Reposting this to read again and remember that the true greatness of America was, is, and has always been, our acceptance and embrace of diversity. All belong here.

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID? And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina. Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

The true origins of the frog resistance started when Kermit gave the commencement speech for University of Maryland and Fox News had an epic meltdown. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/05/23/k...

"She married Danny Hoang, a fellow Vietnamese immigrant she met working at a nail salon...Tran became known in community as a devoted swim team mom and beloved small-business owner. She claimed in court documents that over the last 21 years, she never missed one of her ICE check-ins."

My grandfather.

So many Lumbee Indians migrated to the city during its post-World War II industrial boom, they affectionately nicknamed the area where they settled “the Reservation.” But fitting into a segregated city proved a whole new challenge. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to America's and Maryland's and Baltimore's Native People.

Became a journalist at 40, in this city that's given me a 1,000 chances to start, fail, and start again. It's been an education. Not sure I belong with the incredible group so honored by the Baltimore City Historical Society, but I am grateful—no award or recognition could mean more to me 🙏.

I’m no pop culture or reality TV expert, but do reality television stars get charged with financial crimes more often than the average American? We need a study done.

No reporter ever says, “sir, I was dumb at math in school so could you explain to us how something is reduced by 500%?”

Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.

"Seton Hill is a virtual glossary of traditional detailing for nineteenth century Baltimore residential structures." This Saturday! Come learn about pretty buildings (and their human history) with us!

AWP is honored to host the #AWP26 featured event “Poet Community Leaders: A Letras Latinas Reading & Discussion,” featuring Brenda Cárdenas, Karla Cordero, and Raina J. León in conversation with Cloud Delfina Cardona, on Friday, March 6, in Baltimore!

Also notable: the Supreme Court ruled this unconstitutional just a few years later, so Baltimore found other means to impose segregation (restrictive covenants, "slum" clearance, etc.), which were quite effective.

Mark your calendar for everything from film and music festivals to open studio tours and outdoor operas.

"The biggest thing that Baltimore has given us is the grace and the space to find ourselves," says Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates.

Good morning to everyone who loves Maryland's most wonderful Beaux-Arts train station.

Both of The Sun’s reporters who covered the governor and General Assembly - and did a good job I might add - have left

work trips this week from c’ville to DC to Baltimore to Providence back to DC and then home. the bike is how i am getting from station to hotel to wherever i need to be

Baltimore.

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Nashville ruled that the Department of Justice’s criminal case against Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be a form of punishment against him for legally challenging his abrupt removal to an El Salvador megaprison earlier this year.

“What we want from the president is very simple—reinstating all the cuts that they’ve made to federal grants to programs that have been working to reduce violence.” -Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott to @garrisonhayes.bsky.social.

Baltimore

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

Baltimore friends! Tonight! 🥰

Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days. Mike Johnson voted “no” on that. They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

Any doubt the US democracy is now lost? Trump and allies are disappearing people off US streets, indicting political opponents, rolling back civil rights, targeting minority groups, attacking free speech, the media, universities, gerrymandering elections. It’s now about winning our democracy back.

“[Roberts] said, ‘I will walk into every case with an open mind and engage in judicial humility,’ and he has done the exact opposite for the last 20 years," @doo-dc.bsky.social of @americanprogress.bsky.social told @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social. www.courthousenews.com/the-roberts-...

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Even in planning circles I feel like the importance of international migration for city growth is underappreciated. Immigrants account for nearly all of population growth in the biggest cities. The story also notes that the multifamily market will be more affected than sales.

“It’s a Great White and we don’t want to accidentally hook it. We’d never get it on board,” recalls Capt. Mark Sampson, of his run-in with a massive shark off Ocean City in 2020. A YouTube clip of the encounter received some 500,000 views.

"The court has previously cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of migrants, fire thousands of federal employees, oust transgender members from the military, and remove the heads of independent government agencies."

During Watergate, conservative writer William Buckley described Nixon's secret enemies list and effort to use federal power to persecute political opponents as “an act of proto-fascism." I assume, in regard to Trump's un-secret effort to do the same, it's time to remove the "proto" part.

The Baltimore Banner names WNYC’s Audrey Cooper as its next editor-in-chief www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

During Watergate, conservative writer William Buckley described Nixon's secret enemies list and effort to use federal power to persecute political opponents as “an act of proto-fascism." I assume, in regard to Trump's un-secret effort to do the same, it's time to remove the "proto" part.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there

Love that Baltimore has a series in which academics present their research subjects to the general public at bars.

Three accounts to follow on BlueSky that were mentioned on Heather Cox Richardson event this evening. @thetnholler.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com @calmatters.org

Trump making Gadaffi's UN speech look normal.

“Under a third of American adults are Trump voters, and 53% are Trump disapprovers — with 48% intensely opposed.”

Hey! A documentary about @baltimorebeat.bsky.social is coming out in a few months! baltimorebeat.com/a-baltimore-...

Whole country is learning what Baltimore already understood about Sinclair and its owners.

Baltimore Comic-Con 2025 Welcomes X-Men: The Animated Series Voice Actors Alyson Court, Cal Dodd, Adrian Hough, and Lenore Zann Full PR: conta.cc/3IcxNp0 #baltimorecomiccon #xmen #xmen97 #xmentheanimatedseries #xmen92

Whole country is learning what Baltimore already understood about Sinclair and its owners.

Really cool event this weekend celebrating long, long, long time arabber Donald “China” Waugh’s 90th birthday - and 200 years of arabbing in this city. Amazing life, amazing Baltimore tradition. Shoutout to UMBC’s Public Humanities folks, The Arabber Preservation Society, and Stable Baltimore🐴🍎🍉🍌

A little girl saw me buying some extra copies of @baltimoremagazine.com and asked me why I needed so many dog books

With accessible sunset cruises and irreverent posts, the Boat Baltimore owner spotlights the city's beauty—and claps back at the people who don't see it.

"The state’s fledgling industry may face its doomsday in President Donald Trump, who has a longtime grudge against turbines." Great read by @adampwillis.bsky.social