3174 Mount Pleasant Street, NW
Thanks to Emily for sending Friday night from the side of the Subway in Mount Pleasant.
Politics
Photo by Bless this Jess
Jess reports around 8:30am:
“Climate change protesters heading up 12th from Penn Ave, made turn on G st toward the White House.”
From AlertDC:
“MPD reports the Demonstrators are northbound on 12th Street at E Street NW. MPD is on scene with the rolling road closures. Continue to follow police direction.”
Update from AlertDC at 8:55am:
“MPD reports the demonstrators are stationary at 13th and K Streets NW. Rolling road closures are continuing. Please follow police direction.”
Beach Drive, August 21, 2017
From the National Park Service:
“The three year project to completely rehabilitate Beach Drive is done, and the whole road will be open on Friday, September 27 around noon.
What did we do? (more…)
Thanks to pithypants for sending: “I saw him at the #climatestrike on Friday!”
*This series will feature any pets in a backpack/bag. On metro, or not. Corgi, or not. Please email your sightings to [email protected]
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Photo by Hannah Goldstein
Thanks to Hanna and Clint for sending from 4th and New York Ave, NW. Updates as we get more reports.
UPDATED reports: (more…)
From the Mayor’s Office:
“The Bowser Administration is currently monitoring first amendment activities planned by local climate change organizations for Monday, September 23, 2019. The groups have planned first-amendment protected events on Monday to potentially include the intentional disruption of traffic on high-volume roadways around the District. Although we are unaware of specific locations that will be impacted, there is the potential for traffic delays and disruptions throughout the District. (more…)
Thanks to Jesse for sending around 11pm Saturday night:
“Someone is projecting photos from Friday’s Climate Strike on the side of this building on Columbia Rd in Adams Morgan. I can’t tell if it’s coming from the building next door or the roof of the Metro Wine & Spirits, but it’s showing photos from the demonstrations in DC and NY.” (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Ted Eytan
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee at a hearing on the Washington, DC Admission Act (H.R. 51), the first House hearing on DC statehood in over 25 years. H.R. 51 has been cosponsored by a record 219 Members.
Below is the Mayor’s full testimony, as prepared for delivery.
Chairman Cummings, Ranking Member Jordan, and all members of this esteemed Committee, thank you for hosting this historic hearing on H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, to make Washington, DC the 51st state.
I want to especially thank our Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has championed equality for DC for her entire tenure, while skillfully delivering jobs, opportunity and greater self-determination.
I am Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, DC, and I am honored to be here today to ask Congress to act upon the request of my residents to admit Washington, DC to join the United States of America as the 51st state.
I was born in Washington, DC, and generations of my family — through no choice of our own — have been denied the fundamental right promised to all Americans: the right to full representation in the Congress guaranteed by statehood.
Over the years, there have been a lot of arguments against statehood. (more…)
From a press release:
“Youth leaders around the world have called for a Global Climate Strike and week of action from September 20-27. Youth have led the way so far but now they are calling on everyone to take action with them. In Washington, DC we are answering that call in a major way: we are going to Shut Down DC.
On September 23rd, a coalition of climate groups and allies will bring traffic and business as usual to a standstill in the nation’s capital to demand the government acts immediately to end the climate emergency. (more…)