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Folks, I never cease to be amazed by the answers I hear from people who simply want more power. Case in point: she is apparently a front-running candidate to become mayor of D.C., yet she cannot even seem to understand how housing policy actually works. Her grand solution is to take money from people’s pension funds, money earned through years of hard work, and somehow leverage it into building more housing. Meanwhile, the actual problem is staring everyone directly in the face.

The issue is not a lack of ideas or even necessarily a lack of capital. The issue is that the permitting process is painfully slow, the zoning laws are restrictive and outdated, and developers are constantly trapped in bureaucratic gridlock before a single shovel even touches the ground. Instead of addressing those structural failures, politicians keep proposing convoluted financial schemes that avoid the real conversation. How about expediting permits? How about fixing the zoning laws? How about streamlining the process to actually allow housing to get built? Those are reforms that could have been pursued while serving on the council, yet somehow they were not.

What makes these proposals so frustrating is that the people pushing them often know exactly where the bottlenecks are, but instead of fixing them, they throw random ideas against the wall to see what sticks. Taking money from pension funds does not magically solve the underlying problem when developers are still trapped in the exact same broken system. If the permitting delays remain and the zoning restrictions stay in place, you are simply funneling more money into a clogged pipeline that still cannot function efficiently.

Folks, robbing Peter to pay Paul and using people’s pension funds without a clear plan, while the zoning laws themselves are absolutely awful, is a disaster of an idea.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro holds a news conference on teen takeovers in Washington, D.C. following the brawl at a Chipotle in Navy Yard.

- For those teens, a social media click is not worth a criminal record. Being a teen is no longer a pass to terrorize businesses.
- To the organizers, you will be prosecuted.
- Pirro reiterates that parents will be held accountable.

"We are coming for you and your parents."

- Curfew violation: $500 fine.
- Mask wearing increases the violation during a crime
- Current curfew 12-6 and the D.C. Council hasn't changed this yet.

Pirro: Asking for a new curfew based upon the recent information (mayor did request extension of the curfew)

Hold parents accountable for their kids!!! It’s not the government’s nor society responsibility to babysit your children that you brought into this world.

I can’t remember the last time these fountains actually worked, let alone had running water like this. It’s good to see infrastructure in the community improve, get fixed, and receive the proper maintenance it deserves. Before people start crying about the cost and saying “we could feed the homeless” or “fight poverty instead,” that’s a strawman argument people can make about literally anything the government spends money on. This was apparently fixed by the U.S. Department of the Interior as part of making DC look beautiful, but either way, it’s good to see the fountains working again.

NOW: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro will prosecute parents whose children are found in violation of the curfew.

Pirro railed against the D.C. Council for repeatedly deferring a vote on extending the emergency youth curfew in light of the "teen takeovers." She said she plans to charge parents under a section of the D.C. Code that deals with "contributing to the delinquency of a minor."

“As we grapple with this problem, there is one area that hasn’t been discussed: parental involvement has been a noted gap in any discussion. And I am here to say as the United States Attorney in the District of Columbia that ends today."

It took so long for us to get here. It took dancing around the problem and proposing every solution except acknowledging that the parents are part of the problem, and now we have finally decided to hold parents accountable for the children they brought into this world. Then again, I want to remind people that Washington, D.C. spends more money per student than almost anywhere in America and has more recreational facilities than many states. At some point, parents have to parent, and at some point, you are responsible for the child you chose to bring into this world.

I honestly don’t know what people expect her to do. I mean, she’s in an unattainable spot. But I guess if we boo her at the Howard graduation speech, that will show her. To each their own.

I also don’t understand what people expect from her given the situation she’s in. But hey, I guess it’s considered bad when politicians try to work with the position they’re handed rather than virtue signal so people can criticize them. There are plenty of things you can criticize her for, but what exactly is she supposed to do given the circumstances? Apparently, being performative and “virtuous” is far more effective nowadays than actually governing.

Virginia Democrats want the VA Supreme Court to stay their ruling while they appeal their case to the Supreme Court.which doesn't have jurisdiction because it was a state constitutional question ruled on by a state Supreme Court I guess sure… The real winner is the lawyer that’s filing this.

I know people love to discredit things, but no, this is not an old video. This is what societal decay looks like.

The context behind the video is that a man tried to step in because a woman was being harassed by a father and his son. Instead of stopping, the father and son approached him, and the result was a man getting punched by a child who looked no older than 10 years old, while the parent encouraged it. That is insane.

