Former police union lobbyist and “Democrat for Hogan” Bobby Zirkin’s podcast lauds right-wing political propaganda as common-sense moderation. We reveal the political logic behind The Baltimore Sun platforming the former state senator, how his Zionist, pro-mass incarceration, pro-fossil fuel commentary sets up a potential U.S. Senate run for the Maryland Senate in 2028, and how the left should preempt this clear political posturing.
21 Aug 2026
Anti-Blackness in White Feminist "Victims Rights" Advocacy
When Maryland tried to reform its district court commissioner law, which has allowed testimony with investigation to a commissioner without a law degree to justify arrest warrants, they failed because of opposition from the “victims’ rights lobby.” Despite this law allowing folks to be arrested for mistaken identity and false testimony, the lobby argued these reforms would make it harder for victims of domestic violence to get protection. This episode discusses what happened after LBS called ...
15 Jul 2026
Youth Justice Delayed—Unpacking Debates on "AutoCharging" Youth as Adults Reforms
While the general assembly made some meaningful progress on limiting Maryland’s epidemic rates of charging youth as adults, of over 30 charges that automatically start youth accused of crimes in the adult system, only 7 of them were removed in 2026. In this episode, we analyze debates on the floor of the Maryland House and Senate to see how Democrats' inability to center youth innocence and the racist narratives around Black youth as innately criminal led Democrats to fall back on notions of ...
17 Jun 2026
Black Youth in Public: The Truth Behind the Fearmongering
Every spring/summer, anxieties about Black youth in public spawn news stories around fights and fears about commerce and public safety. This episode will reveal how racialized tropes around Black youth are used to justify charging youth as adults and obscure white youth/adult public disorder.
20 May 2026
Park Heights aka Little West Bank- Zionism, Race and Power in Northwest Baltimore, pt. 2
We continue our examination of northwest Baltimore, discussing the internal dynamics of the state central committee and examining how an understanding of the racialized social control logic within Zionist ideology reveals “moderate” democrats as replicating racialized overpolicing and denying sovereignty to oppressed communities both here and abroad. We conclude by comparing the colorblind politics of current state senator Dalya Attar with the antiracism of her opponent for the 41st district ...
23 Apr 2026
Park Heights aka Little West Bank- Zionism, Race and Power in Northwest Baltimore, pt. 1
A minority population faces oppression from a dominant group that exercises political and economic power over the region disproportionate to their numbers. Racialized tropes about the indigenous population being innately dangerous justified policing and application of force that violate existing rules, which, though limiting the power on paper, fail to change the material reality of oppression. The framework describes both the West Bank in occupied Palestine and Black neighborhoods in Baltimo...
18 Mar 2026
City Council Israel Resolution Debates—Zionism, Anti-Blackness, and Local Politics
Despite the focus on national political battles, local politics has been a critical battleground for conversations around Zionism. We look back at 2023 debates in the Baltimore City Council around two contrasting resolutions, one reflecting a Zionist frame, the other a call for ceasefire and attempting to balance concerns over anti-Semitism with Islamophobia. Through attempts to equate antisemitism with anti-Blackness and the Hamas attack on October 7th, the Zionist resolution is revea...
18 Feb 2026
Reviving the War on Drugs: Fake Woke Policing or Revolutionary Addiction Response?
In the face of persistent mass overdoses, some in Baltimore have begun to argue that policing is the only compassionate response to addiction. We argue this is false empathy and reinstates the war on drugs under the guise of care. We respond to the arguments that policing is a tool to connect folks to treatment. We conclude with a critique of public health driven harm reduction centered responses to addiction toward a revolutionary comprehensive approach centered in Black health sovereignty.&...
21 Jan 2026
Baltimore School’s Anti-Semitism Lawsuit - The ADL’s Playbook to Deter Israel Criticism
In this episode we expose how the Anti-Defamation League trades on its historic reputation as a civil rights organization to attack critics of Israel as anti-jewish. We deconstruct news coverage of the suite, revealing much of the incidents of bullying are constitutionally protected critiques of Israel. We give a history of the phrase “from the river to the sea,” and address claims it is Anti-Semitic. Additionally, we expose how analogies of Jewish oppression to Black oppression ignore ...
17 Dec 2025
Looking Back at 2nd Look: How Democrats Decenter Race in Criminal Justice Debates
Maryland passed the 2nd Look Act to give individuals with long jail sentences a chance at release. We look back at the floor debates on 2nd Look. While the advocates sought racial justice for the Black community, debates focused on defending why so many folks were ineligible for the 2nd Look, how hard it would be to get relief, and notions of forgiveness and contrition. We argue Democrat’s acceptance of Republican framing made it harder to push back on key amendments that were attached by Rep...
19 Nov 2025
Maryland's Medical Examiner Controversy: Racism, “Excited Delirium” and Police Reform
We review reports on Maryland medical examiner David Fowler. We show the racist roots behind the concept of “excited delirium” he used to cover up police involved deaths, and show the role race plays in commentary downplaying findings of his wrongdoing. We also use an analysis of the legislative work on police accountability to demand the left go beyond calls to punishment of individual "bad cops" and depictions of Black suffering to garner sympathy toward building community control of public...
15 Oct 2025
Criminology Masked as Public Health: Does Baltimore's Gun Violence Reduction Strategy Mirror Trump's Logic?
Much was made of why the success of Baltimore's Gun Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS) disproves Trump's claim that Baltimore needs National Guard occupation. But what if Baltimore's supposedly more human "public health" approach to policing reflects the same logic as Trump's occupation? We counter pro-National Guard propaganda with an analysis of how grassroots violence prevention lies in its unique political, spiritual, and racial self-esteem perspectives. We then explain how GVRS, despite ...
17 Sept 2025
Remembering Bilal Abdullah: Digging Deeper on “Illegal Guns”, Public Safety and Police Violence
The shooting of Bilal Addullah rocked Baltimore, yet police used body cam footage to deem the shooting “justified”. This episode takes a nuanced look at the concept of the “bad guy with an illegal gun” used to justify Abdullah’s death, arguing the inability to see gun carrying as a rational response to conditions of Black life united center and left responses to the killing. We compare Abdullah’s death with an incident in Baltimore County, showing the role race plays in police response to gun...
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