MD-05: Steny Hoyer's (D) Primary Challenger Rips Him A New One On Twitter For...
Sorry I haven’t written anything in a while. I’ve been pretty busy. Anyway, you all know this happened today:House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that nothing he saw in special...
View ArticleSeven shot, one dead in West Baltimore
This just appeared on my twitter feed: xOn the scene of a reported shooting, with scanner reports indicating as many as seven victims near a Baltimore church on Edmundson Avenue. Police have...
View ArticleSenator Chris Van Hollen (D) Maryland Calls for AG Barr’s Resignation.
xFor anyone out there who still doubted it, Mueller’s letter shows that Attorney General Barr has always been the chief propagandist for President Trump. His four page letter totally misled...
View ArticleMaryland judges deny Baltimore State Attorney's request to dismiss 5,000...
Maryland decriminalized possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana in 2014. A big part of the push was the fact that while black and white citizens use and sell “illegal” drugs at roughly the same...
View ArticleTop Comments: A Visit to Annapolis
Last week, as we were visiting the Baltimore/Washington area, my first home and old stomping grounds, we made a trip to Annapolis. The trip started at the Maryland State Archives, as I wanted to look...
View ArticleSupreme Court undermines free and fair elections by refusing to limit...
On Thursday, the Supreme Court dealt a historic defeat to redistricting reformers when it ruled 5-4 along ideological lines that challenges to partisan gerrymandering could not be adjudicated under the...
View ArticleBaltimore's new mayor changes course and says he may run for a full term...
Reversing course, Democrat Jack Young told the Baltimore Sun last week that he is now considering seeking a full term as mayor of Baltimore in 2020.Young was elected from his post as City Council...
View ArticleI feel we have hit a turning point with the "send her back". We will hit...
So the public is split 45-45 impeachment with 10% undecided/whatever/ambivalent in daily kos civiq polls. Robert Mueller juxtaposed with “send her back” connected will break the independents to be...
View ArticleMeanwhile, in Montgomery County, Maryland
I less-than-three my County Executive, Marc Elrich. For signing and issuing this: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OPI/Resources/Files/2019/MC-executive_order_135-19.pdf (tl:dr read version: Stops...
View ArticleBaltimore Rising
Baltimore residents, leaders, and decent folks from all walks of life are forcefully striking back at trump’s despicable racist attack on Rep. Elija Cummings and the city of Baltimore earlier today....
View ArticleElijah Cummings at Age 11 had Courage
Unlike the occupant in the White House, Elijah Cummings was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His grandfather was a sharecropper in South Carolina, and his father Robert as a child often had...
View ArticleOpen thread for night owls: Baltimore Sun punches back
John Nichols at The Nation writes—A Local Newspaper Just Put a Vile President in His Place:The Baltimore Sun has faced all the challenges that have plagued urban dailies in recent decades. Its staff is...
View ArticleEveryone on twitter read emerson poll. Texas is toss up. Links included
We can do this! We need all hands on deck with the best case scenario turnout candidate plus maximum Anti-Trump/GOP/Mcconnell public going against those who condone Trump. Trump is toxic everywhere...
View ArticleHow to appeal to everyone else who is capable of outpowering Trump's 40% firm...
Be crystal clear that ANY American who cares about evidence based policy having consequences on hardworking good American people will appreciate the facts on why Trump deserves impeachment in a way...
View ArticleTrump slammed Baltimore as rat-infested months after he tried to slash city's...
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Baltimore as “rat and rodent infested” just got even better as an encapsulation of Trump’s vicious governing style. The Baltimore Sun reports, “In March, the White House...
View ArticleIn MD, Solar Farms struggle with the symbolism and myths of Farmers and...
Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:Introduction:I am hoping that what follows below — an editorial by a solar industry advocate in Maryland, and my own reaction to it — will be relevant to many other...
View ArticleDiscovery! Baltimore’s Big Oil Lawsuit Set To Pry Open Industry’s Denial...
There has been a rash of good courtroom news lately: Trump’s bid to end the lawsuit over him selling off National Monuments was squashed, the opposition to eminent domain for pipelines was emboldened,...
View Article4th Circuit to reconsider emoluments case against Trump
Previously:In a joint filing, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine asked all of the judges sitting on the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S....
View ArticleRep. Elijah Cummings (D) has passed away at age 68
This morning, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) has passed away at the age of 68. He represented the 7th Congressional District of Maryland since April 16th, 1996 and was a member of the Maryland House of...
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