Dan Holt

My father passed away last night, and among the swirling thoughts in my head is that all you people who have gone through this and were able to present a normal face to the world are goddamn superheroes.

I bought a book recently directly because I had an exchange with the author on here. And it wasn't her selling the book to me, but her appreciating something that I shared with her.

Other people's use of AI is now officially wasting my (and govt) time, as a "researcher" sent me a question with all kinds of wrong citation info only for me to find out they got it from Gemini.

Cover of Religion & Congress: The Intersection of Faith and Politics

First page of "The Evolution of the Senate Chaplaincy" by Daniel S. Holt

Proud to have contributed an essay on the Senate Chaplaincy to a newly published collection on Religion and Congress. I learned a ton in researching this, including how much abolitionism effected the chaplain elections in the mid-19th century.

History of the US Senate The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on how the United States Senate has changed since its establishment. The briefing will tak...

Join us TOMORROW (7/24) for @historians.org Congressional Briefing on the history of the US Senate. With amazing panelists Joseph Crespino, @jbf1755.bsky.social, & @danielsholt.bsky.social & AHA executive director Sarah Weicksel as moderator. At 10 AM in Dirksen G-11. I hope to see you there! 🗃️

But hear me out: I got tons of free tshirts out of it.

Join us on Thursday! 🗃️

History of the US Senate The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on how the United States Senate has changed since its establishment. The briefing will tak...

On July 24, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on the US Senate. Panelists Joseph Crespino, @jbf1755.bsky.social, & @danielsholt.bsky.social will discuss how the structure, composition, & culture of the Senate has changed since its establishment. 🗃️

I think there is a pretty good case for him to get in to the HOF just on his existing numbers.

The Legacy of Robert La Follette's Progressive Vision Robert La Follette saw politics as a never-ending struggle for democracy and fairness and preached perseverance.

Timely insights & continued relevance: progressivism, reform struggles, the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, & political philosophy. On the Legacy of Fighting' Bob LaFollette's Progressive Vision by Nancy Unger #madebyhistory TIME Magazine @shgape.bsky.social 🗃️ time.com/7293419/robe...

Nehls...give me some credit. Also, these were specifically offensive WAR only. I know Pete loses a lot of total WAR because of his defense, though Soto does too

Remarks on the origins of presidential tariff authority, Roosevelt and the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, at @historians.org Congressional briefing today 🗃️

When I worked at the Gap in high school, Timothy Hutton came in and bought a display basketball for his kid and I pumped it up for him.

But the "bad" is not a descriptor about the way which they do the sucking. Like, it's not that they "suck poorly."

Any baseball stat people who can explain why Soto has an offensive bWAR of 4.3 while Alonso has just 3.4, even though their OPS and HRs are so close?

Also,. everyone keeps saying the Challenger disaster, but I feel like someone a few years ago established that this was something of a myth, that hardly anyone, let alone schools, had CNN.

Watership Down

Same! I had that movie in my head but could not pull the title!

Does Iran Contra get a data point in here? Plenty of "principled Republicans" refused to see the investigation as anything other than a political witch hunt.

Today feels particularly dystopian.

Folks got to read their John Phillip Reid.

This has been lost in popular understanding of the revolution. The most important grievance against with Britain was over a Parliament that saw itself as sovereign and not subject to check by the people.

Won't someone please think of the poker players?!

I just saw a commercial for Chris Cuomo's show with guests Stephen A. Smith and James Carville and I think I'd rather shove an ice pick into my ear than listen to that

A gameshow where you see the first seconds of a pharmaceutical commercial and name the drug.

At the inlaws watching the The Price is Right and I cannot deal with people's inability to understand how bidding $1 works.

Teeing you up to wield your kingly power and destroy, but I don't think I can get on board with those high waisted baggy pants.

And apologies if you already knew that and that was the joke.

I think it's an escalating joke though, right? I think Graham had one earlier, then Schumer answered with his own.

This might be the worse US Open I've ever watched. Terrible shots, players pouting slamming their clubs. It's a race to see who will mess up least.