Way to go Democrats in the Massachusetts Legislature pushing forward a "Taxes are Evil" agenda with the new "Tax Free Weekend"! Since this is so popular with the voters, why stop here? How about an "Excise Tax Holiday Weekend" for car … [Read more...]
Fixed it for you, New York Times
A New York Times story on what should be the completely unsurprising observation that Republican governors in heavily Democratic states are running away from Trump rather than toward him includes this sentence about our own chief … [Read more...]
Help Flip Congress in 2018!
I am very excited to share this project I have had the privilege to work on with the BMG community. Flip Congress is a one stop shop to donate to the best opportunities this cycle for Democrats to take Republican seats in the House as … [Read more...]
Notes on The Language of the Third Reich
I first learned of Victor Klemperer’s The Language of the Third Reich in a column Mike Godwin of Godwin’s Law (“As an online discussion continues, the probability of a comparison to Hitler or to Nazis approaches one”) wrote in June 2018 in … [Read more...]
Call Charlie Baker now @ 617 – 725 – 4005 and tell him to sign AVR into law today
I just called Governor Baker's office to ask if he planned to sign the Automatic Voter Registration bill sitting on his desk into law before the August 13 deadline. The response was he is undecided as of now. According to Common Cause MA … [Read more...]
Stephen Miller is wrong on immigration policy: what can be done
Lauren Young here, Deputy Campaign Manager for Alexandra Chandler, sharing Alexandra’s statement on the policy proposal from Stephen Miller: Three things you need to know about why this policy from Stephen Miller is wrong, what it really … [Read more...]
R. I. P. Margaret Heckler
Former US Rep., HHS Secretary, and Ambassador to Ireland Margaret Heckler died in Virginia today at the age of 87. She was defeated by Barney Frank in 1982 when they were put in the same district by redistricting. She was the last woman … [Read more...]
One Great Disappointment in the MA House
Consider the following: Responding to criticism of migrant family separations at the southern border, Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan recently defended his agency, saying, “We’ve got to have the rule of law in … [Read more...]
How do you like these apples ?
I'M A PRO-CHOICE OBAMACARE SUPPORTING CLIMATE CHANGE BELIEVING MINIMUM WAGE RAISING LGBT EMBRACING IMMIGRATION REFORMING TEACHER SUPPORTING PAY GAP ELIMINATING DEMOCRAT AND I VOTE Best bumper … [Read more...]
Voting Reform in Massachusetts
I have heard many horror stories about voting in the past few months. Many of them center on states either partially or fully controlled by very conservative Republicans. Massachusetts is overwhelmingly Democratic in its legislature, … [Read more...]