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The people on my mind today: Josephine Butler, Walter Fauntroy, Hilda Mason, Julius Hobson, and the many other trailblazers of the statehood movement. May they rest in power. #DCstatehood #DCStatehoodNow
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Melissa Littlepage
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Melissa Littlepage
@TurnTheLP
comms for @cmzparker5 | musician | organizer | anacostia river 🦦 , metro 🚇🚌, and women’s sports ⚽️🏀 enthusiast
Douglass Commonwealth Katılım Ağustos 2011
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Melissa Littlepage retweetledi
The Pope is writing for the ages, not the immediate news cycle.
It’s fine to skip all analysis until you’ve had the chance to read it yourself at leisure and discuss it with friends and family.
Josh Hochschild@JoshHochschild
Unfortunately this is going to be the first papal encyclical for which people will publish—within minutes of release—AI summaries and “analysis”, welll before thoughtful readers have had a chance to get very far into the text.
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Melissa Littlepage retweetledi
“ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes; it must also examine how that system is designed and what vision of the human person and society is embedded in the data and models that guide it.” - Pope Leo XIV
Amen!
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@AlexCTaliadoros hahaha I’m really so tickled by all this. As one of Metro’s biggest fans, I’m delighted this is how my boys made it into the news 😂
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@TurnTheLP At least there's one good Washington Post piece about WMATA today 😉
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026…
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The thesis of Dominic's first video was that *DC government* spends too much on WMATA.
After many rightfully pointed out DC spends way more on cars, Dominic tries to pull a fast one by pointing to *federal government* spending instead.
Nearly half of DC residents rely on Metro.
Washington Post Opinions@PostOpinions
“I recently told you that D.C. transit only has one problem: It costs too much. … That made D.C. Twitter lose its mind.” @DominicJPino responds to his critics. 🔗 Read the original argument: wapo.st/42nR9Ok
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Melissa Littlepage retweetledi
I’ll play along again. Some valid points but cherry picking data without context.
1. Berlin system is diff than Metro…we are a subway-commuted combo, need to combine their systems.
2. Gas prices in Germany ~$7.70/gallon
3. $3B Nationally subsided fares for a $49/month
4.etc
Washington Post Opinions@PostOpinions
“I recently told you that D.C. transit only has one problem: It costs too much. … That made D.C. Twitter lose its mind.” @DominicJPino responds to his critics. 🔗 Read the original argument: wapo.st/42nR9Ok
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Melissa Littlepage retweetledi
I spoke with the @wmata bus driver who saved a kid's band recital yesterday when he personally returned a trumpet that had been left on the bus. More about this heartwarming story here:
@CityCast_DC
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.@maggiepenman found the bus driver (!!) and talked to him (and my boys) for this delightful story 🥲
x.com/maggiepenman/s…
Melissa Littlepage@TurnTheLP
I have a beautiful @wmata story to tell. My three sons take Metrobus to and from school together every day. Yesterday, one of them left his trumpet on the bus when getting off at home. Of course, tonight he has a band concert...🧵
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Melissa Littlepage retweetledi
I tracked down the @wmata bus operator behind this heartwarming good deed! @CityCast_DC interview here:
Melissa Littlepage@TurnTheLP
I have a beautiful @wmata story to tell. My three sons take Metrobus to and from school together every day. Yesterday, one of them left his trumpet on the bus when getting off at home. Of course, tonight he has a band concert...🧵
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Realizing I said “flash forward” and not “fast forward,” and so it is that the VCR-less generation is not without its victims 😔
Melissa Littlepage@TurnTheLP
Flash forward to a couple hours later this morning: I get a call from my child's school. A Metrobus operator had dropped a trumpet off at the school during his day off. He recognized my boys (because they ride all the time) & their uniforms, so he knew which school to bring it to
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@johnson4b06 Good news! x.com/wmatagm/status…
Randy Clarke@wmataGM
Thx you Melissa for sharing this heartwarming story highlighting one of our amazing Metro team members. So happy to hear the trumpet got returned to make the concert! So proud of our operator who is serving our community with ❤️ We will be recognizing this amazing act.
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And to think there was a major local media outlet that recently said the issue with @wmata is that we pay human beings too much to operate it.
Melissa Littlepage@TurnTheLP
I have a beautiful @wmata story to tell. My three sons take Metrobus to and from school together every day. Yesterday, one of them left his trumpet on the bus when getting off at home. Of course, tonight he has a band concert...🧵
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@Meagan_Flynn omg Meagan!!! This is the best news!! Congratulations 🥹🥳💕
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Happy DC natives day to all who celebrate but especially the newest, tiniest one! Introducing our bundle of joy, Micah Thomas Selk, named in honor of my dad Tom, who lived by Micah 6:8. I’ll be taking some time away from the D.C. beat to be with him.
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@TurnTheLP @wmata I'm glad they found a random trumpet when they could not find a Looney Tunes backpack full of child size martial arts gear.
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I have a beautiful @wmata story to tell.
My three sons take Metrobus to and from school together every day. Yesterday, one of them left his trumpet on the bus when getting off at home. Of course, tonight he has a band concert...🧵
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Hopefully the boys will see him on another ride soon and can give their thanks in person. These small acts of neighborly care mean so much. ♥️
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So - my son will get to play his trumpet in the school concert tonight after all! I'm so humbled that this operator took the time (on his day off!) to get this back to us faster than the lost & found process could. I wish we knew his name so we could formally thank him!
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