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If in the next three years we don’t substantially reform the Court and throw Alito’s entire jurisprudence in the trash (and I mean all of it)… we will have allowed this rightwing politician to have made the US substantially more fascist, against the popular will.

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Keya Chatterjee @keyachatterjee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wish it was mentioned that AK and IA Govs have a cumulative 150 armed soldiers serving under the “DC Safe and Beautiful Taskforce” that has killed + kidnapped neighbors and is on a spree of harassing families at school pick up/drop off alongside HSI and FBI agents www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

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Democrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls Show

Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas.

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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 7h

A protest on Sunday underscored the fears that some locals have about the administration’s intention to transform the East Potomac Golf Links into a luxury golf course that will be inaccessible to many members of the public. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/east-po…

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Advocates Hold Another Rally in Support of East Potomac Park

Ex-Olympian David Hearn, who had been accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool in June, joined dozens of protesters at the rally.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is just a terrible take. Large chunks of the US government have been destroyed and rebuilding is the first order priority to ensure people get the services they need. The second to make sure it never happens again. Efficiency? Nope. We need a Marshall Plan for the US.

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Unsung Women Behind America’s Most Celebrated Civil Rights Protest The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...

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Book Review: ‘How Bright the Path Grows,’ by Marcia Chatelain (Gift Article)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Josh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org · 04/10/2026

This should be an entire impeachment trial on its own. The destruction of NSF through impoundment, office shuffles, etc. is obliterating 70 years of bipartisan efforts that turned us into a global scientific superpower and thus a technological and economic superpower.

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The 51st @51st.news · 6h

We want to see all of you this Thursday! We’ll be at Urban Garden Brewhouse to celebrate two years of being *your* local newsroom! Drop in to snag our first-ever print edition, chat with our team and supporters, and party the night away. Free tickets:

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The 51st is turning 2! Come celebrate with us

Chat with our team, enjoy food and drinks, and snag a copy of our first-ever print edition with The Pack World!

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Nicole McEntee @nikkimcentee17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trying to map all of the DC Bike Bus routes that I know about. I'm just guessing at the MV P St route @byerussell.com please feel free to correct me. Are there any I'm missing? Let me know!! Also the MV Calle Ocho route I need guidance on! www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

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DC Bike Buses - Google My Maps

Add your bike bus routes for a comprehensive map of daily or weekly bike bus routes to school!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Suuuuper interesting, I was not tracking this. The judge found the law criminalizing noncitizen voting is a voter qualification statute, and therefore outside of Congress’s power. Surprisingly, this is an issue of first impression! Decision is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The best reading of the actual statute that underpins this criminal case yields an inescapable
conclusion: 18 U.S.C. S 611 is a voter qualification statute, and the Constitution does not authorize
Congress to legislate voter qualifications for federal elections. Except for very specific constitutional
provisions (that cannot support this statute; we will go through them, Congress has no power to say
who can vote or who cannot vote in federal elections-that foundational power is reserved for the States,
and limits Congress.
Some legal principles are so fundamental that they form American constitutional bedrock, and
this case reveals a big one: When you're prosecuted based on a law that Congress did not have the
authority to pass, the prosecution cannot stand. That principle in federal law harkens back to cases
like Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, 180 (1803), and United States v. Hudson, 11 U.S. 32, 34 (1812), and
has had explicit and unbroken support in criminal cases since Ex Parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371, 376-77
(1879) ("An unconstitutional law is void, and is as no law. An offence created by it is not a crime. A
conviction under it is not merely erroneous, but is illegal and void, and cannot be a legal cause of
imprisonment."). The principle is so fundamental that it even predates our constitutional republic; it
lies at the very heart of our constitutional heritage. See, e.g., Bayard v. Singleton, 1 N.C. 5, 9-10 (1787) (striking down a legislative act as unconstitutional and holding that a court cannot enforce an
unconstitutional law in any type of proceeding). This principle acts as a shield for every person facing
criminal prosecution in the United States, citizen and non-citizen alike. That shield protects the
Defendant here, and none of the Government's arguments break through it.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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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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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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The 51st @51st.news · 01/10/2026

“What emboldens me about D.C. culture is … it doesn’t get the credit that is due.” If you’ve been to a Washington Spirit game, you’ve seen Domo Wells’ designs. @samdelgado.bsky.social spoke to Wells about how our city shows up in her work:

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Meet the local designer behind your favorite Washington Spirit merch

Domo Wells’ merch for the National Women's Soccer League has deep roots in D.C. culture.

