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Ron Cassie
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Senior editor at Baltimore magazine. Author, “If You Love Baltimore, It Will Love You Back.” Contributor, “The Baltimore Anthology.” Previous careers: swinging a hammer, pouring drinks, pedaling a bike.
Tola's Room is a moving three-story art installation and museum, an homage to Christina Delgado's Puerto Rican heritage, which she began after her father's unexpected death.

Tonite, Tola's Room hosts Super Bowl/Bad Bunny Watch Party at Baltimore Soundstage🇵🇷
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Tola’s Room Pays Homage to Baltimore’s Puerto Rican Story
On most Sundays, Christina Delgado’s home museum in Belair-Edison is open for guided tours. But this Super Bowl Sunday, she’ll co-host a half-time watch party dedicated to the island’s cultural icon, ...
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February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Always great to visit Morgan State. Received wonderful invitation from Pulitzer-Prize winning professor E.R Shipp to share @baltimoremagazine.com February cover story around the rich history of the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper and incredible ongoing archive work from associated Afro Charities.
February 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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On most Sundays, Christina Delgado’s home museum in Belair-Edison is open for guided tours. But this Super Bowl Sunday, she’ll co-host a half-time watch party dedicated to the island’s cultural icon, Bad Bunny.
Tola’s Room Pays Homage to Baltimore’s Puerto Rican Story
On most Sundays, Christina Delgado’s home museum in Belair-Edison is open for guided tours. But this Super Bowl Sunday, she’ll co-host a half-time watch party dedicated to the island’s cultural icon, ...
www.baltimoremagazine.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Hollywood films and network television shows were shot here regularly until the early aughts, when the local industry largely dried up.
The ’80s and ’90s Were a Golden Era of Filmmaking in Baltimore. Can it Happen Again?
Hollywood films and network television shows were shot here regularly until the early aughts, when the local industry largely dried up.
www.baltimoremagazine.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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The Lewis Museum here in Baltimore is having an event about the Baltimore Black Sox & the legacy of the Negro League... during our final Walters Museum tour. Alas. But if you've already been on that Full Story tour, you should totally go to the event! www.facebook.com/share/1Cv8sb...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.

Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Maryland House, Senate vote to ban local ICE enforcement agreements
Maryland House, Senate vote to ban local ICE enforcement agreements
The bills would prohibit local governments and police departments from partnering with ICE through a program known as 287(g).
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February 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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VFRL members were proud to take place in a Nurses Vigil honoring the life of Alex Pretti in Baltimore, MD. It is so important to remember all of the incredible work that Alex did in service to our nation’s veterans. We will make sure his memory inspires us to do better.
February 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Our Sense of Place: Baltimore travels have connected Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social w/ the amazing Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS). Raina talked with Patrick Staso of BROS about the volunteer-driven theater company & their creative and unconventional productions.

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In Baltimore, a volunteer-run theater company embraces rock, gore and excess : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society creates original productions powered by DIY spectacle and a love of the unconventional.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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There's speculation that ICE is ramping up even more in Baltimore.

With that in mind, and nothing but love for Charm City:

Baltimore is one of five cities where body cameras were distributed to ICE agents when it rolled out its body cam program.

Request that footage. Then go to Ekiben for me.
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 PM
New traffic circle in Upper Fells. #Sneckdown #Baltimore
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The arrests, assaults, incarceration, and killings of political opponents by ICE and the Trump Administration are not unintended consequences, they are policy.
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said ICE agents arrested one of his corrections officer recruits Wednesday evening in Portland despite the county having verified the man's U.S. work authorization.

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Maine's Gov. Mills speaks out against 'secret arrests' as sheriff says ICE arrested recruit
The governor said President Donald Trump's office hasn't returned her calls regarding the operation launched this week, dubbed "Catch of the Day."
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January 24, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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“'Multiple Maniacs' is my favorite of John’s films, and not because I'm Jesus,” says Figgs, who acted in 10 of Waters’ movies. “It’s because I participated [while dying on the cross] in one of the high-water marks of blasphemy in cinema history.”
Dreamlander George Figgs, Who Played Jesus in John Waters’ First Talking Feature, Still Loves Movies
The now 78-year-old attended seminary for a year before finding his calling in Waters’ iconic ensemble.
www.baltimoremagazine.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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I see me!
(Picture number 2 with the rollator.)
Despite frigid temperatures, solid turnout at anti-Ice rally in Patterson Park this evening. #Baltimore
January 21, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Despite frigid temperatures, solid turnout at anti-Ice rally in Patterson Park this evening. #Baltimore
January 21, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Federal appeals court won’t rehear Marilyn Mosby’s appeal in perjury and mortgage fraud case
No rehearing in Marilyn Mosby’s appeal in perjury and mortgage fraud case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in 2025 overturned Mosby’s conviction for making a false statement on a loan application, but rejected her attempts to challenge the guilty verdicts for...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Keith Davis Jr. sues former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, police officers www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Keith Davis Jr. sues former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, police officers
Davis, 34, stood trial four times in for a deadly shooting that he always maintained that he did not commit.
www.thebanner.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM