Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Urban cul-de-sacs are a cheap, immediate way to calm down side streets. Cars can reach any address, but not cut through. Foot traffic instead good for business.

Chag Sukkot sameach, May all who need shelter find it, may everyone find peace under the branches, leaves, and stars 🌿🍂✨

TONIGHT (Oct 6): All Montgomery County Democratics are invited to attend the @mddems.bsky.social Talk-Back Tour event in Bethesda. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/mddems/event... .

"Over half of the e-cargo bike mileage ridden during trials substituted for car use." doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

During DC Week Without Driving sponsored by the Transportation Equity Network @ggwash.org, I've been commuting via bike as usual. But today, I biked to Anacostia for the first time! The ride over the bridge was beautiful!

TODAY: Defend Rally and March September 30 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Supreme Court Building 1 First St NE, Washington, DC

With 300 or so community members in Takoma Park, talking strategies to Resist Autocratic Rule.

Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo youtu.be/RFUSD23ZXEw

Please join Rep. Jamie Raskin, County Executive Marc Elrich, and fellow advocates for a community forum, Resist Autocratic Rule, Sunday, September 28, 1–3 pm in Takoma Park. Register at tpmobilization.org/DOD-9-28-25.

🇺🇸 Register today -- mcdcc.org/gala2025 -- for the Montgomery County Democratic Party Fall Gala, Thursday evening, November 6, 2025, featuring U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin from Michigan. Visit mcdcc.org/gala2025 to purchase tickets, tables, sponsorships, and program ads. Thank you!

Please join Rep. Jamie Raskin, County Executive Marc Elrich, and fellow advocates for a community forum, Resist Autocratic Rule, Sunday September 28, 1–3 pm at Piney Branch Elementary School, 7510 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park. Register at tpmobilization.org/DOD-9-28-25.

No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser

I voted to unionize my workplace, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association @waba.org, joining TWU Local 320! 🚲

"We, the students of Albert Einstein HS...are calling for immediate action to improve pedestrian safety along University Blvd W, Connecticut Ave, & Veirs Mill Rd. These roads are part of our everyday lives...But every time we use them, we’re put at risk." www.change.org/p/student-pe...

This is an *insanely* dangerous crossing - unprotected, uncontrolled, poor crosswalk visibility, across 7 lanes of high speed traffic What will it take for @marylanddot.bsky.social and SHA to fix it, and others just like it on every dangerous state road? The status quo is just intolerable

The District is not going to make serious progress on environmental justice or health justice without directly confronting air pollution from cars. And relying on EV transitions alone is not going to do the trick.

Resist Autocratic Rule: Rep. Raskin and County Executive Elrich in Takoma Park, Sunday, September 28, 1–3 pm. RSVP: tpmobilization.org/DOD-9-28-25 .

🎉 The Montgomery County Democratic Party Fall Gala takes place Thursday evening, November 6, 2025. Our guest speaker is U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin from Michigan. Registration and sponsorship information will be available soon.

We joined Mundo Verde's bicibus this morning. It was amazing! One parent told us her count (based on donuts distributed) was 75 kids, and they had 100 for last week's Ride for Allie: www.fox5dc.com/video/1707053. #BikeDC

Thanks to everyone who came out for our community bike ride down the MBT and happy hour at @metrobardc! A beautiful evening with neighbors. 🥂🚲

Nothing about us without us. We're at today's House Oversight Committee hearing about DC to make it clear DC communities don't want Congress's interference in our judges, prosecutions, sentencing, or police. They can't talk about our communities without expecting to hear from our communities.

I feel like there is confusion about why Judaism and Christianity are different religions. It's this confusion that allows for Messianic Judaism (a branch of Protestant Christianity) and various Christian groups to make use of post-1st-century Jewish rituals and objects. A quick explainer.

We have Torah, some partially shared birth and death rituals, a mostly shared body of prayers and calendar, and not thinking Messianic Jews are Jews. Everything else is commentary.

