THIS WEEK IN DC - Acting DHS Chief Chad Wolf steps down; U.S. pursuing seditious conspiracy cases in 'unprecedented' probe of Capitol riot; 

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THIS WEEK IN DC - Acting DHS Chief Chad Wolf steps down; U.S. pursuing seditious conspiracy cases in 'unprecedented' probe of Capitol riot; House Democrats briefed on 3 terrifying plots to overthrow government; National Guard presence in D.C. swells to 20,000 ahead of inauguration; Congresswoman Kat Cammack pledges to fly Israeli flag outside her office across from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib; Social media platforms suspend Trump accounts; Biden gets 2nd dose of vaccine as team readies COVID-19 plan; Liz Cheney, No. 3 House Republican, to vote to impeach Trump; Pompeo returns Cuba to terrorism sponsor list; In bipartisan House vote, Trump impeached... again

IN THIS ISSUE
* Feature Story: Holding The Line On A New Domestic Terrorism Bill
* Forced Cremations in Sri Lanka Violate Religious Freedom
* How Can The 14th Amendment Prevent A Second Trump Presidency?
* Is the GOP Finally Emerging From Its Trump Trance?
* Leading by Example: Why Rep. Andy Kim’s Actions at the Capitol Deserve to be Acknowledged

FEATURED ISSUE
HOLDING THE LINE ON A NEW DOMESTIC TERRORISM BILL

MPAC Policy Analyst Adam Beddawi analyzes

The insurrection on January 6 has re-ignited policy debates on Domestic Terrorism. Those debates which began in the mid 90s in OKC after bombing of Alfred Murrah Federal Building were exacerbated in 2019 after a series of white supremacist terrorist attacks in Poway, Pittsburgh, Austin, and Christchurch, among other places. As national attention turned to the Democratic primary and then, eventually, to the spread of COVID-19, those policy debates stalled. After the insurrection, however, President-Elect Joe Biden committed to a policy position that had been staked out back in 2019: passage of a federal crime of domestic terrorism. Biden also went further, intimating his intention to create a White House post overseeing the fight against ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them.

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This Week at MPAC's D.C. Bureau
In light of Sri Lanka's forced cremation policy, MPAC calls on US government to intervene ([link removed][UNIQID])
MPAC Policy Program Manager M Baqir Mohie El-Deen analyzes ([link removed][UNIQID]) if the 14th amendment can be invoked by Congress to bar President Trump from seeking a second presidential term
MPAC Human Security Program Manager Prema Rahman digs ([link removed][UNIQID]) into the indicators of an emerging shift within the GOP
MPAC Policy and Programming Coordinator Iman Ali writes on ([link removed][UNIQID]) the importance of humility, leadership, and the embodiment of both values by Rep. Andy Kim (NJ)

GOOD TO KNOW
* Self-pardon? It might not go how Trump thinks ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Maine's second largest city adds ([link removed][UNIQID]) Muslim Holidays to school calendar
* Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman hailed ([link removed][UNIQID]) as a hero
* California legislature reconvenes ([link removed][UNIQID]) with first ever Muslim chaplain
* FBI memo warns ([link removed][UNIQID]) law enforcement across U.S. of possible armed protests at 50 state capitols

- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -

Jan 12, 2006, A stampede broke out on the access ramps to the Jamarat Bridge during the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, killing 363 people; Jan 12, 1974, Libya & Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"; Jan 12, 1967, Louisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali; Jan 16, 2002 UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and freezes assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the members of the Taliban.
Jan 10, 1967, Edward W. Brooke (Sen-R-Mass), takes his seat as the 1st popularly-elected African American to the US Senate;

Jan 10, 1984, The United States and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations after a 117-year break; Jan 10, 1946, UN General Assembly meets for 1st time in London; Jan 12, 1932, Hattie Ophelia Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate; Jan 12, 1991, Congress votes to authorize the use of military force against Iraq to end its occupation of Kuwait.

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