And this is not some isolated incident. If you take the Metro system, you see women getting followed, harassed, and screamed at. If you try to intervene or stand up for someone, you can end up in situations exactly like this.

I have posted countless clips showing what is actually happening in D.C., the things people are constantly told to ignore. When you see large groups of teens gathering, fighting, stealing, and bringing weapons around, these are the types of environments and parental failures that help create the problem.

This is not about a lack of resources. D.C. spends enormous amounts of money on education and recreation. This is what happens when poor behavior is constantly excused instead of being called out. SO STOP WITH THE AFTER SCHOOL NONSENSE AND KIDS NOT HAVING ANYTHING TO DO YOU SPEND THE MOST MONEY OUT OF ANY STATES WHEN IT COMES TO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND SCHOOL SYSTEM IT’S 38,000 PER KID.

And people get so upset when I highlight what is actually taking place in the city. People are up in arms about it, but let me be abundantly clear: I do not need to personally become the victim of every single crime to have empathy and sympathy for people who deal with this on a daily basis, whether it is on the Metro system, walking down the street, or simply trying to go about their lives.

Highlighting problems is far more important than pretending nothing is happening or living in some fantasy world. If we do not demand better, we are going to keep getting the same results, and the fact that some people see this chaos as the “new normal” is insane.

What is even more troubling is that some people are more upset about me posting these videos than they are about the actual behavior taking place in them. I did not tell these people to act this way. I did not create the behavior. Yet somehow the outrage is directed at the person exposing the problem instead of the people causing it.

People deserve safe streets. People deserve safe communities. People deserve to go into a store without everything being locked behind glass. People deserve to walk into a 7-Eleven without the doors being locked. People deserve to go into establishments without being harassed, followed, screamed at, or intimidated.

And when you have parents encouraging this kind of behavior from a child, those adults need to be held accountable. The refusal from city leadership and council members to seriously address these issues is utterly unacceptable.

To all the people privately messaging me and showing support, thank you. I cannot get back to all of you, but it is appreciated. You deserve better, so demand better.

So The Washington Post editorial board wrote an article about grocery stores in the wards, and their biggest takeaway was something anyone with a functioning brain could have told you: when people steal from businesses and the government refuses to prosecute, those businesses eventually take their money and go somewhere else where this is not a problem.

You do not have to be a genius to figure this out. The people who get hurt the most are the people who live in these communities and rely on these stores. When you have bad governance and bad policy, what do you think the outcome is going to be?

If you have ever been toward Wards 7 or 8, and I have many times, it is not a pleasant place to shop. Everything is locked up. There are multiple security guards. People are loitering like the store is just handing out free things to everybody. You can tell the businesses have tried multiple ways to stop the theft, but when the government does not want to enforce order, what exactly are they supposed to do?

Go to Shoppers and you will see metal barricades and gates so people cannot just grab items and leave. There are security guards. Items are locked up. There is only so much a business will tolerate before it stops tolerating it altogether, and the people in the community are the ones who suffer.

People will sit there and say, “Well, people have to survive.” No. There are resources for people who need food. You can go to a local church pantry. You can apply for an EBT card. You do not rob stores or steal from businesses and then justify it as anything other than theft. You can make all the arguments about income disparity you want, but theft is still theft.

The fact that The Washington Post editorial board took this long to figure this out is laughable. Anyone who has actually been to these areas could have told you it is not a pleasant experience to shop in a supermarket where everything is locked down.

And yes, this is not only happening in Wards 7 and 8. It happens in other wards too. But you see a lot of it in those areas because theft is high, and the result is pretty simple.

For the people who say corporations are making massive profits, go look at the numbers. You can see what grocery stores actually make. Their net margins are usually very thin. Not revenue, net margin. What they actually take home.

So when you have elected officials who would rather virtue signal than actually solve crime, the people who suffer the most are the residents. It does not matter whether you run a government grocery store, Kroger, or anything else. If you do not enforce the law, you will get the same result over and over again.

The fact that some 7-Elevens have to lock their doors and make people knock just to get in because people keep stealing tells you everything you need to know.

Is anyone really truly surprised by this happening? If you have eyes and actually live in the city, you can clearly tell what is going on. But hey, don’t believe your own eyes, believe someone else’s fabricated numbers.

