District of Columbia

Statehood & Autonomy Fight to get congress to vote to make the city council fully independent from congress without the ability to override laws or the budget.

Proportional Representation Change the voting system to proportional where the percentage of the vote = percentage of seats. Also up the number of seats to 50.

Labor rights Create a labor court where you can challenge getting fired without cause and if you win they have to reinstate you and pay 1.5X of the missed time.

Minimum of 10 days PTO per year.

Employees have a right to not be disturbed outside of work. If the employer wants to talk they must pay them a minimum of 1 hour per phone call or task.

Employees must be given consistent hours, and schedule any change without the consent are grounds for mandatory severance pay.

Require rules be enforced equally against everyone or it is unlawful termination. Logs must be kept of every disciplinary action to prove if they go to court.

Modernize and put things online -Make the DC websites easier to use -Move 90% of the DMV online and let them print IDs in office.

Enforcing fines Make it policy to tow and impound all cars with over 1K in fines. Have a special MPD and Metro Transit police task force to go after and arrest anyone with over 1K in unpaid fines. Bring them to court, they will have their vehicle held for a month if they don't pay the vehicle will be sold, if its not enough they will be held in contempt in jail until its paid by someone or until 1 year has passed.

House the homeless Create more homeless housing so we can get them off the street.

Enforcement and prevention of gate hopping Put an automatic siren that goes off if 2 people go though the same gate. 10 foot barriers with spikes

That's all really because this city is hands down the best place I've lived in the country

According to a report by the Congressional Budget Office, the cost of operating and modernizing the US nuclear arsenal will increase to $946 billion by 2034, which is a quarter higher than in the same forecast for 2023.

It is separately noted that the forecast does not take into account the cost overruns of 81% for the Sentinel ICBM program, which is being developed to replace the Minuteman III.

If Maryland made a special constitutional amendment that could only be changed by a vote of the people of DC and they granted

1. Total self governance, DC can make and enforce and laws and taxes it wants within the city, and doesn't have to follow laws or taxes of Maryland.
2. All Licenses and certifications will be accepted from Maryland to DC and DC to Maryland
3. DC will be its own congressional district, its own electoral college district and have its own districts for the state house and senate, with a rule that it will never be split up or become a minority of another district.

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Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Entertainment Gang, and U.S. Figure Skating today announced they will host a live figure skating tribute to be held at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington D.C. on Sunday, March 2, 2025, to support the families and loved ones affected by the tragic aviation incident at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025.

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Starting  next month, those bright red buses with yellow accents will start disappearing from D.C. streets. After nearly 20 years, the D.C. Circulator will be completely gone by the end of the year. 

On a recent weekday morning, I rode three of the Circulator’s 6 bus routes across the city, from Dupont Circle to Rosslyn, from Georgetown to Union Station, and from Union Station to Congress Heights. Several riders told me that the end of the Circulator will add more time to their commutes. Kyle Parker, who uses the Circulator to get to to construction jobs around the city, says the Circulator gives him more options when wait times for Metrobus are too long. *“*The Circulator pretty much do a good job just being in between the routes,” says Parker.

 WMATA released a plan last week to expand Metrobus service to cover the gaps caused by the elimination. However, many riders, particularly those who rely on Circulator routes in the southern quadrants of the city, will still miss out.

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I applied for a contract job at one of the government offices in a certain field and they gave me an offer at the place but for a completely unrelated field after one interview, without any communication on doing so. For example, if I were in medicine, it's like being a face doctor and they gave me a job in podiatry. Is this normal? I assumed if I apply to job X and I'm told I have an offer, that it would be for job X.

Looking for Cantonese classes for adults in washington dc

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Alright - I know you folks gotta have some opinions on these:

1. 2Fifty Barbecue
2. Albi
3. Almeda
4. Baan Siam
5. Bostan
6. Bresca
7. Casa Teresa
8. Crisfield
9. Ellie Bird
10. Ethiopic
11. Kuya Ja's Lechon Belly
12. Lapis
13. Maketto
14. Mama Chang
15. Mita
16. Oyster, Oyster
17. Pineapple and Pearls
18. Pupuseria Mama Emilia
19. Rasika
20. Reveler's Hour
21. St. James
22. The Dabney
23. The Duck & the Peach
24. Thip Khao
25. Z&Z Manoushe Bakery

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — For people living with a developmental disability like Down syndrome or autism, making friends and feeling like a part of the community can sometimes be challenging.

A local nonprofit called Best Buddies of Virginia and DC is helping to foster friendships between people with and without disabilities to help promote inclusivity. We caught up with a pair of friends. This is their story.

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A long-uncertain plan to add protected bike lanes to an over three-mile portion of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest DC has been officially canceled, according to city officials. But is this really the end of the battle between those who favor the lanes and those who oppose them?

Executives at the Washington Area Bicyclist Association tell Washingtonian that they are gearing up to push back against the decision. On their website, they’ve posted a petition to restore the plan for bike lanes, and they are currently making plans to speak out at upcoming DDOT hearings.

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Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma launched a coffee shop, Childhood Cafe, off U Street today in the space previously occupied by ThreeFifty Bakery and Coffee Bar. The cafe, which riffs its name off of Kuzma’s lifestyle brand, Childhood Dreams, offers pastries and classic coffee drinks, as well as lemonades, non-alcoholic spritzes, and more specialized creations, like a strawberry Pop-Tart latte.

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WASHINGTON — Police are asking for the public's help in finding two people they say placed card skimmers at several businesses across D.C.

Card skimmers are devices that masquerade as card readers where customers will swipe or insert their credit or debit cards to pay for their purchases.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the card skimmers were found at the following locations:

• On Monday, March 25, 2024, at approximately 11:27 a.m., in the 1200 block of 1st Street, Northeast.
• On Monday, April 1, 2024, at approximately 11:13 a.m., in the 400 block of M Street, Southeast.
• On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at approximately 9:39 p.m., in the 1800 block of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest.
• On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at approximately 10:25 p.m., in the 4500 block of 40th Street, Northwest.
• On Friday, April 12, 2024, at approximately 9:54 a.m., in the 1700 block of Corcoran Street, Northwest.
• On Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m., in the 3400 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest.

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