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Legislators who voted to kill Governor Patrick’s casino bill

April 3, 2010 By David

Alicea Atkins Atsalis Balser Basile Binienda Bosley Brownsberger Cabral Callahan Campbell Clark Coakley-Rivera Conroy Costello D'Amico DeLeo DeMacedo Dempsey DiMasi Donato Donelan Ehrlich Eldridge Fagan Falzone Fennell Fernandes Finegold Fly … [Read more...]

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Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis explodes all over again

April 3, 2010 By David

The revelations are multiplying, and the Vatican's astoundingly inept efforts at damage control are making the situation even worse.  In just the last couple of days: A senior Vatican priest who is apparently the Pope's personal … [Read more...]

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Some encouraging jobs numbers

April 2, 2010 By David

Generally good, if not spectacular, news about jobs last month: Private employers added 123,000 jobs, the most since May 2007.... Manufacturers added 17,000 jobs, the third straight month of gains. Temporary help services added 40,000, … [Read more...]

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Right-wing paranoia over at RMG

April 2, 2010 By David

It is now illegal for you to go to your local bank with the express intent of borrowing money from them so that you can use it for educational expenses. Nonsense.  Today, just like yesterday, last week, and last month, you can walk … [Read more...]

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Comment of the day: Meet the Senate candidates tonight!

March 31, 2010 By David

Thanks to Smashrgrl for letting BMGers know about an excellent opportunity to learn more about the candidates for the Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex Senate seat: You can meet all of these candidates TONIGHT The Young Democrats of … [Read more...]

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So, that $295 million budget gap? Never mind.

March 31, 2010 By David

Remember that $295 million budget gap that emerged a couple of weeks ago?  The one that, according to perpetual doom-sayer Mike Widmer, was "a very big deal" showing that "there's no end to the bad news"?  The one that, according … [Read more...]

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Memo to Barack: April Fool’s Day is TOMORROW

March 31, 2010 By David

So I saw this hilarious April Fool's gag in the paper - check this out. The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and … [Read more...]

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A lesson from Tim Cahill on our screwed-up campaign finance laws

March 30, 2010 By David

Tim Cahill has a knack for keeping himself in the news, though not always in a good way.  Today, he offers us a way to reflect on how badly screwed up the priorities of our campaign finance laws are.  Consider Treasurer Tim's two … [Read more...]

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Charlie Baker ties himself up in knots on health care

March 30, 2010 By David

Charlie Baker's statement, on the new health care reform law was pretty simple, pretty clear, and pretty unequivocal. Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles D. Baker Jr., a former chief executive of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, … [Read more...]

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Allow me to be the first to formally welcome our new corporate overlords

March 29, 2010 By David

Statement by OCPF on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission On January 21, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued an important decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. __ (2010). In Citizens United, … [Read more...]

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