#statehoodfordc — Public Fediverse posts

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative:

The District of Columbia has a greater population (694,000) than either Vermont (645,000) or Wyoming (589,000) and yet has no voting representation in Congress.

This is an injustice that should be remedied.

What we are doing to the citizens of Washington, D.C. is no less unfair or egregious than what colonists cited to justify their own independence.

I want you to support DC statehood.

These citizens should have the opportunity to advocate for or against federal policies and laws that affect their lives, not merely be subject to them. They deserve a true voice in Congress.

These citizens should have full control over their local laws and government rather than be treated as a ward of Congress. As recently as 2025 and 2026, Congress has used its power to disapprove local DC laws.

These citizens should be treated as living in an autonomous state with carve-outs for federal buildings such as the Capitol and the White House. The fact that they do not is a civil rights and racial justice failure.

Senate Bill 51 has 43 co-sponsors; House Bill 51 has 207. It’s long past time to bring this to a vote, and I want to see you push for one.

#DCStatehood #DC #ResistOfTheDay #Resist #LWV #StatehoodForDC

The United States of America was founded on the principle of
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
and a war with Great Britain, so why is Puerto Rico taxed by the federal government but has no representation in Congress or Senate?
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #PR51 #StatehoodForDC #DC52

@GottaLaff

#USpol #SCOTUS #ExpandTheCourt

I'd love to participate 😇

#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico

https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112570238798990241

@GottaLaff

(1/n)

#USPol #USElections

Yes, but...

#AbolishTheElectoralCollege

...is just a start of what needs major mending in the #US electoral system:

#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth

#ThomasJefferson "...wrote to #JamesMadison in #1789:"

"Every #constitution then, & 👉every law, naturally expires👈 at..." (1)

(1)
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248

@Hey_Beth @noondlyt

(4/5)

...
#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth.

@ScienceDesk

Important reminder:
#CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be repealed by reversely codifying it in #Congress.

Here is the most recent data what the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex has been spending on #contributions to #US politicians*.

In order to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.

To get things going: break the #Senate stalemate:

#AbolishTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#AbolishTheElectors

#ItIsAllInterconnected.

*
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?Ind=D

@SocialistStan

No more gerrymandering
Abolish the Electoral College
#Supreme13 - #ExpandTheCourt
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC
No public office for convicted felons, with a minimum sentence of # years or # dollars (TBD)
#TermLimit for all politicians (2 consecutive years on state and federal level, 3 on local level due to many small communities)
Assault weapons monopoly for the military and special police units only

and this:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109976532688427491

@the_etrain

good idea, but I don't think #Mexico would want it back in that case. 😉
#LoneStarRepublic -》 #RepublicOfGilead

Other other hand, #StatehoodForDC is overdue, too and #Florida would be on that list as well, hypothecically speaking.

@ClimateHuman

#USpol #FediLaw #Legal

The #US' American Experiment must be reformed--1st thoughts:

POLITICS:
#EndTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC

Reversely codify #CitizensUnitedVsFEC (even better: constitutional amendment)

COURTS
#ImpeachThePerjuringJustices
#Supreme13
#ExpandTheCourt

ECONOMIC POLICY
Build far closer ties (#FTA's) with (#NATO) allies.
Revamp the #WTA
Reengage in pre-WWII trust-busting
#NationalizeTwitter

FISCAL POLICY:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109699068277637039

So, I’ve been on Mastodon for 4 years but should probably get around to posting an #introduction. I’m a professional wordsmith with backgrounds in language, linguistics, law, and theology, and am the owner of Schaefer Wordsmithing, Editing & Translation (https://schaeferwordsmithing.com). Author of “The Certainty of Uncertainty: The Way of Inescapable Doubt and Its Virtue” (http://certaintyofuncertainty.com). More about me: #Trekkie #RushTheBand fan, #UpstateNYer, #StatehoodForDC supporter.

