early childhood educator. DCPCS mom and teacher. local government bird-dogger. trying my best not to catch or spread COVID. #MaskUpAmerica

Joined October 2011
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
I don’t want DC residents to volunteer to be Snow Team Heroes, I want infrastructure!
600 DC residents signed up to be Snow Team Heroes—and yesterday, they cleared walkways at 100 homes of seniors and residents with disabilities. We all can play a role in getting DC clear. A special thank you to all who volunteered to go above and beyond for neighbors in need.
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
Big protest from immigrant organizers in the Wilson Building today demanding an end to MPD cooperation with ICE. A spicy banner, too.
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“My mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'”
Situation in DC, on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no agency ID'd -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car. BIG crowd shouting at police. "Fuck you!" "What is wrong with you!" "You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40 million dollars on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here are just a few ways we would’ve spent $40M: youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8

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Let’s do this!!!!
Parents are pleading: Do something about the air quality in our schools. Kids, they say, keep getting sick, then spread illness among their families. Where might our city start? Learn more: bit.ly/4hrgBbi. #WashingtonDC #SchoolHealth
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
Parents are pleading: Do something about the air quality in our schools. Kids, they say, keep getting sick, then spread illness among their families. Where might our city start? Learn more: bit.ly/4hrgBbi. #WashingtonDC #SchoolHealth
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
10 Jan 2025
I love the passive voice that absolves the Mayor of the fact her administration made the decision to kill labor and delivery care EOTR for almost a decade.
Today, I toured the Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center located in SE DC. It’s opening in March will mark the first time since 2017 that there will be a labor and delivery unit east of the Anacostia river.
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
9 days ago I asked @MayorBowser if she could explain why no district department has a copy of her travel expenses to Miami, Dubai or The Masters. Plus, why the Miami & Dubai trips are not listed on her annual finacial disclosure forms? Listen to the Mayor telling me her office will get back to me. We asked for months for a one-on-one interview and her Communications Director Susana Castillo told us she didn't think our questions rose to the level for the Mayor to do a one-on-one interview. @susi2431 Director Castillo said we should attend a press conference and ask the Mayor our questions. We asked 9 days ago & I even emailed the Mayor's office again with the same two questions. So far... crickets. 🦗
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
Replying to @dcfamengagement
@dcfamengagement why is access to testifying at the DCPS budget hearing tonight to restrictive? Not at all a way to engage in an authentic way with your stakeholders.
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
New @CookPolitical: over 153.5M now counted, Trump's popular vote lead down to 1.68%: cookpolitical.com/vote-track… Trump 76,666,332 (49.93%) Harris 74,086,596 (48.25%)
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
sleepy joe you’ve got two months. go crazy. eliminate all student debt. legalize marijuana. make tampons and condoms free. ban cybertrucks. shit in the oval office’s air vent. kidnap barron. the world is your oyster buddy
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
NEW: 15 minutes were lost during a cardiac arrest yesterday after @dcfireems crews were sent to the wrong location. It's unclear if this is a 911 caller or call-taker mistake. The person called 911 reporting they had trouble breathing. The address entered into the computer was 1901 Gainesville Street SE. The call was dispatched at 9:31 a.m. While still on the phone with 911, the man stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating. At the same time, the crews from Medic 25 and Ambulance 32 found out quickly the address they were dispatched to wasn't correct. No one needed EMS at 1901 Gainesville. When a dispatcher offered to send a truck company to force the door, one of the EMS units responded, "We don't need a truck. We need a correct location." ( into the radio traffic). While working the neighborhood, the EMS crews figured out the correct building was 1907 Gainesville. That was at 9:46, 15 minutes after dispatch. The crews revived the man. The man's prognosis is unknown. Here's hoping OUC leadership provides details and supporting documentation to show why the initial dispatch was for a bad address. Hoping @CMBrookePinto asks OUC to come to the next oversight hearing armed with a transcript and computer printout to explain whether the caller or call-taker made this mistake. @dclinenews @tomsherwood @RealTimeNews10 @ELaserDavies @oliviardiaz @leonardnfleming @RamirezReports @SegravesNBC4 @ANCCostello @CMBrookePinto @CMZParker5 @chenderson @SmithSteiner @johnson4b06 @Evan_Yeats @ANCJonah @MayorBowser @SafeDC @charlesallen @ChmnMendelson @theHillisHome @PoPville @dccrimefacts @abeaujon @SchreiberSara @CapitalJeff @Brightwoodian @ODCA_DC @kpattdc @IAFF36 @dcpoliceunion @BrianneKNadeau @jennygathright @tednbc4 @MatthewFrumin @Tenleytown411
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
26 Oct 2024
The most powerful message to young men in the entire campaign

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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
New ad from the Harris campaign on reproductive freedom, ahead of the VP's speech in Texas on Friday. This is a very tough one to watch, but it's incredibly important to. Thank you so much to Ondrea and Ceasar for trusting us to share their story.
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RT @ScottGoldstein: Last night while driving home we drove past a car on fire- completely engulfed in flames to the point it looked like it…
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
The horrors unfolding in northern Gaza are the result of a completely unrestrained Netanyahu gov, fully armed by the Biden admin while food aid is blocked and patients are bombed in hospitals. This is a genocide of Palestinians. The US must stop enabling it. Arms embargo now.
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
A FOIA request has revealed that thousands of patients caught COVID in NSW hospitals last year and hundreds died. This is happening in hospitals all around the world. Hospitals need to require masks and do more to stop preventable infections. abc.net.au/news/2024-10-14/t…
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
12 Oct 2024
“The Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University have developed a Model Clean Indoor Air Act, which state legislatures throughout the country could use in writing new indoor air laws.”
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Mary Laura Calhoun retweeted
12 Oct 2024
I am grateful to anyone who acknowledges that covid is dangerous and does *anything* to reduce its spread.
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I’m also voting yes!
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