Maria Thompson
@writercpa.bsky.social
Gov't employee (for another 24 months or 24 minutes, depends on what they say next), writer, gardener, CPA with a passion for books - why I serve as Treasurer for Baltimore Science Fiction and curate its Little Free Library charter 155682
Capturing the worstof what?
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Green card applicants married to U.S. citizens face new uncertainty amid arrests
The Trump administration says they were detained because they had overstayed their visas, but longtime attorneys say that has never been an issue previously for spouses of U.S. citizens.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Capturing the worstof what?
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
I'm willing to give this theory credibility.
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I'm willing to give this theory credibility.
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Why do people believe they won't get caught in an industry that makes its money catching other people's errors?
After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
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After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Annapolis city attorney departs suddenly, amid AI questions
New Annapolis Mayor Jared Littmann on Wednesday said the city attorney was dismissed from his job with immediate effect.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Why do people believe they won't get caught in an industry that makes its money catching other people's errors?
After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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My latest went out to Democracy Docket subscribers this morning. Never miss out on what is happening to democracy in court, subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Reposted by Maria Thompson
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
Next step. Social media reviews for all federal job applicants. Any history on BlueSky will be disqualifying. This is not a joke.
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Next step. Social media reviews for all federal job applicants. Any history on BlueSky will be disqualifying. This is not a joke.
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
Tell me something that anyone who passed Econ 101 didn't expect (except The Regime.)
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Tell me something that anyone who passed Econ 101 didn't expect (except The Regime.)
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
I get that running for office takes a lot of money. It shouldn't, but that's reality.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I get that running for office takes a lot of money. It shouldn't, but that's reality.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
Choosing science and life over ignorance and hysteria.
I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
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I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
Maryland to continue newborn hepatitis B shots as federal guidance shifts
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Choosing science and life over ignorance and hysteria.
I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
Germany had the good sense to ban Nazi symbols after WWII. I really can't think of another war where the losers were allowed to carry on like this. Tories left the US after the revolution or shut up.
Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
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Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
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Display of Confederate flags at North East Christmas parade called ‘inexcusable’
The flaunting of Confederate flags in a small Cecil County town’s holiday parade over the weekend has riled up community members and left some wondering how they were permitted to participate.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Germany had the good sense to ban Nazi symbols after WWII. I really can't think of another war where the losers were allowed to carry on like this. Tories left the US after the revolution or shut up.
Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
A story of the many actions by so many people to create a small amount of justice in Montgomery, AL
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
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December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A story of the many actions by so many people to create a small amount of justice in Montgomery, AL
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The covered up is always worse.
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The covered up is always worse.
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
This why I subscribe to @democracydocket.com
@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!
@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!
I am taking the next few days off from writing to prepare for a Supreme Court argument. If you want to support Democracy Docket during my pause, here is there link. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!
@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!
Indeed - the trick in trickle down. This is why we don't have the investments in healthcare, education, housing and infrastructure we need for long-term prosperity.
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Indeed - the trick in trickle down. This is why we don't have the investments in healthcare, education, housing and infrastructure we need for long-term prosperity.
@govwesmoore.bsky.social We don't need or want Waymo in Baltimore. Uber & Lyft killed the busy local cab company at my corner. My 7AM ride to Penn Station went from $7 to as high as $30! Thank you surge pricing & the PSC. Half the time GPS sends drivers to my alley
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Waymo’s self-driving taxis are coming to Baltimore
Waymo vehicles will first hit Baltimore’s streets later this week, but won’t operate autonomously or be available for public rides quite yet.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
@govwesmoore.bsky.social We don't need or want Waymo in Baltimore. Uber & Lyft killed the busy local cab company at my corner. My 7AM ride to Penn Station went from $7 to as high as $30! Thank you surge pricing & the PSC. Half the time GPS sends drivers to my alley
www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
I met a guy in 1973 who'd been sent to the local cerebral palsy center most of his life. As a senior he came to my school for algebra, not taught at the CP center b/c he wanted college; not on the CP center menu. He'd have been mainstreamed today. That's what IDEA did.
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After 50 years, is the future of special education in jeopardy? : Consider This from NPR
Fifty years ago, special education in America was born.In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the landmark law known today as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA.It guaranteed all ...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I met a guy in 1973 who'd been sent to the local cerebral palsy center most of his life. As a senior he came to my school for algebra, not taught at the CP center b/c he wanted college; not on the CP center menu. He'd have been mainstreamed today. That's what IDEA did.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Does anyone else hear "Rocky Racoon" playing in their heads?
