Kent channeling Archibald Cox with the bow tie alongside Taylor’s testimony was both damning and devastating. Will it make a difference? With Senate Republicans? No. Their Rubicon of shame was passed many moons ago. With the voting public? … [Read more...]

Tulsi is considering a third party run. Now ya'll know I worked for a statewide third party back in 2016, and I rolled with a lot of our supporters who were all over the map politically. Some of them were Never Trumpers happy to vote for … [Read more...]

It was not supposed to be like this. Justin Trudeau was expected to waltz right into a second term with another record majority. Instead, a series of scandals threatens his government. Scandals over oil pipelines, corporate bailouts, … [Read more...]

[I hope jconway doesn’t mind me designating this the “official” debate thread. — Charley] 12 candidates on one stage is not my idea of a substantive discussion. I think the DNC has thus far done a decent job with including the lesser … [Read more...]

WBUR has reported that the State Senate unanimously advanced the Ed Bill back to the House, where it is fully supported by Speaker DeLeo and a majority of members. This bill fixes the Ch. 70 funding formula by adding $1.4 billion to … [Read more...]

There are other issues besides climate that matter to me. Issues such as trans rights, immigration rights, voting rights, gun control, and workers rights where Kennedy has been more vocal and out front than Ed Markey has been which is why … [Read more...]

Beacon Hill did a good thing yesterday. The legislation, known as the Student Opportunity Act, was announced Thursday and is intended to reshape the formula the state uses to fund schools. The main focus of the bill is to provide districts … [Read more...]