Nancy Knew

A once ambivalent political observer drawn into commentary.

[Fitzgerald Mofor, MLS @FitzMofor9A]

Here in Highland, Maryland, connecting with voters to talk about our plans for 9A.

1. Lower Taxes/Fees
2. Reduced Utility Costs
3. Upgraded Infrastructure

I was even able to connect with voters about my story as a linebacker at UAB and how I plan to bring that level of intensity to Annapolis when representing them.

Folks, every single vote matters. My opponents won by just 113 votes in 2022. It’s why I am so committed to working every single day to flip District 9A.

Let’s have massive turnout to the polls and let’s win together in November! Fitz will fix it and a vote for Mofor is more for you!

[🦀 Josh Seefried @JoshSeefried]

Either a storm came through, or Maryland state Senator Muse found a new parking spot.

[Fitzgerald Mofor, MLS @FitzMofor9A]

Please don’t buy into the fake support.

These are all politicians, legislative aids, Chief of Staffs, and students who get scholarships from their offices.

Democrats campaign with taxpayer dollars without our consent so they can raise our taxes and continue the grift.

[The Baltimore Sun @baltimoresun]

A proposed constitutional amendment that could clear the way for Maryland lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map before the next census faces significant opposition from voters, according to a new University of Maryland, Baltimore County poll. Read more: https://t.co/DKSjlJ1Y2C

📸: File photo

[NOVA Campaigns @NoVA_Campaigns]

Property taxes in Fairfax VA are up 50% in the last years. Thousands flushed away. New meals tax. Car taxes $1000+ per year for families with cars 5-10yo. @FairfaxDems win every year

Gas costs $35 more x52 weeks? $1800? Huge, but you pay 4-6x that for LGBTQ & DEI staff in class

[Glen Sturtevant @GlenSturtevant]

A grandson begged Spanberger's parole board not to release the man who broke into his grandparents' home and murdered them. The convict was serving three life sentences.

Spanberger’s parole board released him anyway.

[Fitzgerald Mofor, MLS @FitzMofor9A]

Just had a fantastic day on the campaign trail.

We canvassed over 100 doors in West Friendship and God’s Country (Damascus).

We also are getting our hand-written letters out and connecting with voters personally.

It was also such a privilege to have the Hon. Gail Bates join me while door-knocking in Western Howard County!

[FOX Baltimore @FOXBaltimore]

Howard County has become the latest battleground over government transparency and how much access an inspector general should have to county records. https://t.co/0LanVS1Yvk

[Esther Wells @VoteforEsther]

My 3 pledges for Montgomery County as your County Executive! Please visit my page and stay tuned for pledge #2 ✅

#Montgomerycounty

[Fitzgerald Mofor, MLS @FitzMofor9A]

MDDEMS are afraid we will flip District 9A! That's why the House Democrat Caucus is running TV ads and sending mailers for our opponents.

Let me be clear: I am doubling down on my energy plan to lower costs for Marylanders. Remember, voting for Mofor means more for you!

[Fitzgerald Mofor, MLS @FitzMofor9A]

Team Mofor has canvassed every day this week!

We have been talking to people throughout the community. Some are shocked to find out Mississippi is outperforming Maryland schools.

Many were disappointed about the plan to impose a sales tax increase next year.

House Speaker Joselyn Peña Melnyk, in tandem with my opponents, will not stop Senate leadership from closing the $3.1 billion deficit on the backs of working-class families.

I talked to voters about how we’re not getting a strong return for our constant tax and fee increases. Our infrastructure is crumbling, and our educational test scores are stagnant at best.

When elected, I will continue to show up in the community and look voters in the eyes and talk to them about their concerns.

Let’s turn out to the polls and elect local leaders that will restore our state back to prosperity!

[Greg @SoundMoneyG]

Indeed. A "Maryland Fall"!

An elderly woman brutally mugged in Fells Point. Murdered.

Guiness Brewery announces they're closing in Halethorpe.

Maryland football trounced at home. 54-3.

Massive potential fraud under former Baltimore City Board of School Commissioner.

[MDBayNews @MDBayNews]

🚨 NEW MARYLAND WORKPLACE LAW TAKES EFFECT: Maryland employers can no longer require workers — or job applicants — to attend or participate in meetings where the employer expresses opinions on political or religious matters, including elections, legislation, public policy and union organizing. The Maryland Worker Freedom Act took effect Oct. 1.

Employers may still hold those meetings voluntarily and can communicate information required by law, necessary for job duties, or factual information about unions. Workers who believe they were punished for refusing to participate can file a complaint with the state labor commissioner within 180 days.

Penalties can reach $10,000 for an initial violation and $25,000 for subsequent violations, along with back pay, damages, attorneys’ fees and other relief. Similar laws in other states are facing First Amendment and federal labor-law challenges, and Maryland’s attorney general previously identified potential constitutional and preemption concerns.

[Nick Minock @NickMinock]

🚨New: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s hand-picked parole board released eight out of ten felons during Thursday’s parole meeting.

These are people who were convicted of murder, rape, robbery and child abuse. Many of them had decades left on their life sentences.

WJLA analyzed all of Spanberger’s parole board’s decisions since their first meeting. I found that out of the 205 discretionary and geriatric parole cases the board considered, Spanberger’s board granted 48 felons parole. That’s almost ONE in FOUR felons who requested early release being granted parole.

It's a significant jump compared to former Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s parole board.

[Brenda M Diaz 🇺🇸 @BrendaMDiaz4BOE]

Parents deserve to be heard.

Dividing communities & pitting Gaithersburg against Rockville over school closures makes no sense. We should be working together. Taylor's unilateral decisions without true community engagement have to stop.

