promises not kept
09.03.2026 14:44
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Years after Congress ordered a plaque to honor the police defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, it was finally installed — at 4 am this morning.
@oliviacgeorge.bsky.social was there. Read her eloquent, somber scoop.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict." Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy, 6/3/47 "Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war." Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box
Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered.
President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero:
“In my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”
White House officials said Thursday that Trump, who issued an executive order last year intended to protect college sports, had been urged to get involved by outside groups worried about the direction of college sports and clamoring for a solution. "Part of leadership is thinking outside the box and having innovative methods and getting involved to try to solve things that no one else seems to be able to," said one senior White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The official noted Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to encourage college football teams in 1905 to adopt helmets and new safety rules — a move widely hailed for protecting players and helping save the sport.
All presidents mix sports and politics - from celebrating championship teams to attending high-profile events, White House historians said. Trump stands out for his efforts to cultivate athletes, intercede in sporting disputes and even weigh in on teams' personnel moves. The timing, however, is puzzling, some said. "Presidents have conducted other business even when wars are happening. But this promotion of a college sports summit certainly doesn't seem a priority at a fraught moment when the Middle East is in an explosive situation - and U.S. actions are at the center of this situation," said Julian Zelizer, a professor of political history at Princeton University. "Nor is college sports the kind of priority domestic issue, like inflation, that matters most to voters right now."
Trump's college sports roundtable just started — his latest second-term effort to mix sports and politics.
The White House told me Trump's involvement is needed to stabilize chaotic NIL landscape.
Political analysts, like @zelizer.bsky.social, are questioning his priorities.
New: Democrats asked a federal court to block Trump's 250-ft arch.
Under law, Congress must approve certain monuments in DC.
“This is a straightforward issue of who’s in charge,” @SenAngusKing said.
They also mocked the "vanity" project.
“This is not Pyongyang,” @RepHuffman told me.
“Sacrificing journalistic integrity in an effort to be nice to one side of the political aisle so that they view an outlet more favorably doesn’t work. What it instead often does is alienate core audiences.”
"The delayed vote is a snag in Trump’s push to rush the project through the approval process so construction can be completed before the end of his second term."
More here from @jonathanreports.bsky.social with a little from me.
The agency is formally delaying its vote on Trump's ballroom, originally expected for today, citing the sheer amount of public comments.
We went through the 35,000-plus comments — finding warnings from architects, laments from past White House staff, even drawings — and called some writers on the phone.
Most had the same message: the White House is the People’s House, not Trump’s house.
A small federal agency reviewing Trump's ballroom has received tens of thousands of public comments.
More than 97% oppose the project, per WaPo analysis.
"I did not vote for this," one 3x Trump voter wrote.
with @aaronschaffer.com and @jonathanreports.bsky.social
All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump letters@nypost. Pushback and Pr For Trump's Iran A •President Trump will be THE ISSUE: The United States remembered as the great- Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayc est foreign-policy presi- dent in American history ("Fury unleashed on the chi he: Ayatollah," March I). Where previous presidents have stood by - or Ar in the case of Barack Ob-ama, facilitated Iran - th while it financed terror worldwide and worked to develop a nuclear bomb, Trump has identified and eradicated the existential threat. Like Winston Church-ill, Trump is saving the United States and Western civilization from President Trump murderous madmen. Marc Kasowitz Manhattan •I join our country in praying for the families of the three service
The president appears to post a flattering letter to the editor … written by his former personal lawyer
why u guys dogging me
oh god. Sorry. For context this is my hand
There are a lot of things I don’t understand about Washington. This is just one
met with multiple Very Serious people today as I flaunted this cartoon animal, AMA
Author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is back on Capitol Hill today with @tbfighters.org, @pih.org and other advocates pushing for more funding — again — to fight tuberculosis.
I look forward to explaining that in my meetings today
Chase is on the case my friend
the indignity of cutting yourself at home in the morning … and only having your kids’ Paw Patrol bandages to cover it up
This isn’t a replacement for the valuable foreign reporters who just lost their jobs (and who I wish were still working at The Post).
It’s the Washington Post polling team doing a snap poll, as they’ve done repeatedly before.
If the congresswoman truly wanted to get the truth about a conspiracy theory that inspired a shooting and years of terror, she could leave the Capitol and drive a few miles up to the titular pizza place, where she’d find neighborhood kids … playing ping pong and eating pizza. (And no basement.)
Interesting column in the Sunday @sltrib.com: executive editor Lauren Gustus details how her paper and other outlets (including CNN, Fox, AP, Reuters, NYT and more) are fighting to keep the Tyler Robinson case open to the public and splitting the cost of doing so.
Congrats to star Washington Post reporters @hannahnatanson.bsky.social , William Wan and @merylkornfield.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Toner Prize for Excellence in National Reporting for their series on “The year Trump broke the federal government” tinyurl.com/2sk3xphw
In hearing just now, Sen. Bill Cassidy presses Casey Means, Trump's nominee for Surgeon General, on whether she'd recommend parents get kids vaccinated.
MEANS: I'm supportive of vaccination… every individual needs to talk to their doctor before putting a medication in their body.
New: Trump convened construction companies at the White House this month as he pushes to quickly remake Dulles.
The companies took turns pitching him and Sec. Duffy on big changes — including how to get rid of the “people movers,” per sources.
Another meeting is set for today.
lol, only if you mean “DD tried and failed to get his colleagues to bet him $1 on slack”
readers following the Washington Post live-blog got true exclusive insight
Exclusive: As GOP leaders rushed to defend Trump's decision to tear down the East Wing, one Republican lawmaker privately warned a senior White House aide that he had “substantial concerns” and demanded answers about how the decision was made.
w @ddiamond.bsky.social
you: I wonder what Cam Boozer is saying to Coach Scheyer
me: is that former U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy
