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Logging back into this app to announce that today is my first day at Bethesda Magazine/Bethesda Today! ✍🏻🗒️
Look out for my byline on stories about the Montgomery County Council, local elections and all that jazz. Also, please send news tips to [email protected].
It's not like we just had a very high-profile example of why it's not appropriate to threaten student journalists with criminal penalties for doing their jobs in public spaces ... @UofMaryland
For @testudotimes, @JudeWilkenfeld and I were outside Jones-Hill House trying to get players to comment. An athletics staffer took pictures of us, and a police dispatch was called for suspicious activity; a cop and 2 cop cars pulled up, and officers ID’d us and asked us to leave.
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Merrill College students know their rights as journalists.
"Cat Murphy is a master's student at the University of Maryland, credentialed as a reporter for our Capital News Service and doing the job we teach our students to do. Cat recorded openly in a public space alongside other news outlets, and that is her legal right," Dean Rafael Lorente (@DeanLorente) said. "I'm proud of how she handled herself in a difficult situation."
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Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night.
Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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EXCLUSIVE @ICEgov arrests a 25-year-old at a Maryland courthouse over a $12 McDonald's purchase. (A disgruntled ex-boss, not police, filed the theft charge) tinyurl.com/23xmk64b As Nayeli remains in ICE detention, @MaddiONeill tells what happened, how MD's weak laws failed her
ALT Nayeli is escorted in handcuffs by three ICE agents from the Carroll County District Court building on September 29, from security camera footage.
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Former U.S. Attorney for Maryland Erek Barron will be facing off against his former employer (the DOJ) in the mask ban case -- he appeared today on behalf of Prince George's and Montgomery counties.
PSA, the federal district court in Greenbelt seems to already be enforcing this even though it isn’t supposed to take effect for another month …
JUST IN: Maryland fed court bans public from bringing any electronic devices into its courthouses, as of 11/2/26. Media exception a bit confusing. Order says credentialed media are exempt. Release says media need to apply in advance for permission. Doc: mdd.uscourts.gov/news/electr…
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Wes Moore wanted to ‘supercharge’ Maryland data centers. Now amid shifting politics around the issue, he’s changing course, @adampwillis & @WintrodeBrenda report thebanner.com/politics-power…
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Trump Watch...U.S. Justice Dept. sues Montgomery County, state of Maryland over recently passed laws that ban law enforcement officers--including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents-- from wearing masks while on duty.
bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10… via @Bethesda Magazine
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Trump Watch...Charges against Bethesda resident David Hearn--brought by Trump Justice Dept. over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism--dismissed with prejudice by D.C. judge, preventing them from being brought vs. Hearn in the future. bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10… via @Bethesda Magazine
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MoCo Politics..@CMJawando rejects calls to debate @VoteforEsther Wells in county exec race before Nov. 3, as Wells presses for head-to-head following Jawando's recent heart attack. “We need to know that he is capable of doing the job by showing strength and showing up to a debate,” she declared. bethesdamagazine.com/2026/09… via @Bethesda Magazine
Everything we know so far about the investigation that led MCPD chief Marc Yamada to resign his post Friday, for @bethesda_today: bethesdamagazine.com/2026/09…
Would you trust reporting from a news organization with political appointees on its board? That question is at the center of @mymcmedia's opposition to a new Montgomery County Council bill. For @bethesda_today: bethesdamagazine.com/2026/09…
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JUST IN: Maryland fed court bans public from bringing any electronic devices into its courthouses, as of 11/2/26. Media exception a bit confusing. Order says credentialed media are exempt. Release says media need to apply in advance for permission. Doc: mdd.uscourts.gov/news/electr…
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Maryland's highest court rejected an effort by disbarred attorney Robin Ficker, the Republican nominee for Western Maryland's congressional district, to be reinstated to the bar. bit.ly/3SGFA3l
ALT Court rejects MD congressional candidate’s bid for law license
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MoCo Politics...From its origins in Takoma Park in 2006 with two dozen volunteers, "Democracy Summer"--Jamie Raskin’s summer school for future political operatives--has mushroomed, with 2,000 participants in 44 states this summer. bethesdamagazine.com/2026/08… via @Bethesda Magazine
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MoCo Politics...A charter amendment designed to limit the county government's spending growth has fallen 300 signatures short of the 10,000 necessary to get on the November ballot, the county Board of Elections announced Monday. bethesdamagazine.com/2026/08… via @Bethesda Magazine
District 39 Del. Gabriel Acevero and MCGEO Pres. Gino Renne are no longer facing charges in connection with their fight at a Gaithersburg early voting site earlier this summer. For @bethesda_today: bethesdamagazine.com/2026/08…
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Annapolis Watch...Md. Senate President @SenBillFerg shuts the door to action during this week's special session of the General Assembly on a long-sought proposal to move toward a system of special elections to fill state legislative vacancies.
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The Maryland General Assembly meets this week to consider a constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting — and not a proposal to require special elections for legislative vacancies, @SenBillFerg says. For @bethesda_today:
bethesdamagazine.com/2026/08…
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New: Maryland Republican lt. gov candidate Robert Krop, represented by his now-running mate @dancox4maryland, lost a bid to get attorneys fees covered for his federal prosecution that ended in acquittal. Judge Gallagher rules case was not "vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith"