Erin Palmer
@erinpalmerdc.bsky.social
Parent to 3 Monsters and 🍕. Doing neighborhood things in Takoma DC. “Lesser known politico” and Mayor of Spookyville. she/her
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The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
The RENTAL Act was bad and rotten from the start. It’s like sole source sports betting - we’ll continue to discover it’s even worse than we already thought.
Oops! DC's housing/development agency forfeited ~$35m in federal money after bailing out a project helmed by Green Teamer Buwa Binitie.
Suzie Amanuel aptly shows how this was conveniently left out of the debate on the housing market for the RENTAL Act:
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7742...
Suzie Amanuel aptly shows how this was conveniently left out of the debate on the housing market for the RENTAL Act:
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7742...
How DHCD Forfeited $35 Million in Federal Assistance for Affordable Housing and Bailed Out a Well-Connected Developer
DHCD Director Colleen Green failed to disclose the loss of funding when asked during a D.C. Council hearing earlier this year.
washingtoncitypaper.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The RENTAL Act was bad and rotten from the start. It’s like sole source sports betting - we’ll continue to discover it’s even worse than we already thought.
Jesus Christ. So much wrong with this including that a 15 year old is not barely legal. It’s pieces of shit like this who made me feel it was OK to be sexually assaulted as a teenager.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Jesus Christ. So much wrong with this including that a 15 year old is not barely legal. It’s pieces of shit like this who made me feel it was OK to be sexually assaulted as a teenager.
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This article was fascinating because the access was engineered by the Mayor's PR team to try and make her look good but the facts on the ground make her look so naive. She's still waiting on the "peter out" of the National Guard and ICE like a rube. Gift link: wapo.st/43thCLr
Behind the scenes of the D.C. mayor’s battle to keep Trump at bay
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has worked behind the scenes to appease President Trump more often than has been publicly known since his reelection.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This article was fascinating because the access was engineered by the Mayor's PR team to try and make her look good but the facts on the ground make her look so naive. She's still waiting on the "peter out" of the National Guard and ICE like a rube. Gift link: wapo.st/43thCLr
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While feds are cutting support for housing, so is DC.
There is no city funding for 2026 for permanent supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. Shelters are at 95% capacity. Other voucher programs are shrinking, pushing people back into homelessness, including families.
There is no city funding for 2026 for permanent supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. Shelters are at 95% capacity. Other voucher programs are shrinking, pushing people back into homelessness, including families.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
While feds are cutting support for housing, so is DC.
There is no city funding for 2026 for permanent supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. Shelters are at 95% capacity. Other voucher programs are shrinking, pushing people back into homelessness, including families.
There is no city funding for 2026 for permanent supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. Shelters are at 95% capacity. Other voucher programs are shrinking, pushing people back into homelessness, including families.
Takoma Elementary School's PTO is collecting toiletries & non-perishable food for the school’s Food Pantry! Please donate items like shampoo, soap, lotion, toothpaste & deodorant. 💙 Donate in person (7010 Piney Branch Rd, NW, M-F 8am-6pm) or via Amazon: shorturl.at/0lZVt
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Takoma Elementary School's PTO is collecting toiletries & non-perishable food for the school’s Food Pantry! Please donate items like shampoo, soap, lotion, toothpaste & deodorant. 💙 Donate in person (7010 Piney Branch Rd, NW, M-F 8am-6pm) or via Amazon: shorturl.at/0lZVt
We live in sad times. While the Mayor was cutting a ribbon on the Takoma section of the Metropolitan Branch Trail, federal law enforcement was abducting someone just down the way on the Trail and by a school.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We live in sad times. While the Mayor was cutting a ribbon on the Takoma section of the Metropolitan Branch Trail, federal law enforcement was abducting someone just down the way on the Trail and by a school.
Join Takoma neighbors on Friday, December 5 (5-7 PM) for a family-friendly service event making trail mix for Martha’s Table. Bring ingredients and/or pantry staples. We'll provide the pizza & drinks! RSVP for location near Takoma Metro: rebrand.ly/TrailMixDec2025.
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Join Takoma neighbors on Friday, December 5 (5-7 PM) for a family-friendly service event making trail mix for Martha’s Table. Bring ingredients and/or pantry staples. We'll provide the pizza & drinks! RSVP for location near Takoma Metro: rebrand.ly/TrailMixDec2025.
