Dan Holt
@danielsholt.bsky.social
Historian of one half of the legislative branch. All opinions are mine alone, of course.
This one with alt text. Sorry for forgetting that.
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This one with alt text. Sorry for forgetting that.
Chris Collinsworth barely able to suppress his contempt for this game.
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Chris Collinsworth barely able to suppress his contempt for this game.
Damn. Bad Bunny killed that.
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Damn. Bad Bunny killed that.
Someone at the Supreme Court Historical Society thought it was a good idea to let me discuss with distinguished professor Robert Post and society president Jim Duff the 1925 Judges Bill that gave the Sup Ct control over it's docket. It was a great conversation! Take a listen.
Virtual Lecture: The "Judges’ Bill" — How the Judiciary Act of 1925 Reshaped the Supreme Court
YouTube video by Supreme Court Historical Society
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February 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Someone at the Supreme Court Historical Society thought it was a good idea to let me discuss with distinguished professor Robert Post and society president Jim Duff the 1925 Judges Bill that gave the Sup Ct control over it's docket. It was a great conversation! Take a listen.
Hot take: I found The Conversation to be boring and difficult to sit through even before the advent of cell phones.
The conversation (not) - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Well here’s a real pick me up: You know what Kids Today have trouble sitting through, in a college class on films? Akira Mizuta Lippit, a cinema and media-studies professor at the University of Southe...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Hot take: I found The Conversation to be boring and difficult to sit through even before the advent of cell phones.
When I was in grad school at UVa a Black woman who was a candidate for student gov't president was assaulted in a racially-motivated attack. During a party at my house, a student (who had not been invited) said the attack was staged. I immediately threw him out of my house. It was very satisfying.
Echoing Trump's own baseless claim, right-wing media figures are suggesting it is “perfectly reasonable” to question whether Rep. Ilhan Omar's assault was “fake” or “staged.”
Right-wing media attempt to justify baseless conspiracy theories that the attack on Ilhan Omar was staged
Right-wing media reacted to an attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) by a man who sprayed a liquid at her during a January 27 town hall event by suggesting the attack was “suspicious” and “staged.”Presiden...
www.mediamatters.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:29 PM
When I was in grad school at UVa a Black woman who was a candidate for student gov't president was assaulted in a racially-motivated attack. During a party at my house, a student (who had not been invited) said the attack was staged. I immediately threw him out of my house. It was very satisfying.
What happened to "surviving the ground"?!
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 AM
What happened to "surviving the ground"?!
As clear a.sign as any that Pegula and Beane have no real plan to get the Bills over the hump.
Philip Rivers will interview Friday for the Buffalo Bills’ head-coaching job, a source tells @diannarussini.bsky.social.
January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
As clear a.sign as any that Pegula and Beane have no real plan to get the Bills over the hump.
If McDermott just had Allen take a knee at the end of the first half on Saturday the Bills win and he probably keeps his job.
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
If McDermott just had Allen take a knee at the end of the first half on Saturday the Bills win and he probably keeps his job.
One of these days the Bills will put themselves into a position at the end of a pivitol playoff game where a shirt call by the refs can't take the game away from them. Today was of course not that day.
In the NFL, every close play gets carefully reviewed with instant replay, except for a playoff-altering overtime change of possession.
January 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
One of these days the Bills will put themselves into a position at the end of a pivitol playoff game where a shirt call by the refs can't take the game away from them. Today was of course not that day.
These games are lost on the margins, and this one comes down to the stupidy of not taking a knee to end the first half. And that is on McDermott.
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
These games are lost on the margins, and this one comes down to the stupidy of not taking a knee to end the first half. And that is on McDermott.
My annual sentiment at this time of year: I curse the day my (from Buffalo) wife ever made be care about the Bills. Just a brutal team to root for.
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
My annual sentiment at this time of year: I curse the day my (from Buffalo) wife ever made be care about the Bills. Just a brutal team to root for.
Refs put their flags in their pockets for 2 quarters and decide to bring em out now?!
January 18, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Refs put their flags in their pockets for 2 quarters and decide to bring em out now?!
Bills gonna lose this game on two fumbles. Unreal. And yet perfect for this team.
January 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Bills gonna lose this game on two fumbles. Unreal. And yet perfect for this team.
There will always be an asterisk next to Josh Allen's name, that's says "best football player in the planet except for when he does the stupidesr shit on the field" #bills
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
There will always be an asterisk next to Josh Allen's name, that's says "best football player in the planet except for when he does the stupidesr shit on the field" #bills
Needless to say, this is not how awards work.
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Needless to say, this is not how awards work.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
I have no idea what constitutes pass interference anymore.
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I have no idea what constitutes pass interference anymore.
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RIP Dan Howe, a great historian of the antebellum United States
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In memoriam: Daniel Walker Howe, 88, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and UCLA professor
His scholarship reshaped how Americans understood the nation’s political, intellectual and religious past.
newsroom.ucla.edu
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
RIP Dan Howe, a great historian of the antebellum United States
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ALERT: Senate has approves resolution to (finally) hang Jan 6th plaque honoring police
It'll hang in US Senate (w/ approval of GOP Leader John Thune) until Architect of Capitol finds permanent location
It could hang in 3rd floor visitor area, where rioters marauded on Jan 6
It'll hang in US Senate (w/ approval of GOP Leader John Thune) until Architect of Capitol finds permanent location
It could hang in 3rd floor visitor area, where rioters marauded on Jan 6
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
ALERT: Senate has approves resolution to (finally) hang Jan 6th plaque honoring police
It'll hang in US Senate (w/ approval of GOP Leader John Thune) until Architect of Capitol finds permanent location
It could hang in 3rd floor visitor area, where rioters marauded on Jan 6
It'll hang in US Senate (w/ approval of GOP Leader John Thune) until Architect of Capitol finds permanent location
It could hang in 3rd floor visitor area, where rioters marauded on Jan 6
Has anyone commented on the sheer pointlessness of dual factor authentication when logging into apps on a phone? How is sending a code to the phone I'm already using to login helping?!
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Has anyone commented on the sheer pointlessness of dual factor authentication when logging into apps on a phone? How is sending a code to the phone I'm already using to login helping?!
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
Times Sq seems kind of dead doesn't it?
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Times Sq seems kind of dead doesn't it?