Mitch Ryals
Managing editor of Washington City Paper
- @wcp.bsky.social is hiring two reporters! Come work with us: washingtoncitypaper.com/job-opportun...
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- We’re #hiring two reporters in D.C.: 🗞️ A Loose Lips Reporter to lead our political coverage 📰 A news reporter to cover how the federal government impacts local politics and everyday life in D.C. Share with a friend & learn more here:
- Accusations are flying back and forth at the DC Housing Authority: contractual shenanigans, financial mismanagement, threats, and name calling. The internal auditor was put on admin leave, and then promptly filed a whistleblower lawsuit. Read about it: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7771...
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- Gas bills going up!
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- Camden Development, which manages 2 buildings in DC, shows new employees orientation videos that promote a "hugging culture." One is titled "hug life." “Hugging is simply a part of who we are,” one video says. "...And now that you’re part of the Camden Family, we look forward to hugging you too.”
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- Remember that @dcdoes.bsky.social professional development event that looked a lot more like a party (a go-go band, acrobats, DJ EZ Street as emcee)? Some of the spending for that event (and others) violated local rules against using public funds for entertainment and food, according to the OIG.
- The jovially complicit white shirt cop in these videos appears to be Jason Bagshaw, a notorious commander with a history of aggressive tactics. He also fatally shot an armed man at the Wharf in 2022 while off duty. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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- At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds won't run for re-election in 2026, @trsdc.bsky.social reports. Next year's campaign season is gonna be lit: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7754...
- It appears as if Ward 8 CM Trayon White has failed to submit required financial disclosure forms dating back to Jan. 2024. The Board of Ethics and Gov Accountability just posted the notice of violation today: bega.dc.gov/sites/bega/f...
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- Reposted by Mitch RyalsAfter Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day. One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive. My latest:
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- @mayorbowser.dc.gov announced today that she will not seek a fourth term. The end of her decade as the city’s leader opens up the race to replace her. Two sitting councilmembers have already started making noise ... washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7747...
- Great reporting from Steve Thompson at the Post about two developers close to Mayor Bowser who are getting PAID off of an affordable housing project near the RFK Stadium site. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
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- We’re still looking for a Loose Lips reporter! washingtoncitypaper.com/loose-lips-j...
- A federal judge found the Trump administration's use of the National Guard in D.C. is illegal and granted @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social's request for an injunction. But the order is stayed until Dec. 11 to allow time to appeal. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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- Department of Housing and Community Development managers learned this week that the agency had an extra $1M in first-time homebuyer funds that went unspent from fiscal year 2025, according to sources in the agency. ...
- DHCD forfeited $35 million in federal affordable housing funds while also bailing out well-connected developer Buwa Binitie and his troubled project at Cascade Park Apartments. 1/
- Quite the response from Chief Smith to a Post reporter's question about an officer incorrectly checking the "no" box on a public incident report for shots fired: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- Employers in D.C. are stealing millions from their employees paychecks. The issue spans several industries—from restaurants and bars to construction sites—and largely impacts hourly workers, many of whom are Black and Latine. Read @wcp.bsky.social Suzie Amanuel's latest:
- MPD Chief Smith objects to the reporting that an MPD officer "covered up" a shooting by a federal agent. Whether Officer Sterling was instructed to omit that detail by a supervisor or a line officer, the fact remains that he withheld it. Another way to say that might be that he covered it up.
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- A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot at an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop on Oct. 17. But a @dcpolicedept.bsky.social officer omitted any mention of the shooting from his reports, apparently under instruction from a "team leader." washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
