I swear to god if Schumer fucks this guy over I'm going to go absolutely ballistic. You couldn't create a more dream candidate for the Democrats in a state without a major city.

I know Shahed, he’s a dedicated public servant and patriot, and these are racist lies. I expect to see the entire DC NatSec community defending him and the other targets of this racist, McCarthyist purge. Stand up.

Our World Central Kitchen team delivered baby formula to the pediatric department of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where children are suffering from malnutrition, and to neonatal, malnutrition & pediatric wards in 5 other hospitals. More than 2,000 children under 2 received this critical

Pope Leo, we can be trusted with communion pong at the fratican

58% of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize a Palestinian state. Thank you J Street for this thoughtful conversation about how we can make this a reality. jeremybenami.substack.com/p/watch-jeremy…

Susan Collins going after her military vet opponent because he isn’t sufficiently supportive of Israel’s genocide. I don’t think this will play how she thinks.

The irony for Liz Bruenig is that if she was coming up now instead of ten years ago she would be hailed as the left's answer to the new right-wing sensibility: see, of course you can be Catholic and a mother in your 20s and still be a leftist. Instead everyone was really weird

NEW: As immigrant delivery drivers started using mopeds, D.C. police pushed greater enforcement of their vehicles. Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…

"FREE SCHOOL MEALS (MAKE AMERICA PREGNANT AGAIN!)" got me

Platner's point is more important than mine, but I think Dem leadership greatly underestimates how much the fundraising texts piss people off. At best they're annoying, at worst, they rip off old people. The party needs to crack down on spam pacs and shitty vendors asap.

As important and necessary as this reporting work is, it’s been so apparent, pretty much from the get go theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

We obtained data from a classified Israeli intelligence database indicating that at least 83% of people killed in Gaza were civilians. The data lists all militant deaths the army was able to confirm. An investigation for +972 Magazine and The Guardian with Emma Graham Harrison

People I talk to outside DC do not understand what's happening. On my way to work, three cars surrounded a fourth, five guys got out in masks, wearing no agency name, grabbed a man from the car, shoved them in theirs, and drove off.

St. Louis police and security for Rep. Wesley Bell got quite rough with townhall attendees at the end of the recent event. Here's new video from one constituent who filmed some of the assaults and by the end is getting thrown to the ground himself:

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

Bus ridership data for the new WMATA routes are now available! Looks like the C53 (U St-Congress Hts Crosstown) is a big winner, and the D40 (Georgia Ave Corridor) is slightly behind the old 70.

Just got a call from Isaac Chotiner. He asked me why I smoke too tough, why my swag too different, and why my bitch too bad

National Guard watching a kickball game by the Smithsonian Castle (they have nothing to do)

“Defend the District” protest and Go-Go concert against Trump’s takeover at 14th and U St:

As the IPC readies its report to declare officially that Gaza is in the grips of a full-blown famine, the Israeli government is running ads like these on this very platform.