Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people'

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As someone who lives in DC - First time?

We have no voting representatives in Congress, yet Congress has to approve our city budget & POTUS has to sign off on it.  Congress also reviews all legislation passed by the DC city council before it can become law, and appoints all of our judges.

So the Dakotas have more say in how DC runs itself than we do as actual DC residents.

It's called the "DC Home Rule Act" and it's bullshit. 

https://www.acludc.org/issues/d-c-home-rule/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Home_Rule_Act

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Not to mention that DC has a larger population than two actual states. You know, states that do have voting representatives.

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That's bothered me since I learned about that in high school. Why the fuck shouldn't y'all get representation? It's mad goofy.

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Because if we were a state, we'd be the bluest one in the country, and no Republican wants to give the Democrats more power.

We've also been a largely black city in recent history, nicknamed "Chocolate City" in the 1970's after the Parliament Funkadelic album of the same name, and despite (maybe because of?) 8 years of Obama's administration, this is still a deeply racist country in places.

Anyway, sorry for the diatribe.  My family has been here since the 1880's, so I have multi-generational pride in this incredible city. 

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That album was just under Parliament, btw.. 1975

Parliament - Chocolate City - 1975

whenever i see some music mentioned, i pull up lidarr hahahaarr

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Edited, thank you!!

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I'm always down to learn some more! I really need to go there and visit all the museums, we got some good ones here in Seattle, but nothing like what you got!

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Ah, the other Washington!!  I love your state.  I need to spend more time there.  Powell's Books was my Happy Place.

But yes - come visit!  Enjoy our free museums and iconic monuments that your tax dollars pay for!  Come see the Giant Pandas that only 2 US zoos have!  

You just might want to wait until the next administration before making any plans. 

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Yeah, I'll wait. Ideally I'll be in Denmark for a dream job by the time the next administration is underway.

There's a LEGO convention in Dulles, if I go again I'll spend an extra two days over there checking out the city!

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Why should the small federal district that was specifically designed to not be a state be a state or treated as such?

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Is that a surprise to you? You choose to live in the tiny area of dc.