Andrew Yang hung out with Marianne Williamson, for old times’ sake. (Yang’s wife Evelyn joined, too.) Pope Francis has some thoughts about “cancel culture.” Kelly O’Donnell got creative in asking Biden questions. John Thune commiserated with fellow South Dakotan Mike Rounds over getting attacked by Donald Trump. (h/t Manu Raju) Ben Affleck passed on a run for Congress because Ayanna Pressley “would have cleaned my clock.” A producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show” accidentally copied an aide to Madison Cawthorn on an email, which quickly found its way to Fox News. Check out the Maya Angelou quarter. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Former Colombian VP and Ambassador Francisco Santos is joining the Global Situation Room as EVP of global affairs. — The Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy has named its 2022 spring fellows: Kristen Soltis Anderson, Ashley Etienne, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Dafna Linzer, Wesley Lowery and Elliot Williams. — Jess Morales Rocketto is joining Equis Research as director of Moonshot Strategies. She previously was executive director of Care in Action and political director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and is co-founder of Families Belong Together, Supermajority and Poderistas. — William Tranghese is joining Platinum Advisors as an SVP. He previously was chief of staff for Rep. Richie Neal (D-Mass.). — Sarah Paden is joining the Progressive Policy Institute as VP and national political director. She most recently served as a senior policy adviser for the state of New York in Washington, D.C., and is a Hillary for America alum. — Jo Maney has been named president of the BGR Foundation. She’s a principal at BGR Public Relations. MEDIA MOVES — WaPo columnist George Will is joining NewsNation as a senior contributor. … Patrick Maks is now comms director at Conde Nast. He previously was a media relations manager at AP. … L.J. Spaet is moving to CNN+, where he’ll be a supervising producer. He currently is executive producer of CNN’s “Early Start.” WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE — David Kieve, public engagement director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (and Kate Bedingfield’s husband), is leaving next week, per NBC’s Josh Lederman. TRANSITIONS — Hilary Rosen is leaving SKDKnickerbocker, where she’s vice chair, at the end of March. She said in an internal note that she plans “to take on some new projects, continuing my role as a CNN commentator and having more time for family and travel.” … Michael Starr Hopkins is joining Wachsman in a senior role. He previously was founding partner at Northern Starr Strategies, and is a John Delaney presidential campaign alum. … Lindsey O’Shaughnessy is joining HP as strategy and external engagement lead. She previously was senior producer for CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper.” … … Max Frankel is joining Invariant, with a focus on climate, energy and environment issues. He previously was legislative director for Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.). … Democratic lobbyist George Agurkis is now director of federal government relations at H&R Block. He previously was senior director of advocacy at the Credit Union National Association. … Elena Brennan is now media and stakeholder relations manager at Piper Communications. She previously was a policy adviser for Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.). ENGAGED — Alec Aramanda, a professional staff member for the House Energy & Commerce GOP, and Vanessa Napoli, a senior scientist at Applied Research Associates, got engaged Dec. 27 in Old Town Alexandria and were greeted afterward by their families nearby at Il Porto. Alec and Vanessa met via a “double match” on both Hinge and CatholicMatch in January 2021. They plan to wed later this year at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington, Va., where they both attend. Pic — Betsy Barrett, comms and marketing director at North America's Building Trades Unions, and Ken Barbieri, EVP of growth at Code3, got engaged on New Year’s Day in Seagrove, Fla., on the beach at sunset, a day after her birthday, surrounded by family. The two were introduced by mutual friends Adrienne Elrod, Bob Russell and Jeanne Wolak at a happy hour three years ago. Pic … Another pic — Brittany Walker, director of policy and government affairs for the Nevada Health Care Association and a Trump Ex-Im Bank and HUD alum, and Michael Hausle, VP of operations for Kaleidoscope Inc., got engaged over the holiday season in Las Vegas. The two, who met through mutual friends at a wedding in San Diego, plan to marry this fall in Henderson, Nev. Pic BIRTHWEEK (was Monday): Raman Kaur of the Brookings Institution HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) … MSNBC’s Rashida Jones … Alex Stone of GOPAC Education Fund … Steven Law … Uber’s C.R. Wooters … John Emerson … PhRMA’s Ashley Czin … Jonathan Kott … John Milne … Daria Grastara of the NRSC … Jennifer Higgins of Guardant Health … Joe Lai of BGR Group … Jessica Brouckaert of Dickinson Wright … Kevin Mooney … Chris Beauregard … Anne Cronin … Ron Phillips … Colton Henson … Jim Hightower … Frederic Mishkin … Alex White … Ben Barrett of the Aspen Institute … Richard Posner … Emma Ernst of Rep. 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