We stand united against all 13 anti–DC Home Rule bills in Congress. DC is home to more than 700,000 residents who pay taxes, run businesses, and serve in the military. Like all Americans, we deserve the right to set our own local laws. Congress should reject this unprecedented federal overreach.

There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy. Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:

Congratulations to @dcfpi.bsky.social & DC partners, and thank you to the DC Council! A very important step.

I had missed @petridishes.bsky.social so much & didn't know where she had gone from the WP. So happy to see her work again!

On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Today, a court ruled that USDA acted unlawfully by completely suspending SNAP food assistance for November. A separate court also ordered USDA to continue funding SNAP using its contingency funds. No family should go hungry when the agency has billions in contingency funds for this very purpose.

Several of the wasteful and poorly targeted tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will be replicated in the local tax code unless the DC Council approves this emergency bill, which would protect $658 billion in local funds that can be used to support residents in need.

The SNAP fight is actually a recapitulation of the entire purpose of the shutdown. There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants

Also hanging in the balance due to govt shutdown: federal heating aid. Funds for LIHEAP, a free program that helps eligible households pay winter heating bills, traditionally get disbursed Nov. 1 and are used to heat homes through at least March 15 www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/b...

The Administration is legally required to use contingency reserves to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need #SNAP to afford groceries, despite USDA Sec. Rollins’ claim that the Administration is unable to do so. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

Nearly 140,000 DC residents will be cut off from food assistance at the end of the month unless the Trump administration releases contingency funds amid the government shutdown.

Jamelle Bouie is always worth reading but especially appreciated the dose of hope and optimism at the end. #NoKings No Kings Means No Kings. No Wonder Trump Hates It. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Favorite sign from #NoKingsDC

Joyous day at DC #NoKings

Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35. Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys. "I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man." It's a must-read:

This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point

Please join me and so many others on Saturday October 18 as we stand together against lawlessness and for American democracy. See you there!

Erica Williams, the executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, called the bill “an extreme act of federal interference in local affairs.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

“I am confident the courts will see this blatant political attack for what it is, but even so, the precedent this is setting is deeply troubling.” More in the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund statement nwlcactionfund.org/2025/10/09/n...

MAJOR new restrictions on federal government use of riot control weapons -- and even requiring them to display identification in many circumstances. I expect a very rapid appeal and request for a stay from the 7th Circuit.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

These stories of resistance in all its forms, grassroots, institutional, personal, cultural & of hope that emerges not from naive optimism but from the daily choice to act, build, push back, or hold the line.

DC lawmakers must act quickly to prevent $658 million in new revenue losses resulting from federal tax cuts. Looking to understand what is going on with our local economy? Our staff analyzed the latest revenue forecast from DC’s Chief Financial Officer. https://loom.ly/K7dvw9k

The Trump admin will likely try to strip Salvadoran TPS next year when the 18 month period is up — unless Bukele convinces them not to. Should that happen, it'll hit the DC metro area badly. In 2018, it was estimated almost a third of the local construction industry has TPS.

DC CFO’s revenue report underscores impact of slashed federal government on DC–nearly 11k jobs lost this year, including 8,700 federal jobs.

Today’s government funding shutdown is fundamentally different than prior funding fights b/c the Administration is acting outside the law. Any funding agreement must put a stop to this pattern of lawlessness & protect affordable health care. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

OK y'all. Democrats are holding strong and now IT'S OUR JOB TO HAVE THEIR BACKS and demand Republicans stop the Trump shutdown. Start here: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

8/ Governor Kathy Hochul just posted this statement on X.

Wrote this almost two years ago — about what would need to change in order to subvert the military — and it sadly appears to have been prescient open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

The Trump Admin’s threat to illegally fire more workers if the President doesn’t get his way is blatant extortion: using working people & their families as pawns in a power play with no concern for who gets hurt. My full statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

Terrific thread by @sharonparrott.bsky.social @cbpp.bsky.social

Meanwhile, they are doing nothing to address a looming, massive health care cost spike for >20M ppl and have so far refused bipartisan negotiations to prevent families across the country already struggling to afford health care & other basics from taking this hit.

For everyone who wants to know what they can do, here's a great opportunity.

To the 31 House Democrats who voted with Trump: I would never vote to disenfranchise your constituents, undermine their democratic rights, or impose harsher penalties on them against their will. Regrettably, you have done exactly that to my constituents and legislative body. Shame 😪

When our institutions won't stand up, faculties will have to come together to do so.

Trump's approval in the poll is 39%. Of course there is statistical sampling error with polls, but the direction seems correct given how unemployment and inflation continue to rise. We haven't even seen the health care premium increases starting in 2026

The sobering new Census data underscores the need for Mayor Bowser and the DC Council to invest more deeply in policies and programs that reduce poverty and address racial disparities. Read DCFPI's full analysis: www.dcfpi.org/all/inequali...

Congress is planning to introduce a set of bills that will prevent the residents of DC from determining what’s best for our own community. Tell Congress to stop interfering in DC's local governance.

Not to mention the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of a federal building, deadliest domestic terrorism attack at least in my lifetime (I'm 70).

DC residents pay more federal taxes per capita than any state and fought and died in our nation's wars. We deserve the right to set our local laws and an independent Attorney General who is accountable to the people of DC. I wrote in strong opposition to 13 anti–DC Home Rule bills in Congress.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

Here is an image of the crowd of people that chased a dozen ICE agents out of Columbia Heights yesterday. I don’t see one “elderly white hippie” there. I do see a wide variety of ages, genders, and races; DC residents united in disgust at what Miller is cheering on.

The most serious threat to DC is Trump: - Govt layoffs, spiking unemployment - Stole $1b from city, incl money for police - Revoked home rule, weakened local governance - Raised prices - tariffs - on all of us - Brutal ACA, Medicaid cuts - Terrorizing residents w/out of state masked "police"

As the descendant of a 1933 German Social Democrat who voted against Hitler and continued the fight for democracy in Czechoslovakia and then Spain (against USSR) before getting to the US, I think that's a very proud heritage. Trying to live up to it, and proud to see elected D's who are as well.

"STOP ATTACKING OUR CITIES TO HIDE YOUR ADMINISTRATION'S FAILURES"

Terrific piece by @sifill.bsky.social thst combines history, inspiration, and strategy - and completely resonates with what I'm seeing now. Please read and share!

1. Draw down on a 15 year old kid 2. The kid has disabilities 3. Family has to get involved 4. It is the wrong kid entirely 5. Drop live ammunition to the ground on your way out

NEW: Judge Reyes has called a 2pm hearing on D.C.'s emergency bid to reclaim control of its police department. A restraining order could be in place within hours. w Nicole Markus www.politico.com/news/2025/08...