RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/restorativ... Oct 27th, 630pm-730pm, take a pause and reconnect with yourself during an evening of free restorative yoga in the beautiful Josephine Butler Parks Center. The session will close with an optional 10-minute guided meditation.

I’m so ✨honored✨ to be named Best Lawyer + Editor’s Choice: Best Community Ally in the @washblade.bsky.social Best of LGBTQ DC Awards!🏳️‍🌈 Grateful for the love + joy of @teamrayceen.bsky.social and always inspired by Chase Strangio and his tireless advocacy. www.washingtonblade.com/2025/10/16/b...

Probably no coincidence that Janeese Lewis George chose this morning to forcefully endorse Robert White for the delegate seat. Also notable that Pinto is listing an endorsement from former Ward 3 CM Mary Cheh on her website. This race is gonna be spicy…

A former Ward 2 ANC just filed a complaint about CM Pinto's (mis)use of Office resources. She sent a citywide mailer days before she announced a run for districtwide office. drive.google.com/file/d/1qP9V...

I spy @karenpalmer.bsky.social - who will be reading from She's Under Here and in conversation with me at @peoplesbooktakoma.com on October 12. Come join us!!! peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/shes-u....

“Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds to continue green card sponsorships, DCPS says it simply won’t spend the money.”

Join me every Wednesday from 6–7 PM for Restorative/Relaxing Yoga by Candlelight in the beautiful garden at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel Gardens Every Wednesday, 6–7 PM Until October 29th Sign up using this ResortPass Link: www.resortpass.com/hotels/omni-... $15 per class

"They're using this moment that Trump has built up around 'making DC safer' and attempting to run the city in many aspects to raise these points again and push their own personal agendas," said Jeremiah Lowery of D.C's Bike, Walk and Bus PAC usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/10/r...

The continued federal occupation is causing significant delays in various city projects, as workers are fearful of working here and companies are hesitant to send workers and vehicles into the city, due to concerns about ICE and federal enforcement efforts. #FREEDC

DC HILL NEWS: The House Oversight Committee just posted its notice and memo for a 10am ET, Wednesday, September 10 markup, focusing on 14 bills impacting the District of Columbia. Bill text here: docs.house.gov/Committee/Ca... 8-page memo here: docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/...

In 2023, the District and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“Metro”) piloted free and discounted fares for low-income residents. They found that discounts increased public transit use and well-being.

This video makes it clear that many federal agents aren’t stopping residents based on warrants or reasonable suspicion — they’re abducting people based on racial profiling and only then releasing them once their status is verified. This is blatantly unconstitutional.

This is so, so sad to see. The vendors are a part of our community. They bring life to a part of the neighborhood that's surrounded by big box stores and corporations. And I'm so angry that they are forced to hide to stay safe.

I saw 7 MPD cars in Petworth while biking to dinner last night so I stopped. They had detained 3 Latino men who were sitting on the ground. They were detained for drinking in public. They’d been working on the lawn across the street & took a break on the curb to have a Modelo. That’s it.

It's wild to see no vendors out in the morning in front of the Target in Columbia Heights DC

As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down. In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...

In our interview with NBC4, Bike, Walk, and Bus PAC explained how Trump's road proposals would undo years of work to make our streets safer, especially for the most vulnerable road users. Watch the full story here: www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/l...

Trump's attacks on traffic safety medians are also dangerous. They are sometimes broken because of reckless drivers. We need local leaders who will stand up for DC autonomy and traffic safety.

Say what you will about Bowser, but she's very good at disappearing for days when people want a comment from her.

Good time for the DC Council & Mayor to have an emergency press conference, & announce emergency public meetings in neighborhoods throughout DC to inform the public about what Trump's takeover of mpd means for the District Alot of residents are probably really confused right now

For all intents and purposes, D.C. has now lost local control of its police department.

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@janeese4dc.bsky.social @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @cmfrumin.bsky.social @cmzparker5.bsky.social @robertwhitedc.bsky.social Please vote today *against* the amendments filed by CMs Bonds & Felder which indefinitely delay ranked-choice voting in DC elections!

Launch of Bike, Walk and Bus PAC – a PAC supporting local DC candidates in the 2026 elections who prioritize sustainable transportation solutions! Together, we can create a safer, greener, and more connected future. #DCBikeWalkBusPACLaunch RSVP www.eventbrite.com/e/bike-walk-...

I wish DC had nice things (mayoral candidates who are pro multimodal transportation) too

Making efforts to improve because there was a whole ass citywide campaign about how the Council can be run and operate better. And it resonated with a lot of people! erinfordc.medium.com/dc-council-a...

Robert White continuing to be one of the most disappointing Councilmembers. Cherry picking data, conflating and confusing affordable housing mechanisms, and acting to strip important tenant protections when the playing field is already so very stacked against them. Smh.

WTF. A woman in DC was killed by Trump’s military parade— run over in NE by a truck carrying a tank that had no business on a DC street. As far as I know no media have asked Trump if his birthday parade was worth this woman’s life. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Medicaid cuts don't matter because "we are all going to die" does not seem like a winning political message www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

🚨Hidden within the budget presented to the DC Council this week was a provision that would roll back essential protections for our vibrant immigrant community – neighbors who are a vital thread within the District’s fabric.

“After library officials resisted, the DOJ officials departed without resolving the conflict.” One of those sentences that tells you who and where we are as a country in 2025: librarians are braver than law firms and CEOs.

Today I sent the Mayor a letter demanding that she respect the law and send the Council the FY26/Supplemental FY25 budget, both of which are 6 weeks overdue. It is disrespectful to the Council and the public. Read the full letter here or at: chairmanmendelson.com/2025/05/12/m...

Hi Elmo, contact our HR team. Let's talk!

Yes - people are and should be afraid. Sure - get out information. But are you? It's been painful silence and inaction from elected officials.

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists. 1362 Days to go...

It's true that protected lanes are used by more than just people who ride bikes! The disability community relies on these spaces because many of our sidewalks are not accessible.

The Office of Planning's DC 2050 aims to align land use policies and investments to make the District more equitable, affordable, and resilient. Get involved to help shape the District’s future! Sign up for emails and complete the vision survey at DC2050.com. – Team Allen

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

This bill has been making the rounds for months: I first heard transparency advocates sounding alarm about drafts of this last fall. Yet the Council is bringing it up on an emergency basis and rushing to pass it without any hearings and minimal discussion. I wonder why...

Literally every Black person who comes to DC visits the NMAAHC and it’s a big source of pride among a very broad swathe of people. Censoring the work there won’t be as frictionless as people imagine.

NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR. This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!

"The crackdown on immigrants threatens to upend an industry where foreign-born staff make up one-fifth of the child care workforce nationally — and nearly half in cities like New York, Los Angeles, and San Jose, California." www.vox.com/immigration/...

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

The fact that the corporate legacy media is even having this event shows how little they understand the moment we are in and how little they intend to fight back. Support fearlessly independent media.

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

New Yorkers and DC residents trying to talk with @schumer.senate.gov are having to push notes through a locked door with police posted outside.