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D.C. reporter @axios | ✏️: @washingtonian , @washingtonpost , @gardenandgun , @outsidemagazine , @DCist , @wcp | ✉️: mimi.montgomery @axios .com

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Mimi Montgomery
11 months
Exciting news! It’s my first week at @axios where I’ll be one of the reporters writing the DC newsletter. I’m still covering all things real estate, development, lifestyle, and kooky/weird, so plz send me pitches mimi.montgomery @axios .com
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
As members of the Washingtonian editorial staff, we want our CEO to understand the risks of not valuing our labor. We are dismayed by Cathy Merrill’s public threat to our livelihoods. We will not be publishing today.
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
So, uhhh...anyone know this dude? 🤢
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Mimi Montgomery
5 months
No but literally……you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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Mimi Montgomery
9 months
Spotted in Del Ray:
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Side note: I did the interview from my childhood bedroom, and I had to lock the door because my mom (huge CNN viewer) kept trying to stick her head in and go "TELL ABBY I SAID HI"
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@mimi_montgom
Mimi Montgomery
1 year
Tatte Trapezoid >>> Bermuda Triangle
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Mimi Montgomery
3 months
being a journalist is so weird bc your daily to-do list will read, like "1) text bear lady, 2) jimmy carter, 3) file expense for baja blast taste test" and that's a totally normal day
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Mimi Montgomery
1 year
DC people—if we gave all the local Tattes nicknames like the Safeways (ie. Social Safeway, Senior Safeway, etc.), what would they be???
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Mimi Montgomery
4 months
Found this cool vintage bag today, might try to sell it on Poshmark
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@mimi_montgom
Mimi Montgomery
5 years
DC TWITTER: I'm looking for DC-centric nightmare dating stories for a piece! Examples: riding a Bird scooter to a first date and crashing it, getting into a fight about healthcare policy, hooking up with someone on your kickball team and then things got awkward...anything DC-ish!
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Mimi Montgomery
6 months
New geologic formations popping up post St Patty’s pub crawls in Dupont: Mt Chipotle and Mt Chick Fil A
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Coworking with my 60-year-old dad from my childhood home and I feel like I'm living with Robert De Niro in The Intern—he legit is wearing a button down and cashmere sweater to work in our living room and started a call at 8 AM like wtf come on man you're making me look bad
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
Unfortunately, I have to stay at my desk today and "do my job" and therefore can't go on a Harry Styles search, so I rounded up some of the internet reactions to DC Styles Mania 2k20:
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
DC people: Were you planning on doing dry January, but then promptly abandoned that idea as soon as the Capitol mob attack occurred/the world seemed to generally be ending? If so, DM me, please 🙏
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Intersection of 14th and U Street:
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Mimi Montgomery
6 months
Spotted: a DeLorean at the Wharf 👀👀
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Okay I'm retiring today, I've officially made it
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Dave Jorgenson (not JD Vance)
4 years
Today’s first @washingtonpost quarantine TikTok features a fox
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Mimi Montgomery
2 years
💫💫 Some newz 💫💫 Today is my last day at @MartinAgency ! I'm heading back to @washingtonian to be the Home & Features Editor, where I'll manage the home design and real estate sections, write long-form features, and other fun stuff!
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Mimi Montgomery
3 months
Okay so when are the DC drink specials gonna drop
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Mimi Montgomery
9 months
Coming in hot🔥with D.C.'s official In/Out list for 2023 courtesy of my awesome colleague @AnnaSpiegs (my personal fave: "Out — CEOs. In — UFOs.")
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Mimi Montgomery
1 year
I consider this my greatest act of public service...I present the official list of DC-area Tatte nicknames!
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Just realized I published my 500th story for @washingtonian last week...I shall treat myself to an extra lap around the living room tonight to celebrate!
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
did it hurt? when u reached ur limit on free stories and then tried to open the link on 3 different web browsers and then on incognito mode and then on ur phone and then on ur mom's phone but the internet has gotten too smart so u save the link to read next month but then forget?
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Mimi Montgomery
6 months
🚨🌸🚨🌸CHERRY BLOSSOM PEAK BLOOM ANNOUNCED: MARCH 23-26 🌸🚨🌸🚨
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
Some ✨💫news 💫 ✨, as they say: Today is my last day at @washingtonian ! After 3.5 years, I'm leaving to be the Senior Editorial Writer at @MartinAgency . I'm super excited about the new adventure, but also so sad to leave my amazing, funny, and talented coworkers-turned-friends
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
DC-area people: How has Covid made you rethink your relationship with the city? Have you decided to move to the suburbs for more space if you're able to WFH? Have you opted to leave the city entirely and move elsewhere? Has it cut your mid-20s/group house years short? Lmk!
