Dear Friends, I'm the Democratic Party's best hope to beat Scott Brown, and that's the ultimate challenge, the ultimate goal. I am the only candidate in this race who has a track record of defeating a popular incumbent Republican, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 22, 2011
My Amendments to Expanded Gaming Bill to Protect Local Communities
In an effort to protect municipalities concerned about negative impacts from a bill to expand gaming in the Commonwealth, I filed amendments yesterday with the Senate Clerk’s Office to strengthen safeguards and provide additional … [Read more...]
Why I’m Excited About the Boston City Council Preliminaries…and You Should Be, Too!
Tuesday, September 27. I hope you'll mark it in your calendars, and here's why... Less than one week from today is the Boston City Council preliminary election. With our help, voters could become one step closer to electing a real, … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren listening tour video goes viral
I'm not sure where this was filmed, but it was apparently taken by someone not affiliated with the campaign at one of the "listening tour" stops. So far it has been viewed nearly 120,000 times. It's probably a pretty good preview of what … [Read more...]
Julian Assange: Big Baby
You can't make this stuff up. Julian Assange is upset about an unauthorized release of drafts of his autobiography: Mr Assange said in a statement: "The events surrounding its unauthorised publication by Canongate are not about freedom of … [Read more...]
Abolish the Death Penalty in the United States
After the state-sanctioned murder of Troy Davis, it's clear that when states are given the freedom to maintain the death penalty they do not use it with the great care and discernment it should be afforded. We cannot be a country that … [Read more...]
Wire cages to prevent Chinese workers from leaping to their deaths in despair; remember the Triangle Fire; IPODs don’t go down in price just because workers are paid $120 a month to work 15 hour days in CAGES!
http://mollysmiddleamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/chinese-suicide-ipod-sweatshops.html The way these suicides are being prevented is to cage the workers Of course, it isn't just Apple. Think Disney, and I can list others. I wonder … [Read more...]
Another special election, another opportunity to intimidate voters.
Remember Empower Massachusetts? Kate wrote a post about voter intimidation in the Sixth Worcester District this spring during the Democratic special election. Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote were heavily involved in monitoring the … [Read more...]