We’re not surprised! Congratulations! Totally deserved!
09.10.2025 01:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This @emilynussbaum.bsky.social profile of @kerirussell.bsky.social is just so, so good. @newyorker.com
09.10.2025 00:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
$100K question: Why was the Baltimore County inspector general case sealed?
The suit stemmed from a disagreement over what Patrick Murray told Kelly Madigan over breakfast at a Towson coffeehouse.
A private firm got a judge to pre-emptively seal this lawsuit #baltimore county IG brought against a former employee. Unusual, even unprecedented. What don't they want us to know? #journalism #FOIA @reason.com @cjciaramella.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social
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06.10.2025 16:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Catherine’s really good.
06.10.2025 03:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I am glad so many readers are interested in this!
04.10.2025 23:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
They were often the only outlet to report these issues because The Banner wasn’t here.
01.10.2025 22:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
How a colleague coffee left Baltimore County taxpayers with a $190,000 tab
The most expensive breakfast in Baltimore County costs $190,000. How taxpayers got stuck footing the bill.
Four years ago, #Baltimore Co Inspector General Kelly Madigan and then-chief of staff Patrick Murray met at the Bun Shop for what could be the most expensive breakfast in #Baltimore County history. Taxpayer tab: $190,000. County got judge to seal case. We explain!
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01.10.2025 13:27 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
One of my least favorite pieces of writing advice is the phase, 'show, don't tell.' Heck, just tell it well! Tell it in vibrant ways, with wacky sentences and varying structures. Tell it simply one sentence and verbosely the next, and the show will come naturally. Anyway, back to baseball
27.09.2025 18:53 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Standing room only for Erik Larson!
21.09.2025 18:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m such a fan, Gillian. Great to be following you here and glad you’re still on the history beat. Salut, lady!
21.09.2025 15:26 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm watching the very entertaining season premiere of The Morning Show, and there are several scenes in it that feel like they could have been written this morning. (Which speaks well for the show and quite poorly for this morning.)
19.09.2025 01:03 — 👍 253 🔁 12 💬 11 📌 0
Sources are confidential. Period. You sign up for this job, and you have to be willing to go to jail to protect them. I almost had to once, in 1997. A benevolent federal judge quashed the subpoena. I remember the fear, but also the pride of being trusted with deep secrets. All we have is our word.
19.09.2025 01:17 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I mean, I’m here for the fox photos and the mushroom photos and the cute dogs and to share some good local stories but otherwise I’m sort of confused? So many arguments, so much shouting.
18.09.2025 23:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I come on here for 10 minutes and realize I am not online enough to know what everyone is fighting about. Back to my book!
18.09.2025 23:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Peach and eggplant art stir unexpected drama in Ellicott City
In Ellicott City, the placement of a peach sculpture has sparked controversy, while a nearby eggplant sculpture was accepted by the Howard County Historic Preservation Commission.
There is so much to be upset about these days. And then, there are the people who anonymously complained about a peach and an eggplant in a historic district....jeopardizing their future because...well, honestly, you just have to read the story.
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18.09.2025 21:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’ll pass along. I cover local govt mostly.
18.09.2025 15:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
What if we just keep talking about Robert Redford and sharing our favorite photos of him?
17.09.2025 23:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’m aware.
15.09.2025 13:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Would be nice if Fox would credit us for breaking the story?
15.09.2025 12:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
There is no case to watch.
15.09.2025 12:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The art of silence is overrated. Not everyone has to comment on everything.
12.09.2025 01:54 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
I will never forget the quiet moment when a source on a story took me to this monument in Breezy Point. They lost so many neighbors that day. Secretaries at Canter. Traders. Firefighters. We looked out at the skyline and sobbed.
12.09.2025 00:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I track ICE flights, and I write about the history of American slavery. Sounds like two different things, but they're not really. Former WaPo.
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