Oddly enough, there is actually a pool under the floor of the press room. Installed by FDR in the 1930s, then drained and boarded over by Nixon in 1970. But apparently he insisted the pool not be damaged so he couldn’t be accused of having destroyed it.

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Still hot off the Johns Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social, get your copy of “The Soul of the House: Speakers of the US House of Representives, 1789–1861” by one of BrANCH’s own, Daniel Peart 📖🔥

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“Nowadays, sonny, there's a sucker born every HALF minute.” Bill Mauldin on race-baiting, merchant of hate George Wallace’s rise in the presidential polls, August 1968.

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Also, immense gratitudes to Tony Sullivan and Mark Power Smith who have finished their selfless service on BrANCH's committee! 🥂

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A massive, heartfelt thank you to outgoing chair Emily West (centre), who now belongs to the hall of BrANCH legends like Susan-Mary Grant (left) 💐 A warm welcome to @daviddoddington.bsky.social (right), BrANCH's new committee chair 🎉

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