Wednesday was the first of the month. Rent was due. Unemployment claims for Massachusetts were 329,000 over the last two weeks. That's ... 4.8% of the entire population of Massachusetts, and 9% of the workforce, newly out of a job, right … [Read more...]
Our own Berlin Airlift: Patriots Plane defies Trump’s effective blockade
In a tale of logistical wizardry, persistence, and sheer physical endurance, Massachusetts is being whisked some 1.4 million N95 masks on the New England Patriots' plane. 300,000 some masks will go to New York. Bob Kraft is paying for some … [Read more...]
MassDems likely to cancel convention; Markey wins convention endorsement
Well, this was pretty much inevitable: MassDems chair Gus Bickford is asking the state committee to agree that there will be no Massachusetts Democratic Convention this year; to continue with it would be unsafe and logistically … [Read more...]
The GOP Death Cult comes out into the open
I've talked about the GOP suicide cult in the context of climate change, the denial of a grave and imminent danger that leads to catastrophe for all of us. The coronavirus pandemic has shown a telescoping of this pattern, condensed into … [Read more...]
Finally a “stay at home” order for “non-essentials”
Our governor yesterday issued a "stay at home" advisory, which apparently is just short of a "shelter-in-place" order ... or not. On Sunday he made a vague comment on the possible side-effects of such an edict, perhaps referring to the … [Read more...]
We’re locked in a room with a maniac.
I do not listen to the press conferences with Trump. I hear about the fallout afterwards. Perhaps it's best to ignore him, save our outrage, and give a signal boost only to correct misinformation. (Rachel Maddow had a good segment on this.) … [Read more...]
Coronavirus: Ed Markey steps up, the way he always does
In Massachusetts, doctors are spooked, particularly at Boston's famed hospitals. They see a tsunami coming. MGH chief Peter Slavin has called for a war footing to provide necessary medical supplies, which we need ... right now. “I hear … [Read more...]
You knew this wasn’t right: Trump *and Baker’s MassDPH* are botching the response
I had hoped, maybe somewhere in the denial/bargaining stage of processing the coronavirus testing debacle, that at least our state officials were on top of the situation, and at least giving us reliable information. The evidence before … [Read more...]
UPDATED WITH CORRECTION: Coronavirus hits Massachusetts; GOP’s hatred of government bears fruit
Coronavirus has hit Massachusetts. It is, in fact, hitting my life personally, and possibly yours as well. Harvard and MIT have made rather drastic curtailments of public gatherings, so Harvard allowed a simulcast of our Mozart Requiem … [Read more...]
I just don’t see how you pass up Warren.
I was at Arlington Town Hall yesterday a little after 8am, and there were a fair number of folks taking advantage of the ability to get their votes in ahead of Super Tuesday. I very much appreciate jconway's remarks on supporting Bernie … [Read more...]
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