Michelle Chappell she/her
@michellechap76.bsky.social
Co-chair, Congress Working Group @freedcproject.bsky.social
Legislative Lead, DC @momsdemand.bsky.social
Lawyer turned Field Organizer
survivor 🧡 DC Statehood 🗳️ reproductive freedom ⚧️ knitting 🧶 Spirit ⚽️
All opinions my own; facts are facts
Legislative Lead, DC @momsdemand.bsky.social
Lawyer turned Field Organizer
survivor 🧡 DC Statehood 🗳️ reproductive freedom ⚧️ knitting 🧶 Spirit ⚽️
All opinions my own; facts are facts
Pinned
But there’s no coordination with immigration enforcement, right @mayorbowser.dc.gov ? @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social ?
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Our next hybrid Democracy Helpers meeting is Wed 2/4 at 6:00 PM, alongside WNDC’s Winning Wednesday at 6.
DM for the Zoom link. If you’ll join in person, DM for free pizza + a cash bar.
Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW
WE HAVE IMPORTANT ITEMS TO DISCUSS!
DM for the Zoom link. If you’ll join in person, DM for free pizza + a cash bar.
Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW
WE HAVE IMPORTANT ITEMS TO DISCUSS!
January 30, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Our next hybrid Democracy Helpers meeting is Wed 2/4 at 6:00 PM, alongside WNDC’s Winning Wednesday at 6.
DM for the Zoom link. If you’ll join in person, DM for free pizza + a cash bar.
Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW
WE HAVE IMPORTANT ITEMS TO DISCUSS!
DM for the Zoom link. If you’ll join in person, DM for free pizza + a cash bar.
Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW
WE HAVE IMPORTANT ITEMS TO DISCUSS!
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There are many rumors going around about a large operation targeting Haitians in Springfield whose TPS is going to be stripped from them next week; we do not know if they are true, but the community is preparing nonetheless.
Notably, expect court decisions ASAP in pending cases to save TPS.
Notably, expect court decisions ASAP in pending cases to save TPS.
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 AM
There are many rumors going around about a large operation targeting Haitians in Springfield whose TPS is going to be stripped from them next week; we do not know if they are true, but the community is preparing nonetheless.
Notably, expect court decisions ASAP in pending cases to save TPS.
Notably, expect court decisions ASAP in pending cases to save TPS.
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Meanwhile, the fucking sidewalks at Malcolm X Park, allegedly maintained by NPS Rock Creek Park (and now patrolled by the Guard), still haven't been _touched_.
$55M a month and we can't even get the Guard to do the thing they're supposedly _actually_ for, helping clean up from major weather events…
$55M a month and we can't even get the Guard to do the thing they're supposedly _actually_ for, helping clean up from major weather events…
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Meanwhile, the fucking sidewalks at Malcolm X Park, allegedly maintained by NPS Rock Creek Park (and now patrolled by the Guard), still haven't been _touched_.
$55M a month and we can't even get the Guard to do the thing they're supposedly _actually_ for, helping clean up from major weather events…
$55M a month and we can't even get the Guard to do the thing they're supposedly _actually_ for, helping clean up from major weather events…
Best believe #FreeDC will be at this markup next Wednesday. Congress, a body in which DC has no representation, is attempting to overturn our local tax law. Taxation without representation… I feel like there’s a history lesson in there somewhere?
A couple of interesting details here: it looks like Mayor Bowser returned this temporary bill to the DC Council unsigned on Dec. 19 (with no explanation provided); the 30-day congressional review period will end around February 12; and the Senate can pass this with 51 votes…
January 29, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Best believe #FreeDC will be at this markup next Wednesday. Congress, a body in which DC has no representation, is attempting to overturn our local tax law. Taxation without representation… I feel like there’s a history lesson in there somewhere?
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Tonight in DC, hundreds of people came together to remember and mourn Alex Pretti.
One of Pretti’s fellow VA nurses from Minnesota spoke at the vigil and shared a lesson from nursing we all need right now (1/2)
One of Pretti’s fellow VA nurses from Minnesota spoke at the vigil and shared a lesson from nursing we all need right now (1/2)
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Tonight in DC, hundreds of people came together to remember and mourn Alex Pretti.
One of Pretti’s fellow VA nurses from Minnesota spoke at the vigil and shared a lesson from nursing we all need right now (1/2)
One of Pretti’s fellow VA nurses from Minnesota spoke at the vigil and shared a lesson from nursing we all need right now (1/2)
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🚨As if DC didn’t already have enough to deal with, today we learned the Senate and House will vote next wk on SJ Res. 102 and HJ Res. 142 to disapprove a bill to decouple provisions of DC’s tax code from the feds.
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 AM
🚨As if DC didn’t already have enough to deal with, today we learned the Senate and House will vote next wk on SJ Res. 102 and HJ Res. 142 to disapprove a bill to decouple provisions of DC’s tax code from the feds.
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
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Same in DC. Plus we have agents from FBI, ATF, DEA and more riding along with our local police to do immigration enforcement at the traffic stops the feds tell MPD to initiate.
