Politics
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CM Stewart wants to be kind, bold, and resist? She needs to write for Clean Slate MoCo!
Read more: CM Stewart wants to be kind, bold, and resist? She needs to write for Clean Slate MoCo!The electoral earthquake we all felt November 5 has had its predictable reactions. Personally, I’m not overly charmed by the degree of vindication we see in some (certainly not all) pro-Trump channels. After all, the GOP victors must be gracious to their opponents, and they certainly must avoid the hubris and dismissiveness the progressives have…
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How President-Elect Donald Trump Can Still Win Maryland’s 10 Electoral College Votes — Thanks (In Part) to Former State Senator Jamie Raskin
Read more: How President-Elect Donald Trump Can Still Win Maryland’s 10 Electoral College Votes — Thanks (In Part) to Former State Senator Jamie RaskinPresident-elect Donald Trump could still win Maryland’s 10 Electoral College votes from the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Yes, you read that right. It would be a result of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV), a movement that seeks to “nullify the Electoral College in favor of a direct election of the president, but it only…
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With Marc Elrich Termed Out of the County Exec Race in 2026, Who Aims for the Throne?
Read more: With Marc Elrich Termed Out of the County Exec Race in 2026, Who Aims for the Throne?With the overwhelming passage of additional term limits on the County Executive position in Montgomery County, MD, the 2026 election season is shaping up to be more interesting, at least locally. This is because the incumbent, career politician and “Democratic Socialists of America” member Marc Elrich is now term limited and cannot run for a third…
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The ‘Why’ Behind BOE Endorsements: Esther Wells
Read more: The ‘Why’ Behind BOE Endorsements: Esther WellsWe sat down with Esther Wells, who has been extremely active in the community as it relates to the Board of Education, to learn more about what informed her selections this year. You recently posted on X your selections for BOE, can you tell us how closely you have been following the election this year?…
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Congressman Raskin’s List of Baffling Votes in the Current U.S. Congress
Read more: Congressman Raskin’s List of Baffling Votes in the Current U.S. CongressCongressman Jamie Raskin (Democrat, representing most of Montgomery County in Maryland’s now less-gerrymandered 8th Congressional District) is going for his 5th term in the “people’s house”, the United States House of Representatives. With election day and (hopefully) election results around the corner, I thought it would be good to take a quick look at how…
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Opponents of ‘Question A’ Turn to Vandalism: Caught on Video
Read more: Opponents of ‘Question A’ Turn to Vandalism: Caught on VideoAfter securing over 20,000 signatures, with 62% being Democrats, the effort to bring term limits to the County Executive position is meeting a new kind of resistance – vandalism. Question A appears on this year’s election ballot and, if it passes, will limit the County Executive to two terms. Reardon Sullivan has reported that over…
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No Coffee with Cuties: CM Barry Jackson
Read more: No Coffee with Cuties: CM Barry JacksonAfter being called an extremist group by Rockville Council Member Barry Jackson, the local Moco chapter of Moms for Liberty extended an invite to meet over coffee. Jackson has not publicly responded to the invite but we were able to get some of his thoughts on the situation. Barry started, “Look, I don’t know which…
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How Did Maryland’s Wes Moore Score on a Fiscal Policy Report Card of State Governors?
Read more: How Did Maryland’s Wes Moore Score on a Fiscal Policy Report Card of State Governors?Maryland Governor (Democrat) Wes Moore is lauded constantly and fawned over by Montgomery County’s statehouse politicians (all one political party adherents) and by his Lieutenant Governor, MoCo / Darnestown, MD resident Aruna Miller. Back in February of this year, here is what MoCo’s career politician / longtime chief executive Marc Elrich issued to the press…
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Stewart, Harris & Zimmerman: White Opportunity Hoarders
Read more: Stewart, Harris & Zimmerman: White Opportunity HoardersOne of the leading concepts promoted by the woke left is opportunity hoarding. Opportunity hoarding is whenprivileged social groups control access to community resources and prevent underprivileged groups from utilizing important resources. Lynne Harris, Laura Stewart and Natalie Zimmerman are all white women running against women of color. Harris is running against Rita Montoya, Stewart…
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Laura Stewart Misses the Point of Campaigning
Read more: Laura Stewart Misses the Point of CampaigningThe board game Game of Life as we know it today was originally published in 1960. My edition at home is from the year ca. 2000, and it certainly shows its age in terms of social norms. Nevertheless, there is one square that is as germane today as it was in 1960: Run for Mayor,…