The Runback: Five Spot
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News and Politics
Now the Dominoes Fall: Cardin's Retirement Means a Lot of People are about to start making moves
Trump Didn't Make It Cool; He Just Exploited It: Republicans Hating their Own Party Predates Trump by a Decade
Wes Moore Doesn't Know Right From Wrong: Some things are never right and always wrong. Why is Wes Moore celebrating these wrongs?
Freshman Delegate Running for Congress: "Progressive" Delegate Joe Vogel is running for Congress fresh off of keynoting a dinner named in honor of a former Ku Klux Klan Organizer
The Monday Thought(s)
This Monday, here are five random things for you to ponder:
With race horses seemingly being killed on the track a seemingly daily occurrence recently, why is not only Maryland continuing on with its Pimlico restoration project but why is New York following up with improvements to Belmont Park?
Why does every ballpark need to have a ballpark district now, with Atlanta’s ballpark serving as the model?
What is the world coming to when a 12-year old in Washington, DC is arrested as the suspect in six separate carjackings?
I’m not really in to Bad Bunny’s music, but Bad Bunny as a performer may be one of the most charismatic and dedicated performers of all time, as his match at WWE Backlash on Saturday would show you.
And while I’m not a huge fan of Twitter’s “Community Notes”, is this a gem or what?