#dc statehood

[liberalsarecool]

DC needs statehood NOW! #StackTheSenate

#stack the senate #dc statehood

[pumpkins-and-penguins]

@samreich says dc statehood!

#sam reich #make some noise #dropout tv #dc statehood

[hederigerenthag]

People who live in parts of the US that actually grant them representation in Congress, this would be a great time for you to call your senators and tell them that it matters to you that they respect DC’s home rule. 

‘Home rule’ is the power that the District of Columbia has to govern its own legal and civic affairs. It is limited in important ways and is currently being threatened by the federal government. 

The TLDR version of events is that our City Council (the role they have is actually more like a state legislature) passed a new criminal code (the thing that suggests what should be illegal under criminal law and what the consequences for breaking that law should be in a particular jurisdiction). Decisions made by our City Council however, are subject to direct review by Congress (this is a special DC thing because we’re a federal district -- for now and we have fewer rights than states do), and the GOP + some notable collaborators have decided that they are going to overturn the new criminal code because it’s ‘soft on crime���. 

Today, President Biden announced that if Congress does throw out our law, he won’t use his veto power to stop them. (This is especially vexing because he says that he does support DC home rule, just apparently not when he doesn’t feel like it?). 

Without a backstop of presidential support, it really matters to the people of DC what Congress does with our law, so please, if you have them, tell your senators that they need to keep their hands off our laws and respect our home rule. 

#us politics #dc statehood #dc home rule #criminal justice reform #ugh

[atompowers]

For the 4th, I wrote a vision of self-determination, independence, & climate justice, for Washington, DC: Imagine Washington, Douglass Commonwealth

For more information about DC Statehood

#dc #washington #poem #climate poem #climate justice #redlining #sustainability #community #heat #extreme heat #swampland #self-determination #justice #independence #USA #DC statehood #statehood

[o-the-mts]

Bipartisanship = Democrats caving to the insurrectionist party to deny the rights of people who don’t have voting representation in Congress.

#pathetic democrats #bipartisan bullshit #DC statehood

[nosferdoc]

DC Crime Bill and DC Statehood Liberal Hypocrisy

#alexandria ocasio cortez #hypocrisy #joe biden #dc crime bill #crime #politics #no veto #fox news #dc statehood #Youtube

[gwydionmisha]

#Washington D.C. #Justice Reform #Joe Biden #DC Statehood #News

[swingleftnewsjunkie]

Jamie Raskin takes brilliant shot at Marjorie Taylor Greene

#youtube #politics #political #democracy #democratic party #us government #constitution #DC statehood

[stayatsam]

now will the state polls tumblr blog put DC in there. gripping a pencil so tight it snaps

#sam crying #holding a microphone to random tumblr user running a gag blog DO YOU SUPPORT DC STATEHOOD?

[marvelsmostwanted]

And 4 days that felt like a lifetime later… Democrats officially keep control of the Senate! 🎉

Still some work to do in Georgia because 51 sounds even better than 50, but this is great news!

(Also, we should add Puerto Rico and DC during the lame duck session… just because we can. Right? It’s what the other side would do… plus, it’s the right thing to do!)

#dc already voted on this in 2016… and pr statehood is v popular #they deserve representation #it’s time #us politics #midterms 2022 #mine

[aestheticsyoutubers]

john oliver, last week tonight ↳ washington dc statehood

#john oliver #last week tonight #last week tonight with john oliver #lastweektonight #washington dc statehood #aestheticsyoutubers #aesthetics #tv #tv aesthetics #youtube aesthetic #youtube #subscribbled #let me ride the peach!

[nicollekidman]

reading up on the proposed dc crime reform bill like christ our mayor is such a LOSER….. “soft on crime” what if i burn this city down

#dc statehood now 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[o-the-mts]

#washington dc #dc statehood #right wing bullshit

[jechristine]

(Link)

Martin is now live-tweeting today’s floor debate.

#dc statehood now

[navree]

i refuse to believe that the person i just saw on twitter talking about "colonialism" as it relates to dc (like, the city of washington dc) and dc "home rule" is being serious. they have to be doing a bit. for my mental health i'm deciding that they're doing a bit.

#personal #for one dollar please give me the definition of colonialism #i need you to explain to me how dc qualifies as a colony in the ways that the rest of the US doesn't #like goddamn *i* am in favor of dc statehood but jesus h christ #words have meaning!!!!!!!!! i'm gonna lose my mind.

[mapsontheweb]

What Washington DC's statehood could look like

#maps #washington dc