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
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But there’s no coordination with immigration enforcement, right @mayorbowser.dc.gov ? @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social ?
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"You’re coming here not knowing the first thing about D.C.’s budget process and fiscal situation, and Republicans in Congress think they know better than D.C.’s elected officials about these very technical local tax and budget decisions," said McGovern.
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
"You’re coming here not knowing the first thing about D.C.’s budget process and fiscal situation, and Republicans in Congress think they know better than D.C.’s elected officials about these very technical local tax and budget decisions," said McGovern.
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NEWS: In a letter to congressional leaders, D.C. CFO Glen Lee says that if Congress repeals a D.C. bill decoupling the city's tax code from some of the Republican tax changes, he may have to suspend tax filing season — possibly for several months.
February 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
NEWS: In a letter to congressional leaders, D.C. CFO Glen Lee says that if Congress repeals a D.C. bill decoupling the city's tax code from some of the Republican tax changes, he may have to suspend tax filing season — possibly for several months.
During my oldest daughter’s second winter, my husband was working a late shift and the cold dark evenings alone with a toddler felt pretty long. More than a few times, we dressed up and went to free shows at the Millennium Stage. The long busy hallways of the Kennedy Center delighted my new walker.
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 AM
During my oldest daughter’s second winter, my husband was working a late shift and the cold dark evenings alone with a toddler felt pretty long. More than a few times, we dressed up and went to free shows at the Millennium Stage. The long busy hallways of the Kennedy Center delighted my new walker.
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and furthermore, it’s very clear that the two most important political tests for the senate in 2029 once we take it will be:
1. expanding the Supreme Court
2. Admitting PR/DC as states
1. expanding the Supreme Court
2. Admitting PR/DC as states
imo just mechanically vote for whichever Senate candidate promises most clearly to destroy the filibuster
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
and furthermore, it’s very clear that the two most important political tests for the senate in 2029 once we take it will be:
1. expanding the Supreme Court
2. Admitting PR/DC as states
1. expanding the Supreme Court
2. Admitting PR/DC as states
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Full Bad Bunny speech
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Full Bad Bunny speech
Groundhog Day is tomorrow, and Congressional Republicans are celebrating by once again coming for DC's local money. This time they seek to undo local tax code changes that help working families, because I guess they want to make their tyranny as obvious as possible?
How to take action to #FreeDC ⬇️
How to take action to #FreeDC ⬇️
DC’s money belongs to DC — Free DC
In December, DC Council opted to keep our local tax code independent from drastic federal tax changes that would have led to shortfalls without quick action. Every state has the option to do this, and...
freedcproject.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Groundhog Day is tomorrow, and Congressional Republicans are celebrating by once again coming for DC's local money. This time they seek to undo local tax code changes that help working families, because I guess they want to make their tyranny as obvious as possible?
How to take action to #FreeDC ⬇️
How to take action to #FreeDC ⬇️
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February 1, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Protest has shut down 16th Street in DC below M Street for over an hour. Rolling roadblocks all around the White House.
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Protest has shut down 16th Street in DC below M Street for over an hour. Rolling roadblocks all around the White House.
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The candidates on the Free DC slate are now listed on the website linked below
(You can also look through DC Board of Elections site to find them and all other filed candidates but this is much more user friendly)
(You can also look through DC Board of Elections site to find them and all other filed candidates but this is much more user friendly)
Last minute plug here — today is the first fundraising deadline for the Free DC Slate. There are 48 of us running to take over the DC Democratic Party and fight for the people! If you believe in a Free DC, please throw in a few bucks for our campaign expenses:
www.freedcslate.com
www.freedcslate.com
Free DC Slate - DC Deserves Better
Vote for every member of the Free DC Slate for the Democratic State Committee by June 16 if you believe the District deserves better than the current party leadership.
www.freedcslate.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:58 PM
The candidates on the Free DC slate are now listed on the website linked below
(You can also look through DC Board of Elections site to find them and all other filed candidates but this is much more user friendly)
(You can also look through DC Board of Elections site to find them and all other filed candidates but this is much more user friendly)
Last minute plug here — today is the first fundraising deadline for the Free DC Slate. There are 48 of us running to take over the DC Democratic Party and fight for the people! If you believe in a Free DC, please throw in a few bucks for our campaign expenses:
www.freedcslate.com
www.freedcslate.com
Free DC Slate - DC Deserves Better
Vote for every member of the Free DC Slate for the Democratic State Committee by June 16 if you believe the District deserves better than the current party leadership.
www.freedcslate.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Last minute plug here — today is the first fundraising deadline for the Free DC Slate. There are 48 of us running to take over the DC Democratic Party and fight for the people! If you believe in a Free DC, please throw in a few bucks for our campaign expenses:
www.freedcslate.com
www.freedcslate.com
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There's a runoff in Texas's 18th congressional district tomorrow and the only two candidates on the ballot are Democrats, so Democrats will pick up a seat...whenever Mike Johnson chooses to swear in the winner that is.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
What to expect in Texas' 18th Congressional District special runoff election
With only two Democrats on the ballot, the party is guaranteed to at least temporarily narrow the slim Republican majority in the House.
www.pbs.org
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 AM
There's a runoff in Texas's 18th congressional district tomorrow and the only two candidates on the ballot are Democrats, so Democrats will pick up a seat...whenever Mike Johnson chooses to swear in the winner that is.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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There's been absolutely no public hearing on this bill, no chance for D.C. residents to weigh in on whether it should be left to their elected officials to determine tax policy or unaccountable members of Congress. (The bill was quietly introduced on January 22.)
It looks like the House is indeed voting on H.J. Res. 142 next week, which would nullify the "D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025," costing the District government *$224 million* in the current FY 2026...
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
There's been absolutely no public hearing on this bill, no chance for D.C. residents to weigh in on whether it should be left to their elected officials to determine tax policy or unaccountable members of Congress. (The bill was quietly introduced on January 22.)
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National Republicans are trying to repeal DC’s child tax credit and expanded earned income tax credit. Learn more about the repeal bill and join the fight to defeat it here: bit.ly/3Z5npUO
January 30, 2026 at 9:16 PM
National Republicans are trying to repeal DC’s child tax credit and expanded earned income tax credit. Learn more about the repeal bill and join the fight to defeat it here: bit.ly/3Z5npUO
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Last year Congress blew a $1.1 billion hole in DC's budget. Now they're trying to do it again.
Two new bills are attempting to take away nearly $700M of DC's own local tax money. They're anti-democratic, anti-family, and wrong.
Here are four ways you can help stop them: freedcproject.org/money
Two new bills are attempting to take away nearly $700M of DC's own local tax money. They're anti-democratic, anti-family, and wrong.
Here are four ways you can help stop them: freedcproject.org/money
January 30, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Last year Congress blew a $1.1 billion hole in DC's budget. Now they're trying to do it again.
Two new bills are attempting to take away nearly $700M of DC's own local tax money. They're anti-democratic, anti-family, and wrong.
Here are four ways you can help stop them: freedcproject.org/money
Two new bills are attempting to take away nearly $700M of DC's own local tax money. They're anti-democratic, anti-family, and wrong.
Here are four ways you can help stop them: freedcproject.org/money
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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.
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My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
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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.