Is that the sound of cats hissing and clawing? No, it’s merely D.C. Vote and D.C. Watch, two District-based non-profit political organizations, going at each other.

The two, which have usually peacefully co-existed and even complimented each other’s work, recently engaged in an online volley of arguments and accusations. On the one side, D.C. Watch’s Gary Imhoff and Dorothy Brizill, on the other, D.C. Vote’s Ilir Zherka. So far four rounds have been fought, with more possible.

After the jump, and full rundown on the D.C. verbal brawl.