What was DC like when the federal government controlled it in the past? Wasn’t it a mess the ? Why go back to those days?

Anonymous wrote:Amazing how white folks will be so quick to make decisions on behalf of black folks

DC is majority white and the current regime isn't doing a good job

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Anonymous wrote:Something needs to be done, so much homeless, violence and lawlessness in the nations capital, totally unacceptable

And you think the House GOP is going to do it?

Literally the only reason they want to rescind DC home rule is to hamstring DC's ability to do anything for itself so the House GOP can neglect DC, make DC worse, then point to DC and say "see, look at these urban liberal hellholes!"

All they have to do is point to any other major city in the US. Don’t need DC to illustrate how awful Democratic policies are.

Yeah, the economic powerhouses of our nation are so awful. All those sky-high property values are so awful. You know why you can't point to any Republican run cities that are crime-free utopias? Because the educated people live in cities and know that while Democratic policies may not be perfect, Republican policies are even worse.

Imagine how ignorant you'd have to be to look at decades of failed Republican policies - handouts to the rich, denying healthcare, denying bodily autonomy, killing jobs, screwing the poor, racking up debt, and believing THAT is what's going to improve things in our cities.

Love it. A liberal referencing “bodily autonomy” - would bet anything she was for vaccine mandates.

And for closing public schools. And against charters and vouchers.

Im a new poster. I believe— i hope— there are more moderate Dems living in DC than this board would have you believe. I live in a neighborhood that was rapidly improving until the pandemic. I was not for defunding the police, but i did join the march for Black lives. I got vaccinated but was not keen on mandates. I took my damn mask off as soon as Biden did, which was much earlier than the rest of DC. I am pro public schools and not a fan of the charter/school choice movement, and was always adamant that school closures should be short, and that they would hurt vulnerable kids.

Crime has been off the hook. I see chaos from my front stoop, where I witnessed and disrupted a carjacking (unarmed) in progress. I do blame Charles Allen and Brianne Nadeau for a lot. That crime bill was a joke. Thank God Biden vetoed it. And yet, i have been for DC statehood. My kids are born here. Ive lived here 20 years. We deserve to have real representation in congress.

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Anonymous wrote:Two words-Union Station. Maybe they take a lot of trains? Something needs to be done on every level. I blame this on our City Council.

Four words: Not under DC authority.

And yet, the Council and Mayor could make a stink about its sorry state and demand accountability. Have they? They advocate for DC residents, don't they?

If the DC Council and the mayor created lasting peace in the world, you would still be complaining about them on DCUM.

Oh, have they gone and stood on the heads of the authorities in charge of Union Station? How about stand in front of it until someone who is in charge does something? Aren't they supposed to represent the good of the people of DC? If not, have at it Congressional takeover.
I remember when US was a nice place. I met a friend there two weeks ago who wanted to buy some of the amazing canolis to take back to NY (remember those?). I do. We went downstairs to see if the Italian bakery was still there. Of course, pretty much all the food venues are now closed in this depressing wreck. Lasting peace. Fat chance. They can't even keep a food court solvent.

Let me get this straight... you were looking for cannolis to take back to NY? You are unaware that some of the best Italian bakeries for cannolis are in NYC? smh

From, what I'm guessing is, a Baltimore bakery

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Anonymous wrote:Two words-Union Station. Maybe they take a lot of trains? Something needs to be done on every level. I blame this on our City Council.

Four words: Not under DC authority.

And yet, the Council and Mayor could make a stink about its sorry state and demand accountability. Have they? They advocate for DC residents, don't they?

If the DC Council and the mayor created lasting peace in the world, you would still be complaining about them on DCUM.

Oh, have they gone and stood on the heads of the authorities in charge of Union Station? How about stand in front of it until someone who is in charge does something? Aren't they supposed to represent the good of the people of DC? If not, have at it Congressional takeover.
I remember when US was a nice place. I met a friend there two weeks ago who wanted to buy some of the amazing canolis to take back to NY (remember those?). I do. We went downstairs to see if the Italian bakery was still there. Of course, pretty much all the food venues are now closed in this depressing wreck. Lasting peace. Fat chance. They can't even keep a food court solvent.

