On the Hill today supporting Mayor Bowser, Chairman Mendelson, and Attorney General Schwalb as they provide testimony to the House Oversight Committee regarding our city's interests. The DC government stands united in its commitment to safeguarding our autonomy & preventing unwarranted interference.

To the 31 House Democrats who voted with Trump: I would never vote to disenfranchise your constituents, undermine their democratic rights, or impose harsher penalties on them against their will. Regrettably, you have done exactly that to my constituents and legislative body. Shame 😪

Today, Congress is marking up anti-DC bills to: — Criminalize sleeping in a car — Prosecute 14-year-olds as adults — Give Congress a line-item veto of the DC budget — Force MPD to rehire officers who commit serious crimes — Let Trump handpick the DC Attorney General with no Senate confirmation

Today's Supreme Court ruling profoundly impacts the foundation of American democracy. The implications are severe. Our constitutional safeguards are no longer guaranteed. The enjoyment of constitutional rights and protections are now contingent upon one's race and class.

Today the Council sent a letter opposing the Congressional bills threatening our autonomy. This is a first step to push back against interference. I'm also testifying on the Hill next week and we are meeting with Congressional representatives to explain why these bills are harmful to the District.

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

#FreeDC @janeese4dc.bsky.social helping launch our lobby day.

Resistance in action! Proud of DC residents! #FREEDC

I was able to make it to the official ribbon cutting ceremony this morning for the newly modernized Truesdell Elementary School in Brightwood Park! Lots of celebration in the air for this beautiful new campus in Ward 4! Thank you to @janeese4dc.bsky.social for your leadership and support on this!

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

UPDATE: Our Ward 4 neighbor has been released & retrieved his car this morning. Thank you to our neighbors for showing up in numbers. This is how we get through this: we keep fighting, we keep showing up, we keep recording, we keep speaking out, and we keep organizing! We keep us safe.

Just leaving the scene of yet another neighbor being taken today. Delivering food to a neighbor, stopped, surrounded by multiple agencies of law enforcement and arrested. No pretext.

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.

FEDERAL FORCES OUT OF DC NOW! For allies across the country, we have two ways you can support us in standing down the federal escalation: ➡️ freedcproject.org/allies ➡️ freedcproject.org/occupation

Another lie from the White House. Since they put these federal agents out across neighborhoods I’ve heard from many restaurants that business is starkly down - customers & staff concerned about the harassment by agents they’re seeing on streets.

Over the last week, we've heard countless concerns about harmful federal law enforcement activity in our communities.   I have created an online form where neighbors can anonymously report and document concerning incidents involving federal agents.   Submit reports here: ➡️ bit.ly/4msqJmU

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I was pleased to support DC's defense of home rule by attending today's hearing in the lawsuit DC filed against the Trump Administration! We aren’t going down without a fight! #FREEDC

Grateful to see OAG take an important step I’ve been requesting since Day One: to use the District’s legal levers to fight back against this clear unconstitutional overreach. The only thing that will protect our rights as DC residents is to use every legal tool at our disposal.

Let’s go AG! #FreedDC

A huge thank you to the DC faith community who have opened their doors and offered refuge to our neighbors under attack. Faith in action 🙏🏾👏🏾

The Office of the Attorney General is committed to protecting the rights of all DC residents. This guidance is intended to inform residents — including DC residents experiencing homelessness — about their rights and the resources available to them. Please check out and share the guidance:

The EO allowing MPD to share immigration information with feds is outrageous. My colleagues and I are discussing the legality of this move and what actions we can take. We are a city that welcomes all and protects our residents.

We have severely lost the plot! This coordination and cooperation with Trump to target DC residents is dangerous, unacceptable and violates our Sanctuary Values Act! I’m disgusted that we would abandon our values and our people in this way. Stand for something! Defend our values!

The President's reckless actions targeting DC autonomy mean many of our unhoused neighbors are at immediate risk.

🚨 If you or a neighbor need support, call the shelter hotline immediately at 202-399-7093.

DC government has expanded availability.

More resources: ➡️

The actions taken yesterday by the Trump administration are anti-democratic and un-American, plain and simple. Our residents pay taxes like every other American. Now is the time for everyone else to hear us and fight alongside us for our autonomy.

Despite everything DC has done to compromise and cooperate with this administration, yesterday's actions should make it clear compliance was never going to be enough. It will never be enough.

Koh: If he were serious about cutting crime he wouldn't be proposing cutting $400 million from the ATF or cutting $500 million from the FBI, 700 agents or the DEA with with drug enforcement or the office of violence against women, 100 million from there

One of the outstanding legal questions: What is the “emergency" that serves as the predicate for the seizure of control of the police or deployment of the National Guard? What are the actual facts that the President has laid out to meet this threshold.

The District of Columbia is under attack today — not from violent gangs or thieves, but by the President of the United States. The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.

Any RFK deal before the Council must have project labor and labor peace agreements as an essential part of the terms we sign onto. Read @cmzparker5.bsky.social’s and my full statement:

We’re closing in on 12 am on the RFK Stadium proposal hearing. Grateful for all the neighbors that have waited patiently to testify all day. Commanders sent us a letter tonight of assurances ahead of tomorrows hearing. We’ll take time in the morning to digest before our hearing tomorrow. Good night🛌

My statement on the Council’s final vote on the FY26 budget.

I’m so disheartened about the direction our city is going in. It’s the day after the legislative meeting and budget vote and the harm that will come to so many as a result of our actions or inactions can’t help but hit like a ton of bricks 😪

Thanks @nationals.com for welcoming our community to Nats Park tonight to show our #Ward4 pride! 🏟️⚾️ Grateful to every neighbor who came out, especially LaSalle-Backus Principal Shelly Gray who repped our community on the field!

Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social‬ who is giving New Yorkers and all of us hope tonight. His campaign was about lowering the cost of living for working class New Yorkers and I am not surprised that it resonated so deeply with voters! 🙌🏾❤️🌹

🚨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.

Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?

Honored to join @yeonetwork.bsky.social’s Our Fight, Our Future convening for a powerful discussion on how cities & states can take on corporate greed. The path forward starts with fair elections, progressive taxation, & investing in our communities by putting power back in the hands of the people.

President Trump's EO on DC is thoroughly anti-home rule and insulting to 700K DC residents who live in close proximity to a federal government that continues to deny them the same rights given to other Americans.   Statement: bit.ly/4j8veB3

DC is beautiful already #FreeDC

DC Postal Workers in Brentwood stood up make it clear: Privatization of USPS is a bad deal for every American. We need to keep it public.

My statement on the Senate’s vote on DC’s budget:

NEWS: The Senate just unanimously passed a bill to allow D.C. to spend its local funds at their current levels, moving to undo a provision of the federal spending bill that would have slashed the city's budget by more than $1 billion. The bill heads to the House next.

I was on the Hill this morning with @janeese4dc.bsky.social talking to offices about the devastating impact of this CR on the District of Columbia.

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

I’m at the Capitol with my Council colleagues asking House Republicans to remove a provision of their spending plan cutting $1 billion from DC’s budget. This is DC taxpayer money that goes towards teachers, police officers, firefighters, and much more.

DC government does not operate like an agency — treating it like it does and cutting these taxpayer funds does not save the federal government money and would be devastating for DC workers and families.

Make no mistake — this is a direct attack on our fundamental right to use our tax dollars to meet the needs of the people of DC. I call on all members of Congress to stand up to this proposal and protect DC’s autonomy. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedem.bsky.social