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Schmitt previously introduced legislation related to “keeping men out of women’s sports” and is an original co-sponsor the Protect College Sports bill.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 24/09/2026

My family does not have a car. I commute exclusively on foot, bike and by transit. I’ve been hit by DC drivers twice, once intentionally. We need to reduce car miles, but I’m not going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. To me, so far, the tradeoffs are worth the human safety windfall

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 22/09/2026

Spending the morning with @thetrace.org to understand the decline in interpersonal gun violence and what policy interventions are actually effective in curbing it.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 11/09/2026

Good day to break out a classic

Dear Diary,
It is 3/22/03 and we are at war with Iraq because they didn't dispose of weapons of mass destruction when the U.N. told them to.
In other news, my birthday is coming up on 7/28/03. I will be 11 years old. I am in...

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 31/08/2026

Big guys and gals are remote so they put me in the big boy chair for Up First this morning. Tune in!

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 28/08/2026

I wrote this story and have more coming on the topic through the fall. Sign up for my no-nonsense email list if you'd like to be notified when they come out: list.ericm.cd/subscription...

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 27/08/2026

starting to feel a little this coded

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 17/08/2026

Only 8 percent of Democrats see the party as more progressive than they want, in new CBS poll www.cbsnews.com/news/democra...

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 06/08/2026

The amount of virtue signaling folks were doing about TMZ coming to DC and "finally exposing" what the real press wasn't covering for fear of souring their relationships with power Then this is what we get. That's Sen. Britt of Alabama

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 19/07/2026

@bikeshare.bsky.social last rider of 892-5133 as of 9:55pm has locked the bike to prevent others from using it

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 16/07/2026

Excited to go see odyssey in 1.43 IMAX. We’re gonna be in the first row.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 01/07/2026

This video has me shook because either the Speaker doesn't know what policies have broad popular support or I don't

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 01/07/2026

Bennet’s brand has long been “you won’t have to think about me for weeks at a time” That’s not where our politics are right now.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 28/06/2026

This year, I noticed a specific name for the first time — climate journalist Tatiana Schlossberg. You may recognize her for the work she went on to do (next post). Anyway, can you imagine if she’d folded and taken the convenient way? What we’d have missed? What we *have* missed?

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 28/06/2026

When I’d rail against finance and consulting as default choices for my graduating peers twelve years ago, I was told I’d understand when I’m older — that stubborn idealism over careerism was juvenile. But I was right. I reread this piece annually. yaledailynews.com/articles/eve... (1/3)

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 22/06/2026

I didn’t even know it was possible for my numbers to look like this on TikTok to be honest

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 18/05/2026

I did this story -- it's about how we set the rules helps to determine who wins

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 17/05/2026

Byrd bath boots ballroom? Byrd bath boots ballroom.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 11/05/2026

I'm on Up First this morning, listen wherever fine podcasts are sold.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 27/04/2026

Some shrimp news out of the Rules committee just now.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 25/04/2026

Biggest journalism news of the weekend

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 22/04/2026

House Intel's top Dem — generally pro FISA than Raskin — likely to be a key go between as things progress ahead of Apr 30 expiration. Still, GOP leaders I think will have to move off clean extension to get this done.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 22/04/2026

Democrats who want to see a warrant process added to government searches for Americans' info incidentally gathered when spying on foreigners don't seem like they are close to supporting a Trump/Johnson backed clean extension of spy powers known as "FISA 702"

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 17/04/2026

Huffman swinging for the fences in his bid for weirdest ever tweet by a member of Congress