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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Amazon deceived thousands of its customers who live East of the River, collecting their Prime membership fees while secretly excluding them from full Prime membership benefits,” D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a statement Thursday.

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Amazon Will Pay $8.25 Million Over Slow Delivery in Predominantly Black D.C. Neighborhoods

The settlement is the latest in a series of lawsuits against the e-commerce giant.

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The 51st @51st.news · 01/10/2026

A $62M budget shortfall has D.C.’s public housing agency considering cost-cutting measures. On top of that, D.C.’s auditor says a spreadsheet error failed to count $52M in expenses, @alexkoma.bsky.social reports. Read more:

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D.C.'s public housing agency faces a budget crunch

The public housing agency is considering cost-cutting measures that could lead to major changes for the 20,000 residents it serves.

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The 51st @51st.news · 01/10/2026

A new Obama Center sculpture honoring Harriet Tubman has thrust one of D.C.’s most talented artists into a long-awaited wider spotlight, @ecwilliams.bsky.social reports. Why colleagues say Nekisha Durrett is a “national treasure”:

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D.C. artist Nekisha Durrett’s work is all around us — so why haven’t you heard of her?

Her new Obama Center sculpture honoring Harriet Tubman has thrust one of the District's most talented artists into the national spotlight.

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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, 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.

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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 · 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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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

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Chairman Phil Mendelson @chairmanmendelson.com · 30/09/2026

The Council is taking RFP's for experienced contractors who can conduct mixed methods analyses of educator accountability & compensation incentive frameworks. ▶️Full RFP: dccouncil.gov ▶️This Request will close on Oct 29 @ 4pm ▶️Questions? Email devans@dccouncil.gov

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Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Loosely inspired by the titular blues maven, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom uses the singer as a conduit to explore racial power structures, masculinity, and living through cultural shifts. Critic Stephanie Rudig reviews the current co-production from Round House and Olney Theatre.

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August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Ratchets Up the Anxiety

To kick off its 50th season, Round House Theatre’s co-production with Olney Theatre Center toes the line between play and musical.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026

The possibility of losing a 3-mile loop of road has stirred fears among the runners, cyclists, fishermen, birders and others who use it. Lawmakers are beginning to raise concerns about Ohio Drive in East Potomac Park, too.

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Trump’s upscale golf plan could destroy a D.C. haven for cyclists, runners

The president wants to eliminate the public road that loops around the Hains Point peninsula, allowing the golf course to stretch to the water’s edge.

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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/10/2026

The Washington Post is at it again... "Democrats fail"... No, let me fix that headline to make it more accurate. Republicans back Trump as he moves to illegally cancel $810M in congressionally approved funds. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Democrats fail to stop Trump from canceling $810M in funds approved by Congress

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) blocked the effort, meaning the Trump administration will succeed in eliminating the funding it deemed “wasteful.”

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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s new $3.8 billion blueprint to transform the RFK Stadium campus is facing intense community opposition. “I do not want to find ourselves in a situation 30 years from now asking ourselves, ‘Did we get this right?’”

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D.C. Residents Push Back on RFK Stadium Master Plan

Testimony revealed deep anxieties over massive parking structures, transit gaps and environmental protections surrounding the 180-acre campus.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Somewhat interesting claim from a supporter of Ward 8 Council member Trayon White that the $35,000 he accepted was merely a gift and that people don't have the right to ask about it. D.C. ethics law is pretty clear on gifts, especially from people who have city contracts.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Interesting: A new report from the D.C. Office of Police Complaints recommends better guidance for officers on how and when to stop and cite drivers for having window tint that's too dark. In short: It's complicated, and tint has to be properly measured. policecomplaints.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“I mean, good for [the Mystics], but … can the Jonas brothers cancel their concert?” CareFirst Arena’s low capacity for a big game has contributed to high prices for the Mystics’ first playoff home game since 2019. Fans were quick to react.

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Why Didn't the Mystics Playoff Game Get Moved to Capital One?

The answer is more than just “The Jonas Brothers.”

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Nicole McEntee @nikkimcentee17.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

GoDCGo says almost 5% of DCPS kids who filled out their survey are getting to school by bike! That’s encouraging!

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 25/09/2026

TBC, cycling to school "tripling" since 2019 is a great thing. The city should lean into, promote and celebrate that.

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