Jayne Miller
@jemillerbalt.bsky.social
Maryland Capital podcast
Baltimore
Investigative reporting career
Always curious
Baltimore
Investigative reporting career
Always curious
Yes. But clearly not anymore.
Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?
February 20, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Yes. But clearly not anymore.
No longer is the DOJ independent. It is there to serve and protect Trump.
Trump banner unfurled at DOJ headquarters www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters
The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent its powers from being abused for political purposes.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:22 AM
No longer is the DOJ independent. It is there to serve and protect Trump.
Congratulations to Alysa Lui.
First American gold in women's figure skating since 2002!
First American gold in women's figure skating since 2002!
Love it. The joy and fun and delight as she skates. You go Alysa Lui.
two women wearing medals are dancing in a stadium with the olympics logo on the wall
ALT: two women wearing medals are dancing in a stadium with the olympics logo on the wall
media.tenor.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Congratulations to Alysa Lui.
First American gold in women's figure skating since 2002!
First American gold in women's figure skating since 2002!
Congratulations to the US women's hockey team.
Beat Canada in OT to take the gold.
Beat Canada in OT to take the gold.
#BREAKING: U.S. defeats Canada 2-1 in OT to win Olympic gold in women's hockey
Canada vs USA in Olympic hockey gold medal game. Live updates here
The United States has defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to capture Olympic gold in women’s hockey.
www.cp24.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Congratulations to the US women's hockey team.
Beat Canada in OT to take the gold.
Beat Canada in OT to take the gold.
A great contrast is right.
Other counties taking action in light of evidence being disclosed in the Epstein files.
The US DOJ?
Doing everything it can to protect Trump.
Other counties taking action in light of evidence being disclosed in the Epstein files.
The US DOJ?
Doing everything it can to protect Trump.
Rep. Stephen Lynch: "It offers a great contrast. Look what the British government is doing in light of the evidence, and look what the US government is doing. Nothing. Our chief law enforcement officer Pam Bondi is defending and obstructing the investigation."
February 19, 2026 at 7:17 PM
A great contrast is right.
Other counties taking action in light of evidence being disclosed in the Epstein files.
The US DOJ?
Doing everything it can to protect Trump.
Other counties taking action in light of evidence being disclosed in the Epstein files.
The US DOJ?
Doing everything it can to protect Trump.
My latest podcast from Maryland Capital --
Downtown Baltimore.
Vacant offices, a boarded up hotel, closed restaurants, little outside investment.
What's the vision to breathe
new life?
Conversation is with Zeke Cohen, Pres Baltimore City Council
open.spotify.com/episode/2lem...
Downtown Baltimore.
Vacant offices, a boarded up hotel, closed restaurants, little outside investment.
What's the vision to breathe
new life?
Conversation is with Zeke Cohen, Pres Baltimore City Council
open.spotify.com/episode/2lem...
What's the Vision for Downtown Baltimore
open.spotify.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM
My latest podcast from Maryland Capital --
Downtown Baltimore.
Vacant offices, a boarded up hotel, closed restaurants, little outside investment.
What's the vision to breathe
new life?
Conversation is with Zeke Cohen, Pres Baltimore City Council
open.spotify.com/episode/2lem...
Downtown Baltimore.
Vacant offices, a boarded up hotel, closed restaurants, little outside investment.
What's the vision to breathe
new life?
Conversation is with Zeke Cohen, Pres Baltimore City Council
open.spotify.com/episode/2lem...
This is one very significant way to put hurdles up to ICE.
Sue them.
Sue them.
FBI has denied MN investigators access to evidence. So:
"Anger over the killings of Renee Good & Alex Pretti has catalyzed state lawmakers to take matters into their own hands. New bill would allow citizens to sue ICE agents if their constitutional rights are violated."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
"Anger over the killings of Renee Good & Alex Pretti has catalyzed state lawmakers to take matters into their own hands. New bill would allow citizens to sue ICE agents if their constitutional rights are violated."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
February 18, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This is one very significant way to put hurdles up to ICE.
