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"They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking"
George Carlin was ahead of his time.
@MattWallace888
@iluminatibot
George Carlin would have good laugh at everything today and say "I told you so".
40+ years ago, he knew.
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My private school kid went to school 4 days in person this week. My public school kid hasn’t been in school once since March. Education should not be a luxury good.
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Daughter’s teacher today was encouraging the kids not to go back to school in March and said she wasn’t planning to go back. How is that an appropriate topic for class time?
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This is why Remote-Only council meetings are unacceptable. They can easily ignore voices they don’t want to hear.
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Pastors for Only Wealthy Kids Having Options
We thank God for public schools for all children supported by all people.
Don’t be fooled by the deceptive term “school choice.” Any parent is perfectly free to private or home school their children.
It’s their choice.
Just don’t expect everyone else to pay for it.
#txlege
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I will not vote for anyone in elections who doesn’t come out strong for in-person schools. Anyone else with me?
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Yeah this is true.
Elon Musk: "The Democratic Party is overly controlled by the unions"
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Amazing work by
@ModeratelyMoco
to break this news 6 hours early today. He was the only one with the story. Shows the power of citizen journalism.
Hearing rumors from multiple sources that McKnight will be resigning today with a settlement of a few years pay.
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MoCo leaders have killed the golden goose.
MCPS ranked 220 out of 250 school districts in the nation according to this poll. Wow 😮
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100%. Been working hard on convincing my wife to move. Kid 1 graduates HS this year. Kid 2 would be fine moving to Florida. This isn’t the right place to live anymore - I don’t feel that my family is safe and COL is too high.
For the first time, I'm very interested in moving. It's just sooo much more out there. I grew up in a shithole community. It is what is. It was bad. No cut cards here. 38 out of 40 years I been in the D.C. area. Once my son 18, I'm out of here. I'm over it.
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Elrich and other MoCo leaders should be prosecuted for this. They have no standing to disobey federal orders.
UPDATE: Now ICE confirms 119 detainers have been ignored by Montgomery County, Maryland this fiscal year. And
@MontCoExec
Marc Elrich complains to ABC7 News about the ICE field office pointing out the public safety threat: "I can only guess the leadership there is auditioning for
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Good. The only people wearing masks now are those trying to hide their faces. About time businesses start taking a stand.
"Do not enter with mask," warns business at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda:
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McKnight getting fired should only be the beginning. She cannot just be the scapegoat. The BOE is complicit and the County Council has shirked its oversight responsibilities for too long.
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@RyanRMiner
Excessive school closures and extreme overreact got Glenn Youngkin elected last night. It’s gone waaaaay beyond public health - now it’s about hysteria and control and if MoCo keeps it up, those politicians will go also.
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Went to a restaurant in MoCo tonight. All of the servers had the masks on their chins. Everybody is done and I’m glad the stupid indoor mask mandate expires tonight. We did no better than other similar jurisdictions at preventing Covid.
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To all BOE candidates that lost - thank you for your effort and for caring. I’m sorry MoCo just elects the rotten apple ballot.
I’d like to do something for you. I run an event business & will bring some equipment to your home for your family this summer. If interested, DM me
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Imagine the outrage if these people were wearing MAGA hats...
Nothing to see here. Dragging police officers, burning flags, and vandalizing public property is peaceful… 2020 all over again, except this time we have fewer officers… no help from
@Interior
…
#DefundThePolice
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My kids needed a strong education, so I’m fortunate to have had the choice to move them out of their public schools. Other families deserve the same choice.
As attacks on public schools continue, students' families and educators need to stand together to make sure students get what they need.
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Do. Not. Let. This. Guy. Out. On. Bail.
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Elrich caved. The violence got too bad.
Big development, though the details will matter: "Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich pledged Tuesday to cooperate with federal immigration authorities by giving more than 48 hours notice to ICE agents seeking to deport a list of convicted serious criminals in county custody"
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While the student member of
@mocoboe
should not be bullied, that position should not be immune from criticism. Maybe it’s an argument that a student should not be eligible to be elected to an adult position responsible for spending billions of dollars.
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@CarterElliottIV
@billfrick
@GovWesMoore
When 14 schools in Baltimore have zero kids passing math, I don’t consider that cool.
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Sign as you walk into the Germantown Aquatic Center. I thought mandatory IDs were a sign of inequity?
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2 half days of school today and tomorrow at MCPS is a sham. Just a way to get credit for two days where extremely little learning will go on. These should be full days or two days off if we cared about educating kids.
