The district is rolling out a new license plate this year that says we demand statehood. Martin Ostermule: There's some collective anger about the situation the district has always found itself in and continues to find itself in. But there's also some finger pointing internally of, "Was this just the wrong time to debate criminal justice reform?" he asks.
DC is baby.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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