Photo by PoPville flickr user Ted Eytan
The John Oliver video was epic and this follow up of kids singing the song advocating for DC Statehood is pretty damn great too:
Politics
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Photo via Senator Paul Strauss (@SenPaulStrauss)
“Dear PoPville,
As a self-styled prince, I think you might appreciate this.
I’m not sure if Senator Strauss realizes, but Seborga not an internationally recognized sovereign nation, but rather a self-declared independent principality of Italy, with no independent political power. But because Senator Strauss has no independent political power either, it might be appropriate.”
Senator Paul Strauss tweeted:
“Such an honor to meet Prince Marcello & Princess Nina Menengatto of @PrincSeborga at the US #Senate today #Seborga”
also worth noting is the twitter exchange that followed:
“We’re the only democracy in the world that does this…”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Jim Havard
@MacFarlaneNews tweets:
“BREAKING: Donald Trump’s DC Old Post Office LLC sues famed chef Jose Andres & affiliated companies for $10 million – for breach of contract“
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The petition worked!!
From the Washington Post:
“Donald Trump’s recent statements disparaging immigrants make it impossible for my company and I to move forward with opening a successful Spanish restaurant in Trump International’s upcoming hotel in Washington, D.C.,” the statement reads. “More than half of my team is Hispanic, as are many of our guests. And, as a proud Spanish immigrant and recently naturalized American citizen myself, I believe that every human being deserves respect, regardless of immigration status.”
From Change.org:
“In light of Donald Trump’s insensitive remarks against Mexican immigrants, José Andrés should reconsider opening a restaurant inside Trump’s D.C. hotel, set to open in 2016.
José Andrés embodies the American dream, having moved from Spain to start a family and create one of the most successful restaurant chains in culinary history.”
At posting 362 have signed.
Update: From the Washington Post:
“The Supreme Court on Friday delivered an historic victory for gay rights, ruling 5-4 that the Constitution requires that same-sex couples be allowed to marry no matter where they live and that states may no longer reserve the right only for heterosexual couples.”
@JimHavard tweets us the shot above. PoPville flickr user Phil uploads the shot below:
A reader reports:
“Attached is a photo I took of a protest by the Armenian National Committee of America that I saw today at 12th & K St., NW. They were protesting outside the offices of Gephardt Group Government Relations, led by former congressman Richard Gephardt, who the protesters said represents the government of Turkey that refuses to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide.”
Thanks to a reader for the update on the Net Neutrality Demonstration outside the FCC:
“Guess who is back outside the FCC today? The cat silhouettes and a bizarre wrestling match between cable companies and a tiger representing net neutrality.”
Mount Pleasant.