Another reminder that the U.S. president cannot unilaterally "federalize" D.C. It was Congress that passed the Home Rule Act, which gave the city its locally elected mayor and legislature, and it's only Congress that can take it away.
NEWS: @SenAshleyMoody (R-Florida) has a new bill to require the U.S. flag be displayed in all D.C. school classrooms and mandate the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the day, though students could opt out. "We should be teaching kids why America is worth loving," she says.
No, @DoorDash, you cannot “support the District’s right to self-govern” while telling Congress to gut the District’s right to self-govern.
Those positions *are* mutually exclusive.
Your lobbyists are absolutely blowing this.
NEW: A Purple Heart veteran is taking legal action after 3 National Guardsmen detained her without a warrant on her D.C. patio in a violent confrontation. Her injuries required surgery.
"We are not at war with Americans, and my porch is not a war zone."
https://t.co/ARhfJoOnyq
Big day at Navy Yard for the @NoahKahan concert last Wednesday! It was the third-busiest day there since 2020. Skip the traffic and let Metro take you to the region’s best entertainment and events!
I broke the story earlier this year that this project was going to cost 5 million taxpayer dollars. Those horses are covered in what experts described to me as an unusually thick layer of 23.75 karat gold.
https://t.co/iCgnL1sFon
When the National Guard first deployed to DC we talked about how often you'd actually see them. Rarely, really, except on the Mall or downtown on the Metro.
Well that's all done. Now you see the Guard every day in every neighborhood.
opening insta to see the farewell video for Simon (simonsits) has me bawling, ive followed simon since he was a puppy living in a van with his foster 😭❤️🩹
Wow: The National Guard has signed a $292 million contract to house thousands of troops deployed to D.C. in 2,000 apartments in the city, instead of in hotels or other places where they've been put up. https://t.co/UwOD9WkqTb