Tommy Wells
@tommywellsdc.bsky.social
Former DC Council Member Ward 6
Former Director DC Dept of Energy and Environment
Social Worker,Lawyer,Forager
DC voting rights, trans rights,
reproductive rights, enviro rights, human rights,
Former Director DC Dept of Energy and Environment
Social Worker,Lawyer,Forager
DC voting rights, trans rights,
reproductive rights, enviro rights, human rights,
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🏛️ Today, I'm chairing a hearing addressing one of the most fundamental quality-of-life issues facing our city: sufficient and equitable access to safe, clean, and functional @dcdpr.bsky.social recreational spaces.
Watch today's hearing live: ➡️ janeeseward4.com/live
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🏛️ Today, I'm chairing a hearing addressing one of the most fundamental quality-of-life issues facing our city: sufficient and equitable access to safe, clean, and functional @dcdpr.bsky.social recreational spaces.
Watch today's hearing live: ➡️ janeeseward4.com/live
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Big news: the Council just passed an emergency version of my Porchfest Permitting Act!
Porchfest is one of the best events of the year — not only for neighbors, but for local businesses, musicians, and main streets.
Today, we made it easier to neighbors to take part in these amazing events.
Porchfest is one of the best events of the year — not only for neighbors, but for local businesses, musicians, and main streets.
Today, we made it easier to neighbors to take part in these amazing events.
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Big news: the Council just passed an emergency version of my Porchfest Permitting Act!
Porchfest is one of the best events of the year — not only for neighbors, but for local businesses, musicians, and main streets.
Today, we made it easier to neighbors to take part in these amazing events.
Porchfest is one of the best events of the year — not only for neighbors, but for local businesses, musicians, and main streets.
Today, we made it easier to neighbors to take part in these amazing events.
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This is what governing for all of DC looks like. When we invest in our children and families, we're investing in our entire city's future.
Thank you to CMs Parker and Frumin for championing this amendment and to all my colleagues who voted to put money in the pockets of vulnerable DC families.
Thank you to CMs Parker and Frumin for championing this amendment and to all my colleagues who voted to put money in the pockets of vulnerable DC families.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is what governing for all of DC looks like. When we invest in our children and families, we're investing in our entire city's future.
Thank you to CMs Parker and Frumin for championing this amendment and to all my colleagues who voted to put money in the pockets of vulnerable DC families.
Thank you to CMs Parker and Frumin for championing this amendment and to all my colleagues who voted to put money in the pockets of vulnerable DC families.
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Leadership in this moment requires being on the ground and listening to the residents who are demanding we do more to protect communities.
Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
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Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
wapo.st/4hJziIr
D.C. residents air grievances about federal surge in Council hearing
Dozens of people testified before the D.C. Council about how the surge in federal law enforcement has altered their communities.
wapo.st
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Leadership in this moment requires being on the ground and listening to the residents who are demanding we do more to protect communities.
Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
wapo.st/4hJziIr
Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
wapo.st/4hJziIr
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🚨 As the federal government continues to withhold SNAP funding, I'm sharing resources for neighbors who are most in need of support.
Read more about upcoming food distributions and other resources across #Ward4 and #DC: 👇🏾
janeeseward4.com/supporting-o...
Read more about upcoming food distributions and other resources across #Ward4 and #DC: 👇🏾
janeeseward4.com/supporting-o...
Supporting Our Community Through the SNAP Shutdown - Councilmember Janeese Lewis George
Dear Neighbors, Because of the continuing federal shutdown, the Department of Agriculture has notified states that there may not be funding for November SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...
janeeseward4.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🚨 As the federal government continues to withhold SNAP funding, I'm sharing resources for neighbors who are most in need of support.
Read more about upcoming food distributions and other resources across #Ward4 and #DC: 👇🏾
janeeseward4.com/supporting-o...
Read more about upcoming food distributions and other resources across #Ward4 and #DC: 👇🏾
janeeseward4.com/supporting-o...
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Grateful to OAG for taking legal action to halt the Trump administration's suspension of SNAP assistance.
Thousands of DC residents depend on SNAP to sustain their families and keep food on the table.
Cutting off this critical support while other programs remain funded is cruel and unjust.
Thousands of DC residents depend on SNAP to sustain their families and keep food on the table.
Cutting off this critical support while other programs remain funded is cruel and unjust.
NEW: We just filed a lawsuit alongside 25 states to restore SNAP food assistance during the federal shutdown.
141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.
We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.
We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Grateful to OAG for taking legal action to halt the Trump administration's suspension of SNAP assistance.
Thousands of DC residents depend on SNAP to sustain their families and keep food on the table.
Cutting off this critical support while other programs remain funded is cruel and unjust.
Thousands of DC residents depend on SNAP to sustain their families and keep food on the table.
Cutting off this critical support while other programs remain funded is cruel and unjust.
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Read this week's #Ward4 Dispatch: MPD & ICE Coordination, Housing with Integrity, and Porchfest Permitting Act ⬇️
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
Ward 4 Dispatch: MPD & ICE Coordination, Housing with Integrity, and Porchfest Permitting Act - Councilmember Janeese Lewis George
This Week’s Highlights Dear Neighbors, This weekend will be full of Halloween festivities across DC, and our community is already buzzing with Halloween spirit! Yesterday, I shared a special newslette...
janeeseward4.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Read this week's #Ward4 Dispatch: MPD & ICE Coordination, Housing with Integrity, and Porchfest Permitting Act ⬇️
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
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Ward 4 CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social says DC residents deserve answers on MPD & ICE coordination.
