This week’s MD-08 Local Hero is Stephanie Helsing, President and CEO of the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce. Thank you, Stephanie, for working every day to enliven our community and strengthen our great local businesses.

Harry Enten: The working class has turned against Donald Trump

Mainers have a message for ICE: get the HELL OUT of our state. #ICEOUT

Unearthed video reveals Trump-endorsed Republican Nevada congressional candidate Marty O'Donnell calling "the LGBTQ+ people" an "existential threat"

More from KQED: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

When we see corporate consolidation, such as in Paramount & Warner Brothers, we often see higher prices for everyday consumers, lower wages for workers, less competition, less diversity of content, and more. That’s why we have antitrust laws — to prevent mergers such as this.

He never stopped believing that ordinary people could build a more just America. Los Angeles was honored to welcome him many times, and his message of justice and love continues to inspire our city. In South L.A., he reminded us that the fight for justice begins in our own communities.

Six years ago, we lost my dear friend and colleague, Congressman John Lewis. I had the privilege of serving alongside John in Congress and witnessed firsthand the humility, courage, and moral clarity that defined his life.

Whoah 🔥 Just seeing this about a new Netflix documentary with @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social @repbeatty.bsky.social @pressley.house.gov ‘I was just getting started’

Ava DuVernay announces ’14th’ documentary on birthright amendment contested by Trump “Netflix said Thursday that it will release “14th” later this year.” They should release it in September — before Mail-in voting begins. It will feature politicians, historians & cultural voices.

POV: Me preparing for my Netflix documentary about how Republicans thought drawing me out of my district would silence me...think again.

Whoah 🔥 Just seeing this about a new Netflix documentary with @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social @repbeatty.bsky.social @pressley.house.gov ‘I was just getting started’

well 1, it's not in Kentucky; he's in Washington, D.C. Second, they refused to let anyone up into the hospital without the name of a person to visit - cause everybody tried. Now, he's in a different place than where he was at GW... I spent a lot of time researching lol

Two calls from 'different agencies' suggest McConnell died: Kentucky governor www.alternet.org/mitch-mcconn...

Read from the bottom post up. 😂

Taco Bell pulled their menu items containing lettuce, you can get this sick eating at any restaurant using contaminated greens. Leave Taco Bell alone. 😂

“Taco Bell hasn't been identified as the source of the outbreak, and officials haven't said anyone got sick from eating at the chain. Investigators are instead tracing contaminated fresh produce that's been distributed more broadly.”

This is getting a lot of likes quickly and will break the literary containment airlock. We publish creative writing where every piece mentions Taco Bell. tacobellquarterly.org

Leave my boy Taco Bell out of it, it was bitch ass Taylor Farms, the world's largest salad processor. Fight the real enemy Big Salad

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

In 2007, then 20-year-old Lionel Messi posed with 3-month-old Lamine Yamal. Now, the two soccer stars are facing off in the World Cup final. The photographer who captured the iconic image told 60 Minutes it made him believe in the "soccer gods."

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Outside gardening with my wife. *watching her garden I mean lol

New photo of Mitch McConnell!

I hate to post this, it’s from Oct 29, 2023. Code Pink camped outside Pelosi’s SF home for months, beginning w/in days of the Hamas & Palestinian militants terrorist attack on a liberal, peace-loving Israeli Kibbutz Be'eri, only a few miles from the Gaza border.

Jan 2024 “Pelosi suggested “that Russia, which the U.S. intelligence community concluded meddled in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, is actively attempting to splinter the Democratic Party’s base through the American pro-Palestinian movement ahead of the 2024 contest in November”.

I think this likely began as a legitimate investigation in 2024 during the Biden admin, but I think it’s fair to assume that Trump will use it to beef up his imaginary stolen 2020 election schtick and as an excuse to to meddle in the 26 midterms as much as he can. Clip of @pelosi.house.gov Jan 2024

Not sure how legit this investigation brought by Trump’s DOJ will be —there’s no doubt Code Pink are sketchy propagandists & chaos agents but they did instigate the pro-Palestine protests on Oct 8th & were outside Pelosi’s SF harassing her constantly. www.instagram.com/reel/Da4sDZN...

