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This is a grave assault on DC autonomy and therefore democracy! Boycott them to hell!
#democracy #boycott #doordash #homerule #dc #oligarchy
DoorDash spurs boycott calls f... -
This is a grave assault on DC autonomy and therefore democracy! Boycott them to hell!
#democracy #boycott #doordash #homerule #dc #oligarchy
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Trump Threatens DC Home Rule Over Election Outcome
Trump Threatens DC Home Rule as he suggests federal control could follow a D.C. election result he opposes.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-threatens-dc-home-rule/
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Trump Threatens DC Home Rule Over Election Outcome
Trump Threatens DC Home Rule as he suggests federal control could follow a D.C. election result he opposes.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-threatens-dc-home-rule/
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As a side note, Social Circle, Georgia appears to be a well organized place. I've looked at a lot of websites for municipalities, and theirs is one of the best. The town is equidistant from Atlanta and Athens, Georgia and has interstate highway access.
I hope they are successful in keeping #DHS and #ICE out.
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As a side note, Social Circle, Georgia appears to be a well organized place. I've looked at a lot of websites for municipalities, and theirs is one of the best. The town is equidistant from Atlanta and Athens, Georgia and has interstate highway access.
I hope they are successful in keeping #DHS and #ICE out.
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I would like to know why the Trump administration is spending money like a drunken sailor. What possible reason could there be that justifies paying $128 million for a warehouse that had an assessed value of $29 million?
#Politics #RepublicanDeathCult #Georgia #ICE #DHS #HomeRule #TrumpCrimeFamily
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/georgia-ice-detention-center-social-circle
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I would like to know why the Trump administration is spending money like a drunken sailor. What possible reason could there be that justifies paying $128 million for a warehouse that had an assessed value of $29 million?
#Politics #RepublicanDeathCult #Georgia #ICE #DHS #HomeRule #TrumpCrimeFamily
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/georgia-ice-detention-center-social-circle
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“It's Not Legal”: #PalmBeach airport renamed after #DJT irks local pilot who files #lawsuit against #FAA over the renaming...
Premise of suit is that #HomeRule grants local #government authority over county-owned facilities, and that even if local county commissioners supported renaming the airport, it would not be legally binding.
https://simpleflying.com/pilot-lawsuit-palm-beach-airport-renaming-donald-trump/
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“It's Not Legal”: #PalmBeach airport renamed after #DJT irks local pilot who files #lawsuit against #FAA over the renaming...
Premise of suit is that #HomeRule grants local #government authority over county-owned facilities, and that even if local county commissioners supported renaming the airport, it would not be legally binding.
https://simpleflying.com/pilot-lawsuit-palm-beach-airport-renaming-donald-trump/
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Of course there should be limits on home rule:
https://www.ConservaTibbs.com/2017/05/23/of-course-there-should-be-limits-on-home-rule/
Nobody believes in absolute home rule for local government.
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Tell Congress: Oppose H.R. 5103 the misnamed "Safe and Beautiful Act" being pushed by people who have no interest in living in DC themselves, and wouldn't know beauty if they fell over it. (H.R. 5103 is about as beautiful as the Big Beautiful Bill.)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3hP-FniAKtuolHYvxya4JpZygmlYyvavjd62y7oaqU/edit?tab=t.0
#activism #DC #WashingtonDC #HomeRule #phone #lobby #HR5103 #FreeDC -
Tell Congress: Oppose H.R. 5103 the misnamed "Safe and Beautiful Act" being pushed by people who have no interest in living in DC themselves, and wouldn't know beauty if they fell over it. (H.R. 5103 is about as beautiful as the Big Beautiful Bill.)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3hP-FniAKtuolHYvxya4JpZygmlYyvavjd62y7oaqU/edit?tab=t.0
#activism #DC #WashingtonDC #HomeRule #phone #lobby #HR5103 #FreeDC -
I missed this. West Virginia piloted Home Rule for local governments to be able to be creative in solving local problems in 2007 and made it permanent in 2019. This is very different from how we do things in Virginia. https://revenue.wv.gov/homerule/Pages/About.aspx #HomeRule #DillonRule #WV
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I missed this. West Virginia piloted Home Rule for local governments to be able to be creative in solving local problems in 2007 and made it permanent in 2019. This is very different from how we do things in Virginia. https://revenue.wv.gov/homerule/Pages/About.aspx #HomeRule #DillonRule #WV
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President Joe Biden ultimately vetoed that disapproval, rendering the timing dispute moot. Now, at a time when tension between the city and #Congress continues to escalate, the city could be picking a fight depending on whether or how Congress responds.
