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FactCheck: Technically Correct, Oddly Opinionated

October 4, 2012 By cos 5 Comments

Politifact and FactCheck.org can be very useful if you actually read what they write, and use your knowledge, in context, to add to your understanding of the facts surrounding what candidates say. But I've found their top line true vs. … [Read more...]

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If we’d had the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before the crisis…

September 25, 2012 By cos 3 Comments

In another enforcement action, the young Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is forcing Discover to refund $200 million to credit card customers due to deceptive marketing practices that tricked customers into signing up for services they … [Read more...]

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Congressional Hearing Testimony on Health Care by Sen Dan Wolf, CEO of Cape Air

July 22, 2012 By cos Leave a Comment

Earlier this month, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held hearings on Obamacare. Darrell Issa, the committee's Republican chair, warned about health care reform's supposed effects on jobs and economic growth, and he lined … [Read more...]

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What happened when I called our US Senator

March 27, 2012 By cos 12 Comments

Monday morning I called our US Senator's office to ask his views on the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act, which the Senate was planning to take up that day. When the staffer answered, I asked him to tell me what the Senator's views on … [Read more...]

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WTF, Boston.com?

December 13, 2011 By cos 6 Comments

We just had a state senate special election here in Boston and Cambridge and a few nearby towns today. Polls closed a little less than 2 hours ago. Boston.com front page: nothing at all. No mention of the election, or results. I … [Read more...]

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Khazei, Conroy, and DeFranco, Don’t Go

October 8, 2011 By cos 43 Comments

I'd like to see Elizabeth Warren win the Democratic primary. But it doesn't make me happy to see the other candidates start to drop out. Bob Massie states that the race has changed such that he doesn't think he can win, and perhaps he's … [Read more...]

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Repeating the mistake of 1937

July 27, 2011 By cos 21 Comments

The Great Depression began in the fall of 1929. For years, Congress and the Hoover administration tried to keep the Federal budget deficit down, restraining spending increases to well below what was needed and attempting to balance them … [Read more...]

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Both our Senators vote for Patriot Act extension

May 26, 2011 By cos 3 Comments

Congress voted this week to extend three provisions of the Patriot Act for four more years: The "roving John Doe wiretap" provision, which allows surveillance orders that do not identify either the person who is a target, nor the kind of … [Read more...]

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A Domestic Terrorism Attempt in Washington

March 12, 2011 By cos 49 Comments

Suspect Is Arrested in Spokane Bomb Case: Federal agents arrested a suspect Wednesday in connection with the attempted bombing of a Martin Luther King Day memorial march in Spokane, Wash. I've skimmed through several articles about this … [Read more...]

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2007-01-31: Remember the victims of the cartoon terrorists

January 31, 2011 By cos 17 Comments

Today is the anniversary of the day in 2007 when Boston was under attack by cartoon terrorists. On this day, we ought to reflect and remember the victims. I don't mean the mooninites' usual victims Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad; on … [Read more...]

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Ride home tonight via an inland route, with a stop @sweetgreen. The improvements to cycling infrastructure on Tremont and around the Boston Common and Public Garden vs. what was there a year ago are incredible. Bravo to @BostonBTD + groups like @bostonbikeunion! (1 of 2) #bospoli

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When Scott Brown won in January 2010, Alan Khazei told us, “you can’t read too much into it. It’s a special election!”

Bad result but good to keep in mind.

Stephanie Murray@stephanie_murr

Looks like JEFF TURCO wins the race to replace former House Speaker Robert DeLeo in the 19th Suffolk District. JUAN PABLO JARAMILLO comes in second by just under 300 votes.

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3 Mar

Yikes.

Adam Bass@AdamBassWCCS

The idea of a Pro Life Trump supporter winning Suffolk 19 is not out of the ordinary. Winthrop is particular is much more right leaning that Revere. And Revere got severely out voted. When Capobianco had his story, that left you with two progressives. #mapoli

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Jo_ComerfordJo Comerford@Jo_Comerford·
2 Mar

.@CDCgov dir. @RWalensky, once part of MA's #COVID19 advsy board, said

"Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 ... not when we are so close."

But @MassGovernor pushes to reopen.

Who is advising Gov. Baker now?

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