Shameful Speaking to reporters Monday night outside a function hall, where Brown addressed Republicans at a fund-raiser for local candidates, he criticized Shaheen for raising the specter of a matchup between the two in a recent campaign … [Read more...]
Archives for October 1, 2013
My remarks at midnight last night
Last night, as the clock struck midnight, I was the first member to speak on the floor of the House. The fact is, the GOP owns this shutdown. The Senate agreed to their beloved sequester funding levels, but they wanted more. This is a … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren #realkeeping on the shutdown
Oh yes. You will like this: "In a democracy, hostage tactics are the last resort of those who can't win their fights through elections, can't win their fights in Congress, can't win their fights for the Presidency, and can't win their … [Read more...]
David Bernstein Admits His Anti-Irish Catholic Boston Politician Bias – Hey Steve Grossman, here’s Some Free Advice – You Too Karen Spilka
So I've always thought local political scribe David Bernstein had a bias against Irish Catholic Boston politicians. I noticed this years ago when he wrote for the Phoenix. He had a penchant for lumping them altogether and then decrying the … [Read more...]
Climate, IPCC, and our business
This is nothing you don't already know -- just more emphatic, more urgent: “Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time,” said Thomas F. Stocker, co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.N.-sponsored … [Read more...]
Sciortino says some of his opponents “would cave to Tea Party” [updated: he’s talking about Brownsberger]
On Twitter just now, MA-5 candidate Carl Sciortino posted the following: Some in this race would cave to Tea Party. I would not. Today millions of Americans can access health insurance for 1st time. #ma5 #ACA I'm very curious to know who … [Read more...]
BMG to continue in operation despite government shutdown
Even though the federal government in now officially shut down (sort of - here's a summary of what's affected and what's not), we are pleased to announce that Blue Mass Group's operations will continue unaffected. This is because we are … [Read more...]
ELDRIDGE GERRY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Eldridge Gerry begat gerrymandering. Gerrymandering begat safe one-party districts. After the census of 2010, safe one-party districts begat a handful of medium-sized states in which Democrats won the popular vote and Republicans won … [Read more...]