When you think about the golden opportunities handed to them to do the right thing, time after time, it's impossible to look at the work done by the Massachusetts House leadership as anything but a crushing disappointment. On three major … [Read more...]
DeLeo’s House, again, falls on its own face, rejects RPS 3% increase
WE COULD BE HEROES ... nah. No David Bowie today. They never fail to disappoint. Yesterday the House leadership refused to take up Rep. Kay Khan's amendment to increase the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard by 3% a year, over the … [Read more...]
Crunch time for clean energy in MA
We're at crunch time for the legislature's work: If you haven't already, get on the horn to your state rep in support of S.2545, An Act to Promote a Clean Energy Future, already passed 35-0 by the Senate. This epochal bill will allow … [Read more...]
Remembering Scott Pruitt’s selfless service
OK, I kid a little with the headline: There were the pens; and the Chik-fil-A franchise; and the law school letters; and the condo; and the flights; and the "tactical pants"; and the lotion; and ... yes, it's just all too preposterous. … [Read more...]
Families Belong Together rallies Saturday 6/30 11am
(and not in concentration camps, either ... ) MoveOn has a pretty comprehensive list of all the rallies against government-sponsored child abuse, the tearing apart of families under ICE/CBP. In Boston, it'll be at City Hall Plaza at … [Read more...]
Welcome to the Sisyphus Generation
In the last 36 hours, the Supreme Court upheld the Muslim travel ban; went on to eviscerate public sector unions; and now, Justice Kennedy will give an undemocratically elected President control of the courts for a generation. Other than … [Read more...]
Immigration politics breaking point, exhibit A: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Well, here's a data point for you: In a stunning defeat, New York Rep. Joe Crowley, the fourth-most powerful Democrat in the House of Representatives, lost a Tuesday primary to Democratic Socialist of America-backed challenger Alexandria … [Read more...]
Politics of immigration may be at a breaking point
... and Massachusetts politicians would be well-advised to sit up and take note. I went to the #KeepFamiliesTogether rally last Wednesday, partly in protest of the Trump administration's searingly cruel family separation policy at the … [Read more...]
Eldridge endorses L’Italien in #MA3
Can't say I'm totally surprised by this: progressive fave Senator Jamie Eldridge endorsed Senate colleague Barbara L'Italien. This from his press release: In thinking about the qualities I’d like to see in my next congresswoman, in the age … [Read more...]
Baker spins on helicopters
Charlie Baker has now rescinded his offer of a couple of helicopters to assist in Donald Trump’s/Stephen Miller’s torment of immigrants and asylum seekers. The Boston Globe refers to his “change of heart” after hearing of the tearing away … [Read more...]
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