Maryland Just Passed a Deepfake Law. A Federal Court Already Struck Down the Same Thing.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House of Delegates passed HB 145 on Friday by a vote of 95-36,...
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Jeff Bezos Isn’t Saving The Washington Post — He’s Slowly Shutting It Down
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews By any fair reading, The Washington Post isn’t being “modernized.” It’s being...
Green Party Ticket Backs HB 101, Challenging Maryland’s Debate Rules
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A bill moving through the Maryland General Assembly is drawing new attention to how...
Evan Glass: Free Speech for Me, Not for Thee
Montgomery County Executive Evan Glass wants you to believe he’s the noble defender of free speech and a crusader for the...
Montgomery County’s Hypocrisy on Press Freedom
Montgomery County deserves better than hypocrisy and petty passive-aggression that drags us into unconstitutional waters....
Wes Moore Slips Out the Back Door: Maryland’s Governor Ducks Media as Nonprofit Spending Scandal Grows
On August 19, 2025, Governor Wes Moore showed Marylanders exactly how little he values accountability: he bolted out an...
From RAND to Random: When a Biosecurity Researcher Punches Down Over AI Images
It’s one thing to spend your career at the RAND Corporation warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence in the...
The Platform That Censors the Truth: How Medium Betrayed Its Writers and Silenced My Journalism
By Michael PhillipsFormer Medium Member, Investigative Journalist, and NWU Writer Since 2020, I’ve been writing on...