Today, voting rights are under attack nationally as Republican state legislators introduce and pass laws to put up barriers to participation in our elections.

We see it in the news every day. However, Americans are coming together to fight back. 

Sign up for a May 8 day of action to demand the passage of the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, D.C. Statehood, and to address one of the greatest obstacles to the passage of civil and voting rights – the filibuster.

Find an event near you or sign up for the virtual event. #HR1 #HR4 #ForThePeopleAct #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct #StatehoodForDC #CallToAction :CTA:

https://www.johnlewisdayofaction.org/lewis-day-materials/

@AgentCarter_SSR

For people going on about what the Founders wanted:

The Founders weren't too big on taxation without representation. DC has a larger population than several states in this country. Those people are as deserved of representation in Congress as anyone else and they shouldn't have to move or be shoved into another state (which the people in those states don't want, either) to receive it. #StatehoodForDC

Residents of the DC area have no representation in the House or Senate. No one the can call to make their voices heard on issues important to them. The rest of us need to call our Senators and tell them to pass #StatehoodForDC and give them the representation they deserve. This is our chance to use our voices for those who can't.

Statehood supporters will target the Senate, where opposition is strong but leaders have promised a hearing.

House Democrats pass D.C. statehood — launching bill into uncharted territory
By Meagan Flynn

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-statehood-house-vote/2021/04/22/935a1ece-a1fa-11eb-a7ee-949c574a09ac_story.html

@DeterminedTherapist
A few hours left of the undercover grind, then calling Chris Jacobs about #StatehoodForDC
Other than that, trying to get myself back into writing mode today!

Hope your day goes well!

@TonyStark
😠Jacobs is definitely hearing from me!📱
#StatehoodForDC

@TonyStark Mine is on there! Thanks for this, Tony. I thanked him. It’s time for #StatehoodForDC

Exactly this. Move across Western Avenue, Eastern Avenue, Southern Avenue, or the Potomac River, and you get representation in Congress — because you now live in a place with Toyota dealers and landfills? No other country treats citizens of its capital as inconvenient residents of someplace it colonized. #StatehoodForDC

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/treating-fellow-citizens-as-landfill/2021/03/24/f4c16d34-8c1a-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html

@TonyStark @LiveByReason Those aren't the only reasons that neither Maryland nor DC are interested in that marriage, but I only had 1000 characters. There are different laws and tax implications between the two. When I worked and one and lived in the other -- and I've done a bunch of different combinations -- it would have been easier! Also the years I moved from one to another. Taxes, the nightmare that is the MVA when you move into Maryland and need new tags...but that's not reason enough. #StatehoodForDC

@NatashaRomanoff
Oh brilliant! I like that name idea as much as I like the idea of #StatehoodForDC
@TonyStark

The top trending tag on this instance is now #StatehoodForDC

The top trending tag on this instance is now #StatehoodForDC

The top trending tag on Henzi Social is now #StatehoodForDC

@TonyStark This is an equality issue, too. There are many people of color living in DC and disenfranchisement of their voice and vote must end. #CallToAction #StatehoodForDC :DC:

@TonyStark #StatehoodForDC is long overdue. Let’s try and push for it now. :Drax:

@TonyStark

Done! Let's help make Washington, DC the 51st state. :HawkeyeLogo:

#StatehoodForDC #CallToAction

Washington D.C. residents have lived far too long without full representation.

D.C. residents pay more in federal taxes per capita than anywhere else in the country – classic “taxation without representation.” D.C. also has more residents than Vermont or Wyoming – and is similar in population to Alaska and Delaware.

Republicans have been insistent on blocking statehood for D.C., worried about their political fortunes instead of voting rights. There's no excuse for the mass disenfranchisement of people who live in Washington D.C.

Senate Majority Leader Schumer is for D.C. statehood, as is President Biden.

Go to https://statehood.dc.gov/page/why-statehood-dc and use their “Take Action” form, which populates a message about this to your representatives. Let's get this done.

#StatehoodForDC #CallToAction