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Historian • Not speaking for CU
Washington, DC
Joined March 2008
Is it possible to just cut him now?.
Devin Williams allows a go-ahead two-run home run to Josh Lowe. Rays have a 3-2 lead in the ninth.
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RT @BillockCody: Powerful act of reconciliation: Steve Maxner & Ron Milam of Texas Tech returned wartime letters & diaries of PAVN soldiers….
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RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1945, USS Barb "sank" a train when a landing party went ashore at Karafuto, Japan, and planted the sub's scuttl….
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Ann Marimow, the Washington Post's Supreme Court Correspondent, chatted with the Issues course @CornellinWashDC last night about covering the court, which justice's opinions she likes to read, and her favorite Cornell class. Thanks, Ann!. @CornellBPP
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Kirk Yeager, Chief Explosives Scientist for the FBI, came by the Issues course @CornellinWashDC and talked about investigating bombings, including how a truck axle that flew two blocks gave him a critical clue at Oklahoma City in 1995. Thanks, Kirk!. @CornellBPP
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It’ll be interesting to see how the US military handles having a (para) military rival in ICE. The funding levels aren’t quite the same but they’re sure closer than recent history.
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The Issues course @CornellinWashDC visited the World War II monument last night to talk about memorialization and how it affects public policy. Snuck back to see the "Kilroy was here!" easter egg. Thanks to the random person who took our photo. Beautiful night. @CornellBPP
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Tim Swope of Johnson & Johnson stopped by the Issues course @CornellinWashDC to talk about vaccines, lobbying for Pharma, and the experience of working in health care policy. Thanks, Tim!. @CornellBPP
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Future Chip Roy: Aye.
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Helen Eisner of Lucid Motors and formerly the Office of Congressional Ethics stopped by the Issues course @CornellinWashDC to talk about ethics in Congress, George Santos, and shifting to the private side. Thanks, Helen!. @CornellBPP
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RT @CornellCAS: “There’s no official naming body, international or national,” said @CornellHistory professor David @silbey in a @USATODAY s….
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USA TODAY interviewed experts about what is happening in the world, and how it should be described. Here’s what they said.
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RT @TyHaliburton22: Man. Don’t know how to explain it other than shock. Words cannot express the pain of this letdown. The frustration is u….
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Well that’s a job.
Damn, D.C. apparently only has *two* government workers charged with clearing away dead animals. In the last fiscal year, they collected 4,609 dead animals! Nadeau wants to increase funding and hiring one more employee to help with the work.
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RT @dougblandry: I just got back from the Trump parade and I have to say it was legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event I’ve….
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RT @airandspace: A B-29 Superfortress moving under its own power isn't something you see every day, just ask our friends at Dulles Air Traf….
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Marielena Hincapié (@MarielenaNILC) stopped by the Issues course @CornellinWashDC last night to talk about immigration, Los Angeles, and Trump 2.0. Thanks, Marielena!. @CornellBPP
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RT @StansaidAirport: Flight Fact: Ryanair have won ‘the most unpopular airline’ trophy 6 years in a row. If they retain it again next year,….
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