As part of her post-announcement media tour, Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard recently appeared on Morning Joe. The panel spends most of the interview questioning Gabbard about the President of Syria (she opposed regime change). The … [Read more...]
A new era dawns
The first BMG political spot In an exchange on another thread, johntmay and I distilled the text of a campaign spot advocating for a tax on wealth. Here is the resulting 30 second audio spot, read by yours truly. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Dems must win Senate in 2020
And to start that process, astronaut Mark Kelly today announced his bid for John McCain's AZ seat currently held by appointed Republican Martha McSally. We need to flip 3 seats to reach equity. Let the games begin and may the best … [Read more...]
Anyone See a Pattern Here?
"With a court-imposed deadline looming for the government to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border under President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told reporters on … [Read more...]
Support Roxbury Prep
If you live in the Parkway neighborhoods of Boston, you've probably seen lawn signs over the past few months: "STOP 361 BELGRADE." More recently, you may have seen some signs saying "We support Roxbury Prep." What's all this about? Well, at … [Read more...]
Obscene wealth concentration by the numbers
A fascinating piece buried in the Washington Post (but at least published, in contrast to the rest of the mainstream media) lays out the facts of America's obscene wealth concentration (emphasis mine): The 400 richest Americans — the top … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren Makes it Official
This morning, outside the historic Everett Mills in Lawrence, where the 1912 Bread & Roses strike began, our senior Senator surprised exactly no-one by announcing that she is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to be the 46th … [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...]