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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 14h
Democracy Defenders legal team is asking DOJ's Office of the Inspector General to investigate Jeanine Pirro's "rushed" and "inadequate" prosecution carried out "under political pressure from the president."
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DC Fiscal Policy Institute @dcfpi.bsky.social · 15h
The power is already here ✊🏾 On Oct. 12, join Anti-Racist D.C. at The Wharf for The Power Is Ours: 2026 Racial Justice Summit + Festival. loom.ly/pzSBX_s
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey folks #deletedoordash is working: DoorDash has fulfilled the first of @freedcproject.bsky.social's demands, apologizing for backing a MAGA anti-DC home rule bill. Keep the pressure up. If you haven't uninstalled DoorDash yet, now's the time. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/doorda...
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DoorDash Apologizes for Siding With GOP Bill Targeting D.C.
The company still wants the D.C. Council to make changes to a new delivery fee taking effect Thursday.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Joint task forces have historically been used to fight drug cartels and terrorism. In DC, Trump is using them to police children on their way to school and harass people simply for being outside.
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Time on Task - The American Prospect
The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not only that, Congress refuses to give DC power to appoint local judges. That leads to judicial vacancies that stretch on for years and worsen capacity problems. In June Delegate Norton and Senator Van Hollen introduced a bill to address this long-standing problem.
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Norton, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Reduce Vacancies in D.C. Courts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today introduced the District of Columbia Courts Vacancy Reduction Act, which would allow nominees to ...
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump has increased funding for federal police in DC but funding for DC Courts is still the same as it was in 2022. So we see the performative posturing of more arrests without any improvement to actual justice.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When courts are backlogged, understaffed, and overburdened, it means people who have been arrested unjustly suffer more disruption to their lives. It jeopardizes people's jobs, housing, and family stability.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Team Trump likes to tout the sky-high number of arrests they are making in DC. But these arrests are often an unconstitutional mess — and DC Courts are the ones who have to clean it up.
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Safe and beautiful ‘is not free': DC Courts under pressure with flat funding since 2022
Since Congress left D.C. Courts’ funding at 2022 levels, criminal cases are up 160%, with President Trump pushing a tough-on-crime agenda.
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Tom Perriello for Congress @tomperriello.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Tom has always been very clear who he fights for. He fights for families like mine, and he fights for families like yours." Powerful words from Gov. Wes Moore on the importance of this election. Remember to get out and early vote!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
It’s a federal crime to send armed federal agents to the polls. So why does the Trump administration keep suggesting it? “The answer is … Donald Trump wants to, to use his words, cheat like hell,” Marc Elias says. This isn't over. Stay close: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We’re at the Home Rule Music Festival today enjoying the smooth beats and writing postcards to voters in VA-05 to unseat John McGuire and to elect @tomperriello.bsky.social instead. Stop by and say hello!
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This isn’t the first time either
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National Guard crime task force member arrested in DC, accused of drawing gun on fellow Guard member
A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump’s task force to fight crime has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in a dis...
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
they are here literally committing crimes
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Oklahoma National Guard member deployed to Washington, DC, is arrested on firearms charge
A National Guard member deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of a mission launched by President Donald Trump has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm after a traffic stop by U.S. Park P...
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Katie Henke for ANC 6D03 @katie6d03.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So fun writing post cards with SW neighbors to encourage voters in VA-05 to get out and vote for the pro-DC candidate Tom Perriello and to let Governors with National Guard deployed here that they are not making us safer. End the occupation! Defend Home Rule! Free DC! @freedcproject.bsky.social
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
The lawsuit says the prominent conservative podcaster falsely claimed the protesters were assaulting ICE officers during demonstrations at an ICE facility in Illinois last year. n.pr/4jAMXo6
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Pro-Trump Influencer Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation by ICE protesters
The lawsuit says the prominent conservative podcaster falsely claimed the protesters were assaulting ICE officers during demonstrations at an ICE facility in Illinois last year.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“We hope that other cities will take it as a lesson: We don’t have to bow down [to] the fascist deportation machine. We certainly don’t have to let its perpetrators benefit from our local economies and infrastructure.”
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Harriet’s Dreams @harrietsdreams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Defending DC means defending our right to determine our future. Join Chocolate City @freedcproject.bsky.social with Cora Masters-Barry & Leslie E. Redmond for a conversation on Black political power, voting rights & DC Home Rule. Oct. 5, 6:30 PM bit.ly/freedc_cc
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like it’s Georgia’s occupying forces out menacing DC’s schoolchildren this morning.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FBI agents as they leave, to National Guard troops: “Have fun.” Said it twice clearly. Bard’s student body is 91% Black and 6% Latino.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the scene outside Bard high school this morning — FBI agents and armed soldiers acting as if children going to school on a Friday morning is some national security threat.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DoorDash and Amazon have both issued public apologies *just today* for the ways they have disrespected DC. Join authors Katie Wells + Declan Cullen tonight for a conversation about Silicon Valley vs. Home Rule, with @claudiajonesschool.bsky.social + Deflock DC freedcproject.org/event-list/s...
Text reads: "Silicon Valley vs. Home Rule. How tech billionaires are trying to take over DC. With Katie Wells & Declan Cullen. 10.01.26 at 6:30PM. Bol Co-Op, 716 Monroe St NE, Studio #11"
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Katie J. Wells @katiejwells.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
want to hear more about doordash's assault on home rule? or on its attempts to derail mamdani? join us tonight. freedcproject.org/event-list/s...
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Brad in TKPK @bxe123.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Door Trash, too late
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DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: Amazon will refund thousands of Prime members in Wards 7 and 8 for secretly excluding them from full delivery services. The exclusions have now been lifted, and Amazon will also be required to change its practices. No corporation is too big to be held accountable for deceiving DC residents.
