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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 28

This story beautifully conveys the pain and terror in our city right now as well as the many meaningful ways DC residents are standing up for our neighbors being targeted by ICE. #freedc

With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE

How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is an agency Mayor Bowser welcomes into DC

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing
"Police" vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained.
According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members.
"I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they're family, and they're just ripping them away," the firefighter told the Times. "And this is what he said: 'You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I'm gonna make you leave.'"

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 22

We all need more Tuffys in our lives. 😍😍😍

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Aug 21

This is Tuffy. He is the only example of taking up the whole sidewalk that is not only justifiable, but encouraged. 14/10 (IG: mypittuffy)

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 21

Taking great care of our military members. Nice.

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 21

They had to use the jaws of life to get the person out. When it is a 14-16 ton military vehicle v a car, it doesn’t go well for the car. Lucky nobody was horrible injured.

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 21

Excellent explainer from @maustermuhle.bsky.social and @51st.news about what the National Guard is doing in DC right now and the legal and political issues surrounding it. #freedc

What’s going on with the National Guard in D.C.?

Their presence so far has been limited, but with growing numbers that could change.

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 20

Civil Rights Attorneys, this is a great opportunity to work with an esteemed organization on urgent protection for unhoused people in DC in the wake of Trump's encampment clearings and aggressive law enforcement. #civilrights #dc #freedc

Temporary Civil Rights Attorney – The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

www.legalclinic.org

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 15

Was hoping he would do this. #freedc

Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · Aug 15

NEWS: @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social is suing the Trump administration in federal court over a recent move to take day to day control of MPD. The lawsuit calls the move the “gravest threat to Home Rule that the District has ever faced.”

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 15

Quick legal opinion from DC’s AG calling Bondi’s EO illegal. The feds cannot take control of MPD, the Chief does not report to them, and they cannot invalidate MPD orders or direct MPD on enforcement of local laws.

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 15

It’s late. Excuse all the typos!!

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 15

The latest on the feds attempt to take over law enforcement on DC and move aggressively against undocumented immigrants andi houses people. x.com/chadgilmarti...

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 15

Send some love to any homeless services workers and advocates you know in DC right now. They are all working so hard to prevent the forced displacement, arrest, or civil commitment of hundreds of people with very little time and too few resources to do it. #dc #homelessness #housing #streetoutreach

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 15

Helpful FAQ re the rights of people living outdoors from the DC AG.

Christina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · Aug 14

DMHHS and DHS have worked to expand the number of beds available.

If you see someone that needs shelter tonight, please call the shelter hotline at (202) 399-7093 or 311.

Here is also a helpful FAQ & resources from the DC Attorney General: oag.dc.gov/release/freq...

Frequently Asked Questions: Individuals in Homeless Encampments in DC

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · Aug 12

“I said no immediately because it’s like signing up for the Gestapo,” the Guard source said.

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-trump...

LEAK: Trump's DC Deployment Order

Read the National Guard order sending troops to our nation's capital

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 12

I have had this thought as well.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 12

NEW — Video taken by a witness and shared with me tonight from DC’s Trinidad neighborhood shows FBI and Secret Service agents patrolling by foot and peering into cars with flashlights.

(Per witness, residents made fun of agents, saying they can't get women and that's why they were doing this lol)

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Aug 12

Be safe DC!

Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · Aug 12

PRINT. SHARE. WHEATPASTE. STAPLE ON A COP CAR.

John Breen’s Body @acab.dad · Aug 12

Sharing some flyers that were sent to me about the feds in DC:

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Jul 17

The @51st.news is a vital local news outlet. Please contribute to help them hire these outstanding reporters as full-time staff. We need them in this incredibly turbulent time in our city!

Time to Grow The 51st

Help us hire Christina and Martin Full-Time!

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Jul 12

We absolutely will!

Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Jul 11

It is outrageously unjust for renters to be deprived of water due to their landlord’s negligence.

Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · Jul 10

A 🧵 on 🚰 : For years, @dcwater.bsky.social rarely shut off water at residential buildings for unpaid bills. Why? Because it would impact many tenants, and many buildings have a single water meter in the name of the owner. This spring, the policy changed.

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Jul 11

I saw this. It’s terrible.

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Jun 10

Unless the police have a lot of intel about something nefarious being planned around this ICE protest in CoHi, which I highly doubt, the police presence looks extremely excessive.

Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Jun 10

The ICE protesters in CoHi are a few dozen in number and totally peaceful, just standing and listening to speakers. With DC’s budget situation and the social safety net cuts happening here, I’m stunned to see this level of investment in police presence for this.

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Karen Cunningham @kcunningham.bsky.social · Jun 10

It appears that there are more police than protesters for the anti-ICE protest in Columbia Heights. It is ridiculous. Multiple units up and down 14th street and on the side streets north and south of the plaza on top of a dozen or more in and around the plaza itself.

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