Let me get this straight... you were looking for cannolis to take back to NY? You are unaware that some of the best Italian bakeries for cannolis are in NYC? smh

Amazing how white folks will be so quick to make decisions on behalf of black folks

Anonymous wrote:I mean, could it be any worse? Something needs to change.

+1000

We DC residents are too stupid to govern ourselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Two words-Union Station. Maybe they take a lot of trains? Something needs to be done on every level. I blame this on our City Council.

Four words: Not under DC authority.

And yet, the Council and Mayor could make a stink about its sorry state and demand accountability. Have they? They advocate for DC residents, don't they?

If the DC Council and the mayor created lasting peace in the world, you would still be complaining about them on DCUM.

Oh, have they gone and stood on the heads of the authorities in charge of Union Station? How about stand in front of it until someone who is in charge does something? Aren't they supposed to represent the good of the people of DC? If not, have at it Congressional takeover.
I remember when US was a nice place. I met a friend there two weeks ago who wanted to buy some of the amazing canolis to take back to NY (remember those?). I do. We went downstairs to see if the Italian bakery was still there. Of course, pretty much all the food venues are now closed in this depressing wreck. Lasting peace. Fat chance. They can't even keep a food court solvent.

So you didn't look up online if a random bakery was still open and that's your issue with US? There is a full food court downstairs, and the same vendors on the train level as you would find at penn station. More than you can find at 30th st in Philly.

You are kidding yourself if you think Union Station isn't a pale shadow of itself just ten years ago. Why should I have to look online to find a bakery that even out of towners look forward to? I have every expectation of finding Shakespeare and Co in Paris, or Cafe du Monde in New Orleans. Even Starbucks ditched Union Station last year due to safety concerns. Why aren't our politicians standing up to the operators of the stations? Do you think maybe DC policies passed by our Council have contributed to the crime and homeless issues that have caused these vendors to flee? Or the bigger question-why on earth are you painting Union Station 2023 as a rosy little place? It was, but now it sure isn't.

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Anonymous wrote:Not satisfied with overturning the D.C. Council's revisions of the criminal code, some House Republicans are now trying to get Congress to revoke the Home Rule Charter entirely: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/15/ogles-repeal-dc-home-rule/

I guess the plan would be for Kevin McCarthy to deal with every single complaint D.C. residents have about anything? Presumably Jim Jordan will be picking up our garbage?

Why not just return DC to MD?

Here are two of the many reasons:

1. DC doesn't want it
2. MD doesn't want it

Retrocession is never happening and is actually bad for Maryland Republicans. Don't be an idiot.

Introducing DC into Maryland does two things...

1. You add at minimum 500,000 registered Dems to the rolls effectively making Maryland a permanent Blue State at the state level

2. The balance of power shifts from the DC suburbs (Moco, PG and AA Co) to DC itself. No politician in that area wants that.

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Anonymous wrote:Two words-Union Station. Maybe they take a lot of trains? Something needs to be done on every level. I blame this on our City Council.

Four words: Not under DC authority.

And yet, the Council and Mayor could make a stink about its sorry state and demand accountability. Have they? They advocate for DC residents, don't they?

If the DC Council and the mayor created lasting peace in the world, you would still be complaining about them on DCUM.

Oh, have they gone and stood on the heads of the authorities in charge of Union Station? How about stand in front of it until someone who is in charge does something? Aren't they supposed to represent the good of the people of DC? If not, have at it Congressional takeover.
I remember when US was a nice place. I met a friend there two weeks ago who wanted to buy some of the amazing canolis to take back to NY (remember those?). I do. We went downstairs to see if the Italian bakery was still there. Of course, pretty much all the food venues are now closed in this depressing wreck. Lasting peace. Fat chance. They can't even keep a food court solvent.

So you didn't look up online if a random bakery was still open and that's your issue with US? There is a full food court downstairs, and the same vendors on the train level as you would find at penn station. More than you can find at 30th st in Philly.

