Four Hostages Seized at Baltimore Burger King. UPDATE -- Everyone is Safe;...
An armed suspected rapist has seized four hostages at a Baltimore Burger King, including a 7 year old girl. If this standoff ends badly, the NRA will have more blood on its hands for fighting for laws...
View ArticleBaltimore is 0 for 4 in the Freddie Gray cop trials
Lt. Brian Rice, the highest-ranking police officer charged in the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, was acquitted today in a bench trial presided over by Circuit Judge Barry Williams. Rice...
View ArticleBreaking News: Charges against Remaining Officers in Freddie Gray Case Dropped.
From the Baltimore Sun:Charges against the remaining three Baltimore Police Officers in the Freddie Gray case were dropped Wednesday morning.The decision was announced at the start of a pretrial...
View ArticleBaltimore Sun Poll finds Clinton and Van Hollen with large leads in Maryland
A Baltimore Sun poll published in that newspaper this morning finds Clinton and Van Hollen both enjoying large leads in Maryland. The poll found Clinton leading Trump 54% to 25%, and Democratic...
View ArticlePhonebanking: Maryland
Today was my first day phonebanking this campaign. I Just wanted to put in my first thoughts and encourage anyone who is thinking of volunteering to do it.I know a lot of you volunteer but maybe some...
View ArticleReports of rape are tossed before they are even investigated in Baltimore County
Last month the Justice Department released a rather “scathing and damning” report on the City of Baltimore’s Police Department that had—has—to be read to be believed. The report detailed myriad ways...
View ArticlePhonebanking: Maryland Part II
When I get frustrated and I refresh the polls so much the button stops working, and I’ve given money until I am wondering what is left in my kids piggy banks (just kidding), I realize I need to...
View ArticleThe Historic Librarian: Carla Hayden
I know that I typically have been blogging about volunteering leading up to election day, BUT I would like to also emphasize something I thought was important, eventually I’ll start breaking down some...
View ArticleHow low expectations for the GOP make being a Republican Gov. so easy.
Has anyone noticed how being a partially sane Republican Gov. is the ticket to really high approval ratings.Look at Baker in MA and Hogan in MD. They are social liberals, and don’t say crazy stuff...
View ArticleBaltimore Sun Endorses Hillary Clinton
This morning’s Baltimore Sun contains a full page editorial endorsing Hillary Clinton for President. The editorial begins by admitting, “you are not surprised by that.” The Sun has endorsed the...
View ArticleThe difference between High Speed rail and Very high speed rail
There is a lot of talk about high speed trains in the USA. These are actually three different types of project.High Speed Rail schemes are schemes which improve existing lines. The effect of these...
View ArticleToday is the First Day of Early Voting in Maryland! Let's Send a Message To...
Today's the big day in Maryland! Two of my friends in Maryland were so eager to vote they went to their early voting polling location a week early! I wish more Democratic voters would show that kind of...
View ArticleFracking Facts-on-the-Ground in Western Maryland, and the Rest of the State
Dear Senate President Miller, House Speaker Busch, Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs, and Members of the House Environment and Transportation Committee, and other distinguished members of the...
View ArticleMaryland Elections - Live Blog
I’m putting up a live blog for Marylanders to add their comments as the election returns come in.Hillary Clinton is expected to carry Maryland easily, but after the fiasco of 2014 when the relative few...
View ArticleMD's GOP Gov. Hogan rejects Trump, gets positive approval ratings. It's a start.
Gov. Larry Hogan had one bar to clear: Will he refuse to vote for Caligula for a four-year gig playing hackeysack with the Nuclear Football? This example of the soft bigotry of low expectations needed...
View ArticleA Look Five Years Into the Future and It's Pretty Bright
Today is a rough day. Even rougher than 2004. But we are now entrusted with an awesome responsibility—defending the Constitution and our system from the inevitable overreaches of Donald Trump—as the...
View ArticleHundreds of High School Students in Our Community Protest Trump
While in the car running errands today, I got an excited call from my 16-year-old daughter. She said a large number of kids in her school, Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD, had planned...
View ArticleFracking's "Divine Right" from Creative Destruction (Address to the Western...
Dear Senator Edwards & the entire Western MD Delegation*:For my framing of the issues before us with Fracking in Western, MD, which should be banned statewide in Annapolis this coming session, I...
View ArticleWilbur Ross: The Billionaire Who Destroyed Jobs In Baltimore May Be the...
On a beautiful Sunday nine days before the election, my wife and I decided to hike in beautiful Marshy Point Park, situated between two relatively pristine estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. On the way,...
View Article170 House Dems Just Called on Trump to Fire Steve Bannon. Which 20 Didn't Join?
Last Wednesday, Rep. David Cicilline (RI-01) organized a letter from him and 169 other House Democrats calling on Donald Trump to fire Breitbart publisher and newly appointed chief Trump White House...
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