#DCstatehood#DCstatehoodNews service, seeking to end ongoing JimCrow tyranny over DC which forbids all actual legislature elections in DC, Federal,state,&local
@MarkusforDC@Janeese4DC What precisely is this? A poster based on wishful thinking? An unincorporated group’s event? An incorporated group’s event?
Please unpack.
5 of 11 GOP women US Senators are gone in January 2027.
I don’t think GOP Murkowski R-AK will flip to Dem, but it’s the perpetual rumor mill after GOP snubbed her in 2016 & she won a write-in campaign instead. But if she did, GOP would be down to 5 women US Senators.
Blue Dog Dems 2027-2028 on #DCstatehood:
Sanford Bishop #GA02 pro & voted
Jim Costa #CA21 pro & voted
Josh Gottheimer #NJ05 pro & voted
Jamie Ager #NC11 f anti
Paul Barringer #NC13 f anti
Mitchell Berman #WI01 f anti
Bob Brooks #PA07 f anti
Rebecca Cooke #WI03 f anti
Kelly D+5 had to run many times & is a battle ground, so is disappointing, but allowed.
Klobuchar D-MN, Durbin D-IL, Peters D-MI, Shaheen D-NH, 4 Dems, all resigned, dropping us from 44 to 40 votes.
That is the basis of my v001 #DCstatehood 2027-2028 summary map.
@ankitjaindc Summary map v001, of how I am seeing #DCstatehood in 2027-2028, so far, before AK & MS US Senate races are even called, so based on what little we know. 43 votes & 10 refusing, (2 races not called, AK MS).
Blue Dog Dems 2027-2028 on #DCstatehood by district:
#PA07 Bob Brooks f anti
#SC01 Nancy Lacore f anti
#TX15 Bobby Pulido f anti
#TX35 Johnny Garcia f anti
#WI01 Mitchell Berman f anti
#WI03 Rebecca Cooke f anti
Blue Dog Caucus & if they pro cosponsor/pledge #DCstatehood, or voted for #DCstatehood, f=freshman, anti=opposing cosponsoring & pledging:
Gray #CA13 anti
Perez #WA03 anti
Correa #CA46 pro & voted
Henry Cuellar #TX28 voted
Gonzalez #TX34 voted
*Blue Dog Coalition grew by 12 members.
*MAGA Republicans tabled the impeachment of Hegseth, once again showing they REFUSE to hold the Trump administration accountable for anything.
*Get ready for 2027!! 😈🔥
Blue Dog Dems 2027-2028 on #DCstatehood by district:
#AZ06 JoAnna Mendoza f anti
#CO04 Eileen Laubacher f anti
#KY06 Zach Dembo f anti
#MN01 Jake Johnson f anti
#MT01 Sam Forstag f anti
#NC11 Jamie Ager f anti
#NC13 Paul Barringer f anti
#NJ02 Zack Mullock f anti
This is a still/frame from the viral April 22, 2026, Detroit Home Depot brawl involving Army veteran Robert Walls.YouTube
The video (posted by @ilyhaden on May 16, 2026, with the caption “Bro is gonna regret this day for the rest of his life”) shows chaotic fighting inside the store near the outdoor furniture section (visible $99 Hampton Bay signs, stacked chairs, orange Home Depot carts/buckets, and aisle signage).X
What happened (per Walls’ account and local reporting)
58-year-old disabled Army veteran Robert Walls was shopping for a paint roller on a mobility scooter at the Home Depot near 7 Mile and Meyers in Detroit.
He says three men (one adult and two teens) were harassing a female customer. After he encountered them, they turned on him with threats (“slap me in my bald head,” “kill your [expletive] up in here”), gang-related talk, growling, and one reaching into his shirt (Walls feared a weapon). They followed and blocked him.
He asked a Home Depot employee to call 911; the employee allegedly walked away.
Walls grabbed PVC pipes/poles from a display, yelled for them to leave him alone, and defended himself after one reportedly told the others “y’all kill him.” A brawl broke out.
A female Detroit PD officer working security at the store intervened in the chaos. Walls says she focused on restraining/handcuffing him (and claims she tased him) while the group continued beating him. Police stated she drew a Taser but did not discharge it, she sustained minor injuries, and the scene was chaotic with limited resources. Walls was briefly handcuffed, questioned, and released; he went to the hospital with injuries (pain and memory issues).
The group had been causing problems at a nearby car wash shortly before. Charges were submitted to the prosecutor for two of the three men (the third was a juvenile, with status pending at the time of reporting). The officer’s use of force was to be investigated.YouTube
The video captures the fight in the aisles (people grappling, poles involved, the officer in the mix, employees/bystanders present). Replies to the X post heavily criticize the officer for appearing to restrain the person backing up/defending himself rather than effectively controlling the group.
Local coverage from ClickOnDetroit/WDIV (including interviews with Walls) matches the visual elements in your earlier image and the full video. Walls publicly said he wanted justice and that his politeness nearly got him killed.
Van Hollen D-ME is #DCstatehood bill sponsor in 2025-2026, & possible rival of Schumer D-NY for Dem leader US Senate. Hearsay Schumer has the votes.
This is an undesirable leadership fight for #DCstatehood (unless Schumer immediately passes our bill eg #51for51, due to squabble)
Troy Jackson's volunteers are throwing their support behind Chris Van Hollen for Senate Majority Leader, flooding Angus King with calls to ditch Schumer and back Van Hollen.
@AzizSunderji Map bragging that JimCrow/KKK tyranny over DC,
especially tyranny bad faith segregated schools,
& delaying 4 year under grad college 106 years after Morrill Act 1962, until 1966,
& UDC community college until 2009, 80+ years after the USDA mutiny,
causes massive inequality.