Hundreds of people showed up to a Montgomery County school board meeting this week, protesting the LGBTQ+ books in the curriculum. Plus, there’s a lot of uproar over Qatar potentially investing in the D.C. sports franchise that owns the Wizards, Mystics, and Capitals. And for some fun at the end, we’ve got Fourth of July events for you.

Check out the local reporting that powers our roundups:

Axios DC’s Chelsea Ciruzzo is all over the MoCo School Board protests.
Candace Buckner of The Washington Post has some FEELINGS on sportswashing.
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School Board Protest, Sportswashing, and Fourth of July