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Capitol Police request National Guard as trucker convoy expected for State of the Union

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is considering a request from U.S. Capitol Police and the Washington, D.C., government to have the National Guard help respond to an expected truck convoy aimed at disrupting traffic around the Capitol ahead of the March 1 State of the Union.

Los Angeles Times

Capitol Police briefing Hill staff on potential trucker rally in DC - Roll Call

Capitol Police are briefing congressional staff on Friday on planning efforts regarding a potential trucker convoy protest in D.C.

Roll Call

This doctor thought she could navigate US health care. Then her autistic son needed help

Alexander Roodman was packing up his room, preparing for a gap year before college, when I met him at his family’s Washington, D.C., townhouse.

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Amazon Fresh

D.C.'s innovative new grocery store has no cash registers or cashiers.

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First Black woman and DC’s second statue get close to Capitol placement

WASHINGTON — In a building where change can come slowly, the statues are no exception. But at least two new marble and bronze faces will arrive at the Capitol this year — one a Black woman replacing a Confederate general, and the other a big planner bringing a small victory…

Tribune News Service

DC Mayor Bowser Signs Bill: No Doctors Needed For Seniors To Get Medical Marijuana, Creates 4/20 Tax Holiday

It is about to become much easier for senior citizens to register for medical marijuana in Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed a bill into law that will expand access to the District’s medical marijuana program in a series of ways.

Benzinga

First Black woman and D.C.'s second statue get set for Capitol placement

At least two new marble and bronze faces will arrive at the Capitol this year — including a Black woman who replaces a Confederate general.

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D.C. Bill Would Ban Hospitals From Serving Bacon to Dying Patients

And to everyone else, too.

Reason

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Ending Vaccine Requirement, Mask Mandate—But Not for School Kids

"The District’s indoor mask requirements will be dialed back on March 1, 2022," said Bowser.

Reason

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s background is unusual for a Supreme Court nominee. It involves Miami

MIAMI — As an exceptional student and formidable debater at Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Ketanji Brown Jackson could have chosen a variety of career paths but she already knew exactly what she wanted to do.

Miami Herald

Life Gets Better for Sports Bettors

But placing a wager on your favorite team is still illegal or too complicated in many states.

Reason

The Super Bowl Will Be Played in the Most Expensive Stadium Ever Built. Taxpayers Didn't Pay a Dime.

Meanwhile, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are in a bidding war to decide which taxpayers will have the chance to pay for the Washington Commanders' new stadium. It shouldn't be this way.

Reason

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff evacuated from DC school over bomb threat

WASHINGTON — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on Tuesday was abruptly pulled from an event at a Washington, D.C., high school after school officials received a phone call threatening to set off a bomb, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times

Bomb threat cuts short second gentleman Doug Emhoff’s Black History Month event at DC school

WASHINGTON — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on Tuesday was abruptly pulled from an event at a Washington, D.C., high school after officials received a report of a bomb threat, authorities said.

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LZ Granderson: We love to love teachers, but budgets don't show that

Don't you just love those viral videos of teachers being awesome? Like the one of Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Ms. Fitz — swishing a long jumper, which led to her third-graders at Holy Trinity School in Washington, D.C., getting hot chocolate. This weekend I repeatedly watched a clip of a special…

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D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns two FLRA rulings

Two three-judge panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently issued rulings affecting federal employee collective bargaining.

Reason

D.C. Cops Conspired to Keep Records From Reporters, Activists, and Critics, Says Lawsuit

Defense lawyer Amy Phillips is suing over what she calls the department's "watchlist policy."

Reason

Georgetown, "Discrimination," "Harassment," and "Political Affiliation"

Something Georgetown might want to keep in mind when deciding when Tweets from faculty members are punishable as "discrimination" or "harassment": D.C., like many jurisdictions, bans employment discrimination based on "political affiliation," though defined narrowly to refer only to "belonging to or endorsing any political party." It also bans discrimination…

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Salon

"Centrist" nonsense — and how to beat it

"Centrism," as those two mean it, is a catastrophic misreading of political reality. We need an entirely new model

Axios

D.C. police arrest suspect after swastika graffiti found at Union Station

Amtrak police officers are working with the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate.

Reason

D.C. Moves To Suspend Burger Joint's Liquor License for Resisting the City's Vaccine Mandate

The Big Board on H Street continues to insist that "all are welcome."

The Independent UK

Google’s ‘constant surveillance’ of users is ‘nearly impossible for users to stop’, lawsuit alleges

Google has ‘an unprecedented ability to monitor consumers’ daily lives’, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine alleges

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google Faces Lawsuits over Location-Tracking Practices from US States

Texas, Indiana and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users´ privacy. "Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the…

Reason

Broad Vaccine Mandates Are a Serious Violation of Civil Liberties

You don't have to be anti-vaccine to oppose these ever-expanding requirements.

Salon

Proud Boys return to DC with new target

Far-right protesters descended upon D.C. little more than one year after Jan. 6

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