Florida gives Delray Beach deadline to eliminate LGBTQ+ pride intersection — or state will do the removal trib.al/U4QNBXC

FBI agents fear Trump is turning the bureau into a police force, at the expense of its national security mission. Latest plan: Equip FBI agents with tasers. msnbc.com/news/news-anal…

The American Academy of Pediatrics urged parents to get their youngest children vaccinated for covid, part of a broader effort by medical organizations to bypass Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wapo.st/4lCO3ND

Food delivery drivers in DC taking the brunt of the crime crackdown

DC reporter: Officers struck a delivery driver on his moped and arrested him. The man was sobbing and asking to call his family. Officers yelled at neighbors to go away

Among his new criticisms of the Smithsonian... Trump mentions how the Smithsonian focuses on "how bad slavery was"

One of the Texas Democrats who broke quorum:

Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is suing over "illegal confinement" after Republicans locked her in the state Capitol for refusing police surveillance huffpost.com/entry/nicole-c…

A friend sent me this. Heartbreaking.

NEW at NYT: The Democratic Party is facing a voter registration crisis in red, blue and battleground states alike — losing ground to the GOP everywhere. My deep dive into the numbers and what it reveals about the party's brand. Thread —> nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/…

🚨 Nearly 80% of DC residents oppose the federal takeover of DC and National Guard deployment.

NEW: DC residents in neighborhoods hit hardest by violent crime tell me the federal police and National Guard surge isn’t reaching them. A woman in SE across the Anacostia River put it simply: “If you’re going to protect the city, protect the whole city.” fox5dc.com/news/750-addit…

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth relies on such an unusually large security force for personal protection that it has forced the Army’s protective unit to suspend critical investigative work, according to officials familiar with the operation. wapo.st/3HKysO1

My latest: The White House says hundreds have been arrested amid Trump’s D.C. police takeover. But there's black hole instead of the usually readily accessible info surrounding arrests. Basic questions are going unanswered. More here, with @emmauber7: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…

Have D.C.’s criminals graduated to using land mines?

Restaurant owners tell the Washington Post that sending troops into civilian areas seems to have scared off their customers washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08/1…

This is dark.

National Guard, DEA, US Marshals, Capitol Police, Metro PD, Amtrak police, and what appears to be Secret Service snipers at Union Station right now

At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN review of FBI data. cnn.com/2025/08/22/pol…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., to be armed huffpost.com/entry/dc-natio…