Imagine a 58-year old man-child with a law degree spending his day collecting a $200,000 government salary sitting in his office in the Senate Wing of the US Capitol Building bitching about anything and everything like a little bitch on Twitter and Bluesk*. Repeatedly violating Senate ethics rules by posting from his office (and computer) about the campaign VP Harris.

Not one to kink shame, but hundreds of posts and retweets of dominatrix accounts into golden shower play and hairy bushes seems bad.

@DJParker588674 @NZeeme2 @Rightanglenews Another fucking expert. It is literally the *District of Columbia Jail* under administration of the *District of Columbia Department of Corrections*. It is not a “prison”. The District closed its gorner “prison” at Lorton, Virginia around 1983. @DJParker588674 @NZeeme2 @Rightanglenews It is located on a site historically known as Reservation 13 that is not “federal ground.” In fact, ownership of the Reservation, which had been under the longtime administrative jurisdiction of the District, was formally transferred in 2006 as part of a major land sweep.

The Honorable Robert Brent served as first mayor of the newly-incorporated City of Washington, located within the federal “district of Columbia.” He was appointed by Pres. Thomas Jefferson to one-year terms in accordance with an Act of Congress dated May 3, 1802. Brent was himself the son of Robert Brent (of Woodstock) Stafford County, Virginia, whose land holdings included the quarry at Aquia Creek from which the sandstone used to construct the Capitol, White House and other public buildings in the new capital city was acquired.

@MarkusforDC It was never “Washington’s land.” The tracts—within PG County at the 1791 assumption by the United States—were named “Chance” (fka “Darnall’s Chance”) and “Hogpen Extension” whose owner was A. Young. They were the easternmost extent of Maj. Pierre L’Enfant’s Federal City.
@MarkusforDC You can see empty expanse east of Squares 1132 through 1136 is the historic tidal marshland of the then Eastern Branch (of the Potomac) filled with dredged silt and river sediments under supervision of Chief Engineer Kingman subsequent to 1901.

TIL about the @Douglass_County account used to promote a quixotic fixation on retrocession of part of the territory of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, with it to be renamed “Douglass County.” The account is linked to David Krucoff, a real estate agent (natch) and resident of the District who recently ran as the Republican candidate for the position of Councilmember for Ward 3, with one of his promises being to “protect DC Home Rule on Capitol Hill.” The irony.

@DavidRau101 @SenWhitehouse Do you understand the concept of an amendment? The Constitution—as ratified by the 11 United States as of 1788—included no Bill of Rights, and thus no First or Second Amendments. Jefferson prevailed upon Madison, then serving in Congress, to draft amendments that could be used … @DavidRau101 @SenWhitehouse to assuage the anti-Federalists (the rights are derived from God crowd) and induce North Carolina and Rhode island to join the Union. Madison had shared the view with other Federalists that no enumeration of specific rights was necessary under the Constitution, but dedicated …

@James2846116890 @TRHLofficial What a story. Where to begin? The Framers included no provision specifying a particular date.

That occurred only in 1933 upon ratification of the Twentieth Amendment specifying January 20. By historical antecedent the date of the inaugural had been March 4.

Why? @James2846116890 @TRHLofficial It dates from the last session of the Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation in 1788, which by proclamation set “the first Wednesday in March next” as “the time … for commencing proceedings under [the Constitution of the United States].” That date: March 4.

@LeonardPhi39339 @GreenTreeVSYM @its_The_Dr Funny thing is Phil, it appears you are a fool. Lots of people say lots of things for lots of reasons.

I was born and raised in the District and blocks away from my office near Metro Center when the first report of a plane striking the WTC was broadcast on WAMU. @LeonardPhi39339 @GreenTreeVSYM @its_The_Dr And I knew one of the passengers on Flight 77 (and their fiancé) quite well. Well enough to be invited to attend the memorial service at the National Cathedral. So there’s that.

I won’t bore you with details about returning to the Hill as the Capitol Complex was being evacuated.

Failings of Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Sund relating to the events of January 6, 2021:

1. No detailed comprehensive operational plan was prepared, to include the Special Operations Division (SOD), ad hoc Civil Disturbance Unit (CDU) and Containment and Response Team (CERT). There is no evidence of a Plan of Action issued by the Assistant Chief or an Incident Action Plan issued by the Uniformed Services Bureau (USB).

2. Relevant intelligence information, including that from outside sources, was not properly distributed.

@RobertMLeonard3 @kylegriffin1 Wow, complimenting abject stupidity with assholery is a fucking choice. Go read Federalist No. 43 which was authored by Madison—who, at least when I last checked, was a founder. And then figure out who was president when the Organic Act of 1801 was enacted and … @RobertMLeonard3 @kylegriffin1 appointed the first mayor of the City of Washington (Robert Brent), later reappointed by Madison.

