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The Coming Impeachment Battles

December 13, 2016 By hoyapaul 22 Comments

As jconway writes about here, it's unlikely that the Electoral College will block Trump on December 19th, in part because the vote is only a week away and in part because most electors are political activists that will stick with Trump … [Read more...]

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The White Working Class, Authoritarianism, and the Future of the Democratic Party

March 9, 2016 By hoyapaul 84 Comments

There's been an interesting conversation going on here on BMG concerning Democrats and the working class (especially members of the white working class). A big part of the conversation is the claim, like that of Thomas Frank's, that … [Read more...]

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Key Numbers for Super Tuesday

February 29, 2016 By hoyapaul 3 Comments

With Super Tuesday voting starting less than 24 hours from now, I thought it might be helpful to put together in one place some of the key numbers for tomorrow's primaries and caucuses. Included below are all of the Democratic and … [Read more...]

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A Good Day for Equality, Perhaps, but a Bad Day (and Past Few Years) for American Democracy

June 26, 2013 By hoyapaul 25 Comments

David's recent post on the Supreme Court's decision striking down DOMA and allowing same-sex marriages to continue in California suggests that today represents "a good day for equality in this country." I agree. I, like David, completely … [Read more...]

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Thanks, Tim Wakefield, for a Great Red Sox Career!

February 17, 2012 By hoyapaul 6 Comments

I'd like to take a moment to pause from the politics and acknowledge the end of what I think can be fairly called a great career with the Red Sox. As you've probably heard, Tim Wakefield will announce his retirement today after 17 seasons … [Read more...]

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The Problem with Recent Criticism of Obama

August 3, 2011 By hoyapaul 16 Comments

The discussions of Obama's Presidency that have popped up here on BMG have generated a lot of passion recently. I was originally going to post this as a comment to Charley's recent excellent post, but I figured I'd put on the table in a … [Read more...]

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Fixing the Budget

November 14, 2010 By hoyapaul 62 Comments

As we all know, the United States is running a sizable deficit -- a continuation of a trend occurring for several years since the budget surpluses of the Clinton Administration. As several BMG'ers have written on, the "National Commission … [Read more...]

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MA Unemployment Drops Again

October 21, 2010 By hoyapaul 9 Comments

Amid all the revelations about the patently unqualified Jeff Perry and Charlie Baker's refusal to own up to his poor record comes more positive news. The unemployment rate here in the Commonwealth dropped from 8.8% to 8.4% last month, … [Read more...]

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Charlie Baker – Running on Fumes

October 16, 2010 By hoyapaul 7 Comments

We know that former failed gubernatorial candidate Tom Reilly -- still bitter over his own horribly mismanaged campaign four years ago -- endorsed Baker a couple days back. His reasoning? "It hasn't gone well" under Patrick and we "need a … [Read more...]

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Progressive Rhetorical Failure and the Decline of Faith in Government

July 11, 2010 By hoyapaul 25 Comments

My broader point is that progressives do themselves a serious disservice by frequently invoking government failure as the problem. All this does is feed the decades-long image of government, built up by right-wingers, that government is … [Read more...]

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Surprise, surprise . . . the next pandemic has arrived. https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2022/08/14/surprise-surprise-the-next-pandemic-has-arrived/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter @masspolicy #MApoli #Massachusetts

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But thanks for the lawn tour of WR’s rich white progressives who demean & disparage their middle & working class neighbors for sport. Like Tonya T, who split $7.5 MILLION w/her ex in divorce & also gets $14k/MONTH alimony. Public record. No Fair Share 🪧 for her! #bospoli #mapoli

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No integrity in anything you do, Rachel. You are a hypocrite & liar. You testified at SchoolCommittee that your grandchild would be impacted by exam school policy. Now she goes to $59k private school, as did your own kids. Rich white progressives have no skin in the game #bospoli https://twitter.com/RachelPoliner/status/1558948721261518851

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#MassPolicyReport #NationalStoryDuJour: Surprise, surprise . . . the next pandemic has arrived.
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NEW: Gov. Baker plans 11 am presser Monday at the State Transportation Building in Boston to discuss details on the planned Orange Line closure. #mapoli

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$440 a month!? ☎️

Talking to family is priceless, but that phone bill is too high!
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Inbox: Gov. Charlie Baker is holding a presser on the Orange Line shutdown tomorrow morning. #mapoli

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