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Keith Ivey
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computer/politics geek, on steering committee of DC for Democracy, former cohost of DC Drinking Liberally. #DCPolitics #DCElections

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The Post says "it is unclear" whether the president can rename a department created by Congress.
From Washington Post: Trump to rebrand Defense Department as War Department The president is expected to sign an executive order Friday, though it is unclear if he can permanently change the agency's title without legislation from Congress. Updated September 4, 2025 at 7:48 p.m. EDT
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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The Ellington Bridge is full of spotted lanternflies.
Five spotted lanternflies near the bridge railing
September 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Wait, 9.8 points out of the proposed 12.9% increase in Kaiser health insurance premiums in DC is from increased profit margin?
https://disb.dc.gov/node/1780451
Changes to Profit Margin – Defined as increases to company surplus or changes as an additional margin to cover the risk of the company. This component is 9.8% of the 12.9% total filed increase.
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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If anyone is planning to run for mayor next year, now might be a good time to speak up. #dcpolitics
Mark Segraves @SegravesNBC4, 14 Aug 2025: As DC deals with a federal take over of police and increases it’s cooperation with ICE and clearing homeless encampments multiple sources tell @nbcwashington @MayorBowser has left town for Martha’s Vineyard
August 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This is not a polo shirt (though it does seem like maybe he's becoming DC Sandwich Guy rather than Pink Polo Shirt Guy now).
Frame from the video of the guy who threw a sandwich at a CBP officer in DC, showing his shirt, which is a lightweight button-up with a pattern of holes.
August 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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In the year 2025 companies are still managing to send out notices demanding payment of $0.00 balances. The question is whether they're using AI to do it.
This letter is to advise you that you have an outstanding balance due in the amount of $0.00. To review your account activity please log into your resident portal by visiting the Resident Portal. Total amount due: S0.00 Date due: Immediately Please submit payment for the above balance via the Resident Portal from the receipt of this letter.
August 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The Washington Post continues to make me feel good about not renewing my subscription last year. It's using AI to highlight comments, and this is what it identifies as something worth seeing. Rather than moderating trolls, it's featuring them.
Highlights Featured comment 8 reacted Provocative Captain Obvious III You really know DC's economy is hurting when crack sales are down. So far, no indication that is true.
August 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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In the Ward 8 special election, the votes that aren't for Trayon White's comeback are close to evenly split between the other 3 candidates. There couldn't be a better demonstration of why we need ranked choice voting. I'm glad the funding for it passed its […]

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WARD EIGHT MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEM Trayon White Sr.1,987 29.46% DEM Mike Austin 1,584 23.49% DEM Sheila Bunn 1,627 24.13% DEM Salim Adofo 1,495 22.17% Write-in 51 0.76% OVER VOTES 26 UNDER VOTES 9
July 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The spotted lanternfly nymphs are turning red now. They can really jump when you try to step on them. Seen on Klingle Bridge in Cleveland Park, DC.
June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The spotted lanternflies have hatched in DC. I saw this nymph on the Ellington Bridge along with several others.
Small black bug with white spots
June 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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A cop from Mayor Adams' security detail brought the victim to be tortured by the crypto bros? Is the next step a call from the White House saying to wind down the investigation?
https://apnews.com/article/crypto-cryptocurrency-kidnapping-new-york-city-23b4c7974544854f61dfac8550dcb78e
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where a man says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted to steal his Bitcoin, a city official said Thursday. One of the detectives serves on Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail and is believed to have picked up the victim from a local airport and brought him to the townhouse, the official said. It’s not immediately clear if the other detective, who is a narcotics officer, has any connection to the incident.
May 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Found this garbage installed on my mother's phone, popping up ads and prompting her to update things—though it was showing up as "Android System Update" rather than "System Update for Android". I don't understand why Google would allow an app with either of […]

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"System Update for Android" by Arum Communications in Google Play Store. Contains ads, in-app purchases. 3.6 stars, 5M+ downloads. Check for updates for Android system modules with detailed information.
May 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries have been holding a gathering on the Capitol steps all day talking about the morality of the federal budget.
Hakeem Jeffries, Cory Booker, and others on US Capitol steps Crowd on and around US Capitol steps
April 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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The Trump administration has apparently backed down on (some of?) its demands to Harvard, but no one knows for sure because of the usual Trump chaos and incompetence […]

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Harvard pushed back on the White House’s claim that it should have checked with the administration lawyers after receiving the letter. The letter “was signed by three federal officials, placed on official letterhead, was sent from the email inbox of a senior federal official and was sent on April 11 as promised,” Harvard said in a statement on Friday. “Recipients of such correspondence from the U.S. government — even when it contains sweeping demands that are astonishing in their overreach — do not question its authenticity or seriousness.”
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Looking up medical test results from a few years ago for no particular reason.
Measles, mumps, and rubella antibody tests showing levels above the immunity threshold.
April 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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A jury in North Dakota full of people connected to the fossil fuel industry has decided that Greenpeace must pay a pipeline company hundreds of millions of dollars for Standing Rock protests. Greenpeace's total assets are about $50 million […]

