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#dcstatehood, horse girl, enjoyer of fast cars 🏎️

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tell your members of Congress to vote to protect the Kennedy Center. It’s up for debate.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You 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.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The 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.
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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now.
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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The enshittification of Google Scholar has begun.
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Quick Read: see how a paper answers your question
Answering a research question often requires reading through several papers and figuring out how each of them might be useful. You need to t...
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly 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.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/08/2026
if we want to win the midterms, let's turn out the horse girls.
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Under 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.
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CaptainLaserBeam @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
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I 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
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
These 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.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
DoorDash trying to end home rule for 700,000 people over a TWENTY CENT FEE
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What 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.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Please 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...
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Congress WG Call Toolkit HR 9720
TELL 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...
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Gooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaall🇪🇸
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The entire bar just booed, good vibes here
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
True life: I'm a 42 year old woman who still cries at doctor appointments 😭
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
FYI: 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!
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The 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.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Basically, the Legislature can pass laws, but the Executive has total power to decide what they mean, or if they mean anything at all.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/06/2026
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—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...
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Yeahhh 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
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/06/2026
Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
Hello. 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...
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Justice for Bea!! She was too emotionally mature for #loveislandusa anyways. Peacock should have her on the next season of The Traitors!!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Having 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)
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 03/06/2026
A new study found that the National Guard in D.C. has had no effect on violent crime.
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Study finds National Guard has not impacted violent crime in DC
A new study found that the National Guard in D.C. has had no effect on violent crime. News4’s Jackie Bensen unpacks it.
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Cactusdan @cactusdan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Panel 1: A man is riding a bike (labeled Bari Weiss)
Panel 2: the man puts a stick in the spokes of his bike (labeled Fucks up 60-Minutes)
Panel 3: the man writhes on the ground in pain, the bike bent in the background (label says "This is a hostile work environment!")
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This 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.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
To 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.
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
My fav Eurovision performers types are: incredible ballad soloists and the very camp/silly group, so far Moldova is winning it for me
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Just 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
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This 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.
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🌒💀 evelynn 💀🌘 @ladyartaud.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
i 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.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
sorry I seem distracted just have to keep checking my phone to see if one of my freedoms is being arbitrarily taken away
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/05/2026
My 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.
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I feel this as I'm waiting in a never ending line at immigration in Frankfurt
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Officially on vacation now that I'm watching Wicked for Good and drinking a Bloody Mary at 35,000 feet
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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
absolutely, 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.
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Robert 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.
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GOP Senators Unveil Plan to Pay for $400 Million White House Ballroom With Taxpayer Funds | Common Dreams
As midterm elections approach and gas prices soar, Republican senators prioritize a $400 million ballroom at the White H
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rae @fitzrae.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Cc @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social I really cannot imagine how self driving cars will make DC streets safer
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
There 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.
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Internet 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
The official seal of the United States Supreme Court, featuring a circular design with the words “Supreme Court of the United States” surrounding a central emblem of a balanced scale of justice and a laurel wreath, symbolizing law, authority, and fairness.
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Alex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The 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.”
Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “The Texas gerrymander freak out. What’s happening in Texas is not a threat to democracy.”Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss. The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it.”
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Merrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'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...
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U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available | Internet Archive Blogs
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Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 15/04/2026
This 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
I am a DC Resident, and I pay federal taxes. There is no vote for me in Congress. 

If you have representation on the hill, tell your members of Congress that you support DC Statehood.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 13/04/2026
I'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.
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Defector @defector.com · 07/04/2026
I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...
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I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | Defector
There 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...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
anyone attending the white house correspondents dinner is a fucking traitor
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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
HR 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...
A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.
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