𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

Polls are open in the City of Gaithersburg!

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸

𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆

It was heartwarming to see so many of our neighbors out yesterday supporting press freedom and transparency in government. #NoKings #NoQueens

𝗠𝗖𝗣𝗦 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻

𝗪𝗮𝘂𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗱

𝗣𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

We appreciate Chair Pam Luckett welcoming @montgonion.bsky.social as guest media at tonight's @mcdems.bsky.social Central Committee meeting. Having just attended the Montgomery GOP convention, our independence gives us a unique perspective on the huge chasm between the parties. More soon!

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗢𝗣 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 '𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲' (Non-Satirical)

We received a cordial reception at yesterday's MoCo GOP convention. We want to tell @bsky.app folks: it wasn't a room full of MAGA hat wearing yahoos screaming invectives about illegal immigrants. Just neighbors who have lived here decades, wanting what they think best. Talk to them, it's not scary.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝘇𝘇𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

You can’t fix a housing shortage by putting a fresh coat of bureaucratic optimism on a vintage apartment building. Check out Elrich's Housing Hocus Pocus 👇 (Editorial, Non-satirical)

𝗠𝗖𝗣𝗦 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗨𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 montgonion.com/home/mcpsgra...

𝗢𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁: 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 (Non-Satirical)

Why did Rockville spend $160K+ to a Texas firm for a lackluster logo? We had to fight for the details but we got them. Look for our exclusive report next week. Here's a preview of what's coming.

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁: 𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 (Non-Satirical)

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 (Non-Satirical)

Yom Kippur is a time for individuals to atone for their sins of the past year. Here's one you can reflect on.

𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗖𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 @mococouncilmd.bsky.social 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺-𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 (News, Non-Satirical)

𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 “𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺” 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 News, Non-Satirical

Our entry for the Montgomery County photo journalism contest: "Reflections on Glenmont" 🪞

We will now resume with our regularly scheduled programming. Sound on 🎶

𝗘𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁'𝘀 𝗘𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 (Editorial, Non-satirical)

Telling neighbors they belong in the shadows is contrary to the core values Montgomery County residents cherish.

𝗘𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵’𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘀 Editorial, Non-satirical The @mcgexec.bsky.social says they should remain unseen because of who they are and where they come from.

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝟲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 (Non-satirical) Check out the great spots in @montgomeryparks.bsky.social

Seriously, @cmkatestewart.bsky.social and @mcgexec.bsky.social, how can you see this and still bar @montgonion.bsky.social from your press briefings? Your actions mirror what @raskin.house.gov is saying. It's embarrassing.

𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗖𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? The Top 10 by the numbers (non-satirical)

When government rules appear with no trace of their creation, alarm bells should ring ⏰.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 The response to our MPIA to the @mococouncilmd.bsky.social attorney and the response from @evanmglass.bsky.social do not equate. It's a big deal. Read 👇

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 (non-satirical)

"If you want to defend free speech and you want a society that's defined by free speech, you've got to accept even the speech you oppose, the speech that you abhor." (Rep. Jamie Raskin)

It's always a pleasure when Robin Ficker stops by the @montgonion.bsky.social newsroom. He loves his new @cmkatestewart.bsky.social #NoQueens tshirt!

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗘𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 Editorial (non-satirical) The County Executive has made it official: the @montgonion.bsky.social is verboten.

𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗼𝘇, 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝘂𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 "𝗜 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆" 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗯𝘆'𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿

Our reporter Vidalia Marylonjón is banned from the @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social and Montgomery History 250 celebration kickoff panel. They're making one last appeal. 🎶 Sound on. #ShareForFreeSpeech #Share #FirstAmendment #PressFreedom

𝗚𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲

The Who, How, and Why behind these SECRETLY ADOPTED RULES reveals when @cmkatestewart.bsky.social's lawyer for @mococouncilmd.bsky.social, attorney Christine Wellons, turns over the MPIA docs in 12 days. We'd know sooner if @evanmglass.bsky.social would respond to our request for comments.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 Exclusive Report! (non-satirical)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 An expert weighs in on the long-term outlook (non-satirical)

If you publish satire you can't sit respectfully in the press pool, but you can attend hearings wearing inflatable character costumes, music blaring, and interrupt @mcgexec.bsky.social so @cmkatestewart.bsky.social has to beg for decorum👇 Thanks, @thenimbee.bsky.social, for showing how it's done.

We sent this letter today to the members of the Maryland 250 Commission, asking them to help us gain Press Access to the Montgomery County and Montgomery History 250th celebration launch. Could anything be more Un-American than banning media from this event?!? @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 News and Editorial, non-satirical

𝗠𝗖𝗣𝗦 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗴𝗴𝘀