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- A nasty water main break in Dupont Circle has closed the southbound lanes of Connecticut Avenue NW between N Street and Jefferson Place. [WJLA, NBC4, Post]
- A GWU professor thinks Washington football team fans and Dan Snyder suffer from cognitive dissonance—”mental strain which can result from trying to simultaneously harbor two competing inconsistent beliefs”—which is why they can’t see that the team’s name is offensive. [WCP]
- Do you have what it takes to be a racing president? [PoPville]
- A parking meter contract debate among the D.C. Council stirs controversy over the questionable pay-to-play relationship between Council members and campaign donations in local government contracting. [WAMU]
- The Council will take their final vote on the minimum wage bill today. [NBC4]
- Some mayoral candidates attended an “emergency townhall” on gentrification hosted by known antisemite Malik Zulu Shabazz. [Loose Lips]
- Suddenly, a hen. [PoPville]
- Apparently LivingSocial’s site outage last month had “minimal to no downstream impact” according to CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy. Huh. [Washington Business Journal]
- Educators at Catholic University are none too happy that the college just accepted a gift from a Koch brothers-affiliated organization. [WJLA]
- This Day in DCist: D.C. feels the effects of the Newtown massacre—which happened a year ag—oleading to heated gun control debates around town.