@IslandLifeNY @TizzyEnt All of the video other than synched side-by-side footage from a second angle—adding nothing of substance or value—has been public since at least January 29, 2021, and posted on the FBI website since at least March 2021.

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@MocoMom3 @FakeTagsDC “The moped death” is exactly the response to be expected from an ssshole entrusted with a gun and badge; unwilling to accept responsibility for misconduct or recognize misconduct on the part of others. Thin blue line horseshit from people who peaked in middle school. @MocoMom3 @FakeTagsDC Cops who excuse criminal misconduct by bad cops—to include a conspiracy to obstruct justice—are nothing more than bad cops themselves, benefitting from a sinecure from which it’s virtually impossible to be fired.

One of the overlooked facets of the obsession shared among rabid MAGA insurrection supporters such as Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee with repealing Home Rule for the District (which is unlikely to happen) is that it would relegate to a status beneath that of the US territories. Congress has delegated to US territories (through their Organic Acts or otherwise) their own “home rule” with full executive and legislative powers exercised by an elected governor and legislature, including the power vested in the governor to appoint judges to local courts.

@Will479692 @wilcherglobal @DisavowTrump20 @StaceyPlaskett Another stupid, ahistorical take from MAGA. The Cities of Alexandria and Georgetown predate the Constitution and were incorporated into the District under the Residence Act of 1790 (establishing the District) and Organic Act of 1801 (establishing the City of Washington). @Will479692 @wilcherglobal @DisavowTrump20 @StaceyPlaskett Those residing in Maryland and Virginia as of 1791 became residents of the District, which resulted in their disenfranchisement for purposes of voting in federal elections. And their landholdings likewise were made part of the District and subject to its jurisdiction.

Following on the heels of the transfer of control of the East Capitol Street site of RFK Stadium to the District, the owners of the Cleveland Browns are committing to move in an entirely different direction. They are purchasing a suburban tract of comparable size (176 acres) adjacent to the Cleveland Airport and surrounded by interstate highways for what’s being promoted as a $2.4 billion domed stadium/mixed retail/entertainment/hotel/residential development project.

MetLife lobbyist @FeverPotomac starting to rile up the DC crime bro crowd early in the New Year with his patented brand of pearl-clutching over broken car windows and stolen packages. He has yet to figure out who is actually subject to prosecution by @USAO_DC. Not “all adults.” One might of hoped his level of derangement might have caused him to become more informed ?and lie less) about the judicial system in the District, including which juveniles @USAO_DC can prosecute under Title 16.

Some final history about Daniel Carroll of Duddington, owner/first known resident of Capitol Hill. Son of Charles Carroll (of Duddington and Carrollsburg), he was the second “Daniel Carroll of Duddington,” preceded by his grandfather, himself son of Charles “The Settler” Carroll. The elder Daniel Carroll of Duddington married the widow of Notley Rozier, whose inheritance through his grandfather, George Calvert (Third Lord Baltimore) included tracts of land then located in Prince George’s County, Province of Maryland.

With respect to friction between Daniel Carroll and L’Enfant, Carroll had been corresponding with President Washington about conflict over his new house, with Washington agreeing the government would pay costs of moving it. In the meantime, L’Enfant already had it torn down. As an idiosyncratic aside, I find it interesting to see Washington make reference to the “Federal district and City” in his own handwriting as of November 1791.

Excellent article about Daniel Carroll and Capitol Hill, with “Carroll’s Row,” the boardinghouses he built for Congress, one of which being Long’s Hotel (renamed “Stelle’s Hotel and City Tavern). It was demolished in 1887 for the Library of Congress.

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Carroll’s Row adjoined the “Old Brick Capitol,” where Congress assembled while the Capitol was being restored following its burning by British troops. It was annexed to Washington City Hotel (“Tunnicliff’s”) on land purchased from Carroll. It is now the site of the Supreme Court.

A short compilation of the history of Garfield Park. Within the expanse of a commercial “Exchange Square” on Navy Yard Hill envisioned by the L’Enfant Plan in 1791, it was purchased from Daniel Carroll of Duddington and renamed Town House Square as part of Public Reservation 17.
Undeveloped through the mid-1800s, and reportedly used to quarry gravel for streets, it was bordered by the Washington City Canal, which connected Eastern Branch (Anacostia River) to Tiber Creek, the Potomac Basin and C&O Canal at 13th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

Navy Yard Fun Fact: Tingey Street is named after Commodore Thomas Tingey, who established Washington Navy Yard as its first Commandant in 1800, only to be charged with burning it down in 1814 lest it be captured by the British. He is buried in Congressional Cemetery.

Tingey, who served as Commandant until death in 1829, owned at least six slaves. Harry Carroll, leased by Tingey as a laborer, as was common (about 60 of 194 Navy Yard civilian employees were slaves), sought freedom in 1817. Carroll was recaptured at some point prior to 1827.