where members are expected to press State Department officials for more answers about the mysterious events. More here.
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Ajit Pai Receives Death Threats
Last week, we told you that FCC Chair Ajit Pai would break a five-year tradition and not attend the Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas this week. This would have been Pai’s first appearance as head of the commission. He was slated to appear weeks after his agency scrapped the popular Obama-era net neutrality rules. At the time, the FCC would not offer any comment on the cancellation. But Redcode reports that the appearance was canceled after Pai received death threats. This is the second-known incident in which Pai’s safety may have been at risk, after a bomb threat abruptly forced the chairman to halt his controversial vote to scrap net neutrality rules in December 2017. Pai has lamented that he and his family have been mocked, attacked, and threatened in public as well as on Twitter. More here.
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PR Governor Launches Death Toll Task Force
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló has formed a task force to examine the number of deaths related to Hurricane Maria. The group is expected to report its findings, including any revised numbers, in 90 days. Public Safety Secretary Héctor Pesquera, who had been highly critical in the past of claims that the death toll was in the hundreds, will coordinate the task force. Although the official number of deaths related to the devastating storm is 64, recent estimates by the Center for Investigative Journalism in San Juan and the NYT suggest the real number may be more than 1,000. More here.
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Director Ava DuVernay at Sunday night's Golden Globes. | |  |
NPR's Mandalit del Barco Sunday night backstage covering the Golden Globes. | |
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Black Unemployment Rate -- #ThanksObama
The unemployment rate for African Americans reached 6.8% in December -- the lowest it has hit since the early 1970s when the Labor Department first began keeping track of the data. Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday, “The African American unemployment rate fell to 6.8%, the lowest rate in 45 years. I am so happy about this News! And, in the Washington Post (of all places), headline states, 'Trumps first year jobs numbers were very, very good." He forgot to add #ThanksObama. Economists Valerie Wilson, Director of the program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute, told Newsweek that the decline can be attributed to the financial recovery process moving forward since the recession under former President Barack Obama and low federal interest rates -- not Trump. “Recovery was well underway before he came into office,” she said. “All he had to do was not do anything to reverse the process.” More here.
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David Clarke Heads to Trial
A federal judge Friday dismissed most of a civil rights lawsuit against former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke over an incident at Milwaukee's airport last year. In January 2017, Daniel Black and Clarke were on the same flight from Dallas to Milwaukee. Black saw Clarke wearing Dallas Cowboys gear and asked if he was David Clarke. Clarke said he was, and Black shook his head and walked away to his seat in coach. When the plane landed in Milwaukee, Black was greeted by six sheriff's deputies. Clarke directed them to take Black aside and question him. They then escorted him from the airport. Black later posted on social media about the incident and filed a complaint with the county. Clarke responded on social media by calling Black a "Snowflake." Black sued Clarke and the six deputies, claiming violations of his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizure. Though much of the suit was dismissed, Clarke is not in the clear yet. The claim that Clarke retaliated on Facebook for Black's exercise of his First Amendment right to shake his head at Clarke still stands. Clarke now heads to trial for the offense on January 22nd. Last week we told you about Twitter temporarily deleting Clarke’s account after complaints from users alerted the company that three of his messages violated the terms of service. More about the current case here.
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Tuesday, January 9th, 3:30P: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Judicial Nominations Working Group, leads a CBC forum on the lack of diversity and, in some cases, lack of qualifications, of Donald Trump’s nominees for the federal bench. 2253 Rayburn HOB. Thursday, January 11th, 5:30P: The Congressional Asian Pacific American Staff Association, the Congressional Black Associates, the Congressional Hispanic Staff Association, and the Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus sponsor a happy hour to kickoff and welcome members to the new year. Location TBD. January 15, 8:30A: The National Action Network sponsors the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. Mayflower Hotel, DC. Click here to RSVP. The deadline to RSVP is Dec. 29th. Friday, January 26th, 12P: The Congressional Hispanic Staff Association hosts a roundtable discussion with Mexico’s Ambassador to the U.S., Gerónimo Gutiérrez. Capitol Visitors Center, SVC 212-210. Monday, January 29th, 10A: A memorial service for trailblazing civil rights journalist Simeon Booker is being held at the Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Simeon Booker Scholarship at Youngstown State University. All gifts designated for this minority scholarship are matched by the Youngstown State U Foundation. Click here for more information. February 21 - 23: The NFL, Morehouse College, and the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) host a program in Atlanta to educate athletes on how to develop and implement effective advocacy platforms that positively impact society. Click here for more information.
April 18 - 21: The National Action Network hosts its annual conference, this year commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Sheraton Times Square, NYC. Click here for more information. April 19: The University of North Dakota sponsors a conference on the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Standing Rock protests. Click here for more information.
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