ICE & CBP have been out kidnapping people in Los Angeles every day since June. The media has moved on and acts like this isn’t still happening. The crises are ongoing. Solidarity with the people fighting back in Minneapolis and everywhere.
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Same in DC. Plus we have agents from FBI, ATF, DEA and more riding along with our local police to do immigration enforcement at the traffic stops the feds tell MPD to initiate.
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UPDATE: After seeing this video, I informed ICE of my intent to visit the Baltimore facility today. I was told I would be denied entry.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
Like many of you, I have seen this video, and I'm demanding answers.
My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
[1/2]
My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
[1/2]
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
UPDATE: After seeing this video, I informed ICE of my intent to visit the Baltimore facility today. I was told I would be denied entry.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
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Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
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Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
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Sending @repilhan.bsky.social sincere admiration tonight.
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Sending @repilhan.bsky.social sincere admiration tonight.
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Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
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English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
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@freedcproject.bsky.social is coming strong, asking people to call Congress to demand
NO ON ALL APPROPRIATIONS until:
* The One Big Brutal Bill's $170B for DHS is clawed back
* The Senate investigates the ICE/CBP murders
* Miller and Noem are removed
* DC given control of the DC National Guard
NO ON ALL APPROPRIATIONS until:
* The One Big Brutal Bill's $170B for DHS is clawed back
* The Senate investigates the ICE/CBP murders
* Miller and Noem are removed
* DC given control of the DC National Guard
Tell Congress to side with DC — Free DC
freedcproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
@freedcproject.bsky.social is coming strong, asking people to call Congress to demand
NO ON ALL APPROPRIATIONS until:
* The One Big Brutal Bill's $170B for DHS is clawed back
* The Senate investigates the ICE/CBP murders
* Miller and Noem are removed
* DC given control of the DC National Guard
NO ON ALL APPROPRIATIONS until:
* The One Big Brutal Bill's $170B for DHS is clawed back
* The Senate investigates the ICE/CBP murders
* Miller and Noem are removed
* DC given control of the DC National Guard
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Stephen Miller is the architect of some of the worst and most dangerous of the Trump administration's policies. This includes the chaos in Minnesota. I called for his firing years ago, but he continues to serve in this White House. When will enough be enough? He should be fired.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Stephen Miller is the architect of some of the worst and most dangerous of the Trump administration's policies. This includes the chaos in Minnesota. I called for his firing years ago, but he continues to serve in this White House. When will enough be enough? He should be fired.
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Joint statement from House Dem leadership: "Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives. We can do this the easy way or the hard way."
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Joint statement from House Dem leadership: "Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives. We can do this the easy way or the hard way."
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I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
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NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight:
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 AM
NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight:
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
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Target is based in Minneapolis and ICE is using their stores.
Hilton is lodging ICE officers, and cut ties with a local operator who kicked ICE out.
And Enterprise is renting the cars that ICE uses in their raids.
Tell their CEOs to stop their cooperation: FreeDCproject.org/ice-out
Hilton is lodging ICE officers, and cut ties with a local operator who kicked ICE out.
And Enterprise is renting the cars that ICE uses in their raids.
Tell their CEOs to stop their cooperation: FreeDCproject.org/ice-out
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Target is based in Minneapolis and ICE is using their stores.
Hilton is lodging ICE officers, and cut ties with a local operator who kicked ICE out.
And Enterprise is renting the cars that ICE uses in their raids.
Tell their CEOs to stop their cooperation: FreeDCproject.org/ice-out
Hilton is lodging ICE officers, and cut ties with a local operator who kicked ICE out.
And Enterprise is renting the cars that ICE uses in their raids.
Tell their CEOs to stop their cooperation: FreeDCproject.org/ice-out
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NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
National Nurses United (@nationalnurses.bsky.social)
The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.
nationalnurses.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 5:33 AM
NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
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The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
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Let's also mention that every homicide in 2026, in Minneapolis to date, has been committed by ICE.
(Not an *official* published statistic yet. It will be.)
(Not an *official* published statistic yet. It will be.)
BREAKING: Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul lawyers escalate their request for an immediate TRO to temporarily halt Operation Metro Surge following today's ICE killing of Alex Pretti — noting three shootings by ICE in the past three weeks, after 11 months of no officer-involved shootings in Mpls.
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Let's also mention that every homicide in 2026, in Minneapolis to date, has been committed by ICE.
(Not an *official* published statistic yet. It will be.)
(Not an *official* published statistic yet. It will be.)
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As someone who has been in negotiations with Schumer: YOUR CALLS TO HIS OFFICE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER NOW. You are not wasting your time, our goal is achievable, but Schumer requires constant pressure, constant pressure....
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 AM
As someone who has been in negotiations with Schumer: YOUR CALLS TO HIS OFFICE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER NOW. You are not wasting your time, our goal is achievable, but Schumer requires constant pressure, constant pressure....
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”