Anyone know what the huge black smoke cloud is out toward/in PG County? It is visible from Pentagon City.
If you are in one of the 6 US States with primaries today, the election protection hotline is up and running as of 6am! 866-OUR-VOTE is available if voters are seeking non-partisan assistance or need to report problems.
America: when will this "war" end? When will inflation and gas prices come down? Why is ICE shooting and kidnapping Americans and others? What can we do to stop it? When will the Epstein files be fully released? Is Mitch dead or alive? Why can't we figure out salad? Rand Paul: Let's call Dr Fauci in
Helicopters over SW DC have been incessant for at least an hour now.
You know it is @wamu.org pledge drive time when you dream about taking your eye glasses in to get adjusted and they request you pay via a monthly, recurring donation so they can continue to bring you local news. 🙃
“Bike lanes that greatly reduced crashes on National Mall set for removal” 10/10 hed, no notes. #bikedc
Bike lanes that greatly reduced crashes on National Mall set for removal
After the 15th Street bike lanes were constructed, bicycle injury crashes decreased by 91 percent, according to the District Department of Transportation.
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Friday news dump alert! For just $1.65 million per day National Guard from 15 states fight crime in DC by hiking in Rock Creek Park! And next week the House votes to spend $2.4BILLION to keep them here until the 2028 election so they can help prevent a transfer of power. “Safe and beautiful!”
Came out of the post office, saw that a guy had cut my saddle bag off my bike and was about to take off with it. I yelled "Please wait my cat's medicine is in there!" He started to run, and this grandma-age lady goes "SHE SAID HER CAT'S MEDICINE IS IN THERE" and WALLOPED him with her grocery bag.
The Feds plan to rip out the 15th St bike lanes on the National Mall on Monday Join Hill Family Biking on Sunday for a giant protest ride! www.eventbrite.com/e/hill-famil...
Hill Family Biking: Protest Ride to Save 15th St Bike Lanes
The feds are ripping up the 15th St protected bike lanes THIS MONDAY! Ride around Lincoln Park and then to the Mall to protest
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ICE and assorted fed agents *continue* to traumatize and kidnap our neighbors. National Guard troops *still* occupy DC at the cost of $1M+/day. Repubs voted to control our tax law, further disenfranchising and harming DC residents. Where is the outrage and solidarity across the country?! #FreeDC
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEWS: As expected, the Senate has approved a resolution repealing the D.C. tax decoupling bill, following the House's lead earlier this week. The Senate vote was 49-47, fully along party lines. There's a wrinkle, though...
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
NEW EPSTEIN SURVIVORS AD: “3 million files still not released — stand with us. Tell AG Pam Bondi to release the files. It’s time for the truth.”
Measels in DC, courtesy of the March for Life participants. Because, of course. www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
Multiple potential measles exposures in DC: Check sites and dates
DC Health said Saturday it was notified of multiple people with confirmed cases of measles who visited a variety of locations in the District. Officials did not specify exactly how many infected peopl...
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Hey #BikeDC, as of 9pm there's a water main break or something on the MBT behind City State, basically converting the trail to a stream. Not passable. I called @dcwater.bsky.social to report it, but I had to tell them the trail is DDOT, not DPR. Who else do I loop in to get this elevated?
My local public radio station annoys the crap out of me by playing music under people talking. My brain will only pay attention to one (the music). They just did it under a guest that was talking and the guest just stopped mid sentence and asked "is there music playing?!" And I cackled out loud.
I usually say "may it be mild and brief."
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 7mo agotuck this one away: instead of telling someone with or recovering from covid "feel better!" (an imperative!) or (worse) "get well soon!"—two things someone with a virus with long-lasting impacts on one's health has no control over—try "hope you're getting the rest you need" which almost no one says
@wmata.com what is going on with Yellow/Green?? I walked into a fairly full southbound platform at L'Enfant 10 minutes ago. Yellow was listed as 7 minutes away. Still isn't here and still showing 3 minutes away
I am posting this in the hope my followers in Maryland and the surrounding area have knowledge of this car and its driver. Maryland woman killed in hit-and-run; police release suspect vehicle details
Maryland woman killed in hit-and-run; police release suspect vehicle details
Officials are seeking the public's help in a hit-and-run which left one woman dead.
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Afraid of not having the perfect costume? Join Rethread DC at the Southwest Library on October 26th from 1-4pm for a combined costume swap and upcycling workshop. Register for the event here: bit.ly/3KNUZuA
“Free knitting classes for furloughed feds have been a regular offer at the Fibre Space yarn shop in Alexandria, Virginia, since 2013, when the government shut down for 16 days. Fibre Space staff and volunteers held the classes again during the 34-day shutdown of 2018.” 🎁🔗
Furloughed and frustrated, feds channel stress into new socks
Since 2013, the Fibre Space yarn shop in Alexandria has offered free knitting classes for furloughed federal workers during long government shutdowns.
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Journalist here I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04 Reposts are appreciated!
According to Tom Homan, for the crime Tom Homan allegedly committed, Tom Homan should have his citizenship stripped away and be renditioned to a foreign prison without receiving due process in the courts. Sorry, Tom Homan, but those are Tom Homan's rules.
MS NOW@ms.now · 11mo agoEXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
A driver turning right killed a pedestrian crossing 13th Street at Harvard Street NW Friday morning. 😢
With the federal budget deadline two weeks away, guess what the House is focused on this week? That’s right, undermining DC’s self-governance! Tell key MOCs to keep their eyes on the ball and their hands off DC #FreeDC
Vote NO on Trump's DC attacks // Call Script Sept 2025
Call Script: Tell Congress to Vote NO on Trump’s DC Attacks September 15, 2025 Contents Overview 1 Call List of key lawmakers 2 Call Script for DC residents 2 Call Script for allies nationwide 4 ...
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From the people who brought you "if you touch a single molecule of fentanyl, maybe even with gloves on, *You Will Die*" comes the new thrilling adventure "literally burning a kilo of meth in an enclosed space is probably fine, right?"
southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11mo agoKash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
One thing that I think some not-youngs forget (and is different from 20 years ago) is that Kirk used his ‘debates’ to generate video that could go viral and, to use an old phrase, catapult the propaganda. His debates weren’t in any way, shape, or form educational.
Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Carrier Catapult Advisor@mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 11mo agoWhen Charlie Kirk, who put together lists of professors he didn't like so people could target & harass them, used the phrase "free speech", he used it in the same way creationists use "teach the controversy." For Kirk, it was just another way to bludgeon the left and also to promote his propaganda.
It is not just for folks in Florida, this crap is happening everywhere. If you can't join, please share. I appreciate you.