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The board voted unanimously and gave Beidleman a standing ovation when promoted to PB. If the board and McK knew about the accusations, they must resign.
@washingtonpost
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Why should families be stuck in a failing school system just based on where they live? We need school choice.
Sen. Justin Wayne (D): "Did you say it would take about 50 years to fix Omaha [schools]?"
Sen. Hansen (D): "Yes"
Wayne: "So what are we going to tell parents in the meantime when they are looking for choice?"
Hansen: "I mean, honestly, I don't know."
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The apple ballot must be defeated.
Vote for:
Dist 2 -
@BrendaMDiaz4BOE
Dist 4 -
@Bethany4BOE
At Large -
@FitzgeraldMofor
Let’s elect folks who actually care about our kids and their education.
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MoCo government legislative process;
1. Pass Stupid Laws and brag about them
2. Don’t enforce the laws
3. Complain about the results
4. Pass more stupid laws just like the original one.
Lunacy.
This is such idiocy. We have a county government that passes unenforceable regulations and doesn't even know what the point of "bag tax" policy is:
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I remember when democrats were focused on allowing people to identify however they wanted…
Bethany Mandel running as a Democrat is some hilarious fucking bullshit.
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Idiot bikers on falls road riding 2-3 wide, taking up a full lane and flipping off cars as they pass close by. At least a 30 car backup because these morons were having a leisurely stroll.
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The $10bn wasted on the Purple Line could have gone to rebuilding every MCPS public school. What a waste.
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School choice is also needed for those who can’t afford it.
Public School Lobbyist: "Parents, as of today, have the ability to choose where their children go to school"
Nebraska Senator Linehan (R): "If they can afford it."
Public School Lobbyist: "I... yeah.. I guess."
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I hope the Feds press charges against MoCo leadership for knowingly letting a violent individual go free.
NEW: ICE in Baltimore says the sanctuary jurisdiction in Montgomery County, MD ignored their detainer requests on a MS-13 gang member in the US illegally three separate times, & released him into the community without notice after multiple arrests. He was most recently convicted
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@willjawando
Black officers. White administrators. Nobody seemed to think it was wrong to treat a 5 year old like this. What the hell is going on in this county? People need to be fired. Today.
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Most people don’t “choose” anything about their kid’s school. They are stuck at one school based on their address, whether the school is failing or not.
Thank you to Save Our Schools for canvassing in LD20 today to let folks know how Sen Boyer and Rep Bolick are undercutting our public schools - where 90% of children choose to attend and where voters have repeatedly demanded that we invest.
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Holy crap. This is on Jawando, Mink and Elrich.
Article also states we’ve lost 52 officers since the start of 2024!
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Here’s the video. Thanks to
@EstherLWells
for organizing. There are many more tidbits that can be shared.
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@Marc_Elrich
You can’t just use buzzwords like “data and science” without sharing the data and science.
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How many reminders to fill out this
@mcps
antiracist survey are we going to get???? If only we were encouraged to vote in regular elections this much....
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@KristinMink_
I thought you didn't believe police should be involved in traffic enforcement? You hate on police and then turn around and ask them for a favor for yourself??? What. A. Hypocrite.
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We elected anti-police politicians and then wonder why we can’t recruit police officers in MoCo.
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Our county is so disengaged that it will probably take less than 40k votes to win the CE race. That is less than 4% of the population. What a shame that our population is so disengaged.
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As someone who has been fighting against
@mcps
for a decade & has been mocked, bullied, and ignored, I feel vindicated.
MCPS admin & the BOE are the problem, not parents like me.
Those in charge need to engage people like me to assist in fixing the problems & stop ignoring us.
Principals, administrators depart as MCPS faces cronyism, accountability concerns
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I just learned that the people of Takoma Park are on lands stolen from the Piscataway tribe. The Takoma Park colonizers should remove their settlements immediately and return Takoma Park to their rightful owners.
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BoE candidate attacking the media for reporting on violence is so on brand with MCPS trying to hide the bad things going on in the system.
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100% agree. The department of education has no reason to exist.
I introduced a bill to end the Department of Education.
We must return the money and authority back to states, school districts, teachers, and parents before it’s too late.
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Congrats to
@EvanMGlass
and
@Marc_Elrich
on great leadership. Bravo.
@MontCoExec
The
@MontgomeryCoMD
homicide increase rate is higher than DC’s. Quite an accomplishment.
