Anne in DC
@aindc.bsky.social
"As an American I inherit the magnificent tradition of an endless march toward freedom." Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
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WT heck @npr.org and @steveinskeep.bsky.social !? “Assuming there is another Administration” just thrown in a question to Sen Klobuchar as an aside?
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
WT heck @npr.org and @steveinskeep.bsky.social !? “Assuming there is another Administration” just thrown in a question to Sen Klobuchar as an aside?
Thank you @chmnmendelson.bsky.social!
We counted to 30 and our law stands.
We counted to 30 and our law stands.
NEWS: the DC Council has proclaimed that the “D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025” is now officially law (L26-89), effective through Sept. 25, 2026! Regardless of how the Senate votes today, the 30-day review period ended Feb. 11!
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thank you @chmnmendelson.bsky.social!
We counted to 30 and our law stands.
We counted to 30 and our law stands.
If you participate in Gallup polls or are on one of their regular panels, cancel now.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
If you participate in Gallup polls or are on one of their regular panels, cancel now.
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I spent the morning at the DOJ looking at the unredacted Epstein files. Here are my initial thoughts and what I’ve found, so far.
Rep. Stansbury: I viewed the unredacted Esptein files earlier today
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I spent the morning at the DOJ looking at the unredacted Epstein files. Here are my initial thoughts and what I’ve found, so far.
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I'm uninstalling my RING today.
Dystopia notwithstanding, the Ring commercial about their surveillance finding lost pets makes no sense.
Of the ~10M pets lost annually, their service finds ~500. They want Americans to commit privacy suicide for a .005% success rate???
Yeah, no thanks. Cancelling.
Dystopia notwithstanding, the Ring commercial about their surveillance finding lost pets makes no sense.
Of the ~10M pets lost annually, their service finds ~500. They want Americans to commit privacy suicide for a .005% success rate???
Yeah, no thanks. Cancelling.
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I'm uninstalling my RING today.
Dystopia notwithstanding, the Ring commercial about their surveillance finding lost pets makes no sense.
Of the ~10M pets lost annually, their service finds ~500. They want Americans to commit privacy suicide for a .005% success rate???
Yeah, no thanks. Cancelling.
Dystopia notwithstanding, the Ring commercial about their surveillance finding lost pets makes no sense.
Of the ~10M pets lost annually, their service finds ~500. They want Americans to commit privacy suicide for a .005% success rate???
Yeah, no thanks. Cancelling.
Still important to make those calls to protect DC and our budget!!
The bill in the Senate this week that will attempt to interfere in DC's tax code is chaotic, bad, and should get voted down — but don't take our word for it.
Here's a running thread of the people and organizations who want Senators to VOTE NO on S.J. Res102: 🧵
Here's a running thread of the people and organizations who want Senators to VOTE NO on S.J. Res102: 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Still important to make those calls to protect DC and our budget!!
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The bill in the Senate this week that will attempt to interfere in DC's tax code is chaotic, bad, and should get voted down — but don't take our word for it.
Here's a running thread of the people and organizations who want Senators to VOTE NO on S.J. Res102: 🧵
Here's a running thread of the people and organizations who want Senators to VOTE NO on S.J. Res102: 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The bill in the Senate this week that will attempt to interfere in DC's tax code is chaotic, bad, and should get voted down — but don't take our word for it.
Here's a running thread of the people and organizations who want Senators to VOTE NO on S.J. Res102: 🧵
Here's a running thread of the people and organizations who want Senators to VOTE NO on S.J. Res102: 🧵
Following on Bad Bunny’ super performance: highly recommend the book “How to Hide an Empire”. Paradigm-shifting read for me.
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
A History of the Greater United States
bookshop.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Following on Bad Bunny’ super performance: highly recommend the book “How to Hide an Empire”. Paradigm-shifting read for me.
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
🤣💥
@washingtonpost.com tell your cry-baby billionaire not to start something he can’t finish
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
With my fellow Washingtonians in spirit! The hollowing out of the Post is a choice not a necessity for multi-billionaire Bezos.
Happening now: Hundreds of people are outside the headquarters of @washingtonpost.com in solidarity with @postguild.bsky.social and the 300 workers and journalists Jeff Bezos has fired.
February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
With my fellow Washingtonians in spirit! The hollowing out of the Post is a choice not a necessity for multi-billionaire Bezos.
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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VICTORY: After thousands of locals protested, called, and gave public comments, a company halted the sale of a Virginia warehouse to DHS to be used for immigrant detention.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
Hanover warehouse owner pulls out of potential Virginia ICE facility deal
The company, Jim Pattison Developments, put out a statement Friday afternoon saying the deal would not proceed.
www.dailypress.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM
VICTORY: After thousands of locals protested, called, and gave public comments, a company halted the sale of a Virginia warehouse to DHS to be used for immigrant detention.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
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There has to be an investigation into the many individuals who committed heinous crimes alongside Epstein.
There should be a special prosecutor, or a congressional investigation, that looks into the crimes and the ongoing cover-up. It has to happen.
There should be a special prosecutor, or a congressional investigation, that looks into the crimes and the ongoing cover-up. It has to happen.
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There has to be an investigation into the many individuals who committed heinous crimes alongside Epstein.
There should be a special prosecutor, or a congressional investigation, that looks into the crimes and the ongoing cover-up. It has to happen.
There should be a special prosecutor, or a congressional investigation, that looks into the crimes and the ongoing cover-up. It has to happen.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Biometric locks for phones aren’t just convenient for you, they are convenient for the cops.
“explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/w...
“explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/w...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Biometric locks for phones aren’t just convenient for you, they are convenient for the cops.
“explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/w...
“explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/w...
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Hmm, Paul Weiss, where have I heard that name before?
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Hmm, Paul Weiss, where have I heard that name before?
For all my fellow subscribers who have held on to the Washington Post, here's a chance to speak up before the paper truly becomes a shell of its former self: actionnetwork.org/save-the-was...
actionnetwork.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
For all my fellow subscribers who have held on to the Washington Post, here's a chance to speak up before the paper truly becomes a shell of its former self: actionnetwork.org/save-the-was...
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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What do these corporations have in common?
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Home Depot
-Microsoft
-Palantir
They all reaped billions in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and are actively collaborating with ICE's deportation machine.
Always follow the money.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Home Depot
-Microsoft
-Palantir
They all reaped billions in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and are actively collaborating with ICE's deportation machine.
Always follow the money.
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
What do these corporations have in common?
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Home Depot
-Microsoft
-Palantir
They all reaped billions in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and are actively collaborating with ICE's deportation machine.
Always follow the money.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Home Depot
-Microsoft
-Palantir
They all reaped billions in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and are actively collaborating with ICE's deportation machine.
Always follow the money.
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.