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"Everything Trump touches turns to..." 💩💩💩 Addendum to Debrief -- Battle of Malcolm X* Park *aka Meridian Hill bsky.app/profile/trut...
YarnDC ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿@yarndc.bsky.social · last mo.@freedcproject.bsky.social annoyed Pete Hegseth today as he occupied 1 of our favorite DC parks, the Nat’l Guard + Sweaty Todd Blanche lined up like pawns. Kegseth calls us ingrates but hid his arrival behind a bus as we yelled, sang and chanted. The Hague was mentioned: Is that why he’s afraid?
I was back in Immigration Court this week, this time for the hearing of a sweet little three-year-old girl, I’ll call her Estrella. She’s been in federal custody, separated from her family for more than 10 months – even though her mom lives here in NYC. The cruelty is truly mind-boggling. 🧵
NEW: In a decade of teaching in D.C., Alex Clark says he’s lost over 20 students to gun violence. Through his nonprofit Prime Ability, he hopes to make cycling — group rides, mountain biking, and more — a safe recreational outlet for local Black and brown youth. More from @samdelgado.bsky.social:
Prime Ability started as a teacher's attempt to keep kids safe
Prime Ability started as one P.E. teacher's attempt to keep kids safe. It’s become so much more.
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BREAKING: The Brennan Center and 2 dozen+ other orgs sent a letter to Gov Gretchen Whitmer urging her to withdraw MI National Guard members from DC. There's "no reason to trust” the Trump admin to use the troops “appropriately or even lawfully,” they write.
Coalition Letter to Governor Whitmer
The Brennan Center and more than two dozen other organizations have sent a letter to Governor Whitmer urging her to recall the Michigan National Guard members she sent to Washington, DC, at President ...
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If you have $$ for lobbyists and an illuminated panel truck, you have $$ to absorb a minimal city tax.
Alex Koma@alexkoma.bsky.social · 4w agoThe DC Council takes its final vote on the '27 budget today via the Budget Support Act: basically the laws implementing the budget. Shouldn't be too much drama, but lobbyists for DoorDash etc are pushing lawmakers to remove the new tax on food delivery: including via panel truck.
Good news. (Whitmer’s still bad news.)
Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 4w agoORGANIZING GETS THE GOODS Trusted sources in Minnesota, Maryland, Kentucky, and North Carolina have told us that @governorwalz.mn.gov @govwesmoore.bsky.social @govandybeshear.bsky.social and @ncgovernor.bsky.social are instructing their National Guard troops to leave DC.🧵
Updated gathering time: 11 AM
Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · last mo.Trump's National Guard arrested a student organizer last night in DC for "disorderly conduct". His hearing will be Monday morning at 9:15 am at DC Superior Court, 500 Indiana Ave NW. Be there to show support #freedc #forkoff www.instagram.com/p/DabdKp2lgz6/
Being armed with a handgun is legal in Tennessee. National Guard violence is gun violence. Solidarity from DC. www.memphispolice.org/tn-permitles...
Permitless Carry - Memphis Police Department
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NPR@npr.org · last mo.Memphis police say National Guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours of July 5th, killing a man who was armed with a handgun. State investigators will handle the case.
everyone sheltering at the Canadian embassy is *chef’s kiss*
I will uplift the good folks at Free DC who can always use more people and resources: freedcproject.org
Free DC
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Welcome, tourist-folk. Little warm today, heh-heh. (Say it w/me: It's not the heat it's the humidity.😝) Your Nat'l Mall journey starts at designated entrances--half a mile away. Clear bags only🙃! Metro running normally/not-normal-at-all. ⛈️EVACUATE!!! COME BACK! Show at 11. Above all, HAVE FUN!
Metro@wmata.com · last mo.UPDATE: Trains are servicing all stations but may bypass in the interest of safety if station platforms become too crowded. Customers entering the stations closest to the Mall may experience metering which limits the number of individuals allowed onto platforms in an effort to manage large crowds.
