<div dir="auto">How are we going to organize to stop Musk’s plan for RFK? Crazy. He’s not going to give up. This could be a real disaster for our neighborhood </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lincoln Park Newsletter from Lincoln’s Substack</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:maryfarran@substack.com">maryfarran@substack.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM<br>Subject: RFK STADIUM DEAL SURVIVES AFTER SECRET MUSK PLAN EXPOSED<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:friendsofcapitolhillparks@gmail.com">friendsofcapitolhillparks@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="font-kerning:auto"><img src="https://eotrx.substackcdn.com/open?token=eyJtIjoiPDIwMjQxMjIxMTUwMDEzLjMuYTUzZjZhNjFjYmI2MjEzOUBtZzEuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tPiIsInUiOjEzNDUxNzY3MSwiciI6ImZyaWVuZHNvZmNhcGl0b2xoaWxscGFya3NAZ21haWwuY29tIiwiZCI6Im1nMS5zdWJzdGFjay5jb20iLCJwIjoxNTM0MzQwNzIsInQiOiJuZXdzbGV0dGVyIiwiYSI6ImV2ZXJ5b25lIiwicyI6MTgwMTE4MywiYyI6InBvc3QiLCJmIjpmYWxzZSwicG9zaXRpb24iOiJ0b3AiLCJpYXQiOjE3MzQ3OTMyNDAsImV4cCI6MTczNzM4NTI0MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTAiLCJzdWIiOiJlbyJ9.f1aE8pKkEPR1F59GiP_9FB_8Y7KnxdglVCTCoFDrpXE" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important"><div style="display:none;font-size:1px;color:#333333;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden">In a shocking reversal, Congress revives stadium plan after a Lincoln Park Newsletter investigation exposes top-secret SpaceX plans to launch rocket ships from the hulking shell of RFK Stadium.</div><div style="display:none;font-size:1px;color:#333333;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden">͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­</div><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td></td><td width="550"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td width="550" align="left"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin:0 auto"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="right" style="height:20px"><table role="presentation" width="auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:SF Pro Text,-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,Inter,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,Segoe UI Symbol;font-size:13px;color:unset;list-style:none;text-decoration:unset;margin:0"><div style="list-style:none;color:unset;text-align:right;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;text-decoration:unset;margin:0"><span style="list-style:none;color:unset;text-decoration:unset;margin:0">Forwarded this email? <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJ5ZmFycmFuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9zdWJzY3JpYmU_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZW1haWwtc3Vic2NyaWJlJnI9MjgzNmh6Jm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZtYXJ5ZmFycmFuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbSUyRnAlMkZyZmstc3RhZGl1bS1kZWFsLXN1cnZpdmVzLWFmdGVyLXNlY3JldCIsInAiOjE1MzQzNDA3MiwicyI6MTgwMTE4MywiZiI6ZmFsc2UsInUiOjEzNDUxNzY3MSwiaWF0IjoxNzM0NzkzMjQwLCJleHAiOjE3MzczODUyNDAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0wIiwic3ViIjoibGluay1yZWRpcmVjdCJ9.gXxohIpOJ3rthFpUndggZsGiQR9YQFAaiAee_VtiBP0?" style="list-style:none;color:unset;text-decoration:unset;margin:0;text-decoration-line:underline" target="_b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um that had only hours before had been dealt a potential knockout death blow  by Elon Musk.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><span>Earlier in the week, Musk single-handedly stalled the land transfer to DC with posts on his toxic social media site, X. “</span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/87a8a6cd-f791-44ce-ad57-95c435ad6351?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">This should not be funded by your tax dollars!</a><span>” Musk exclaimed on X, shooting down the transfer of the RFK site to the District. </span></p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Musk also had shared a post from another user that falsely claimed the bill provided $3 billion in funding for a potential new stadium for the NFL’s Washington Commanders.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">But then, in a bombshell development, Musk’s real motive behind the scuttling of the ballpark plan was exposed. </p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1006" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/3d37224d-d7dd-49bb-ba03-6e0e976a665b?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="591.5506958250497" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2012,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe24dedcb-9f9d-4fc2-a3a7-3d2180076c18_1006x1082.jpeg" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>One image, obtained by the Lincoln Park Newsletter, depicts the clandestine SpaceX scheme to launch massive rockets from Hill East.</div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">According to an investigation by Lincoln Park Newsletter freelance newshounds Tommy Woodward and Scherzer Bernstein, the true reason the billionaire tried to stop the deal was a secret SpaceX plan to transform the aging stadium into a massive launchpad for SpaceX, the spaceship company that has billions of dollars in federal contracts.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">“We must stop this insane space cadet plan,” said Sen. Elias Lassie Barkenhoffer, a Democrat from Delaware and chairman of the canine caucus in the Senate. “We can’t be launching rocket ships in a densely populated urban environment.”</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><span>Documents Sen. Barkenhoffer leaked exclusively to the LPN newshounds reveal that Musk actually wants the stadium for his evil scheme to launch spaceships into space for the secret purpose of finishing construction of a Death Star for the autocratic </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/3e09f86c-431b-4243-bb21-8c4eac7faadc?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Galactic Empire</a><span>. </span></p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">SpaceX has a top-secret no-bid contract with the Galactic Empire topping $1 trillion to construct one of the biggest Death Stars in history, replacing ones that the Jedi previously destroyed as part of a long war.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">The original Death Star was designed by the Geonosians, but the Rebel Alliance stole the plans and destroyed it at the Battle of Yavin. Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to finish up to two Death Stars that have remained incomplete for years. </p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">To fulfill the contract, Musk wanted the RFK site to launch supplies and materials into space.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1013" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/4a3e9715-ae42-4e13-9655-5ee20c56d182?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="573.3464955577492" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2026,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9082ca33-1edc-4133-9761-c91212f052da_1013x1056.jpeg" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">That’s why Musk, in one tweet, parroted a version of Councilmember Charles Allen’s misstatements and convoluted thinking about the RFK Stadium site. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives, responding like pathetic lapdogs, then acted and killed the long-debated and agreed-to plans to revert the land where the stadium is located back to the city.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Musk mimicked Councilmember Allen and the grumpy stadium naysayers, who have posted misleading and erroneous yard signs that say the turnover of the land would result in a payout to billionaire sports team owners. </p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/108cb408-0a51-4a21-94f5-3cad58c8e351?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="412.5" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0575be4-56a1-4624-879a-b299e6f02504_4032x3024.jpeg" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>Yard sign that was a partial basis for Elon Musk’s lying rhetoric.</div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Since it was introduced in the House in July 2023, the RFK Stadium bill has never had any funding attached to it, despite what Musk and the misguided councilmember have suggested.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><span>In fact, the version that exited the House Oversight Committee and was </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/c40ceab4-c503-4e25-ac19-4ee852d32fb4?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">approved by a 348–55 vote</a><span> in the GOP-controlled House in February already included language that guarded against the very thing Musk called out. “The District may not use federal funds for stadium purposes on the campus, including training facilities, offices, and other structures necessary to support a stadium,” </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/a95d26d6-2d07-49f7-ac20-bdbe4e3458c2?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">the bill states</a><span>.</span></p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1179" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/65533b26-6a96-4210-836a-86af5b9b223c?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="577.0568278201866" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2358,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc84c5648-e068-4e58-a67b-9454f0500116_1179x1237.jpeg" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>In this image, the U.S. Capitol would be moved to the RFK Stadium site and rocket ships would blast off from the Capitol dome, obliterating Congress and hence removing one of the main obstacles to a Trump monarchy. This version is most favored by Trump, according to people familiar with the president-elect’s thinking. </div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Ward 6’s poopy-pants councilmember opposed “plunking down a stadium” because it would mean “shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers.” Musk picked up Allen’s typically histrionic and monotone musings and used them to almost kill the transfer of the land to DC. </p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><span>District of Columbia Mayor </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/30b0f277-2e35-4fd7-a6a1-0fee47ea6224?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Muriel Bowser</a><span> addressed false claims about the stadium’s funding on Thursday, calling them “frustrating.”</span></p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><span>“It was stated that the C.R. contains $3 billion for a stadium,” </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/fe5c449a-0857-4672-85d8-f52f38efd2e6?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">she said at a press conference</a><span>. “All wrong. There are no federal dollars related to the transfer of RFK and in fact, the legislation does not require or link at all to a stadium.</span></p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/4beb3066-a139-4ad3-a8e5-f17ecba2f927?