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You Deserve A Break Today

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By Lori Jaffe (with apologies to Lewis Carroll)

It was the first day of school, curiously called “Transition Day.” Alice didn’t want to leave her home, and Kitty her pet cat. Alice was happy enough to meet the other children, but she had heard that things might be different from what she was used to experiencing. And she had heard that more changes were on the way.

Mid MoCo Muster - September 2025

By Peter Huessy

The critics of the President claim the USA is becoming a fascist country and becoming close to losing democracy. So, let’s go through what policies Democrats would reverse that need to be undone. And see if this makes sense.

Should we reopen the border and invite millions of illegals back into our country, including the rapists and murderers?

Let’s repair our relationship with Iran— is there a way to unobliterate their nuclear facilities? Do we bring it back to life?

Should we get rid of the deal that brought peace between Cambodia and Thailand? Or Rwanda and the Republic of Congo, or Armenian and Azerbaijan, India and Pakistan, or Egypt and Ethiopia?

AS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DC MAYOR - THANKS PRESIDENT TRUMP

By Dennis Brent Melby

No, not Muriel Bowser…but the first DC Mayor Robert Brent, my ancestor. Yep, we’re still here and I’m so heartened to see someone who’s actually taking city safety seriously. 

The left-wing media, all the Democrat politicians and limousine liberals say “but crime is heading down!” So what? No number of murders are “acceptable.” No car jackings are “acceptable.” No crazy people left to live on the streets, no drug users left to live in squalor as prey or criminal perpetrators are “acceptable!” What’s the acceptable level of public disorder?

HOW MUCH CRIME IS "ACCEPTABLE"?

There was no home rule, DC was a federal enclave under the control of the national government – and beholding to it. When Thomas Jefferson appointed my ancestor in 1802 as the first mayor, he was a wealthy landowner, much of his property was incorporated into the new city. Brentwood was his home, and the family had already been here for generations.  He was charged with everything; pave the streets,  empower the police, open schools and markets, work to layout the city and start from scratch.  

By Dan Cuda

Joe Biden’s 2024 candidacy ended 25 days after American history’s worst Presidential debate (Thursday 6/27). It was a political shipwreck for the Democratic Party. How this happened is an unusually public insight into party dynamics. It all seems so clear in hindsight, but Biden never wanted to leave and the outcome was not inevitable. If this was now Kamala Harris’s first term, Biden’s removal would be depicted as shrewd calculation, and the right would be looking back bitterly. The event is worth reassessing.

By Ann Guthrie Hingston, Republican Chair of LD16

Fraudsters peruse voter rolls, real estate and public records to request and vote ballots of those who have died or moved to a new address.  The only way to ensure that no one will vote using your name is to check that the  Montgomery County Board of Elections has accurate information about you.

Check HERE 

If you have moved your primary residence out of Montgomery County, please cancel your voter registration in Montgomery County, by following the link to the cancellation form below. The completed form may be mailed, faxed or emailed to the Montgomery County Board of Elections.  

Request to Cancel Voter Registration for MoCo HERE  To remove name of deceased HERE

By Dan Cuda

We celebrate Grandparents Day on Sept 7, just one day a year. But grandparents know the daily care of a child can be an enormous, all-consuming, exhausting task. Daily? The reality is sometimes minute to minute - a dirty diaper, another bottle, car seats and leaving for an appointment in 15 minutes. Everything, everywhere all at once is a reality of child rearing. Grandparents and parents know that reality. They know too the sweet moment when parents and grandparents read the children to drowsy sleep and peace returns to the home….until the next day.

SO HOW ARE WE DOING?