You may never know what those expunged documents or material objects were, but every instinct tells you something deliberate was done to destroy them. It's like a hole punch in the historical record--too neat, too perfect. Ok taking historian hat off now. 👩🎓
These are not "accidents of survival." When something you expect to be there based on other evidence is entirely missing (like Elizabeth's personal papers after she died, or a portrait miniature of Anne Boleyn owned by Henry VIII) your historian spidey sense goes on alert.
I've just seen that Congress instructed the USSS to preserve texts related to Jan 6 on January 16. The migration wasn't until January 27 and the texts were destroyed in spite of that. As a professional historian, this is just too coincidental. It smacks of #SecretServiceCoverup
Today is the start of #OvarianCancerAwarenessMonth. As you might imagine, this has special meaning to me, as I am undergoing treatment. I will be sharing information about the disease, what I'm doing to help raise awareness, and more about my journey. 🙏♥️ for listening.
In high school, I found out my best friend was being molested by her father. One of the reasons I wanted to be a prosecutor was to protect people like her.
My husband John lived by a code: country first. We are Republicans, yes, but Americans foremost. There's only one candidate in this race who stands up for our values as a nation, and that is @JoeBiden.