rebecca

former hill staffer, current consultant - what else is new?

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

For those of you not from DC - this means runners, bicyclists, families, sightseers would all be displaced from Hains Point - so that a high-end golf course could be built minutes from the U.S. Capitol and White House.

[Samuel Littauer @swlittauer]

A true disgrace to have this public jewel stolen from Washington and its people.

[Save East Po @SaveEastPo]

The supposed plan for East Potomac Park is an absolute tragedy for so many that call our nation’s capital home.

For 130 years, East Potomac has served every kind of American. Golfers, cyclists, runners, birdwatchers, walkers, picnickers, anyone who just wants to see the cherry blossoms. This plan is a betrayal of the public, of the National Park Service, and of the very act that established this land to be “forever held and used as a park for the recreation and pleasure of the people.”

Ask yourself who a public muni golf course is actually meant to serve. East Potomac was built in direct response to the elitism of golf, a course anyone could walk onto and play, at a time when golf in America belonged almost entirely to the wealthy. Now the government wants to turn it back into exactly that. The very thing this course was built to stand against.

This golf escapade is compounded by the fact that golf is about to become the only purpose of this entire peninsula. Over 130 years, East Potomac expanded, not narrowed, who and what it served. The road came. The playground came. The mini golf course came. The cherry blossoms were planted and became part of the city’s identity. All of it added, piece by piece, to widen who this park belonged to. Now it’s all being wiped out in one fell swoop, for a single use, by a single man.

Donald Trump already owns 16 golf courses. He doesn’t need a 17th. Especially not one carved out of 130 years of public land to chase his own personal trophy.

The heart of this issue really is not about golf. It is about who owns our public lands in America. The National Park Service’s mandate is "...to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." Not for the enjoyment of one man’s ego. For future generations.

Public land doesn’t become private property just because the person in office wants it to be. That’s the whole point of calling it public.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This design appears to completely eliminate the much-beloved loop road and public park at Hains Point, and cut down the cherry trees which line the road. The park is a public space used by tens of thousands of Washingtonians and heavily visited by tourists.

/photos not my own.

[rebecca @beccacolehower]

is it still called tweeting?

[rebecca @beccacolehower]

I think it's time I start tweeting again

[rebecca @beccacolehower]

I think it's time I start tweeting again

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

BIG NEWS! We're projecting cherry blossom Peak Bloom to arrive between March 29 – April 1 this year.
Extraordinary warm or cool temperatures have resulted in Peak Bloom as early as March 15 (1990) and as late as April 18 (1958). 🌸🌸🌸 #CherryBlossom #BloomWatch

[Bradley Jaye @bradleyajaye]

Big news on Capitol Hill — Xing Xing is back at Pete’s Diner!

[Stephen Jackson @sdjacksondc]

Rs live & work in Ward 6. They pay taxes. They worry about family safety, same as Dems do.

Shame on disparaging this grassroots effort. Ward 6 is diverse in many ways. There are a lot more Rs in it than simply on voter rolls.

Citizens of all ideological stripes are fed up.

[Colton Long @ColtonMLong]

Since #TimScott is running for POTUS, is it a good time to tell the tale of when I matched with one of his staffers on an app, she asked me 12 questions, said she had an Excel sheet with metrics, and she’d run answers through the sheet and get back to “finalists” in 1-2 months?

[Tim Scott @votetimscott]

I’ll never stop saying it.

America is the land of opportunity, not the land of oppression. https://t.co/SewiY4QlAp

[Tom Emmer @tomemmer]

We are just getting started. Let’s expand this majority and keep delivering commonsense solutions for hardworking Americans.

[Tim Scott @votetimscott]

Glad I wore my TV socks to New Hampshire.

[Tim Scott @votetimscott]

I will never back down in defense of the conservative values that make America exceptional.

That's why I'm announcing my exploratory committee for President of the United States.

This fight is personal.

I want every American to have the same opportunities I had.

[Ursula Perano Helsel @UrsulaPerano]

There is something so difficult for my brain to compute about tiktok infleuncers doing romanticized videos of the Capitol when I've straight up had a mini breakdown on one of those benches she passed

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

You heard it here first! Our cherry tree experts are predicting peak bloom to fall between March 22 - 25 this year. Start planning your visit now: https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1

#Cherryblossom #BloomWatch #WashingtonDC
🌸🌸🌸

[Tim Scott @votetimscott]

Throwin’ it back to the best moment of my year: Getting re-elected in the great state of South Carolina!

It's a blessing to continue serving my home state in Washington.

We will never back down in this fight for a strong South Carolina and a free America! 🇺🇸

[Olivia Beavers @Olivia_Beavers]

NEWS: Rep. JASON SMITH wins the highly coveted House Ways and Means Committee chairmanship, in what became perhaps the most watched gavel race, per GOP sources.

He beat out Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.).

[Union Pub @UnionPub]

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• 2 Buckets of Bud/Bud Light
• 8 Shots of Whiskey
• 1 Bottle of Wine
• 1 Bottle of Fancy Champagne
• Platter of Totchos
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Available today & until a Speaker of the House is elected!

[Jennifer DeCasper @d3casp3r]

wouldn’t want to wear a hideously amazing jacket with any other team. 🇺🇸