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Patrick and Murray form hack politics tag team

July 8, 2011 By empowerment 1 Comment

I wrote earlier about the pathetic, inexcusable hack-a-palooza that Patrick and Murray were engaging in for their nomination of Berkshire State Rep. Christopher "No Show" Speranzo for (cushy job for life) clerk magistrate, and their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big dig politics, corruption, hack politics, influence-peddling, patronage

Resist Massachusetts hack-a-palooza

July 2, 2011 By empowerment 11 Comments

Hey all you One Party Massachusetts fans, have you heard the one about the Dem hack who plays his cards right and ends up with a cushy job for life? No, not your cousin, this OTHER Dem hack who plays his cards right and ends up with a cushy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corruption, democracy, hackery, one-party-rule, representation

Join us May 5th to stand against needless and cruel budget cuts!

May 2, 2011 By empowerment 1 Comment

Solidarity - Massachusetts

[ Cross-posted at Green Mass Group and Open Media Boston ] Please join us at a hearing on Thursday, May 5, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, State House Gardner Auditorium, Boston. Come tell the Governor and legislature to stop slashing critical … [Read more...]

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Whatever your issue, media is #2

April 12, 2011 By empowerment 2 Comments

From the incredible accounts of on-the-ground reporting from Tahrir Square during the internet and cell phone blackout by Democracy Now's Sharif Abdel Kouddous, to inspiring victories like an expansion of Low Power FM radio stations over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alternative-media, change-the-media, change-the-world, community-media, free-press, massachusetts, media-reform

Folk singer Phil Ochs speaks from the grave.

March 21, 2011 By empowerment Leave a Comment

There's a new documentary about Phil Ochs' life, art, and activism, and it's playing at the Coolidge Corner theater for the rest of March. Here's the trailer: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cops-of-the-world, corporate-globalization, imperialism, peace, phil-ochs, team-america-world-police

Chevron ordered to pay $17 billion for Ecuador pollution

February 15, 2011 By empowerment 7 Comments

Which side are you on, Governor Patrick? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chevron, deval-patrick, ecuador, environmental-justice, law-and-lawyers, lawsuit, texaco

How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America…

January 14, 2011 By empowerment 19 Comments

Glover and the other twentysomethings who filled the sales force at the downtown L.A. branch worked the phones hour after hour, calling strangers and trying to talk them into refinancing their homes with high-priced "subprime" mortgages. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: criminal-predation, national

How much taxpayer money goes to the corporations funding Patrick’s inauguration?

January 5, 2011 By empowerment 28 Comments

Well, Liberty Mutual was awarded $22.5 million in state tax credits last year (not to mention the $24 million property tax break from Boston... OK, I HAD to mention that too). I wonder if their $25k on the inauguration might be seen as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corporate-welfare, massachusetts, money-in-politics

Let Stein Shine!

October 21, 2010 By empowerment 23 Comments

And you might be shocked, shocked! to learn that these pundits and the overwhelming majority of media institutions generally have been covering up, blacking out, ignoring or downplaying just such a candidate from the upstart Green-Rainbow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010-ma-governor, jill-stein, massachusetts, media-exclusion

The Real Progressive Choice

October 18, 2010 By empowerment 13 Comments

While Patrick fights it out with Republican Charlie Baker about who can make Massachusetts friendlier to business, Stein is the only one more concerned with making the Commonwealth friendlier to We the People. That means putting people back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-money-campaigns, jill-stein-for-governor, massachusetts, progressive-politics

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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β€œUtter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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