Removing every commissioner from an independent election oversight agency raises serious questions about the future of election administration and the independence of institutions designed to support free and fair elections.

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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

If owners can’t foot the bill for a stadium (in any sport), then they don’t have enough $$ to be owners. The public should not have to pay. It is well-documented in economic development research that stadiums and arenas are not good investments for governments to make, and we shouldn’t ask them to.

D.C. deserves a newsroom that won’t back down.
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