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The people of DC are joyful and powerful, and we deserve the right to KNIT. (Also to crochet.) (Also to govern ourselves.)
Seeing a 📝pattern here? #FreeDC

🧶 To stitch your own, just start or click the link. Put them up yourself or mail to address provided. Post pics here!

bit.ly/FDCyarnbomb
Gotta love when #FreeDC #yarnbombing spree goes to an *arts center*. Stitcher put these up this week in Brookland + Edgewood. @freedcproject.bsky.social #yarnbombs #craftivism
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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can't say which i find more appalling, remnick handing him a "fair enough" on the left and right being equally antisemitic or saying there was "no immigration policy" under dems. either way, super embarrassing for remnick to get steamrolled this hard by the right's pre-eminent midwit
February 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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The DHS funding deadline is six days away and we can’t settle for empty reforms with the regime’s death squads.

Demand that Democrats hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
This is so DC/DMV. Used to dream of raising my children somewhere that summer day camps had open spots past February. 🤦🏻‍♀️
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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"RESPECT OUR EXISTENCE
OR EXPECT OUR RESISTANCE"

Protesting ICE, kids walk out from J. Graham Brown School, a K-12 magnet school, and Manual High School, both in Louisville, Kentucky.
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
😭 This exquisite art on a piece of cardboard on a Capitol Hill rowhouse yard has slain us. "ICE ARE THE NEW BROWNSHIRTS. Indeed. #FreeDC #ArtSky #FuckICE

~~~credit + hugs to @second-serveace.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
We are getting the stadium more desired by suburbanites than its neighbors and DC's own voters, so yes, let's do this thing we DO dearly want and need.

Also UBI: If we can pay for stadiums, well...
NEW: If Janeese Lewis George is elected mayor, she says she’ll set out to make child care universal + affordable, part of a broader plan to reduce everyday costs for D.C. residents.

“This is actually a problem we can solve," @janeese4dc.bsky.social tells @maustermuhle.bsky.social. More on the plan:
Janeese Lewis George wants affordable child care for DC
It’s not free, and her plan faces fiscal challenges.
51st.news
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
🙌🏽Whoot! Just topped 100 followers. Yay for @allofthebells.bsky.social, our 101st.

Who else is in? Have a FriendSky that♥️ crafting + longs for a #FreeDC, both for itself + as a step toward fascist-free USA? RE- or QUOTE-POST this with a nudge to follow. Thanks!

[NB-Followers see re/quotes, NOT ❤️s!]
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
G'morning, Parkview. If you're lucky, you'll be seeing this around. Our stitcher said: "Tension on the fasteners is a bit off because it was 12 degrees as I was trying to attach -- had to work fast! It’s a nice complement to all the Free DC wheat pasting in then neighborhood, though!"

We agree.♥️
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Andy Kim refusing to allow Phil Murphy to coronate his wife has actually destroyed one of the most entrenched machines in American politics.
the story here, which Kornacki gets right, is not exemplified in Mejia leading

it's that she's barely beating Malinowski who, while not a leftist, was an anti machine candidate who faced down an absolute money cannon of negative ads from DMFI and the machine

the *machine* lost here spectacularly
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 AM
••• yarnBOMB

••• stitch + SWEAR

••• RAGE-knitting, RAGE-baking

Crafters are PISSED and we get it.
PEG - Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, a group who formed to stitch and swear #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
February 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Love our community.
This adorable secret garden fort in Lincoln Park (Capitol Hill DC) should make it through the weekend. But temperatures will rise next week, so visit while you can!!

Do you know who built this?? #snowcrete #snowsnowsnow
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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It’s extra important for Congress to hear from us right now. With a DHS funding deadline looming next week, we must demand that Democrats hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, & clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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"the D.C. National Guard is on track to spend more than $602 million per year on the deployment — a sum slightly larger than the operating 2026 budget for the Metropolitan Police Department, which employs about 4,900 officers"
National Guard deployment in DC having no measurable impact on crime, report says
The National Guard said troops’ presence has deterred petty crime and helps control crowds during the police department’s law enforcement efforts.
www.stripes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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well, duh

Hope they’re enjoying the riverfront parks and climate-controlled Metro stations, though, where they seem to congregate.
REPORT: National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., have broken up fights, administered opioid overdose medication and helped deliver a baby, but they have not had a measurable impact on crime reduction.

Read more:
www.stripes.com/theaters/us/... #Flashes
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Laced up with frigid fingers Saturday. Anyone near 14th Street in Columbia Heights know if it's still up?

> Funny: Passersby hardly notice you #yarnbombing in broad daylight -- unless stopping to thank you. ♥️

> #yarnbomb variation on colorwork here -- "embroidered" rope

> #FreeDC
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
DC has been occupied for 177 days. We of @freedcproject.bsky.social are still out nightly at 7, undaunted by snow/cold/rain, with whistles, drums, pots and pans, to say We Are Here - resolute and joyful - and #FreeDC
CACEROLAZOS - freedcproject.org/news/noise-e...
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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D.C. natives and longtime Washingtonians, we want to know: When did you first notice the city had changed? Was there a specific moment, event, or vibe? Let us know for an upcoming story. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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About 1 in 3 Post employees are affected by the Weds layoffs, which reach into business and tech functions. The Sports desk is virtually eliminated as is book coverage. International and Metro sections are severely cut.

www.hillrag.com/2026/02/04/w...

staff ill: file photos/ChatGPT/
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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In our 6th month of military occupation and federal surge forces, DC is celebrating #TransitEquityDay and the economic noncompliance that beat back the racial authoritarianism of Jim Crow. S/o to Claudette Colvin for paving the way! #FreeDC #BoycottTarget #CongressStopOverturningDCLaws
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Sarah Ross Thompson, contemporary fine art printmaker #WomensArt
#Snowdrops #February
February 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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If Congress were to overturn DC’s tax code, it would be reversing *tax cuts* for DC working families struggling to pay the bills and removing funding for DC’s Child Tax Credit. Maybe not a surprising move for them, but it's important to highlight.
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
#Yarnbombing

Columbia Heights

Hard to find appropriate surfaces for these larger ones, but the beauty of this spot is that it faces 🎯 -- and Target works with ICE.

#FreeDC @freedcproject.bsky.social

freedcproject.org/news/solidar...
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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Ice Henge #southarlington
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM