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Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan break down a rough week for Maryland’s Andy Harris after a Cambridge forum where he blamed Democrats for high diesel prices (amid the Iran war) and then threatened a student reporter over recording in a public press gaggle, misapplying the state’s two-party wiretap law. They cover Anne Arundel County’s ~350,000 sample ballots that omitted State Questions 2 and 3 (including the redistricting/gerrymandering amendment) plus local measures, the optics around election officials’ “legible, not overwhelming” explanation, and why Question 3 matters. Next is the Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting where a father (Kaylub Giamanco) with a legal .40-caliber and a teacher’s intervention stopped a 16-year-old shooter in roughly three minutes after three children and a teacher were killed. Finally, they examine Wes Moore’s late executive directive for a Department of Juvenile Services pilot on youth car theft after recent deadly incidents, calling it reactive rather than anticipatory leadership. Subscribe to Free Range Politics and consider supporting on Patreon (patreon.com/freerangepolitics) for $5/month to keep the lights on and get bonus content, including voter guides and interviews.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan break down Maryland’s juvenile justice disaster: a 12-year-old driving a stolen car ran a red light and killed 69-year-old Barry White Sr. on a motorcycle, yet faces no real charges under the 2022 Juvenile Justice Reform Act (pushed by then-Sen. Jill Carter). Vehicular manslaughter isn’t treated as a “crime of violence,” so kids under 13 skate. They cover Ivan Bates’s frustration, other recent cases (stolen cars hitting an MTA bus, a 58-year-old, and a 3-year-old), and why “rehab over accountability” is failing. They then dig into the MONSE (Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement) character letter that helped get a man—convicted of shooting someone in the face—released early. Eight days later he was involved in a shooting at a football game that killed an innocent 12-year-old with a short-barreled rifle. Calls for IG investigation and scrutiny of Brandon Scott’s office. Also discussed: Pete Hegseth’s proposal for a public, live-streamed firing-squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter (Nidal Hasan) at Fort Hood (around Dec. 3, 1 p.m.), optics vs. deterrence, and JD Vance’s reaction. Plus Wes Moore’s refusal in the debate with Dan Cox to commit to a full four-year term if reelected, what that means for Aruna Miller and the state, and a short Patreon exclusive clip with Green Party gubernatorial candidate Andy Ellis on the Key Bridge.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan open on the FBI search of KEYS Empowers, the nonprofit run by Mujahid Muhammad, the school commissioner Mayor Brandon Scott appointed in 2023. He resigned the day agents hit the Liberty Road building. They walk through the $1 million American Rescue Plan “healing village” that still looks like a 2025 coming-soon sign, the state health inspector general already telling the group to give back a chunk of roughly $824,000 in grants spent on VR sets, furniture, and college tuition, and why 7,000-plus Baltimore nonprofits have not cleaned up the blocks. Then Maryland taxpayers may be asked on October 7 for about $550,000 in outside counsel on top of the Attorney General’s defense, after Wes Moore went on MSNBC’s The Weeknight and tied Baltimore Sun co-owner David Smith to Jeffrey Epstein and falsely claimed Smith bought the paper to do Donald Trump’s work. They pick up last week’s Deryl Bright Jr. case: seven months on an ankle monitor after a principal ID and a warrant that had him seven inches short, and why Ivan Bates is the only official who has owned the failure. They close on Kelly Carnes, the new Baltimore Rock Opera Society director fired days after a Burning Man braid style was called cultural appropriation, and the CROWN Act irony.