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="315.0412087912088" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8df2ecad-06a2-481c-a12e-a0cb49e56df3_2726x1562.png" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>RFK Stadium would be renamed RFK Jr. Stadium under an idea embraced by President-elect Trump. Photo by Library of Congress</div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Under Musk’s top-secret, eyes-only plans, obtained by the famed Woodward-Bernstein watchdogs, SpaceX would charge fans to watch a launch of the spaceships from the center of RFK Stadium. </p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><span>President-elect Donald Trump was so enamored with the plan, he initiated orders to rename the stadium </span><strong>RFK Jr. Stadium</strong><span> for his vaccine-skeptical HHS secretary nominee, according to sources who spoke with Maggie Blabberman at The New York Times. </span></p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">The irony for the knee-jerk, anti-stadium, retromingent contingent is that they were aligned with Elon Musk and wishing for Congress not to return the land to D.C., which would have left a sea of asphalt next to the Anacostia River. For Musk, the wasteland was a perfect place for rocket ship launches. </p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Under the original turnover plan, there was no scenario that would leave parking lots undeveloped — except in the delusional minds of the anti-stadium crab-heads and the Biker Bro absolutists.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">The Senate’s early-morning action now kills Musk’s clandestine, ambitious, evil launch-pad plans and queers his deal with the Empire. </p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1052" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/1f9965b3-fc72-4da4-ac8c-5eef7463b0f2?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="567.2528517110267" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2104,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6e82118f-6400-44eb-8bb8-09afbe532386_1052x1085.jpeg" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>In this image, obtained by LPN, Musk envisions the Capitol just outside RFK Jr. Stadium, after it has been moved down East Capitol Street. Crowds in the lower bowl likely would be incinerated, and Musk plans to give away those seats to registered Democrats in the District.</div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">The legislation now allows D.C. to transform 170 acres on the Anacostia River into a sports and entertainment district, with parkland, shops, homes — and a stadium.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">The team played at RFK Stadium two miles east of the Capitol from 1961-96 before moving to Maryland. Musk saw the vacant site as a perfect place for a launchpad just two miles from the Capitol, where members of Congress could see the fruits of his labor.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/3d615660-7ce3-4aa6-a307-1694d23b8621?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="306.35302197802196" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F487160b3-9738-4912-951a-d8c92fb06f10_1946x1084.png" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>Washington Senators baseball team standing on the field on opening day, April 1971. RFK was a dual-use stadium. Photo by Library of Congress</div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><span>SpaceX operates four launch facilities: </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/0c3e8357-1aeb-4f22-b072-833dae29857b?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40</a><span>, </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/436e8c06-92c2-40e4-bb1d-0cf948adfe59?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex</a><span>, </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/78b99d24-df97-4aba-9d1d-aed742fa3496?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A</a><span>, and Brownsville </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/9d788a0e-ea94-4e2b-a50e-6bc6235da06d?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">South Texas Launch Site</a><span> (Starbase).</span></p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Under secret now-scuttled plans obtained by the Woodward-Bernstein newshounds, RFK Jr. Stadium would have been the fifth.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1097" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/f713f7a5-c398-4eda-b1b2-541d7ef59295?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="295.30537830446673" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2194,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2623c4b-f80a-4dad-9f30-fc7bdd31534d_1097x589.jpeg" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"></p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0;padding:0;height:1px;background:#e6e6e6;border:none"></div><h1 style="font-family:'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em">‘TIS THE SEASON </h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="6000" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/81f50642-61ef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0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Happy Holidays to all!</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Please feel free to share this with other nearby neighbors who may not be on our neighborhood listserv.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">p.s. Some of this language has been plagiarized from one of Mayor of 10th Street Rick Hamecs former emails, someone we dearly miss.