“When our members respond to the scene of a felony offense where there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably there will be a lieutenant or a captain who shows up on that scene and directs those members to take a report for a lesser offense,” Fraternal Order of Police Chairman Gregg Pemberton said. “So, instead of taking a report for a shooting or a stabbing or a carjacking, they will order that officer to take a report for a theft, an injured person transported to the hospital, or a felony assault, which is not the same type of classification.”

Our elected officials seem more interested in looking good than actually governing and making the streets safe. They are more interested in getting clicks and acting like a clout, chasing influencer than actually governing, and when they fail to do that, they ask for more power even though they already have the authority to govern, aka council members running for mayor.

This is the adult equivalent of the elementary school student who runs for class president on the platform of replacing math class with video game time and putting chocolate milk in the water fountains: i wonder who pays for everything?

First of all, the phrasing of the question is horrible. Let me do a better job than the guy who asked it. What would you do about hundreds of teens gathering at the Navy Yard, getting into fights, destroying property, and causing havoc?

As for the guy who answered, he didn’t give a bad answer at all. There are multiple angles you could challenge. He talked about youth programs, but I would ask both him and the other council member this: D.C. already spends a massive amount of money on schools and recreational facilities. It’s not a lack of resources. Yet neither of these candidates wants to acknowledge the obvious problem, which is accountability and enforcement.( statistically true.)

The second answer, from the woman, was even worse. It was completely off point. The question was about what she would do about kids causing chaos, and instead she pivoted into some generic talking points, bringing up Trump and unrelated issues. That’s not what was asked. You were asked what you would do about teenagers running around at night causing problems, and you had no concrete proposal. It came off as grandstanding rather than actually addressing the issue.

At least the guy admitted there’s no perfect solution. I’d rather hear an imperfect plan than nothing at all. But she didn’t even try to engage with the question. It felt like she was just playing to a base instead of offering leadership. If you can’t answer a basic question about youth crime and your own record as a council member, then why are you shifting to unrelated political talking points?

And here’s the real question both of them avoided: when are we going to hold parents accountable for their children’s behavior? That’s a serious part of the conversation, and neither of them wanted to touch it. THE PARENTS ARE FALLING THESE KIDS

APRIL 26 update ( newest information as of now )

Details about the shorter - Allen wrote a manifesto saying he was targeting Trump officials:

"I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes."

Investigators found writings in the WHCA suspected shooter's hotel room and are reviewing the written materials as part of the ongoing investigation, law enforcement and White House officials told CBS and CNN.

The suspect’s writings clearly stated he wanted to target administration officials, the sources say.

But the writings didn't specifically mention the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, I'm told.

Authorities also found anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on his social media accounts.

He lived in CA was a teacher

April 25 information ( in the moment update)

Again, we do not know the full details yet, but according to CNN, there were shots fired outside the Hilton hotel, and the shooter is dead. if you have ever been to this area, it’s the huge Hilton hotel close to Dupont.

Quote from someone inside:

“Five or so minutes after he was seated, shots rang out: pop, pop, pop, pop. It sounded like five shots from where I was sitting.

Everyone immediately hit the floor.

Secret Service immediately took POTUS out, and a search of the room began.

There are thousands of people here.” Let’s hope everyone is safe .

******Update - according to the Secret Service, the shooter was making way to the ballroom before being stopped

**Wolf Blitzer says on CNN that he saw a gunman on the ground and that he was "still shooting" at that time

9.21 update -A source tells me one shooter is down and another person is in custody. The source says they tried to breach security and were not able too.

9.31 -The shooter charged the magnetometer closest to the front door... and took a shot at a Secret Service member at the ballroom." - FOX

9.52 A law enforcement officer was shot in the vest - CNN

Again, there will be lots of information that’s going to be coming out, and these are all preliminary information. Things are probably going to change, but that’s just where we’re at as of now.

Getting the park fully maintained, fully fixed, and back in good condition after years of neglect is a good thing.

Beyond that, if people want to debate politics in the comment section, have at it. I’m not doing that. A park finally getting the care it needed after years of neglect is objectively a good thing.

And there are two points people always make, no matter who the president is. First: “Why spend this much on this? That money could go toward homelessness, food, or something else.” You could make that argument about almost anything the government spends money on.

Second: “Why does it cost that much just to fix a park?” Well, if the federal government had properly maintained it in the first place, the problem probably wouldn’t have gotten this bad. Neglect gets expensive.