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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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The 51st @51st.news · 09/09/2026

NEW: Looking to lend a hand? Each week, we round up ways to work with our neighbors to build a better D.C. Here's this week's list:

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14 ways to build a better D.C. this week

A maternal health forum, a mural unveiling in Adams Morgan, and more ways to plug in.

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Georgetown Law @georgetownlaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More than 200 Georgetown Law students pledged honesty, integrity and professional conduct at this year's student attorney oath ceremony, presided over by Judge Loren AliKhan, L'06. Full ceremony recap: bit.ly/4xiMVVm

A group of Georgetown Law students stand with hands raised during the student attorney oath ceremony, expressions focused.

Judge Loren AliKhan stands at a podium wearing a black judicial robe, speaking into a microphone. A blue Georgetown Law backdrop is behind her.

Georgetown Law students in the front row raise their right hands and hold oath cards while reciting the pledge.

More than 200 Georgetown Law students stand with their right hands raised in a tiered auditorium, reciting the student attorney oath.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I misread this, and it's really depressing that less than 50% of Democrats favor D.C. statehood (declining from 75%), even after the occupation of D.C. Really feels like a stab in the back.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Trump's deployment of the National Guard to DC hasn't reduced violent crime but it has raised the risk of escalation. It's breeding disillusionment among troops, and has politicized their presence. A new report from @protectdemocracy.org looks at what the Guard's deployment in DC is costing them.

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What a year in D.C. has cost the National Guard

Trump’s deployment is quietly unraveling the Guard’s core mission

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

DC's children deserve to go to school in safety. But over the last year Trump's occupation has hurt DC's students as well as teachers and school communities. Join us tonight with @wtuteacher.bsky.social, @empowereddc.bsky.social as part of 11 Days of Action marking one year of DC's occupation.

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Researchers at the University of Chicago studied the impact of removing police and shifting to restorative practices at CPS high schools and found declines in school-based arrests and high-level discipline violations. Students said they felt a stronger sense of safety and belonging."

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Chicago to slash funding earmarked for schools that replaced police with restorative justice programs

At the same time CPS is cutting funding for Whole School Safety Plans, the district plans a new push to help all schools implement a 2024 policy that requires social-emotional learning, maintaining at...

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Well, whatever quasi-tornado just tore through my neighborhood in Northwest brought down a lot of trees and branches. That had 2012-derecho energy, for those of you who remember.

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DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Please read this powerful poem from Paul Gray, a DC student who just graduated 8th grade. It was the winning submission of this year’s Do the Write Thing challenge, a violence prevention program that elevates student voices. Paul is serving as the DC Ambassador at the 2026 DtWT National Summit.

Sirens After School

I’m thirteen,
and the sirens know my name.
They scream past my block
right after the last bell rings,
like they’re racing us home.

In DC, the streets talk loud.
They tell stories in chalk outlines
and candle wax puddles,
teddy bears taped to light poles
where someone didn’t make it back.

My mom says,
“Keep your head up,
but don’t look too hard.”
My teacher says,
“You’re the future,”
but the future feels heavy
when kids my age hold anger
instead of backpacks.

I see fights start over looks,
over posts,
over words that hit harder
than fists ever could.
One click, one shot,
and a name turns into a hashtag.

We’re just kids,
but the world expects us to be tough.
To grow up fast.
Too fast.
Like childhood is something
you drop on the sidewalk
and keep walking.

I don’t want my city to be famous
for pain.
I want it known for go-go beats,
for murals bright as hope,
for kids who make it home safe
before the streetlights blink on.

AG Brian Schwalb poses with Do the Write Thing DC Ambassador Paul Gray.

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Internet Contrarian @internetcontrarian.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Bullpen Where This Regularly Happens

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I can’t bring myself to be too celebratory. This should have been a 9-0 slam dunk. My main takeaway is that there are currently 4 votes to undo a longstanding constitutional guarantee that 15 years ago seemed beyond any serious question.

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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Young man is from NE DC (Brookland!!!), doing good things, & speaking truth to power!

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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

UC Berkeley Law: new AI policy bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)."

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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A very, very broad AI policy at Berkeley Law (shared from Chris Hoofnagle)-haven’t seen anything like this before www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

DC now has the nation's highest rate of children whose parents have been taken by ICE. www.brookings.edu/articles/the... The regime wants everyone to worry about youth curfews and punishments for children — but they are actively dismantling family structures here at unprecedented speed.

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Eduardo Ferrer @eduardorferrer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

That is: 14x the proposed FY27 budget for DC's Department of Parks & Rec, 13x the DC Public Library proposed budget, 3x the Department of Behavioral Health's proposed budget, & 1.4x the Department of Human Services proposed budget. That money could be put to such better use.

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It’s still shocking to me how much the legal status of children is treated as an issue outside of history. As though it has always been the same, or is peripheral. But debates over the legal status of children were debates over the basis of power itself. Who has authority and on what basis?