Four juveniles in a stolen sedan fled police and slammed into an MTA bus at East Oliver and North Wolfe. Sixteen people went to the hospital. Baltimore’s homicide numbers are down. Juvenile joyriding is not. Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan argue the juvenile system’s “kid gloves” approach — rehab over accountability — is producing the same wrecks, and they connect it to Mayor Scott’s youth diversion program and the Inspector General fight over those records. Then they flip to the issue Republicans used to own. Gas is still over $4. Trump’s economic disapproval is brutal. CNN says the GOP midterm message is trans, immigration, and crime — anything but kitchen-table prices. Torrey and Yuripzy say that is a warning sign for November. In Maryland, Governor Wes Moore’s redistricting ballot question is polling worse than the campaign sold it. A bipartisan Protect Maryland Votes survey puts support around 28%. Moore’s own poll only gets to 40%. They unpack Andy Beshear’s “we make a pretty good team” line, the Maryland flag blowback, and why a failed Question 3 would be an unforced error on a national résumé. They also share excerpts from their interviews with Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox, who says he is done running a national race and is locked in on Maryland. The last segment is the Baltimore Sun story of a student identified by his principal in a McDonald’s carjacking video, put on an ankle monitor, and later cleared. Torrey and Yuripzy ask whether that was racial profiling — or a principal who thought the face on the tape looked like a kid he already knew. Support the show: patreon.com/freerangepolitics

Wes Moore just went on national TV and called the national debt America’s biggest security threat — then talked like a governor who balances budgets. Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan, both Marylanders, walk through what that claim actually looks like from inside the state: a $5 billion surplus at the start of his term, Blueprint for Maryland’s Future costs shifted onto counties, higher fees and registrations, and a growing structural deficit. Pete Buttigieg says America is ready for a gay president. Kamala Harris wrote in 107 Days that a Black woman / gay man ticket was too risky against Trump. Torrey and Yuripzy argue the real filter isn’t identity — it’s whether a candidate is tough, competent, and likable. A CNN-circulated story that an AI chatbot misidentified cargo on a Chinese ship as nuclear material and the U.S. nearly launched an intercept. They say the real AI danger isn’t Skynet, but rather disinformation. And for millennials, Toys R Us is planning about 120 new stores. Nostalgia, brick-and-mortar vs. Amazon, and whether this is inner-child Christmas or a culture shift back toward in-person shopping. Subscribe and join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/freerangepolitics

Baltimore City housing help put a mother and six children — ages 1 to 9 — in a house with no power, no AC, and filth on the floor. Police found the kids wandering an alley in dirty diapers and broken glass. Inspector General Isabel Cumming has been blocked from the housing records. Councilman Mark Conway backed her, tried to put the fight on the ballot… and got stripped of the Public Safety chair. Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan walk through the money trail, the retaliation, and why they think this blows past Catherine Pugh’s Healthy Holly scandal. Then: President Trump’s $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans win the midterms — desperation, or a brand that doesn’t care about the GOP? And a Johns Hopkins report that treats busing city kids into the counties as the fix for Baltimore schools. Free Range Politics with Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan. Become a paid Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/politics Watch live most Thursdays on YouTube.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan break down Governor Moore’s redistricting push after Maryland’s Supreme Court put a constitutional amendment on the ballot—and why Trump’s unpopularity could drive it through. They recap the Lindsay Clancy mistrial and what a retrial, plea, or dropped case could mean. Then they ask whether the panic over data centers is overblown: energy, water, noise, tax revenue, and the AI arms race. They close on Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, and the idea that taxpayers are “owed” cheap pro sports tickets. Support the show: Patreon.com/FreeRangePolitics. Live Thursdays at 8 p.m.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan unpack Maryland’s paid family leave program — the one passed in 2022, delayed for years, and now set to take money from your paycheck starting January 2027. Employers and workers both pay in. Benefits cap at $1,000 a week. They argue Governor Wes Moore did not want this on the ballot while he was running. Then they go after the economy Trump promised to fix: Maryland layoffs (including defense and tech), $4 gas, sticky inflation, and a Fed that is still talking rate hikes two months before the midterms. Also in this episode: • Trump’s fight with mail-in ballots, the new USPS rules, and what the Supreme Court actually did • Wes Moore’s late gerrymandering push, the special session, and why two Maryland judges blocked the ballot question • WBAL News Radio layoffs — the station where both hosts started New weekly live streams start Thursday at 8pm. Subscribe and consider joining us on Patreon.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan open this episode of Free Range Politics with a raw, personal conversation about the Lindsay Clancy trial. Yuripzy shares her own postpartum struggles while the hosts dig into why so many women are publicly supporting Clancy, the role of postpartum psychosis, the intense online backlash against her husband Patrick Clancy, and what men actually need to hear when a partner asks for help. They then turn to Maryland politics, calling out Governor Wes Moore’s frequent absences from the state (roughly 1 in 5 days) amid a budget crisis, missing bridge, and clear national ambitions. The episode closes with a sharp debate on Flock cameras—privacy, the Fourth Amendment, and whether mass license-plate surveillance is a necessary safety tool or a dangerous step toward a surveillance state. Honest talk, no easy answers.

