🚨NEW!!! Maryland's primary election is moved to *JULY 19* as redistricting challenges are still making their way through the courts. Candidate filing deadline is now April 15.

Full court order:
mdcourts.gov/sites/default/… I've been talking to various campaigns about the possibility of a delayed primary. Most said they'd handle whatever happens, but definitely a longer delay would've been tougher on campaigns in terms of having to raise more money and significantly adjust strategy.

No no no no please no.

“Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that has amassed a newspaper empire, said on Thursday that it is bidding for full control of Tribune Publishing, the parent of publications like The Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun.”

nytimes.com/2020/12/31/bus… Here is the SEC filing with Alden’s offer, and their plan to “unlock significant strategic and financial value” by buying Tribune Publishing and combining us w/their other newspapers. Sounds like more pillaging to me.

investor.tribpub.com/static-files/2…

Today’s car protest has reached Penn/North. This woman is playing drums in the bed of a truck. Another car in the car parade protest. Helicopters overhead, police mobile command is outside the library.

.@GovLarryHogan plans an 11 am press conference outside the Governor’s Mansion. I’ll tweet updates. Hogan: We now have well over 100 cases in the region. More than 30 in Md.