Voting in the Democratic Primary – Here’s What You Need to Know
No matter which of the Democratic candidates you support, if you want to vote for them in the Democratic Primary, here’s what you need to know.First and foremost, check that your name and current...
View ArticleDonna Edwards' Support for the LGBTQ Community
Every once in a while, you get to campaign for your dream candidate. Someone who shares your values on every level, someone with integrity, someone whom you know is “unbought and unbossed,” who is...
View ArticleRep. Delaney (and Presidential candidates): We Need a New, Updated Civilian...
Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:I've just returned from handing my Congressman, John Delaney (D, D-6, Maryland) the proposal which follows below. He was on a constituent outreach effort in...
View ArticleHillary Well Ahead in Maryland
A new poll out of Maryland...the Goucher Poll...which I admit I have never heard of before... Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former secretary of state, leads in the Goucher Poll, with 43 percent, followed...
View ArticleMaryland Republicans take a page from North Carolina on voter suppression
The Republican majority on the Montgomery County, Maryland board of elections is using the same playbook as North Carolin Republicans, apparently. They've decided to close two early voting sites in...
View ArticlePOTUS Declares New Marine Sanctuaries in Maryland & Lake Michigan
(photo credit: Michael Oberman)From Think Progress: Monday, President Obama announced plans to create two sanctuaries — one in Maryland’s Potomac River, and another in Lake Michigan — which would...
View ArticleBen Carson is a liar
Funny thing about Ben "Godwin" Carson's deeply moving and personal (cough BULLSHIT) story that he used to explain his own experience with gun violence is, as one could have expected, bullshit.To recap,...
View ArticleAnti-abortion groups approve members on Planned Parenthood committee, but...
Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards testifies at congressional hearing The Republicans insist that the select committee they've created to investigate Planned Parenthood will be not be political. At...
View ArticleUpdated; Occupy Reports: #BLM Occupies Baltimore City Hall
"All night, all day, we will fight for Freddie Gray!" the activists chanted amid calls to postpone the vote. "No justice, no peace!" [(see update below)] In the city where Freddie Gray died at the...
View ArticleMD-Sen: Donna Edwards (D) Goes After Partisan Gerrymandering
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Donna Edwards' (D. MD) U.S. Senate campaign: Congress is broken. And it’s because politicians across America draw congressional districts based solely on partisan...
View ArticleMD-SEN: New Poll has Progressive Donna Edwards up 10!
A new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll out this morning has us leading our establishment-backed opponent by 10 points, 38-28.This is proof: Progressives are beating the establishment!You’re...
View ArticleUS SEN-MD: Cummings might jump in and he would be the favorite.
US Rep. Elijah Cummings might jump into the competitive primary to determine who will possibly fill the seat of US Senator Barbara Mikulski who is retiring at the end of this term. He is planning to...
View ArticleMD-SEN: Donna Edwards for Senate
Please rec Donna Edwards' latest diary& support her campaign.Why I'm running for Senate• Daily Kos endorses Donna Edwards for Senate in Maryland• Carol Moseley Braun'The Dean of Senate Women' Is...
View Article"We're better than that!" Thank you Rep. Elijah Cummings
There are many moments that will stand out for me, from the 10 hour abusive bullying "Benghazi hearing" circus conducted by Republicans which attempted to break former Secretary of State Hillary...
View ArticleMD-SEN: Rep. Elijah Cummings considering bid for Senate
Well, this is news: Cummings' performance in Thursday's hearing has many wondering whether he will make a bid for Maryland's open U.S. Senate seat in 2016. He was coy, however, about his future...
View ArticleLGBT History -- Stonewall, Baltimore-style, 1955
I am from Baltimore, born and bred. My mother's side of the family was 100% Polish and 100% East Baltimore. So I was living in Baltimore in 1955 although I was only 5 years old at the time. For...
View ArticleMD matters; MD-Sen matters; Donna Edwards matters; this month-end matters
Helping Donna Edwards now matters for the reasons below.Maryland is an important state. Reasons include: MD hosts NSA headquarters, residences of many Washington DC movers and shakers, House Dem #2...
View ArticleThis week in science: the blimp has landed
New Horizons waves bye-bye to Pluto, 15 minutes after encounter. There's enough science in that one shot to keep a 100 astronomy grad students cracking away on their dissertations. There have from...
View ArticleSkin In The Game. In which I announce...
With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the tea party. But I am worried about where some of the loudest voices in the room could take the Democratic Party....
View ArticleMD-Sen: Now That We Know The Full Text Of The TPP, Edwards (D) Steps Up The...
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Donna Edwards' (D. MD) U.S. Senate campaign: The public has been given the full text of the TPP -- finally. I can tell you from what I've seen so far: this is...
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