Our healthcare is currently safe from being stolen because an 80 year old man --- Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) --- is recovering from brain surgery and can't provide the GOP winning vote to kill Obamacare and pass TrumpScare ? And this 80 … [Read more...]
“There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why?”
“There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” - Robert F. Kennedy HR676, a.k.a. Medicare For All, is now co-sponsored by 114 House Democrats, leaving only 80 who do … [Read more...]
Abysmal voting percentages, the “Rushing 17” and why the ranks of the unenrolled are swelling in Massachusetts
(ed note: Added video of old Markey ad: "The bosses can tell me where to sit, but they can't tell me where to stand." - C) For a time "The 17" voted as a block and drew strength from one another, standing up to Thomas Finneran. I worked … [Read more...]
“Sure Sounds Like a Russian Intelligence Operation”
Link My read, as someone who has been part of the U.S. intelligence community for more than four decades, is that Veselnitskaya is probably too well-connected to have independently initiated such a high-level and sensitive encounter. If … [Read more...]
Craven Capitulation – Massachusetts Edition
In light of the news in JimC's post below that House Ways and Means Chair Brian Dempsey is stepping down, I'm re-upping this post from a week ago to note the following: ML Strategies is a lobbying powerhouse on Beacon Hill. Its biggest … [Read more...]
Ways and Means Chair Stepping Down
Commonwealth Magazine, via email. Dempsey's decision to leave the House indicates he was tired of waiting around for DeLeo to retire so he could move up. Several sources said they believe DeLeo, who pushed through the elimination of an … [Read more...]
GOP hypocrisy and cowardice — the whole world is watching
NY Daily News front page GOP hypocrites impeached president Bill Clinton in December of 1998, charging "perjury" and "obstruction of justice": ARTICLE 1: On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole … [Read more...]
Paying the defenders of the vulnerable
Speaking of a statement of values -- it looks like the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Independent lawyers who represent the indigent -- like AmberPaw -- had been getting stiffed by the state, waiting to be paid for months. She posted here … [Read more...]
A budget is a statement of values
Last week, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and State Senate passed a final $40.202 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2018. I voted for the budget because it increased funding for K-12 public education, affordable housing … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker just appointed an NRA leader to run a state agency
Last year, the Massachusetts NRA accused me of signing on to a "campaign of intimidation, confusion and fear." The pro-gun group was talking about a letter I signed with 18 other mayors in support of Attorney General Maura Healey's work … [Read more...]
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