From the Washington Post:
“I have been hesitant in past years to call for statehood for the District because I believed that we could achieve voting rights for its residents without having to take the politically difficult steps statehood would entail…
I now believe the only path to ensuring its representation is through statehood. (more…)
Photo by Chelsea Allinger
Thanks to Chelsea for sending last night from Mt. Pleasant and Kilbourne St, NW on the side of the Subway. Projection by Robin Bell‘s Bell Visuals.
Credit: Paul Kim for the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy
From the Nationals:
“Yesterday, the Scholar-Athletes at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy celebrating the end of the school year received a surprise visit from President Barack Obama. The President enjoyed a first-hand look at the after-school programming of the Youth Baseball Academy, including a scrimmage between our HUSTLE baseball and softball programs, field activities for younger students, and the weekly farmers’ market offering healthy, affordable produce to neighborhood families. (more…)
Photo by Mark Lyon
Thanks to Mark for sending from Stachowski Market & Deli. (more…)
A band of "white nationalists" just interrupted a talk by @JonathanMetzl about his new book called "Dying of Whitness" at @PoliticsProse. @PoPville pic.twitter.com/nlXRXdAkcX
— Katy Cain (@KatyCain526) April 27, 2019
“After they leave, the book group proceeds to have a deep and varied conversation about equity, white privilege, healthcare, and more. (5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW)” (more…)
Photo by Shamila N. Chaudhary
hahaha thanks to Shamila for sharing:
“If you preordered and paid for your hard copy of the Mueller Report, it’s ready & waiting for you at Politics and Prose in Chevy Chase D.C.”
Photo by Andrea Wolfson
Thanks to Andrea for sharing last night:
“big protest at Sheridan Circle, remembering the Armenian genocide. Turkish ambassador residence has counter protesters. Police are starting to close streets.”
Back in 2017 there was a protest in Sheridan Circle that turned violent when “Turkish security personnel” intervened.
From an email:
“How lame is it that the keynote speaker to this year’s White House Correspondents’ dinner is boring old historian Ron Chernow?? Wouldn’t you rather see a sharp-tongued and super woke comedian like, say, Haywood Turnipseed Jr. whose performed at the Kennedy Center take the stage? Wouldn’t it be fun if The Donald himself made an appearance??
Forget the Nerd Prom the night before, The Unofficial Correspondents’ Dinner is a first-of-its-kind Political Roast show that will feature a constituency of DC’s best comedians, in character, for a bipartisan bashing of epic proportions. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown
From Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s office:
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today she introduced the Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act of 2019, which would permit the use of marijuana in federally assisted housing, including public housing and Section 8 housing, in compliance with the marijuana laws of the state where the property is located. Under current federal law, the users of drugs that are illegal under federal law, including marijuana, are prohibited from being admitted into federally assisted housing. Federal law also allows landlords to evict residents of federally assisted housing for drug use. Norton says that individuals living in federally assisted housing should not be denied admission, or fear eviction, for using a product legal in their state. Both adult use and medical use of marijuana is currently legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia and over 90 percent of Americans support legalized medical marijuana. (more…)
