White women without college degrees chose Trump Trump actually won 62% of white non-college educated women to Clinton's 34%. Clinton won white college educated women 51% to Trump's 45%, according to those same polls. My take … [Read more...]
Archives for November 10, 2016
Register Muslims? RESIST.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/20/donald-trump-says-hed-absolutely-require-muslims-to-register/?_r=0 Trump says he will require Muslims to register with the government. When pigs fly we will permit ANY PRESIDENT … [Read more...]
Senator Warren’s post-election statement
Email - no link, but one of the best responses I've seen from our side: Christopher, This wasn’t a pretty election. In fact, it was ugly, and we should not sugarcoat the reason why. Donald Trump ran a campaign that … [Read more...]
Thank You Senator Sanders
Well ... I was hoping to write this after a Clinton victory, but it is still true. Bernie Sanders ran an exemplary campaign against Hillary Clinton. He criticized her, yes, but he did so respectfully and never slung mud. Late, he got … [Read more...]
Reflections on the Election
Cross-posted from Letters Blogatory. I posted this the day after the election; on the morning of election day I had posted a piece looking forward to a Clinton victory. The tone of my first reflections on the 2016 general election, … [Read more...]
Newton Mayor Setti Warren Won’t Seek Re-Election
Newton Mayor Setti Warren announced today in an email to his supporters that he does not intend to seek re-election in 2017. First elected in 2009, Mayor Warren has frequently appeared on lists of potential Democrats for statewide … [Read more...]
Can Baker survive Trump Republicanism?
Charlie Baker is up for re-election in 2018, the second year of President Trump, who has made "Republican" a synonym for "racist misogynist" and ridden that label to the White House, despite losing the election, because of our … [Read more...]
That happened. Now what?
Friends, Tuesday was painful. The feeling of loss and despair can be seen on the faces of our friends, family, neighbors, children and even our pets. I remember fondly the shared feelings of joy and hope after Barack Obama was elected … [Read more...]
Some non-optimistic thoughts on what’s coming
We don't know for sure what's coming. But I'm afraid we can be fairly confident that a lot of it won't be good. Here are a few thoughts on what seems likely. Life is going to get noticeably worse for a lot of good people. This hurts … [Read more...]
Bright New Day
This is my first post on Blue Mass Group. I've been following for years as a reader. But today decided the umbrella needed to be wider. We need more women and minorities posting here. So here you go. From a Muslim-American, child of … [Read more...]