Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "civil service" by party, over time

I'm going to Philadelphia for the 4th of July. It's going to be 100 degrees. I wondered what the weather was like in 1776 in Philly and knew that a number of men kept weather records - Jefferson came through On July 4 1776 it reached 76 degrees in Philly jefferson-weather-records.org/node/40860

Mentions of "birthright" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

In health care news: 450,000 Essential Plan members in New York will lose coverage tomorrow, July 1, 2026 according to the number of notifications sent by the New York State Department of Health

I really enjoyed joining Ben Sheehan and Julie Silverbrook on Civic Parenting to talk pirates, dinosaurs, why games (and democracy) work better when we understand the rules, patriotism over partisanship, and helping kids see the agency/power we have. megaphone.link/NCC7593498974

Congressional republicans are way more into Usha Vance than they were Karen Pence

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "great american state fair" over time, by party

There is bipartisan support within Congress for action to "stop professional sports leagues from blacking out games for fans, end the complicated web of streaming services, and cut costs for viewers across the country" - in the words of Tammy Baldwin

The use of "Right to Try" in official congressional e-newsletters. It peaks in 2018 when we changed our laws. On its face the policy idea/way to sell is is pretty straightforward: If someone is dying, and there is an experimental drug that might help, why should the government stand in the way?

Fauci had a long tail for Congressional Republicans

I had an op-ed published today, America’s 250th is an invitation to help kids understand exactly what this country is all about nypost.com/2026/06/28/o... (it's not every week I have something come out in the Obama Museum *and* the NY Post)

A Colleague of mine nominated me to be interviewed by part of the @america250.bsky.social American Stories and I just did it :)

My new project: Government That Doesn’t Suck! launches July 6 www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1... I’m hosting it with Greg Jackson of History That Doesn’t Suck I’d be VERY grateful if you’d subscribe on YouTube b/c that initial buzz helps Also please send ideas for future episodes if you've got em

"Bureaucrat" is one of the favorite targets of Congressional Republicans in their official e-newsletters...and it has been for a long time And check out that dip during the first Trump administration 👀

Since 2021 both parties have progressively said "progressive" less and less

Party split in congress over time

Peak Pride (and Anti-Pride) was in 2023 The partisan politics of Pride Month open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

Twitter was much more into this news than blue sky was which was interesting to me given my priors

I had some incredibly unexpected and wildly exciting news today conveyed to me by pure coincidence in that a friend of mine was at the new Obama Museum and send me these images:

🫖: Calling the DSA the "Tea Party of the left" doesn't make a lot of sense to me...most obviously because it has a fundamentally different theory of government Contesting primaries, showing ideological contrasts with the establishment, and recruiting volunteers is similar, but it's no tea party 🤷‍♀️

Mentions of "Roe v. Wade" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party

DCinbox Insights is not meant to be predictive, but on the trajectory of the 21st Century Housing Act, I think I got a bunch right 🫣 open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "housing act" in the 119th Congress, by party

Two of my most trivial, but firmly held beliefs: 1 - all car headlights should be warm 2 - movie theaters should be like reverse Faraday cages where no phones function in them

Well the wealthiest member of the Democratic Party in Congress just lost a primary (by sort of a lot)

i wrote about this housing bill back in April: open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

Today @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social writes about Tucker Carlson and MTG are reportedly leaving the Republican Party (goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/carlson-an...) In official Congressional e-newsletters it looks like the Republican Party has already left Tucker.

Lot's of "crucial" things in official congressional e-newsletters

Ahhhh - something is happening! The 0:49 trailer for a new project I'm doing with Greg Jackson of History that Doesn't Suck! just came out ❇️ Given how many people here have government thoughts, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this project. Here's the description: rephonic.com/podcasts/gov...

The history of Father’s Day starts with the activism of woman in 1910…before she could vote in her state or nationally. www.instagram.com/reel/DZzipCT...

Mentions of "kratom" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party

Republicans Hated the Original "Iran Deal", Until Trump Made One Iran receipts from DCinbox: open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

"I strongly oppose any nuclear deal with Iran that would grant the world’s leading sponsor of terror $150 billion in sanctions relief while failing to shut off their path to a nuclear bomb. " -Congresswoman Elise Stefanik in 2015

Senator John McCain Aug 2, 2015

mentions of "JCPOA" OR "Iran Deal" or "Iran Nuclear Deal" in DCinbox

" The 'deal' will give Iran hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief that can fuel support for Hezbollah, Assad, and other proxies that have thrown the region into chaos. " -Congressman Steve Scalise in 2015 on JCPOA

"If we let up on the pressure and allow Iran to rebuild their economy, who knows what an empowered and legitimized Iran will do in the future." -Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick 2013

Mentions of "Iran" in official congressional e-newsletters, by party for the year of 2026:

It seems to me that if a President from the Democratic Party did what we just did in Iran including the initial action and the conclusion/resolution there would be calls from the whole spectrum of the Republican Party for impeachment for any number of reasons.

Deep-sea mining has not yet begun anywhere in the world. Rep. Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) is sounding the alarm about how it might happen in US waters very soon: api.dcinbox.com/v1/emails/27...

Congressional Republicans write to constituents about riots much more than Democrats do

I had a student RA make a map of all the birth places of American presidents. It's neat to look at: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

The Birthday wishes to President Trump from DCinbox: Congressman John Rutherford

Peak "Pride Month" recognition in official congressional e-newsletters was back in 2023

I'm en route to Falls Church, VA right now. If you want to duck out of the heat and into some active learning, I've got my last talk of the month happening from 2 - 4 pm at Creative Cauldron groups.io/g/fallschurc...

In May Republicans Had Cops and China. Democrats Had Trump and Iran. dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/in-may-rep...

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "radical left" over time, by party

Geography of the term E15 in official congressional e-newsletters

Mentions of SpaceX in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

Just because everyone is watching sports right now, I have two small takes to put forward : Take 1 - Jeff Bezos saying the bottom 50% shouldn’t pay federal taxes is more Fox in the Henhouse than Robin Hood.