City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
🥊 Are local leaders doing enough to fight for DC?
September 15, 2025 · 💌 Kaela
Morning! Giant panda Qing Bao just celebrated her fourth birthday at the National Zoo, complete with a multilayered fruit cake and birthday gift toys 🥰
What's CITY Talking About?
ICE Processing Centers Severely Overcrowded
The ICE holding facilities in Northern Virginia have become overcrowded as a result of President Trump’s recent immigration crackdown in D.C. Attorneys claim it is creating “dangerous conditions,” particularly considering people are being held at the temporary facilities for multiple days. [Washington Post 🔒]
Large Drop In Metro Crime
Metro is on pace to have its lowest crime year ever, with crime falling by 43% between June 2024 and June 2025. The largest drops have been in car thefts at stations and theft. [WTOP]
Lantern Fly Apocalypse
So many lantern flies have descended across the Mid-Atlantic that they showed up on the weather radar. Experts recommend squishing the invasive insects, a tall order. [Washington Post 🔒]
Are Local Leaders Doing Enough To Fight For DC?
Local officials are getting frustrated over their lack of leverage against the slew of D.C.-related bills before Congress. “It feels very defeating to have to beg a member from another state, ‘Hey, I need you to speak for the District of Columbia,’” DC Councilmember at large Christina Henderson told us. [City Cast DC 🎧]
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What To Do
Monday, Sep. 15
- 😆 Pop-Up Comedy at Edgewood Community Farm
- 🚶 WalkingTown DC Neighborhood Tours (Various Locations)
- 🎞️ Documentary Screening: “Trash Empire” at Cleveland Park Library
- ✍️ DC Comic & Zine Makers Meetup at the MLK Library
- 📚 Book Talk: “The Princess and the P.I.” at East City Bookshop (Capital Hill)
Tuesday, Sep. 16
- 🪩 Drag Bingo at Red Bear Brewing (NoMa)
- 🚶 WalkingTown DC Neighborhood Tours (Various Locations)
- 🎥 "The Last Battlefront" Film Screening at the West End Library
- 📖 The Inner Loop September Reading at Sonny’s Pizza (Park View)
- 🤔 The Role of Media in National Security Lecture at the Institute of World Politics (Downtown)
- ✊ Book Talk: “A Protest History of the U.S.” at Solid State Books (H Street NE)
- 📸 Photography 2025 Opening Reception at the Hill Center (Capital Hill)
Wednesday, Sep. 17
- ⚖️ Immigration Legislation: Then and Now at the Capital Jewish Museum
- 🧑🍳 Miso Making Class and Dinner at Rice Market (14th St NW)
- 🎥 Outdoor Movie: "Amélie" on the National Mall
- 📕 The Toni Morrison Book Club at MLK Library (Downtown)
- 🍽️ Cookbook Club: “Setting a Place for Us” at Bold Fork Books (Mt. Pleasant)
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