#BreakingNews US Rep from Maryland, Elijah Cummings has died at age 68
Sadly, one of America’s great legislators has left us. RIP Elijah Cummings. His profile at Roll Call epitomizes the nature and grace of Cummings: “I don’t have to be in top leadership to feed my soul,”...
View ArticleRepresentative Elijah Cummings, 1951-2019
Representative Elijah Cummings, long a powerful voice for civil rights, for human rights, and for simple justice in all its forms, has died. As the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee,...
View ArticleBaltimore's new mayor reverses course and announces he'll seek full term next...
Jack Young announced Tuesday that he would seek his first full term as mayor of Baltimore next year rather than go with his original plan to run for his old job as president of the City Council.Young...
View ArticleIn grief and gratitude: A condolence card for the family of Elijah Cummings
The late Congressman Elijah Cummings will be honored this week in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. before being laid to rest on Friday, October 25.Campaign ActionHe was a giant, a champion, and a voice...
View ArticleMaryland AG Sues Slumlord Jared Kushner's Company
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh yesterday filed a civil suit against Westminster Management, a company owned by Jared Kushner and other Kushner family members, along with 25 other companies that...
View ArticleMaya Rockeymoore Cummings announces run for her late husband's House seat
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the chair of the Maryland Democratic Party and the widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, will run for her husband’s seat. “I am, of course, devastated at the loss of my...
View ArticleBreaking: Ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Indicted On 11 Counts of Fraud...
This morning, a federal grand jury indicted former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh on 11 counts for fraud and tax evasion as a result of her Healthy Holly children’s book scandal. The indictment...
View ArticleI Voted "No" on Maryland's Annual Draft Climate Change Commission Report:...
Dear Citizens and Elected Officials, and If It May Please the Court:I had no prior intent, your Honor, in even “being there,” much less voting “No” on the annual draft Maryland Climate Change...
View ArticleMelania gets booed by middle school and high school kids during opioid...
The Trumps are not well liked by the majority of the country. Yes, there are a ton of really duped angry, predominantly scared and racist people who worship at the cult of whiteness and charlatanism,...
View ArticleMaryland lawmaker crafting bill that would ban new private immigration...
A member of Maryland’s House of Delegates said he’s currently working on a bill that would ban new private immigration detention facilities in the state and phase out existing ones by 2021. “Maryland...
View ArticleBaltimore County Judge Rules in Favor of Jared Kushner and Against His Tenants
Yesterday a Baltimore County judge granted summary judgment in favor of Westminster Management, owned by Jared Kushner, in a law suit brought by Kushner's tenants. The tenants had alleged that Kushner...
View ArticleWho Can Unite the Democrats - and stop "The Right"? And Upon Which Passionate...
Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:Michael Tomasky, the main New York Review of Books (NYRB) political commentator, writes in “Who Can Unite the Democrats?” (December 5, 2019 print edition) that...
View ArticleToo Little, Too Late: Maryland Gov. "Larry" Hogan's Green House Gas Reduction...
January 10, 2020Comments on the Draft Green House Gas Reduction Act Report from 2019Submitted by Bill of RightsAt the Frostburg State University HearingDear Governor Hogan, MDE Officials, Citizens and...
View ArticleEV Tuesday: Solar-Powered Trash-Collecting Barges
Sometimes, you look at Good News, and just say, "Wow". Assuming you can get the news, which is what we are here for. The Ocean Cleanup aims to clean up 90% of ocean plastic pollution with a thousand...
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Jamie Raskin (D-MD): "[T]here are now banana Republicans who will follow him...
Washington Post:Rep. Raskin criticizes ‘banana Republicans’ for not standing up to TrumpRep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) criticized “banana Republicans” Friday for not standing up to Trump regarding...
View ArticleIMPORTANT: CA, DC, MD, MA & WA residents can still #GetCovered via Special...
With all the concern over the rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic and how uninsured people in particular can be expected have to pay for testing and treatment of the disease, it’s important to note...
View ArticleMore Actions in Maryland
Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan and Maryland Education Secretary Karen Salmon held a press conference a little while ago that hubby and I just listened to. Hogan got easily re-elected in a...
View ArticleEDIT: Maryland Closes All Nonessential Businesses
Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan, the chairman of the national governors’ conference, just announced that all nonessential businesses in Maryland must close, effective 5 p.m. today.He said a...
View ArticleDC-MD-DE-VA farms respond to food needs
Another creative response to the problem with food stores.Community supported ag operations and farm markets in the DC-Maryland-Delaware-Virginia area have gone online with a vendor map.After all,...
View Article11 States + DC have launched Special Enrollment Periods. It's time for HC.gov...
CALIFORNIA: You have until June 30th at CoveredCA.com:Effective Friday, March 20, Covered California opened the health insurance exchange to any eligible uninsured individuals who need health care...
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