The Committee on Health will be having a joint hearing with the Committee on Human Services today at 11:00am on Behavioral Health Supports in Local Housing Voucher Programs. Watch it here: m.youtube.com/@cmfrumin/stre…

You cannot write the story of the NYC Mayors race without talking about Eric Adams selling out to Trump to get out of going to jail. That started all of this!

Election Night when I’m not on the ballot. 😆

Happy Election Day, voters in 39 states! There are over 50,000 state and local races and ballot measures on the ballot today. All politics are local. These races matter! 📍Find your polling place & learn what’s on your ballot at WhenWeAllVote.org

🍂Leaf collection for Section A begins today! Make sure your leaves are at the curb or treebox so DPW crews can collect. Not sure if you’re in Section A? Find your section and schedule with the Leaf Tracker at dpw.dc.gov/leaf.

Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...

States and local governments are facing lots of challenges due to this federal govt shutdown. And in the midst of inaction by the White House & Congress, DC will use local funds to ensure that SNAP and WIC benefits continue for residents in November. mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo...

Next week, on Nov. 5, the Committee on Health will host a roundtable on the future of the School-Based Behavioral Health program. The Committee required DBH to develop a plan to revamp & improve the program. That report can be found here: lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/...

Watch the Committee on Health hearing on the PrEP DC Act of 2025 & the Community Health Amendment Act of 2025 here: www.youtube.com/live/IYhgXfF...

One year ago. NYT Editorial Board was spot on.

Air traffic control isn’t getting paid. VA doctors working without pay. Farmers going bankrupt due to tariffs. SNAP/WIC benefits about to be cut off. Health insurance premiums slated to skyrocket. But sure let’s build a $300 million ballroom & bailout Argentina. Where are the ads?!

FINALLY the Grocery Access Pilot (GAP) program the Committee on Health created and funded is live! Grateful to DC Health, Instacart, & Martha’s Table for their partnership. www.instacart.com/company/poli...

That’s over $3300 per square foot. Ask developers/builders. They will tell you that’s crazy.

Building a ballroom while SNAP & WIC payments are about to get cut off and health insurance premiums skyrocket is crazy. If Dems aren’t running ads by Wednesday….

That leaves 2 schools left. Vanderbilt would be crazy to do it. I know U of Texas wants to, but having to freeze tuition for FIVE years with no corresponding increase in state funding would be foolish.

SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans will not go out as planned November 1 if the shutdown continues.

My neighbors put a bonnet on their skeleton and it immediately put a smile on my face. 🤣🤣 And the rat who is unafraid is such a DC touch. 😭

Before folks keep writing the obituaries for paralegal / research assistant type jobs, read this… Deloitte to partially refund Australian government for report with apparent AI-generated errors apnews.com/article/aust...

“An HHS official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that some people may have mistakenly received reduction-in-force notices because of coding errors in their job classifications.” 😒 www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Letssssssssss goooo!!! What a year. What a way to end my birthday!!!

The LOVE Emergency Amendment Act has officially been signed into law! 💗 Couples seeking marriage licenses in DC during the federal govt shutdown can visit the Office of the Secretary beginning Tuesday (10/12) morning. Details here: os.dc.gov/page/marriag...

Lovely to see VP Harris last night at the historic Warner Theater in DC. “There’s gonna be a lot of debris when this administration is done. When it comes time for rebuilding let’s not be too nostalgic because it’s not like what we had was perfect.”

Closing the larger entrance for the Navy Yard-Ballpark station for escalator repair 1 week before Nationals Park hosts 3 sold out events leads to this. Dangerous bottleneck on the street level. Bottleneck at the machines. And near empty cars because folks can’t actually get to the platform in time.

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you. And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it. This is not about politics. It's about people. Let’s break it down:

This should be simple for the judiciary.

Do folks signed up for the Empower rideshare app know that the company has used their email addresses to send out thousands of emails to elected officials over the last 72 hrs? There appears to be about 6 different scripts. But this cosplay of AAVE really had me 🤔.

Politico Playbook led with the domestic troop deployment fights in the newsletter this morning. Axios and Punchbowl News don’t mention it. 🙄 I don’t understand how Texas sending troops to invade Illinois or the president ordering California troops to invade Oregon is not leading?!

The “enemy from within” rhetoric is not new. ~20 days before the election he said in a town hall he thought political opponents were more a threat to the US than Russia or China. He suggested using National Guard & the military. The signs were there. The warnings went unheeded.

Finished 107 Days. Reading this in the midst of all the terrible shit going on across the country makes it heavy to get through. And that is not a knock on VP Harris. The subtitle of this book could’ve been: We. Tried. To. Tell. Y’all.

As @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social says, "This is a very race-conscious administration. It just happens to be the case that its policies, its prescriptions, its advocacy, its project is in service of whiteness. ...Whiteness is a race, too. It's also an ideology." bsky.app/profile/perr...

Yes, One Battle After Another is almost 3 hours long. And yes, I was on the edge of my seat until the very end. Wow.

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

NEWS: Next Tuesday @chenderson.bsky.social will introduce an emergency bill to let @mayorbowser.dc.gov issue marriage licenses, since the federal shutdown has closed D.C. Superior Court's Marriage Bureau. (We can agree it's silly that a spending standoff means no legal unions in D.C., right?)

“Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.” So-called “targeted enforcement” was never going to last long. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Phee said if you’re gonna fine me, might as well tell the truth. 👏🏾👏🏾

Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Part of the reason the country is in this mess is because not enough of you believed Trump to do the things that he said and was written in a book — Project 2025. It’s time to finally start.

A guy who didn’t get beyond the rank of Major calling a room full of Generals and Admirals fat is wild.

Day 1 of DC Week Without Driving sponsored by the Transportation Equity Network @ggwash.org. Come along on my commute with me. Learn more about the initiative here: ggwash.org/dcten/week-w...

Still cannot believe 6 members of the Supreme Court said this type of racial profiling was a-ok.

Two days ago he was claiming he was going to cut prescription drug prices by 1000%. This announcement is only going to increase costs for Americans. How is it possible they still don’t know how tariffs work?!?

Soooooo I’d love to be a fly on the wall over at the School of Public Health at Harvard right about now. 👀 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Hep B can be transmitted from mother to child during birth. This misinformation is so dangerous.

Five years ago, he stood in the press briefing room and suggested people inject disinfectant into the body to fight COVID. So yeah, I’m going to stick with @acog.org recommendations on this.

I sure hope this doesn’t mean that Kimmel has agreed to the Sinclair demands, including paying the ransom. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Touring portions of the @wmata.com system with DMVMoves today. The control room at Farragut North Station was built in the 1970s. It has not seen significant upgrades since then. While safe, unfortunately, it’s not always reliable.

This is from 2017. Still very very relevant.

So late night television is just over at this point, huh? I mean is Saturday Night Live gonna get canceled next?

Glad we’re one step closer to joining our neighbors Maryland and Virginia on this. It’s important that our region continues to have access to safe and effective vaccines without unnecessary barriers.

Some good news from AHIP before today’s vote on my immunization bill Health plans will continue to cover all vaccines that were ACIP recommended as of September 1, 2025, including updated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, with no cost-sharing through the end of 2026. www.ahip.org/news/press-r...

When I tell y’all I’m tired…. I know Dems strive to be a “big tent” but I’d hoped they could reach consensus on the fact that federal adult prison is not the appropriate place for a 14-year-old. (And yes, unique to DC — adults convicted even of local crimes serve their time in the federal system)