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D.C. Home Rule
September 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Shows Just How Far He’s Willing to Go to Keep Control of D.C.
And the entire country will pay the price.
September 10, 2025
Edith Olmsted
National Guard Admits Everyone Hates Trump’s D.C. Takeover
A damning new report shows the Guard analyzed public sentiment about Donald Trump’s deployment.
August 22, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Warns He’s Not Done Torturing Washington, D.C., Yet
Donald Trump’s D.C. takeover can still get worse.
August 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
JD Vance Makes Ominous Threat About What D.C. Takeover Really Means
Donald Trump has bigger plans for his fascist Washington takeover.
August 21, 2025
Edith Olmsted
New Sheriff in Town! Trump to Join National Guard Patrolling D.C.
Watch out, Washington!
August 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
GOP Governors Sending Troops to D.C. Crime Show Self-Awareness Is Dead
Republicans governors claim Washington is riddled with crime. Here’s the truth.
August 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
“Couch F***er!”: JD Vance Booed While Hyping Up Trump’s D.C. Takeover
JD Vance’s and Pete Hegseth’s answers to press questions were nearly drowned out by a jeering crowd.
August 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
D.C. Residents Tear Into Federal Officers as GOP States Send Even More
Six Republican governors are deploying their states’ National Guard members to Washington, D.C.
August 18, 2025
Edith Olmsted
No, Trump’s Fascist Takover of D.C. Is Not Good for Restaurants
As it turns out, Washington residents are more scared of militarized police than supposed criminals.
August 15, 2025
Robert McCoy
Watch What Federal Agents Are Really Getting Up to Around D.C.
Federal agents are accused of tearing down a protest sign and leaving a dildo in its place.
August 14, 2025
Edith Olmsted
MAGA Senator Has No Clue Who D.C. Mayor Is
Senator Markwayne Mullin exposed his own cluelessness while trying to defend Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C.
August 13, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s D.C. Takeover Means He Can Ignore City Laws, Border Czar Says
Tom Homan claimed that Washington, D.C., is no longer a sanctuary city.
August 12, 2025
Matt Ford
Trump’s D.C. Takeover Is a Fascist Spectacle
The president’s vague plan to “federalize” the nation’s capital is best understood as a pageant of authoritarianism from an administration that’s flailing.
March 14, 2025
Grace Segers
The Republican Plot to Destroy Washington, D.C.
Experts warn that Trump’s slash-and-burn rampage through the nation’s capital will do lasting damage to a historically resilient regional economy.
February 9, 2023
Matt Ford
House Republicans Want to Take Away D.C.’s Right to Govern Itself
Residents of the nation’s capital fought hard for home rule. If the GOP has its way, the city will become Capitol Hill’s private colony.
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