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John Delaney has positioned himself as a unifier, pledging that as president, he would work to resolve America’s increasing political polarization. - Confused about what's going on in the fight between Larry Hogan and the Democrats over the state budget? Here's what you need to know.
- The populist and virulently anti-American ideals that propelled Donald Trump to the presidency are manifesting themselves in the Democratic Party.
- In Carroll County, commissioner government “Loyalists” repeat and rehash the same myths about charter government. It’s time to put these fables to the test.
- The inspector general at the U.S. Department of Justice plans to review a decision not to build a new headquarters for the FBI in the Washington suburbs.
- Maryland Democrats are deriding Republican Governor Larry Hogan's pledge of bipartisanship as he withholds money intended for Baltimore.
- Cal Thomas lists the questions that should have been asked of the Democratic presidential hopefuls.
- The first Democratic candidate forum was a mish-mash of self promotion with little debate, says Jules Witcover.
- Hillary Clinton's candidacy was an inflection point, because it galvanized not only the GOP's turn toward nationalism but the Democrats' turn toward socialism.
- If you believe in fair elections, you should be disappointed in the Supreme Court's recent decision on gerrymandering.
- Republicans in Congress must address threats to our democracy and help give states the tools and resources they need to protect our elections.
- Robert Reich: The fates of America and the world depend on Democrats' selection of a presidential candidate.
- The Supreme Court failed by allowing gerrymandering to continue.
- Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke and several other notable Democrats need to step up their games or they'll be forgotten contenders in 2020.
- The use of the terms “capitalism” and “socialism” among Democratic candidates for president is in need of an intervention by some political scientists.
- For Carroll County, the U.S. Supreme Court offered a chance to address gerrymandered districts that were drawn to favor Democrats. It didn't deliver.
- We will see if Democrats will allow redistricting reform now that the Supreme Court said it will not take up the issue of gerrymandering.
- This is why the media showed the sad, tragic image of a father and his infant daughter drowned trying to get to the American border.
- Jonah Goldberg: The ongoing confrontation with China highlights the moral blind spot of economic nationalism — on the right and the left.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that federal courts are not the appropriate venue to resolve allegations of partisan gerrymandering.
- It feels like we might have seen the torch of leadership in the 2020 Democratic race seized from Joe Biden on that TV stage in Miami Thursday night.
- The Supreme Court decided that complaints of partisan gerrymandering — including allegations brought in Maryland — should not be resolved by federal courts.
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Forget Russian hackers, the Supreme Court's gerrymandering decision just crippled American democracy
The Supreme Court's decision in redistricting cases out of Maryland and North Carolina removes any obstacles to outright partisan gerrymandering. - Clarence Page: Joe Biden's flip on federal funding for abortions is no worse than Donald Trump's abortion switch.
- NBC’s first Democratic presidential debate Wednesday night was worthy of high praise for its informed and spirited conversation about democracy.
- The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday morning on a high-profile case alleging unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering in Maryland.
- Don't pin immigration woes on the Trump administration when so many Americans refuse to enforce immigration law.
- Here's what we expect to learn from the score of Democratic presidential candidates taking the stage in Miami.
- Letters to the Editor appearing in the June 25 edition of the Carroll County Times.
- It is difficult to see how any citizen can continue supporting a president who uses the abuse of abuse of children as a political tool.
- Maryland Senate President Mike Miller will meet with Gov. Larry Hogan to appeal for millions to fund technology for Baltimore police and school construction.
- The Maryland Democratic Party has accused nearly 100 donors to Gov. Larry Hogan’s reelection campaign of violating elections law by giving too much money.
- On the premise that that one ugly but successful presidential campaign warrants another, Donald Trump offered a reprise of 2016 at his recent kickoff rally.
- Trump's tweet about holding off from a planned military retaliation drew advice, warnings and concert from Maryland Democrats.
- Trump will do his dirty dance of Twitter transgression during this election, that's a given. But we in the media must resist the temptation to dance along.
- Rawlings-Blake said she doesn’t “have any knock” on Booker but she has spent time with Biden and doesn’t believe he is a racist.
- It's more imperative now than ever to remove Donald Trump from office, says Jules Witcover.
- Goldberg: The problem for Mr. Trump is that if the central question of the election is him, he will lose because he is not popular.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates told the panel "it's impossible to imagine America without the inheritance of slavery."
- The U.S. Congress has a responsibility to begin impeachment proceedings on President Donald Trump and not doing so is turning a blind eye to his antics.
- Jules Witcover: The large field of 2020 Democratic candidates already has been reduced to a sideshow in the showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
- bs-ed-op-0617-goldberg-superpowers-20190614. TEXT: Jonah Goldberg: Donald Trump's political superpowers only work on the Republican party.
- Sen. Kristen Gillibrand finally said out loud what Democrats really think about abortion.
- Democrats ramp up calls for Gov. Larry Hogan to release more than $200 million of spending the General Assembly amended into the state budget.
- Legislation would help voters see who is targeting us with paid ads on Facebook, Twitter and Google — the platforms of choice for Russian interference.
- Trump wants to be acclaimed dictator and he has followers who would agree to it. That is news.
- Biden is my favorite for the usual reason — he has the best chance of trumping Donald Trump.
- California takes a step toward making sure undocumented don't slip through health care cracks.
- Gov. Larry Hogan and the Democrats in the legislature appear on a collision course over school funding.
- Jules Witcover: The House of Representatives appears on the verge of initiating a formal impeachment process.
