Nobody Checked
Have you ever really looked at your phone bill? The people who send it hope you don’t. I looked at mine in July and could not account for $163.34 of it.
Ethan Wechtaluk
I ran, I lost, but I kept reading the filings. Maryland and national politics, and the things that should matter more.
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The Grid They Never Touch
Four towns, four different ways the rules failed, and a bill drafted to close all four gaps.
Wes Moore’s Next Signature
Federal regulators just cleared the sale of the Morgantown coal plant. The decisions that determine whether a gigawatt of gas rises on the Potomac are still ahead.
"Acts of Genocide."
That was the phrase the State Department authorized in May 1994 — never the word alone.
Hackers Hit Water Systems in Seven States. Maryland Can’t Tell You Whether It’s Ready.
Maryland mandated cybersecurity assessments by July 1. Three months out, the state still hadn’t built a way to receive them. And the same law closed the records that would let you check.
A High Ethical Standard
Rep. April McClain Delaney cosponsored a bill that would force her family to sell almost everything they own. Then she kept trading.
Money Isn’t Real — Until You Owe It
Money is fiction at the top and iron law at the bottom. That was a choice someone made for you and they're likely profiting off it.
I Like Obama. That’s Why I Won’t Lie About Him.
Both sides say the other guy is worse. Both are right. That's how the machine survives.
The Programs You Think You Know
Medicaid and SNAP serve tens of millions of Americans. But they do it poorly and the GOP is trying to break them. Knowing is one thing, living the reality is even worse.
Wes Moore Put It in Writing
A retired coal plant on the Potomac. A gigawatt of new gas. A governor’s signature, delivered in private, months before anyone in Charles County was told a thing.
And They Call Me the Socialist
Pat Gelsinger ran Intel.¹ Then the government bought ten percent of it.²