California saw several mass shootings over the past couple weeks. It also has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
I talked to about the power and limits of these laws. On today's Post Reports:
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Today, The Washington Post laid off 20 of our colleagues.
While 20 is much smaller than 200 — “a single digit percentage of the workforce,” as Publisher Fred Ryan indicated, that’s little consolation to those who lost their jobs today.
That number should be zero.
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The Washington Post has started laying off my friends and colleagues. It's wrong and unnecessary and did not need to happen. I'm sad and mad and so disappointed in this institution that I care about so deeply. We're better than this.
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Youth, 15, admits killing teen, trying to rob Commanders running back
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Remarkable anecdote in this story on Racine’s fear his own family will be carjacked - and the extraordinary effort he takes to keep his car tank full. “We’re afraid like everyone else.”
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In the first 19 days of 2023 ten juveniles were shot in DC. 2 of those were killed. A sharp increase over 2022.
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ESPN Sources with @RamonaShelburne: The Wizards are in advanced talks on a trade to send forward Rui Hachimura to the Lakers.
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My statement, released today:
“There will always be new frontiers to blaze in pursuit of equity”
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DC’s first elected attorney general spent 8 yrs at war with some of the city’s most intractable forces, among them: gun violence & gentrification.
Before he left, sat down with me + to talk impact, legacy & future plans. New:
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ICYMI from last week, I spoke with four of the non-mayoral appointees who were removed from the board of commissioners. They feel like their removal was retaliation for calling out the agency's failures.
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The Council’s efforts to reform DCHA meant that 4 of the most critical members of its governing board lost their seats. Nobody, including much of the Council, asked them about any of this.
But @mitchryals did! They feel punished for “standing our ground.”
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"He switched teams — announcing his new job last week at the international law firm Hogan Lovells, representing corporate clients who are being pursued by state attorneys general."
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D.C.’s first elected attorney general leaves behind a transformed office as he departs to the private sector. But some of the intractable city problems @KarlRacineDC sought to remedy persist.
A look at his eight year tenure w/ @Marissa_Jae: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/
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D.C.’s first elected attorney general leaves behind a transformed office as he departs to the private sector. But some of the intractable city problems sought to remedy persist.
A look at his eight year tenure w/ :
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Over the weekend, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said the sound of gunfire in D.C. neighborhoods reminds her of the 1990s crack epidemic.
and with insight into how the mayor sees public safety, and what her team is doing to improve it.
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D.C. braces for barrage of Republican intervention in local governance
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After questioning from press, reporters have been granted access into this meeting space (where dozens of local elected officials are gathered)
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#MediaBanned - Mayor Bowser meeting in huge gym (Deanwood) with elected, citywide ANC officials on crime at 10 am, but media banned from room,forced to watch cable TV from a room 50 yards away. What’s the fear of media presence? @politicshour @wcp
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#MediaBanned - Mayor Bowser meeting in huge gym (Deanwood) with elected, citywide ANC officials on crime at 10 am, but media banned from room,forced to watch cable TV from a room 50 yards away. What’s the fear of media presence?
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After centuries of land takeovers + discrimination, the Rappahannocks were essentially a landless tribe, experts said. They have a small community center nearby. But acreage acquired through recent deals restores the tribe’s homeland. From :
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He kicked back in Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6. Now he has “regrets.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/
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DC’s monopolistic sports betting app is still killing it. Offering some great promos this week on the army navy football game and the US men’s World Cup opener
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D.C. leaders say they are bracing for a barrage of congressional meddling in local laws and affairs. and I examine what's at stake:
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Ex-Ballou Principal Set to Enter Ward 8 Council Race in 2024 washingtoninformer.com/ex-ballou-prin #Elections2024
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Interesting: has re-introduced a bill to create a commission that would study pay/stipend levels for the D.C. mayor, attorney general, members of the council, and people on boards and commissions. It would also consider whether ANCs should get stipends.
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During his first week in office, new D.C. council member was sworn in on a Monday, participated in his first legislative meeting on a Tuesday, and by the weekend, was tending to his Ward 5 community after the killing of 13-year-old Karon Blake:
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In a statement, says she'll introduce legislation in the coming weeks seeking to address concerns she has about some of the revisions
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The D.C. Council just voted 12-1 to override Mayor Bowser's veto of major revisions to the city's criminal code. CM Trayon White (D-Ward 8) was the lone vote against the override.
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"The mayor and I get along on a lot of issues. But on this one, it is irresponsible for the mayor to say this [bill] doesn't make us safer, and it plays into [Republicans] in Congress, who are going to use the mayor's rhetoric against us," says .
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Inbox: "Former D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine joins Hogan Lovells’ Washington, D.C. office"
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., the new chair of the D.C. Council's judiciary committee, has requested the unredacted body-camera footage of the officers who responded to the killing of 13-year-old Karon Blake. D.C. law allows the chairperson to request and view the footage.
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D.C. officials and residents frequently cite the importance of "accountability" when it comes to reducing gun violence and crime.
asked them to explain what the word actually means:
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The word 'accountability' has become a sort of rallying cry for D.C. city officials and others struggling to understand and confront what drives crime. What it means to different people around the District. With @ELaserDavies and @esilverman11 washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/
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I really loved hosting this morning with and . We talked Karon Blake, the Mayor's five year plan, and how to fix the Racing Presidents.
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Inbox: Baltimore SAO dismissed the pending murder charges against Keith Davis Jr.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser describes shooter of children exiting Metro bus as an "idiot with a gun." She adds, "We have to have consequences so they are not back in our communities shooting children." Story from :
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I’m sharing this GoFundMe page on behalf of the family who did not anticipate having to plan and pay for young Karon’s funeral.
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NEW: Two young children were shot exiting Metro bus in Northwest D.C. this afternoon.
The children, one boy and one girl, are around 10 years old or younger, authorities said. They are expected to survive.
Shooting happened at 14th & Sheridan St., NW:
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"Twitter suspended the account Tuesday that the D.C.-area’s largest transit system uses to inform bus riders of delays, scheduling changes and other information without explanation to the transit agency."
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