Emily in DC

Democrats Need to Be Better on the Issue of D.C. Statehood

And I'm not talking about professional Democrats, but people like you and me. By way of G. Elliot Morris: Democrats are only +15 for D.C. statehood. We need to be better than that. And it's not just about the two senate seats either, it's…

No more poopy Potomac!

Sent a message with the details. Such a nice ride this Monday morning!

@wmata.com just want to say my Red Line operator should have his own radio show. The station announcements have made my morning!

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next.

What a disgrace.

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.

Full statement from the band:

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money.

In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it.

Taxation without representation.

Meme of Trump-to-NYT translator: Trump: ... THE SOMALI PIRATES RANSACKED MINNESOTA ... EVEN AS HE WAS GUSHING BLOOD, WHICH WAS FLOWING BACK DOWN THE AISLE HELICOPTER LANDS AT A STEEP ANGLE .... BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HAMAS WORKED ALONG WITH ISRAEL AND THEY DUG, AND THEY DUG, AND THEY DUG... I'VE ALWAYS WANTED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR... NYT Translation: In his first State of the Union address of his second✩ term, President Trump offered a rosy portrait of a U.S. that has lost confidence in his leadership.

The U.S. men's hockey team reveals why men in America are failing at a spectacular rate.

History will remember their celebrating MAGA's misogyny, ignorance, and their embrace of Trump's cult of personality, corruption and fascism.

God bless the US women's hockey team. 💪

Republicans clap like seals after Trump recites his made-up foreign investment numbers

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,,

Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

tweet from lisa desjardins reporting SOTU might be up to 3 hours long

It’s both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. men’s hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Women’s team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas

This made me laugh more than I care to admit

Deport Scott Jennings

Good news: after 390 years of manels, single-gender events are officially forbidden at Harvard.

Oh. Never mind. Single-gender events are fine as long as all participants are men and occur "accidentally".

Universal healthcare… that is the answer

Pritzker demands a $1,700 refund per family for the people of Illinois after Trump's tariffs were ruled unconstitutional.

Dems, pay attention. This is your midterms message.

Trump: "I can do anything I want to do to them ... I'm allowed to destroy the country."

“Not” a fascist dictator

Experts warn NIH director now leading CDC will push ‘RFK Jr’s agenda’ RFK Jr ally Jay Bhattacharya was named acting director of the CDC and will be fourth leader in a year to head agency

“Now, rather than largely ignoring the actual operations of one agency, he can largely ignore the actual operations of two.”

"It seems the one qualification for this job is rubber-stamping RFK Jr’s agenda."

"I wonder if Jay will now do twice as many podcasts."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

What in the actual f?!?!?!?

@altfda.altgov.info challenged us to list #5Things that each of us Alts think have caused the most damage in our agencies over the past year. Each of the five items is chock full of sub-items…adding up to far more “things.” Here goes.

Fascism is here. 🇺🇸
CBS is dead. ☠️

More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀

If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.

May this one day happen to them.

NIH Director photo edited to show him wearing the Mike Tyson face tattoo as part of an "Eat Real Food" campaign. Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist.

Here is an image the NIH Director just shared on Twitter: A poster of him wearing a tattoo from a convicted rapist.

What???????? Would actually need to say the complete opposite…

It’s been 22 days since we’ve had trash collection… and we still wait…

After snowstorm delays, D.C. is rushing to catch up on trash collection Some D.C. residents say they haven’t gotten their trash picked up in three weeks.

NEWS: Some D.C. residents say they haven’t gotten their trash picked up in three weeks.

The post-storm collection challenges have also tied into some broader concerns with services from the D.C. Department of Public Works, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:

Lafayette Square behind a gate with construction and the White House and Washington Monument in the background

Our nation is being destroyed by Trump and the Republican Party. I used to get a surge of pride to live so close to the White House. Now it’s a construction project for our megalomaniac president