DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s strong history of civil rights and public service deserves a better end than this. Her inability to function at yesterday’s Hill committee on DC was her public “Joe Biden Debate” moment. A decision to retire honorably should be next.

DC, baby! x.com/washprobs/st...

#NationalBookFest 2025 - no National Guard needed here at the Convention Center. Glad to see the DC Public Library among other “states” represented here. Room for you until 5 pm.

Heads up! Today!

Wall Street Journal editorial on John Bolton raid - "The real offender here is a President who seems to think he can use the powers of his office to run vendettas. We said this was one of the risks of a second Trump term, and it’s turning out to be worse than we imagined."

Umm - try to find Washington, DC on the list … realestate.usnews.com/places/ranki...

#News Bloomberg reporting Trump to ask Congress for $2 BILLION to enlist Clark Construction toward major street maintenance and upkeep (grass etc) of federal parkland in DC. (A takeover of DC streets following Policing. This is developing into a threat to Home Rule.) @wcp

#BreakingNews - Howard University president to exit after 2 years (WPost): The departure of Ben Vinson III, in office since 2023, comes days into the start of the new academic year. His final day will be Aug. 31. The interim leader will be former president Wayne A.I. Frederick.

This would be a good place for all those hundreds of National Guard soldiers padding around in DC....

Voice of America - the cost of its loss: thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill....

#News - “The federal government is wasting millions of dollars through this political stunt,” says Ward 5 DC Councilmember Zachary Parker to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. New Post polling shows overwhelming majority in DC oppose use of Natl Guard, say it’s not needed. @wcp.

#New - Polling shows DC residents oppose Natl Guard use to fight crime; the W/Post poll shows concern about “extremely” or “very” serious crime has dropped from 65% last year to 31% now. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

#RealNews - Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit (NYT) -- Dominion Voting Systems sued the right-wing cable channel for broadcasting false claims that the voting machine company had rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election. #FAFO

French President Macron publicly says directly to President Trump’s face — all of Europe wants peace in Ukraine and there must be some type of ceasefire ASAP. (Trump after meeting w/Putin dropped that ceasefire demand.)

What more need be said?

UPDATE … President Trump did not — did not — applaud Zelenskyy’s arrival at the White House … Trump clapped for Putin in Alaska as the dictator and invader of Ukraine arrived on American soil.

Hmmm … will President Trump roll out the red carpet for Zelenskyy tomorrow… and will Trump stand and clap for him as he arrives just as Trump did for Putin? (attn: national media)

Yes, the blatant, bloody aggressor must be rewarded in some hideous way for the aggressor to stop his slaughter of another nation. Simple. The free world sees thru this. It’s why Europeans leaders also are heading to DC.

Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

…editorial cartoon

Great News. Importance can't be overstated. European leaders are coming to Washington Monday to back up Zelenskyy in his meeting w/Trump. France’s President Macron; Germany’s Chancellor Merz; NATO Sec-Gen Rutte, and European Commission President von dec Leyen. @wcp

A 2024 year-end-prediction I made on Kojo's Politics Hour last December: "Trump is going to put his foot on the neck of our local government." Join us noon today for our special call-in show to offer YOUR opinion on what's happening now. 1-800-433-8850 or email us [email protected] .

RE - President Trump's attack on schools and universities over diversity...

Reposting this invitation for you to take part in a call-in Friday at noon to offer your opinion on the Trump/DC Police action. Join us!

Good? Or, Good Grief !! Kojo Nnamdi and I want to know what YOU think about the Trump crime move in DC — a special call-in Friday at noon. Join us and WAMU’s Senior D.C. Politics reporter Alex Koma. 1-800-433-8850 or email us at [email protected] to share what’s on your mind.

#News - President Trump now says he’ll ask Congress to extend his control of DC police beyond 30 days; call’s DC statehood idea “ridiculous,” and says he’ll contract out to fix street potholes here. Insists he’ll make DC clean and beautiful. @wcp

#News - DC Mayor Bowser reveals her true feelings about President Trump’s trashing the city and taking over its police department. “We are not 700,000 scumbags and punks.” @wcp washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7691...

#News - Atty Gen Pam Bondi … is not (at least at the start) taking the strident, doomsday tone President Trump had in invoking home rule law to control DC police department. @wcp

#News President Trump invokes his power under DC Home Rule to take control of DC police department; calling out National Guard troops to help patrol along with federal law enforcement. “…safe, beautiful Capital …it’s going to happen very quickly.” @wcp

#What Will Trump Do? On eve of Trump’s news conference on DC crime, a retired dc police and FOP official has posted this clue on his Facebook page. @wcp

#News - On eve of President Trump’s Monday news conference on crime in DC, Mayor Bowser on MSNBC calmly defends city’s law enforcement efforts, lower crime rates, and objects to one White House official describing DC as war torn. @wcp

Heads up! — After maintaining her silence w/local media about the federal anticrime “surge” (and a planned Trump news conference on it Monday) Mayor Bowser to appear at 7:30AM  today on national news MSNBC to discuss her anticrime efforts.

Commanders’ principal owner Josh Harris calls today’s DC Council stadium vote “a historic moment.” His full statement. @wcp

Tell us again how those Trump tariffs are helping American 🇺🇸 business — GM Profit Shrinks after $1.1 Billion Tariff Hit.

Another one “bites the dust” at the Washington Post - the paper’s celebrated Obit Editor is taking his talents to the NYTimes. www.nytco.com/press/new-de...

Just a note - I far more frequently post on X (@tomsherwood) and on Threads (tomsherwooddc) than I do on Bluesky. FYI.

Take a break from politics… kenaqgardens.org/events/lotus...

This is a gestapo. LA, CA

#Breaking -The Washington Nationals named Miguel Cairo the club’s Interim Manager on Monday.

Tom Paine: in monarchies the king is the law, but in the free societies the law is king. Wishing everyone an exuberant and free Fourth of July. Together we fight for a more perfect union.

Saturday night. Don’t need no fireworks.

Natl Mall tonight … viewed from SW Wharf area…

#BreakingNews - businessman David Blair, who twice lost extraordinarily close elections for Montgomery County executive to Marc Elrich, has now endorsed Andrew Friedson for the post in 2026. (Elrich is term-limited and the race is an open-seat campaign).

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't seek reelection after opposing Trump's bill (AP) — he says “compromise…an endangered species.” apnews.com/article/till...

ICE agents aren't required to wear body cameras, can cover their faces, don't have to provide badge numbers or identify themselves, can arrive in unmarked cars and don't need a warrant from a judge to detain someone. www.axios.com/2025/06/29/a...

Virginia Republican ticket visits Vienna.

Hard to call this an editorial “cartoon.”