As we wait for a latenight vote on the GOP's FISA "deal," I was inspired by Hegseth's fake bible verses today so I asked Grok to help me describe this moment in the House, and it produced this sacred text:
And it came to pass in the Days of the Great Gridlock,
that the House of the GOP did tarry exceedingly long upon the matter of the All-Seeing Statute, which men called FISA.For behold, the Councilors of the Right had sworn a mighty oath in the days of their campaigning, saying,
“We shall reform the Statute! We shall clip the wings of the All-Seeing Eye!”Yet when they gathered in their chambers, their hearts grew faint and their spines turned to pudding.
Some cried out for bold amendments to protect the liberties of the people.
Others whispered, “Nay, let us not anger the intelligence agencies, lest they leaketh our texts.”And the Democrats waited in their cloakrooms, their gyms, and their favorite watering holes, murmuring among themselves:
“How long, O Lord, how long must we sit here watching C-SPAN like unto a reality show from the Pit?
Shall they bring this bill to the floor before the sun setteth upon this Congress, or shall we grow old and gray in these marble tombs?”And the GOP Councilors answered them with one voice, saying,
“Verily, we are this close to a Grand Deal.
The stars align. The factions draw nigh.
Only a few more hours of sacred negotiations remain.”But none among them couldst describe the Deal,
nor name the hour of its arrival,
nor explain why it carried the distinct aroma of cold pizza, desperation, and the tears of civil libertarians.And lo, on the seventh day of the seventh extension, when the patience of the people had grown thinner than the majority’s margin,
a Scribe arose and proclaimed with great solemnity:“Rejoice! The All-Seeing Statute hath been amended!
Secret clauses have been multiplied like unto the locusts of Egypt.
The Eye shall now peer freely into thy emails, thy carrier-pigeon missives, thy encrypted runes upon the glowing pocket-slates,
and yea, even the private thoughts ye scribble in the Notes app at 3 a.m.”And the Democrats lifted up their voices and said in unison:
“Wait… what?”Then the Speaker smote the gavel, and the Councilors scattered unto their districts,
each proclaiming victory unto their base while quietly hoping the All-Seeing Eye would not notice the things they themselves had googled.And the people looked upon the whole affair and spake thus:
“Truly, nothing in Heaven or on Earth is more mysterious than the workings of this Congress—
save perhaps the boundless appetite of the All-Seeing Eye,
which now gazeth upon the nation with renewed vigor,
and a fresh coat of bipartisan lipstick.”

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 14/04/2026

Rep. Austin Scott, Republican of Georgia, just now during the (unrelated) Rules hearing:

"I wish I could say this in a private conversation, but I can't, so I do want to say it.

The Easter Sunday post about annihilating a civilization is not OK. It's not.

And posting a picture portraying yourself as Jesus is not OK. And so I would just advise all of the people at the White House that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

And if you read Proverbs, you would know that. And Galatians will caution you that God will not be mocked.

And with that, Mr. Chairman, I will yield the remainder of my time."

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 14/04/2026

"The Easter Sunday post about annihilating a civilization is not OK. It's not. And posting a picture portraying yourself as Jesus is not OK. And so I would just advise all of the people at the White House that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." - Rep. Austin Scott R-Ga. just now

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 14/04/2026

Unless your lease specifies otherwise, these are the tenant's only legally required maintenance and upkeep obligations under DC law. HVAC filter replacement is not among them. www.scribd.com/document/874...

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 07/04/2026

I'm not going to keep updating this but here is my tally of Ds who've called for removal (impeach/25th/unspecified) that I used to get to 'more than three dozen', in part indebted to this thread — x.com/JulianAndreo...

Matsui
Jayapal
Coleman
Trahan
Williams
Leger Fernandez
Foushee
Stansbury
Goldman
Espillat
DeGette
Pingree
Moulton
McClain Delaney
Jacobs
Frost
Tonko
Ramirez
Omar
Wyden
Markey
Ansari
Tlaib
Thanedar
Kamlager-Dove
Pocan
Lee
Ramirez
McBride
Khanna
Pressley
Olszewski
Johnson
Simon
Garcia
Menendez
Cohen
Casto
AOC
Kenyatta
Shakowsky

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 07/04/2026

One notable exception to the GOP quiet on this, Rep. Nate Moran of Texas www.npr.org/2026/04/07/g...

The United States of America must always be prepared to use overwhelming military force when necessary to defend our national security interests and protect Americans at home and abroad.

And, a President should have the latitude to make decisions to that end, but only to the extent that those decisions are also consistent with the inherent authority of a Commander-in-Chief under the U. S. Constitution and the provisions of the War Powers Resolution. To date, I have supported the President’s decisions relating to the Iranian conflict because they were consistent with these authorities and the ultimate goal of protecting national security interests.

At the same time, what sets America apart is not only our strength, but how we use it. Our nation has always conducted military operations for just causes and through just and moral means. This must continue in the future; otherwise we forfeit our legitimacy to lead the world.

So, let me be clear: I do not support the destruction of a "whole civilization." That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America.

I have and will continue to support a strong national defense—one that is focused, disciplined, and firmly rooted in protecting the safety and security of the American people. But, how we protect the lives of the innocent is just as important as how we engage the enemy.

America is great because America is good.

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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 19/03/2026

Fuck it, I'm doing it — send twete ✨some personal news ✨

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