“A priority for this campaign is to bring everyone in our neighborhood together to achieve a common goal of serving the community. I am inspired by the volunteers who spent their Saturday helping the Paraclete, an afterschool program … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2010
Help BMG PAC support more awesome progressives like Lori!
We were very proud to make Rep. Lori Ehrlich the first recipient of BMG PAC funds, and we were delighted by the response in the comments to our choice. Clearly, Rep. Ehrlich has many fans here on BMG. This, of course, is just the … [Read more...]
Democrats Unite
http://www.facebook.com/pages/... Medeiros2010@verizon.net Today I have taken a step in a direction that will enable me to be the voice we need for our communities. I am making my announcement today regarding my intentions to run for … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Corporations Buy Elections
This week I introduced the Shareholders Protection Act, H.R. 4573, which would require a shareholder vote before any corporate general treasury funds can be spent on political activity. The recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. … [Read more...]
A TEACHER REMEMBERS JD SALINGER
The deaths of Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger removed from the planet two men-and two minds-that I relied on during my 35-year career as a high school history teacher. Passages and quotations from Zinn's People's History were sprinkled … [Read more...]
California Senate passes Medicare for all single payer health care bill
CommonDreams (unsurprisingly, a story that is hard to find in the traditional media): SB 810, The California Universal Healthcare Act, authored by Sen. Mark Leno and sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United … [Read more...]
Indigent defense – a core, mandated, constitutional requirement
Here is why the Governor's proposal regarding indigent defense should be overturned in the legislature in favor of current practices and constitutional requirements. If indigent people are arrested, pursuant to the United States … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
It has been 10 days… when does Scott Brown get seated????
The Boston Herald reported that, according to a source, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin's office wants to certify the race on Feb. 20. A spokesman for Mr. Galvin's office explained that local election districts have to wait at … [Read more...]
Clueless Candidate or Dastardly Democratic Prank?
A Charlie Brown Baker ad popped up from the online Boston Globe this morning, totally obscuring the front page. Yes, I use Firefox with a current ad-blocker. Far more offensive than the annoying Netflix popunders, this was on top, rather … [Read more...]
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