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Brian Marron

@brianmarron.bsky.social
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MoCo dad, attorney, amateur scholar athlete, HOA tamer, Good Troublemaker. Orioles, Ravens, Nats, Commanders, Caps, Terps and Survivor fan.

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g.h. kirsch @gh-kirsch.bsky.social · 7h
Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.
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Hagerstown Rapid Response @hagerstownrapidresponse.com · 13h
We asked the City for records showing who entered into confidentiality agreements with the developer connected to the Martin Farm property. Hagerstown’s answer: You get nothing. Us: oh, really? Challenge accepted 🔥 blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/hagerstown...
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Hagerstown Won’t Tell Us Who Signed an NDA With Data Center Developer Diversified Capital.
We asked the City for records showing who entered into confidentiality agreements with the developer connected to the Martin Farm property. Hagerstown’s answer: You get nothing.
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When Republicans talk about protecting women's sports surely they include themselves getting dunked on by Klobuchar.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 29/09/2026
"Therefore, even if some of the partisan messaging in the communications described in this assessment violated the Hatch Act, it would be inappropriate for OSC to pursue disciplinary action in these cases." My goodness, you are useless.
Email from OSC saying that though the White House violated the Hatch Act, they are not going to do anything about it.
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Gail Carriger @gailcarriger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Definitive Gail Carriger Book Reading Order: A Checklist PDF gailcarriger.com/2018/08/01/t...
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Whenever I see law professors talk about AI.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In 1945, we termed it De-Nazification. And unless you were a rocket scientist, you went behind some barbed wire until you were sorted. Not sure there are many rocket scientists employed at ICE.
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A Schrodingermander.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
People are hiding at home, afraid to go outside and encounter ICE. They're struggling to find food and holding kids out of school, as friends and family are disappeared in bunches. This is now the reality of daily life across the U.S., and I took a snapshot of what it looks like in one community:
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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts
Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Article 25 (3)(e) of the statute establishing the International Criminal Court criminalizes incitement to genocide. If someone can walk into the United Nations and say this, they’re daring the court to act.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: The 10th Circuit has proposed a rule requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy. If adopted, it would be a first of its kind rule in the federal appeals courts. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US appeals court rule would require lawyers to certify AI-prepared filings
A federal appeals court in Denver on Friday proposed requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy.
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes, the people who could afford frequent trips to events at the Kennedy Center are very upset. Some are finally feeling personally affected by the 2nd Trump administration. Maybe they will be inspired to help stop this from happening again.
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Holy First World Problems, Batman!
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How the midterms could be stolen - a warning. judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/january-3-...
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January 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
House Republicans are poised to claim that the midterm elections were stolen from them when they meet on January 3 to decide which Members-elect will be seated in the 120th Congress
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
the part where the Admin argues the states brought any expense on themselves by not preparing for the new rules - when they got the previous challenge dismissed on standing grounds bc the states had no burdens until the rules were in place - is where i start screaming and running off into the sun
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What would help is showing them we did something to seriously reduce the odds of someone like Trump gaining power again. That means upgrades to our dilapidated form of democracy.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 04/09/2026
Trump is breaking ground on his 250-foot vanity arch before he even has final approval, all while a veterans’ lawsuit to stop it is still pending in court. Construction 20 hours a day, for years, at the gates of Arlington where we have buried our nation’s heroes. Absolutely disgraceful.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office. “This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.” www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
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Remedies Abandoned
The 112-page report, “Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration,” documents the administration’s efforts to unravel the work of four key agencies between January 2...
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
RT @Orioles:
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Rough week. If @thegodshow.com were to take every person who was famous in the 1980s by September 1, would it be worth it and who would you miss most?
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Michelle Chappell she/her @michellechap76.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From now until January I am on clerk watch — the Clerk of the House is responsible for compiling the list of House members for the 120th Congress from certified results, and thus wields a great deal of power in these election-denying times. We need McCumber to stay. clerk.house.gov/About#Overvi...
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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
President Donald Trump and RFK Jr. talked a ton about autism during his second presidency (more than his first presidency). But all the while, they have slashed offices that protects autistic students' rights and research on autism. www.cbsnews.com/news/autism-...
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Trump puts autistic kids in the spotlight and cuts agencies built to protect them
Researchers and disability rights advocates warn that the dismantling of the Education Department and its erosions of civil rights oversight risk widening the disparities autistic children face.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026
here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.
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Jim Burlingame @jimburlingame.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
… BUT: most of its “reporters” are in The Philippines! They watch our civic meetings on Zoom and then write up articles. They claim they can’t afford to pay local, American journalists who live in this community to do the reporting 🤷‍♂️😳🫠 (2/2)
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In other words, "Go get your checkbook, Flock."
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I did this back on Xitter back in COVID days and saved screenshots when I left. It's got worse since.
I keep thinking about what would've happened if I'd pitchec a 2020 novel to an editor in 1998.

