By Trent Anderson / June 6, 2025

Eighty-one years ago today, over 150,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in what became the largest seaborne invasion in history. We call it D-Day now — June 6, 1944 — but for the men who lived it, it was just Tuesday. A Tuesday that altered the course of the 20th century and helped secure the freedoms so many of us now take for granted.

As a 17-year-old Gen Zer, I didn’t grow up with WWII veterans on every street like my grandparents did. Most have passed. Their stories now come secondhand — through movies, textbooks, grainy black-and-white photos, or the occasional Memorial Day speech. But for me, it’s more than history. It’s personal. My great-grandfather, Thomas Anderson, was a Navy machinist in the Pacific Theater. He didn’t storm Normandy, but his war was just as brutal — island-hopping in the searing heat, dodging enemy fire, fixing engines under pressure with lives on the line. He didn’t talk about it much. But when he did, it was never about medals or glory — it was about the guys beside him, the chaos, the sacrifice, the purpose.

Baltimore City Council slams mayor for not sharing salary data: ‘I think you don’t care’

By Ian Schwartz / June 1, 2025

So now there’s a lawsuit—because of course there is. A group of unaffiliated voters in Maryland, led by former Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, is challenging the state’s closed primary system. Their claim? That it’s unfair for nearly one million unaffiliated voters to be excluded from taxpayer-funded primaries. Because obviously, the solution to political dysfunction is to let people who don’t join the party pick the party’s candidates. Brilliant.