#MCPS is studying which elementary and middle schools to close or consolidate. Join me at the first in-person community session:

📅 Monday, Oct. 19, 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 Gaithersburg Middle School

Bring a neighbor and your questions. Virtual sessions too!

Learn more about my policy proposals at https://t.co/WSLoWpbISS, then vote Diaz for Board of Education!

Early voting Oct. 22–29 · Election Day Nov. 3

@ThomasTaylorEdD @mocoboe @MCPS

[Chris Papst @chrispapst]

BREAKING:

Ashiah Parker, Baltimore City school board Vice Chair, served as "secretary" for KEYS Empowers nonprofit from 2016 to 2019 (per IRS filings).

KEYS Empowers was raided by the FBI this week. Soon after, its founder Mujahid Muhammad resigned as a school board member.

[Keri Smith 🌱Deprogrammed @RealKeriSmith]

Maybe you’ve noticed there’s something wrong in society today. Especially among women on the left.

Doesn’t it seem like everything is inverted for them? That’s because it is.

They celebrate and mock the murder of innocents like Charlie Kirk. Meanwhile, they make cult-heroes out of murderers like Lindsay Clancy and Luigi Mangione.

They enthusiastically approve of murdering babies - they “shout” their abortions - and they push the mutilation and sterilization of children and throw parades for it.

On TikTok they throw abortion parties and parties for chopping the breasts off of girls. They make cakes for these occasions.

They make victims out of sadistic murderers like Christa Pike and would-be murderers like Renee Good, and they paint as criminals actual victims like Charlie Kirk, like Patrick Clancy, like Erika Kirk.

The Bible explains clearly what we see around us:

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." Isaiah 5:20

This woman here, she’s one of the actual victims yesterday, not Christa Pike.

This is May Martinez, the mother of Colleen Slemmer, who Pike tortured and brutally murdered in 1995. May has been waiting 30 years - 30 YEARS - to see her daughter’s murderer dealt justice. She and her husband Raul traveled to TN from FL yesterday for the execution, only to see it botched and now have to endure media perversion of victim/criminal in lengthy articles making excuses for Christa, who says she has “a kinship with Lindsay Clancy.” 🙄

These people live in the Upside Down.

[Chris Papst @chrispapst]

The LIST now includes GUINNESS:

Guinness Open Gate Brewery outside Baltimore is closing after eight years.

Guinness brand owner Diageo said, “While our Baltimore brewery will close, our commitment to bringing Guinness to consumers around the world remains as strong as ever.”

UPDATED LIST of what has happened to Maryland residents in 2026 (followed by 2025).

2026:
-Guinness Open Gate Brewery closes
-Maryland has longest hospital ER wait times in nation, at 4:17 (FindEMR)
-Moody’s downgrades Baltimore City’s credit rating
-Baltimore ranked 2nd WORST real estate market in America by WalletHub
-Maryland’s first-in-nation digital advertising tax struck down by court
-Maryland lost the Triple Crown. The Preakness is no longer included in the Thoroughbred Championship Series.
-U.S. DOJ sues Maryland over recently passed policies that interfered with federal immigration laws
-CNBC ranks Maryland’s economy 2nd worst nationally
-S&P lowers Maryland’s outlook for existing debt from stable to negative
-WalletHub ranks Baltimore as 5th worst city in U.S. to raise a family
- Maryland reissues 400,000 mail-in primary ballots after errors reported
-Declining water quality at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor becomes “growing crisis“ (Blue Water Baltimore)
-USDA plans to relocate Agricultural Research Services out of Maryland (~1,000 jobs)
-Key Bridge builder contract cancelled. No new timeline given for rebuild
-Potomac River ranked nation’s “most endangered river” (American Rivers)
-2nd most expensive state to raise a child (lendingtree)
-Paint fee enacted/$2.25 up to 5 gallons
-Unemployment rate jumps to 4.3%
-$1.4 Billion budget defect
-Massive Sheraton Hotel closes in downtown Baltimore
-WalletHub names Maryland 2nd worst U.S. state to start a business in 2026
-Proposed U.S. Congressional map introduced to eliminate bipartisan state representation
-High School graduation rate falls 1.2% to 86.4%, despite massive funding spike
-12,127 residents lost to domestic migration (6th most in US, per Census)
-Maryland named 6th worst state for tax competitiveness (per: Tax Foundation)

2025:
-$3 Billion budget deficit
-$1.6 Billion tax/fee hike
-Moody’s credit downgrade
-vehicle emissions/registration fee spike
-state hiring freeze/job cuts
-soaring utility prices (highest in America according to Doxo)
-New 3.5% excise tax on rental cars
-Vehicle title fee doubled to $200
-Lost IonQ’s quantum computing hub
-Lost FBI headquarters
-Lost Washington Commanders
-Six Flags America closed
-New 3% IT tax
-Vending machine tax 6%
-Vehicle excise tax up to 6.5%
-$5 tire purchase fee
-Sports betting tax hike (15% to 20%)
-Cannabis tax increase (9% to 12%)
-Car title fee increase ($100 to $200)
-3.5% car rental tax
-Fishing license increase ($25.50 to $52)
-Boating and Title Registration Fee ($24 to $70)
-Speed Camera Ticket increases
-Historic car registration changed from 20 years to model year 1999 or older
-Public school enrollment falls 11,322 students (1.3%)

[Greg @SoundMoneyG]

Basically a metaphor for @MCPS, which threatens school closures and consolidation in a few years... while 5+ "assistant superintendents" collect 250k or more.

[John Allante McAuley @AllanteMcAuley]

I just called the Transgender Mayor of Downingtown a man while he was in Philly City Council today, EXPOSED a Radical leftist UNION and accused Philly Councilman O’Rourke of being a fake CHRISTIAN!