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
My piece on 2020 dating in DC includes 25 stories that will 1) warm your tiny heart 2) make you take a vow of celibacy: think a first date that ended at a Secret Service bunker, the person dating an alleged WH leaker, or a couple that DTR'd bc of bedbugs
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
DC peeps: I've seen people posting videos/pics on social of them walking around the city drinking restaurant to-go cocktails. 1) This seems fun & 2) have we decided to just screw it and drink in public these days, bc why not? I want to hear ur thoughts on this for a story, DM me
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Mimi Montgomery
7 months
I put together a list of where folks can continue to follow the Washington Post journalists who took buyouts — I'll be updating this as I get more info, so DM me if you'd like to be added!
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
DC people: Once restrictions are lifted, will you immediately go to all the bars/restaurants/clubs you missed? Or will you be reticent to go out in the world? I'm curious if we'll enter a phase of bacchanalia after being cooped up, or if the exact opposite will happen
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
When the pandemic hit, we scrapped our original May issue and put this one together in a month. It's the first Washingtonian issue to be 100% assembled and written remotely, and our team worked their assess off to get it out the door. We will get through this ♥️
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
My grandmother passed away three weeks ago. Because of Covid-19, no one in my family got to say goodbye to her. It's been very hard and sad, and at times has felt really unfair. I wrote an essay about what it's like to lose someone during a quarantine:
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
My latest feature for @washingtonian is about all the crazy stuff people in DC put up with to find housing—think creating your own memes, sending around literal housing resumes, living in backyard sheds, and even (semi) nude photoshoots 😱
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Mimi Montgomery
4 months
Alright who's gonna bid on the tank lobsters at the Silver Spring Red Lobster and set them free in the Potomac with me
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
Hell yeah I always knew journalism school would pay off — welcome to the great Washingtonian seltzer taste test of 2019
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Mimi Montgomery
11 months
Today is my last day @washingtonian — more to come about what's next, but you can still find me in DC writing my weird little stories 😎 I will miss all my wonderful, talented, kind coworkers immensely ❤️And a friendly reminder to follow + support @WashGuild !!!!
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Happy vibes in Petworth!!!
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
I went to my first concert solo last night and guess what fellow ppl with social anxiety — it was totally fine!!!! No one gave a shit about the weird girl dancing all by herself!!!! (Also side note — v glad to be back at @930Club for the first time since early 2020)
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Law students from George Washington, Howard, and Georgetown have a table on Constitution where they’re registering folks to vote and work the polls, handing out water and snacks, and have materials to make signs.
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Desperate times, etc etc
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
@abbydphillip Ahh I will! She might literally print out this tweet and frame it 😂😂
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
@lemonsand Hello I am currently at my parents house and:
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
**some news** I’ll be moving into the associate editor role at @washingtonian to cover health, fitness, design, retail, beauty and all things lifestyle! Have pitches? I’m still at mmontgomery @washingtonian .com
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Mimi Montgomery
7 months
Some ****news**** as they say!
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Axios Comms
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💍 Congratulations, @mimi_montgom !
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7 months
I wrote about how the loneliness epidemic is affecting people in D.C. ⬇️
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
This 1993 book is...something
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
In light of @LauraHayesDC recent news that American Ice Company, The Brixton, Echo Park, El Rey, The Gibson, Marvin, and Players Club are closing, what are some of your favorite memories from these spots? Best (or worst😱) first dates? Meet-cutes? Nights out with pals? LMK!
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Hear me out: What if this was all one long plan to have the election winner announced on the Bachelorette tonight
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Mimi Montgomery
2 years
Today is my first day as Home & Features editor at @washingtonian ! Have a home design, DIY or real estate story you wanna pitch? DM or email me: mmontgomery @washingtonian .com
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
Have officially reached the stage of December where my body is 1/3 cheese, 1/3 cookie from a holiday-themed tin, 1/3 red wine
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
For a @washingtonian article: I'm looking to speak with DC-area women who stopped drinking during the pandemic or reevaluated their relationship with alcohol during COVID and are now drinking less. Does this sound like you? Let's chat — DMs are open! 💕
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
My newest @washingtonian feature is out! I spent a July weekend at Seacrets, the 19-bar behemoth party spot in Ocean City that's like a mix of Universal Studios + the MTV Spring Break set—and where, for a moment, it almost felt like Covid never happened:
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Woke up with a terrible headache this morning—like a drank-a-bucket-of-Mike's Hards-with-zero-water kind of headache—and just realized that...I think I have a coup hangover?
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
To the person on my company-wide Zoom with this as their background....I don't know you, but I respect and appreciate you
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
No, DC isn't dead, but bc of the pandemic, some folks have suddenly realized they don't have to physically stay here for a job or school. So they're moving abroad, heading to a farm, or traveling the country via car. My latest feature for @washingtonian :
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Self care is taking a work break for a backyard photoshoot with the cutest boi of ALL TIME
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Mimi Montgomery
6 years
🚨 BREAKING: PUPPIES AT @washingtonian I REPEAT: PUPPIES IN OFFICE!! 🚨
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Okay, y'all, what's something actually GOOD that happened to you last night? I'll start: We purchased a new kind of smoked gouda from the market by our house and it turned out to be excellent, definitely buying again
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
My field guide to dating in DC is in our latest issue which hits newsstands tomorrow! I LOVE how it turned out and also that I got to listen to people tell me weird hook-up stories (I mean, seriously weird) for hours and get paid for it 😍
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Mimi Montgomery
2 years
A special shoutout to the woman from the dry cleaners who called to let me know I have clothes waiting for me that I dropped off......three years ago
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Mimi Montgomery
1 year
Spotted at the gas station on the corner of P and 22nd in Dupont….I must know what happened here
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
The editorial staff of Washingtonian is proud to announce that we have formed a union with @newsguild . Today we’re asking management to recognize @WashGuild .
