Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

MCPS payroll issue leaves 200 summer employees waiting for checks Some summer school teachers in Montgomery County, Maryland, haven’t received their full pay because of an issue with a new payment system, the superintendent said in a letter to staff. “What we know i...

Some Montgomery County summer school teachers haven't received their full pay, the superintendent says.

And? Where is your Council Education Committee Hearing on this with MCPS administrators and Board of Education members put under oath to speak to this massive lapse in checking staff?

4,900 MCPS hires have not been submitted for CPS background checks. "100% Your Children are Not Safe" Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

4,900 MCPS hires have not been submitted for CPS background checks. "100% Your Children are Not Safe" @mocoboe.bsky.social @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2025/08/4900...

Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t want grand jury materials in her case unsealed Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.

Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t want grand jury materials in her case unsealed.

Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.

Picture of a dresser tipping over but stopped from falling by an anchor kit. The text reads: Our Anchor It! campaign is 10 years old. 8 years older than dozens of children who have died from falling furniture before their third birthday. Since 2015, we've taught millions of Americans how to anchor their furniture and protect their kids, but there's still more to do. Always Anchor It!

Furniture tip-overs can happen even when you're in the same room as your child. Always Anchor It!

Breaking**Inspector General: "Actions of MCPS senior leaders do not demonstrate either accountability or transparency." Report on MCPS Failure to Background Check Staff/Contractors/Volunteers. Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

**Breaking**Inspector General: "Actions of MCPS senior leaders do not demonstrate either accountability or transparency." Report on MCPS Failure to Background Check Staff @mocoboe.bsky.social @cmkatestewart.bsky.social @willjawando.bsky.social
parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2025/08/brea...

Children tortured and abused in sex trafficking ring in Alabama, police say At least 10 children, aged between 3 and 15, were sexually abused in an underground bunker in Brent, Alabama, Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said.

At least 10 children between the ages of 3 and 15 were held in an underground bunker in central Alabama and sexually exploited, tortured and trafficked, according to the local sheriff’s department. Seven arrests have been made, with more expected.

Reporter Seeks Montgomery County Residents who have had experiences with school bus stop-arm ticketing program. Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Reporter Seeks Montgomery County Residents who have had experiences with school bus stop-arm ticketing program. @mcps @mocoboe.bsky.social parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2025/07/repo...

‘Too scared to move': Accuser testifies in FBI agent sex assault trial A Maryland FBI agent is standing trial for allegedly sexually assaulting three women at his tattoo parlors. Eduardo Valdivia allegedly promised the women free tattoos and assaulted them during filmed ...

A Maryland FBI agent allegedly promised women free tattoos, then assaulted them during filmed modeling shoots, prosecutors say.

Her record is clear. Defy the Maryland Open Meetings Act and Defy Maryland Appellate Court Orders. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2025/04/brea... and parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2025/02/brea... @mocoboe.bsky.social @julieyangmoco.bsky.social

Blue states need to immediately pass a law directing state law enforcement officers to detain anyone performing an arrest or detention in public while masked or failing to visibly display identifying credentials, for the purpose of protecting public safety. And yes, they can do so.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Program Moving with out Board of Education Vote. WUSA9 "The lack of transparency from MCPS I think is the most frustrating for residents,” she said. Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

New @mcps superintendent, new @mocoboe.bsky.social members, same old Montgomery County Public Schools backroom deals without BOE votes or public notice. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2025/06/prog...

RFK ousts CDC vaccine panel; Boston doctor responds Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removing all members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee is dangerous, says Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, the director of the Boston Public Health C...

“This decision is unprecedented, unwarranted, and extremely problematic.” Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Commissioner of Public Health for @boston.gov, shares with @nbcboston.com.

In Boston we will continue to rely on evidence-based science to protect and support our residents.

This is appalling and intolerable. Dissent — and separation of powers — are essential to democracy, not threats to it.

Video: Sen. Alex Padilla removed from news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Noem Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference Thursday morning with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Breaking: Video shows Sen. Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles amid immigration protests. “You insist on exaggerating,” he said.

Supreme Court revives lawsuit over FBI raid of the wrong house Lower courts had dismissed the case brought by Hilliard Toi Cliatt and Curtrina Martin, whose home in Atlanta was wrongly raided by the FBI.

The Supreme Court unanimously revived a lawsuit from a pair of Atlanta residents seeking to hold the federal government accountable after FBI agents mistakenly battered down their front door and held them at gunpoint during a predawn raid of the wrong house.

Trump says after this hurricane season, he’s closing FEMA.

Imagine telling Louisiana after the next Katrina level disaster… “You’re on your own, maybe Mississippi can help…”

Five Supreme Court Justices recused from the same case, showing both progress and work still to be done - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington The justices' recusals mark a rare yet welcome illustration of the need for transparency and accountability.

NEW: Five Supreme Court justices recused themselves from hearing a case that might have had a conflict of interest—an encouraging sign that the Court is moving in the right direction to address its ethical duties.

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

Who hired Marcus G. Jones to be MCPS Chief of Security and Compliance for MCPS? Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Who hired Marcus G. Jones to be MCPS Chief of Security and Compliance for @MCPS? If you guess Montgomery County Board of Education @mocoboe.bsky.social you are incorrect. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2025/06/who-...

Please read, this is important. Sorry it’s long.

Trump’s move to have Elon Musk step aside wasn’t a retreat. It was a distraction. With Musk’s name out of the headlines, many assumed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had quietly ended. It hasn’t. It’s just changed hands.

There's a stunning provision tucked into the budget bill that would limit courts' ability to enforce contempt orders, and therefore to uphold the rule of law.

This deserves real alarm. If the Senate values the separation of powers, it must remove the provision.

The Trump administration has just canceled a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna that was meant to develop a bird flu vaccine.

The National Association of the Deaf says it has filed a lawsuit to compel the White House to immediately resume providing American Sign Language interpreters during broadcasts of press briefings. https://www.nad.org/2025/05/28/national-association-of-the-deaf-sues-white-house-for-access-to-press-b

CDC Ends COVID Vaccine Recs for Healthy Kids, Pregnant Women RFK Jr. announced the change in a video posted to X

RFK Jr ends #Covid vaccine recommendations for healthy kids & pregnant women. He announced the change in a video posted on the hell-scape known as X. His announcement comes as a new Covid variant has begun circulating in the US. NB.1.8.1 has been surging in China www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

CREW sues to challenge destruction of CDC FOIA office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington The closure of the CDC's entire FOIA office violates both FOIA and the Administrative Procedure Act and the CDC must be compelled to follow the law.

We sued HHS and its administrator RFK Jr. for illegally shuttering the CDC office that turns over records to the public.

We're going to keep pursuing public transparency for as long as it takes.

Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.

50 Trump crypto dinner invitees hold tokens linked to alt-right symbols and racist language - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Fifty of the $TRUMP memecoin dinner invitees hold crypto assets named for alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog as well as swastikas.

BREAKING: 50 invitees to the Trump crypto dinner tonight hold tokens linked to alt-right symbols and racist language, a CREW analysis found:

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.