Christina M. Goodlander

Lover of freedom, in America and worldwide. @DCGOP vice chair. @MartinSkold2's wife and travel buddy. All opinions my own.

[Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 @Kristinawong]

This is one of the top reasons my mom loves Trump — he understands the dangers of Communism.

She’s witnessed those dangers firsthand. Her grandparents owned a store in China, and died of starvation when the Communists took over.

It must never take hold in America.

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

250 years ago today, the Founding Fathers publicly declared America’s separation from a tyrannical British Crown.

This marked the start of a transparent government of, by, and for the people.

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[Christina M. Goodlander @cmgoodlander]

@CarriePrejean1 Catholicism does not require opposition to the State of Israel. Plenty of Catholics are pro-Israel for many reasons. A strong Israel helps American interests, and America and Israel have shared values. Converting to Catholicism does not require a complete 180 on geopolitics.

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This was a fun segment!

Ask three local DC Republicans about the political status of DC and you’ll get five different opinions. Some Republicans (including our current party chairman) have at times supported DC statehood and some want to pull Home Rule entirely. Others say we should have a vote in the House but not statehood.

Personally I support Home Rule with federal oversight. It’s good to push decision-making down as close to the people impacted by the decisions, but we also are a federal district and our nation’s capital, and we can’t allow an irresponsible local government to bankrupt our city, and we can’t have out-of-control crime and chaos.

We’re in for a wild ride now that the local Democrats have nominated a Mamdani-style socialist for mayor and a DSA-dominated slate for Council.

[John Fredericks @jfradioshow]

The DC Dispatch: Communists Poised to Take Over DC; Time for Trump to End Home Rule -- With @cmgoodlander
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[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Check out the Florida Pavilion at the Great American State Fair in DC!

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

JUST ANNOUNCED: The Washington Monument Illumination returns to the National Mall July 1 through July 5. Each evening, an 18-minute projection-mapping presentation will light the Monument with the people, places, and moments that have shaped the American story, ending with the Monument glowing as a giant birthday candle.

Come watch any night between 9:00 PM and 12:20 AM ET, with the best viewing along the National Mall.

[Christina M. Goodlander @cmgoodlander]

@FreddyLA7 While you're in the New Hampshire North Country, don't miss Polly's Pancake Parlor! Amazing views and excellent pancakes. And spend some time by Lake Winnipesaukee. Most beautiful place ever.

[Christina M. Goodlander @cmgoodlander]

@FreddyLA7 While you're in Boston, take a day to visit New Hampshire. I recommend Portsmouth. It's only an hour from Boston and has a ton of history and excellent food. Check out Geno's for the best clam chowder and lobster rolls, and their pies are amazing (esp blueberry).

[Christina M. Goodlander @cmgoodlander]

@nicksortor Hats off to the National Guard. They are pros and patriots and they put up with constant absurdity.

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@yestradamous @WallStreetApes You could make an Are You Afraid of the Dark episode about that.

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@GuntherEagleman Buc-ee’s Diplomacy FTW!

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@thirdintl @AshleySchapitl Again, they’re all murderous and you’re the one identifying as one of them.

[Christina M. Goodlander @cmgoodlander]

@thirdintl @AshleySchapitl They’re both murderous but you’re the only one who actually identifies as one of them, so it’s on you to defend Mao’s body count.

[ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena]

When Tocqueville came to America in 1831, just shy of 200 years ago, what he observed astonished him. His expectations, much like the expectations of the elites in Europe and our own country today, began with our “remarkable tendency to organize themselves in pursuit of shared goals.”
“Americans of all ages constantly unite,” Tocqueville wrote in his book Democracy in America. “Not only do they have commercial and industrial associations, in which all take part, but they also have a thousand other kinds: religious, moral, grave, futile, very general and very particular, immense and very small.”
When Tocqueville visited the U.S., we were in an era of rapid change, not unlike today. Some were moving westward, others toward cities, others away from cities, all while building transportation systems, such as canals and roadways, to achieve that moment.
The Industrial Revolution was at the center of all that cultural and political change. Our postal system was also speeding up. Our political parties were raucous, populist, and changing with the times. And we were influenced by those changed by how we formed communities.
Sound familiar? We are also in a moment of rapid change, building high-tech superhighways, this time through artificial intelligence and the internet. We are also moving inward this time, some rediscovering the middle of our country, while others try to remake our cities.
And the technological revolution of AI is having as much of a cultural and political impact as the industrial revolution.
What @FreddyLA7 @shaunvlog_ and all of the other World Cup soccer fans are experiencing is a modern-day Tocqueville moment. Freddy and Shaun likely had no idea what to expect when arriving here. If they read the European press or the Atlantic, it was probably pretty dark. Tocqueville himself wrote that he expected to find a raw, chaotic society, which is pretty much a condensed version of the criticisms you read about America and Americans from elite news organizations today.
What Tocqueville found instead were Americans who were constantly developing ways, and or tools, for creating associations, both large and small — associations with wildly different interests, from small local sports and community or religious groups with little internal order to vast national networks with structures. Think the Rotary Club, NAACP, the Elks, Lions Clubs, Future Farmers of America, the Grange, and 4-H.
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[Christina M. Goodlander @cmgoodlander]

@WashDC4all @kenyanmcduffie Democrats’ logic: everything Trump is bad and everything bad is Trump.

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If you want to watch DC election results with Republicans, join us at City Tavern on Tuesday evening.

We will be selling tickets at the door, but they'll be more expensive, so better to buy them now. Come celebrate America's 250th at one of George Washington's favorite spots!