Sue them.
Sue them.
Sounds like Trump administration is starting to realize the anti-DEI campaign is losing. Just in time for the midterms.
But what happens then?
But what happens then?
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Sounds like Trump administration is starting to realize the anti-DEI campaign is losing. Just in time for the midterms.
But what happens then?
But what happens then?
This is the very positive result of backlash against Trump's continuing censorship campaign
BREAKING: Our campaign raised $2.5 million in 24 hours after the FCC banned our Colbert interview.
February 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
This is the very positive result of backlash against Trump's continuing censorship campaign
In what has become a pattern on decision making in the Trump administration..
FDA reverses earlier decision and agrees to review Moderna's flu vaccine.
A good thing.
FDA reverses earlier decision and agrees to review Moderna's flu vaccine.
A good thing.
FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f... via @statnews.com
FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine
The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.
www.statnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
In what has become a pattern on decision making in the Trump administration..
FDA reverses earlier decision and agrees to review Moderna's flu vaccine.
A good thing.
FDA reverses earlier decision and agrees to review Moderna's flu vaccine.
A good thing.
Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
Council blocks construction of ICE detention center in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.
wbaltv.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
Trump is putting some media on course with what goes on in Russia. CBS in this case.
Content has to be approved or rejected by the front office/WH.
Content has to be approved or rejected by the front office/WH.
Colbert: “Let’s just call this what it is: Trump’s administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV because all Trump does is watch TV. He’s like a toddler with too much screen time. He gets cranky and then drops a load in his diaper.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Trump is putting some media on course with what goes on in Russia. CBS in this case.
Content has to be approved or rejected by the front office/WH.
Content has to be approved or rejected by the front office/WH.
Maryland Gov Wes Moore signed legislation banning 287 (g) agreements with ICE
wbaltv.com/article/mary...
wbaltv.com/article/mary...
Governor signs bill to ban 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements
Gov. Wes Moore signed emergency legislation Tuesday morning that bans 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements in Maryland.
wbaltv.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Maryland Gov Wes Moore signed legislation banning 287 (g) agreements with ICE
wbaltv.com/article/mary...
wbaltv.com/article/mary...
Is this what the Supreme Court intended?
Billionaires financing the candidates that will give them the best deal?
Seems to me to drown out the 'free speech' of everyone else
Billionaires financing the candidates that will give them the best deal?
Seems to me to drown out the 'free speech' of everyone else
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Is this what the Supreme Court intended?
Billionaires financing the candidates that will give them the best deal?
Seems to me to drown out the 'free speech' of everyone else
Billionaires financing the candidates that will give them the best deal?
Seems to me to drown out the 'free speech' of everyone else
If Baltimore County can do it, thousands of other local jurisdictions can too. Local governments rule in permitting and zoning.
"The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session Tuesday to consider legislation to ban private persons, corporations, property owners or third-party contractors from gaining permits to operate detention centers in the county...."
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
County executive addresses rumors of ICE office opening in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session on Tuesday to consider legislation about the purchase, similar to a move that Howard County made to prevent a private detention center in...
www.wbaltv.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
If Baltimore County can do it, thousands of other local jurisdictions can too. Local governments rule in permitting and zoning.
This is good.
But to have to go to court to restore exhibits that explain slavery because a US president has no respect for the truth of our history is appalling..
But to have to go to court to restore exhibits that explain slavery because a US president has no respect for the truth of our history is appalling..
A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.
February 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
This is good.
But to have to go to court to restore exhibits that explain slavery because a US president has no respect for the truth of our history is appalling..
But to have to go to court to restore exhibits that explain slavery because a US president has no respect for the truth of our history is appalling..
Former EPA regulator:
"The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning...Nothing. Zero. Not many countries have zero."
Our only hope in this country to overcome Trump's wrecking is to encourage states to maintain clean air standards and push manufacturers to continue to build clean cars
"The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning...Nothing. Zero. Not many countries have zero."
