Opinion | Maryland Deserves Better Than One-Party Rule: It’s Time to Drain the Annapolis Swamp
There’s a growing sentiment among everyday Marylanders — not activists, not bureaucrats, but the people who work, raise...
Month: July 2025
A Preventable Tragedy: Hot Car Death in Maryland Demands Parental Vigilance, Not More Bureaucracy
By Michael Phillips In Harford County, Maryland, a 6-month-old baby girl is dead. Her life was cut short on July 6th when...
Maryland’s $1.87 Billion Mistake: Why John Myrick Says It’s Time to Audit Annapolis
By Michael Phillips It’s the biggest magic trick in Maryland politics: take a $5.5 billion surplus, light it on fire,...
Maryland’s Rigged System? Andy Ellis Says the Real Power Problem Is in Annapolis
By Michael Phillips Let’s play a game. Imagine you live in a state where elections are decided before you vote,...
Andy Ellis Isn’t Just Running—He’s Rewriting the Rules: Meet the Green Party’s Candidate for Maryland Governor
Maryland political disrupter and super-Orioles fan By Michael Phillips In a state dominated by one-party rule, Andy Ellis...
The War on Leaf Blowers: More Noise from the Green Bureaucracy
By Michael Phillips Montgomery County officials are at it again — waging yet another performative war against...
Meet John Myrick: The No-Nonsense Republican Candidate Running to Take Maryland Back
By Michael Phillips John Myrick never planned to run for governor. “If you’d told me a year ago that I’d be doing...
A Disturbing Betrayal of Trust: What the Arrest of Sergeant Mark Burhoe Reveals About Accountability in Law Enforcement
By Michael Phillips In a story that should send chills down the spine of every Maryland resident, Sergeant Mark Burhoe—a...
Where Is the Actual Abuse?
The Myth of Harm and the Reality of Legal Trafficking By Michael Phillips That’s the question no judge, no attorney, and...
Weed, Wokeness, and Waste? Maryland’s Cannabis Incubator Blunder Shows the Risks of State-Run Industry
By Michael Phillips By all accounts, Maryland Governor Wes Moore is riding high on political capital. With sweeping...
Robin Ficker Announces 2026 Run for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District: The People’s Heckler Is Back in the Ring
By Michael Phillips Robin Ficker, the unrelenting force of Maryland politics and perhaps the state’s most recognizable...
The Next Purple Line? Why Maryland’s Key Bridge Rebuild Feels Destined for Delay and Dysfunction
By Michael Phillips The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, 2024, was a tragedy that stunned Baltimore and the...
How to Legally Avoid Maryland’s New Taxes and Fees: Smart Strategies and Cross-State Workarounds
By Michael Phillips As Maryland rolls out a wave of new taxes and fees—from mileage-based vehicle charges to expanded...
Carroll County Lawmakers Push Back Against PSEG Land Access: “No Approval, No Trespassing”
By Michael Phillips The Carroll County Delegation of the Maryland General Assembly has formally demanded answers from...
Justice Denied: The Impeachment Files (Part 2)
By Michael Phillips “No one elected them. No one regulates them. And yet they sit behind closed doors shaping the justice...
Data Centers and Double Standards: Is Frederick County Picking Tech Winners While Punishing Growth?
By Michael Phillips Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater made headlines this week by touting a new “comprehensive...
Juvenile Crime Surge Tests Maryland’s Promises of Reform and Rehabilitation
By The Thunder Report Editorial Board | July 6, 2025 A Wake-Up Call for Maryland: Kids Are Running the Streets—And the...
Accountability Denied: The $300M Lawsuit Exposing Maryland’s Juvenile Justice Disaster
By Michael Phillips When Government Fails the Most Vulnerable, Who Pays the Price? In a state that prides itself on...
The Double Standard of Family Court: Enforcing Support, Ignoring Custody
By Michael Phillips | The Thunder Report & Father & Co. On June 30, 2025, the Maryland Supreme Court issued a...
Dragging Feet or Leading Wisely? Why Moore and Brown Are Right to Pause on “Clean Cars” Lawsuit
By Michael Phillips On July 3, Maryland Matters published a piece bemoaning what it called the “inaction” of Governor...
Justice Denied: The Impeachment Files
By Michael Phillips “Equal justice cannot coexist with private galas in our highest court while citizen complaints are...
When Public Safety Becomes Political Collateral: Firefighter Cuts Reveal Montgomery County’s Misplaced Priorities
By Michael Phillips In a stunning and dangerous display of budgetary negligence, the Montgomery County Council has voted to...
Privacy vs. Border Security? The Medicaid Data Lawsuit and the Battle for American Sovereignty
By Michael Phillips On July 1, 2025, twenty states—Maryland among them—filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump...
When “Protect and Serve” Fails: The Alarming Case of Frederick Officer James Dodson
By Michael Phillips The public trust in law enforcement hinges on a simple principle: those sworn to uphold the law must be...
“Montgomery County’s Gas Leaf Blower Ban Is Here—Time to Get Creative, America!”
By Michael PhillipsFrom The MontCo Lawn Resistance Bureau Montgomery County, Maryland has done it again. In a bold move...
Let the Child Be Heard: How Virginia’s New Law Empowers Truth and Justice in Family Court
By Michael Phillips “A voice silenced is a truth denied.” For far too long, that’s been the quiet tragedy playing out...
Open Letter: A Year and a Half of Silence — And Still No Justice
By Michael Phillips For the past 18 months, I’ve been denied the basic right to see my son. Not because I’m a danger....
The Politics of Empty Promises: Why Maryland and Other Blue States Are Ripe for a Red Reawakening
By Michael Phillips In the age of progressive political theater, lying to your voters has somehow become a viable campaign...
THE WORST TO THE WORSTEST: A RANKING OF GOV. WES MOORE’S 2025 LAW-AGEDDON
By Michael Phillips Maryland Governor Wes Moore just unleashed a legislative tidal wave with over 300 new laws taking...
Maryland’s Tech Tax: A New Barrier to Growth in the Old Line State
By Michael Phillips Maryland just sent a loud and clear message to businesses across the region: if you’re innovating,...
Maryland’s Bold New Plan: Renewable Traffic CongestionBecause Who Needs Smooth Roads When You Can Have Sustainable Gridlock?
By Michael Phillips WASHINGTON COUNTY, MD — In a visionary leap toward sustainable inconvenience, Maryland officials...
Baltimore Courthouse ICE Arrest Exposes Tensions Between Law Enforcement and Political Agendas
By Michael Phillips On June 23, 2025, federal law enforcement did its job—and Baltimore officials had a meltdown. Two...
NYC: Don’t Be the Next Maryland 🛑
New York City faces a stark choice. Implementing aggressive tax-and-spend reforms like those proposed by Zohran Mamdani...