Restore America's Mission

01/14/2026

This is a must read. We can not let our politicians get away with this. Outrageous hypocrisy.

** Here is a clear, easy-to-digest synopsis, reduced to five straightforward bullet points followed by the long breakdown-
1. Klausmeier publicly said Baltimore County is not a sanctuary jurisdiction and does not impede ICE, which gives the impression that county police cooperate with immigration enforcement.
2. In reality, most ICE warrants are civil, not criminal, meaning they are issued by ICE officials, not judges, and do not allege a crime or provide arrest authority.
3. Baltimore County Police are expressly prohibited from enforcing civil ICE warrants or detainers, including stopping, arresting, holding, or transferring someone to ICE based on those documents.
4. If a person is otherwise eligible for release, police must release them even if ICE is requesting custody, unless there is a separate criminal warrant signed by a judge.
5. So while the County avoids the word “sanctuary,” the policy’s real-world effect is that local police cannot assist ICE in most immigration cases, a key detail that is not disclosed in the public statement.**

Below is a side-by-side, fact-driven breakdown that lays Kathy Klausmeier’s May 2025 public statement directly against what Baltimore County police are actually instructed to do under the BCPD ICE policy, and why the difference matters to the public.

Klausmeier’s public statement in May 2025 says:
“Baltimore County is not a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction.’ Our highest priority remains public safety… We are committed to supporting our valued law enforcement personnel while following federal, state and local law… and are not obstructing or impeding enforcement of federal immigration laws.”

What the public hears from that statement:
1. Baltimore County cooperates with ICE.
2. The County does not block immigration enforcement.
3. Law enforcement can assist ICE when appropriate.
4. The County is not limiting ICE activity in practice.

What the BCPD ICE policy actually instructs police to do, in writing, department-wide, as of June 2025:

First, the policy makes clear that most ICE warrants are civil, not criminal.
A civil ICE warrant is an administrative document issued by ICE or DHS, not a judge. It does not allege a crime. It does not establish probable cause. It is not executable by local police.

Second, the policy states repeatedly that civil ICE warrants and detainers cannot be enforced by Baltimore County Police.
Officers are instructed that they may not:
1. Stop a person based on a civil ICE hit.
2. Arrest a person based on a civil ICE warrant.
3. Detain or continue to detain a person once local criminal grounds end.
4. Hold a person for ICE pickup.
5. Transfer custody to ICE based on civil paperwork.

The policy uses explicit language like “will not,” “may not,” and “are prohibited,” not discretionary language.

Third, the policy requires release, even when ICE is involved.
If an individual is otherwise eligible for release under state or local law, BCPD officers must release them, even if:
1. ICE has issued a civil detainer.
2. ICE has requested notification.
3. ICE indicates the person is removable under immigration law.

Fourth, the policy distinguishes criminal warrants from civil ICE paperwork in bold, repeated examples.
The training materials included in the PDF show large labels stating:
1. “CIVIL – DO NOT EXECUTE”
2. “CANNOT BE ENFORCED”
3. “DOES NOT MEAN THERE IS A CRIMINAL ICE WARRANT”

Those examples are provided specifically so officers do not mistakenly treat ICE documents as enforceable warrants.

Now, here is where the public statement and the policy diverge.

Klausmeier says the County is not obstructing or impeding federal immigration enforcement.
In reality, the County has adopted a policy that prohibits its police department from enforcing the vast majority of ICE warrants, because they are civil.

Klausmeier emphasizes cooperation with federal law.
The policy limits cooperation to criminal warrants only, and bars enforcement of civil immigration actions entirely by county police.

Klausmeier says the County is not a sanctuary jurisdiction.
Yet the operational effect of the policy is that:
1. Civil ICE warrants cannot be executed.
2. Civil ICE detainers cannot justify holding someone.
3. Individuals must be released even when ICE requests custody.
4. Immigration status alone cannot trigger enforcement action.

Those are the same functional limits that the general public commonly associates with the term sanctuary, even if the County avoids using that label.

The statement is therefore technically defensible in wording, but misleading in effect.

It is accurate that Baltimore County does not block ICE from enforcing federal law itself.
It is not accurate to suggest that county police meaningfully assist ICE beyond criminal warrants.

What is missing from the public statement is the key fact that matters most to residents:
Baltimore County Police are formally prohibited from enforcing civil immigration warrants, prohibited from holding people for ICE, and required to release individuals when criminal authority ends, even if ICE is actively seeking them.

That distinction is not explained to the public.
It is buried in internal police policy.

The result is a disconnect between what residents are told publicly and what officers are required to do operationally.

12/02/2025

Here is a polished, powerful rewrite that keeps your voice, urgency, and policy direction intact:

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Crude oil has fallen to $60 a barrel or below, yet Marylanders are still being crushed by rising — some would say soaring — electricity rates. Why? Because Maryland remains trapped under the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a compact that functions as a hidden tax on every ratepayer in our state.

Until we exit RGGI, Maryland families and businesses will continue paying more for every kilowatt they use.

Congress must also act. It can — and should — pass legislation to end the so-called Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, permanently overturning the regulatory straitjacket that Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are already working to dismantle. Codifying this reversal would restore rational energy policy for the entire nation.

