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Made this for any fleeing redditors. If you were a mod of r/washingtondc just message me and I can add you as a mod here

results as of last night; McDuffie conceded

Good luck, everybody 🫤

The Wall Street Journal reported BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank and the current leaseholder, paid $80 million for the building and the land at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, and is already in discussions to sell the property for as much as $400 million.

GSA said total taxpayer revenues from the property over the last 10 years, including the current sale, are expected to exceed $110 million.

“It remains business as usual at Waldorf Astoria Washington DC. Our team members continue to welcome guests with our signature hospitality,” a Hilton spokesperson told WTOP.

That’s kind of a cool intersection.

US District Judge Casey Cooper concluded that the law establishing the center “makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so.”

“There is no evidence that the Board took account of its full range of statutory obligations in determining that a wholesale shuttering of the Kennedy Center was appropriate,” he wrote in a lengthy ruling issued Friday. “In short, there is no evidence before the Court that the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees considered how it would accomplish its full legislative mandate during the closure period.”

So, I wasn't going to post about the lineup for the thing this summer, but now that artists are saying, "Wait, what? Fuck no!" I figured it would be funny.

Calendar of events at that link; so how many of you are planning to go to events in D.C.?

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As many as 1,500 additional National Guard members are expected to be deployed into the nation’s capital this summer. With a total of 5,000 Guardsmen roaming the streets, they far surpass the 3,200 active D.C. police officers also making rounds in the region.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46789024

Beer was from a bar where the Tall Ship Providence is docked, which even down rigged was pretty cool to see.

A little far north of us, but that bridge being out is still messing with traffic up and down the coast.