The Senate this week passed a Republican-led resolution to overturn a Washington, DC, crime law, which critics have argued is soft on violent criminals. Almost two-thirds of Senate Democrats backed the measure after President Joe Biden announced an about-face by saying he wouldn’t veto the legislation to nullify that law. […] Read more »
Nearly half of Washingtonians don’t like Commanders name
Washington hasn’t warmed up to the Commanders just yet. According to a citywide Washington Post poll, close to half of D.C. residents have a negative view of the team’s new name, with 32 percent disliking it and 17 percent saying they “hate” it. … As the Commanders kicked off a […] Read more »
Washington Post poll: D.C. Mayor Bowser’s approval rating drops amid rising concerns about crime
A majority of D.C. residents approve of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s job performance — although her popularity has dropped from previous years, with residents growing sharply more concerned about crime and the city’s direction overall as she seeks a third term leading the nation’s capital city, a Washington Post poll […] Read more »
Washington, D.C.: About 3 in 4 residents support vaccine rules Bowser just rescinded, poll finds
About three-quarters of D.C. residents support the city’s vaccine requirement to enter certain businesses, a policy that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ended Tuesday. The citywide Washington Post poll finds 74 percent of residents support D.C.’s requirement to show proof of vaccination before going inside restaurants, gyms, concert venues and […] Read more »
The Political Implications of D.C./Puerto Rico Statehood
Key Points• In the upcoming 2020 elections, if Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump, and if the Democrats win control of the Senate and maintain control of the U.S. House, statehood for the District of Columbia and for Puerto Rico is a real possibility.• On June 26, 2020, the U.S. House […] Read more »
Don’t believe the haters. In the District, friendly neighbors are everywhere.
The full-throated loathing of Washington echoes from all crannies of the country. It’s a cesspool, critics howl. A swamp. A den of snakes. An evil lair for out-of-touch bureaucrats, striving and conniving politicos and entitled elites. It is inhabited, as Eric Trump said recently, by “the most hated people in […] Read more »