Items that caught my eye in today's papers. Suffolk County holidays hit the NY Times. The little dust-up over Bunker Hill Day and St. Patrick's Evacuation Day, first noted as-it-happened right here on BMG (never mind those … [Read more...]
The winner: BMG PAC will be called [drum roll…] BMG PAC
It's perhaps not exciting. But a lot of people opined that it made sense for a lot of reasons, and ultimately we all agreed that simple, (relatively) dignified, and clearly identifiable was the best way to go. However, there were a … [Read more...]
Tomorrow’s convention
As you know (or if you don't, you should!) tomorrow is the state Democratic party's "issues convention." Big item on the agenda: whether to amend and/or adopt the new platform that we've been hearing so much about. Also worth … [Read more...]
More on today’s Globe story: what they didn’t tell you
First, here is the full statement from A&F spokesman Joe Landolfi. I have underlined the only parts that made it into the Globe. The US Attorney's indictment indicates that the initial Cognos matter began in 2004 under a prior … [Read more...]
Republican activist: “Hispanics think just like everyone else. We’re not like African Americans.”
No, I am not making this up. Really, who could? The Republican in question is Manuel Miranda, the former Capitol Hill staffer who was forced to resign in disgrace after getting caught hacking into Senate Democrats' computers. … [Read more...]
What to do
Public financing. I know a lot of progressives see this as the holy grail. I've never been a huge fan, but regardless, we can't afford it right now. The money simply is not there, so there's not really much point in … [Read more...]
Feds indict Sal DiMasi, Richard Vitale, and others
Good heavens. Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and three associates have been indicted, according to court records. The US Attorney's office has scheduled a 3:30 p.m. press conference "to make an announcement in a … [Read more...]
Judge Sotomayor and the Ricci case
I'll do the links first, so that the truly adventurous can read all this stuff for themselves. These are all PDFs (except the link to SCOTUSwiki). The District Court opinion and the order denying rehearing en banc with the … [Read more...]
Sotomayor ruled against race discrimination plaintiffs nearly 90% of the time
As I've said many times, if you really want to know what's going on with all things Supreme Court-related, your first stop should always be SCOTUSblog. Their latest work conclusively refutes any notion that Sonia Sotomayor routinely … [Read more...]
RosenGate continues
Here's Rosen's defense, as reported by NPR: By writing about her legal intellect, Rosen tells NPR, he was exploring whether she rose to the level of judicial and tactical brilliance one might want in a Supreme Court Justice. Rosen says he … [Read more...]
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