#House votes to charge #DC 14-year-olds as adults
#Republicans in #Congress are pursuing a wave of new laws aimed at DC’s criminal justice system.

The #legislation is part of a package that #HouseRepublicans are pushing to impose more #federal control over the District in line with #Trump’s demands.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/politics/house-dc-crime-bills.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#House votes to charge #DC 14-year-olds as adults
#Republicans in #Congress are pursuing a wave of new laws aimed at DC’s criminal justice system.

The #legislation is part of a package that #HouseRepublicans are pushing to impose more #federal control over the District in line with #Trump’s demands.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/politics/house-dc-crime-bills.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

For the first time since before the pandemic, DC Elixir will be having an *in person* meetup.

Wednesday, October 8, in Rockville, MD

https://www.meetup.com/dc-elixir/events/311051804

#Elixir #ElixirLang #Erlang #GleamLang #meetup #DC #WashingtonDC

For the first time since before the pandemic, DC Elixir will be having an *in person* meetup.

Wednesday, October 8, in Rockville, MD

https://www.meetup.com/dc-elixir/events/311051804

#Elixir #ElixirLang #Erlang #GleamLang #meetup #DC #WashingtonDC

DC Department of Parks and Recreation installed a new plaque at T Street Park memorializing William Dorsey Swann, a formerly enslaved DC resident who was one of the country’s earliest advocates for LGBTQ+ rights.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-first-self-proclaimed-drag-queen-was-a-formerly-enslaved-man-180982311/
#LGBTQ #history#WashingtonDC#DC #news

DC Department of Parks and Recreation installed a new plaque at T Street Park memorializing William Dorsey Swann, a formerly enslaved DC resident who was one of the country’s earliest advocates for LGBTQ+ rights.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-first-self-proclaimed-drag-queen-was-a-formerly-enslaved-man-180982311/
#LGBTQ #history#WashingtonDC#DC #news

The 51-minute “Free DC” chant at today’s Washington Spirit game.

The District is under military occupation. Congress still legally has the ability to overrule the local government. There is no voting representation in Congress. There’s a reason the license plates say “TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”.

DC statehood now.

#FreeDC #NWSL #WoSo #WashingtonSpirit #DC #WashingtonDC #DCStatehood

Nice to see ads in the metro having “AI ART” scrawled over them when that’s the case.

#AI#WMATA#DC#WashingtonDC

From DC Media Group:
https://dcmediagroup.us/2025/09/06/dc-citizens-demand-statehood-in-rally-and-march-against-occupation-police-forces/

Washington DC—Tens of thousands of DC citizens rallied and marched Saturday demanding the immediate end to occupation forces and an end to police harassment and illegal arrests in communities throughout the city. The We Are All DC action was in response to the regime’s deployment of 1000s of federal police and over 2000 Army National Guard Soldiers from Southern States, including Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Citizens denounced roundups of immigrants, traffic stop traps, and the arrests some U.S. citizens.

The march began at Malcom X Park and ended about a mile away at Freedom Plaza, where organizers told of the adverse affects the occupation had on their communities, police stops to check drivers, usually without probable cause, and ICE roundups of immigrants and green card holders awaiting their final approval as citizens. Businesses were being hampered or closed because customers were not coming to the city and workers were afraid to go to work.

From DC Media Group:
https://dcmediagroup.us/2025/09/06/dc-citizens-demand-statehood-in-rally-and-march-against-occupation-police-forces/

Washington DC—Tens of thousands of DC citizens rallied and marched Saturday demanding the immediate end to occupation forces and an end to police harassment and illegal arrests in communities throughout the city. The We Are All DC action was in response to the regime’s deployment of 1000s of federal police and over 2000 Army National Guard Soldiers from Southern States, including Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Citizens denounced roundups of immigrants, traffic stop traps, and the arrests some U.S. citizens.

The march began at Malcom X Park and ended about a mile away at Freedom Plaza, where organizers told of the adverse affects the occupation had on their communities, police stops to check drivers, usually without probable cause, and ICE roundups of immigrants and green card holders awaiting their final approval as citizens. Businesses were being hampered or closed because customers were not coming to the city and workers were afraid to go to work.

Massive anti-ICE, anti-occupation march on the White House happening right now in #DC. #FreeDC

Photos via @aarum.bsky.social‬ and
‪@mark-frassetto.bsky.social‬