chris

hi guppy

David Marks would be running for re-election in a district won by Harris in 2024, while Wade Kach (also now in a Harris-won district) and three of the county's four Democratic county councilmembers are retiring to run for county executive

2024 presidential election results by district under the Baltimore County Council's proposed redistricting plan, with incumbent councilmembers' residences marked

the proposed redistricting plan would also create two new open seats: District 2, a safely Democratic district that includes Woodlawn, Lochearn, and Milford Mill; and District 8, which includes Essex and Middle River and leans Republican.

the newly proposed Baltimore County Council map was 7D-2R in the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections, as well as the 2022 gubernatorial election. it was 6D-3R in the 2022 AG election and 5D-4R in the 2022 comptroller election

Harry the Hawk, the mascot of UMES

Gerson Boom next to a small Susie. I only made the Gerson sprite, guess someone found it later and added the Susie

a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, the mascot of UMBC

Doc the Tiger, the mascot of Towson Unviersity

that one image of Kendrick Lamar painted over the town of Mustard, PA

the Oriole Bird mascot of the Baltimore Orioles

Jackenstein's pumpkin with the text "YOUR TAKING TOOL" above it. A small dancing pumpkin and two tutus surround it.

Sammy Seagull, the mascot of Salisbury University

wplace is so fun ive been doing this nonstop for the past three days

Marsha Blackburn announces run for Governor of Tennessee - Nashville Banner Marsha Blackburn announces her campaign for governor of Tennessee, aligning with Donald Trump and focusing on familiar conservative platforms.

bingo nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/06/m...

ok that’s enough

i've heard grapevine rumors that the maryland general assembly would have a special session this fall relating to the budget, would imagine they bring this up during the session (and that the whole situation around texas redistricting is probably influencing their decision to hold the session)

badass.........

first harvest of the year

jailbreak

A beefsteak tomato

Two watermelons, no larger than an apple

plants growing in nicely

so when you…

• force this tech on most everyone

• block it from acknowledging trans people even exist

• remove lgbtq people from human rights reporting & allow ICE to conceal info on trans people in custody

…it seems like a good time for cis folks to stop considering political “compromises.”

Council chair Liz Walsh joins the race for Howard County executive Howard County Council chair Liz Walsh on Monday is becoming the latest Democrat to launch a bid for county executive in 2026.

and there ya go www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

i spent my first 15 minutes of the game not even progressing, just punching random shit around the starting area. im about two hours into the game right now and not sure how much i have left (probably a lot), but i can already tell my GOTY is probably between this and mario kart world right now

didn’t he *just* get appointed to the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield board of directors lmfao

"it should be left as open space!!! think about the environmental concerns!!!" do you hear yourself.

a Post article from the 2018 primary says he's a longtime member of the Metro DC DSA, but in the same breath quotes him saying stuff like... this

fingers

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.

You are looking at a picture of an American concentration camp

technically not a retirement since she's not up this cycle, but i'd have to imagine Blackburn kicks off her TN-Gov campaign soon

Zohran Mamdani

holy shit. hooooooly shit. wow

the photo in this case was already taken by a photographer working for the state government, so they already have the rights to use it for stuff like this! just funny when they do this

A screenshot of the Maryland State Archives biography page for Aisha Braveboy on March 3, 2025

A screenshot of the Maryland State Archives biography page for Aisha Braveboy on June 22, 2025. From the previous screenshot, Braveboy's portrait has been updated to a more recent photo and her position has changed from "state's attorney" to "county executive".

A screenshot of the updated portrait from the second screenshot being uploaded to Wikimedia on August 19, 2024.

i think its really funny when the maryland state government updates a politician's biography page on their state archives website to use the photo uploaded to that politician's wikipedia page

A baby deer peering out of a large leafy bush

bro i literally just opened my front door what do you mean there’s a baby deer in my garden

i was on the fence as to whether Hoyer runs for reelection this year, but now i'm leaning toward him doing so. i've heard through the grapevine that they're supposed to have a special session this fall regarding the budget, which might complicate the campaigns of any state leg looking to succeed him