Trump’s threatening a national emergency if DC’s mayor doesn’t comply with ICE agents striping people from their homes and separating families. He’s dead set on trying to turn our nation's capital into a political battlefield but we refuse to let it happen. It's time to Free DC.

"Newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe–they raise the income of the stores they are in front of." Win-win! www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...

Yet more data showing that separated bike lanes benefit everyone Separated bike lanes makes streets safer for everyone

Our demand remains: ICE OUT OF DC. NATIONAL GUARD GO HOME. Trump's control over MPD has now expired but the federal occupation of DC is still going strong. Agents are still harassing and detaining people — including this morning in Columbia Heights.

Which side are you on @congressmin.bsky.social? From DC to the OC, Trump's agenda of detention and deportation is wrong and needs to be stopped. But five different times yesterday Rep. Min chose to support Trump's attacks on DC. That's not what any Democrat in Congress should be doing right now.

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

My contribution to the discourse for the day is to hand the mic to Hillel.

If safety generally improves, but a surge of AVs induces a move away from compact growth or prompts cities to widen streets and deprioritize other things like bike lanes and sidewalks (because technology doesn't change urban geometry, as @humantransit.bsky.social sometimes says), is that worth it?

It was just block after block of people coming from Malcolm X Park headed downtown. Lots of energy despite the heat, and cheers from passersby, as well as church bells ringing in support.

The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.

I QueenBeed 🐝 5 of last week's #NYTSpellingBee puzzles. #HiveMind time-sink.

Read the August 30, 2025 issue of the weekly Montgomery County Democratic Party newsletter, online at mailchi.mp/mcdcc.org/20... .

It’s official. September 6th. From all across this nation. We march in D.C. Join us.

This morning, Get Free members of our NYC pod kicked off the week by showing solidarity with DC. Raise a DC flag or Free DC sign/banner in your community and call on your Member of Congress to overturn Trump’s authoritarian takeover ➡️ freedcproject.org/allies?sourc... @freedcproject.bsky.social

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is planning to use the US military to invade US cities that vote Democratic because, in addition to raping children, two things that animate him most are rectifying narcissistic injury and hating Black people. Call your reps 202-224-3121 #RemoveTrump

Real power? It’s built through community. Whether it’s canvassing, phone banking, or showing up online, your energy matters. We’re not sitting on the sidelines. Let’s get to work with the Maryland Democratic Party, @mddems.bsky.social ! → mddems.org/summer

"We want them gone today." As Republican states send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., organizer Keya Chatterjee of @freedcproject.bsky.social joins calls to end Trump's federal takeover of the nation's capital.

Labor Day 2025 Solidarity Season: Rally + March, August 28, 2024, 4 pm, Dupont Circle, Washington DC. dclabor.org/solidarity.

Trump’s economic plan in action: 📈 Prices up 📈 Inflation up 📈 Unemployment up But don’t worry, billionaires got a tax break. @mddems.bsky.social

For nearly two weeks straight Trump has escalated his attempt to take over DC. Federal agents are now violently profiling, harassing, and arresting Black and Brown DC community members and their presence is a severe danger to people here. Join us today at 3 PM to demand FEDERAL FORCES OUT NOW.

Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)

Read the August 16, 2025 issue of the weekly Montgomery County Democratic Party newsletter, online at mailchi.mp/mcdcc.org/20... .

My wife represents people hurt in car crashes and I can't tell you how often people get the insurance maximum but need so much more. This is well past due. waba.org/action-page/...

Trump can't militarize the capital city to distract us from his refusal to release the Epstein file.   Today @eleanornorton.bsky.social, @robertgarcia.bsky.social, @vanhollen.senate.gov and I are introducing legislation to end Trump’s hostile and lawless takeover of D.C.’s police force.

MCDCC 2024-5 Student Member Enid Will talks about her year working with the Montgomery County Democratic Party. If you're an MC high school student, apply to serve as the 2025-6 MCDCC Student Member: mcdcc.org/student-vacancy .