Veteran Democratic congressman retires from safely blue seat in Maryland
Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes announced Thursday that he would not seek a 10th term representing Maryland's 3rd District next year, a decision that came two months after he indicated he would in fact...
View ArticleGeoffrey Grammer Hits Grand Slam with U.S. House Campaign Launch Video with a...
Hi this is Kylie Brown, Grassroots Outreach Director for Geoffrey Grammer for U.S. Congress. Geoffrey asked me to write his first entry into our DailyKos diary, because he knows it will take a massive...
View ArticleCapitol police officer who protected Congress on Jan. 6 launches bid to join it
Retired Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn announced Friday that he was joining the busy Democratic primary in the race to succeed retiring Rep. John Sarbanes, a declaration that came one day ahead of...
View ArticleIt's the End of the World as we Know It - Earthquakes in NYC and Rockville, MD
When I was in my senior year of college, I was in my room and it felt like a truck hit our house. Found out later it was a 5.0 earthquake, whose epicenter was around 65 miles away.34 years ago today,...
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Top Comments: RIP Baltimore Sun
Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by...
View ArticleBaltimore Sun is latest media casualty to fall under right-wing ownership
Back in its heyday, when The Baltimore Sun ran eight foreign bureaus around the world, the newspaper boasted in a 1963 ad that “The Sun never sets on the world.” By 2008, the struggling newspaper had...
View ArticleMaryland will host three open House races after veteran Democrat announces...
Democratic Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger announced Friday that he would not seek a 12th term in Maryland's 2nd Congressional District, a suburban Baltimore constituency that favored Joe Biden 59-39 in 2020....
View ArticleMorning Digest: Why the GOP's big new Senate recruit is a longshot
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View ArticleMaryland Healthcare for Immigrants Bill Zooms out of the House and Heads to...
Lacking access to healthcare coverage and facing exorbitant care expenses, immigrants throughout Maryland are unable to seek preventive and routine medical attention due to current prohibitions in the...
View ArticleMD-Sen: "Moderate" Larry Hogan (R) Won't Commit To Federal Protections For IVF
From Axios:Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), running for Senate in the state, would not commit Thursday to voting for federal IVF protections.Why it matters: Republicans have largely argued IVF...
View ArticleJewish Marylanders, Please Sign This Letter Supporting Sen Van Hollen
I received an email from a Jewish friend today. She explained that a number of Maryland rabbis (80+ at last count) had recently sent a letter to our very own Senator Chris Van Hollen angrily...
View ArticleBreaking -- Key Bridge in Baltimore Collapses After Ship Strike!
UPDATE: Tuesday, Mar 26, 2024 · 11:09:19 AM +00:00 · Irontortoise While many of the initial news reports are highlighting the impact this disaster will have on road traffic, particularly commuters in...
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Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a ship causing the bridge to collapse
Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after ship struck it, sending vehicles into waterA portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a large boat collided with it...
View ArticleThe Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed
Breaking news: The BBC is reporting that the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River after a cargo ship collided with a support column on the bridge.There are no reports of...
View ArticleBaltimore bridge tragedy spurs empathy from Biden, blame from GOP
President Joe Biden spoke briefly on Tuesday about the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, referring to it as “a terrible accident” and promising federal support. A container ship rammed...
View ArticleFriendly Warning to the Fertile Americans.
There has been a tendency in modern times that a surefire symptom of a country sliding into dictatorship is stripping women of any personal rights. As most of us know, the attack on reproductive...
View ArticleA tale of two House candidates: Jan. 6 felon and Jan. 6 hero
Settle in for a tale of two candidates for Congress who were on opposite sides during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Derrick Evans is an unapologetic “J6” felon who forced his way into...
View ArticleMorning Digest: How Democrats plan to end 30 years of GOP rule in...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: A major endorsement could shake up Maryland's Senate primary
The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcastEmbedded...
View ArticleMaryland Is Scaring Me
I lived in Maryland for most of my life. Occasionally I wrote to my congressional representatives, and I always voted even though I knew it didn’t make much difference in safely blue Maryland.For the...
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