Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
The US side. Mexico is taking a different approach.
And it won’t be boring black.
Now, I am afraid of getting run over by kids in vehicles too heavy for our streets, caught in crossfire between Guard, Police and ICE, and ulcers and nausea from seeing this in our city.
There are really only 2 words to respond to him. Guess. Well, 2 more: “Grow some.” This from one of those aging folks who has lived in the DC area longer than he has been alive. Never have I ever felt unsafe and I have walked, driven and shopped in all quadrants at all times, day and night.
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Always more colorful. Probably playing some good music too
Amtrak train arrived at 10 pm tonight. I took Metro to Silver Spring - with 2 bags and a purse. Walked six blocks through downtown and, just as expected, arrived home safe and sound. Enjoyed the outdoor music downtown too.
That’s a lot of blood from one nose
Are they painting the US side or the side in Mexico? 🤭
What is it called when government owns the means of production again?
They are painting it on the US side
Oddly, this gives me a lot of hope
President Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
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There is a solution. Trump can go to Russia. He can be prime minister. They already do all the things he likes: jail political enemies, love oligarchs, tough police on the streets, strict immigration, lots of planes and bombs. And if they need golf courses and resorts, he’s their man.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Donald Trump’s interventions and intrusions “reveal a presidency determined to expand executive reach into virtually every sphere of national life,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Windmilld have been fine in Holland for hundreds of years. Can’t we at least be as modern as the Dutch?
Actually, you’d have to go right into the Wash Post newsroom.
This is only one anecdote, but I once left my purse on a bench on the Mall and when I went back 30 min latrr, it was still there. Anyone else have similar incidents when crime did not occur? There is crime, but it is not rampant.
What happened to their rallying cry of states’ rights?
What is the sound of 12 million people in the streets if there is no media coverage?
Takoma Park, Md is Rep Jamie Raskin’s district. Looking forward to him doing something about this incursion. Tacoma Park, Md starts across the street from Tacoma Park, DC. If they were a mile into Md. that is quite a distance.
How many Trump opponents have killed others over politics?
Looks like someone went into thrift stores and bought tasteless castoffs.
Joining with our friends @knightfoundation.org and others in a new philanthropic effort to help stabilize, support, and revitalize public media. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
George Will : As flaccid as a boned fish, Donald Trump crumpled quicker than even Vladimir Putin probably anticipated. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
President Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and education award. Here's what's happened since. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/r...
French President Macron tells @kristenwelker.bsky.social that any deal with Russia must allow Ukraine to live in peace.
They need a hostage negotiator to deal with the Republicans.
Is the idea to get rid of all the officers who actually know how to fight a war- and prevent wars worldwide —and replace them withTrump flunkies who will concentrate on internal US policing? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Why did the WashingtonPost have NO story on the Saturday protests? I’m gifting you the NYTimes - doing a better job of covering DC than our local paper. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
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💥 ICE Brutalizes High-Profile Female TikToker Who Documents Raids. Sends her to Hospital after putting their knee on her neck, in the same way George Floyd was murdered. [source below]
GOOD TWEET. GOOD MOOD. FIGHT.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has posted statement saying: “American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”
Remember threat levels? Those were the days - when you needed the possibility of real harm to bring out the guns
Looked like a normal Sunday brunch day. I drove through a good swathe of DC NW, NE, SE on errands etc. No patrols, no military vehicles, just one guy pulled over by a cop on upper 16th St NW. Is the show over? Was it too hot (95) to be out in that gear? Or were they pulled back so EU leaders won’t 👀
Looked like a normal Sunday brunch day. I drove through a good swathe of DC NW, NE, SE on errands etc. No patrols, no military vehicles, just one guy pulled over by a cop on upper 16th St NW. Is the show over? Was it too hot (95) to be out in that gear? Or were they pulled back so EU leaders won’t 👀
Europe will get a first-hand look at Trump’s militarization. European leaders to join Zelenskiy in face-off with Trump over Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push - www.reuters.com/world/us/ove...
And the storm troopers are commandeering all the good spots. I bet they don’t pay the meters.
It’s a crime how little public parking there is in the areas they are patrolling.
None west of Rock Creek or east of the Anacostia River.
Would never know about it if you only read the Post. Not a word or photo
Where did this happen? Can you post a link to the go fund me?
If you missed this one, there will be another. Keep track here: mobilize.us
Maybe their inherent incompetence wii save us. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
They won’t be able to find their way around.
