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Washington Spirit games provide a field for Trump resistance Women's soccer fans have taken to the stands with banners, flags, and pro-D.C. chants.

"We know from studying movements against dictators all over the world that a key element is often cultural interventions, right? And sports stadiums are a really important place to make those cultural interventions.“ Keya Chatterjee, Executive Director, #FreeDC

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People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

A group of police surround a homeless resident

“To look at an individual and say, ‘My advice to you is to either leave this community or make yourself invisible,’ it’s a terrible message to deliver to an individual.” - Claire Wilson, Executive Director of Georgetown Ministry Center

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“I’m afraid my stuff is going to be taken. Thrown in the trash, discarded,” he said. “It’s kind of the way that I’m sort of feeling, like I’m trash.” - Jeff Padgett

Trump’s crackdown on homeless residents in the nation’s capital has them on the run | CNN Politics Every night longtime Washington, DC, resident Jeff Padgett packs up his two chihuahuas, his sketch pad and other belongings in a black canvas rolling cart to cross the bridge over the Potomac River an...

Thank you @cnn.com for this focus on homeless residents in DC. Thank you @miriamskitchen.bsky.social and Georgetown Ministry Center for continuing to support and see the worthiness and humanity of homeless residents.

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no notes on this celly 🤩

Some children have successfully started a wave. They are thrilled.

lsu wbb players are the lord's toughest soldiers for being able to keep a straight face while kim is hollering at them in these crazy outfits

No paparazzi, please 📸

Trying to keep up: The president is slashing funding causing massive layoffs both in and outside gov. People are supposed to have jobs and not rely on gov funding. So are private companies stepping up to expand their workforces and hire ppl who got laid off? How are ppl supposed to eat?

Watching Conclave and thought it would be pure pulp, but this line stopped me in my tracks: “the one sin I have come to fear more than any other is certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance.”

The 51st presents: Overheard in D.C.! Each week we'll be publishing the funny, bizarre, heartwarming, and otherwise unbelievable stuff you hear in the District. Send your submissions to overheards@51st.news. Include where it was said, who said it, and a little context if possible!

D.C. Has Stiffed Nonprofits That Run Key Housing Programs, Causing Financial Chaos D.C.’s Department of Human Services hasn’t paid nonprofits running important housing programs for months, causing financial chaos.

“This kind of behavior is so antithetical to what a partnership should be. It’s so unreasonable that it really degrades our relationship.” washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7570...

"Right now...the way I'm feeling...is that our state hasn't been attacked by the federal government this much since King George sent his troops to Great Bridge back in 1776....And silence...is not an answer - either from here or the 3rd floor" - @ssurovell.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/01/must...

ICYMI: Mamatoto Village brings maternal and infant care to the doorsteps of underserved communities. A new study has found that the program's culturally relevant care improves birth outcomes for Black people in D.C. https://buff.ly/4hr05YJ

There is so much to fight in this moment. For some of us, years of struggle lie ahead. But I will not let that necessary struggle define me. It is not the entirety of who I am, what I do, what I talk about, or how I feel. I am more than that. And “I not have my life narrowed down.”

AOC nails it. Come out strong, create a contrast, call bullshit on the GOP's false claims to care about women and girls.

Image of a wrought iron gate in front of a house with a hand-drawn sign that says “protect gender affirming care” with a rainbow.

This is an appreciation post for my DC neighbors 💖DC is a real place with people and families living here who get affected by policymaking we have no say in. #TransIsBeautiful #StatehoodForDC

In Kansas City, a First-Ever Stadium Designed for Women’s Sports Takes the Field Designed for the Kansas City Current by the women-led architecture firm Generator Studio, CPKC Stadium aims to revive an urban waterfront without public funds.

The story behind the home of the Kansas City Current. The first-ever (as in: ever in the world) stadium built for women’s sports www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

bummed to lose but if anyone else had to win I'm glad it was Marta, to whom all womens' soccer fans owe a tremendous debt

let's get our lasses healed up; Spirit till I die!

We never gave up and that they should be proud of that. I’m proud of this team and everything they accomplished this season

SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Powered by love, the 2024 Washington Spirit are ahead of schedule Before the playoffs even began Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury, a six-year veteran of the club, summed up this iteration of the team. While a deep playoff run with rookies in pivotal …

thinking about the 2024 washington spirit
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Trinity Rodman pointing during the NWSL semis

Scipio Liberating Massiva, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1719-21, 📸 by @visuallybreanna

THIS on repeat: the moment Washington Spirit punched their ticket to the NWSL Championship 🎥🍿

These are all incredible!! You can really feel the energy of the game coming through.

59 seconds of pure joy #WashingtonSpirit going to the @nwslbot.bsky.social finals baybeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

i know the nwsl playoffs hate to see the spirit comin

AUBREY KINGSBURY YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING HERO

AUBREY KINGSBURY YOU LEGEND