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What an awful comment. Our kids are still suffering greatly because of the harm caused by prolonged MCPS school closures. Kids are at least owed an apology from those who made the terrible decisions.
@cleanslatemoco
How many more years are you guys gonna harp on the school closure thing? It happened, but has nothing to do with the future (unless we have another pandemic).
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They are apoplectic that a well-funded candidate with strong media access is running and if she wins, she will blow up the status quo.
Anyone who wants to see change needs to vote for Bethany.
Watch out MoCo. The Mean Girls of MoCo will be having a slumber party tonight.
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Fitz ran an excellent and caring campaign. He deserved better and our schools will be worse because he won’t be on the board. I am happy to have gotten to know him and know he will make a difference with everything he does.
“I never lose. I either win or learn.” Nelson Mandela
The people have spoken. Vox Populi, Vox Dei!
With grace and humility, I want to respectfully congratulate my opponents on their victory.
I want to thank my sponsors, who have enthusiastically supported our endeavors for
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Wow. Privileged much.
#EducationIsNotALuxuryGood
@NobodyOfX
@EdFuller_PSU
@DeAngelisCorey
@justindotnet
Which parents? You don't like the public education system? Fine. Pay for a private school.
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Maryland is run by idiots. New evidence every day.
HOLY COW! State missed deadline for mailing property tax assessments, local governments in danger of losing a huge amount of revenue as a result
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Another day, another time that MoCo makes national news for the wrong reasons. Change leadership now.
A DC area elementary school — Montgomery County, Maryland — is reinstating a mask mandate — N95’s — for third graders over a few kids testing positive for covid. Here’s the letter. They’re coming with masks for your kids again. Get ready. Read this insanity.
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Horrible what the Hamas supporters are doing to vandalize signs at Temple Beth Ami.
@EvanMGlass
@Andrew_Friedson
I know how much you are opposed to sign vandalism, can you comment?
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I’m 13 minutes in and I can’t continue. Makes me want to vomit. I need to see some folks from the LGBT community come out against this predator asap. Silence means you’re complicit.
Head of LGBTQ Dems of Maryland gets graphic and solicits 14-year-old boy...
This was filmed June 20th, 2024 in Montgomery County, Maryland
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Any politician who agrees with me is brave and any politician who disagrees with me has been unduly influenced by special interests.
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I may be biased but I thought the
@ModeratelyMoco
BOE forum tonight was fantastic. It was substantive and addressed the topics that most families care about - safety, curriculum, transparency and the role of families. It wasn’t political and it was balanced. Great job Jason!
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Had a chat with a Hispanic family I know - they have decided to permanently homeschool their 3 kids. Not because of covid, but because they felt the Mcps education wasn’t as good as mom/dad could do themselves. “My 2nd grader could barely read. I taught her myself quickly.”
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Our government is incompetent. They were so focused on getting media attention for shifting to EV buses that they forgot to determine if those buses would actually work.
Translation: we need diesel busses so that we can actually have reliable transportation.
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Why would MCPS be on a spending freeze for basic supplies? Fire one of the many Associate Superintendents and use that money.
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Kinda strange clothing to be wearing during 100 degree weather. Is this real?
When I was traveling to the Eastern Shore to campaign, we stopped at a deli and there was a woman employed there named Anita.
She took our sandwich orders, and I started explaining to her: "I'm here and I'm campaigning. I'm running for US Senate."
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Election worker - “what party are you sir?”
Me - “I’m pretending to be a Democrat today so I can exercise my right to vote.”
#OpenPrimariesNow
#BackToIndependentTomorrow
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It’s Wednesday, so there’s no school today. All boys and girls of Montgomery county are paying video games, watching Netflix and doing Tik Toks. And for some reason, our leaders think this is ok.
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“I just hope Putin and his troops are wearing masks” - Probably Marc Elrich
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“He went to a private school and closed the door behind him.”
Typical rich snob who doesn’t want poor people to get the same opportunities his family had.
Michigan State University Professor Josh Cowen gets CALLED OUT for being a hypocrite on school choice.
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Haha something MCPS would say when they only have 1 full day of school in a week.
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He looks promising. We desperately needed an outsider. He needs to come in and clean house. Restore MCPS to a top-tier level again.
More about new MCPS superintendant Dr. Thomas W. Taylor
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Of course we should hold student’s back who aren’t ready for the next grade. This should be obvious.
