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The Big Lie has been replaced by 50 little lies nestling in 50 different states. The Big Lie, of course, is that if only the presidential election hadn’t been stolen, then Trump would still be in office. That’s now playing out in statehouses around the country, with legislation aiming to suppress, primarily, Black voters.
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The Baltimore Orioles officially expressed interest in hosting this year s All-Star Game to Major League Baseball.
The Baltimore Sun, citing a team spokeswoman, reports team officials told the league to keep Camden Yards in mind for a future All-Star Game if another city is chosen this season.
On Friday, the Orioles and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott issued a statement in support of the league s decision to move the game from Atlanta following Georgia s passage of a controversial voting bill.
The statement read: The Orioles organization joins the city of Baltimore in support of today s decision by Major League Baseball to relocate the 2021 All-Star Game and MLB Draft. As the birthplace of civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, we stand united with Commissioner (Rob) Manfred in denouncing this malicious legislative effort to suppress voters in Georgia and other
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At 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is set to give a COVID-19 update.
As Maryland s COVID-19 cases have been steadily rising over the past two weeks, Baltimore City s positivity rate has increased by 106%, with a current positivity rate of 3.7%. Maryland s current positivity rate is 5.3%
As of Wednesday, the Maryland Department of Health reported that 142,531 people have received dose one of two with the Moderna and/or Pfizer vaccines, and 5,619 people have received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
It s unknown what Scott will talk about at the news conference, but he previously said that instead of his former policy of reevaluating COVID-19 restrictions every four weeks, he would reevaluate every two weeks.
Imagine a society where prostitutes could solicit johns for sex just yards from police officers who did little more than wave them on their way. Picture yourself walking through a park with your children as a homeless person is free to urinate and defecate beside the park bench where he is stashing the illegal drugs he bought from a dope dealer operating openly without fear of the police.
Does that make you feel safe?
Welcome to the new Baltimore, where law enforcement will no longer be prosecuting what it calls âlow-level offenses.â These include possessing drugs or drug paraphernalia, trespassing, minor traffic offenses, prostitution, open container violations and defecating or urinating in public. The city announced the initiative last week after a year-long experiment to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the jails and prisons.