Andrew DeFrank
@defrank.bsky.social
Proud DC native, urban planner, sports fan, etc.
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Why does @gene4va.bsky.social keep voting for horrible Trump bills that take away DC home? If you are his constituent, perhaps you could call his office and ask?
I am especially disappointed in @gene4va.bsky.social. He has now voted SEVEN times to advance Trump’s takeover of DC. He claims to support democracy, but then opposes it at almost every turn for the city just 40 minutes away. Why is this local Dem supporting Trump’s agenda so strongly?
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Why does @gene4va.bsky.social keep voting for horrible Trump bills that take away DC home? If you are his constituent, perhaps you could call his office and ask?
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Watch this steelman --
Stancil is arguing that the rot eating America alive is not "unaffordability" but social collapse -- dislocation, isolation, indulgence.
To make this point, he's pointing out our socially collapsed society easily gets its affordable slop (single-family homes).
Stancil is arguing that the rot eating America alive is not "unaffordability" but social collapse -- dislocation, isolation, indulgence.
To make this point, he's pointing out our socially collapsed society easily gets its affordable slop (single-family homes).
“Nobody can afford to live, there’s an affordability crisis” says country where the median person can literally afford more stuff than any other country
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Watch this steelman --
Stancil is arguing that the rot eating America alive is not "unaffordability" but social collapse -- dislocation, isolation, indulgence.
To make this point, he's pointing out our socially collapsed society easily gets its affordable slop (single-family homes).
Stancil is arguing that the rot eating America alive is not "unaffordability" but social collapse -- dislocation, isolation, indulgence.
To make this point, he's pointing out our socially collapsed society easily gets its affordable slop (single-family homes).
i can't wait for this
This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
i can't wait for this
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DC is set to become the first city in the U.S. to implement a local child tax credit. It stands to transform lives + reduce child poverty by 25%. When we lift families out of poverty, we see outcomes across their lives improve: from education, to health, to employment, and more. 👉🏾 wapo.st/3XaOyEK
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
DC is set to become the first city in the U.S. to implement a local child tax credit. It stands to transform lives + reduce child poverty by 25%. When we lift families out of poverty, we see outcomes across their lives improve: from education, to health, to employment, and more. 👉🏾 wapo.st/3XaOyEK
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A reminder that it’s still happening here.
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A reminder that it’s still happening here.
Honestly mad at myself I didn’t predict this kind of AI ragebait
October 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Honestly mad at myself I didn’t predict this kind of AI ragebait
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Look, it's just an unnamed foreign national paying the army's salaries. What's the worst that could happen?
“The department declined to answer questions about whether the donor is an American citizen or a foreign national.” Jesus Fucking Christ
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Look, it's just an unnamed foreign national paying the army's salaries. What's the worst that could happen?
What’s the best bike-to-beer-in-fall in DC since Berliner closed? Emphasis on warming up with a beer in a beautiful place.
October 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What’s the best bike-to-beer-in-fall in DC since Berliner closed? Emphasis on warming up with a beer in a beautiful place.
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He will almost certainly demolish the West Wing before this is done, and I wouldn't be surprised if he demolished most of the White House. He doesn't care and no one is stopping him. He's an unrestrained tyrant and wants to build monuments to himself.
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
He will almost certainly demolish the West Wing before this is done, and I wouldn't be surprised if he demolished most of the White House. He doesn't care and no one is stopping him. He's an unrestrained tyrant and wants to build monuments to himself.
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The filibuster has to go and anyone who refuses to kill it cannot win here. Hopefully we can get someone better in the race, but when push comes to shove Mills cannot win unless she changes her position
i think this might give them too much credit but even if true, “the best we can find is a 70-something who isn’t even onboard with basic shit like ditching the filibuster” is either rank incompetence of actively and intentionally sabotaging any future dem majority.
Agree with all of this!
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The filibuster has to go and anyone who refuses to kill it cannot win here. Hopefully we can get someone better in the race, but when push comes to shove Mills cannot win unless she changes her position
O’Hare terminal one is like a time capsule to 1998
October 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
O’Hare terminal one is like a time capsule to 1998
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power
October 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power
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Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
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Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
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Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
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the splash page being Van Ness is ... just perfect. No notes.
October 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
the splash page being Van Ness is ... just perfect. No notes.
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This upcoming protest seems to be garnering actual coverage, so you all should really turn out
Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."
October 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This upcoming protest seems to be garnering actual coverage, so you all should really turn out
First and last time I’ll have to take the school bus from College Park metro to the Terps stadium. Purple line tracks looked pretty much done!
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
First and last time I’ll have to take the school bus from College Park metro to the Terps stadium. Purple line tracks looked pretty much done!
I love realizing I forgot something critical while boarding an 8:14 NE Regional, so I bike home, grab it, bike back from Dupont in 9 minutes and hop on a just-booked 8:40 NextGen Acela for less than double my original fare, then use an about-to-expire upgrade coupon for First Class.
October 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I love realizing I forgot something critical while boarding an 8:14 NE Regional, so I bike home, grab it, bike back from Dupont in 9 minutes and hop on a just-booked 8:40 NextGen Acela for less than double my original fare, then use an about-to-expire upgrade coupon for First Class.
Red line PACKED at 11:30 on a friday
October 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Red line PACKED at 11:30 on a friday
The Seaport is very impressive. What’s going on over here tho?
October 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Seaport is very impressive. What’s going on over here tho?
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Rumor is that Gavin Newsom is wavering on housing and might veto SB 79. If you live in California, please reach out to the governor’s office today: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Call the Governor to sign SB 79!
Please call the Governor and urge him to sign SB 79!
cayimby.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Rumor is that Gavin Newsom is wavering on housing and might veto SB 79. If you live in California, please reach out to the governor’s office today: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
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Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
“Free DC” shirts and a Chairman Mendelson name drop at FedEx Field… what a world
September 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Free DC” shirts and a Chairman Mendelson name drop at FedEx Field… what a world
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I warned last October that if Donald Trump returned to the White House, the fate of the free press would depend on the willingness of corporate media executives to fight for it.
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
September 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I warned last October that if Donald Trump returned to the White House, the fate of the free press would depend on the willingness of corporate media executives to fight for it.
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...