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How to help now that Roe v Wade has been overturned

Reproductive healthcare and abortion access advocates have known this day would come for years and they’ve been slowly building out infrastructure to help people that need to access abortion care. While abortion is still legal in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, there are 26 states that have either already limited access, plan to limit access, or […]

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Community Elections MoCo Local Montgomery County

On trans exclusion, transmisogyny, and performative allyship

This past weekend was spent muting, blocking, reporting, and responding to transphobic comments and people because of an article I published pointing out that a MoCo Board of Education candidate was running on a platform of transphobia and homophobia. I am physically and emotionally exhausted from it.  Over the course of my time running MoCo […]

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Education Elections Montgomery County

Alex Fahmy, Montgomery County Board of Education District 1 Candidate running on homophobia and transphobia

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This post contains homophobic and transphobic rhetoric, as well as mentions or self-harm and suicide. Alex Fahmy, running for the District 1 seat on the Montgomery County Board of Education, is running on a platform fueled by homophobia and transphobia. Fahmy states: Any Montgomery County teacher found to be teaching minors about […]

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Community Montgomery County Transportation

Ride On Service To Begin Adding Back Services Sunday, March 13th

Beginning on Sunday, March 13th, Ride On will restore some of the services it cut due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in January. Ride On states that with these changes, service will increase about 6%. Service Changes Link Ride On Flex On-demand service in Wheaton/Glenmont will be restored Restored Ride On Service Ride On […]

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Community

How to Help Ukraine

There are a lot of businesses and organizations accepting donations to help people living in Ukraine but here are some local ones that are raising funds. Matelna Bakes Matelna Bakes is based out of Aspen Hill and serves up delicious cinnamon rolls. They are participating in Bake for Ukraine, a fundraiser for Sunflower of Peace […]

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Montgomery County

Montgomery County Removes Russian Produced Alcohol Products from Alcohol Beverage Services Stores

On Sunday, County Executive Marc Elrich announced that Montgomery County’s Alcohol and Beverage Services stores would pull all products produced in Russia from store shelves. The move was announced alongside support from several local elected officials. Delegate Eric Luedtke (D-14) called for the boycott on Saturday on Twitter, saying that “[o]ne way to pressure this […]

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Politics

Anti-transgender legislation comes to Maryland

In 2020, 79 anti-transgender bills were introduced in the United States across all legislative bodies. In 2021, the number of anti-trans bills introduced nearly doubled to 147. 2022 is on track to be even worse—over 280 anti-trans bills have been introduced so far. If you thought that Maryland was immune to anti-transgender legislation then you’d […]

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Community

Road rage incident in Chevy Chase caught on camera

An area resident started recording a road rage incident in Chevy Chase on February 9th, 2022. The car was parked in front of Potbelly’s on 4459 Willard Ave. in Chevy Chase at around 1:50pm. The video starts after the car had already been hit at least once by the man in the video. The video […]

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Federal Montgomery County

Raskin, Sarbanes, Trone Co-Sign Letter To Ask The White House To Investigate Travel Nurse Pay

Before the pandemic, nurses were underpaid and hospitals were understaffed. After the pandemic, these issues were only exacerbated. Nurses left hospitals and entered the travel nurse workforce because they could make more money. Hospitals, especially hospitals in rural areas that were already having a hard time keeping nurses on staff and recruiting new ones, have […]

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Elections

The 2022 MoCo Local Candidate Tracker

The 2022 Election is a big one for Maryland—we get to elect a new Governor and a new Comptroller—and for Montgomery County—the County Executive race is packed with candidates, but what’s more interesting is the County Council race, which includes two new districts. There are 17 races in the upcoming election, with over 140 candidates […]

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