Woo hoo! She'll be an infinitely better president than worse-than-Voldemort Trump. I'm glad to see her nominated, glad to see a woman finally making substantive progress toward the highest office in the land, and looking forward to working … [Read more...]
Archives for July 26, 2016
NYT says Julian Assange timed email leak
A striking piece in the NYT suggests its former partnership with Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange has well and truly foundered. At this rate, he may be in the Ecuadorian Embassy for a very long time. Six weeks before the … [Read more...]
I agree with Bernie Sanders […]
... who negotiated what I call a coalition result, and said "Our job now is to see that platform implemented by a Democratic Senate, a Democratic House and a Hillary Clinton presidency – and I am going to do everything I can to make that … [Read more...]
The Massachusetts Legislature and governor are leaving the state’s most vulnerable citizens behind
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) After wrapping up its annual budget deliberations last month, the Massachusetts Legislature is practically done for the year. There are a couple of formal sessions of the House and Senate still … [Read more...]
How Fox Is Unskewing the DNC’s First Night
My wife asked me this morning how Republicans were reacting to the showstopping first night of the Democratic National Convention, so I put on my hip waders and set out on a journey to climb BS Mountain visit FoxNews.com. It's a … [Read more...]
Follow BMG at day 2 of the Democratic National Convention
I'll spend today like I spent yesterday: wandering around Philadelphia looking for interesting things to see and people to talk to. I'll post most of it to Twitter, again using the hashtag #bmg16 to keep track of things. Follow me … [Read more...]
Brief chats with a third of our congressional delegation
Maybe the best thing about being at the convention is that everyone spends a lot of time meandering around small spaces, and it's therefore pretty easy to talk to people who can be difficult to corral the rest of the year. At this … [Read more...]
Thoughts on DNC Day 1
We're already well into day 2, but I wanted to post a couple of quick thoughts on day 1 before it slips too far from our collective (and my particular) recollection. First: Bernie Sanders gave a fantastic speech last night. The cheers … [Read more...]
Mayor Walsh on party unity, and other stuff
I caught up with Mayor Marty Walsh just after his big speech to the convention this evening. The first part of the chat is with a WBZ reporter; the second part is with me. He was very generous with his time. We talked about the opioid … [Read more...]
My eyes stung 12 years ago
Watching the convention tonight, I felt pulled back in time. Sometimes it seems that many activists have one campaign that remains steeped in rose and gold, enthusiasm with no cynicism, adoration without suspicion. For me it was Howard … [Read more...]