I’m also noticing how many people who called themselves founders or CEOs or activists five years ago are now going by “organizer“ so it’s probably important we have discernment about it. Especially given the surging interest in the South after Calais.
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
WORKER WIN: A Maryland-based front desk staffing company will pay $400,000 for failing to provide paid sick leave. DC law requires paid sick leave, but First Impression Staffing denied it to hundreds of its DC employees. Workers should not have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
una doña quería ganarle al bus para estacionarse en la parada y se me quedó mirando con cara de maldita jaja no mame doña yo llevaba más de 20 minutos esperando el C11... Y luego me quiero subir y unos niños dándose de puñetazos mero frente a la fare machine jajjjaja alv
With one day left until tomorrow’s 5pm filing deadline, there are a total of *51 ANC single-member districts* with no candidate having pulled papers (as of 5pm, Aug. 3). This equates to 14.8% of all SMDs—interested DC residents can run as official write-in candidates on Nov. 3!
Zach Israel@zachisrael.bsky.social · 6d agoWith less than 1 week to go until the Aug. 5 filing deadline, there are a total of *65 ANC single-member districts* where no one has filed to run yet, as of July 29! This means that 18.8% of the District’s 345 SMDs don’t have any candidate running yet… dcboe.org/getContentAs...
We remember. Tomorrow we honor the people who have been taken from our communities. We uplift the students who are facing another school year under occupation. We keep us safe. Join us #FreeDC freedcproject.org/event-list/o...
One Year of Occupation: Justice for DC's Students and Schools — Free DC
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities. August 5: “Ju...
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Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10mo agoThe neo-Nazi ICE goons that @mayorbowser.dc.gov collaborates with are targeting the DC Bilingual elementary school. This morning, they conducted their third abduction during school drop off time in front of the children #bigballsgoonshow
Almost a year into the federal occupation of D.C., we want to hear from residents like you: What memory sticks out to you most about the past year? What questions do you have about the ongoing takeover? And what are you seeing in the streets? Take our survey here:
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Americana aesthetic [...] pursuing [my] own independence and personal enlightenment.
[afroindigenous Mexican belief systems] as well as [mónica's] personal mythology, which present the [female] body as a vessel for transformation
another day, another 3 million dollars 💵💵💵 stroll, loiter, patrol, militarize DC (si bien nos va) hasta 2029 ustedes cómo le llaman a esto???
Maybe IOM doesn’t do “self deportation” from detention b/k conditions in there are inhumane and coercive and make people give up their day in court b/k they can’t take it! Not something Axios thought to mention or ask? Decisions made in detention are not voluntary. www.axios.com/2026/07/28/t...
How Trump's "self-deportation" machine has ramped up
It's virtually the only carrot in an aggressive immigration crackdown that has been long on sticks.
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IMHO, menos yard signs que digan ~immigrants welcome here~ y más trabajo real para proteger estatus legal (TPS, DACA) + a path to citizenship para quienes llevan décadas pagando impuestos y contribuyendo tanto en este país.
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.I told him on the call today “I’m so sorry” and he said “this is life” and the thing that is awful is that for him & so many others this flippant cruelty at the hands of this country is.
If you’ve been personally affected by traffic violence and want to channel your hurt and rage into *something,* please reach out. @safestreetsdc.bsky.social can use your help…and might be able to help you, too. 💛
Jessica Hart@jlrhart.bsky.social · last wk.This child should have been able to walk, bike, or scoot in what is essentially their home’s parking area without being hit by a speeding driver. A driver who has shown clear disdain for the law and is a danger to others.
Marc Rosenblum, head for statistics at DHS, resigns, saying he is delighted to no longer be involved in supporting the agency's war against facts and the truth. www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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My last story about DC for a while: Trying to figure out why buses slowing down 51st.news/metro-tried-...
Metro tried to make bus service better. Somehow, ridership and speeds are both down
A year after Better Bus, reviews are mixed.
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nomás acuérdense que la res pública -la cosa pública- necesita the whole spectrum of sexualidad humana saludable para ser y para estar bien. lit public health y lit sexualidad humana sin basarse en la reproducción (tho sin excluirla) y sin controlar el cuerpo de las otras personas como fundamento...
The Interracial Cuck Porn Theory of Everything www.liberalcurrents.com/the-interrac... <<Latina Power>> something something something something something something
The Interracial Cuck Porn Theory of Everything
Everything is gender, but to understand gender you must understand sex.
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y plis mil planas: no es city council, es dc council. llevan toda una vida acá, por vida de diorrrr
lo que me sorprende y tal vez ni debería es lo bastante que la bandera progre usa las apps de y por conveniencia. mi mujer dirá que soy muy idiosincrática desde la panini y pues qué duda cabeeee 🌶️🪩🪅
Fourth, it’s funny DoorDash cites no hearings on fee as reason to oppose Guess what also had no hearing? Comer’s bill. Federal lobbying team trampling the state/local teams relationship with a jurisdiction over a 20-cent fee is wild. Good luck to them!
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social listing the irresponsible reconciliation bills that the Congressional Republicans are pushing in contrast to DC's decades of balanced budgets
Ingobernable el Amor de mis Amoresssss
C. Tangana, Gipsy Kings, Nicolas Reyes, Tonino Baliardo - Ingobernable
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At tonight's ANC 5F meeting, DGS told us that, for PEPCO work in support of the ATC, they plan to close the section of the MBT between Randolph and R Street for excavation for *8 weeks*. DDOT is still figuring out the traffic control plan, but this is something we're tracking. #bikedc
