As noted here, our progressive legislators tell us they support good things; and then at the first sign of resistance from leadership refuse to create the conditions where passing such good things is possible. ProgressiveMass has usefully … [Read more...]
Markey and AOC step up: Green New Deal
This deserves all the praise we can offer. Finally we're talking about a real policy approach to the looming catastrophe of climate change: Today our junior Senator Ed Markey and the instant-superstar Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez … [Read more...]
Another uniformed killer exonerated
April Pipkins, holding a photograph of murder victim EJ Bradford Jr. In an outcome that should come as no surprise to anyone, various sources report that Alabama authorities will not bring charges against the cop who shot and killed an … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Katherine Clark, what is a non – quality job?
Sorry for the late post on this but I work in retail and my hours are haphazard. In any case, it was on a Sunday News Program where I heard Congresswoman Katherine Clark say that we need more "quality jobs" in the United States of America. … [Read more...]
Notes from tonight’s DSC meeting
The Democratic State Committee met tonight, and the biggest news is probably that the state convention has been set for Saturday September 14th at Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, with a caucus window of May 11th-June 16th. Anyone … [Read more...]
Meanwhile on a parallel earth
consider the timeline in which Seth Moulton and his band of change agents forced balloting for House Speaker into 57 rounds before the majority capitulated and elected a Third Way Problem Solver who is totally not an old woman.* Who then … [Read more...]
Northam must resign now!
Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam must resign now! After apologizing last night for a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook when he was 25 years old, he changed his story this morning questioning whether, in fact, it … [Read more...]
Make the T free.
Michelle Wu writes an op-ed in the Globe suggesting (as I've long advocated) that the T be made fare-less, that is to say, free. I'd like to re-iterate my wholehearted endorsement to this idea. What would the T cost to simply be a … [Read more...]
Your MA House progressives: Opacity now, opacity forever
"Oh, we need reform, yes indeedy" "Oh, not these reforms, silly! You run along now!" We all get a Beacon Hill Pat-On-The-Head and pinch-on-the-cheeks today! Your progressive reps -- for the most part -- decided to extend the … [Read more...]
Symbols of hate
Symbols of hate Multiple sources report that Jussie Smollett, star of "Empire", was attacked in Chicago in what police describe as a "possible (sic) hate crime"(emphasis mine): Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television … [Read more...]
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