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Anonymous wrote:Two words-Union Station. Maybe they take a lot of trains? Something needs to be done on every level. I blame this on our City Council.

Four words: Not under DC authority.

And yet, the Council and Mayor could make a stink about its sorry state and demand accountability. Have they? They advocate for DC residents, don't they?

If the DC Council and the mayor created lasting peace in the world, you would still be complaining about them on DCUM.

Oh, have they gone and stood on the heads of the authorities in charge of Union Station? How about stand in front of it until someone who is in charge does something? Aren't they supposed to represent the good of the people of DC? If not, have at it Congressional takeover.
I remember when US was a nice place. I met a friend there two weeks ago who wanted to buy some of the amazing canolis to take back to NY (remember those?). I do. We went downstairs to see if the Italian bakery was still there. Of course, pretty much all the food venues are now closed in this depressing wreck. Lasting peace. Fat chance. They can't even keep a food court solvent.

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Anonymous wrote:Something needs to be done, so much homeless, violence and lawlessness in the nations capital, totally unacceptable

And you think the House GOP is going to do it?

Literally the only reason they want to rescind DC home rule is to hamstring DC's ability to do anything for itself so the House GOP can neglect DC, make DC worse, then point to DC and say "see, look at these urban liberal hellholes!"

All they have to do is point to any other major city in the US. Don’t need DC to illustrate how awful Democratic policies are.

Yeah, the economic powerhouses of our nation are so awful. All those sky-high property values are so awful. You know why you can't point to any Republican run cities that are crime-free utopias? Because the educated people live in cities and know that while Democratic policies may not be perfect, Republican policies are even worse.

Imagine how ignorant you'd have to be to look at decades of failed Republican policies - handouts to the rich, denying healthcare, denying bodily autonomy, killing jobs, screwing the poor, racking up debt, and believing THAT is what's going to improve things in our cities.

Love it. A liberal referencing “bodily autonomy” - would bet anything she was for vaccine mandates.

And for closing public schools. And against charters and vouchers.

Sounds like someone who values education, public health, and women.

The opposite. More like someone who values ideology and politics over children, public education, public physical and mental health, truth, science, men and women and womyn too.

BS. Republicans/forced birthers DGAF about women. Or education. Or public health.

Quite the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:Good, because this is unacceptable:




DC currently has no functional govt and it is anarchy. Congress needs to step in to restore basic law and order.

Uh…. thats because DC had a way lower murder rate in 2012 that all those Midwest and southern shithole cities, but guess what, the per capita murder rate in those places is HIGHER than in DC right now.

What is everyone's fixation with per capita crime rates? It is a terrible metric by which to judge the quality of life across different areas of the country.

If you don't want to deal with crime, you invent new statistics to make it seem rare.

Meanwhile look what's happening. Crime has plummeted in most big cities. The opposite is happening here. Crime is skyrocketing. DC is a huge outlier when it comes to crime. We now have about the same number of homicides as Baltimore, which is pretty incredible.

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Anonymous wrote:Not satisfied with overturning the D.C. Council's revisions of the criminal code, some House Republicans are now trying to get Congress to revoke the Home Rule Charter entirely: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/15/ogles-repeal-dc-home-rule/

I guess the plan would be for Kevin McCarthy to deal with every single complaint D.C. residents have about anything? Presumably Jim Jordan will be picking up our garbage?

Why not just return DC to MD?

Here are two of the many reasons:

1. DC doesn't want it
2. MD doesn't want it

Fair points.

But then, accept status quo.

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Anonymous wrote:Not satisfied with overturning the D.C. Council's revisions of the criminal code, some House Republicans are now trying to get Congress to revoke the Home Rule Charter entirely: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/15/ogles-repeal-dc-home-rule/

I guess the plan would be for Kevin McCarthy to deal with every single complaint D.C. residents have about anything? Presumably Jim Jordan will be picking up our garbage?

Why not just return DC to MD?

Here are two of the many reasons:

1. DC doesn't want it
2. MD doesn't want it

Retrocession is never happening and is actually bad for Maryland Republicans. Don't be an idiot.