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Carol Ott 🏚️

@carolsott.bsky.social

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@CarolSOtt on Instagram. Tenant Advocacy Director. I season my food! Also cats, anti-racism, family. These are my tweets, not my employer's. Work: http://econaction.org -- use our Tenant Advocacy Intake Form if you have any landlord-tenant issues!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

One is good and the other can go straight to hell.

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 1d

David Rubenstein is interviewing Gov. Wes Moore at #ImpactMaryland today.

“I do not have a personal beef with the president. But if you’re coming for our people, then I am going to have something to say about it.”

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know why, but I had a great experience. The mood swings were a little beastly, but otherwise no real ill effects. And I feel so much stronger now, if that makes any sense.

Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

Hilton or Hyatt.

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It was the best thing my body ever did. Absolutely no fucks to give anymore! 5/5 stars highly recommend.

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

Right? When @mylesmichelin.com told me about it, I was thrilled.

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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 1d

I’m going to remind everyone every day this week that the Baltimore Running Festival is SATURDAY.

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

Whew! Happy Tuesday!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my lord that looks good!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Monday!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 2d

Way too many!!!

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WELP. Happy Sunday!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 4d

I keep hearing a marching band playing…somewhere nearby? How random and fun!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 4d

Ummmm….

Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Saturday!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 5d

Whew! Happy Friday!

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6d

Christian nationalist grifter Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group after it institutes standards for behavior.
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Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group

Franklin Graham, the president and CEO of two of the largest Christian ministries in the country, has quit his organizations’ membership in a financial accountability group that sets standards for eva...

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 5d

Watching “Born Poor” on @frontlinepbs.bsky.social . My goodness this is sad. And scary.

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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 5d

What local businesses should we highlight in the Baltimore Beat gift guide?

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5d

NEW: Few states hold elections with such national prominence as Pennsylvania — and this year is no exception. With three of the state’s Supreme Court justices up for retention, the GOP could have an opening to control a court that influences the state’s elections.

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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infinity. @xytinifnix.bsky.social · 5d

Judge said “matter fact, MORE TIME!!”
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SoloChills @solochills.blacksky.app · 5d

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

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URL Media @url-media.bsky.social · 5d

The “arrest first and ask questions later” reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of community well-being (via our partner @baltimorebeat.bsky.social) baltimorebeat.com/indiscrimina...

Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety

Highlandtown sidewalks tell a much different story today than they did a year ago. Shops that once bustled with conversation sit emptier; families who once roamed the streets have now retreated. The d...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5d

Journalist Mario Guevara was deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

“There’s no real crime here. It’s just pretext,” FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @dwallacewells.bsky.social.

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

www.nytimes.com

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 6d

Pam Bondi's smirking non-sequiturs at her Congressional hearings embody DOJ's attitude -- that they can use the tools of justice to do fascism and who's gonna stop 'em. No wonder juries are pitching it back at them. www.lawandchaospod.com/p/where-is-d...

Where Is DOJ Getting No-Billed Today?

Hint: We will celebrate with a shot of Malört.

www.lawandchaospod.com

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Eviction Lab @evictionlab.bsky.social · 6d

“These new requirements would give tenants certainty, enable them to make firm plans for their belongings and their next steps for housing.”

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

By @bannermoco.bsky.social’s @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social

#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

Montgomery County could force landlords to give tenants more notice before evictions

Most Montgomery County Council members want to force landlords to give tenants two full weeks’ notice before evicting them.

www.thebanner.com

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