All College Democrats, Young Democrats, and Young-at-heart Democrats are welcome to attend! If you’re looking to meet self-motivated, hard-working CDM members, engage in thoughtful conversation and debate with like-minded progressives, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
Joke Revue: “Kochs Hope to Be First to Pollute Water on Mars”
Sorry for the delay, folks! First up, an old cartoon favorite: Borowitz: Kochs Hope to Be First to Pollute Water on Mars WICHITA (The Borowitz Report)—Just hours after NASA revealed the discovery of water on the surface of Mars, a … [Read more...]
Politics as a business
An informative review earlier this month in the NYT by financial journalist James Stewart (“Den of Thieves” and “Tangled Webs,” among others) of fellow-journalist and author Michael D’Antonio's new biography of "The short fingered … [Read more...]
The Dog Ate My Homework: Water Conservation Edition
An amendment to the supplemental budget that's up for debate in the House tomorrow would broaden a 10-year old law that allows landlords to bill tenants for their water usage under some circumstances. The current law lets landlords who … [Read more...]
I’m genuinely disappointed in Donald Trump’s tax plan
I suppose I should have seen this coming. Still, I'm genuinely disappointed. As I've mentioned before, Donald Trump had (up until now) been talking a different game on taxes than what one normally hears from Republicans these days. He … [Read more...]
Reasons for hope!
(Today 9/29 at the State House 12pm-5pm is a big fat energy hearing, and clean energy advocates are trying to pack the house. Go if you can.) I've always felt like another climate-voice-for-doom-and-gloom. And yet, look at what a whole … [Read more...]
State Public Records ruling on release of hospital report is a win for the public
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In what we see as a win for the public's right to know, the state's Supervisor of Public Records has concluded that the Department of Public Health went too far in redacting virtually an entire report … [Read more...]
POPE FRANCIS MADE US ALL PROUD…
to be citizens of America and the world. As the grandson of Italian immigrants I was deeply moved when the Holy Father introduced himself to President Obama at the White House as the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina --- the first … [Read more...]
State Ethics Commission fines Sheriff Steve Tompkins $2500 for “Coercive Use of His Official Position.”
http://www.mass.gov/ethics/press-releases-meetings-and-publications/press-releases/2015-press-releases/steven-tompkins.html Karen L. Nober Executive Director Media Contact David Giannotti Communications Division … [Read more...]
Today’s political earthquake
As this news is now a few hours old I'm surprised nobody else has posted. I could have linked any number of stories, but for now I'll just do a drive-by report that Speaker Boehner has announced his resignation. There's speculation about … [Read more...]
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