Alex Roberson

✈️ & 🚀 Museum | WFU ‘13 | GMU ‘17

[Alex Roberson @ARobo2013]

@jiratickets The plot to assassinate Abe Lincoln was planned at the Mary Surratt Boarding House, which is now Wok n' Roll sushi restaurant

[Garrett Morrison @garrett_TFE]

These two renderings of a potential "reimagined" East Potomac Park appear in a fundraising document distributed by the new "National Garden of American Heroes Foundation."

It's unclear to what degree these (very AI-looking) images represent Tom Fazio's actual plans for the golf course, but I think they reveal some important things about the Trump administration's intentions at East Potomac:

1) The new "championship" golf course would take up most of the island. This would mean losing the perimeter road and bike path, the open space at the southern tip of the island, and perhaps even the famous cherry blossom trees, which feature prominently in an annual festival. These non-golf resources at East Potomac Park are used heavily by D.C. residents.

2) Building a bigger course would also mean reducing the number of available golf holes at the facility, likely from 36 to 18, as well as eliminating a historic, recently restored mini-golf course. Inevitably, this would make golf in D.C. less accessible, especially to beginning golfers.

3) Green fees for East Potomac's Blue Course currently top out at $48. There's no way the number would stay there post-reno.

4) The whole nouveau-riche, water-feature-centric aesthetic shown in the renderings is very much in line with Fazio's past work, but not at all representative of East Potomac's historical character and purpose.

5) The administration and the President himself have been open about their hopes to bring a major championship or Ryder Cup to the renovated East Potomac. I think it would be tremendously difficult to stage a tournament of that scale on this island, even after the reno. It does not appear to me that there's enough room.

[Pablo Torre Finds Out @pablofindsout]

In 2020, the National Links Trust signed a 50-year lease to manage three of D.C.'s municipal golf courses. But in 2025, the Trump administration stepped in, leaving the fate of these historic sites unclear.

[Alex Roberson @ARobo2013]

@NoLayingUp @TronCarterNLU @BigRandyNLU @DJPie @TronCarterNLU @BigRandyNLU I work for the Smithsonian in DC and my coworker is the daughter of Jim Moylan, the man behind the Moylan Arrow. Sadly, he passed away just before Christmas. The WSJ published this great story on Jim and his invention: https://t.co/lXwP6N9kNO

[Lucas Holtz @LucasHoltz__]

Trump: the Great Depression wouldn’t have happened “if they had stayed with the tariffs.”

Reality:

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

How do we move a massive rocket into the Museum and install it in place? Very carefully!

Check out this timelapse of the move and install of the @BlueOrigin New Shepard "Propulsion Module 4-2" booster that just joined our collection.

[L. Louise Lucas @SenLouiseLucas]

I have the concept of a plan…

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

Afton after being online all day and not getting Taylor Swift tickets.

[Kyle Porter @KylePorterNS]

Can someone explain the IPL cricket model to me, an idiot American?

https://t.co/qb5Xs8BBn3

[Andy Johnson @AndyTFE]

Matt Adamski, the person who keeps @SweetensCove humming had a bad accident last weekend. They started a GoFundMe for his family to help with the recovery process. https://t.co/LkUomD9TNK

[Louis Virtel @louisvirtel]

I cannot believe Bob Barker lived as close to 100 as possible without going over.

[Alex Roberson @ARobo2013]

@JasonIsbell Looking forward to tomorrow’s show at Wolf Trap! I work for the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, and if you have some free time while you’re in town, I’d love to show you around our new Apollo gallery. We never would’ve made it to the moon without Alabama!

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

THIS is last year's Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in in Nashville. #tnleg

[grant hill @realgranthill33]

Me 😂🤣😂

[Howard Mortman @HowardMortman]

During Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for Jan. 6 police, representatives of those receiving awards shake hands with Schumer then walk past McConnell and McCarthy.

[Jules Amin @jules_amin]

I’m sorry Nancy Pelosi eats a hot dog for lunch every day?

[Alex Roberson @ARobo2013]

It’s me, hi.

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

tragic: according to instagram stories the worst person you know got a taylor swift presale code

[Alex Roberson @ARobo2013]

@BigRandyNLU @TronCarterNLU Had these events happened today, the monitoring levels would be off the charts. Some truly sick individuals!

[Alex Roberson @ARobo2013]

@BigRandyNLU @TronCarterNLU If y'all need a book rec, take a look at Billionaire's Vinegar. It's centered on what was once the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold -- a 1787 Lafite supposedly owned by Jefferson -- and the (in)famous cast of characters within the world of high-end wine collecting

[TODAY @TODAYshow]

Take an exclusive first look with @peteralexander inside the renovated Smithsonian National @airandspace Museum before it reopens next week.