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Eduardo Ferrer @eduardorferrer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Today, DYRS has 204 committed youth, 83 youth at YSC, & 43 youth at shelters. In total, they have ~330 total kids in their care. For FY2027, DYRS is requesting ~$104 M (or ~$285K/day or ~$860/youth/day). Imagine if we were willing to make that level of investment in our youth on the front end.

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Alex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The new @notus.com ("The Star") local news team is really exciting for DC!

The Star - Our Local News Team

Martin Austermuhle, DC Reporter
Michael Brice-Saddler, DC Reporter
Jeff Dooley, Editor, Local News and Sports
Shamira Muhammad, DC Reporter
Zara Norman, DC Reporter
Tom Sietsema, Food Correspondent

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Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Curfew news! @brianneknadeau.bsky.social is backing an amendment to tomorrow's vote on extending the youth curfew that would sunset the policy at the end of 2028...a bid to both curtail the curfew's use and perhaps break the logjam that's had the council repeatedly returning to this issue.

Nadeau amendment would sunset proposed teen curfew

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The teen curfew law up for a final vote in the D.C. Council on Tuesday would expire at the end of 2028, under a new amendment being proposed by Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau, D-Ward 1.

A second amendment by Nadeau would prevent police from bringing teens detained solely for a curfew violation to a detention center.
“I have grave concerns about the law that is before the Council, because there is already evidence that curfews do not work,” Nadeau said. “I’ve heard my colleagues talk about the myriad programs they plan to implement to support our youth, programs that are by far the better approach to supporting our teens and encouraging positive behavior. A sunset to this law provides some urgency to getting those programs in place.”

One of the major factors leading to high youth recidivism rates is early contact at a young age with the criminal legal system. Evidence shows that youth curfew can increase the likelihood of young people becoming involved in the legal system for non-criminal, typical adolescent behaviors.

Her second amendment aims to end the current Metropolitan Police Department practice of bringing youth to the detention facility (Youth Services Center) for curfew-only violations. MPD currently detains or arrests youth as a means to bringing them into compliance with the curfew. Under the amendment, MPD would have to find alternatives, such as taking them home, or dropping them off at a Department of Parks and Recreation youth event or a 24/7 youth drop-in center. Youth charged with actual crimes would still be transported to a detention center, as current law provides. Violation of curfew is a status-based offense, not a criminal violation.

“A curfew violation is not a crime and should not be treated as such, Nadeau said. “All evidence suggests that exposing children to a carceral environment and treating them like criminals can lead to actual criminal behavior that…

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

NEWS: Ahead of a final vote in the D.C. Council tomorrow on a bill that would make permanent the city's ability to declare curfew zones where teens can't gather after 8 p.m., @brianneknadeau.bsky.social is introducing an amendment to sunset the authority at the end of 2028.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Related to below: Today @cmzparker5.bsky.social is holding a hearing on ways to address the teen takeover phenomenon, other than a earlier teen curfew zones D.C. has been using since last summer. More than 100 people slated to testify, including lots of teens and advocates.

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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 29/04/2026

1/ The Callais decision is more than a court ruling it’s an assault on the hard won power of Black voters. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was born from generations of Black struggle against systems designed to dilute our votes and silence our communities.

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Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Interesting bit from the council's budget huddle today: @cmzparker5.bsky.social said DYRS was "blindsided" by Bowser's proposal to add $46 mil to its budget for new beds/construction at the Youth Services Center/New Beginnings Overcrowding still a problem as the admin isn't moving kids out

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Blaine Stum @bstum.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Some of the potential reasons for the findings of the VII program at ONSE include: - Low staffing levels; - High turnover at the senior level; - Poor implementation; and - No agreed upon program model.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

As we await the start of the D.C. Council's debate on the teen curfew zones bill, the Council's Office of Racial Equity has published its assessment of the measure. It says the zones disproportionately impact Black and Latino kids, who have fewer places to hang out in the city.

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Critical Exposure @criticalexposure.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Stop the Permanent Expansion of the Youth Curfew!!! INTIMIDATION AND THREATS WITH PEPPER SPRAY DON'T KEEP ANYONE SAFE! Call and email your councilmembers today! 13/13

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

As a means to somewhat bridge the gap between proponents and opponents of the teen curfew zones, At Large Councilmember Doni Crawford has floated an amendment that would keep the authority for D.C. to declare the zones while adding requirements for DPR programs whenever the zones are in effect.

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Fake Muriel Bowser @notmurielbowser.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I have made Locking Kids Up my #1 priority for the rest of my term and I’ll be damned if the council is going to stop me

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Eduardo Ferrer @eduardorferrer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This sums up the mayor’s approach to youth - policing & excluding youth is essential but providing youth w/ programming is an “unreasonable limitation.” The Mayor has had multiple years to create something more comprehensive & has not even tried to do so. I hope all CMs see this for what it is.

