The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: 18 yo transgender former MCPS student, Alex Ye, charged with threatening mass violence at school, is denied bond. New poll finds Alsobrooks 10 points ahead of Hogan in MD’s US Senate race. MD Governor Moore finally ends debate over Baltimore’s Red Line: will it be light rail or buses. Minimum wages go up in Maryland and Washington DC. Montgomery County has really low unemployment, high office space vacancy, and dramatically rising home values. And more. Music from Silver Spring band Airport 77s.