Lafayette put in those traffic circles for a reason - to confuse invaders.
“Putin would eat you for lunch.” Today, exactly that happened.
Those cheeks. If it’s him, he needs to lay off the filler.
He looks like he’s had cheek implants
Very very troubling to see that Trump clearly still worships Putin- applauding him as fe walked toward Trump. Ive never seen him treat any other world leader this way - except Kim Jong Un.
Please Canadians 🇨🇦 avoid going to the US at all costs. It is so dangerous! Data shows that so far this year 150 Canadians are being held in ICE custody including two toddlers and a 77 year old. One man died in a Florida detention center. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AYB9b8Yh8S9W...
Fully half of the cognitive load of living in 2025 is the labor of logging into apps and websites.
That’s not the sandwich guy. The sandwich guy was wearing shorts and a pink shirt.
The sandwich guy was wearing a pink shirt not a blue one. Is that even him?
ALABAMA: “The verdict is in. The state’s tough immigration law just isn’t working out… American workers not mentally or physically fit enough to last one day…”
They have to provoke disturbances in peaceful areas to justify as Kingsley Wilson, the Defense Department’s press secretary said, “remain(ing) until law and order is restored in the District.”
Yes. They need to provoke us to justify controlling us. Peaceful walks past the patrols
We need civil disobedience. Hundreds of people need to peacefully walk down the streets being patrolled as if it were a regular night out. No confrontation. Ignore the patrols. Don’t talk to them. Deny them them the disturbances they are trying to create.
They have to provoke disturbances in peaceful areas to justify as Kingsley Wilson, the Defense Department’s press secretary said, “remain(ing) until law and order is restored in the District.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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What’s craaaazy to me is that a Minnesota state rep was ASSASSINATED and nothing even remotely close to this happened there
Just look at all the crime. What were they doing before that isn’t getting done now? Maybe nothing?
That’s against the law
Yo Yo Ma will be at Strathmore not KC next season.
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Do they get combat pay for this? And, it will really be good (not) for Georgetown businesses. 1) creates impression the need patrols due to (non-existent) high crime and 2) customers annoyed by seeing troops on the streets.
To be clear, that was Rwanda
I cannot forget the video I saw on evening news of a little boy standing in midst a crowd of people rushing by. The anguish in his face, the outstretched arms. I knew we were seeing the exact moment when he realized he couldn’t find his mother.
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Oh no. I saw needy people.
I doubt that. What time of day? Were they part of the Cherry Blossom Parade? I’m sure he took photos. Show us or retract your lie
Sending them out now to all the red state cities with higher crime rates than DC?
That hotbed of crime. Georgetown on a Tuesday night.
Why highlight one NZ woman and her son when hundreds are being held? Because 1) the spurious legal reason 2) damage it does to US reputation among its allies 3) the way foreign tourists will see this as a warning against visiting the US 4) US hosting Olympics and World Cup 5) detainee conditions
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Vietnam got reduced tariffs in return for displacing rice farmers for a Trump golf resort.
“We’re going to Russia. That’s going to be a big deal,” And “I’m going to see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday.” rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
Did Trump cede Alaska to Russia in advance of Friday’s meeting with Putin? Of course not. But he did say twice on Monday that he is going to Russia on Friday.
He pardoned the criminal who did this to Officer Fanone on Jan. 6
And give those who need it health care and mental health services
Is she going to be allowed to go back to her previous job on these work assignments?
He’s not evicting the homeless, he’s rounding up the disabled, those with untreated mental health problems, and the poor.
You need to flood the zone with photos of people enjoying their lives in our beautiful, peaceful city. Interviews with residents, tourists, workers. If your office can’t, then ask others to. Jan. 6, 2021 was the only day I was afraid to go downtown.
He’s not going to rest until the entire city is sprayed in gold. Lets show the country and the world how beautiful and peaceful it is here. I’ve lived here almost 50 years. He’s been here 5 minutes
Flood the zone with hotos of our beautiful city. Kids at play. Boats on the water. Quiet streets. Farmers markets. 1,000s of photos.
We need to flood the zone with photos of our beautiful city
Yep
“The project is the first partnership for the family business of U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam, which fast-tracked approvals as it negotiated a crucial trade deal with Washington.”
Fistful of dollars and rice for Vietnam farmers displaced for $1.5 billion Trump golf club - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
We should say what it really is. Disappearing the poorest of the poor and the mentally ill and disabled
Our government is at war with the American people.