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
I'm sorry, but if I come across a zebra just wandering around DC, I'm absolutely going to try to pet it
@washingtonian
Washingtonian 🌸
3 years
DO NOT APPROACH THE ZEBRAS.
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
My latest feature for @washingtonian is a wild ride: This millennial real estate agent pulls out all the stops to market insane, multi-million-dollar mansions (think helicopter rides, Lamborghinis, and drones) and then puts it all on TikTok 👀👀
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Mimi Montgomery
2 years
Okay, fine, I’ll come clean — I wrote this
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Mimi Montgomery
10 months
My latest for @axios : I wrote about how everyone’s collectively unwell post-panda departure, but perhaps no one more so than the panda-obsessed influencer who took a red-eye to DC to see the bears yesterday AM only to discover…they were peacing out:
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@mimi_montgom
Mimi Montgomery
1 year
i want a tattooed sleeve with this image @abeaujon made for his bear story:
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@mimi_montgom
Mimi Montgomery
6 months
is this....a cherry blossom le creuset?
@silkenhearts
𝓡𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓷𝓪
6 months
SHUT UP
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Protestors in the reflecting pool:
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Mimi Montgomery
3 years
DC-area people: What are some local fitness studios that are offering classes solely for vaccinated folks?
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
Today is my pal @ecwilliams30 last day @washingtonian . Since we started together 2 years ago, I've come to know him as a thoughtful, smart journalist. But more importantly, he's a thoughtful, smart friend. So proud of you, Ellio, and I can't wait to see what you do at @dcist !
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Mimi Montgomery
6 years
Finally—an Excel spreadsheet I can get behind!
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
🚨 WARNING: Not election content 🚨 I'm working on a spread about folks who've gone for maximalist home design instead of the Scandinavian/minimalist look that's been big. Anyone in the DC area have a bright/maximalist/"grand-millennial" home and wanna share pix for a story? LMK!
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@mimi_montgom
Mimi Montgomery
5 years
I just moved into a studio, and I’ve found I’m never bored now. I can lay on my bed and stare at my oven, and if that gets old, I can flip over and stare at my toilet for a bit
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Ending the year as I’ve spent most of it: alone on the sofa with French bulldogs, one of whom just farted in my face. I also just sat in the other’s barf. Goodbye forever, 2020
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@mimi_montgom
Mimi Montgomery
5 years
Overhead at Anju: “I feel like I’m a New York six but like, a DC eight.”
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Mimi Montgomery
2 years
DC-area friends! I'm looking for homes to include in the @washingtonian Look Inside My Home series. Do you have a cool apartment/rowhome/townhouse, etc. that you'd like featured? Send me a DM or an email with some pics of your place! mmontgomery @washingtonian .com
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Mimi Montgomery
23 days
Last week, I went on a platonic blind date in D.C. with six strangers. I wrote about it for @axios :
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
AFL-CIO building on 16th Street
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@mimi_montgom
Mimi Montgomery
5 years
In my first piece for @outsidemagazine , I covered the adult recess events where grown-ups are playing tetherball, running three-legged races, and, yes, playing drinking games like flip-cup (a competitive activity I can actually get behind)
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Mimi Montgomery
6 years
Got a letter addressed to @JeffBezos at @washingtonian today, so if anyone sees him in the office, let me know
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Mimi Montgomery
3 months
👀SCOOP from me 👀 Washington Post CEO Will Lewis has purchased a $7 million Georgetown home
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Ah, another day in my 350-square-foot kingdom
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
“Ugh, he lives in Shirlington. Maybe I’ll cancel.” -Overheard via a girl showing her friend a Bumble match at happy hour
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Mimi Montgomery
5 years
Meet my houseguest for the weekend. He is very tired because this morning he singlehandedly defended my block from what I’m sure would have been the very terrifying and destructive reign of two four-inch-tall, geriatric dachshunds
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Mimi Montgomery
2 years
Introducing the newest member of the fam — Ziggy Stardust aka Ziggy!! ❤️💫 Plz plz plz drop all your puppy potty training recs below 😑
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Black-Owned Box just launched and is a line of curated gift boxes filled with products by Black makers and artisans from the DC area:
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Mimi Montgomery
4 years
Hi folks — I’ll be out covering part of the protests today for @washingtonian Heading down to the Lincoln Memorial and a crowd of folks just got off the Foggy Bottom metro with signs in-hand. There are vendors selling Black Lives Matter tshirts and masks
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