Now is the time to build modern clean-coal and natural-gas power plants, restore grid stability, and end our dependence on intermittent renewable sources that only create greater energy insecurity. These unreliable systems force the construction of duplicate backup generation — a costly shell game that enriches politically connected insiders while sending Maryland’s ratepayers and taxpayers the bill.

And who are those taxpayers and ratepayers?

YOU.
Every one of us who doesn’t live in the ivory towers of bureaucracy and environmental extremism.

It’s time to restore affordable, reliable American energy — and protect the people who pay the bills.

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12/02/2025

Wonderful Deb!

12/02/2025

Beautiful!!

12/02/2025

Yet, 4 Congressmen, Republican, voted not to even censure Ilhan Omar!
One who I always liked, who am totally disappointed about, is Cory Mills!
Cory Mills has failed when he had a singular opportunity to establish himself and the entire Republican Party to do the Right thing. Yet he failed all Republicans, while failing all Americans. I’m totally disappointed.

Trump hints that Ilhan Omar's marriage to her alleged brother is grounds for removal from the United States.

12/02/2025

No one is all bad. No one is all good.
So as we say, we are not perfect. We have to judge ourselves based on trying to be good.

Bowser's apathetic pragmatism sustained D.C.'s turnaround success while keeping a hard-left approach to city government at bay.

12/02/2025

Blessed are the Peacemakers.

The Kremlin confirmed an American delegation led by special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Kyiv said some “tough issues” still have to be worked out.

05/19/2025

https://x.com/davewallaceus/status/1924400062110605403?s=46&t=wOjfh5NMdGPrzvwqtWLWHQ

It’s Time to Get a Budget Deal Done

America stands at a precipice. Our fiscal house is broken, manufacturing gutted, and our prosperity stolen by bloated bureaucracy and unfair trade. It’s time for action—a real budget deal that restores sanity, revives industry, and rewards work. It must rest on three pillars:

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1. Permanent Tax Relief and Pro-Growth Policy

We must make permanent the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and go further:
•Cap individual income tax rates at 15% to reward labor and revive wage growth.
•Set corporate tax rates at 8% or less, including Chapter S businesses, to boost investment and jobs.
•Expand full expensing of capital equipment for all businesses to drive productivity.
•Repeal the misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act”, a disguise for the Green New Deal packed with subsidies for politically favored, unreliable energy.

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2. End Waste and Enforce Work Requirements

As Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) exposed in

“Federal Programs to End Poverty: A Tragic Failure” (2012),
there were 126 overlapping federal programs, costing $800 billion/year, with no measurable impact on reducing poverty.

Later updates raised the total to over 180 programs, many with expired sunset clauses—yet still funded. This is entrenched waste.

Congress must hold hearings. Every program must prove value and impact. If it doesn’t reduce poverty or dependency, it must end.

Able-bodied Americans receiving aid must work. No more taxpayer-funded idleness while businesses struggle to hire.

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3. Wage Disparity Tariffs to Rebuild Industry

We must stop the exploitation of our economy by foreign regimes that pay $2/hour in Indochina or $6/hour in Mexico and China, while dumping goods, stealing jobs, and destroying our production base.

A Wage Disparity Tariff System must:
•Offset foreign wage gaps, pricing imports as if made under U.S. standards.
•Reshore industry, raise wages, and punish patent theft—especially from China.
•Curtail child labor and trafficking, prevalent in supply chains like Mexico’s.

China’s effort to dominate Western Hemisphere ports, especially near the Panama Canal, must be countered now—economically and diplomatically. We cannot let them control vital trade routes.

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A Final Word: Protect American Agriculture

Invasive species—from the Asian longhorned beetle to citrus greening disease—have cost billions in damage to U.S. agriculture, forestry, and citrus.

Unchecked global trade let them in. Our tariff and import protocols must now safeguard our food supply and environment, not just our factories.

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Conclusion

This isn’t just a budget—it’s a moral reset. A return to productivity, fairness, and national dignity.

Stop rewarding failure.
Stop subsidizing foreign tyranny.
Start building a future where American families, workers, and entrepreneurs can thrive—free of dependency, debt, or domination.

It’s time to act.
RESTORE AMERICA’S MISSION.

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03/26/2025

Maryland is. Great State!
With great location!
With great people!
Great climate.
And a great future!

Happy Birthday, Maryland! 🦀

02/14/2025

Let’s establish Carroll County as the property rights leader in Maryland. Let’s end property taxes, to assure we don’t have runaway tax burdens against the hard working carroll County residents!
It’s a project whose time has come!

On Tuesday, I presented SB 657 & 661 in the Senate JPR Committee which seek to provide additional financial and legal protections to property owners who face eminent domain proceedings and would establish a 350% valuation on top of land value for Agricutural land taken by eminent domain. What we face with MPRP is the potential for land seizure by eminent domain for corporate gain. Because agricultural land and preserved properties are valued less by state assessments - a good thing for the preservation of open space and farmland - these properties have become an inviting target for utilities building power lines because it saves money. My hope is that we stop MPRP or at least get major changes made but if it moves forward in any form, these two bills will help landowners receive a more just compensation and include reimbursements for legal fees and expert testimony. I want to thank Joanne Fredericks from Stop MPRP, Inc. for coming down to Annapolis on a snowy day to testify. Delegate Nino Mangione has these bills on the House side.

10/08/2024

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10/08/2024

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