There's a global pandemic. Starts in China, spreads fast.

"You can't stop it, right?" editor says.

"Nope. You can't stop slow it. Masks like 1918, etc."

"Flu pandemic reference is nice," the editor says. "Wevdo this while we work on vaccine or cure?"

"Mostly we don't. A party makes it all political. If you do it, you're on the wrong side. So the virus spreads."

"Don't they come to their senses whrn it gets out of hand?"

"Not well. 2020 is an election year. And Internet talk is a big deal then. Everybody has a cell phone like a little computer...""Don't they spread information fast?" the editor says.

"Information. Misinformation. Disinformation, too."

Editor frowns. "This is pretty dark."

Me: "Oh. I forgot to tell you--while all this is going on, Donald Trump is President of the United States."

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY OFFICE!!!!"
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This research paper in The Lancet - the UK’s oldest and most respected medical journal - estimates that Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID will cause over 14,000,000 avoidable deaths by 2030. Fourteen. Million. Deaths.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Gulf autocrats bribed the wrong guy. Actually, their mistake was thinking a corrupt, ignorant US president was in their interest.
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Definitely Danny @semperwry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The complaint also directly challenges the government's account of officer injuries, the filing says. "The most serious injury to any officer was a broken finger. The most common injury was 'pain.' No officers died as a result of injuries from J6," it says.
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
They only care about things that personally affected them. Serious harms suffered by other people are less important to them than minor inconveniences they had to endure.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Additional kudos to the creator of this clip for making it seamlessly repeat.
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Nashira Harmakhis @nashiraharmakhis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I've been too comfortable. The previous HOA board asked for residents' approval before imposing an assessment. Not any more. For the next six months my fees will be 1/3 more than my mortgage. Wish me luck job hunting in my 60s! My first thought is Fiverr for proofreading. I have a M.Ed. so tutoring?
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Pete Alonso in his final year of his Orioles contract and they're still rebuilding
Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is one deeply reported, beautifully written (or edited) story, and you should find time this Sunday morning to read every word of it. 1/2 Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
One month ago today: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro claims she has “tremendous evidence” against David Hearn for vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. She lied. Secretary Burgum lied. White House staff lied. Trump lied. There will be no consequences.
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Playoff Odds Bot, go home, you're drunk. #Orioles
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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I've felt this angst, too. I'm coming to realize that maybe I've been operating under a logical fallacy, specifically an availability bias. I've been unconsciously assuming the minds I most often interact with, including my own, are typical. That's incorrect.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/07/2026
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Hi good morning. America is a rigged casino run by corporations and their overlords who dont care if you live or die but whether or not you pay. And it doesnt have to be like this. But you have to be brave and bold and you have to actually show up for your fellow humans.
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Republicans in the Trump regime clearly don’t give a damn about Americans’ health. The AHRQ—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—is terminating grants that research health disparities and quality of care, giving no particular reasons why. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
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Termination of AHRQ grants is the latest assault on health equity and the rule of law. – Grant Witness
The agency charged with finding ways to make American health care more effective has been gutted. Last week’s terminations are just the latest blow.
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