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During jury selection, potential jurors appeared to largely dislike the protests, and many had ties to the fossil fuel industry. In the end, more than half the jurors selected to hear the case had ties to the fossil fuel industry, and most had negative views of anti-pipeline protests or groups that oppose the use of fossil fuels.
March 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I think this is Brookland Middle School.
Shireen, @sheermean.bsky.social, 17 Mar 2025: The US flag partially blew off so it's upside-down and at the same level as the DC flag, feels right! [Photos of building with flags]
March 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The destruction of Black Lives Matter Plaza has begun. Jackhammers are at work on the "Matter" block. It might take a day or two to get to "Black Lives".
A hydraulic hanmer digging up the street on Black Lives Matter Plaza. At John's Church, the Washington Monument, and the White House are visible in the background.
March 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Free DC on Mayor Bowser's decision to remove the name of Black Lives Matter Plaza.
https://bsky.app/profile/freedcproject.bsky.social/post/3ljltglnqo22v #dcpolitics
Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social, 4 Mar 2025: It would normally take months for a bill like HR 1774 to go through the full legislative process — *IF* it ever passed at all. We could have done absolutely nothing and no funding would have been at risk. Instead, Mayor Bowser delivered Andrew Clyde's desired result in less than a day.
March 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The purge of all mentions of trans people has come to the National Park Service web page for Dupont Circle. Here is one section as it existed on Jan 17 (via the Wayback Machine) and then today. (HT PopVille)
https://www.nps.gov/places/dupont-circle.htm
LGBTQ History In the 1970s, Dupont Circle became a welcoming place for the city's LGBTQ community. Activist Deacon Maccubbin opened Earthworks, a craft store and "headshop" that was the city's first openly gay business that wasn't a bar. Earthworks became a center for the gay community. Maccubbin expanded the business to open Lambda Rising, which he advertised as "The Largest Lesbian and Gay Liberation Bookstore in the U.S.A." Lambda Rising moved several times throughout the years to different locations around Dupont Circle, eventually settling at 1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW, where it operated until 2010. The neighborhood was also home to The Gay Blade newspaper (now called Washington Blade,) and off our backs, a lesbian feminist publication. [Same text (with a few changes to punctuation and capitalization), except that "LGBTQ" has been changed to "LGBT".]
February 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a63857202/tesla-cybertruck-losing-body-panels-reports/
Tomasko says the problems he has faced are frustrating, in part, because they play into negative perceptions of the Cybertruck from others. "It does suck, because everybody kind of makes fun of the Cybertruck. To the outside person, it's kind of weird, it's ugly, whatever. Once you actually get in it, drive it, you realize it's pretty frickin' cool," he says. "It's kind of been sad, because I've been trying to prove to people that it's a really awesome truck that's not falling apart, and then mine starts to fall apart, so it's just... Yeah, it's kind of unfortunate and sad."
February 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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"'They’re Scared Shitless': The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it […]

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According to one source with direct knowledge of the events, North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about “credible death threats” when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary. Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm the former Fox & Friends host to lead the Pentagon. According to the source, Tillis has said that if people want to understand Trump, they should read the 2006 book Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work. (When asked for comment for this story, a spokesperson for Tillis said it was false that the senator had recommended the book in that capacity. The FBI said it had no comment.)
February 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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This is an absurd headline. The phrase "Armored Tesla" was changed to "Armored Electric Vehicles" in a procurement forecast. Tesla was not removed from any contract.
Time Magazine headline in news listing: Tesla Removed From $400M Federal Contract Amid Musk Scrutiny
February 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Someone's having difficulty letting go of his title. Ankit Jain was sworn in to replace Mike Brown as one of the DC shadow senators on January 2. #dcpolitics
MESSAGE FROM UNITED STATES SENATOR MICHAEL D. BROWN The Trump administration is putting all staff at the United States Agency for International Development on administrative leave as of 11:59 pm on Friday, February 7th. View the official message on the website of the USAID - the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty and engaging in democratic reforms. What does this mean for the government agency's mission? Former USAID Administrator J. Brian Atwood will give us his take on this recent development and what this means for the agency's 10,000 employees across the globe.
February 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Kyrsten Sinema may be doing more damage now that she's out of the Senate than she did when she was in it.
Senate Intel Chair Tom Cotton found a surprise ally in former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) to help resuscitate Tulsi Gabbard's nomination. The former Democratic senator approached Cotton and was deployed to help sway Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) into "yes" votes today, sources tell Axios.
February 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM