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DemJones on Aug 23, 2022 8:01 AM
Progressives must NOT sit out this year's midterm elections! This election is far too important, both for the party and the country. Make sure to get involved these next two months - volunteer at a phone bank, write post cards supporting… See Comments
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Opinion

The He-Man Woman-Hater’s Club

September 17, 2024
When I was in 4th grade, my classmates played a crude game we called “War.” Boys lined up on one side of the playground, girls on the other. At a signal, both sides ran headfirst towards… Read More

Happy Warriors (And Why We Need Them)

September 17, 2024
“Does anybody remember laughter?” So uttered singer Robert Plant during a Led Zeppelin show at Madison Square Garden in 1976. Yes, it’s pretty 70s cringe (as even Plant admits), but… Read More

The Longest Year

September 17, 2024
I was at a gathering recently where several people noted how stressed they were about the upcoming election and wondering how long they could get through another 70 or so days of whatever THIS is. We… Read More

Beware The Coming Shenanigans

September 17, 2024
We’ve been here before. In 2016, Hillary Clinton was in position to beat Donald Trump. The polls looked good. Then, James Comey announced that the FBI was re-opening an investigation into her… Read More

Mass Deportation: The Cruelty Is The Point

September 17, 2024
A big focus of Trump’s campaign, and by extension the Project 2025 agenda he plans to enact, are the immediate deportations of up to 12 million undocumented immigrants. He’s promised that… Read More

The Need for Background Checks on Candidates

July 18, 2024
For almost 250 years, our elected officials have run for office more or less on the “honor system.” The only legal requirements to run include being a natural born citizen, being a… Read More

Won’t Get Fooled Again (Or Will We?)

July 18, 2024
In September of 2016, candidate Hillary Clinton appeared to suffer some kind of health event while campaigning. The media tore into it like a pack of hyenas and pumped out story after story about… Read More

(Way, Way) Back To the Future

July 12, 2024
The conservative members of the Supreme Court have been busy of late with their trebuchet (popular in the 6th century), doing their level-best to launch us back to eras past. It began in 2010 with… Read More
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TODAY: Republican Larry Hogan Holds Fundraiser with Former Maryland Officials Who Tried to Ban Abortion

September 19, 2024
Anti-abortion rights extremists continue to see Hogan as key to Republicans retaking control of the Senate Republican Larry Hogan is holding a fundraiser today alongside former Maryland officials… Read More

Maryland Leaders Blast Republican Larry Hogan for Putting Donald Trump and Republican Party Before Maryland

September 19, 2024
New reporting exposes then-Governor Hogan’s repeated attempts to block efforts to hold the Trump Administration accountable Maryland leaders are blasting Republican Larry Hogan following new… Read More

Governor Moore Increases Procurement Goal for Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Program Participants

From: Maryland Governor Wes Moore​
September 18, 2024
ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Wes Moore September 18, 2024 announced that the Governor's Office of Small, Minority and Women Business Affairs has increased the Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise… Read More

New Reporting: “Candidate Hogan’s Words on Trump Don’t Match His Record”

September 17, 2024
Republican Larry Hogan’s campaign rhetoric doesn’t match his real record of blocking efforts to hold Donald Trump accountable, according to new reporting from the Baltimore Banner. IN… Read More

Governor Moore Announces Second-Straight Record Month for BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport

From: Maryland Governor Wes Moore​
September 16, 2024
ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Wes Moore September 16, 2024 announced that July 2024 marked the second consecutive month of record-breaking passenger traffic at Baltimore/Washington International (BWI)… Read More