Remember those billboards that popped up in the 1980s that counted up the national debt, dollar by dollar? Pretty scary, huh? Well, District voting rights activists want something similar for their cause. Today the D.C. Council held a hearing on legislation that would allow the city to place two large LED billboards — one outside the John A. Wilson Building and the other outside the new Washington Nationals stadium — that would display the amount…

Although it may be more than a month away, it seems in D.C. it’s never too early to look forward to the Presidential Inauguration. What do you need to know? First things first. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Activities boasts a spiffy new website with historical tidbits, an FAQ, and a webcam on the stage under construction, and a page with instructions about getting tickets to the swearing-in ceremony. The NY Post reports Democratic…