"Our police must prioritize community needs – not the cruel agenda of a federal administration determined to tear immigrant families apart."
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
"Our police must prioritize community needs – not the cruel agenda of a federal administration determined to tear immigrant families apart."
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
DC residents deserve answers on MPD & ICE coordination (Councilmember's Corner) — Petworth News
Our police force must prioritize our community needs – not the cruel agenda of a federal administration determined to tear immigrant families apart. DC residents deserve answers on the extent to which...
www.petworthnews.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Ward 4 CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social says DC residents deserve answers on MPD & ICE coordination.
"Our police must prioritize community needs – not the cruel agenda of a federal administration determined to tear immigrant families apart."
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
"Our police must prioritize community needs – not the cruel agenda of a federal administration determined to tear immigrant families apart."
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
Next gen bike-share. Literally….
April 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Next gen bike-share. Literally….
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Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
April 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
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París es un ejemplo de ciudad que apuesta por la movilidad sostenible: tienen carriles bici anchos, con sus semáforos. Puedes moverte en bici por París para ir a trabajar, a hacer la compra, etc.
Hace poco estuve allí y me sorprendió gratamente
Hace poco estuve allí y me sorprendió gratamente
Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”
Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.
This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.
This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
April 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
París es un ejemplo de ciudad que apuesta por la movilidad sostenible: tienen carriles bici anchos, con sus semáforos. Puedes moverte en bici por París para ir a trabajar, a hacer la compra, etc.
Hace poco estuve allí y me sorprendió gratamente
Hace poco estuve allí y me sorprendió gratamente
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In 2021, I gave society more than $5,000.
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
April 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In 2021, I gave society more than $5,000.
Its time we explore retrocession to Maryland
April 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Its time we explore retrocession to Maryland
State governments must create the capacity to protect its residents from illegal acts by the feds
April 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
State governments must create the capacity to protect its residents from illegal acts by the feds
K Street "Spaway" could bring a wave of investment downtown: ggwash.org/view/98956/k...
K Street “Spaway” could bring a wave of investment downtown
DC officials faced a dilemma: how to bring life back to a car-centered corridor that’s anything but inviting. Enter the European firm behind a string of urban resorts with a novel proposal.
ggwash.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
K Street "Spaway" could bring a wave of investment downtown: ggwash.org/view/98956/k...
DC Water stands to lose authority to spend 51 mil of it own rate payer funds because of Congress budget mistake
March 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
DC Water stands to lose authority to spend 51 mil of it own rate payer funds because of Congress budget mistake
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Formal fashion czar JD Vance cant button his jacket
March 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Formal fashion czar JD Vance cant button his jacket
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SS, Medicare, Medicaid, and education will be gutted—replaced with the new state religion: National Christianity. MAGA voters, hope you can feed, clothe, and shelter yourselves with prayer while Musk, Thiel, and oligarchs pocket your tax dollars. Good luck. www.commondreams.org/news/house-b...
GOP Proposes $4.5 Trillion Tax Giveaway to the Rich While 'Ransacking' Food Stamps and Medicaid | Common Dreams
"House Republican leadership put a giant bullseye on Medicaid, with the intent to strip Americans of their healthcare benefits to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations."
www.commondreams.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
SS, Medicare, Medicaid, and education will be gutted—replaced with the new state religion: National Christianity. MAGA voters, hope you can feed, clothe, and shelter yourselves with prayer while Musk, Thiel, and oligarchs pocket your tax dollars. Good luck. www.commondreams.org/news/house-b...
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It's really this simple, folks.
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It's really this simple, folks.
When did it become necessary to have a straw with every drink?
I never use one at home.
#endstrawtyranny
I never use one at home.
#endstrawtyranny
February 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When did it become necessary to have a straw with every drink?
I never use one at home.
#endstrawtyranny
I never use one at home.
#endstrawtyranny
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I hate being right.
It won't be just the LA Times and Washington Post. It will be your employer, your university, your school district, and your local elected officials. They will all cave and engage in anticipatory obedience to fascism because of their cowardice and greed.
Your institutions will not save you.
Your institutions will not save you.
February 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I hate being right.
Pretty sure Trump has screwed up the Middle East Cease Fire
February 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Pretty sure Trump has screwed up the Middle East Cease Fire
Going to Treasury to protest Elon Musk’s coup.
February 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Going to Treasury to protest Elon Musk’s coup.
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A group of uncleared, unvetted, civilians have gained access to all of my federal records including military personnel, retirement and disability. They are reportedly feeding them into AI. I want them arrested and charged with federal crimes.
Right fucking now!
How is this even a discussion?
Right fucking now!
How is this even a discussion?
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A group of uncleared, unvetted, civilians have gained access to all of my federal records including military personnel, retirement and disability. They are reportedly feeding them into AI. I want them arrested and charged with federal crimes.
Right fucking now!
How is this even a discussion?
Right fucking now!
How is this even a discussion?