When a friend emailed to invite me to cover this past weekend’s DNC protests, I had blogger visions running through my head of life-size puppets, patchouli and lots and lots of yelling. Sadly, it seems like most of the good stuff happened inside the hotel, where the protesters weren’t supposed to be and I didn’t try to go. But I’ve got your boring, ill-attended protest round-up anyway, complete with pictures of as much of the…

Today activists around the country are planning demonstrations supporting immigrantions. You’ll recall that last year organizers staged a national boycott to highlight immigrants’ contribution to the American economy. In D.C. several demonstrations are slated. The National Immigrant Solidarity Network sponsors a few of the events. WTOP has a fairly exhaustive list: A May Day Asian American rally is planned for noon at Taft Memorial Park, north of the Capitol. A hunger strike and rally at…

Being a political town, perhaps you’ve found your friend pool shrink drastically over the past few weeks, as politicos head to places near and far to spread the the joy of democracy to the people. You’ve noticed that Hill bars have felt rather empty during recent Thursday nights. Maybe you’ve found yourself lamenting over the fact that you’re not feeling the rush of a campaign, and you’re looking for local ways to get involved on…

Evans to Hold Hearings on Stadium Financing: The D.C. City Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue, chaired by Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), pictured at right, is taking in testimony on financing arrangements for a new Nationals baseball stadium today and Monday, May 16. Today’s session will feature D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, District CFO Natwar Gandhi, and eight groups that submitted private financing proposals for the stadium. Monday’s session, slated to begin at noon, will include…

Howard Dean’s political comeback is nearly complete: barring something on the level of an intern scandal, the 447 voting members of the Democratic National Committee are expected to overwhelmingly support him as successor to outgoing chief Terry McAuliffe at a meeting on Saturday. And tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. the Deaniacs will descend upon Capitol City Brewing near Union Station, where the doctor himself pays a house call at an event co-hosted by DC for…

The University of Texas at Austin is opening to the public today part of their collection of the notes created by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the Watergate scandal. The University of Texas purchased the notes for $5 million in 2003. The documents include the image to the right, the first page of Bob Woodward’s notebook from the preliminary hearing for the men arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee…

Taking a nod from Martin Luther, a group has posted on the doors of the Democratic National Committee a document they call the “November 3rd Theses,” declaring “the Democratic Party is today in the hands of people who have failed to articulate a moral-intellectual vision for America and the world, and you can’t win the confidence of the electorate without a vision.” The 14 theses argue drastic ideological and leadership change is necessary within the…