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The 2014 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Results, By the Numbers

September 16, 2014 By fenway49 21 Comments

Building on jcohn88's post from Friday, which looked at the primary results in Boston on a precinct-by-precinct level, I took advantage of some lousy weather on Saturday to look at town-by-town results in the governor's race … [Read more...]

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The Progressive Case for Steve Grossman: Another Voice

September 8, 2014 By fenway49 50 Comments

JimC posted a short time ago with The Progressive Case for Steve Grossman. I was working on a similar piece and, in addition to seconding everything JimC said, I offer it now. Over the past few years I’ve had the chance to get to know Steve … [Read more...]

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Big Win: 10th Circuit U.S Court of Appeals Upholds Decision Finding Utah’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

June 25, 2014 By fenway49 2 Comments

In a huge victory for advocates of equal access to marriage, a divided three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit held today that Utah's state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage violates the United … [Read more...]

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The 2014 Mass. Democratic Convention: My 2 Cents

June 16, 2014 By fenway49 26 Comments

I don't know about you, but I'm nearly recovered from my grueling 12-hour stay in the DCU Center on Saturday, having spent yesterday enjoying the glorious weather outside and bonding with my dad. It's time for a recap. First, the … [Read more...]

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House Passes a Minimum Wage Bill, But It Falls Short (Updated)

April 2, 2014 By fenway49 32 Comments

Tonight, after many hours of floor maneuvering, the House passed (by a vote of 123-24) a bill that would raise the minimum wage in Massachusetts to $10.50 by 2016. That's the good news. The bad news is that the House bill, as reported … [Read more...]

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A Modest Proposal: Let Us Resolve Publicly to Leave Behind Us the 2010 Senate Race

March 6, 2014 By fenway49 22 Comments

Inspired by this comment by afertig and those following it. WHEREAS, in the wise words of afertig, the issue of Martha Coakley performance in the 2009-2010 special election for U.S. Senate "has been hashed and rehashed" on … [Read more...]

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Raising the Minimum Wage in Massachusetts – An Update

March 3, 2014 By fenway49 3 Comments

Five months ago, I wrote about the signature drive to put two initiatives - raising the minimum wage and providing earned sick leave for every worker - on the November 2014 ballot. Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of nearly 100 … [Read more...]

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About That “101.8% Tax” New Jersey’s Imposing on Peyton Manning’s Super Bowl Pay…

February 3, 2014 By fenway49 26 Comments

Cross-posted at Daily Kos but I thought it might be of interest to some here. Over the last few days I've noticed a number of outlets pushing a story that, were Peyton Manning's Broncos to lose yesterday's Super Bowl in East Rutherford, … [Read more...]

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Caucus season’s a-coming – who are your candidates and why? (UPDATED)

January 15, 2014 By fenway49 16 Comments

We're barely three weeks away from the opening of the Massachusetts Democratic Party's caucus season. With open races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and treasurer, I'm still not fully decided on my candidate for any … [Read more...]

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Which “Tea Party” tactics should be out-of-bounds for the Left?

January 9, 2014 By fenway49 13 Comments

In recent months – and particularly with respect to progressive disappointment with new Boston City Councillor Michelle Wu’s decision to vote for Councillor Bill Linehan as City Council President this Monday – there have been many … [Read more...]

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

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This is horrible

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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

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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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@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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