Lights, Camera, Executive Action
January 28, 2021
— THIS WEEK IN DC —
House of Reps formally deliver Articles of Impeachment, citing insurrection, to Senate; Janet Yellen sworn in as first woman as Secretary of Treasury. She was also the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve; Senate leaders strike deal to delay Trump’s impeachment trial; Tony Blinken sworn in as S.O.S.; Bipartisan Senate duo crafts censure resolution that seeks to bar Trump from office; Pentagon to include climate risk in war games; CDC reports 16 states have used less than half of their distributed vaccine doses; Pentagon halts Trump appointments to advisory boards; Pelosi warns that not only is there a threat outside the Capitol, but also internally from other lawmakers
In This Issue
- First of Its Kind: Biden’s Whole-of-Government Executive Order to Advance Racial Equity
- Tackling Domestic Violent Extremism: The Path Forward for the Biden Administration
- Saima Mohsin to be 1st Muslim US attorney next month
- The risks of ignoring domestic terrorists are huge, ex CIA director says
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Photographer: Ken Cedeno/CNP/Bloomberg
First of Its Kind: Biden’s Whole-of-Government Executive Order to Advance Racial Equity
By: Prema Rahman, MPAC's Human Security Program Manager
Amongst the tidal wave of executive actions President Biden signed on his first day in office, one in particular is historic in nature: the Executive Order (EO) On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (aka the Racial Equity EO). Through this EO, Biden directs the White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC), headed by Susan Rice, to coordinate and advance racial equity throughout the federal government. In line with the order’s general intent, in Section 10 of the directive, Biden also revokes Trump’s controversial Executive Order 13950, which prohibited federal diversity and inclusion training. This marks the first time a president has enacted a sweeping measure to directly redress racial inequity and discrimination across every agency in the federal government, and it makes clear that racial justice will be a priority in the Biden presidency.
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Tackling Domestic Violent Extremism: The Path Forward for the Biden Administration
By: M Baqir Mohie El-Deen, MPAC Policy Program Manager
While many have only recently been awakened to the Domestic Violent Extremist (DVE) threat to our nation following the attack on Capitol Hill, numerous comprehensive studies and reports have been conducted by various organizations around the nation for years now, all concluding that America is in danger from domestic violent extremists. Back in 2014, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism found that domestic, anti-government radicals were considered the most serious threat. Research from the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University came to a similar conclusion. A year later, University of Massachusetts Lowell scholar, John Horgan, told the New York Times that “there’s an acceptance now [among experts] of the idea that the threat from Muslim political violence in the United States has been overblown. And there’s a belief that the threat of right-wing, anti-government violence has been underestimated.” MPAC’s 2019 white paper on White Supremacy, hailed by Rep. Adam Schiff as a must-read by every legislator, gave the same warning.
Good to Know
- Saima Mohsin to be 1st Muslim US attorney next month
- More Muslim apps worked with X-Mode, which sold data to military contractors
- The risks of ignoring domestic terrorists are huge, ex CIA director says
- With China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs determined to be genocide, Biden administration under pressure to act
—THIS WEEK IN HISTORY— Jan 25, 2011 - Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins with a series of street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes and violent clashes; Jan 25, 1981 - 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US; Jan 27, 1976 - Morocco-Algeria battles in West Sahara; Jan 28, 1933 The name "Pakistan" is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali and gradually accepted by Muslims in the Indian sub-continent; Jan 28, 2013 - Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space; Jan 28, 1099 - 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria; Jan 29, 2017 - Attack on mosque in Quebec kills 6 and injures 17, shooter is French-Canadian student Jan 25, 1961 - 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference with JFK; Jan 25, 1890 - National Afro-American League founded in Chicago by Timothy Thomas Fortune, one of earliest civil rights organizations in America; Jan 25, 1877 - Congress establishes the Electoral Commission to determine the disputed presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden; Jan 26, 2005 - Condoleeza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, the first African American woman to hold the post; Jan 27, 1825 - US Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day OK), clearing the way for the forced relocation "Trail of Tears"; Jan 27, 2017 - Donald Trump issues executive order banning travel to the US for 7 mostly Muslim countries and suspending admission for refugees; Jan 28, 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, 7 crew members killed; Jan 28, 1915 - US President Woodrow Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
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IN THIS SECTION
- Policy Analysis
- Statements & Press
- White House Nominates Rashad Hussain as Ambassador for Religious Freedom
- The Blackhouse Foundation and MPAC’s Hollywood Bureau held their first-ever Television Screenwriting Lab for Black Muslim Writers.
- MPAC CONGRATULATES NUSRAT JAHAN CHOUDHURY ON HISTORIC NOMINATION
- GOP Blocks Coronavirus Bill
- Protect Rights During COVID-19
- Coronavirus Joint Statement
- Senate Passes Coronavirus Relief
- Iran Sanctions In COVID-19
- Historic Senate Relief Package
- Coronavirus Stimulus Problems
- Trump Immigration Suspension is Nothing but Cynical Opportunism
- House Introduces the HEROES Act
- Joint Action to Condemn the Murder of George Floyd
- Toward Pluralism: DA Rosen Must Retract His Whistleblower Complaint
- Supporting of Attorney General Keith Ellison Leading Prosecution for Murder of George Floyd
- Trump’s Executive Order on Census Is Unconstitutional
- MPAC Stands with the NBA Players
- What Muslims Want Heading into the 2020 General Election
- Declare Rittenhouse a Terrorist
- MPAC Firmly Denounces the Failure of the Criminal Justice System for Breonna Taylor
- There Is No Place For Violence in Civil Society
- Updates
- A Win Against White Supremacy
- Mosque Safety & Security
- How We’re Confronting White Supremacy
- Our Work on the Muslim Ban
- 2020 Muslim Voter Guide
- Responding to Covid-19
- Census 2020: What You Need To Know
- Human Security During COVID-19: Our Right
- Quarantine Webinars
- Make an impact in 1, 2, 3...
- Mark Kevin Lloyd is Unfit to Serve in State Department
- SoCal Muslims Show Gratitude To Frontline Workers
- DREAMERS are here to stay!
- A Ramadan Like No Other
- Creating inclusive content for kids & families
- National Muslim Task Force Recommendations for Ramadan During This Pandemic
- Ramadan Mubarak!
- Tale of Two Futures: American Muslim Life After the Election
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