Starting with Boston, where we just lost Air America,WMBR 88.1FM (from MIT) carries Free Speech Radio News (Pacifica) on their nightly news weekdays at 5:30pm, and has several other locally produced progressive shows such as What's Left and … [Read more...]
Success by Six
We hospital visit every mother who gives birth in our state, whether she's the richest or the poorest woman in the state. We ask them if they'd like a home visit; 91 percent say yes. So we visit 91 percent of all the newborn kids within two … [Read more...]
Fusion (Q2): Vote Yes, but don’t use it
Confusion? No.The only other argument I've seen against Question 2 is that it will be confusing to voters. Experience in states where fusion voting is still legal shows that isn't the case.Why is it confusing? Because the … [Read more...]
Claire Naughton: Retired Public School Teacher for State Rep
The 1st Bristol district (Foxboro/Mansfield/Norton) has been held by Republicans since it was drawn 15 years ago. Naughton was the only Democrat who stepped up to run for this district in the special election last winter, after the … [Read more...]
“Tough” on Crime, or LESS Crime?
Republicans like to talk about being "tough" on crime. It's a trick. We're really talking about how to reduce crime and make us safer, but when we talk Republican, we create an assumption that "toughness" is the one and only way … [Read more...]
Jehlen’s “Health Care in MA” forum this evening
Another in a series of public information town meetings organized by Senator Pat Jehlen. Her state budget forum this spring was impressively useful.Health Care in MassachusettsA town meeting briefing on the Hows and Whys of the new … [Read more...]
Mass Lawyers Weekly’s first endorsement: Patrick
Kerry Healey's attacks have prodded Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly to break a longstanding tradition, and endorse Deval Patrick:During the 34-year history of Lawyers Weekly, the paper has never endorsed a candidate for elected office. This … [Read more...]
Turning on the Fear; damaging the T
Governor Romney has ordered the MBTA to resume random bag searches. According to the Globe,Romney said he did not order the move in response to a specific terrorist threat [...] Romney said the more immediate trigger was a federal … [Read more...]
Markey Protests Conference Committee Corruption
Senate and House approve the amendments.The SAFE Act passed in the Senate by a vote of 98-0 on September 14th, including all of the Senate's amendments. On September 28th, as the House was appointing its delegation to the conference … [Read more...]
Observe the Vote Count After Work
Boston City Hall, Second Suffolk vote count -It's 2:30pm and we've only counted 20-something of the 73 precincts, so this is almost certainly going to continue into the evening. Some of us (me included) have to leave, so if you can … [Read more...]
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