Reposted by raeJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tell your members of Congress to vote to protect the Kennedy Center. It’s up for debate. 722476
Reposted by raeMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You can't, and shouldn't seek to, replace public schools or libraries with bookstores. You can't replace a public good with a private business, no matter how well-meaning or well-organized it may be. 5713226
Reposted by raeDan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Kennedy Center joins the Reflecting Pool, Lafayette Park and sort of the White House itself (no tours) where supposed renovations have led to indefinite loss of public access. After taxpayer funded plans/construction, these places are fenced off and closed down, not improved. 32573239
Reposted by raeEleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now. 708170434806
Reposted by raeDavid William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The enshittification of Google Scholar has begun.scholar.googleblog.comQuick Read: see how a paper answers your questionAnswering a research question often requires reading through several papers and figuring out how each of them might be useful. You need to t... 32014
Reposted by raeAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121565980
Reposted by raeashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/08/2026if we want to win the midterms, let's turn out the horse girls.nytimes.comUnder Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction. 30952327
Reposted by raeCaptainLaserBeam @captainlaserbeam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026@wmata.com You really have to do something about these D60 buses stopping for breaks in front of stop 1001220 at Franklin Park. They block the D24, A49, and D6X buses from being able to pull over or even see people waiting and they skip the stop. It’s ridiculous 112
Reposted by raeAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control 13280251435
Reposted by raeJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026These troops -- who are generally very friendly and have no say in what they've been assigned to do -- are walking around in circles all day, around the perimeters of parks, up and down neighborhood streets, with hardly anything to do. 19335151
Reposted by raeMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026DoorDash trying to end home rule for 700,000 people over a TWENTY CENT FEE 21693504
Reposted by raeFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2026What H.R. 9720 proposes is that both chambers of Congress must pass affirmative resolutions approving any DC tax bill in order for it to become law. In other words, if Congress fails to act, the bill fails to become law. 1206
Reposted by raeFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Please call House Oversight members to let them know how angry DC residents are about H.R. 9720, which upends the Congressional review process for DC's finances and is the THIRD time Congress has come for DC's $$$ docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comCongress WG Call Toolkit HR 9720TELL THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:Oppose the “D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act” (H.R. 9720)Updated July 22, 2026 Overview In early 2025, Congress tried to blow a $1.1 billion hole in DC’s budget... 13822
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 15/07/2026True life: I'm a 42 year old woman who still cries at doctor appointments 😭 000
Reposted by raeLibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026FYI: For the first time this year, free tickets will be required for festival entry, but not for individual programs within the festival. Tickets can be reserved at loc.gov/bookfest! 0199
Reposted by raeCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The NPS will launch 850,000 fireworks in the middle of the night. (Last year, they launched 7,000) That will dump perchlorates and heavy metals into the Potomac River and cause the amount of soot and smoke particles to skyrocket (pardon), at great danger to any creature that breathes. 924041117
Reposted by raePatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Basically, the Legislature can pass laws, but the Executive has total power to decide what they mean, or if they mean anything at all. 291561371
Reposted by raeThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/06/2026Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating theonion.comArchaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For LegislatingWASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build... 7196942148
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Yeahhh I'm done with this season of #LoveIslandUSA. Sol and Caleb never had a shot with anyone. What happened to dates outside of the villa?? These couples are so boring I fear Casa Amor can't save this season. Time to lock in on UK #LoveIsland 070
Reposted by raeThe Onion @theonion.com · 13/06/2026Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Caketheonion.comI Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try CakeHello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the... 503347569
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Justice for Bea!! She was too emotionally mature for #loveislandusa anyways. Peacock should have her on the next season of The Traitors!! 030
Reposted by raeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Having spent the weekend in DC, let me assure you that no matter how much you think you hate what he’s done to our capital, you should hate it more. Giant banners of his mugshot, tacky gold paint on the statues, a fucking UFC cage on the White House lawn and armed troops everywhere. (spits) 17859141428
Reposted by raeNBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 03/06/2026A new study found that the National Guard in D.C. has had no effect on violent crime.nbcwashington.comStudy finds National Guard has not impacted violent crime in DCA new study found that the National Guard in D.C. has had no effect on violent crime. News4’s Jackie Bensen unpacks it. 1624478