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President Joe Biden ultimately vetoed that disapproval, rendering the timing dispute moot. Now, at a time when tension between the city and #Congress continues to escalate, the city could be picking a fight depending on whether or how Congress responds.
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But the timing dispute has come up before. #Congress & the city have tended to count the 30 legislative review days differently, or 60 days in cases of criminal justice bills. In 2023, as the #Republican controlled #Senate teed up a final vote on a disapproval resolution to block DC’s major #PoliceReform package, Schwalb issued a legal opinion that stood by the city’s counting method under the #HomeRule Act, arguing the Senate vote would be too late for the disapproval to be valid.
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But the timing dispute has come up before. #Congress & the city have tended to count the 30 legislative review days differently, or 60 days in cases of criminal justice bills. In 2023, as the #Republican controlled #Senate teed up a final vote on a disapproval resolution to block DC’s major #PoliceReform package, Schwalb issued a legal opinion that stood by the city’s counting method under the #HomeRule Act, arguing the Senate vote would be too late for the disapproval to be valid.
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Because it is historically rare for #Congress to pass a disapproval resolution [because typically there isn’t a tyrant as POTUS who controls Congress]— only 5 have succeeded in DC’s half-century history of #HomeRule — there is no precedent for a situation in which the city legally objects to a disapproval resolution.
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Because it is historically rare for #Congress to pass a disapproval resolution [because typically there isn’t a tyrant as POTUS who controls Congress]— only 5 have succeeded in DC’s half-century history of #HomeRule — there is no precedent for a situation in which the city legally objects to a disapproval resolution.
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But Schwalb seized in part on a provision of the 1973 DC #HomeRule Act, which created the city’s modern local government, to make a case that #Congress acted outside legal boundaries.
Congress has 30 legislative days under the Home Rule Act to review or disapprove #DC #legislation before it becomes #law. In this case, the city points out Congress acted on day 31 & #Trump signed the measure about a week later — too late, Schwalb says.
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But Schwalb seized in part on a provision of the 1973 DC #HomeRule Act, which created the city’s modern local government, to make a case that #Congress acted outside legal boundaries.
Congress has 30 legislative days under the Home Rule Act to review or disapprove #DC #legislation before it becomes #law. In this case, the city points out Congress acted on day 31 & #Trump signed the measure about a week later — too late, Schwalb says.
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Schwalb wrote that while #Congress retains the authority to repeal city laws, “in our view, Congress did not do so here.” The disapproval, he said, merely “operates as an expression of Congress’s unfavorable opinion of [DC’s tax policy] but not as a repeal.”
As the #federal district, #DC has little leverage going up against the federal government or Congress, which under the #Constitution has full authority over the city & its laws. -
Schwalb wrote that while #Congress retains the authority to repeal city laws, “in our view, Congress did not do so here.” The disapproval, he said, merely “operates as an expression of Congress’s unfavorable opinion of [DC’s tax policy] but not as a repeal.”
As the #federal district, #DC has little leverage going up against the federal government or Congress, which under the #Constitution has full authority over the city & its laws. -
When #Congress objects to a #DC #law, disapproval resolutions have the effect of rendering it null & void. But Schwalb (D) argues in his opinion that Congress missed a critical 30-day deadline & also failed to make the resolution apply retroactively, given the 2025 #tax season already began. As a result, Schwalb says, the disapproval has no effect on the city’s tax laws, & DC tax filers should proceed without any disruption or change to the rules.
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When #Congress objects to a #DC #law, disapproval resolutions have the effect of rendering it null & void. But Schwalb (D) argues in his opinion that Congress missed a critical 30-day deadline & also failed to make the resolution apply retroactively, given the 2025 #tax season already began. As a result, Schwalb says, the disapproval has no effect on the city’s tax laws, & DC tax filers should proceed without any disruption or change to the rules.
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#Congress voted earlier this month to swat down #DC #legislation that divorced the city’s local #tax code from #Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. #Republicans celebrated the move as a way to put more money back in Washingtonians’ pockets through various tax deductions — but DC officials warned it could #cost the #city millions & upend tax season while it is already well underway, raising concerns from the city’s chief financial officer.
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#Congress voted earlier this month to swat down #DC #legislation that divorced the city’s local #tax code from #Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. #Republicans celebrated the move as a way to put more money back in Washingtonians’ pockets through various tax deductions — but DC officials warned it could #cost the #city millions & upend tax season while it is already well underway, raising concerns from the city’s chief financial officer.