Let’s give thanks and give back! Join our annual Thanksgiving Adopt-a-Block Community Cleanup:
🗓️Thurs, Nov 27
⏰10 AM
📍Takoma Elementary (7010 Piney Branch Rd NW)
All supplies, snacks & water provided. Support local faves after cleanup + on Small Business Saturday (Nov 29): mainstreettakoma.org.
🗓️Thurs, Nov 27
⏰10 AM
📍Takoma Elementary (7010 Piney Branch Rd NW)
All supplies, snacks & water provided. Support local faves after cleanup + on Small Business Saturday (Nov 29): mainstreettakoma.org.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Let’s give thanks and give back! Join our annual Thanksgiving Adopt-a-Block Community Cleanup:
🗓️Thurs, Nov 27
⏰10 AM
📍Takoma Elementary (7010 Piney Branch Rd NW)
All supplies, snacks & water provided. Support local faves after cleanup + on Small Business Saturday (Nov 29): mainstreettakoma.org.
🗓️Thurs, Nov 27
⏰10 AM
📍Takoma Elementary (7010 Piney Branch Rd NW)
All supplies, snacks & water provided. Support local faves after cleanup + on Small Business Saturday (Nov 29): mainstreettakoma.org.
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"Thank you for admitting that MPD is still working with ICE because the mayor has said several times that MPD is not working with ICE and you just confirmed that [you are]," Commissioner Jamila White, chair, ANC 8A, said.
DC MPD Lt. Kerron Roberts: "We work with ICE."
Video shows apparent immigration detention in DC
Dramatic video shows a man being taken into U.S. Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in D.C. as he pleads for help. This is just the latest traffic stop by D.C. police that led to an immi...
www.nbcwashington.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"Thank you for admitting that MPD is still working with ICE because the mayor has said several times that MPD is not working with ICE and you just confirmed that [you are]," Commissioner Jamila White, chair, ANC 8A, said.
Local DC politics continuing to mirror the national Democrats’ lack of understanding of the levers of power and leverage. Sigh.
My statement on the tentative Senate deal to end the government shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Local DC politics continuing to mirror the national Democrats’ lack of understanding of the levers of power and leverage. Sigh.
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"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
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#Takoma and #ManorPark neighbors, our second-to-last pop-up is happening tomorrow from 4pm-6pm at Coolidge Rec Field (4th St NW between Van Buren & Underwood).
If you need help with constituent services, need to speak with an agency representative, or have an idea to share, I hope you'll join us!
If you need help with constituent services, need to speak with an agency representative, or have an idea to share, I hope you'll join us!
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#Takoma and #ManorPark neighbors, our second-to-last pop-up is happening tomorrow from 4pm-6pm at Coolidge Rec Field (4th St NW between Van Buren & Underwood).
If you need help with constituent services, need to speak with an agency representative, or have an idea to share, I hope you'll join us!
If you need help with constituent services, need to speak with an agency representative, or have an idea to share, I hope you'll join us!
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Still some finishing touches before it's completely done/open, but the MBT #biikeDC extension up to Takoma alongside Blair was quite lovely to ride this afternoon.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Still some finishing touches before it's completely done/open, but the MBT #biikeDC extension up to Takoma alongside Blair was quite lovely to ride this afternoon.
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News: Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George has started telling people she’s running for mayor, per several sources, confirming months of speculation about her political future.
She’d be the first major candidate to declare for 2026. Now the question: what will Bowser do?
She’d be the first major candidate to declare for 2026. Now the question: what will Bowser do?
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
News: Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George has started telling people she’s running for mayor, per several sources, confirming months of speculation about her political future.
She’d be the first major candidate to declare for 2026. Now the question: what will Bowser do?
She’d be the first major candidate to declare for 2026. Now the question: what will Bowser do?
Mayor Mamdani sure has a nice ring to it! 💫
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mayor Mamdani sure has a nice ring to it! 💫
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Federal armed agents should not be enforcing DC's juvenile curfew. That's why I voted against the extension of a juvenile curfew.
I asked if we can be sure that there would be no federal involvement in enforcing the curfew. The answer was No.
We need to protect our young people.
I asked if we can be sure that there would be no federal involvement in enforcing the curfew. The answer was No.
We need to protect our young people.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Federal armed agents should not be enforcing DC's juvenile curfew. That's why I voted against the extension of a juvenile curfew.
I asked if we can be sure that there would be no federal involvement in enforcing the curfew. The answer was No.
We need to protect our young people.