Reposted by raeFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 27/05/2026This is what the “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” looks like. Unjust arrests, pointing guns at bystanders, and making threats that “there’s a whole surge coming.” DC communities don’t want more of this. We need this to end. 17293161
Reposted by raeAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 22/05/2026To my library colleagues who went all-in on AI: we told you so. We told you they would use technology you were training to replace us. We told you that it wouldn't matter to admin if AI couldn't do even a fraction of our job. And you dismissed us. 310234
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 16/05/2026My fav Eurovision performers types are: incredible ballad soloists and the very camp/silly group, so far Moldova is winning it for me 010
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Just had a 2 hour lunch with multiple wine tastings at the most darling wine bar in Chianti and now I'm tipsy eating cookies in my hotel bed, waiting for my spa appointment. Truly living the best life right now 000
Reposted by raeMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question. 12847481634
Reposted by rae🌒💀 evelynn 💀🌘 @ladyartaud.bsky.social · 12/05/2026i have yet to see a single cis person say something about the fact that the government just designated trans people a terrorist group and threatened to kill all of us. 22256152621
Reposted by raeAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026sorry I seem distracted just have to keep checking my phone to see if one of my freedoms is being arbitrarily taken away 443286625
Reposted by raeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/05/2026My entire lifetime has seen Republicans benefit from every structural bias in the system: two republican presidents elected while losing the popular vote,the senate being biased towards small rural conservative states,house and state legislatures being heavily gerrymandered, and a captured SCOTUS. 10463121742
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I feel this as I'm waiting in a never ending line at immigration in Frankfurt 000
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Officially on vacation now that I'm watching Wicked for Good and drinking a Bloody Mary at 35,000 feet 020
Reposted by raeMike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 03/05/2026absolutely, and it's because we lack statehood. I realize, for obvious reasons, that most people view D.C. statehood in terms of 2 (almost certainly) Democratic senate seats, but the lack of self-governance is a real problem. Imagine if Congress had a de facto line item veto over your state budget. 1614136
Reposted by raeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026$400M for Trump's ballroom? On top of: -$1.5T for the Pentagon -$170B for ICE and Border Patrol -$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet -$496M to send National Guard into cities -$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" -$100M for Trump's golf outings But nothing for working people.commondreams.orgGOP Senators Unveil Plan to Pay for $400 Million White House Ballroom With Taxpayer Funds | Common DreamsAs midterm elections approach and gas prices soar, Republican senators prioritize a $400 million ballroom at the White H 46344822134
rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Cc @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social I really cannot imagine how self driving cars will make DC streets safer 000
Reposted by raeAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/04/2026There will be lots of chin-stroking columns about political violence and lowering the temperature that will studiously ignore we're still talking about the guy who had a lynch mob sack the Capitol and try to kill the vice president. 20709197
Reposted by raeInternet Archive @archive.org · 21/04/2026🧵 The arguments behind landmark Supreme Court rulings have never been freely available… until now. More than 125,000 #SCOTUS records & briefs (1830–2019) are now open on the Internet Archive. Full announcement ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u... @wolflawlibrary.bsky.social 6897371
Reposted by raeAlex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.” 722740710
Reposted by raeMerrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via @archive.org I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection. blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...blog.archive.orgU.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available | Internet Archive Blogs 4620234
Reposted by raeTom Bridge @tombridge.com · 15/04/2026This year, like every year for the last 16, I have paid my tax bill to a government in which I have no representation. This year, it feels far worse than in previous years, because of the things done with that money that zealous representation might have been able to curb or stop. Statehood for DC 14923
Reposted by raeSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 13/04/2026I'm gonna get this out of my system so I don't go insane: What Trump said about the pope is easily the most genuinely anti-Catholic thing any American politician has ever said in my entire lifetime, and if Obama or Biden had said it, there would literally be calls to disband the Democratic Party. 222453429
Reposted by raeDefector @defector.com · 07/04/2026I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...defector.comI Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | DefectorThere is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then... 13278412143
Reposted by raeMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/04/2026anyone attending the white house correspondents dinner is a fucking traitor 7059351201
Reposted by raeMaia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026HR 7661, the Federal book banning bill, is unfortunately still alive. Please call your reps and say NO ON HR 7661! You can read the bill's full text here and see if your Congressperson is one of the 19 co-sponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... 2450446
Reposted by raeMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library. 333862197