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I love Baltimore

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Creative force Rita Collins left Baltimore after graduating high school. Now, after exploring the world and launching a mobile book van in Montana, she’s spreading her love of reading in the city she left behind.

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JUST IN: Federal judge in Baltimore extends PFLAG TRO blocking Trump's effort to cut off funds to hospitals and others who provide transgender-related treatment to people under 19. TRO which was due to expire tomorrow now runs thru March 5, Judge Brendan Hurson rules.

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Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

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The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.

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The DC press turns every story into a win or loss for the president. That's particularly nuts on a night like tonight when the House just voted to take food from millions of kids.

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The impact of inhumane policies, savage defunding, and refusal to pay costs already incurred. Baltimore-based Global Refuge lays off more than half its staff - The Baltimore Banner www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

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Rented scooter and bike use spreading beyond Baltimore’s “White L” Advocates say the trend shows the success of the City’s efforts to promote dockless devices not just as recreational rides, but as a practical means of commuting to work or running errands

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"After about 15 minutes in the kitchen, agents led the cooks outside the restaurant and into a car ... some of whom had families and young kids, before inspecting their documents. None of the restaurant’s staff have heard from the three employees since."

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"Baltimore City Council just passed a resolution urging the state to pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act and the Maryland Data Privacy Act, both of which are aimed at protecting immigrants" — @emilyopilo.bsky.social

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"'We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s properties,' said Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite and military veteran who supplied the flag and helped hang it." www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

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Himes: "It just looks like an episode of The Sopranos. 'Give us your minerals or we're not gonna help you fight a bloody butcher.' I mean, is this really we want the greatest country in history to be known for -- some mafia thing? ... this president is standing with the bad guy"

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Visited the Baltimore Museum of Art briefly yesterday with the Charm City Camera Group. Our assignment for this photo walk was to take images in black & white. #photography

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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This land was made for you and me

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After recent cold snap, good day to run some errands by bike, which never fails to lead an appreciation of colorful quirky Baltimore. It’s also a sign that spring is coming when folks here are leaning out their rowhouse apartment windows to chat up people on the sidewalk :)

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yeah!!! It finally came out! An article about the traveling bookstore in Baltimore Magazine (March2025 issue). Grab a copy if you can. Or just be excited with me to get the bookstore story out into the Maryland area. Thanks to the folks that made this article happen. @baltimoremagazine.com

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A profile of Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's top officer, who spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet, & whom current Defense Secretary and former Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth fired tonight.

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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

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So an open threat against a sovereign state. Where are all my “state’s rights” people?

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"Balto [City] Dems nominated Sean Stinnett...to fill a House of Del vacancy...[He's] married to Tammy Stinnett...chair of the Balto City Dem State Central Cmte & the longest-tenured emp at Harris Jones & Malone, a high-powered lobbying firm. [She] was 1 of 5 'yes' votes on her husband’s nomination."

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The group, including mayors from Boston, San Francisco, Baltimore, St. Louis and Cleveland, says Trump's NIH cuts would "undermine scientific progress in American cities."

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One of the things I like most about my job is that I can learn about issues that I had no idea even existed. Medical debt liens on someone's home??? It's crazy to me that we've been allowing this. And now we can stop it -- contact your Maryland legislators! econaction.org/debt-reform/...

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Prime example of the cruelty being the point.

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I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

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I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important: Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?

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Building upon his 14 years at the Baltimore Museum of History, Burkert’s accessible history toggles between a 20,000-foot view of the century’s key people, events, and trends and down-to-earth anecdotes that bring city life to, well, life.

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Spotted at Baltimore, Maryland, protest 💙

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Building upon his 14 years at the Baltimore Museum of History, Burkert’s accessible history toggles between a 20,000-foot view of the century’s key people, events, and trends and down-to-earth anecdotes that bring city life to, well, life.

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Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Jim Acosta: I think the AP should consider whether or not to sue the administration… and the rest of the press corps should start seriously considering whether it’s worth sending everyone into the Oval Office, onto Air Force One, or into the briefing room.

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“Baltimore is the only place in Maryland where a parent with a car and a flexible work schedule — or the income to pay for a private driver — are necessary in order to get to school on time consistently.”

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In coordination with the “No Kings on Presidents Day” rallies around the country, Baltimoreans braved the cold to protest the policies of President Donald Trump and the dismantlement of the federal government by billionaire Elon Musk.

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In a couple of weeks, I am supposed to be at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, talking about how we prevent future pandemics. This administration is dismantling the frontline and upstream expertise that will keep pathogens of pandemic potential at bay.

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It is an extraordinary honor to receive a George Polk Award in Local Reporting for our coverage of Baltimore's overdose crisis, published by @thebaltimorebanner.com and @nytimes.com Local Investigations Fellowship. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

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One of the coolest stories unfolding in Baltimore: After first struggling to find his post-football footing, former Raven All-Pro Trevor Pryce created a successful Netflix series and now has built a live-action animation studio in the old Hoen Lithograph building.

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One of the coolest stories unfolding in Baltimore: After first struggling to find his post-football footing, former Raven All-Pro Trevor Pryce created a successful Netflix series and now has built a live-action animation studio in the old Hoen Lithograph building.

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New: 7 more massage therapists accuse Ravens’ Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior, bringing the number to 16 women at 8 different spas www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...

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Many good things happening in Baltimore, including big 41% drop in homicides. Talked with a variety of civic leaders about the city's future for our Feb. cover story—most sounding "cautiously optimistic." (Of course that was before Trump/Musk threw the very stability of the country into question.)

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Many good things happening in Baltimore, including big 41% drop in homicides. Talked with a variety of civic leaders about the city's future for our Feb. cover story—most sounding "cautiously optimistic." (Of course that was before Trump/Musk threw the very stability of the country into question.)

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