🔴 This week's Dream City Podcast: Foie gras food fight, what the midterms mean for D.C., and whether the District has hit its limit for funding sports stadiums. With mentions tagged: 00:00 D.C.’s Foie Gras Food Fight (@chefjoseandres, @AnnaSpiegs, @whiteguyfieri) 08:39 Election Preview: JLG, Robert White, and the Transition (@janeese4dc, @CMRobertWhiteDC) 12:15 Ranked-Choice Voting Gets Confusing (@tweetelissa, @repoyedc) 14:09 What’s Next for Kenyan McDuffie? (@kenyanmcduffie, @MayorBowser, @CMBrookePinto) 16:13 Audi Field’s $300 Million Expansion Fight (@dcunited, @WashSpirit, @TedLeonsis, @MSE) 29:06 Hacks and Flacks Returns (@SegravesNBC4)

"Here is the thing about Mr. Trump’s comments about Mr. Husted’s rear: Online and across Ohio, they have more people talking about the senator than anyone has in the two years since he was appointed to the Senate to succeed Vice President JD Vance."

This could be an easy win for JLG as she looks to work with the lame duck Trump administration. Take some tiny parcels off NPS rolls, give dozens of parklets to local communities. (Although it would take DC DPR a really, really long time to do anything with them.)

In the biggest year in over a decade for D.C. politics, the city’s top political ad spender hasn’t been in the race for mayor. Instead, it’s an anti-robotaxi group. New from me in @postlocal washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Right now, @MayorBowser is breaking ground on the Upshur Recreation Center revitalization project (projected $19M cost) in Ward 4 — whose councilmember @CMLewisGeorgeW4 had been slated to attend, but I hear she is now not going to be here. She’s about to have a busy 36 hours!

How the feds could give D.C.'s next mayor 107 new parks axios.com/local/washington-d…

Trump will speak from the Reflecting Pool tomorrow, on eve of midterms… “The speech will also address his administration's efforts in D.C. and ‘restoring our Great Capital,’ the official said.” @axiosalex reports axios.com/2026/11/01/trump-m…

D.C., Virginia sue to block Trump's 250-foot arch axios.com/2026/10/31/trump-a…

SCOOP: The Greater Washington Community Foundation is courting donors for a $2 million fund to support and shape the JLG administration transition, according to a concept note of the plan I reviewed. 🧵 dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/w…

On his way out the door, Robert White manages to turn a one day story into a weeklong saga.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early voting jumps nationwide compared with 2022, particularly in key Senate battleground states, an AP analysis shows.

Exciting news! I've revamped my elections site to get ready for the general election with a bunch of new functionality. Details below. (1/7)

Councilmember Robert White’s early departure scrambles the future of several housing bills, including one widely seen as a sequel to Mayor Bowser’s landmark housing legislation that rolled back pandemic-era tenant protections. @ben_brasch @jackiepeiser dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/r…

NYT Exclusive: Nvidia Chief Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot **A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.

NEWS: New private GOP polling shows Vivek Ramaswamy falling 8 points behind Amy Acton in Ohio's governor's race — fueling Republican fears that his explosive attack ad is backfiring and could hurt the entire GOP ticket axios.com/2026/10/28/gop-pol…

Robert White says he'll resign his D.C. Council job by Monday, barring any last minute changes to an obscure law that makes paid officeholders ineligible to be elected to the congressional delegate seat. White is set to succeed Eleanor Holmes Norton as D.C.'s nonvoting rep.

News -DC Politics - “Independent” DC Council member Christina Henderson (at-large) is looking at switching her affiliation to “Democratic” once Robert White vacates his Democratic seat, roiling the politics of filling the seat he’s held. Asked Tuesday for comment, Henderson’s office said she doesn’t comment on rumors.

So apparently the law bans sitting officeholders from becoming DC Delegate. Which is an issue for the sitting officeholder who's about to win the election... dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/r…

President Trump's planned 250-foot-tall arch would cast shadows on many graves and monuments in nearby Arlington National Cemetery, the @washingtonpost's 3-D analysis found. On some days, Trump's arch would even shade the grave and eternal flame of JFK.