Bridget Todd

Welcome to another episode of It Can Happen Here. I am your guest co-host, Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. I'm joined by the lovely Molly, host of award-winning podcast on Cool Zone, Weird Little Guys. Molly, how you doing? Great. Glad to be here, Bridget.

Welcome to another episode of It Can Happen Here. I am your guest co-host, Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. I'm joined by the lovely Molly, host of award-winning podcast on Cool Zone, Weird Little Guys. Molly, how you doing? Great. Glad to be here, Bridget.

Welcome to another episode of It Can Happen Here. I am your guest co-host, Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. I'm joined by the lovely Molly, host of award-winning podcast on Cool Zone, Weird Little Guys. Molly, how you doing? Great. Glad to be here, Bridget.

Okay, so I wish we were here to talk about all the exciting stuff going on in your life, but I wanted to bring this topic to the It Could Happen Here audience because I live in the district. I know you're a Virginia gal, so you might know a little bit more about how it works in the district than your average person, but...

Okay, so I wish we were here to talk about all the exciting stuff going on in your life, but I wanted to bring this topic to the It Could Happen Here audience because I live in the district. I know you're a Virginia gal, so you might know a little bit more about how it works in the district than your average person, but...

Okay, so I wish we were here to talk about all the exciting stuff going on in your life, but I wanted to bring this topic to the It Could Happen Here audience because I live in the district. I know you're a Virginia gal, so you might know a little bit more about how it works in the district than your average person, but...

I don't know that people really understand what is happening to residents of the District of Columbia like myself. So I live in D.C. I've lived here for most of my life. I have a lot of like hometown pride. This is not just where I happen to live. It's like my city, my home. You know what I mean?

I don't know that people really understand what is happening to residents of the District of Columbia like myself. So I live in D.C. I've lived here for most of my life. I have a lot of like hometown pride. This is not just where I happen to live. It's like my city, my home. You know what I mean?

I don't know that people really understand what is happening to residents of the District of Columbia like myself. So I live in D.C. I've lived here for most of my life. I have a lot of like hometown pride. This is not just where I happen to live. It's like my city, my home. You know what I mean?

It's true, right? It's something that infuriates me. And so, you know, the first thing to know about D.C. is that it's not a state. So that means that what happens federally has a huge impact on the day-to-day minutia of the life of people like me who live in the district. If you don't live in the district,

It's true, right? It's something that infuriates me. And so, you know, the first thing to know about D.C. is that it's not a state. So that means that what happens federally has a huge impact on the day-to-day minutia of the life of people like me who live in the district. If you don't live in the district,

It's true, right? It's something that infuriates me. And so, you know, the first thing to know about D.C. is that it's not a state. So that means that what happens federally has a huge impact on the day-to-day minutia of the life of people like me who live in the district. If you don't live in the district,

When it comes to decisions about how your local tax dollars are spent, that usually lies with your state and local leaders. That's not really the case for me and the other over half a million residents of the district. All of this is made worse by the fact that we are essentially disenfranchised, just like you said, right?

When it comes to decisions about how your local tax dollars are spent, that usually lies with your state and local leaders. That's not really the case for me and the other over half a million residents of the district. All of this is made worse by the fact that we are essentially disenfranchised, just like you said, right?

When it comes to decisions about how your local tax dollars are spent, that usually lies with your state and local leaders. That's not really the case for me and the other over half a million residents of the district. All of this is made worse by the fact that we are essentially disenfranchised, just like you said, right?

All of this stuff is playing out in our home, like all of these big national conversations are happening in our own backyard, and we arguably have less electoral power and agency because we aren't a state. Fun fact, D.C. residents only got the right to vote in 1961 in presidential elections. What? I know. I didn't know that.

All of this stuff is playing out in our home, like all of these big national conversations are happening in our own backyard, and we arguably have less electoral power and agency because we aren't a state. Fun fact, D.C. residents only got the right to vote in 1961 in presidential elections. What? I know. I didn't know that.

All of this stuff is playing out in our home, like all of these big national conversations are happening in our own backyard, and we arguably have less electoral power and agency because we aren't a state. Fun fact, D.C. residents only got the right to vote in 1961 in presidential elections. What? I know. I didn't know that.

We have not been voting in presidential elections for very long when you think about it in the fullness of time. So when people are like, oh, you know, call your congressperson, call your elected official to oppose X, Y, Z, we really have, like, nobody to call. Our congressional representative, Eleanor Holmes Norton, cannot vote on bills that are being considered by the full House.

We have not been voting in presidential elections for very long when you think about it in the fullness of time. So when people are like, oh, you know, call your congressperson, call your elected official to oppose X, Y, Z, we really have, like, nobody to call. Our congressional representative, Eleanor Holmes Norton, cannot vote on bills that are being considered by the full House.