Robert O’Shaughnessy

@oshaughnessy.bsky.social

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Deputy congressional editor at Punchbowl News Signal: robert.300 Email: robert @ punchbowl (dot) news

Senate bean soup with a side of sweet potato fries
Twitter ad for Temu food.
Official portrait of First Lady Melania Trump
Text from Partiful saying “Y'all asked for it... update your app to see your 2024 Partiful party stats now: m.partiful.com/to/afterparty” and the reply “No I didn’t”
A helicopter flying over townhouses in D.C.
Screenshot of a tweet by @councilofdc showing people standing on sidewalks near Farragut West Station wearing sweatshirts with the numbers 40 and 41 respectively. The text of the tweet is: “Spotted near the White House. Because we’re in DC, I assume they are fans of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush?”
One correction to a previous pool report. While POTUS took no questions and did not speak with your pool today, he did answer one question yesterday from a photojournalist who asked about South Korea. POTUS said "I'm just getting briefed on it." That was outside of the hearing of your pooler but for what it's worth, those six words constitute POTUS's entire interaction with any journalists on this trip. Peter Baker NY Times
Breaking news: Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a "highly damaging" report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the probe. The committee planned to vote Friday on releasing the report. Ethics loses its jurisdiction over Gaetz when he leaves Congress. The secretive panel has been investigating Gaetz on and off since 2021. President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Gaetz to be attorney general Wednesday.
Public Safety Data at a Glance: Citywide, the drop in crime in every category continues. That includes a 27% reduction in homicides, 39% in robberies, and 34% in all violent crimes. Property crimes, including burglary and car thefts, are down 12% this year. As I've said many times, these are welcome drops, but we're still far off from where we need to be or want to be to ensure everyone feels safe in their neighborhood. That work continues. See the data here.
Safeway Garage Carjacking in Hill East: You may have already seen the images online – a little over a week ago, a woman was carjacked at gunpoint in a below-ground parking lot under the Safeway by an adult and what appeared to be a child. This was an awful incident, and I'm glad the victim was not physically harmed seriously. But it certainly left several neighbors and regulars to the grocery store shocked and unnerved, particularly as photos of the child holding a gun circulated on social media and in the news. Big picture: While carjackings are down 50% in Ward 6 since last year's huge spike, there's still a long way to go. We have to keep working because the baseline expectation must be that people can be safe in a grocery store parking garage, just as they should be everywhere else. As I get updates on this case, I'll be sure to share them here since I've heard from so many neighbors about this incident.
Peach Tree Rascals on stage. On the left, one wearing a folded up beanie, middle is wearing denim capris with Doc Martens and on the right, he is wearing a fleece vest over a t-shirt and jeans.
Double Stuf Oreo container
Sign on a fence that reads, “Positively! No trespassing”
Email to me saying: Hello Robert, I’m sure you are receiving a million other emails from software development agencies bragging about their work and probably offering you pies in the sky!
A local weather report with Reagan National spelled “Ragean National”
Wall Street Journal article: The Art of Quitting Early on Fridays (and Not Freaking Out the Boss)
Me sitting in the Metrobar Metro car
Return address labeled: U.S. Department of State Los Angeles Passport Agency … Sterling, VA
Screenshot from Bluesky’s FAQ page. It says: What is a post on Bluesky called? The official term is “post.”
Threads’ app privacy information
Screenshot of a Google form titled “Bluesky Feedback”
Connecticut shoreline taken from a walking trail. Sky is mostly cloudy.