Donald Trump IS working HARD to help push American’s out to the streets AGAINST his actions….
The ‘shock’ and ‘angst’ of the first 6 months has pushed the ‘Resistance’ into action…
Away from the Feds presence?
Life does go on in the District….
D.C. was filled with resistance to President Trump’s federal takeover this weekend, with rallies, locals documenting arrests, and a sharper edge from Mayor Muriel Bowser.
Why it matters: Washingtonians are navigating daily life under federal control as both sides — the feds and resistance — ramp up their manpower and rhetoric.
Catch up quick: Friday fired off with a lawsuit. D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to block Trump’s takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.
- A federal judge pushed the city and Justice Department to reach an agreement, and the Trump administration relented. MPD Chief Pamela Smith will keep command of 3,100 officers, while U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appointee for the city’s “emergency police commissioner,” DEA head Terry Cole, can’t issue directives for now.
- And Bowser is shifting her tone from cool diplomacy to heated pushback, calling Trump’s action “an authoritarian push” and posting on her personal X account that “policing American citizens on American soil is #UnAmerican.”
Friction point: “Trump must go” protests flared over the weekend, drawing action from Dupont Circle to the White House.
- Social media feeds were filled with video footage of arrests, and empty morning sidewalks — typically crammed with vendors — in Columbia Heights.
On Saturday morning, masked federal agents — including one wearing an ICE badge — tackled a moped driver on 14th Street, reports the Washington Post. D.C. police were not involved in the arrest, a spokesperson tells Axios.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an X post that the arrest involved an undocumented immigrant “with suspected gang affiliation” facing a final order of removal. Leavitt said the individual resisted arrest and that a law enforcement officer suffered a concussion….
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Between the lines: Everyday life continued across the city — the Nats played ball, thousands boogied down for Chuck Brown Day — but resistance seeped in.
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