You can’t just rewrite history and erase the LGBTQ+ Community. We’ll never step back or step down. We don’t need your permission to exist. Ready to step up and fight back? Join us Saturday in the World Pride Parade to loudly proclaim #WeExistWeResist ➡️ forms.gle/4T9wf4G2ggiy...

Happening at 6:30. A lot has changed since we planned this meeting but it doesn't change the work. Come join us to discuss all things budget and learn how you can join the fight to protect our democracy, #HOMERULE, and to protect our right to be who we are no matter where we live.

Join us TONIGHT at 6:30PM at the MLK Library to learn how you can have an impact on the budget and everything else going on.

Just a few days away! Join us for our March Meeting with the DC LGBTQ+ Budget Coalition on Monday, March 10, 2025 at 6:30pm! www.eventbrite.com/e/march-memb...

Kristi Noem accompanied ICE on a raid this morning, styling a flak jacket to keep her safe in the extremely dangerous area of (checks notes) Arlington, Virginia

“Whitewashing history – comes to Dupont Circle” www.popville.com/2025/02/whit...

Heads Up: Street Sweeping Starts Monday – “fines and relocation” starts March 17th www.popville.com/2025/03/dc-s...

🚨New newsletter!🚨 1️⃣ Join us for our March Meeting to advocate for LGBTQ+ budget priorities in DC. 2️⃣ Help us defend Home Rule in the District. 3️⃣ Join our World Pride task force! We won’t stand by while our rights are attacked. Get involved and join us in this fight: mailchi.mp/capitalstone...

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🚨 DC’s right to self-governance is under attack. The Trump administration and its allies in Congress want to strip us of our autonomy and use our city as a political pawn. We refuse to be silenced. 📢 Stand up for DC! Contact your reps & demand they respect our democracy. #HandsOffDC #DCStatehood

If the unwinding of democracy begins here in DC, it won’t end here. #HandsOffDC

@rayceen.com is more than an advocate-she is a force of nature, a voice for the unheard, and a beacon of joy, resilience and empowerment in the DC LGBTQ+ and Black communities. She creates spaces where all are seen, valued, and celebrated. We celebrate your work and activism this #blackhistorymonth!

Check out the latest edition of our newsletter for recent updates on our membership retreat, joining the National Federation of Stonewall Democrats, and the launch of our new online store! mailchi.mp/capitalstone...

Dems should do this www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

From a source inside the National Cancer Institute: “Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”

You can get mad but we also need to get to work. We have a few events to share this week in addition to our own retreat this weekend. 7PM TUESDAY, Jan 28th at St. Columba 4201 Albemarle St NW @ward3dcdems.bsky.social welcome @mayorbowser.bsky.social to discuss #homeRule 🧵 (1/3)

Join us next week at our annual Membership Retreat! We’ll convene to discuss our 2025 goals and how we can come together as LGBTQ+ Democrats to resist the Trump Administration’s anti-LGBTQ agenda. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-membe...

Today, I joined my colleagues in introducing a DC statehood bill. DC residents serve in our military, contribute to our economy, and pay more in federal taxes per capita than any other state, but without any voting federal representation. Let’s make DC the 51st state.

When you see so many companies bending the knew, you really have to love Penzey’s. www.penzeys.com/online-catal...

Would really like to see a #DCStatehood Caucus to help protect us from what's to come and fight for the full rights and freedoms we deserver. @repjasmine.bsky.social I know you're game. @raskin.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social ?

The people of D.C. deserve the same political rights as everyone else in this country. Today I reintroduced the D.C. Admission Act with Congresswoman Norton to finally grant #DCStatehood and end taxation without representation in our nation's capital.

Close to a million migrants will be shielded from deportation for up to 18 months.

#SchoolDay446 & 35 🚌 routes late & 6 down. @OSSEDC isn’t providing 🚌 service so students can access EDUCATION!!! It’s not just ❄️ BTW. This failure has been going on for 2 YEARS!!! #ShareYourBusStory @mayorbowser.bsky.social @chmnmendelson.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @wtop.com.web.brid.gy

NEW: We are suing the federal government for polluting the Anacostia River for more than 150 years. The federal government has treated the Anacostia River as its dumping ground for toxic waste and chemicals. We are fighting to hold it accountable to clean the devastating pollution it has caused.

Sarah McBride filed her first bill today, demonstrating how she’s working to protect all Americans from predatory companies. www.advocate.com/politics/sar...

(Reuters) - Fox Corp, the parent of Fox News Network, failed to convince a New York state appeals court to dismiss a defamation claim in electronic voting systems company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion lawsuit over the network's 2020 post-election coverage. www.reuters.com/legal/fox-mu...

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

Extreme face card 🤌🏿

Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social - no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses - no goals for hiring women and minorities

We’re keeping you updated as the snow approaches this evening. Check the timing and get the latest forecast. Just type CWG.live into any device, anytime.

I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill.

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 10 at 7:13PM EST until January 11 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC Additional Details Here.

Last night, I sat next to a man who desperately wanted attention. How did he try to get that attention? By claiming the reason for the wildfires in LA is that California firefighters aren’t white enough.

My husband @mattgreenfield.bsky.social wrote this about his cancer www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-can...

From first hand experience, this app is an essential resource. Also, if you are trying to monitor the areas of loved ones living in a wildfire's path.

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the holidays and 2024 on Thursday night @stonewalldems51.bsky.social & The Little Gay Pub put on a beautiful party. We honored our leaders-past and present-and the amazing volunteers who helped us hav an impact on elections near and far

In TX, Rep. Ann Johnson again seeks to eliminate the statute of limitations for civil suits alleging child sexual abuse. She points to the Boy Scouts & the Southern Baptist Convention as examples of organizations protecting sexual predators. #ThisistheSBC www.wfaa.com/article/news...

Democrats: let’s fund the government Republicans: we are introducing our LIBERTY IN LAUNDRY ACT

Another day, another episode of Veep

Reminder that the DC Dems are going to be voting on Add-on members this January. Full list of candidates here: www.dcdemocraticparty.org/add-on-candi... Hope to see some of them at our Holiday Party! bit.ly/CSD2024Holid...

Come join us THIS THURSDAY for our annual holiday party bit.ly/CSD2024Holid... We've moved our start time back by an hour so community members and advocates can attend the very important meeting being hosted by our partners at 6:30pm to discuss protecting DC and beyond in the years to come.

Hard same Lee Sang-seon.

The Council’s push to regulate food delivery drivers has run up against powerful interests. Lobbyists cite driver safety concerns, while At-Large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie accuses Nadeau of “legislating on the fly.”

*Only* 13 🚌 routes late #SchoolDay427 - better than 28 yesterday & 44 M but still not good service for #DC’s disabled students & families who RELY on this ENTITLEMENT to access EDUCATION!!! #ShareYourBusStory @WashLaw4CR @dcchildrenslaw.bsky.social @councilofdc.bsky.social @wtop.com.web.brid.gy