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DC’s top legal officer argued Tuesday that a disapproval resolution #Congress passed to block the city from opting out of #Trump’s #tax cut is invalid in part because federal lawmakers missed a deadline—a defiant response to the congressional action that puts the #city in uncharted territory.
The argument from DC AG Brian Schwalb (D), laid out in a legal opinion, could set up a clash with Congress over a #DC #HomeRule issue that has never been tested in DC #courts.#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/02/24/dc-congress-disapproval-taxes/ -
DC’s top legal officer argued Tuesday that a disapproval resolution #Congress passed to block the city from opting out of #Trump’s #tax cut is invalid in part because federal lawmakers missed a deadline—a defiant response to the congressional action that puts the #city in uncharted territory.
The argument from DC AG Brian Schwalb (D), laid out in a legal opinion, could set up a clash with Congress over a #DC #HomeRule issue that has never been tested in DC #courts.#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/02/24/dc-congress-disapproval-taxes/ -
#Trump officials extend #NationalGuard mission in #DC through 2026
The domestic #military mission, which is the subject of an ongoing #court challenge, was due to expire at the end of February.#law #HomeRule #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #StateSponsoredTerrorism
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#Trump officials extend #NationalGuard mission in #DC through 2026
The domestic #military mission, which is the subject of an ongoing #court challenge, was due to expire at the end of February.#law #HomeRule #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #StateSponsoredTerrorism
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…“Their decisions to deny certificates of registration for commonly possessed semiautomatic firearms runs afoul of binding Supreme Court precedent & therefore trample the Second Amendment rights of #law abiding citizens.”prosecutors claimed.
Prosecutors cited a 2008 #SCOTUS ruling that held that people may possess firearms in their homes for purposes such as #SelfDefense, invalidating a #handgun ban that #DC had in place at the time.
[#SemiautomaticRifles ARE NOT handguns]
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…“Their decisions to deny certificates of registration for commonly possessed semiautomatic firearms runs afoul of binding Supreme Court precedent & therefore trample the Second Amendment rights of #law abiding citizens.”prosecutors claimed.
Prosecutors cited a 2008 #SCOTUS ruling that held that people may possess firearms in their homes for purposes such as #SelfDefense, invalidating a #handgun ban that #DC had in place at the time.
[#SemiautomaticRifles ARE NOT handguns]
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#DOJ sues #DC over ban of #AR15s & other #SemiautomaticGuns
The suit incorrectly claims that the registration restrictions on semi-automatic rifles in DC is an “unconstitutional ban.” In a lawsuit Monday, #Trump admin attys chastised the city for its code banning most #SemiautomaticRifles & certain #firearms from being registered with the #police, making possession of those weapons illegal.
#HomeRule #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/22/justice-department-sues-dc-ar-15-rifle/ -
#DOJ sues #DC over ban of #AR15s & other #SemiautomaticGuns
The suit incorrectly claims that the registration restrictions on semi-automatic rifles in DC is an “unconstitutional ban.” In a lawsuit Monday, #Trump admin attys chastised the city for its code banning most #SemiautomaticRifles & certain #firearms from being registered with the #police, making possession of those weapons illegal.
#HomeRule #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/22/justice-department-sues-dc-ar-15-rifle/ -
This is looking to be a momentous legislative session in Virginia. I am very interested to know if #HomeRule is on the table. Here is the relevant section of Ohio's constitution after Cleveland fought for and won it in 1913 https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-constitution/section-18.7 #Virginia #VALeg
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This is looking to be a momentous legislative session in Virginia. I am very interested to know if #HomeRule is on the table. Here is the relevant section of Ohio's constitution after Cleveland fought for and won it in 1913 https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-constitution/section-18.7 #Virginia #VALeg
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Took them long enough
#DC [finally] Sues #Trump Admin Over Deployment of #NationalGuard
The #city is challenging the #federal government’s authority to send #troops into the city for what Trump has called a “public safety emergency.”
#law #US #military #WashingtonDC #HomeRule #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #fascism #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/dc-trump-national-guard-suit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
Took them long enough
#DC [finally] Sues #Trump Admin Over Deployment of #NationalGuard
The #city is challenging the #federal government’s authority to send #troops into the city for what Trump has called a “public safety emergency.”
#law #US #military #WashingtonDC #HomeRule #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #fascism #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/dc-trump-national-guard-suit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
#Republicans on the #House #Oversight Cmte are considering 14 proposals against the backdrop of #Trump’s ongoing effort to federalize local #police & crackdown on *crime*, #immigrants & *quality-of-life* issues in #WashingtonDC while deploying #armed #NationalGuard #troops on its streets.
