@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social Hiya! Can you help get curb cuts cleared around H Street? Plows have shoved mountains of snow into the curb cuts. A group of neighbors had to help an elderly man in a wheelchair stuck in traffic on H because he couldn't navigate his wheelchair through high walls of ice.

Our elected officials must rein in ICE's abuses to our communities. Demand that Congress oppose any bill that would add to ICE's already massive budget at aclu.org/stop_ice_attacks-

“Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE” is a sentence that shouldn’t exist.

The ACLU was made for this moment. We've remained resolute in our defense of democracy for over 100 years — and we aren’t stopping now. Join us at aclu.org/defeatdelaydilute

BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and CBP challenging federal agents’ unconstitutional and illegal stops and arrests of people in Minnesota. We'll see the Trump administration in court.

We’ve spent the last year using every tool at our disposal to defeat, delay, and dilute President Trump’s anti-civil liberties agenda. In our new report, we break down the wins we've secured, the challenges we've faced, and the fight still ahead. Read it in full now.

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

ICE doesn't keep our communities safe.

This is a huge win for the people of Portland, LA, and Chicago, and for the rule of law. As this year comes to a close, we're grateful to the over 400,000 ACLU supporters who made it clear: Troops don't belong on our streets.

They said the same thing about my Irish ancestors when they came to America fleeing the famine too

If you’ve ever found yourself at a holiday meal without the right words to discuss causes you believe in, we’ve got your back. Gear up to navigate conversations about trans rights, immigrants’ rights, and more.

Every health issue I have is genetic that I can document going back at least three generations in my family (and which probably go back even further). What am I gonna do, stand over my great grandma's grave and ask her to take some personal responsibility?

If you run into any problems or have questions when casting your vote today, call the Election Protection Hotline.

As polls open across the nation, know your rights this Election Day.

Starting this week, Capital Area Food Bank is providing free food assistance to furloughed federal workers & contractors struggling to make ends meet because of the government shutdown. Simply show your government work I.D. & stock up on shelf-stable items & fresh produce.

The government doesn't get to decide if your protest is funny, and the government officials can’t punish you for making them the punchline. May the Force and the First Amendment be with you.

We have the right to free speech, whether the federal government likes it or not. And we have friends everywhere.

It's a gorgeous fall day and by god AWS is gonna make sure that every digital staffer goes outside and touches grass today.

This group drove 12 hours from Alabama to rally outside of the Supreme Court as it hears a significant case that could undercut the Voting Rights Act

Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

It's not too late to RSVP for our Know Your Rights training tonight: aclu.org/KYRtraining_oct6

Algorithmic timelines that keep pushing more and more "suggested content" has made it practically impossible to keep up with your friends and family on social media in any meaningful way. If it's not a wedding, a new baby, or a funeral, it's not going to appear on your timeline anymore.

My mom and I talked about the impact of 9/11 recently, how much I saw on TV, and how she didn't realize how much we'd seen until a CNN commentator told parents to turn the TV off to protect kids. Now horrific footage is being piped directly into kids' phones. I can't even imagine parenting today.

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The First Amendment protects our right to record ICE officers and law enforcement in public, whether Secretary Noem likes it or not.

President Trump deployed the National Guard to DC to create fear and grab power. No matter what federal agents and troops must uphold the Constitution. Know your rights if you're stopped by the police or federal troops.

Once again, I must remind everyone that DC has the best Attorney General ✊

Military troops have no place patrolling our streets.

Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...

me last week: “There was, and is, no external crisis facing the United States. But for reasons of both personality and political ambition, Trump needs a crisis to govern — or rather, to rule. And if the actual conditions of reality will not give him a state of exception, he’ll create one himself.”

'A member of the District of Columbia National Guard, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Task & Purpose that the move to arm Guardsmen was unnecessary. “Us being out there is not sending a message other than clear provocation to our own populace,” the National Guard member said.'

A National Guard driver in a 14-ton mine-resistant vehicle ran a red light and t-boned a civilian car. The fire department needed to use the jaws of life to extract the driver. Totally safe!

There was never any reason to drive 14-ton mine-resistant ATVs around Capitol Hill — except to be backdrops in the Trump administration's photoshoots. And now DC residents are paying the price. Get these off our streets.

The only way to fully protect the rights of DC residents is to make the district a state. Demand Congress supports DC statehood at aclu.org/dc_statehood_.

it is genuinely maddening to see pundits and reporters say things like “well trump has an advantage on crime” while the public consistently says “we think this guy sucks on crime”

Republican Governors are ignoring their own sky-high murder rates to fight Washington D.C.’s imaginary crime wave. Harold Meyerson reports: trib.al/ubALA92

Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C. www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

The deployment of out-of-state National Guard troops onto our streets is a brazen abuse of power meant to create fear in the District. Join us in the fight for statehood to give D.C. residents the same guardrails against federal overreach as other states: dcstatehoodnow.org

We all have the right to: ✔️ Tell people their legal rights ✔️ Take photos of anything in plain view, including law enforcement activity ✔️ Share information about what officers are doing and where they're operating

Good. This federal takeover is a blatant abuse of emergency powers.

We are suing to block the federal government takeover of DC police. By illegally declaring a takeover of MPD, the Administration is abusing its temporary, limited authority under the law. This is the gravest threat to Home Rule DC has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it.

Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

I need you to understand how deadly serious I am when I say that I am currently in Taylor Swift groupchats that have better infosec than this administration's group chats.

Know your rights if ICE agents show up at your door. Conozca sus derechos si agentes de ICE llegan a su puerta.

We need DC statehood NOW.

Without statehood, D.C. remains vulnerable to this kind of dangerous political exploitation.