Maryland could join other states to retain third graders with low reading proficiency
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This is what teachers have resorted to? Trying to convince kids not to come to school??? Horrible.
These texts between a parent and the MCPS teacher of their first grader were shared with us today. Disgraceful that this teacher is discouraging the parent about returning to the classroom. And why is a vaccinated teacher not in the classroom with her first graders? 🤔 🤬
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What struck me about yesterdays debate is that
@hansriemer
and
@tomhucker
acted like they were brand new and had no record. For guys who have been local politicians for over a decade, you’d think they’d have accomplishments to talk about.
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This is pretty shocking. Wonder when the last time was that republicans were trusted more on education.
NEW POLL: "Which party do you trust more to handle issues related to schools and education?"
Democrats: 44%
Republicans: 47%
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I would like to nominate myself as the next
@MCPS
superintendent. I have a proven track record of fixing messy situations and could fix MCPS.
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It’s amazing. We don’t need primaries anymore. All of the party elites just announce the nominee now and assume it’s a done deal.
#DemocracyIsDead
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Let’s stop sugar coating who these pro-Hamas people are and what they want. They are evil and hate both Israel and America.
Enough of this! Today, an anti-American, anti-Semitic mob of rioters tore down our American flags outside of Union Station and raised the Palestinian flag. Then, they assaulted police. Disgraceful!
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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So glad my kids are done with MCPS. Only problem is that we still have to live in a community that doesn’t punish violent crime.
BREAKING: Fox45 has learned an MS-13 gang member, in the country illegally, was attending a Maryland public school while he was the primary suspect in a vicious murder. He was just sentenced to 70 years in prison. And he was allowed to be a student in a public school AFTER he
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Montgomery county is starting to remind me of Back to the Future 2 when Biff Tannen runs the city.
A street takeover stopped traffic last night on Piney Branch Rd in Silver Spring. The group, initially attending some sort of candlelight vigil, didn’t stick around for long & entered PG County. (📹: Instagram submission)
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For the privilege of living in MoCo, you get a 25+% increase in your property taxes and you get worse services.
MD SDAT sent “Notice of Assessment” in blue envelops this week. Not only did our property tax rate go up 4.7% this year, now the value of my home to be taxed has gone up 24%. Thankfully, it will be phased in over 3yrs, you’re so kind. 🙄 inconceivable! I plan to appeal by 2/12/24
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I remember.
Remember when districts closed schools for learning but opened the same buildings for daycare while charging families hundreds of dollars per child per week?
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@hansriemer
It’s not just housing, bud. MoCo is a VERY hard place to do business. Overregulated, mandates, hurdles, etc.
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Wow,
@MCPS
made the expected call at a reasonable hour. They must have taken a beating last night for their indecision.
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Doesn’t look like a brawl. Looks like a bunch of guys are all beating up one guy. I hope there are consequences.
BRAWL EARLY after the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School football game. The melee took place around 8:35 p.m. near Bethesda Metro, Commerce Ln and Old Georgetown Rd. Melee involved Walter Johnson High School and BCC students. Several students were injured.
@RealTimeNews10
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I’m feeling generous and grateful today. In particular, my oldest did her last two years of high school dual enrolled at
@montgomerycoll
Two years ago she was floundering at MCPS. Now after two years at MC she is thriving and ready for college.
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Gotta be concerned about the quality of my kid’s pediatrician when I see her walking in to the office wearing a mask and scolding me for wearing mine incorrectly. I asked her if she’s read the Cochrane study.
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Did MoCo forget to hire snow plow companies this year? Surprised it seems that many roads aren’t yet touched.
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Seemed like a perfect sledding day today. I miss my kids being young and loving these snow days, but I imagine it was a great day for many.
Proudly, my boy made $90 shoveling driveways :)
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Wow, MCPS just admitted that the coach and administrator who were responsible for the Damascus rape case are still employed by MCPS!!!!!
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Hard to think that one county has any influence on climate change. Bet this person is making a few hundred thousand though.
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Why hasn’t he been removed from office like Santos was? Menendez is actually worse.
Sen. Bob Menendez faces a dozen new criminal charges related to a bribery scheme involving the governments of Egypt and Qatar
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Stupid is as stupid does.
CM Mink believes that negligent drivers who don’t have a driver license shouldn’t receive stiff penalties & fines because they already don’t have the resources to get a drivers license? The incoherence is astonishing to me. Maybe a Mink supporter can shed more light to this logic
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