Hope this ear worm goes away as fast as this critter's hangover.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hope this ear worm goes away as fast as this critter's hangover.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store
Store employee found masked bandit sleeping off a bender after invading booze store and tippling a tad too much
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Does anyone else hear "Rocky Racoon" playing in their heads?
Hope this ear worm goes away as fast as this critter's hangover.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hope this ear worm goes away as fast as this critter's hangover.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anywhere else, Hegseth would be out the door. And this spineless "I didn't give the order myself" war criminal has the gaul to criticize Senator Mark Kelly?
But The Regime has no standards of conduct.
thehill.com/policy/defen...
But The Regime has no standards of conduct.
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thehill.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Anywhere else, Hegseth would be out the door. And this spineless "I didn't give the order myself" war criminal has the gaul to criticize Senator Mark Kelly?
But The Regime has no standards of conduct.
thehill.com/policy/defen...
But The Regime has no standards of conduct.
thehill.com/policy/defen...
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I can order off MAGA Amazon, go to my local MAGA Home Depot, or go to my local independently owned MAGA hardware store. The point being supporting the opposition is not always possible. Our best and non-violent option is to protest publicly to educate and to vote.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I can order off MAGA Amazon, go to my local MAGA Home Depot, or go to my local independently owned MAGA hardware store. The point being supporting the opposition is not always possible. Our best and non-violent option is to protest publicly to educate and to vote.
The GOP's been saying variants forever! These guys used to be Dixiecrats before Nixon swooped them away at the end of the Civil Rights era. The only change in 50 years is that The Regime says it out loud.
Still can't get over Black & brown men who voted for this racist crook - no woman - ever!
Still can't get over Black & brown men who voted for this racist crook - no woman - ever!
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The GOP's been saying variants forever! These guys used to be Dixiecrats before Nixon swooped them away at the end of the Civil Rights era. The only change in 50 years is that The Regime says it out loud.
Still can't get over Black & brown men who voted for this racist crook - no woman - ever!
Still can't get over Black & brown men who voted for this racist crook - no woman - ever!
So much for GOP claims of supporting law and order. Dollars to donuts we catch this dude doing it again!
$1.6 billion & 7 days in lock-up? At $228 mill per day, minus tiny $15.5 mill forfeiture - who says crime doesn't pay?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
$1.6 billion & 7 days in lock-up? At $228 mill per day, minus tiny $15.5 mill forfeiture - who says crime doesn't pay?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
So much for GOP claims of supporting law and order. Dollars to donuts we catch this dude doing it again!
$1.6 billion & 7 days in lock-up? At $228 mill per day, minus tiny $15.5 mill forfeiture - who says crime doesn't pay?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
$1.6 billion & 7 days in lock-up? At $228 mill per day, minus tiny $15.5 mill forfeiture - who says crime doesn't pay?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
This not about immigration. It is about the rule of law. It is about everyone's civil liberties.
Why The Regime expects people to follow laws while it blatantly defies them and all efforts of courts to enforce them is rattling the foundations of our democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Why The Regime expects people to follow laws while it blatantly defies them and all efforts of courts to enforce them is rattling the foundations of our democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
College student deported when flying home for Thanksgiving, despite court order
Student ‘heartbroken’ after being sent to Honduras while trying to travel from Boston to Texas, attorney says
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This not about immigration. It is about the rule of law. It is about everyone's civil liberties.
Why The Regime expects people to follow laws while it blatantly defies them and all efforts of courts to enforce them is rattling the foundations of our democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Why The Regime expects people to follow laws while it blatantly defies them and all efforts of courts to enforce them is rattling the foundations of our democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nature's own advanced wastewater treatment plants.
This is why fighting to protect their habitats around the Chesapeake Bay is so important to the health of the estuary.
This is why fighting to protect their habitats around the Chesapeake Bay is so important to the health of the estuary.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Nature's own advanced wastewater treatment plants.
This is why fighting to protect their habitats around the Chesapeake Bay is so important to the health of the estuary.
This is why fighting to protect their habitats around the Chesapeake Bay is so important to the health of the estuary.
May her memory be a blessing.
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died. She faithfully and honorably served our country. l can't begin to imagine what her family, friends, and colleagues are experiencing right now. Keep them in your thoughts.
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
May her memory be a blessing.
The Regime can't represent all Americans b/c it doesn’t know who we are. Most immigrants are not on welfare or criminals. Their taxes go into a Social Security system that won't pay them. They take essential, low wage jobs, anything to work, that Americans refuse. He should know, he's hired many.
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The Regime can't represent all Americans b/c it doesn’t know who we are. Most immigrants are not on welfare or criminals. Their taxes go into a Social Security system that won't pay them. They take essential, low wage jobs, anything to work, that Americans refuse. He should know, he's hired many.