[Cross-posted from RealClout.org, where I sometimes channel Hecate to answer common questions from bewildered community activists...] Dear Hecate, I’m a “citizen” lobbyist, part of a statewide organization, and we have been lobbying for … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Memo to Senate Dems: don’t go down the “debt ceiling is unconstitutional” path
The flavor of the moment in the increasingly bitter and high-stakes gamesmanship over the debt ceiling appears to be the notion that the whole concept of a debt ceiling is unconstitutional. Here, for your reference, is the source of the … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Redistricting Olympics
Common Cause Massachusetts is hosting a Redistricting Olympics this summer. We will be taking citizen drawn Congressional, State House, and State Senate maps all summer, evaluating them, declaring a winner, giving out prizes and submitting … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Medical marijuana and Right to Repair hearings pack State House – 10-day budget signed – Brown campaign gets baseball cards
HILL ACTION: There were two big hearings yesterday on Beacon Hill: Medical marijuana (AP, Republican) and the 'Right to Repair' bill (Enterprise, WWLP) STAND-IN: And guess what? There's still no budget, except for this little bitty one. … [Read more...]
Supreme Court roundup: pretty much any damn-fool thing violates the First Amendment
The title of this post sums up what seems to be the takeaway from the just-completed term of the US Supreme Court. Henceforth, your litigation strategy against pretty much any governmental action should be to claim a First Amendment … [Read more...]
Michele Bachmann’s New Normal: Damage Control
Michele Bachmann came out of the last G.O.P. debate of presidential hopefuls smelling like a rose having favorably impressed the national media with her serious demeanor and lack of excited partisan rant. Presently she finds herself in a … [Read more...]
The market powers that be
Is this what I like to hear? Oh yes indeedy. The legislature is saying it wants to go further than the Governor's health care cost legislation, and deal with the market power of the big hospitals. Zowie. ... They struck an aggressive … [Read more...]
Today’s Podcast: US Sen candidate Marisa DeFranco
On today's LeftAhead Podcast, Mike and I had US Senate candidate and longtime immigration attorney Marisa DeFranco on as our guest. As Mike describes her, she's "a competent, confident candidate with a wide and deep platform [who] joined us … [Read more...]
Is Michelle Bachmann a “good person”
Worried for a moment that somebody had hacked Dan Kennedy's Twitter account this morning. Yesterday, Kennedy posted this lovely call-to-arms on the need to spread the legalization of gay marriage yesterday (expanded here). Then, this … [Read more...]
Meet Michele Bachmann: “A Perfect Product of the Religious Right”
Democracy Now! offers an instructive interview with informed observers of the Oral Roberts University graduate: Karl Bremer runs the blog Ripple in Stillwater. He has been following Michele Bachmann’s political career for the last … [Read more...]
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