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Mass pension system blows $500 million by ignoring collapse in fossil fuel stocks

September 21, 2015 By bmass 9 Comments

The Massachusetts public pension system -- with $61 billion -- has been refusing for years to look at the question of fossil fuel divestment on the grounds that selling fossil fuel stock would be a violation of fiduciary duty. Now it turns … [Read more...]

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Withdrawing from the US Senate Race

October 7, 2011 By bmass 17 Comments

Today I am withdrawing from the race for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. I am doing so because the momentum of the race has shifted so profoundly that I can no longer see a path for me to win the primary and defeat … [Read more...]

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A Challenge to the President: Investment in Jobs Must Shape Our Destiny

September 1, 2011 By bmass 7 Comments

Mr. President, next week you are going to lay out a plan that to improve our economy and create jobs.   In this moment of national need, and on behalf of the mute millions who continue to suffer because of our past mistakes, I ask you to … [Read more...]

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Restoring Our Commitment to Democracy

June 30, 2011 By bmass 2 Comments

by Bob Massie, Democratic Candidate for the United States Senate “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the … [Read more...]

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“Bad Blood” Tells My Story and That of Thousands, June 2

May 27, 2011 By bmass Leave a Comment

On Thursday, June 2nd, PBS will broadcast a powerful documentary that covers an important piece of my personal experience. Bad Blood, which airs on WGBH on Thursday, June 2, at 6:00 and 11:00 PM, is the story of how a miracle cure … [Read more...]

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Let’s Take the Three Part Pledge

May 10, 2011 By bmass Leave a Comment

An Open Appeal to the Democratic Candidates for US Senate in 2012 by Bob Massie The Democratic field for Massachusetts’ next United States Senate election has largely taken shape.  We must now take time to discuss what kind of … [Read more...]

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Massie Wins North Andover Straw Poll with 41%

March 13, 2011 By bmass 15 Comments

Massie's strong call for Massachusetts to return to the national leadership offered by the late Senator Eward M. Kennedy received a  vigorous vote of confidence, since Massie received almost twice as many votes as the next two … [Read more...]

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Bob Massie Calls on Scott Brown to Repudiate David Koch

March 9, 2011 By bmass 23 Comments

A recent video reported in The Boston Globe shows Scott Brown thanking billionaire right-wing radical David Koch for critical 2010 campaign donations and asking for more support in 2012. David Koch and his brother Charles are infamous for … [Read more...]

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Defending the American Dream in Wisconsin

February 22, 2011 By bmass Leave a Comment

Those public servants assembled in Madison, and everyone gathered at our State House, deserve better than this.  We must not allow them to be made scapegoats in an agenda to hobble America's labor movement.  State governments will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: american-dream, democracy, labor, middle-class, unions, wisconsin

A New Song of Sorrow

January 11, 2011 By bmass Leave a Comment

Kathy Myers is a sign of our failure to care for one another.   A resident of Indiana, Myers badly injured her shoulder, had no health insurance and no money, and believed that the only way she could be treated was to take a pistol … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: assassination, christina-green, gabrielle-giffords, guns, kathy-myers, violence

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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This won't do at all.

John Lerner 🌲❄️🌎🌹🗽⚖️🌲@johnflerner

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This is horrible

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

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They did the same with Obama and the economy in January '09.

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Yesterday Hannity was ranting about how it’s awful that Biden hadn’t solved the COVID crisis yet, hours after he was inaugurated https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-attacks-president-biden-not-having-covid-pandemic-under-control

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amywesterveltAmy Westervelt@amywestervelt·
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My mother is very proud that I’m the one dropping an f bomb in this bitch. Seriously though, it’s time to widen the lens of climate accountability. Big Oil relies on enablers, and they shouldn’t escape scrutiny https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1352389540334481410

Bill McKibben@billmckibben

Ad agencies and PR agencies are renting themselves to the fossil fuel industry, supplying the creative juice necessary to wreck the planet. Please--do something different with your talents!

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brianr2600Brian RIstuccia@brianr2600·
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@BostonDotCom Seventeen speeding tickets, at least 7 wrecks, and 6 license suspensions. Why do we need to wait until someone dies before permanently revoking the license of a driver who has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't be trusted to operate an automobile safely? #mapoli #ZeroVision

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erik_griswoldErik Never Forgets@erik_griswold·
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@bluemassgroup @BostonGlobe More details not behind a paywall:

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