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Bowser got well earned loud boos from most students @ Howard commencement & they broke out into “Free DC” chants as she gave a speech all about herself. Deserved for a mayor whose policies have been nothing short of cruel to DC’s most vulnerable + chums it up w/ Trump & S Miller.

AOC: “There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned. You can’t earn a billion dollars. You just can’t earn that. You can get market power, you can break rules, you can abuse labor laws, you can pay people less than what they’re worth, but you can’t earn that”

At a recent candidate debate, we had an important conversation about traffic safety and fairness in DC. Let me be clear: we’re not going to ticket our way to Vision Zero. Too many residents feel like the current traffic camera system is predatory and prioritizes revenue over safety. That must change. As I’ve said, cameras should exist to save lives, not to place a financial burden on working families. My plan is straightforward: redesign dangerous roads, align street design with safe driving speeds, and focus enforcement where it actually prevents crashes. We will establish an Office on Vision Zero, fix inequities in camera placement, reinvest revenue back into safer streets, and hold drivers accountable—no matter where they’re from. This is about results, not rhetoric. Safe streets. Fair systems. Real accountability—for every ward.

At a recent candidate debate, we had an important conversation about traffic safety and fairness in DC. Let me be clear: we’re not going to ticket our way to Vision Zero. Too many residents feel like the current traffic camera system is predatory and prioritizes revenue over safety. That must change. As I’ve said, cameras should exist to save lives, not to place a financial burden on working families. My plan is straightforward: redesign dangerous roads, align street design with safe driving speeds, and focus enforcement where it actually prevents crashes. We will establish an Office on Vision Zero, fix inequities in camera placement, reinvest revenue back into safer streets, and hold drivers accountable—no matter where they’re from. This is about results, not rhetoric. Safe streets. Fair systems. Real accountability—for every ward.

Member of the Black Panther party explains why they’re opening a clinic in Chicago, 1969.

A minimum wage of £15 would end my coffee shop, it would have to close, as would many other businesses. I’ll explain for the economically illiterate. Staff costs are currently half our costs, a £15 minimum wage is actually more than £15 an hour for the company, because you have to add: - 12.07% holiday - Sick pay - Maternity pay if and when required - National insurance - Pension contributions These costs would mean the shop loses money because remember, energy costs are up, rates are up, regulations are up. Now you can pass these costs onto the consumer - that would mean charging a lot more for coffee, people won’t pay it. The likes of Starbucks and Costa can, because they have economies of scale. The independent doesn’t. Now the little socialist will say well this is your fault, if you can’t run a business that can afford to pay its staff properly, but the little socialist has never run a business and does not understand the dynamics. Now I could pay some staff off and fill those hours myself or reduce us to one staff member during certain periods - but this proves the point that a minimum wage costs jobs. There was a time when these jobs were done by kids, perhaps on the weekend, paid a lower wage, no holiday and no silly employment rights. Perhaps they were even paid cash. The dynamic worked and small businesses like this could operate. It was also a great first job. Sadly now it isn’t worth employing entitlement youngsters at this level of pay. So alas, I don’t need the stress, the business would close, a number of jobs would be lost. Economics is about understanding these dynamics, no vibes. The cost of living is not solved through passing on inflation to the business, it is solved by ending high inflation and creating prosperity. This is what socialists don’t understand, they can’t create prosperity, they can only destroy it.

Rotisserie Chickens will soon be able to be purchased with SNAP funds. Thoughts?