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  • The Needle: Housing Affordability Bill Becomes Law, J6 Seditious Conspiracy Case Dismissed, Kennedy Center Whistleblower, Private Club in Rock Creek Park, and Trump DOJ Loses 12th Voter Roll Lawsuit - Washington City Paper

The Needle: Housing Affordability Bill Becomes Law, J6 Seditious Conspiracy Case Dismissed, Kennedy Center Whistleblower, Private Club in Rock Creek Park, and Trump DOJ Loses 12th Voter Roll Lawsuit - Washington City Paper

by Gail O'Hara
3 days ago
in Employment News, Press Release

  • While you were sleeping: The biggest housing affordability bill in decades became law despite convicted felon and President Donald Trump calling it a “big yawn” and refusing to sign it. (He also used it as a bargaining chip to try to get the Save America Act passed.) The 21st Century Road to Housing Act aims to make homeownership more affordable and contains 40-plus provisions on everything from boosting homebuilding and manufactured home construction to corporate homeownership, capping how many single-family homes private equity can buy. Plus 40 points for a bipartisan bill that might help Americans. +40 [NPR]
  • Mob rule: On Friday, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the DOJ’s request to dismiss the seditious conspiracy case against four Proud Boys who led the mob on Jan. 6. But the judge also issued a warning about Trump’s efforts to lift penalties against J6-ers who injured 140 police officers and caused nearly $3 million in damage, and indicated he dismissed the charges under protest. Minus one point for avoiding accountability. -1 [Post]
  • Center of gravity: Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says he received a whistleblower report about the Kennedy Center that says rushed/improper reconstruction resulted in “steel columns that are rusting through fresh paint, a reflecting pool that may have to be torn out and rebuilt, and a brand-new bathroom floor torn out over an offending tile color.” It outlines “firsthand accounts of multiple former Center project...


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