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Longtime Maryland Politician Diagnosed With Cancer; Plans To Continue Working
Cancer won't keep a Maryland congressman down as he plans to continue working after being diagnosed with a treatable form of Lymphoma. Congressman Jamie Raskin, who represents the 8th District from the border of northern Washington, DC to the Pennsylvania suburbs in the north, announced on Wednesday, Dec. 28 that after several days of testing, he has been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. The 8th Congressional District includes parts of Montgomery, Carroll, and Frederick counties. The 8th Congressional District in Maryland.Wikimedia Commons The lawmaker called it “a seriou…
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Lawmakers In Maryland Condemn New Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Painted In The Region
Some of the top elected officials in Maryland are speaking out after new anti-Semitic graffiti was found spray-painted in a popular area park. For the second time in nearly as many months, anti-Semitic graffiti was found spray-painted along the Bethesda Trolley Trail in the Wildwood neighborhood. County Executive Marc Elrich said on Monday, Nov. 14, that Montgomery County response teams are working to remove the hateful images “as quickly as possible.” While cleaning up the latest incident, Elrich said that teams also located a second location that was tagged with hateful rhetoric on a b…
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Maryland Congressman Says Talking About His Son's Suicide Saved His Own Life
Jamie Raskin is opening up about his son's suicide. In a recent interview with "People" magazine, the Congressman said writing his new memoir saved his own life. The 59-year-old Democrat details a "life-altering" first few weeks in January 2021, where he had to face down a mob of angry Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol -- all while dealing with the loss of his 25-year-old son Tommy. "It probably would have been the end of my life had I not been able to talk about it," Raskin tells the magazine. Tommy Raskin was a second-year student at Harvard Law School, who took his own life o…