Unemployment is at the highest it's been in 4 yrs. Nobody can afford to buy a home. Groceries cost more than going to a restaurant. Childcare costs your 1st born child. The Gov is shut down... and $250M is being spent on a new ballroom in the White House.
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Republicans are voting to raise the debt ceiling by $5 Trillion while trying to make us believe things will be cheaper. The math ain't mathin'.
It was such a beautiful evening at Oregon Ridge tonight for the Oregon Ridge Nature Council's annual meeting and celebration where incredible volunteers and scholars were recognized. They even unveiled the new name and logo they will be using moving forward. They are now The Friends of Oregon Ridge!
Tonight we had our annual Board of Rec and Parks Dinner and Meeting with the Baltimore County Executive and County Council. Tonight was also amazing as we had our first ever woman chair of the board and our first ever woman county executive leading the discussion!
From Annapolis for bill signings to Hunt Valley for a legislative update! Another busy Tuesday.
Listening to Congressman Olszewski give constituents his first 100 days report. Our amazing Lt. Gov Aruna Miller also gave an update on how the Federal Administration is impacting Maryland.
After 90 days of a tough session going line-by-line through the state budget I am now here as madam County Executive Kathy Klausmeier presents the Baltimore County Budget.
There is no roller coaster quite like a legislative session in Annapolis (especially when Sine Die coincides with the National Championship game)
Perhaps we should ensure cyclists have safe and clear dedicated bike lanes so they don't need to move into traffic lanes.
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Also today I had to pick up my dad's prescription. After 18 surgeries yes, he gets prescribed opioids for when he needs them because pain is so excruciating. Well, now, it is required you buy a $60 narcan with any opioid prescription... So just another way big pharma is getting theirs.
My mom is disabled so just bringing her own bag isn't that simple. She has to order groceries online and have them brought out to the car...and she got charged for three different bags.
I have a long selfie arm
Back in Annapolis!
I'll sleep when session is over.
Just heard a Trump supporter call in on the radio talking about how politicians have forgot about serving people and have become celebrities and only work for themselves
Sir, you literally voted for a celebrity who works for his own interests.
3/3 ... As long as a corporate bottom line drives scientific innovation rather than the public good, we aren't going to get far. I shared before, year after year government is removing itself from scientific R&D funding. It needs to be more involved if we want to innovate our way to a solution.
2/3 ... While we do need to reduce the fact remains we are at a point where we will always have plastic in the waste stream and we have no idea how to process and handle it efficiently. The lack of public good innovation is what happens when scientific innovation becomes completely privatized...
Today I joined a conversation about the State of Recycling. I was quite sad it was just a lesson about what can be recycled about how we need to reduce and not a discussion about how to handle the plastics we do receive. ... 1/2
Murder is not justified.
Fury at the health care industry and its practices is.
The take away shouldn't be companies should take down leadership pages and beef up security...it should be overhauling a health care system that allowed AI to deny as many claims as possible to bolster the bottom line.
I don't feel like a horrible environmentalist for saying I'm curious about it. It's much cleaner than what we are using. France is mostly powered by nuclear and it seems to work for them. I think there is more to investigate.
What are your thoughts on nuclear energy?
Elon pays $0 in taxes and Tesla and SpaceX receive $5.9B in government subsidies a year.
I feel like we can cut this down if billionaires pay their fair share and don't just take.
And guys like Bezos could pay enough so workers aren't forced to get government assistance.
China couldn't care less about tariffs. Even if it doesn't raise prices, China will subsidize every tariff because they want to secure their market share. We need to work to modernize our manufacturing and economy rather than live in a dream world where things will be like they were in the 50s.
We can stop allowing vaping and cigarette companies from marketing to kids and making products made for young people.
Health care costs significantly increase and second hand smoke is an issue that hurts people who don't smoke.
Sadly smoking is very very very much on the rise as well, especially with young people. Vaping really is a gateway to cigarettes.
Thank Joe Biden! Last year my Turkey was $7 and this year it was $4. You are actually pretty awesome.
Yes, the climate crisis is very expensive...
Sorry Kelly, government is there to help our people in need. If lowering prescription prices will decrease $ for life sciences research then it should step in and supplement funding. We shouldn't be doing it by taking those who need it broke with high drug costs.
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3/3 ... And while we know this final meeting does not mean she will end her advocacy (in fact she is leaving so she can do more with a different community group) it was great to give her all the praise and thanks she deserves.
I gave one on behalf of Delegate Guyton. We brought Caitlin into our team in 2022 and she has been so amazing and an incredible community advocate. She truly has made life better for her neighbors with all the work she has done. ... 2/3