Our only hope in this country to overcome Trump's wrecking is to encourage states to maintain clean air standards and push manufacturers to continue to build clean cars
With the EPA killing the “endangerment finding,” the U.S. will have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient passenger vehicles should be. If the decision holds, it could increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, the main driver of global climate change, by 10% over the next 30 years.
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally, experts say.
trib.al
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Former EPA regulator:
"The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning...Nothing. Zero. Not many countries have zero."
Our only hope in this country to overcome Trump's wrecking is to encourage states to maintain clean air standards and push manufacturers to continue to build clean cars
"The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning...Nothing. Zero. Not many countries have zero."
Our only hope in this country to overcome Trump's wrecking is to encourage states to maintain clean air standards and push manufacturers to continue to build clean cars
It has been a long and cold winter. Part of the Barnegat Bay
February 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It has been a long and cold winter. Part of the Barnegat Bay
And nearly 150 years later, Trump and the GOP want to pass a law to make it harder for women to vote
Today is February 15. On this day in 1879, President Rutherford Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar & allow them to submit/argue cases. Thank suffragette Belva Lockwood for her efforts in this uphill battle.
#Pinks
constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this...
#Pinks
constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this...
On this day, women first allowed to argue Supreme Court cases
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar and allow them to submit and argue cases at the high court.
constitutioncenter.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
And nearly 150 years later, Trump and the GOP want to pass a law to make it harder for women to vote
Right. This is not normal.
And we should not look away.
And we should not look away.
February 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Right. This is not normal.
And we should not look away.
And we should not look away.
And then what? Detain people for standing up for the constitution? Ordering media corporations to censure and cancel accounts?
Americans have every right to speak against DHS, ICE, and the Kristi Noems
Americans have every right to speak against DHS, ICE, and the Kristi Noems
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
And then what? Detain people for standing up for the constitution? Ordering media corporations to censure and cancel accounts?
Americans have every right to speak against DHS, ICE, and the Kristi Noems
Americans have every right to speak against DHS, ICE, and the Kristi Noems
Baltimore has seen historic reductions in gun violence.
But 2 recent troubling cases involving kids.
A 3 yr old recently shot himelf in the ankle with a gun belonging to a 17 yr old.
And overnight a 15 yr old girl was found fatally shot in a West Baltimore home
wbaltv.com/article/teen...
But 2 recent troubling cases involving kids.
A 3 yr old recently shot himelf in the ankle with a gun belonging to a 17 yr old.
And overnight a 15 yr old girl was found fatally shot in a West Baltimore home
wbaltv.com/article/teen...
15-year-old girl killed in early-morning shooting on Druid Hill Avenue, police say
A 15-year-old girl was killed in a shooting early Sunday morning, according to Baltimore police.
wbaltv.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Baltimore has seen historic reductions in gun violence.
But 2 recent troubling cases involving kids.
A 3 yr old recently shot himelf in the ankle with a gun belonging to a 17 yr old.
And overnight a 15 yr old girl was found fatally shot in a West Baltimore home
wbaltv.com/article/teen...
But 2 recent troubling cases involving kids.
A 3 yr old recently shot himelf in the ankle with a gun belonging to a 17 yr old.
And overnight a 15 yr old girl was found fatally shot in a West Baltimore home
wbaltv.com/article/teen...
Who can argue with this?
February 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Who can argue with this?
Well. At least they're being up front about making sure "the right people" are voting to elect "the right leaders".
This is not what elections are about
This is not what elections are about
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Well. At least they're being up front about making sure "the right people" are voting to elect "the right leaders".
This is not what elections are about
This is not what elections are about
Trump is accelerating his effort to suppress the vote.
And laying the groundwork to challenge results.
Why can't he leave democracy alone?
And laying the groundwork to challenge results.
Why can't he leave democracy alone?
Trump vows voter ID requirements for the midterms, 'whether approved by Congress or not'
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
February 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Trump is accelerating his effort to suppress the vote.
And laying the groundwork to challenge results.
Why can't he leave democracy alone?
And laying the groundwork to challenge results.
Why can't he leave democracy alone?