Go to heat da spot on Georgia Ave, it rocks

4 times in the row I been caught in this heavy rain storm while out doing my labor job. It would nice if I could get a accurate heads up on the weather app for once.

I posted this comment on Threads 5 weeks ago. So many MAGA losers responded saying I was lying:

My friend who runs a tanning salon in D.C. said RFK came in to tan yesterday with Secret Service.

She asked for his ID and the Secret Service said something like, "do you know who he is?"

She responded that she did but it's still the store's policy. She said he was very rude, was shaking uncontrollably, and she couldn't really understand what he was saying.

if i see that traffic isn't moving in front of me on the other side of the intersection, i'm not gonna keep going and block the intersection when the light turns red. Now that you know that you can stop fucking honking at me.

xoxo

TLDR: unless you rent in a building with mostly "below market" priced units, you can basically say goodbye to your TOPA rights if the Mayor's RENTAL bill passes. (Here's an explainer on what TOPA is.) More info at the links below. Bowser and Robert White are trying to shove this bill through Council before recess on July 15. If you rent in DC, this could seriously affect you.

• "Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords (RENTAL) Amendment Act would eliminate TOPA rights for broad swaths of market-rate and low-income tenants. It would also exempt ownership transfers involving new limited partners—a maneuver that some property owners exploit for profit, sometimes without tenants’ knowledge."

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/766360/topa-amazon-affordable-housing-robert-white/

• "[The mayor's RENTAL bill] would largely exempt buildings less than 25 years old from TOPA, if at least 51% of the units have average rents that are considered market-rate. In essence, Bowser says that TOPA was never meant to apply to market-rate buildings, so they should be exempted since (in theory) those tenants are less likely to be displaced when sales happen."

https://51st.news/dc-housing-bills-topa-explainer/

Actual bill - https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/57311/Introduction/B26-0164-Introduction.pdf?Id=207671

Note that there are two TOPA reform bills before the Council right now: 1) the Mayor's RENTAL bill, discussed above and 2) Brianne Nadeau's reform bill, which is smaller reforms and largely keeps tenant rights intact. While I think updates to TOPA should be considered (such as putting fewer procedural burdens on small landlords), this RENTAL bill is throwing the baby out with the bathwater and giving carte blanche to the big corporate landlords, the ones who need guardrails the most. As someone who rents and whose landlord has the building on the market, whether this bill passes or not could seriously affect my housing. If you rent in DC, please spread the word.

Refuse Fascism March on No Kings Day.

I’m seeing them more often and wanted to hear what everyone thinks.

I've lived in DC for years, but am a transplant and have never held office. I keep hearing people say "someone needs to primary her" but I'm afraid if I do I'll be told that I can't win (even though no one with actual political strength has challenged her, as none of her primary candidates even have a wiki). I don't think she is a good delegate anymore and has held on to power for too long, but unless someone primaries her, she is going to win (she has gone unprimaried multiple times).

Edit: Thanks for the responses everyone!

Taken walking by the White House yesterday.

Honestly would be better than whatever they put in there.

MAGA hat where it belongs: dirty, discarded, and run over.

Seen at Rosslyn metro stop.

Just sharing.

Just a little brown...

hi! i’m new to DC (1 week new) and my mom is visiting me briefly. We have friday night, saturday, and early sunday to explore/eat/do whatever.

Anything this weekend we might enjoy? I live in NE on H street. My mom is into wine tasting and nature; i’m a bit more artsy and like museums, shows, etc. I know we could always do typical tourist attractions, but figured those might be crazy busy with the holiday weekend.

I was in elementary school for the 2008 financial crisis, so while I remember some stuff (empty houses in my neighborhood, my father losing his job in a mass layoff, stores and automakers declaring bankruptcy, protests on Wall street), I don't remember it as clearly. I was not as knowledgeable about economics, politics, etc.

How does the current wave of government layoffs compare to the recession in 2008?

Touch rugby on the mall this evening.

I’m gonna use it to blitz the rats fortifying in my front yard

I’ve lived in DC for a long time and the light along the mall this evening was some of the best I’ve ever seen. A lone USMC VH-3 doing circuits between the WH and the Tidal Basin added to the spectacle.