Yuripzy Morgan and Torrey Snow discuss how Hunter Biden's honesty is causing some to rethink their opinion of him. Also, President Trump is ordered to stop the ballroom renovation after he is reminded by a DC court that he is tenant. Later in the show, a new study highlights 3 things you can do in midlife to avoid dementia. Also, what Millennial work habits does Gen z want to avoid, and do they have a point? Finally, a proposed rule change for H1B visas may conflict with what consumers want.

Dr. Fauci's diary reveals a lot about the mentality behind those covid shutdowns and how comfortable he got with fame. Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan discuss how Zohran Mamdani's plan to tax the second homes of billionaires has led to middle-class New Yorkers getting frightening letters from city government. They also discuss a proposed law about discounts for self-checkouts and whether there are better options than a mandate. Then they discuss the latest heartbreaking update on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan break down the biggest stories of the week on Free Range Politics. They examine President Trump’s decision to place warning signs at the Smithsonian Museum of American History questioning the accuracy of its exhibits, the chaos at Howard University where 500 incoming freshmen were disenrolled over administrative and payment failures, hard data comparing HBCU outcomes to other universities, America’s deepening conflict with Iran turning into another forever war, the rise of partisan fringe groups trying to reshape both parties (including an interview with Maryland Freedom Caucus Delegate Lauren Arikan), and alarming new developments in AI where models are being trained in offensive hacking and have already acted independently. Honest, no-holds-barred discussion that refuses to stay in the partisan lane.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan dive into this week's episode of Free Range Politics, unpacking the Canadian wildfires blanketing the East Coast in smoke and debating who's really at fault. They explore whether MAGA is on the decline after Donald Trump's recent speech, analyze Maryland GOP candidate Dan Cox's major shift away from election denial, and slam Governor Wes Moore as Maryland ranks with the second-worst economy in the nation—undermining his presidential ambitions. They also discuss the ongoing push for permanent Daylight Savings Time.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan break down the wild origin story of Graham Platner's collapse in the Maine Senate race, from Bernie Bros and Justice Democrats to overlooked scandals including a Nazi tattoo and credible rape allegations. The co-hosts discuss how anti-establishment fervor backfired on Democrats. They also cover Maryland's new sanctuary state policies leading to a DOJ lawsuit, Governor Moore's weak leadership, the controversial special session on gerrymandering, the Arundel County schools lawsuit over secretly transitioning a student, and questions about Mitch McConnell's health and elderly politicians in power.

Torrey Snow and Yuripzy Morgan break down Maryland's dangerous energy crisis as BGE warns residents to reduce their AC usage during one of the hottest weekends of the year — and why Annapolis Democrats are to blame for the failing grid. They also discuss Dan Cox's surprising ask for Larry Hogan's endorsement after years of attacking him, the Supreme Court's ruling on birthright citizenship, shocking Cato Institute poll results on Americans' lack of civic knowledge for the 250th anniversary, and why Maryland's lone Republican Congressman Andy Harris is hurting the party by blocking a popular housing bill. Honest talk on politics, energy, history, and more.