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Tag: political satire

The Groundbreaking No One Was Invited To

By Michael Phillips, MDBayNews📍 Annapolis, MD — November 3, 2025 On Monday, a handful of city and county officials...

Michael Phillips
November 3, 2025

Frederick County’s Latest Horror Show: A School Board Meeting Gone Wild

Ah, Frederick County, Maryland—where school board meetings now resemble open-mic night at a downtown comedy club. The...

Michael Phillips
September 28, 2025

The “Talk-Back Tour”: Maryland Democrats Pretend to Listen While Plotting More Tax Hikes

The Maryland Democratic Party (MDP) has a new gimmick: the “Talk-Back Tour.” Sounds edgy, right? Like some grassroots...

Michael Phillips
August 16, 2025

Ten Ways Governor Wes Moore Has Impoverished Marylanders — And Why It’s Time to Rethink His Agenda

By Michael Phillips When Wes Moore was elected governor, many Marylanders bought into the soaring rhetoric of "Leave No One...

Michael Phillips
July 22, 2025

Democracy by Design? More Like Districts by Design: Andy Ellis Says Maryland Voters Are Being Played

By Michael Phillips Let’s play pretend for a second. Imagine you live in a state where your vote doesn’t really...

Michael Phillips
July 18, 2025

The One Percent That Terrifies Annapolis: Why Andy Ellis Says Maryland Is Built to Silence You

By Michael Phillips In Maryland politics, you don’t need 51% to win—you just need 1% to matter.At least, that’s the...

Michael Phillips
July 14, 2025

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,...

Michael Phillips
July 13, 2025

How Many Ways Can Governor Wes Moore Gaslight Maryland?

By Michael Phillips If there's one thing Governor Wes Moore has perfected, it's the art of promising everything and...

Michael Phillips
June 29, 2025

“For the Kids” or For the Cash? Maryland Democrats Eye New Soda Tax to Fix Their Fiscal Mess

By Michael Phillips In yet another move that proves the Maryland Democratic playbook is nothing more than a cycle of tax,...

Michael Phillips
June 27, 2025

Montgomery County Executive Race: Over/Under Odds for 2026’s Dysfunction DerbyBy Political Party Animals | June 2025 Edition

By Michael Phillips As the race to replace outgoing Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich begins to resemble a political...

Michael Phillips
June 25, 2025

🌱Justice League… of Sustainability: Andy Ellis Reveals His Top 10 Favorite Superheroes (and Why They’d Totally Vote Green)🌱

If you thought politics in Maryland couldn’t get any weirder, meet Andy Ellis — Green Party gubernatorial candidate,...

Michael Phillips
June 11, 2025

Stretching Toward Annapolis: Andy Ellis and the 10 Best Places to Downward Dog Your Way Into the Governor’s Mansion

Maryland may be politically twisted, but no one stretches quite like Andy Ellis—Green Party candidate, backyard chicken...

Michael Phillips
June 8, 2025

Globalists in Annapolis: Who Does Chris Van Hollen Really Work For?

It’s official: Maryland’s political class is more concerned about the feelings of foreign nationals with criminal...

Michael Phillips
June 8, 2025

Is Justin Ready… Running for President? Local Senator Accused of Caring Too Much

By Political Party Animals & MD Bay NewsOne brings the jokes. The other brings the receipts. It started, as these...

Michael Phillips
June 7, 2025

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Accused of “Pulling a Putin” with Fleet of Stunt Doubles to Attend Local Events

By Political Party Animals and MD Bay News In a shocking revelation that has everyone from Annapolis to Allegany County...

Michael Phillips
June 6, 2025

Gridlock and Grandstanding: Maryland’s 10 Worst Traffic Nightmares — And What Wes Moore Isn’t Doing About Them

Maryland: Come for the crabs, stay because you're stuck on the Beltway.As traffic piles up like bills after a legislative...

Michael Phillips
June 6, 2025

Andy Ellis: Maryland’s Green Crusader Ready to Ruffle Feathers

In the political landscape of Maryland, where the usual suspects dominate the scene, Andy Ellis emerges as the Green...

Michael Phillips
June 5, 2025

Make Maryland Rave Again: Why It’s Time for Lucifer “Justin Case” Everylove to Lead the Free State into the Glow Age

By Michael Phillips, Political Party Animals Editor-at-Beats You might remember Lucifer “Justin Case” Everylove from...

Michael Phillips
June 4, 2025

10 Brilliant New Things Wes Moore Can Tax Now That Maryland’s Already Broke

ANNAPOLIS, MD — With Maryland’s $5.5 billion surplus torched faster than a government diversity retreat budget, and a...

Michael Phillips
June 4, 2025

Maryland Sued for Keeping Elections as Exclusive as a Georgetown Dinner Party

ANNAPOLIS, MD — In what can only be described as a moment of shocking common sense, a legal challenge has been filed...

Michael Phillips
May 29, 2025

Come to Maryland! (Just Kidding—Please Don’t)

So... Nobody Wants to Move to Maryland Anymore. Shocker. After decades of steady growth, it turns out the Old Line State is...

Michael Phillips
May 26, 2025

Marco Rubio Schools Van Hollen: A Senate Smackdown and a Wake-Up Call for Term Limits

Washington, D.C. – Today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing was supposed to be a routine check-in on the...

Michael Phillips
May 20, 2025

Moody’s Downgrade Is a Wake-Up Call—And Maryland’s Leadership Hit Snooze

Moody’s just stripped Maryland of its prized AAA credit rating for the first time in over half a century. For most...

Michael Phillips
May 14, 2025

Already Eyeing the Exit? Wes Moore’s National Dreams Leave Maryland in the Rearview

Wes Moore swept into office on a wave of inspiration, charisma, and lofty rhetoric. Maryland voters were promised a new era...

Michael Phillips
May 6, 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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