5 National Guard members milling about in Mt Vernon Square Metro station DC

Same day; later in the afternoon. National Guard members milling about in the Mount Vernon Square station in in DC.

3 National Guard members standing in the entry of the Gallery Pl., Metro in DC

Another day, another set of National Guard members hanging out in the Gallery Place Metro in DC. Still not normal.

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Flyer that says "I am a DC resident. I pay federal taxes. I have no vote in Congress." Picture of DC license plate saying "Taxation without Representation" Call to action: If you have representation, will you use it for me? Tell your members of Congress you support DC statehood."

🚨🚨 TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION is alive and well in the U.S.!!! 👀👀
D.C. residents who live in the nation's capital pay taxes but have no voting representation in Congress to help decide how our taxes are spent. As we work to fix our democracy, this HUGE hole needs urgent repair.

😡This is the same U.S. Park Police that was excited to do high-speed chases again under the federal occupation of D.C. that started in August 2025 and immediately led to 6 crashes THAT MONTH.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Hungarians improved their country and the entire world by staying determined, resisting, organizing, and when a chance came, turning out in huge numbers.

Inspiring. Reminiscent of the “No!” campaign that took down Pinochet in Chile. Shows what “there are more of us than there are of them” can do.

Not once in this story does @politico.com mention that US factories employ ~89,000 fewer employees than a year ago.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

All the while, the mayor could have made all the footage public under a provision of law that allows her to release any body-camera footage if there's a public interest in doing so.

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy

corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor

that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

Text on graphic reads: The Department of Justice has dropped 23,000 criminal cases while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term. -Nearly 5,000: federal drug cases, including trafficking and money laundering -Over 900: cases of federal program or procurement fraud -More than 1,300: cases involving terrorism and national security

The DOJ quietly closed 23,000+ criminal cases in the first six months of Trump’s second administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases.

🔗 Full story: https://propub.li/4e5vZLL

#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, top Dem on the House appropriations panel, says DHS is *choosing* not to pay TSA workers while paying its other employees.

She says:

85% of ICE + CBP are being paid
75% of Secret Service
0% of TSA workers

"The Department made that decision," DeLauro says on the House floor.

And I condemn the 5 Ds who voted to increase an authoritarian's control over DC - the nation's capital - and make us less safe: Henry Cuellar (TX), Don Davis (NC), Jared Golden (ME), Adam Gray (CA), & Marie Glusenkamp Perez (WA).

They are complicit in our democracy's decline.

Thanks for defending us Rep. Min! We in DC don't have a vote in Congress while the Rs are busy trying to overturn our own laws and make us less safe!

DC residents in Free DC shirts attending the Rules Committee meeting where our public safety needs will be ignored by the Republican majority

Another week, another attack on DC in the House. #FreeDC is at the House Rules Committee meeting where we expect H.R. 5103 to be advanced for a floor vote. Follow here for updates!

Thanks @rephuffman.bsky.social for calling H.R. 5103* what it is: "part of House Republicans’ broad and sweeping attack on Washington, D.C., home rule and self-governance. The bill is about advancing the crackdown and takeover of the District"
*It's true name should be "Making DC Less Safe"

Punchbowl confirms what I suspected in a post last night. Thune reached a deal with Dems to fund DHS except for ICE and Trump rejected it. DONALD TRUMP is to blame for airport chaos - not Democrats.

Being pro-democracy shouldn't end at the workplace.

Support democratic businesses to fight for a world that grants everyone a voice in the decisions that affect them.

Worker Co-ops: www.usworker.coop/directory/

Food Co-ops: grocerystory.coop/food-co-op-d...

✊CALL TO ACTION: This Saturday (3/21), baristas and allies are hitting the ground for our DELETE THE APP day of action! Let’s show Starbucks that corporate greed and union-busting is bad for business. This is a great way to make change in your community! Register + info: https://forms.gle/2fDcsDApukQhsQV57

✊CALL TO ACTION: This Saturday (3/21), baristas and allies are hitting the ground for our DELETE THE APP day of action!

Let’s show Starbucks that corporate greed and union-busting is bad for business. This is a great way to make change in your community!

Register + info: forms.gle/2fDcsDApukQh...

Here’s the quote, complete with laugh track provided by the #FreeDC crew in attendance 😂😭

THIS 👇👇👇
There is no "center" between democracy and dictatorship.

D.C. Gears Up for First Ranked-Choice Election with Citywide Voter Education Effort Election officials and community groups are holding education campaigns ahead of Washington D.C.’s first use of ranked choice, with many focused on older and low-propensity voters.

Election officials in Washington D.C. have been holding voter education sessions across the city, ahead of its first ever ranked-choice elections. “We understand the power of the vote and we want to continue being a voter-friendly city,” says one.

The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs is one of the most under-told stories in American history. They fought lynching, organized for voting rights, and created the infrastructure that became the Civil Rights Movement. They didn't wait for inclusion. They built their own power.

DC folks actually sort of need to demand that heads roll over this. It’s a real problem if law enforcement in the capital is so pathetic, weak, and supine that their instinct is to act as stormtroopers for illicit federal power grabs.

The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed...

"How will you pay for it?"

The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts...

"How much do you need?"

It doesn't have to be this way.

On Wednesday, the lawsuit challenging warrantless arrests in DC will come before District Court.

Join our allies at @aclu-dc.bsky.social, Amica Center, @wearecasa.bsky.social @washlaw4cr.bsky.social @nipnlg.bsky.social to pack the hearing! RSVP to attend: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Like clockwork.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Lawsuit dismissed after Trump admin quietly restored tens of millions to Planned Parenthood Progressive groups dropped their case against HHS over the withheld family planning funds, but other challenges continue.

People also so readily latch onto all-or-nothing stories and, well, while we don't always win, we don't always lose, and the truth is at the very least in shades of gray or maybe full color.