The bills would collectively represent a major step backward in the city’s decades-long push to expand its #HomeRule & would usher in the most intense #federal #interventionism in the city since the 1990s.
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#Republicans on the #House #Oversight Cmte are considering 14 proposals against the backdrop of #Trump’s ongoing effort to federalize local #police & crackdown on *crime*, #immigrants & *quality-of-life* issues in #WashingtonDC while deploying #armed #NationalGuard #troops on its streets.
The bills would collectively represent a major step backward in the city’s decades-long push to expand its #HomeRule & would usher in the most intense #federal #interventionism in the city since the 1990s.
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#House #Republicans are weighing a slate of #legislation that would overhaul criminal #justice policies in #DC & further restrict #HomeRule — including a proposal that would 🚨remove the city’s locally elected attorney general & replace him with a presidential appointee🚨, according to a draft summary of the policies shared with congressional staffers & obtained by WaPo.
#Trump #MilitaryState #law #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #TrumpCoup2 -
#House #Republicans are weighing a slate of #legislation that would overhaul criminal #justice policies in #DC & further restrict #HomeRule — including a proposal that would 🚨remove the city’s locally elected attorney general & replace him with a presidential appointee🚨, according to a draft summary of the policies shared with congressional staffers & obtained by WaPo.
#Trump #MilitaryState #law #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #TrumpCoup2 -
#House #Republicans seek to permanently overhaul criminal #justice in #DC & further restrict #HomeRule
The GOP’s 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the #federal government took over many of its functions in the 1990s.#Trump #MilitaryState #law #PosseComitatusAct #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #totalitarianism #tyranny #Constitution #democracy #TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/03/house-gop-weighing-bills-remove-elected-dc-ag-overhaul-justice-policies/ -
#House #Republicans seek to permanently overhaul criminal #justice in #DC & further restrict #HomeRule
The GOP’s 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the #federal government took over many of its functions in the 1990s.#Trump #MilitaryState #law #PosseComitatusAct #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #totalitarianism #tyranny #Constitution #democracy #TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/03/house-gop-weighing-bills-remove-elected-dc-ag-overhaul-justice-policies/ -
None of the cases #Reuters reviewed involved someone being charged with a #violent #offense." Reuters: Inside #Trump #DC crackdown: Swarms of agents and #arrests for #minor #offenses. It's all a #show. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/analysis-inside-trumps-dc-crackdown-150232668.html #troops #military #citizens #democracy #authoritarianism #homerule #freedom #justice #lies not #facts #coverup #epstein #distraction #sextrafficking #GhislaineMaxwell Stay Focused, F#acts About #Epstein must be made public. #FreeDC #insighting #violence
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None of the cases #Reuters reviewed involved someone being charged with a #violent #offense." Reuters: Inside #Trump #DC crackdown: Swarms of agents and #arrests for #minor #offenses. It's all a #show. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/analysis-inside-trumps-dc-crackdown-150232668.html #troops #military #citizens #democracy #authoritarianism #homerule #freedom #justice #lies not #facts #coverup #epstein #distraction #sextrafficking #GhislaineMaxwell Stay Focused, F#acts About #Epstein must be made public. #FreeDC #insighting #violence
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The #Transportation Secy claimed #UnionStation, located within walking distance of the US Capitol, had “fallen into disrepair” when it should be a “point of pride” for the city.
#Trump said last week he wants $2 billion from #Congress to *beautify* #Washington as part of his *crackdown* on the city. Trump has sent thousands of #NationalGuard #troops & federal LEOs into Washington in a bid to fight *violent crime* he claimed had strangled the city.
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The #Transportation Secy claimed #UnionStation, located within walking distance of the US Capitol, had “fallen into disrepair” when it should be a “point of pride” for the city.
#Trump said last week he wants $2 billion from #Congress to *beautify* #Washington as part of his *crackdown* on the city. Trump has sent thousands of #NationalGuard #troops & federal LEOs into Washington in a bid to fight *violent crime* he claimed had strangled the city.
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#Trump extends federal #takeover of #DC
#Transportation Secy Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of #UnionStation, the main transportation hub in #Washington, away from #Amtrak, in another example of how the #FederalGovernment is exerting its #power over the nation’s capital.
#law #US #military #NationalGuard #WashingtonDC #HomeRule #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2
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But the city's declining #crime rate, coupled with the limited involvement of the #troops in crime fighting, has raised questions about the political motivations behind the current deployment.
Randy Manner, a retired #NationalGuard major general, said he believed the deployment is a step towards #Trump sending National Guard troops into other #Democratic-led #cities.
#law #US #military #WashingtonDC #HomeRule #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2