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Issue 57: Friday, 24 Dec 2021
From our family at MPAC, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!
THIS WEEK IN DC — Democrats Look to Scale Back Biden Bill to Get It Passed; Ex-officer Kim Potter Found Guilty in Fatal Shooting of Daunte Wright; Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block National Archives From Releasing Jan. 6 Records; CDC Loosens Isolation Rules for Health Workers Amid Omicron Wave; Trump Pushes Back on Candace Owens: 'people Aren't Dying When They Take the Vaccine'; Democrats Confront Rising Retirements as Difficult Year Ends; Flynn Suit Against Jan. 6 Committee Dismissed Over Procedural Errors; FDA Authorizes Second Covid-19 Pill, From Merck; Biden Backs Exception to Filibuster for Voting Rights Bills.
IN THIS ISSUE
* CLDP: The Fast Pass to Working on Capitol Hill
** CLDP: The Fast Pass to Working on Capitol Hill
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Since I was a child, one of my favorite things about getting Chinese take-out were the fortune cookies. My impatience often led to me forcing my parents to crack open theirs before any of us had the chance to eat our meals. But I couldn’t wait — the idea of clarity about my future was too exciting. Now, at 25 I wish I could say that I value fortune cookies less, but alas, I still get a surge of energy when I crack open the flavorless cookie — still before eating my meal.
Most recently, I ordered take-out the night of the Georgia Senate Runoff, which turned out to be a bad idea because as I anxiously awaited the results...
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GOOD TO KNOW
* Michigan city gets ready to inaugurate ([link removed]) all-Muslim government
* Rashad Hussain confirmed ([link removed]) as first Muslim US religious freedom ambassador
* Airlines cancel ([link removed]) holiday flights due to omicron impacts on crews
* Winter storm could bring ([link removed]) 10 feet of snow and rare white Christmas to parts of U.S.
* Americans are tired of Covid — and the official response ([link removed]) to omicron has only created more frustration
- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -
Dec 19, 1055 - Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad; Dec 20, 1522 - Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate, later known as the Knights of Malta; Dec 23, 1977 - British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens formally converts to Islam, taking the name Yusuf Islam; Dec 24, 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes; Dec 25, 337 - Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th; Dec 25, 352 - 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th; Dec 25, 1876 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah [Mahomedali Jinnahbhai], Founder of Pakistan, born in Karachi.
Dec 19, 1823 - Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law in US; Dec 20, 1606 - English colonial expedition to America departs Blackwall, London to found Jamestown, Virginia; Dec 20, 1669 - 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery; Dec 22, 1807 - US Congress passes Embargo Act and President Thomas Jefferson signs into law. Prohibits American ships from trading in foreign ports, as result of involvement in hostilities between France and Britain; Dec 23, 1783 - US General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress; Dec 24, 1814 - Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812 between the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies.
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