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Here is the 2nd Reason why the Disclosure Bill Rocks. (You know the first).

July 30, 2014 By Avi Green 8 Comments

As all you readers of Blue Mass Group know, anonymous big money in politics is a major problem.  Luckily, today or tomorrow, if all goes well, the Legislature will finalize a bill to clamp down on anonymous SuperPac spending.  That's good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: election, ma, massachusetts

Globenesia on redistricting

October 21, 2013 By Avi Green 3 Comments

During the heat of the federal shutdown, the Globe’s editorial writers recently suggested that a non-partisan redistricting commission, here in Massachusetts, could help end the hyper-partisanship gripping Washington. To see if that’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: legislature, massachusetts-politics, Mike Moran, politics, redistricting, stan-rosenberg, washington-dc

Did state lawmakers help John Roberts?

August 5, 2013 By Avi Green 31 Comments

August 6 is the 48th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. This is the first anniversary since the Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the Act, striking critical protections for voters in 9 Southern states and various … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: election-day-registration, election-law, massachusetts, massachusetts-legislature, national, voting-rights, voting-rights-act

Patrick’s Good Move

January 22, 2013 By Avi Green Leave a Comment

The future of Massachusetts depends on the decisions we make today. From the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, Massachusetts cut taxes dramatically, leading to devastating cuts in transportation, human services, local aid for cities and towns, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: economy, education, patrick, taxes, transportation

Counting Every Vote

November 2, 2012 By Avi Green Leave a Comment

In the late 1960's Alexander Pope's famous saying "To err is human, to forgive divine," got an update for modern times: "To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer." As the election gets close, there are already … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: election-2012, election-law, voting-machines

We need a new map, and a new chair.

September 20, 2012 By Avi Green 10 Comments

The Boston City Council redistricting process has been much more contentious than the very successful (and widely acclaimed) state process.  This statement just came out: The Coalition of Color is disappointed in yesterday's hasty move … [Read more...]

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$$ in politics perpetuates race- and gender-based inequality.

May 3, 2012 By Avi Green 12 Comments

The increasing political power of corporations means that women and people of color have less clout in politics than they deserve.   Money in politics perpetuates economic inequality, of course, but it also negatively impacts the feminist … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: election-2012, massachusetts, politics, race, women

The Democracy Bucket — more demand ideas for Occupy

November 2, 2011 By Avi Green Leave a Comment

Blue Mass Group's Bob posted recently some possible demands for the Occupy movement.  As I see it, there's a lot that needs fixing right now to get back America of FDR's New Deal and Johnson's Great Society (and even Reagan's tax rates, not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: citizens-united, democracy, Occupy, voting-rights

MassVOTE open letter on new proposed districts

October 25, 2011 By Avi Green 6 Comments

To: The Honorable Michael Moran and the Honorable Stan Rosenberg, Chairs, Massachusetts Joint Committee on Redistricting From: Cheryl Crawford, Co-Executive Director, MassVOTE Date: October 25, 2011 Dear Chairmen Rosenberg and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: redistricting

Pesky facts.

August 9, 2011 By Avi Green 11 Comments

On Monday, August 8, the global financial markets sent a clear message: investors fled stocks and bought US bonds. Why are stocks falling? Why are investors buying bonds?  Because investors see the United States hobbled by incredibly … [Read more...]

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Police: July 4th mass shooting by two illegal aliens thwarted in Virginia's capital - The Washington Post #BidenBorderCrisis #mapoli #nhpolitcs #Driverslicensesfornoncitizens #Democrats https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-july-4-mass-shooting-thwarted-in-virginias-capital/2022/07/06/641fa1fa-fd3a-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html

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rwwatchma Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
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Dozen's of senior cabinet members resigned yesterday. PM Boris Johnson lost the confidence of his own team.

The threat of DOJ doing the same thing made Trump re-think his plan to overturn the election #mapoli #nhpolitics

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legislataapp Legislata @legislataapp ·
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Tweet summary for MA State House for 2022-07-06: 204 tweets from 52 legislators. Top words: women, support, massachusetts, public, care, abortion, families, time, community, free. #mapoli

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We have more daily Covid deaths this year than this time last year. People’s denialism is literally murdering people. It’s time to have courage & restore robust public health #Covid_19 #CovidIsNotOver #mapoli

Dan Goldberg @DanCGoldberg

A note on Covid: July 6, 2021, when vaccines were less prevalent, the US was averaging about 14,000 new infection per day. One year later, we’re at 114,000. One year ago, we were averaging 260 covid deaths per day; now we are closing in on 400 per day!

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Ipswich, Hamilton investigating neo-Nazi flyers distributed to residents’ homes https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ipswich-hamilton-investigating-neo-nazi-flyers-distributed-to-residents-e2-80-99-homes/ar-AAZimCe #bospoli #mapoli /1

Nationalist Social Club has been leafleting in suburban Mass. @ADL_NewEngland's Robert Trestan says they're a neo-Nazi hate group founded in Worc. in 2019

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