</p><h6 style="font-family:'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em"><span>To view this discussion visit </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/cfb1d055-0faa-4f14-a65d-092e491a530f?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neighbors-ch/CAKK7Yr2j4Do6JACzJkE%3DkXyd1rrLFMKF%2B2sif4ef8yxnNb%3D_eQ%40mail.gmail.com</a><span>.</span></h6><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0;padding:0;height:1px;background:#e6e6e6;border:none"></div><h1 style="font-family:'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em"></h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="7500" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/b3372b5e-6235-40db-8e4d-a99990b44e3f?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="black Fayorit typewriter with printer paper" title="black Fayorit typewriter with printer paper" width="550" height="806.6666666666666" src="https://images.unsplash.com/reserve/LJIZlzHgQ7WPSh5KVTCB_Typewriter.jpg?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzfHxyYW5kb218ZW58MHx8fHwxNzM0NzAzMDY5fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table><span>Photo by </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/8584bab6-504d-464c-9ec0-44a421064796?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Florian Klauer</a><span> on </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/257f7ba5-2480-494a-916b-59a1879fdb3d?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></div><h1 style="font-family:'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em">LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What the hell?</h1><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">RE: RFK Stadium </p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">I don’t agree with the view of the LPN but what the hell. </p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">You did miss the historical fact that the site of the stadium was originally intended to be the site of the Supreme Court, creating a line of government branches from the Anacostia, to the Capitol, the White House, the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">The Court objected since it placed them in no-man’s-land, away from the power centers and no place for lunch. Had the Court been located at the stadium site, East Capitol homes would have been replaced with government buildings.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><strong>Mark Ugoretz</strong></p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0;padding:0;height:1px;background:#e6e6e6;border:none"></div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0;padding:0;height:1px;background:#e6e6e6;border:none"></div><h1 style="font-family:'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em"><strong>DC population surpasses 700,000 for the first time since 2019</strong></h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="7952" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/bb10e26d-45e8-4265-be96-204195acaab1?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="U.S. capitol Hill during nighttime" title="U.S. capitol Hill during nighttime" width="550" height="366.85110663983903" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1543372654-b45dd90eeee5?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHx3YXNoaW5ndG9uJTIwZGN8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzM0NzkyMjc4fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table><span>Photo by </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/8584bab6-504d-464c-9ec0-44a421064796?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Heidi Kaden</a><span> on </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/257f7ba5-2480-494a-916b-59a1879fdb3d?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></div><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"></p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The District’s population has exceeded 700,000 residents for the first time in five years, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">On Thursday, officials released new data showing that from July 2023 to July 2024, the city gained approximately 15,000 residents, bringing its population to 702,250.</p><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2becbfe9-cd96-4639-8fbc-354fd62897ec?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" rel="" style="color:rgb(54,55,55);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Story here</a></p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0;padding:0;height:1px;background:#e6e6e6;border:none"></div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/34756f3d-ae1e-4a67-ac54-16f9842f9c19?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="412.5" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F70879f9c-1187-4ac5-89a5-e384a6a1ce4f_5712x4284.jpeg" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margin-bottom:0;width:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;margin:0 auto"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h4 style="font-family:'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em">Here’s the urn map</h4><p style="margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px">Please clean up and decorate your urns for the holidays.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/fd19c63f-f388-41a1-ac35-e5da64832c9a?j=eyJ1IjoiMjgzNmh6In0.CTjPn5sCM4AIY4NC0IzEHQuNdp0zoRt_4U3mC1nSt3c" style="padding:0;width:auto;height:auto;border:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="412.12225274725273" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92eaca24-5a38-47e7-898f-098a3db68ad2_2176x1630.png" style="border:none!important;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;margi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