Jingwen, Monica, and Abel are great people doing important work as ANCs. I hope Senators considering voting to unelect them read this article to see the negative impacts their vote could have on real people who just want to serve their neighbors
Crossing Connecticut Avenue, a grown man approached me. "Hey, this is extremely touristy, but..." he began as I prepared to give directions to the Lincoln Memorial. "Could you take my picture with one of these?" He proceeded to sit on top of a red Capital Bikeshare bike
It's the small things ❤️
"We've burned down buildings for no reasons, which is violating the international law, of course," he told CBS News. "…And we used human shields as protection."
www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli...
They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
Is that the MPD-led advisory council? I'd like to first be convinced that MPD is not actively working with the Trump administration to deport residents and illegally enter non-profits
Hi @mayorbowser.bsky.social, can DC residents and school employees count on your support against the federal government in moments like these?
This happened in Adams Morgan where about 50% of the students are Hispanic and/or Latino
Outsourcing Cruelty: Immigrants Sent to El Salvador's Prisons Likely to Face Human Rights Abuses
Marco Rubio's Department of State is fully aware of the human rights abuses in Bukele's El Salvador as shown in their country conditions reports.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/outsourcin...
Image of Jack Evans with the heading “Jack Evans Returns to the D.C. Payroll” and subheading “The former Ward 2 councilmember is now a housing and development project manager for DHCD.”
Why is DC, which has zero margin for error in the current political climate, spending public money on a disgraced former councilmember who resigned amidst corruption allegations?
Congressional Republicans want to gut DC's ability to function—in ways that no other state has to endure—and later will claim DC is a reckless dystopia
DC is home to one of the few banks in the US that opens accounts for returning citizens—an important way to make criminal justice actually rehabilitative
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A piece of paper on a wall with the typed message: "'We Keep Us Safe' Should include how you drive You wouldn't vote like a republican, why do you drive like one?"
Political messaging is finally catching up with reality
A green and orange food waste bin on a sidewalk next to a light pole and a parked car. The box has "FOOD WASTE" written on the side, along with several other blocks of smaller font text.
If you know Adams Morgan, you know rats. That's because there's a lot of food in the garbage
But I've got good news: DC's new food waste bins are out. And Adams Morgan has two! At Marie Reed and outside Harris Teeter
Get the metroKEY app to use them, or type the code 2-0-2-5-# on the keypad
On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
The public library rarely fails to impress. Thanks for your leadership during these infuriating times, @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our beloved neighbor and passionate organizer, Arely Andrade, tragically passed away in a house fire. We are now fundraising to offer support to her young daughter
Donate w/ note: Arely Support
V*nmo: Ward1-DCMutualAid
C*shApp: $Ward1MutualAid
A man named Ogles claims Muriel Bowser is "radically progressive" and refers to DC's legislative body as "Washington City Council"
Truly embarrassing stuff
www.lee.senate.gov/2025/2/lee-o...
The best part of @51st.news is the local news. This piece on the RFK site is really important. For my part, I don't want a big waste of space stadium in the District (and especially w/DC $$). But the background here from @maustermuhle.bsky.social is helpful 51st.news/wilson-build...
A white sign held up by a person in a beige coat and black glove, behind a large crowd of protestors in front of the US Capitol building. The sign reads, "ELON/TRUMP RICH MEN KILLING POOR CHILDREN"
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
Paper sign on a glass door that reads in both English and Spanish "We will be closed on Monday 02-03-2025 supporting our immigrant community". On the bottom are silhouettes of seven people with the text "Un Día Sin Inmigrantes”
Fuerza a todos—con varias origines, de varios caminos de vida—que hacen los EEUU un país de inmigrantes
After the election, we compiled a list of resources for folks looking to plug into their communities.
We've now updated and expanded that list. Whether you are looking for help or looking to give it, we hope this can be a useful tool. Send any additions to tips@51st.news! https://buff.ly/3WHJp7j
Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation
I don’t know where the Dems are hiding but it’s been 7 days and only AOC and Crockett seem to be doing anything on messaging.
Yes, we have duality — living between He’s Able and Knuck if You Buck — but now, it’s time for the latter @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social.
"Black people made up half of all births in D.C. but accounted for 90 percent of pregnancy-related deaths between 2014 to 2018...white people constituted 30 percent of births but did not experience a single maternal death."
@urbanbushwoman9.bsky.social for @51st.news
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a screenshot of many shitty things Newsom did, including vetoing $35 insulin, caste discrimination, condoms for teens, and protections for contract workers.
a lib on Xitter defending Newsom by saying he didn't veto EVERYTHING, and the feds already lowered the cost of insulin.
As Trump reverses Dems' federal policy to cap the cost of insulin, never forget that in 2023 Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would protect diabetics from price gouging in California, and libs defended him.
BMW sedan parked on top of plastic lane dividers next to a bike lane, with a vanity Washington, DC, license plate that reads "PUPPIES"
Washington, DC. Where both this parking job and license plate are, for some reason, permissible
Tomorrow begins the latest cycle of "every accusation is a confession"
heads up DC
