@mommyosaur.bsky.social
Mother of Dragons (Teens), Historian, Marshmallow Connoisseur, JQA fan
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In 2001, the entire Capitol Hill community wore this pin to thank the Capitol Police for their work to keep us safe after 9/11. Now, more than ever, I proudly display it again.
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Time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future, reminisce with our Best of the Blog 2025 and what is new for 2026! #historyblog https://loom.ly/QjBdFl4
Best of the Blog in 2025 | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
In 2025, the Office of the Historian and the Office of Art and Archives published 28 original and heavily researched blogs. This year’s submissions offered fresh historical narratives, peeks into the ever-expanding House Collection, and continuing exploration of the voluminous records of the U.S. House of Representatives. The office also launched a series for educators called “Giants of the House,” focused on the lives and careers of individual Members of Congress. We’re eager to spotlight mo...
history.house.gov
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future, reminisce with our Best of the Blog 2025 and what is new for 2026! #historyblog https://loom.ly/QjBdFl4
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NEW: Jan 6 police hero emerges as “go-to” Congressional witness to fight “whitewashing” of Capitol siege:
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Jan. 6 police hero becomes go-to witness for Democrats in Congress to counter Trump
Daniel Hodges, a D.C. metropolitan police officer, says he's trying to block the whitewashing of the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
www.cbsnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
NEW: Jan 6 police hero emerges as “go-to” Congressional witness to fight “whitewashing” of Capitol siege:
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
“The only thing that will stop me is if people stop lying about Jan. 6 and just acknowledge what the day was and what really transpired”
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www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
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Amid a staggering and marathon government shutdown…. Very telling (and thoughtful) gesture by public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland
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November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Amid a staggering and marathon government shutdown…. Very telling (and thoughtful) gesture by public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland
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Nearly 42 million Americans could be cut off from food aid benefits for the first time in history.
Our Grace Yarrow explains how SNAP is set to run out of federal funds — despite money in a contingency fund that the Trump admin says it can't tap 👇
politi.co/4qsD64J
Our Grace Yarrow explains how SNAP is set to run out of federal funds — despite money in a contingency fund that the Trump admin says it can't tap 👇
politi.co/4qsD64J
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nearly 42 million Americans could be cut off from food aid benefits for the first time in history.
Our Grace Yarrow explains how SNAP is set to run out of federal funds — despite money in a contingency fund that the Trump admin says it can't tap 👇
politi.co/4qsD64J
Our Grace Yarrow explains how SNAP is set to run out of federal funds — despite money in a contingency fund that the Trump admin says it can't tap 👇
politi.co/4qsD64J
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On Saturday, about 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol in Austin to protest President Donald Trump and the Texas Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Republicans more seats in the U.S. House. via @kutnews.bsky.social
Thousands rally at Texas Capitol against Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan
On Saturday, about 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol in Austin to protest President Donald Trump and the Texas Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Republicans m...
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August 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
On Saturday, about 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol in Austin to protest President Donald Trump and the Texas Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Republicans more seats in the U.S. House. via @kutnews.bsky.social
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Trump: I wish Ghislaine Maxwell well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
July 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump: I wish Ghislaine Maxwell well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
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Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next.
This is dictatorship.
This is dictatorship.
July 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next.
This is dictatorship.
This is dictatorship.
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21 JUNE 1775, PHILADELPHIA: A letter from John Adams hints at the debates going on in the Second Continental Congress of which we have no record, because they unfortunately went unrecorded: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...
Founders Online: From John Adams to James Warren, 21 June 1775
From John Adams to James Warren, 21 June 1775
founders.archives.gov
June 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
21 JUNE 1775, PHILADELPHIA: A letter from John Adams hints at the debates going on in the Second Continental Congress of which we have no record, because they unfortunately went unrecorded: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...
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The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
May 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
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This moment is powerful.
The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.
She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018
She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday
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The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.
She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018
She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday
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April 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This moment is powerful.
The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.
She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018
She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday
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The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.
She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018
She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday
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“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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#GVerse #Attention: 🚨THIS IS AMAZING:🚨
An incredible crowd showed up to see Rep. AOC @aoc.bsky.social in Greeley, Colorado where Republican Gabe Evans is hiding from his constituents. MAGA doesn't believe this is happening.
Make sure everyone sees this.
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An incredible crowd showed up to see Rep. AOC @aoc.bsky.social in Greeley, Colorado where Republican Gabe Evans is hiding from his constituents. MAGA doesn't believe this is happening.