Satellite map of the District of Columbia showing excluded zip codes 20020 and 20019.
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Masha Krupenkin @mashakr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
lol glad to see that the Delete DoorDash campaign had some effect. still never using DoorDash ever again. Fuck around (with DC Home Rule) and find out (from DC residents).
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Shirty 🍁 @whogivesashirt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
LOL DoorDash somehow didn’t consider most of its money comes from delivery in major cities? I can’t imagine tiny GOP-voting hamlets in Idaho have much demand compared to deep blue NYC. Boycott DoorDash, wherever you are.
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somebody who might know @lightsofmanhattan.swifties.social · 01/10/2026
lol get fucked DoorDash, we’re throwing your ass out of the District 🖕🖕🖕
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Aru @aru.io · 01/10/2026
Too little, too late. Get fucked, DoorDash. #deletedoordash
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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 01/10/2026
DoorDash already lost my business. Too little, too late.
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123 @nocowards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Still never using Doordash again. They need to really learn the lesson here.
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123 @nocowards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cancelled doordash and will never use it again. They don't get to play games with us.
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GenXJamerican🇯🇲🇺🇸 @genxjamerican.com · 01/10/2026
I hope DC residents boycott DoorDash very thoroughly.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DoorDash says it is pulling its support for a Republican bill in Congress that would have limited D.C.’s ability to write its own tax laws, walking back a position that angered the city’s elected officials and prompted widespread calls for residents to boycott the service.
washingtonsun.com
DoorDash Apologizes for Siding With GOP Bill Targeting D.C.
The company still wants the D.C. Council to make changes to a new delivery fee taking effect Thursday.
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tim_in_dc @timdc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
focused collective campaigns can work. public pressure, including a @freedcproject.bsky.social campaign, forced door dash into a severe and public backtrack for supporting additional congressional approval of local dc decisions, in this case tax code. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/doorda...
washingtonsun.com
DoorDash Apologizes for Siding With GOP Bill Targeting D.C.
The company still wants the D.C. Council to make changes to a new delivery fee taking effect Thursday.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We remain in steadfast solidarity with Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, shot by ICE while working for DoorDash in Austin TX, and his family and call on DoorDash to join the chorus of leaders and community members demanding his release. Until that happens, #DeleteDoorDash until it's backwards.
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Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents Sept. 20.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Withdrawing their support for #HR9720 is one of three demands we made of DoorDash. We still demand the company issue a public statement against ICE, and to state publicly that the “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” should end.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let this make it undeniably clear that consumers have the power to hold companies accountable for their behavior and demand changes.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DoorDash, a $15 billion company, has issued a formal apology for their decision to back a GOP attack on DC Home Rule in July. Organizing made this happen.
washingtonsun.com
DoorDash Apologizes for Siding With GOP Bill Targeting D.C.
The company still wants the D.C. Council to make changes to a new delivery fee taking effect Thursday.
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Katie J. Wells @katiejwells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Looking forward to this conversation and lucky to be doing it. Silicon Valley vs. Home Rule.
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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow (10/1), join AI Now's @katiejwells.bsky.social and Declan Cullen for a conversation about the impact of app-based delivery apps and the gig economy on DC. Hosted by @freedcproject.bsky.social & @claudiajonesschool.bsky.social. Register here: freedcproject.org/event-list/s...
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Silicon Valley vs Home Rule Conversation — Free DC
Join the Claudia Jones School and Free DC for an evening conversation with Katie Wells and Declan Cullen, authors of The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City . Presenters will discuss the impact o...
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Indivisible Charlottesville @indivisiblecville.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you, like us, want a representative who is willing and ready to fight for his constituents over corporate interests; who will stand up to protect and expand participation in democracy, join us and @freedcproject.bsky.social to knock some doors in October!
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Knock Doors with Free DC & Indivisible Charlottesville to GOTV for Tom Perriello — Indivisible Charlottesville
Free DC is an organization working for Statehood in the District of Columbia, and they are sending busloads of canvassers to Charlottesville to support voter turnout in support of Tom Perriello. Free ...
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Indivisible Charlottesville @indivisiblecville.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Former Republican congressman endorses Democrat for Virginia's 5th District seat
A somewhat surprising development today in the fifth congressional district -- the man who once represented that Republican-leaning part of the state has endorsed Democrat Tom Perriello.
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Indivisible Charlottesville @indivisiblecville.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes, it’s true! @aoc.bsky.social and former Republican congressman Denver Riggleman have BOTH endorsed @tomperriello.bsky.social because they know he will actually represent his constituents!
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Team AOC
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@AOC: "If we want a Congress that actually fights for working people, we must take back the House in November. That is why I am endorsing Tom Perriello for Congress in Virginia's 5th District. I would be proud to fight alongside Tom to rid Washington of corruption."
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
ENDORSES
TOM PERRIELLO
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U.S. CONGRESS
VA DISTRICT 05
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rep. Castro has called what ICE is doing to Pérez “torture.” DoorDash is a $15 billion company. They could end this with a phone call.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/09/2026
We demand Wilber’s immediate release so he can receive emergency medical care and recover safely with his family. ICE must be held accountable for this violence.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICE is torturing this man. This is an emergency.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
A federal judge ruled that the Trump admin violated her order prohibiting overcrowding at ICE's Baltimore holding room — the very facility I've been sounding the alarm on after we saw this terrible footage last year. The judge is right to threaten contempt — the abuses must end.
‘Spectacular failure’: Baltimore ICE facility violated overcrowding order, judge finds
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 26/09/2026
#GAGOV is a key race for a #freedc as well - under Republican rule, Georgia is one of the biggest contributors to the ongoing permanent military occupation of the nation's capital @freedcproject.bsky.social
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