Bridget Todd

Like you genuinely never know when you see flashing blue and red lights. You genuinely it's like this could be federal. Like this could be federal. You never know. Have I just committed a federal traffic violation? Exactly.

Like you genuinely never know when you see flashing blue and red lights. You genuinely it's like this could be federal. Like this could be federal. You never know. Have I just committed a federal traffic violation? Exactly.

And so the New York Times actually described that event as, quote, a burst of violence unlike any seen in the shadow of the White House in generations and possibly one of the defining moments of the Trump presidency. And so I remember that as like a moment that played out nationally, but also it felt very local.

And so the New York Times actually described that event as, quote, a burst of violence unlike any seen in the shadow of the White House in generations and possibly one of the defining moments of the Trump presidency. And so I remember that as like a moment that played out nationally, but also it felt very local.

And so the New York Times actually described that event as, quote, a burst of violence unlike any seen in the shadow of the White House in generations and possibly one of the defining moments of the Trump presidency. And so I remember that as like a moment that played out nationally, but also it felt very local.

And like, I think it underscored how we really felt the impacts of how militarized the city could locally get. during Trump's first administration. So that was like something that really sticks out to me.

And like, I think it underscored how we really felt the impacts of how militarized the city could locally get. during Trump's first administration. So that was like something that really sticks out to me.

And like, I think it underscored how we really felt the impacts of how militarized the city could locally get. during Trump's first administration. So that was like something that really sticks out to me.

I mean, D.C. used to be called Chocolate City for a reason. These days we're more like a like a latte city. But exactly. I can confirm that people don't think of the, you know, over half a million D.C. residents who have nothing to do with the federal government, sometimes with nothing with politics, who just like live here and is our home. Like I was born in D.C.

I mean, D.C. used to be called Chocolate City for a reason. These days we're more like a like a latte city. But exactly. I can confirm that people don't think of the, you know, over half a million D.C. residents who have nothing to do with the federal government, sometimes with nothing with politics, who just like live here and is our home. Like I was born in D.C.

I mean, D.C. used to be called Chocolate City for a reason. These days we're more like a like a latte city. But exactly. I can confirm that people don't think of the, you know, over half a million D.C. residents who have nothing to do with the federal government, sometimes with nothing with politics, who just like live here and is our home. Like I was born in D.C.

Like this is I didn't just, you know, move here to work in politics. Like my family can be traced back to our roots in the district. through generations. And so I have a bee in my bonnet about this because I feel very unseen.

Like this is I didn't just, you know, move here to work in politics. Like my family can be traced back to our roots in the district. through generations. And so I have a bee in my bonnet about this because I feel very unseen.

Like this is I didn't just, you know, move here to work in politics. Like my family can be traced back to our roots in the district. through generations. And so I have a bee in my bonnet about this because I feel very unseen.

And I think the way that the Trump administration is playing out, I feel like the reporting really can sometimes overlook the way that this is playing out in the life of your average, you know, D.C. resident who might have nothing to do with politics or, you know, the federal government. Like seventh graders trying to get to middle school. Exactly that. Exactly that.

And I think the way that the Trump administration is playing out, I feel like the reporting really can sometimes overlook the way that this is playing out in the life of your average, you know, D.C. resident who might have nothing to do with politics or, you know, the federal government. Like seventh graders trying to get to middle school. Exactly that. Exactly that.

And I think the way that the Trump administration is playing out, I feel like the reporting really can sometimes overlook the way that this is playing out in the life of your average, you know, D.C. resident who might have nothing to do with politics or, you know, the federal government. Like seventh graders trying to get to middle school. Exactly that. Exactly that.

So during Trump's first administration, after the incident at St. John's Church, our mayor, D.C. 's mayor, Muriel Bowser... She's still the mayor? She's still the mayor. She's still the mayor. She's been holding strong. Damn, girls. She erected what became known as Black Lives Matter Plaza, where she wrote Black Lives Matter in like big yellow letters outside of the White House.

So during Trump's first administration, after the incident at St. John's Church, our mayor, D.C. 's mayor, Muriel Bowser... She's still the mayor? She's still the mayor. She's still the mayor. She's been holding strong. Damn, girls. She erected what became known as Black Lives Matter Plaza, where she wrote Black Lives Matter in like big yellow letters outside of the White House.

So during Trump's first administration, after the incident at St. John's Church, our mayor, D.C. 's mayor, Muriel Bowser... She's still the mayor? She's still the mayor. She's still the mayor. She's been holding strong. Damn, girls. She erected what became known as Black Lives Matter Plaza, where she wrote Black Lives Matter in like big yellow letters outside of the White House.