🚨 BGE is failing on customer service, safety, and reliability – now they are asking for ANOTHER rate hike and to lock in a higher profit rate. Tell the our utility regulators to stop wasteful spending and reject BGEs request for higher profits. Sign the petition – bit.ly/noBGEratehike

🦀 Join us THIS SUNDAY, August 9th in Columbia or virtually for the 2026 Renters United Maryland Housing Justice Summit! 🏘️ You’ll meet other advocates, help us shape our 2027 policy agenda, and learn skills to help build our movement. 💥 Lunch, snacks, and breaks provided! ➡️ RSVP: bit.ly/rum2026

This is good news! The majority of Maryland's 24 public school systems boosted their teachers' pay to a minimum salary of $60k, which is key to recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, and part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, the state's plan for education reform.

What does this look like for Maryland's justice system?

📣Tell Your Legislators: Let the People Decide! Legislators are meeting in Annapolis for a special session August 3-5. Now is our chance to tell them to protect our voices and our votes. Tell your legislators to pass redistricting and special elections! ➡️ bit.ly/marylanddecides

🦀 Join us on Sun, August 9th in Columbia or virtually for the 2026 Renters United Maryland Housing Justice Summit! 🏘️ You’ll meet other advocates, help us shape our 2027 policy agenda, and learn skills to build our movement. 💥 Lunch, snacks, and breaks provided! ➡️ Save your seat: bit.ly/rum2026

📣 Join us for a rally to STOP the BGE rate hike – outside of BGE HQ on Tues, Aug 11 at 10. We’ll be telling our utility regulators at the Public Service Commission to reject BGE’s 💰 grab just before their first hearing on the rate increase. We’ll have ☕️,🚰, and 🍩 to share! RSVP → bit.ly/bgerally

📣 Tell Your Legislators: Let the People Decide! Legislators are meeting in Annapolis for a special session August 3-5. Now is our chance to tell them to protect our voices and our votes. Tell your legislators to pass redistricting and special elections ➡️ bit.ly/marylanddecides

16 organizations are telling the Maryland Insurance Administration to reject ANOTHER healthcare exchange rate increase. And now, you can too. Attend the public hearing this Thursday (July 23) to let them know: Maryland does NOT want another rate increase! bit.ly/ACAPublicHearing for more info.

Join us on Sun, August 9th in Columbia or virtually for the 2026 Renters United Maryland Housing Justice Summit! 🏘️ You’ll meet other advocates, help us shape our 2027 policy agenda, and learn skills to help build our movement. Lunch, snacks, and breaks provided! ➡️ RSVP: bit.ly/rum2026

Hope everyone* has a great week!

When mega corporations dodge taxes, Marylanders pay. Maryland needs to close corporate tax loopholes. Make mega corporations pay what they owe. #Maryland #MDPolitics #CorporateFairShare #MakeThemPay

"Investment firms that Epstein controlled purchased shares of Sinclair Broadcast Group at various points, according to records released by the U.S. Department of Justice." Read the article now: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Instead of slashing crucial services to preserve the budget, Maryland could also just...tax the rich and big corporations like every other industrialized country does. 🤷‍♀️💰

Families need lower grocery bills, not deeper cuts to programs that help put food on the table. While costs keep rising, politicians shouldn't make it even harder for parents and seniors to afford a meal. Real leadership lowers costs instead of raising hunger.

🧵 TAKE ACTION 📣 Big health insurance companies are at it again – proposing yet another rate increase for Marylanders with marketplace plans. This is the third year in a row they've asked for more, and our state has approved the last two. Enough is enough.

☀️ A brighter future is possible – with Bright Future Maryland! We can have lower energy bills, cleaner energy sources, and hold utilities and data centers accountable. Our leaders just have to commit to bold action. Read our roadmap towards a brighter future ➡️ brightfuturemaryland.com

🧵 Washington Gas’ multi-billion dollar gas pipeline replacement program drives up our bills, doesn’t prioritize safety, and locks us into polluting fossil fuels.

“To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.” –Thurgood Marshall Today we commemorate the first Black Supreme Court Justice (and Baltimore native!) Thurgood Marshall’s birthday and legacy. He didn’t wait for justice. He demanded it. It’s our mission to do the same.

Gas pipeline spending in Maryland is out of control, and it’s driving up our utility bills. Multi-billion dollar programs are locking us into polluting fossil fuel infrastructure for decades to come.

Our message is non-partisan: PRIORITIZE MARYLANDERS OVER DATA CENTERS!!

Uplifting this super helpful resource by @nhelp.bsky.social: Click the link below to view their interactive State Abortion Coverage Map, which tracks abortion coverage policies across Medicaid, ACA Marketplace plans, and private insurance — state by state. ➡️ healthlaw.org/state-aborti...

State Abortion Coverage Map - National Health Law Program

Comprehensive insurance coverage of abortion is a crucial component of equitable abortion access. However, state policies on abortion coverage…

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On May 26, Gov. Wes Moore signed the Youth Charging Reform Act into law, removing five offenses for which 16-17-year-olds are automatically charged as adults. The law will go into effect on October 1, 2026. baltimorebeat.com/youth-chargi...

Youth Charging Reform Act ‘ensures that hundreds of Maryland youth are directed toward support and services within the juvenile system’

On May 26, Gov. Wes Moore signed the Youth Charging Reform Act into law, removing five offenses for which 16-17-year-olds are automatically charged as adults. The law will go into effect on October…

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Maryland! 🦀 Today’s the big day – Primary Election Day! 🗳️Polls are open until 8pm. Go make your voice heard! Not registered? No problem, Maryland has same day voter registration! No excuses–your voice matters. Find your polling location: vote.md.gov/vote2026 ⭐

Maryland! 🦀 ¡Hoy es el Día de las Elecciones Primarias! 🗳️Las urnas están abiertas 8 pm. ¡Ve a votar y asegura que tú vos sea escuchada! ¿Aún no estás registrado? ¡No hay problema! Maryland puede registrar votantes el mismo día. ¡Tu voz importa! Encuentra tu lugar de votación: vote.md.gov/vote2026

Maryland! 🦀🗳️ Today’s the big day – Primary Election Day! Polls are open until 8pm. Go make your voice heard! Not registered? No problem, Maryland has same day voter registration! No excuses–your voice matters. Find your polling location: vote.md.gov/vote2026

BGE’s multi-billion dollar gas pipeline replacement program drives up our bills, doesn’t prioritize safety, and locks us into polluting fossil fuels. Last year, our lawmakers passed a bill to put an end to excessive gas pipeline replacement spending. But... (1/2)

Last year, our lawmakers passed a bill to require gas utilities like BGE and Washington Gas to prioritize SAFETY – not PROFITS – in their gas pipeline replacement. This would lower our bills and keep us safe. But gas utilities aren’t following the law. (1/2)

Heads up! Today is the LAST day of early voting. Visit your closest early voting location and cast your vote by 8PM! 🗳 Tomorrow, June 19, is the last day to request your mail-in ballot online. Make your plan to vote by June 23rd: vote.md.gov/vote2026 Credit: Barbora Keherova for Fine Acts

Attention registered voters in the City of Salisbury: Sign the petition to restore collective bargaining rights! Visit AFSCMEMD.org/Salisbury Salisbury Mayor Randy Taylor and the City Council voted to take away our union rights – now it’s our turn.