Make sure everyone sees this.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
#GVerse #Attention: 🚨THIS IS AMAZING:🚨
An incredible crowd showed up to see Rep. AOC @aoc.bsky.social in Greeley, Colorado where Republican Gabe Evans is hiding from his constituents. MAGA doesn't believe this is happening.
Make sure everyone sees this.
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An incredible crowd showed up to see Rep. AOC @aoc.bsky.social in Greeley, Colorado where Republican Gabe Evans is hiding from his constituents. MAGA doesn't believe this is happening.
Make sure everyone sees this.
Repost!!!
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Musk didn't invent Tesla, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent SpaceX, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Starlink,... he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Twitter, he bought it.
⚠️Musk didn't invent Trump, he bought him.⚠️
Musk didn't invent SpaceX, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Starlink,... he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Twitter, he bought it.
⚠️Musk didn't invent Trump, he bought him.⚠️
February 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Musk didn't invent Tesla, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent SpaceX, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Starlink,... he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Twitter, he bought it.
⚠️Musk didn't invent Trump, he bought him.⚠️
Musk didn't invent SpaceX, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Starlink,... he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Twitter, he bought it.
⚠️Musk didn't invent Trump, he bought him.⚠️
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"Thursday’s mass firings come days before a potential severe weather outbreak early next week in the southeastern United States — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season."
Reporting by Scott Dance...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Reporting by Scott Dance...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Mass firings hit critical National Weather Service and NOAA offices
The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the southeastern U.S. — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"Thursday’s mass firings come days before a potential severe weather outbreak early next week in the southeastern United States — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season."
Reporting by Scott Dance...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Reporting by Scott Dance...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
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Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
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Filed in District Court today. Judge Berman Jackson making sure the record will always be reflective of what really happened that day.
February 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Filed in District Court today. Judge Berman Jackson making sure the record will always be reflective of what really happened that day.
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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
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“This question resolves itself into this: either I am a man or I am not a man,” Rep James Rapier of #AL said as the House passed the Civil Rights Act #OTD 1875. #BlackHistoryMonth loom.ly/s01LaRE
Read more about Rapier and the 22 Black men who served in Congress from 1870 to 1901: loom.ly/s0Q2NGk
Read more about Rapier and the 22 Black men who served in Congress from 1870 to 1901: loom.ly/s0Q2NGk
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
On this date, the House passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by a vote of 162 to 99. First introduced by one of Congress’s greatest advocates for black civil rights, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachus...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“This question resolves itself into this: either I am a man or I am not a man,” Rep James Rapier of #AL said as the House passed the Civil Rights Act #OTD 1875. #BlackHistoryMonth loom.ly/s01LaRE
Read more about Rapier and the 22 Black men who served in Congress from 1870 to 1901: loom.ly/s0Q2NGk
Read more about Rapier and the 22 Black men who served in Congress from 1870 to 1901: loom.ly/s0Q2NGk
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed or edited references to transgender people, gender identity and equity from its website Friday, racing to meet a late-afternoon deadline imposed by the federal Office of Personnel Management.
CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material
Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research
wapo.st
February 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed or edited references to transgender people, gender identity and equity from its website Friday, racing to meet a late-afternoon deadline imposed by the federal Office of Personnel Management.
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UPDATE: A judge has ordered a pause on the Trump administration's efforts to suspend funding for federally awarded grants and other programs as chaos over the implementation of the plan spread.
Judge pauses Trump's federal funding freeze as confusion and frustration spread
A judge has ordered a pause on the Trump administration's efforts to suspend funding for federally awarded grants and other programs as chaos over the implementation of the plan spread.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
UPDATE: A judge has ordered a pause on the Trump administration's efforts to suspend funding for federally awarded grants and other programs as chaos over the implementation of the plan spread.
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Please give a listen to Brian Sicknick's brother Craig and show your support to him and his family. They deserve so much better @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social
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Brian Sicknick's family 'angered' after Jan. 6 pardons
YouTube video by NJ Spotlight News
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January 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Please give a listen to Brian Sicknick's brother Craig and show your support to him and his family. They deserve so much better @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social
youtu.be/X4X6Y8A78u4?...
youtu.be/X4X6Y8A78u4?...
In 2001, the entire Capitol Hill community wore this pin to thank the Capitol Police for their work to keep us safe after 9/11. Now, more than ever, I proudly display it again.
January 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In 2001, the entire Capitol Hill community wore this pin to thank the Capitol Police for their work to keep us safe after 9/11. Now, more than ever, I proudly display it again.