[Lgpolicy] The Mystery Social Media Account Schooling Congress on How to Do Its Job

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

[Moderator's Note: Not exactly language policy but adjacent.]

Politico

The Mystery Social Media Account Schooling Congress on How to Do Its Job

Surdy, for one, views many of these developments as welcome changes: His
tweets often feature critiques of Congress’ centralized power (and how it
is unquestioningly reported). He likes to note that leaders — by the rules
alone — are mostly figureheads; it is only years of members following the
pack, and choosing not to learn their own power, that have made the status
quo so rigid...“It’s just frustrating to see that members have so much
power, but they just don’t take the initiative,” Surdy said. “They just
defer to leadership all the time. … Their constituents have entrusted them
with this huge responsibility, and they just leave everything up to their
party leaders.”

Full story:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/08/the-uk-college-student-explaining-congressional-procedure-to-washington-00145314
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