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Columbia Democratic Club @columbiademclub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join us in voting YES on 3 in Maryland.

Blue text on a white background encourages voters to fight back against MAGA maps by voting Yes on issue 3 in Maryland.

Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Saw a number of these driving back to Baltimore from the Delaware shore. Thanks for trying to help us flip the Delmarva peninsula!

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We knew it would be wet in Bethany Beach, DE this weekend, but this is the first time we’ve seen flooding like this at the Disciples camp in downtown BB. These pics are around noon when we were asked to evacuate. #DelawareFlooding #BethanyBeach

View toward the main hall with the entire lawn and sidewalk inundated with water.

View toward the east showing roads covered in water

Stone House completely surrounded by water

A car dives through water trying to leave camp.

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wonderful seeing @britishorioles.bsky.social and Emma at the game tonight! I love how baseball brings folks together. 🧡🖤 #Birdland @orioles.com

Photo of a man and two women wearing Orioles gear in a baseball stadium

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am very bummed not to be at the Yards today to welcome back Trey Mancini as an Oriole, if only for a day. Such a good guy. Humble and hard working. I hope the kids on the team now will watch and learn today. Lots of lessons from #16.

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1. Congratulations!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 2. Chicago?!? You got married in Chicago??? I mean, better than New York, but still…

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Y’all need to rewrite this headline.

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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Over four weeks this summer, at least three men murdered their families. Together, the three men killed 17 people, 12 of them children. And within a day or two, each story had vanished from the national news. 1/2

A Mighty Girl

Over four weeks this summer, at least three men murdered their families, killing 12 children among them.

On July 24, in Michigan, Kristopher Karolkiewicz shot his wife and their six children and set the house on fire.

On July 31, in Wisconsin, Jeffrey Manke killed his two daughters, 11 and 16.

On August 23, in Montana, Alan Smith gunned down eight of his relatives -- his parents, his grandmother, his sister, and four children -- at a Sunday dinner.

Together, the three men killed 17 people, 12 of them children. And within a day or two, each story had vanished from the national news.

Compare this to the coverage of the Lindsay Clancy case. For weeks, the trial of the Massachusetts mother, who killed her three children in 2023, has been a media fixation.

Cable networks have carried it live. CNN, NBC, the Boston Globe, and others have run day-by-day live blogs. Reporters have packed the courthouse by the dozen, some sitting on the floor for lack of room. And the trial is only the latest chapter: the case has been dissected in the national press and on true-crime podcasts for years.

A mother killing her children becomes a national obsession; a father doing the same quickly becomes yesterday's news.

The obvious explanation for the discrepancy is timing: Clancy is on trial, while these three men killed themselves and left no one to prosecute.

But it doesn't hold up. Men who murder their families do stand trial -- and their cases almost never command this kind of sustained, wall-to-wall attention.

The true-crime sagas that grip the nation for years overwhelmingly feature women who kill. The gender of the killer, it turns out, matters more than the crime.

The numbers tell a different story than the headlines. Family annihilation in America is neither rare nor evenly distributed.

According to a 2023 investigation by the Indianapolis Star, drawing on data from the Gun Violence Archive, someone in this country murders their own family roughly once every five days.

And the people who do it are almost always men -- by expert estimates, some 91 percent of the time. A gun is used in about nine of ten cases. The victims, disproportionately, are children.

The silence has a dangerous cost. Violence by men has become so normalized that even its most extreme form -- a man murdering his own family -- barely registers. And that silence compounds itself: because these killings rarely break through the noise, most people have no idea how common they are, or how overwhelmingly they are committed by men. The pattern disappears into the background, one fleeting headline at a time.

None of this diminishes the horror of a mother who kills. It only raises the question: why does that horror seize our full attention, while the far more common version -- committed by fathers, husbands, sons -- slips past us in a day?

--> If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 at 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788.

--> The Danger Assessment, developed by Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, is a free tool that helps a woman gauge her risk of being killed by an abusive partner --

https://www.dangerassessment.org/DA.aspx

For a potentially life-saving book for older teens and adults about the early warning signs of abusive relationships, myths about abusive personalities, and how to get help, we highly recommend "Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men" at

https://www.amightygirl.com/why-does-he-do-that

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

How cool is that! (Also, this is a kernel of a blog post!)

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The lightning west of Columbia was crazy when we were driving home from the game but I think the storm passed us by. It did rain a bit later on.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Todd Blanche having his conformation vote at 4:00 AM tells you everything you need to know about how Republicans in Congress operate. They reserve their most toxic moves for the dead of night.

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I hope you got a good girl treat, too. Pups can be exhausting!

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy Anthony Santander International Fan Club founding day to all who celebrate! #Birdland @britishorioles.bsky.social

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

He was the first block of the rebuild. The first sign of the light that might be at the end of a long, long tunnel. And he soldiered through it all. Such a good guy. My kid and I are heartbroken, too. She’s also a catcher.

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We will be by the pool! 🌊🌊🌊

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thanks to Indivisible for spearheading this!

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I do love how the Os are trying to do something to bring you out of your World Cup funk!

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Finally. Let’s hope the pieces come together second half.

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Please tell me this otter is the reason you needed an ice maker!

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Is this anything to do with Trump accounts?

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Yeah, we had to leave so my friend could go to his kid’s game. Note that the two games we’ve been to together had 8 HRs, 20 runs, and 26 hits. 😜

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Feel free to do this every game. 😂

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Exciting game! I’m really happy to see JJ doing so well.

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Called our rep, @elfreth.house.gov. Very nice young person answered. She said I was definitely not the first call they’ve gotten. Elfreth has already called out this president and his genocidal actions. Now let’s hope others join her.

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Columbia Democratic Club @columbiademclub.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It’s a beautiful Friday for our Gorman Overpass I-95 Rush Hour action. A reminder that we now meet from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Join us! @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social #Resist

Flyer with details for the Friday Gorman Road Overpass action and six pictures from previous actions.

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IndivisibleHoCoMD❌👑 @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Thousands of us huddled, marched, and waved in downtown Columbia, on March 28! #NK3HoCo 🍃 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Or-r...

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No Kings 3 - Aerial View Montage

YouTube video by IndivisibleHoCoMD Training

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Columbia Democratic Club @columbiademclub.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! Our friends at @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social put together this great factsheet. We will add that the pre-rally reggae music starts at 12:30 at the Chrysalis. #HoCoMD #Resist #NoKings

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Sorry. Just got the message. You will get by with a little help from your friends, as always.

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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A child died after crashing while fleeing a traffic stop in Howard County last month; the Attorney General's Office says it will not identify her, citing a juvenile secrecy law no one else applies this way. Im hoping someone out there knows who she was. Please reach out if you have info

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Columbia Democratic Club @columbiademclub.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“This is not a perfect party. We’re not a perfect people. Yet, we are called to a perfect mission.” May his lifetime of work be an inspiration and his memory a blessing. Rest in power, Reverend Jackson.

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Linda Lamppert @lindalamppert.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Watching the skeleton racing and my friend came up with the perfect explanation: “This is what happens when you have too much winter.” 🤣🤣🤣 #Olympics

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Columbia Democratic Club @columbiademclub.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Last night we were walking the dinosaur and eating pizza up on the Gorman Road overpass. Our message was “Tell Congress no $$$ for ICE.” Today it’s 80s night from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Join us! @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social #Resist #ICEout #ProtestMarathon

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