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Tag: government accountability

Virginia’s Surplus Success vs. Maryland’s Structural Struggles

Governor Glenn Youngkin has something to brag about, and it’s not just political spin—it’s math. Since 2022, Virginia...

Michael Phillips
September 30, 2025

Maryland Family Courts vs. Invisible Disabilities: Rights Denied, Families Punished

In Maryland, family court is supposed to protect children and preserve parental rights. Instead, it’s become the one...

Michael Phillips
September 28, 2025

Maryland’s ADA Mirage: Rhetoric, Red Tape, and the Quiet Punishment of Invisible Disabilities

Maryland says “equity.” Parents and kids with ADHD, PTSD, dyslexia, TBI, and chronic illness hear “prove...

Michael Phillips
September 27, 2025

Maryland’s IT Master Plan: A Step Forward, But Who Will Hold Annapolis Accountable?

Maryland’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has released an ambitious 86-page IT Master Plan promising to drag...

Michael Phillips
September 4, 2025

Trump Was Right to Step In on D.C. Crime — But Federal Agents Don’t Get a Free Pass to Trample Rights

Washington, D.C. has been sinking under the weight of its own neglect for years. Spiraling violent crime, carjackings in...

Michael Phillips
September 1, 2025

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...

Michael Phillips
August 20, 2025

Paving Over the Past: Baltimore Bureaucrats Strike Again in Fells Point

By Michael Phillips When you’re a city drowning in potholes, crime, and broken promises, what do you do? If you're the...

Michael Phillips
July 16, 2025

No Lifeguards, No Accountability: How Washington’s Bureaucratic Failures Put Maryland Families at Risk at Assateague

By Michael Phillips The Atlantic may be calm some days, but the political waters around Assateague Island are anything but....

Michael Phillips
July 15, 2025

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,...

Michael Phillips
July 13, 2025

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...

Michael Phillips
July 6, 2025

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...

Michael Phillips
July 1, 2025

Wes Moore: Maryland’s Photo-Op Governor or Just Another Selfie Politician?By The Thunder Report – Right of Center Commentary

By Michael Phillips Governor Wes Moore has mastered one thing since taking office: the camera angle. Whether it’s rubbing...

Michael Phillips
June 24, 2025

OPINION: Why Marylanders Should Care—and Support—Winsome Earle-Sears for Virginia Governor

As political battle lines begin forming across state lines ahead of the next gubernatorial cycles, one thing is clear: the...

Michael Phillips
June 17, 2025

Purple Line or Purple Disaster? How Maryland’s $9 Billion Transit Boondoggle Became the Punchline of State Planning

It’s not every day in Maryland politics that a government fiasco grows so large and embarrassing that even the governor...

Michael Phillips
May 31, 2025

The Firing of a Fraud Fighter: Why Are Baltimore Democrats So Afraid of Kelly Madigan?

In a stunning blow to government accountability, Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier has informed Kelly Madigan,...

Michael Phillips
May 20, 2025

OPINION | The Case for Term Limits: Why It’s Time to Retire America’s Political Dinosaurs

In the United States, we like to believe in democracy, accountability, and fresh ideas. But take a walk through the halls...

Michael Phillips
May 1, 2025

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