Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., dismissed concerns from Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, a fellow Democrat, over his new push to redraw the state’s congressional map on Sunday. In a letter last month, Ferguson urged his party to avoid pursuing mid-cycle redistricting measures to redraw Maryland’s congressional lines, fearing that the process could backfire. “I believe […]
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Tennessee bodycam of ‘Maryland man’ traffic stop shows troopers’ hands tied despite smuggling clues
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released body camera footage of its 2022 encounter with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, where state troopers suspected he was involved in human trafficking. Garcia, 29, is a Salvadorian who illegally entered the United States in 2011 and in 2019 was issued a deportation order. Two previous judges concluded that Abrego-Garcia was likely affiliated […]
Federal judge calls deportation of Salvadoran man in Maryland ‘wholly lawless’
A federal judge’s 22-page decision on Sunday called the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “wholly lawless.” Abrego Garcia, 29, was deported to an El Salvadoran megaprison last month for being an alleged MS-13 gang member. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to return […]
Maryland Lawmaker Thinks Journalists Need His
Got a little story this morning about the Streisand Effect — which, if you’re unfamiliar with the term, is that thing where an inept attempt to censor information leads to that information being disseminated far more widely than it otherwise would h… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/kirby-delauter-name-reporters_n_6424252.html