#Senate History

[deadpresidents]

With that lbj photo from the lbj library, how do you get help from them for things like that?

It might sound too easy to be true, but with that particular photo from the LBJ Library that I posted, I just asked! I had searched through the online photo archives (which they were in the process of updating at the time) and couldn't find the photo, so I reached out to the LBJ Library with a broad description of what I was looking for an archivist found a high-quality file of the image that they e-mailed a link to and a bunch of information about it. As I mentioned, that's something that they've done numerous times for me over the years and I'm so grateful. About ten years ago, I was looking for a photo of LBJ at the LBJ Ranch that I had seen on display during a visit to the LBJ Library. I don't know why but it was immediately one of my favorite photos that I'd seen as LBJ, but I couldn't find it anywhere and couldn't even describe it very well because it's just a photo of LBJ walking by himself:

Despite the fact that I couldn't really describe the photo in much detail and couldn't even remember which part of the museum it was displayed in, the archivists and volunteers at the LBJ Library went to work hunting for it, found it, and sent it to me. It's in a frame on a bookshelf next to a framed photo of me and some volunteers with Barack Obama from a 2007 campaign rally in Oakland.

Over the years, I've also received some help confirming certain facts or getting information about specific sources I was searching for from the awesome archivists who work for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate Historical Office has been particularly helpful over the years and the Senate and House websites are fantastic resources for Congressional history. The House even has a standalone website dedicated to history and the incredible art collection at the Capitol that one can easily spend hours exploring. And the best part about all of this is that they didn't do these things for me personally because I'm cool and they are fans of my blog (although I'm sure ALL of those things are true because obviously I am cool and my blog is legendary and I'm also maybe even a hero). These are true public servants and these resources are available to all Americans interested in the nation's history. In many cases, it's as easy as sending an e-mail to the archivists or historians from the respective organizations.

[thenewdemocratus]

The New Republic: Kevin Mahnken: President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch & Need For Succession Reform

Source:The New Republic Here’s a post that perhaps only political, Constitution and American history junkies would be interested. I just happen to be all three, so I’m more than qualified to be interested in this. But here’s something that I actually agree with a New Socialist, I mean New Republic author on and that is the need to reform U.S. Senate rules and perhaps even the U.S. Constitution…

[jay-wasreblogging]

Why are gangbangs only for sex? Why can't I join in a group assassination if I want to?

[jstor]

Be all that you can be: read.

These timeless messages from Senator Claiborne Pell in 1968 resonate with us even today. His address on the importance of libraries and literacy programs highlights how these resources answer the millions of questions we have and why we should utilize them.

Explore the full video.

📽️ : Senator Claiborne Pell. Literacy and Libraries, 1968. University of Rhode Island.

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

The Senate: Caesar is dead! Rome is free from tyranny!

Octavian:

[illustratus]

The Assassination of Julius Caesar by William Holmes Sullivan

[terrible-shining-eyes]

He's just like me (daydreaming about package arrival)

[inky-duchess]

Remember what the true meaning of the Ides of March is. It's not about the vibe checking of one politician but the vibe checking of a politician together.

Celebrate the holiday the way it was meant to be celebrated 💜

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Caesar Going to the Senate on the Ides of March – Abel de Pujol // The Great War - Taylor Swift

Happy Ides of March! 🗡

[o1iveangel]

this vision came to me at like 2am, so now you must see it too

[afriblaq]

Senator Fannie Lou Hammer

[theeiris16]

This is real. Stop sitting on the internet arguing with other people about celebrities. Who is who and all that bs. Ts is getting out of hand fr.

We’re taking multiple steps back in history. Everything your grandparents and great grandparents build is getting knocked down.

Mention these topics to your favs and get them to talk about it, yeah it maybe annoying but is getting scary out here and this shit will affect them too.

There is hundreds HUNDREDS of pages republicans have wrote that’s stripping minorities and women’s rights.

AMERICA HAS A FUCKING PROBLEM.

[pupkinpumpkin]

EVERYONE WAKE THE FUCK UP

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]