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National Guard at Malcolm X Park

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social

Heads up: The National Guard will patrol Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park 24/7 "for the foreseeable future," per an email from the superintendent of Rock Creek Park. The request came from U.S. Park Police, which traditionally patrols the park, due to "high levels of incidents."

Local cops collaborating with ICE

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social

Getting underway now: @brianneknadeau.bsky.social hosts a roundtable on D.C. government coordination with federal entities or joint enforcement activity that may violate D.C. human rights laws.

MSMA hotline numbers

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social

According to Madhvi Bahl from @dcmigrantmutualaid.org, since the federal takeover kicked off on August 11 the group's hotline has received 4,852 incoming calls on immigration enforcement and other federal activity in the city. In the 79 days prior to the takeover, it was 743 calls.

Kelly’s newsletter about the invasion and mutual aid networks

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

Here's my weekly must-reads list, a frontline dispatch from a D.C. organizer, and my final thoughts for the week. One thing I took away from my exchange with Shannon Clark, a mutual aid organizer in D.C., is that "having great networks already in place" has been crucial. Let's all take note.

Another interview about supporting unhoused people

The Final Straw Radio@thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social

@remorahousedc.bsky.social on supporting houseless neighbors & strengthening alliances against ICE sweeps in Washington DC under federal police surges. Then Paria talks to Research Critique on manufacturing consent for more police on campuses in Greece thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09...

National Guard refusing to help dig residents out of the snow

Common Dreams@commondreams.org

Give Snow Shovels, Not Bullets, to the National Guard in DC | I didn't witness one National Guard soldier help a mother with a stroller or a person walking with a cane.​ "That's not our job," they said.

Free DC about the continued National Guard presence

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social

DC did not ask for the National Guard. DC does not consent to federal occupation. DC deserves self-determination. This is not “public safety.” This is federal control. apnews.com/article/nati...

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U.S. Marshals killing people

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

"At least one member of the U.S. Marshals Service shot and killed a person in Northeast D.C.’s Mayfair neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, a law enforcement source told WTOP." wtop.com/dc/2026/02/u...

FBI shooting Flash Bangs

John Breen@breen.tech

Washingtonian Problems posted this video earlier of what looks like FBI agents shooting flash bangs at people during a traffic stop yesterday (1/21)

Cops of all different kinds

Jesse Rabinowitz@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social

Two videos, ten minutes apart. This is what the federal occupation of DC looks like. They let them off with a citation. This is not normal. This is fascism. This is authoritarianism. Do not look away. @freedcproject.bsky.social @washprobs.bsky.social @dearwhitestaffers.bsky.social

Countless photos like this one of national guard in the city

Michael Clemens@mclem.org

The Washington DC metro, now. Much of the populace here now accepts absolutely pointless occupation by military troops as a backdrop, a ho-hum feature of daily life. It is not. Persistence does not diminish the outrage, but magnifies it. Conservative and Liberal Americans reject military rule.