For friends and neighbors in Arlington, Ed Markey is a familiar face. When he was our congressman, he would find joy in marching in our Patriots’ Day parade. As a school committee member, I enjoyed the opportunity to stroll down the avenue … [Read more...]
We Are Accepting His Crazy Frame
This headline is impossibly naive. He understands how bad it is. He doesn’t care. All he cares about is shading everything to try to make his alternative reality our accepted reality. The amazing thing is, most of the country is … [Read more...]
20 Years (at least) Without Election Integrity
After the 2000 election of hanging chads and Bush v Gore and a totally non-precedential Presidential decision by the Supremes, I discovered that the Caltech/MIT Electronic Voting Project (https://www.vote.caltech.edu) met sometime at MIT in … [Read more...]
Pompeo’s Sly Shading To Avoid Accountability
In his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in response to excellent questioning from Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), that the data on COVID-19 from either Japan, South Korea, or … [Read more...]
Getting to Know Karen Bass
One Karen I’m happy to elevate is Karen Bass, the latest frontrunner in the Biden Veela takes. I’ve already made the case for Warren and Duckworth, but this Times profile makes me less nervous about Bass. The only downside I see is the … [Read more...]
MA-Sen: Only One Candidate Wants to Be a U.S. Senator
There has been one nagging reality about the upcoming primary for U.S. Senate between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy III that has not been discussed nearly enough. Only one of those two candidates actually wants to be a U.S. … [Read more...]
Fascist Coup or Grifter’s End Game?
For good reason, people are concerned about the worst case scenario. Trump is sabotaging the Post Office, sending mercenaries to beat demonstrators in American cities (those run by Democrats, anyway), and figuring out how to rig or … [Read more...]
Jesse Mermell for Congress
Hello BMG. I haven’t been on here in a while, but I wanted to take a moment to discuss the Fourth Congressional District race. Also, for those who may be new here, this is my personal endorsement, not an official word from the Mermell … [Read more...]
House voting on climate amendments RIGHT NOW
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is right now taking up amendments on its climate bill. They passed the basic bill already, and it has not elicited praise from environment advocates. Here’s Ben Hellerstein, quoted by State House … [Read more...]
BIG GET: Globe endorses Markey, citing past work and vision for future
This was very gratifying to see this morning. Every word of the Globe's endorsement of Markey seemed like an echo of what I've been trying to say here, only more specifically- and elegantly-stated. It is a really good case. Send Ed … [Read more...]
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