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Will Singer @wsinger.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Come on, this letter is such bs. Are you telling me that the mayor will veto the bill if this amendment passes, so that there’s no curfew at all (until 11)? People need to stop drafting these letters, which only serve as evidence that the mayor got rolled

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Critical Exposure @criticalexposure.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

‼️Stop the Permanent Expansion of the Youth Curfew‼️ TOMORROW 🗣️ Tuesday 4/21, DC Council votes on the permanent juvenile curfew. Curfews aren’t prevention; they’re a failure to invest in youth. Call & email DC council & tell them to vote no! Youth need opportunities, not over-policing. 1/13

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Geoffrey Hatchard @imgoph.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

What the hell is this Nazi shit at a @wmata.com bus stop in Chinatown, DC?

Picture of an ad in a WMATA bus shelter at 7th and H streets in DC. Not going to quote what it says as those fascist racist pigs don’t need me to help push their message any further. Fuck those bastards.

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Evan Yeats @evanyeats.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is real dirty work by @dcpolicedept.bsky.social and @mayorbowser.dc.gov: a juvenile curfew zone that surrounds just a playground, rec center, ball fields and pool that REMAINS OPEN after the curfew is in effect. The whole point of these facilities is to be a place for kids to go?!

A curfew announcement for the Takoma Rec Center area

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

NEWS: Today @mayorbowser.dc.gov unveils her proposed 2027 budget. It's $12.7 billion, a 3.3% decrease from last year. As expected, there are cuts to a key child care fund, as well as a paid leave program, and affordable housing. Healthcare for low-income residents is spared, though.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Starting a separate thread on questions from members of the D.C. Council, which hints at what they may be concerned with and fight.

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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Across our 5-part series, “Youth Mental Health in DC: Access, Barriers, and What Comes Next,” we’re digging into what #youth experience, who’s being left out, and what needs to change so the system is ready to respond when young people reach out. @councilofdc

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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In our new blog, “They Ask For Help, Nearly Two-Thirds Didn’t Get It,” our Deputy Director of Youth Advocacy, Rachel White, breaks down what young people in #WashingtonDC told us about trying to access mental health care and where the system is falling short. @councilofdc ➡️https://bit.ly/4tAo39N

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Critical Exposure @criticalexposure.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A fast-tracked youth curfew extension in DC is being pushed as protection, yet it risks doing what policies like this have always done: over-police, over-surveil, and criminalize Black & Latine youth. We reject harmful curfew extensions! 1/8

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Harriet’s Dreams @harrietsdreams.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We’re at the DC Council hearing awaiting their vote to override the mayor’s veto and pass the FAAR Act again. And to tell them to vote "NO" on expanding youth curfew

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Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Groups opposed to Trump’s intervention in DC (like @freedcproject.bsky.social @harrietsdreams.bsky.social) are at the Wilson Building rallying support for the veto override (and opposition to youth curfews). The mother of Phillip Brown (the man shot at by HSI) is among the speakers.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

One of the asks is for new revenue, and advocates want a new business-activity tax. That would cover law and professional services firms that may not currently pay the city’s corporate taxes.

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Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Big rally of childcare advocates, including teachers and parents, at the Wilson Building today. They’re protesting the childcare subsidy wait list and other cuts expected for ECE programs. And very notable signs supporting the business activity tax to fund childcare…

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Solid turnout at the Wilson Building of child care providers, advocates, and parents protesting @mayorbowser.dc.gov decision to impose a wait list on D.C.’s child care subsidy program in order to contain costs. It goes into effect on May 12.

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Legal writers: I've posted to SSRN a short user's guide about how to use the Zotero citation manager and its Word plugin to automatically generate Bluebook citations that are 95%* compliant. The paper explains which fields to use for which type of source, and examples of generated citations.

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Automating Bluebook Citations in Legal Scholarship: A User's Guide for Bluebook in Zotero

This paper documents an implementation of the Bluebook Law Review citation format using the Zotero citation manager software. It introduces revisions to an exis

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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Fuck yeah.

Crooks began giving back to her community as soon as she went to college, and she formalized the Audi Crooks Foundation in 2025. The foundation focuses on supporting young people in need. It helps with musical instrument rentals, sports fees and settling negative balances on school lunch accounts. The foundation has provided gas cards for hospital trips and shoes for kids. Community members can request support through the foundation's website. The foundation strives to deliver help with urgency.

"We never want to make anybody feel embarrassed," Cook says. "A lot of it's no questions asked. And I'll say to Audi, 'Well, what if they're abusing it?' And she'll say, 'Well, that's on them. That's between them and God.'"

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Sue Provenzano @sueprovo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'm honored to be publishing this piece with Vanderbilt Psych Prof Sarah Brown-Schmidt in volume 112 of the Virginia Law Review. In this empirical evidence law and cognitive science article, we identify the risks posed by "hear-witnesses" who inaccurately recall and recount statements at trial.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of DC high schools students have walked out to demand ICE OUT of our communities. They’re gathering at the Lincoln Memorial in an incredible show of power and unity. #ICEout #endtheoccupation #stopcooperation

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The final witness of today's MPD Oversight Hearing is Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll. Here are Councilmembers' questions and his responses. 🧵

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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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