Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Covered a pro forma session of the House six years ago today. Had to wait about a half hour to talk to Pelosi after she gaveled in the chamber. Funny how a catch-up chat with a friend can lead to so much more. Happy Six Years, pal…

We’ve been at this for over an hour. It’s not even a whole ball anymore. He’s never going to tire out. I feel like the ball right now.

And the House…Houses once again and does nothing.

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This is how it will work. The UC-passed Senate bill was amended in the House and then passed, even though the now-House-amended-Senate-bill had no chance of passage. So the Senate will now take up that dead House-amended Senate bill, substitute in the ORIGINAL Senate language from last week, and…

He’s…he’s aware of this Congress, right?

Maddening that the reporter didn’t follow up with the EXACT question she refused to answer from @garretthaake.bsky.social There’s a reason she refused to answer. Find out what it is.

Crazy times on Capitol Hill to say the least jamiedupree.substack.com/p/senate-dhs...

The House is now adjourned until 9:30pm tonight, when it will be tomorrow. Or today will be yesterday. 27 members didn’t vote. 10 republicans and 17 Dems.

Some people here who I like and follow wrote that they read this thread but kinda didn't understand it, so I'm gonna try again less nerdy. To get a bill passed in the House, you have two options: 1) 50% + 1 support, which requires what's called a Rule to bring to the House floor OR

OK friends. House nerd Don thread incoming. Buckle up and get snacks. House hijinks about to commence. Read this:

I get up from my chair for ONE MINUTE Does not know how to type. Does not have thumbs. Does not care.

The excellent @elizlanders.bsky.social with the questions once again. PBS scored with her hire. Good on them...

Pool time at the doggy daycare 😃

BREAKING: Delta is suspending its special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded, per @ajc.com. Delta says members of Congress will now be treated like all other flying customers. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Defiance not compliance! Trump & Hegseth just gave the court a big 🖕 and instead of reinstating full press access say they will CLOSE THE ENTIRE PRESS CORRIDOR, require an escort (unprecedented), and move press offices outside of the building. Unacceptable. Un-American.

Inject this straight into my veins.

Without hesitation, John Cena comes off stage to hug a fan battling cancer and offer him some words of encouragement.

We just published my swan song for The Post: Congress nears tipping point of irrelevance. It’s been an amazing 19-plus-year run, especially last decade of this @PKCapitol column. The Post has been family, giving me this perch to cover Congress. So lucky … www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The leap!

Let me tell you! An Italian ophthalmologist named Professor Benedetto Strampelli invented the technique in the early 1960s. He'd noticed that plastic implants often failed because the body rejected them, so he needed a way to anchor a lens using the patient's own living tissue!

This is so cool. And weird. And also, who came up with this idea in the first place?

We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!?  So we got to work …

A guy who had actually traveled covertly on behalf of the US would just say yes to this request.

This is going on right now on C-SPAN and it is really something to see.

wow! Rand Paul begins Markwayne Mullin's hearing by confronting him about comments he made describing Paul as a "freakin' snake" & "celebrating" Paul getting assaulted "I wonder if someone who applauds political violence is right to lead an agency that has struggled to accept proper use of force"

Judge orders restoration of Voice of America, putting hundreds of journalists back to work

After all, a continent can be an island if you just think big enough.

Happy First Birthday to Bruce, you adorable insane creature…and happy heavenly birthday to our sweet Cowboy - we miss you still, Friend. We love so much that you two shared the same special day. 💙 ((First two pics of Bruce, third one of Cowboy))

As we first reported in last night's @semafor.com media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to "launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name" and double staff from 50 to 100.

Found a new friend in the yard. My better half was not amused

If you ever think “why bother to vote? it’s not like my one vote matters” see below. And the follow up tweet to that. Vote. Every time. IT MATTERS.

Chair Thievery: A 3-Act Play

I asked President Trump about the FBI reportedly seizing election records in Arizona. He said they must have done that because it was a “rigged” election. I pointed out to him that his own AG said there was not measurable voter fraud to overturn that election. Then he called me a rotten reporter.

Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

They also didn’t show the actual footage during their correction. Because baseball cap.

Reminder here that if the President doesn’t take action on a bill for 10 days (by either signing it or vetoing it) while Congress is in session, that bill automatically becomes law.

While it’s near the West Front doors where Michael Fanone and Danny Hodges were attacked, it’s also in a place where tourists aren’t allowed to go.

Here, NYT. Fixed it for you: Montana Senator Assaults, breaks arm of Marine Corps Veteran Protesting Iran War

How many times can you throw the rope to demon-eyed Bruce before he tires out? Trick question. It’s never. He never tires out.

Good Lord. Just watch how an elected member of the Senate conducts himself. Against a member of the military in uniform. Who - and let’s be very, very clear - most certainly has a First Amendment right to protest. Since he’s the guy you’d be sending to war.

These are all the dogs we sponsored in February ❤️‍🩹

Identical twins to boot. I figured that out the hard way when I asked the “Congressman” some questions in the hall and the answers were…not what I expected. He finally said “you’re looking for my brother. I’m Trever.” And, being super professional, I said “GTFOOH REALLY?” but used all the words.

Love cooking with my CIA (chefs, not spies) trained son. But it’s also kinda stressful. Like he said “are you gonna do [insert cooking skill] like that?” And I’m both “yes! am also nooooo!” “Both!” “Neither!” Anyway it looks amazing. Yay us!

One second after I took these photos, he jumped onto the counter.

What an incredible letter to her colleagues. And what a career. Mary is the best of the best, and CBS is all the poorer for letting her walk out the door. I suspect more will follow.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Tabling amendments is breaking the filibuster now?

What an extraordinary photo. Love it.