Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling” Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”

these two overviews have the *exact* same energy

A little tidbit: @janeese4dc.bsky.social just told me that her campaign qualified for public financing in just four hours since launching. That required getting $40,000 in small donations from at least 1,000 D.C. residents. That's pretty fast.

DC is absolutely worth fighting for. Over the last five years, @janeese4dc.bsky.social has consistently chosen the side of DC's families, workers, tenants, small businesses, and vulnerable residents. Join me in donating to her on Day 1 of her historic campaign for mayor: bit.ly/jlg-2026

Come share food and community at a FREE Community Meal & Potluck on Sat, Dec 20 (12–2 pm) at Seeker’s Church (276 Carroll St NW)! Enjoy a hot lunch from Marty’s Food & Catering, and bring drinks/desserts if you’d like. We can host many but space isn’t unlimited, so please RSVP to hold your spot.

well this is how I found out JACK EVANS is thinking about running for Council Chair 🫠 #SackJack #SackJack2

"There are people here right now who serve in the National Guard, who have jobs and families in their home states, who have been sent on a fool's errand by this president to instill terror in our community at the cost of their home communities, their home states." - @alexdodds.bsky.social

Can I get a HELL YEAH for @yourombudsmom.bsky.social and DC abortion access reporting and for this line in particular from @alexdodds.bsky.social: “I would invite people who care about abortion to organize to protect abortion before those attacks do happen."

The House just voted to undo DC's Sanctuary law. This is not what DC communities want, and it is an incredibly dangerous threat to everyone who lives here. We will fight to stop this bill from passing.

Love to see it: DPR’s Roving Leaders program is offering programming for kids on spring break this week AND they’re doing it at Upshur Park Rec Center, which I have never seen open in all my years here. “We’re bringing it back!”

I’m on my way to the Capitol right now with other councilmembers to ask House GOP to fix their mistake in the CR that would cut $1b from DC’s budget – DC's own money! It would cut police, fire, teachers & more. That does not make DC safer, cleaner, or better!

The measles vaccine has been available in the US since the 1960s. vaccines.gov/en/ still works! Find a pharmacy near you and get the MMR.

“Border czar Tom Homan bemoaned that immigrants in the U.S. were too informed.” Community defense works y’all, keep it up!

Okay y’all, what are we emailing him that we did last week? Wrong answers only.

I won’t troll Gregg Pemberton on X I won’t troll Gregg Pemberton on X I won’t troll Gregg Pemberton on X I won’t troll Gregg Pemberton on X I won’t

fantasizing about a world where an opposition congress responds to trump’s attempts to usurp legislative power by defunding the entire white house staff

Join us for a conversation with Trent Holbrook with Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton and @alexdodds.bsky.social with @freedcproject.bsky.social on defending home rule. All are welcome to join as we discuss protecting DC. mobilize.us/dcdemsward3/... #DCHomeRule #StatehoodNow #Ward3Dems

On WAMU this morning a guest described Odessa in Ukraine as a center of “irrepressible resilience.” The guest almost said “resistance” but corrected himself midway. It’s an important distinction 🧵

Via Twitter/X: the @councilofdc.bsky.social unanimously approved legislation to accept the transfer of jurisdiction of the RFK site to DC!

An enormous crowd is outside the US Treasury making it clear that *nobody* elected Elon Musk.

zero plane crashes in four years to two plane crashes in one week seems like not the best

FYI the opposite of taking the buyout is forming a union.

Tomorrow in DC we’re protesting DC Children’s Hospital for ending all care to trans people under 19 I would love to see my followers join me in protesting a move that’s already impacting folks very close to me If not now, when?

Days filled with anxiety and danger have turned into a three-year-long nightmare. This city survives on the sheer willpower of those who love it. Our determination to resist and save our home keeps us going. And I am proud to be one of its citizens. Hello from Kharkiv!

Someone please start a band called Movement Beef so factions of the left who are arguing with each other can thrash

This administration would have just fired everyone if they could. The fact that instead they're offering fake "buyouts" is a sign that federal worker protections are doing what they are designed to do.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

...HAIL WATCH IN EFFECT... * WHAT...Hail. * WHERE...Everywhere #Commanders fans are found. * WHEN...3 p.m. onward. * IMPACTS...Hail. A hail watch means conditions are favorable for HAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... #RaiseHail && $$

Hey, I'll be in this show! Opening Saturday, 1/25 5-8 pm

The people of DC will experience this administration in uniquely bad ways. But the people here also have unique power — and we’re going to need to use it. Free DC is a new campaign setting out to build the movement it will take to win dignity for DC. Follow @freedcproject.bsky.social + learn more:

“One of the best organizing opportunities is a bad boss. Well, just about one of the worst is about to be inaugurated tomorrow.” — Chelsea Bland, CLUW DC at Metro DC DSA’s “The Road Ahead” @nightschool-dc.bsky.social

I’m at “DC History & the Quest for Democracy” at UDC. Dr. Derek Musgrove starts us off with a history lesson, explaining that in the 1870s Congress decided it would rather get rid of local democracy in DC altogether than let emancipated people have the right to vote here.

The energy we need in 2025:

hey go make sure your local bus stop is shoveled 😘

Reposting this just so I can add these to my reading list in 2025.

1000%! Social media before content algorithms was way more interesting and conversational. Hoping to find more of that, online and offline, in 2025.

700,000 residents. We’re so back, baby!

The @wmata.com popup shop designers understood the assignment

I say this, and mean this, every year: It can be tough to be alone on Thanksgiving. There are bars in D.C. that will welcome you for free food and socializing. Among them: Busboys and Poets Anacostia serves lunches to anyone who asks, with live music, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (con't)

Washington Gas very much does not want you to know that using gas appliances for hours to make your Thanksgiving meal comes with serious health risks. So much so that they seem to have pressured WUSA to bury a story about this... washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7540...

It’s a beautiful day to not be driving or flying.