I asked if we can be sure that there would be no federal involvement in enforcing the curfew. The answer was No.
We need to protect our young people.
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DC needs a better answer for teenagers than saying they can never legally go outside after 8pm again
NEWS: The D.C. Council has approved a three-month extension of the expanded juvenile curfew that was in place during the summer. It applies to more kids and lets MPD designate temporary areas where the curfew is 8 p.m. (Standard curfew time is 11 p.m.)
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
DC needs a better answer for teenagers than saying they can never legally go outside after 8pm again
Yes. But also kids don’t always have to do city programming. We really don’t want them to have any agency at all.
"We need a youth agenda. We keep saying the same things: young people don’t have places to go, they don’t have mental health resources," said @cmzparker5.bsky.social. "I would like to see a robust suite of program offerings. The curfew cannot be the long-term solution."
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Yes. But also kids don’t always have to do city programming. We really don’t want them to have any agency at all.
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Among the things my teen kid does that makes me proud is his sense of freedom to travel around DC. He gets so much confidence and joy from those outings, similar to how I'd spend hours lost in pastures and the creeks where I grew up.
Curfews are a blunt tool. Dent the wood but don't hit the nail.
Curfews are a blunt tool. Dent the wood but don't hit the nail.
DC needs a better answer for teenagers than saying they can never legally go outside after 8pm again
NEWS: The D.C. Council has approved a three-month extension of the expanded juvenile curfew that was in place during the summer. It applies to more kids and lets MPD designate temporary areas where the curfew is 8 p.m. (Standard curfew time is 11 p.m.)
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Among the things my teen kid does that makes me proud is his sense of freedom to travel around DC. He gets so much confidence and joy from those outings, similar to how I'd spend hours lost in pastures and the creeks where I grew up.
Curfews are a blunt tool. Dent the wood but don't hit the nail.
Curfews are a blunt tool. Dent the wood but don't hit the nail.
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Stumbled across this old Mendo re-election campaign mailer from Spring 2018 and literally shook my head when I reread the following: “Fixed a 911 system that was leaving 20% of calls unanswered”.
Nearly 8 years later, and our 911 system still has serious issues…
Nearly 8 years later, and our 911 system still has serious issues…
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Stumbled across this old Mendo re-election campaign mailer from Spring 2018 and literally shook my head when I reread the following: “Fixed a 911 system that was leaving 20% of calls unanswered”.
Nearly 8 years later, and our 911 system still has serious issues…
Nearly 8 years later, and our 911 system still has serious issues…
Dick Cheney ... an evil person ... always knew exactly what he was doing. He knew the doors he opened in pushing unitary executive bullshit. And he did so intentionally and gleefully.
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Dick Cheney ... an evil person ... always knew exactly what he was doing. He knew the doors he opened in pushing unitary executive bullshit. And he did so intentionally and gleefully.
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I think the goal of set aside seats is to help ensure a single party doesn't dominate DC politics. Technically, that is what's (not) happening. But when politicians freely register and unregister as a Democrat when it's politically expedient, it calls into question if the set-aside rule works.
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I think the goal of set aside seats is to help ensure a single party doesn't dominate DC politics. Technically, that is what's (not) happening. But when politicians freely register and unregister as a Democrat when it's politically expedient, it calls into question if the set-aside rule works.
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In @brookepintodc.bsky.social's Ward with agencies she supposedly has oversight of participating.
“I heard banging and I thought it was a roommate cooking. Then I heard yelling.
Suddenly there were half a dozen US Marshals, US Park Police, ICE, and DC police as well, pointing guns at me.
National Guard was providing a perimeter.”
Suddenly there were half a dozen US Marshals, US Park Police, ICE, and DC police as well, pointing guns at me.
National Guard was providing a perimeter.”
SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid
Witnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10–12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the hallway, and tenants told to vacate.
migrantinsider.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
In @brookepintodc.bsky.social's Ward with agencies she supposedly has oversight of participating.
What better combo than People’s Book and Merry Pin!
🚨4pm & 5pm timed entry tickets are sold out for our 90s Throwback Boozy Bookfair on 11/8! We have a few tix left for 6-8pm, grab 'em while you can!
May your dreams be full of holographic Lisa Frank with a whiff of jolly rancher scratch 'n sniff.
RSVP: www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
May your dreams be full of holographic Lisa Frank with a whiff of jolly rancher scratch 'n sniff.
RSVP: www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What better combo than People’s Book and Merry Pin!