As Commander in Chief of the MN Guard you helped turn DC into a war zone today. It’s horrifying. Masked Patriot Front marching through neighborhoods. Military flyovers, MN armed troops in our neighborhood. If you love this country, pull your troops out of DC. #FreeDC
glossary: 🚧 WIP - work in progress 🐸 frogging - undoing stitches (“rip it, rip it, ripit, ribbit”) 🇺🇸 - USA, torn but can still be mended
YarnDC ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿@yarndc.bsky.social · last mo.Happy 4th, America, and congratulations on 250 years as a multicolor, mixed-fiber WIP. Like any good stitcher, you started with a plan in mind, stitching blind at times, finding knots + missed stitches, re-sizing as you go, frogging a lot. May this glorious work always improve but never finish.
What kind of fascist hellscape is happing on Pennsylvania Ave at the Eastern Market Metro stop? These guys—seemingly all white, all men—have their faces covered, are carrying shields, wearing brown …
Happy 4th, America, and congratulations on 250 years as a multicolor, mixed-fiber WIP. Like any good stitcher, you started with a plan in mind, stitching blind at times, finding knots + missed stitches, re-sizing as you go, frogging a lot. May this glorious work always improve but never finish.
@freedcproject.bsky.social ’s Keya for the 🙌🏼 win! This reporting and the governors’ responses to it validate FreeDC‘s deliberate campaign to seek out NG from Democrat-led states on streets across DC to highlight just how far they are from 250th events. They erred. The Occupation of DC needs to end!
Democratic governors threaten to pull their National Guard members from D.C.
Several Democratic governors sent National Guard members to D.C. ahead of America 250 celebrations. But residents have noticed them patrolling the city with Trump's anti-crime task force instead.
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Wow. As Commander in Chief of the MN Guard you send your troops to be part of the summer surge terrorizing DC and then brag about how serene it is where you are? It feels and sounds like a war zone in DC, if you care. This seems so out of character and is such a betrayal. www.npr.org/2026/07/01/n...
Democratic governors threaten to pull their National Guard members from D.C.
Several Democratic governors sent National Guard members to D.C. ahead of America 250 celebrations. But residents have noticed them patrolling the city with Trump's anti-crime task force instead.
npr.org
Spent today making some art with my friends. This is how I will celebrate America.
DC is, flatly, owed statehood after what they have been through under this man to make sure this shit never happens again
Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · last mo.The entire city is on edge right now. It’s 96 degrees, we’re interrupted every 5 min by the sound of low-flying fighter jets, and the president has managed to ruin July 4th. Quietly muttering to myself: “just wait until IT happens. Everyone will be so happy when IT happens. It’ll be incredible…”
DCA is closed. Hope you weren't trying to go anywhere. 🛫 "Celebration flyovers have rolled across the area since mid-June ... and have continued through weeks of military flyovers accompanying the Great American State Fair on the National Mall." @arlnow.bsky.social
NEW: Overnight NORAD exercise will bring low-flying aircraft and loud noises through Thursday | ARLnow.com
More low-flying aircraft and loud noises are coming to the D.C. area — this time overnight. NORAD will conduct an air-defense exercise over the National Capital Region between midnight and 5:30 a.m. e...
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@jfallows.bsky.social gets it: #FreeDC James, join us for an Orientation (new ones added to calendar all the time). See you at the Resistance.
Events Calendar — Free DC
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James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · last mo.2/2 And while I'm at it: Reminder that DC has more residents than two entire states w total of 3 Reps and 4 US Senators (WY and VT, closing in on ND). We pay *more* federal tax per capita than any other jurisdiction—really, top even NY and CA. And have zero vote in Congress. Statehood for DC.
This feed feels right today. Our homes are war zones right now due to these batshit flyovers. Seriously: Click to see the full insane schedule. Do not think about the cost bc too infuriating on top of everything else going on right now.
What’s that noise? What you need to know about DC flyovers Friday and Saturday - WTOP News
Reagan National Airport will close for America 250 flyover rehearsals Friday and celebrations Saturday featuring the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels and more.
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Endless Screaming@infinitescream.bsky.social · last mo.AAAAHHHHHH