Neville Roy Singhan, the wealthy husband of Code Pink founder Jodie Evans, is reportedly under criminal investigation by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York. Grassley referred to DOJ for possible FARA violations. @sarahnlynch.bsky.social @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social

Neville Roy Singhan, the wealthy husband of Code Pink founder Jodie Evans, is reportedly under criminal investigation by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York. Grassley referred to DOJ for possible FARA violations. @sarahnlynch.bsky.social @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social

@govandybeshear.bsky.social says he got 2 calls from different agencies about Mitch McConnell 'suggesting he's passed'

Truth Social plans to sell content from President Trump milliseconds before it is released to the public. While other media companies already do this, Ruhle explains why this is different. #Trump #socialmedia #TruthSocial #IsThisWhiteHouseForSale

Going outside and taking deep breaths of woodsmoke to own the libs.

At a press conference Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened prison time for state election officials who refuse to give DHS access to voter records. This comes after President Trump's address to the nation on Thursday, where he questioned the security of U.S. elections.

Shapiro: I was Pennsylvania AG in 2020 when Trump's enablers took me to court 43 times to try and throw out votes. Every single time they went to court, they lost. They went 0-43, and I went 43-0, because they could never produce the evidence to back up the president's BS.

Former Montana Governor and Attorney General Steve Bullock led the states’ efforts challenging the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision. He remains a prominent figure in the national conversation surrounding money in politics. #WeAreAmerica250

July 14, 2026 Nathan Peternel stepped away from the church for what was described, in the statement, as a "restorative season" after the October 2025 arrest of his son. He has returned to ministry, according to a statement from Life Church.

“The affidavit also states that more than 50 intimate photos and videos on Peternel’s phone appeared to show his parents nude or engaged in sexual acts — details that intensified public scrutiny when first reported.”

Indiana Republican White Nationalists Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith with his good buddy, Pastor Nathan Peternel — whose 24 y/o son Jonathan Peternel, pled guilty in Jan 2026 to felony child exploitation and felony possession of child sexual abuse material ‘Diddy Disciples’ Snapchat.

Bill Essayli & his office has had an ongoing losing streak in cases where defendants were accused of assaulting ICE agents during protests. This has resulted in at least 7 acquittals and several other charges being dropped before trial.

Bill Essayli worked as federal prosecutor between Oct 2014 to Feb 2018. • He was a California State Assembly from the 63rd district between Dec 5, 2022 – Apr 1, 2025 • Trump tried to appoint him U.S. Attorney CA’s Central District in Apr 2025 Judge ruled he was illegally appointed

California’s First Partner @jensiebelnewsom.bsky.social talks with @stephruhle.bsky.social on @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social about… money, power, politics and being the target of Trump’s weaponized DOJ.

California’s First Partner @jensiebelnewsom.bsky.social talks with @stephruhle.bsky.social on @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social about… money, power, politics and being the target of Trump’s weaponized DOJ.

I’m so proud California’s nation-leading Farm to School Program is now signed into state law, with funding extended to continue this work!

Indiana Republican White Nationalists Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith with his good buddy, Pastor Nathan Peternel — whose 24 y/o son Jonathan Peternel, pled guilty in Jan 2026 to felony child exploitation and felony possession of child sexual abuse material ‘Diddy Disciples’ Snapchat.

“This war entered your bones, like arthritis. I could hear the Ukrainians around me creaking. But that didn’t mean the war was nearly over, or that a peace deal would be struck. Arthritis isn’t fatal. The war was in the bones of this country, and in those that refused to flee, men like Mykhed.”

By 1983, Rupert Murdoch owned the NY Post, San Antonio Express, San Antonio News, The Star, NY Magazine & The Village Voice.