News & Opinions

Why Don’t We Have the Money? | Montgomery Perspective| Adam Pagnucco | February 17, 2026

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Maryland Gov. Moore signs bills into law ending law enforcement partnerships with ICE | CBS News | Adam Thompson, Dennis Valera, JT Moodee Lockman | Updated February 18, 2026, 9:09 pm

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Fani-González picks up challenger in Democratic primary; Republican files to run against Mink | Bethesda Today | Ceoli Jacoby | February 19, 2026, 10:32 am

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Inspector General: County Government Has Denied Access to Information | Montgomery Perspective | Adam Pagnucco | February 16, 2026

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Maryland clerks urge lawmakers to tighten marriage license rules after fraud case | WTOP News | Kate Ryan | February 14, 2026, 6:28 am

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Crews make progress in controlling sewage spill, but timeline remains 4-6 weeks | NBC 4 Washington | Mark Segraves | February 16, 2026, Updated February 17, 2026, 11:58 am

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Is This the Greatest Financial Scandal in Human History? | Unleash Prosperity | Stephen Moore | February 18, 2026

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Canadian ‘Human Rights’ Tribunal Reveals the Insidious Threat of Transgender Ideology | The Daily Signal | Tyler O'Neil | February 20, 2026

Secretary Rubio delivers remarks to the Munich Security Conference - YouTube

By Dennis Brent Melby

It’s Presidents' Day.

I worked for Jimmy Carter. I’m a MoCo native, plenty of us work or have worked in DC, and I was transferred from Rockville to work at the White House as a low-level clerk for the Three Mile Island Commission, and stayed at various posts until the day after he left. As a person he was a brilliant man, very moral - but also usually very wrong on almost every decision. Up until Biden he was the worst President of my lifetime.  Except after he was booted from office – he and Secretary of State James Baker later co-chaired the Commission on Federal Election Reform, a task force that recommended we limit mail-in voting to the Military and overseas personnel. He said “Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.” I have to agree.

Even President Carter at 100, just before he passed, voted in-person in Georgia. He felt it was so important. Fast forward to today, our "almost" President Hillary Clinton, is stating that with voter ID requirements married women won't be able to vote. Do you believe it? Do you know a woman who would accept being turned away at the polls because of a change of name on their driver’s license? I sure as heck don’t. It’s ridiculous. Recent polls say both sexes (yep - there're just two) and folks of every skin color say they already have an ID to vote. Furthermore almost every other democratic country on earth today requires an ID to vote – they only want vested citizens controlling their governments – not a bad idea don’t you think?

So what should we do as Republicans? It’s kind of straight forward, we have to play their game (the Democrats have total control of the Maryland government right now) and make sure as many of us vote as possible – either by mail or in person - we have to turn things around before we’re taxed through the roof and legislated into oblivion. Higher taxes, fewer services, deteriorating public schools, limits on police and security . . . it goes on and on.

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