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3rd Middlesex, an Online Forum

May 30, 2012 By Ryan Leave a Comment

Mike and I had Joe Mullin on for State Senate, thus completing all the candidate interviews for democrats running in the race. Click for the LeftAhead blog on it, including links to all the candidate interviews. It's an impressive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: '12, 3rd-middlesex, campaigns, elections, Joe Mullin, leftahead

Who Would You Support?

September 27, 2010 By the-democratic-legislative-campaign-committee 1 Comment

Anyone can submit a nomination.  Any campaign for state legislature in 2010 is eligible. It only takes a few clicks, and it could potentially make a huge difference. Click here to nominate an Essential … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaigns, national, state-legislature

Tonight, Alibi, 6-10: Join David @Liberty on Politics, Tech, New Media

March 23, 2010 By Tristan Leave a Comment

@Liberty is hosting an event on Politics, Tech, and Social Media, tonight at Alibi at the Liberty Hotel, from 6 to 10. Join David along with Matt DeBergalis from ActBlue and Ari Herzog, social media strategist and Newburyport City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: actblue, blue-mass-group, campaigns, fundraising, new-media, social-media, web-2.0

Replacing Brown with a Progressive Dem… in the State House

March 9, 2010 By Ryan 10 Comments

On the show, we obviously hit on health care policy, but we also breached many subjects to make sure he's not just a one-issue candidate. He talked about state house transparency, suggesting open meeting laws would cure a lot of problems. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10, 2010, brown, campaigns, elections, leftahead, podcast, smulowitz, state-house, state-senate

Thanks to some kids and a teacher

December 9, 2009 By medfieldbluebob Leave a Comment

I have known many of these kids since kindergarten. It was really cool to see them in action over the last few weeks, and especially yesterday. (Even the $@###$$@# ungrateful little $#@$@@@#'s who turned out to be (gasp!!!!) Republicans. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaigns, civic-involvement, high-school, medfield, youth

The Myth of Charlie Baker

July 14, 2009 By Ryan 51 Comments

Living in Swampscott all my life, including the period in which Charlie Baker moved into town and started (though quickly stopped) being involved in town politics, I've grown to know a little bit about Charlie Baker, both the myth and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, campaigns, charlie-baker, corner-office, elections, governor, massachusetts, state-house, swampscott

LeftAhead! Podcast: Bizarre Politicians and How to Cure ‘Em

July 7, 2009 By Ryan Leave a Comment

Today, on LeftAhead, Lynne, Mike and I chatted about four sets of politicians on the national, state and local levels who have made rash, illegal, unacceptable and/or bizarre decisions. We discussed Sarah Palin and her problems in Alaska, … [Read more...]

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3rd Suffolk Podcast: Ryan Higginson

March 17, 2009 By Ryan Leave a Comment

Admitted different candidate Ryan Higginson joined us today. He comes not from elected office, rather appointed public service and diverse management positions. His background and policy proposals are on his website. He also differs in his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 09, 2009, 3rd-suffolk, beacon-hill, boston, campaigns, campaigns-and-elections, ryan-higginson, sal-dimasi, state-legislature

Hundreds in Mass kick off campaign for passage of Employee Free Choice Act

December 10, 2008 By Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

"Management constantly threatened our livelihood and our retirement security if we were to form a union," said Kevin Simoneau, a former Comcast field technician who experienced employer intimidation.  "Giving us a choice about how to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 1199, afl-cio, campaigns, cwa, democracy, employee-free-choice-act, good-jobs, ibew, jobs-with-justice, labor, labor-unions, local-615, massachusetts, national-labor-relations-board, politics, security-officers, us-politics, work, workers-rights

Four Years Later, Great Ideas Are Going Direct To Voter

October 23, 2008 By jamesboyce Leave a Comment

However, from my personal perspective, there is one more place where I see a massive difference between now and 2004 and that is the explosion of direct to voter video. Great messaging on behalf of our Presidential Candidate is not just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, barack-obama, campaigns, conservatives, politics-news, presidential-election, republicans, veterans

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Woke up sick about the state, which has so badly mismanaged so much of the COVID-19 response for the entire year, insisting their judgment should be substituted for local districts when they have made it clear they both don’t know and don’t care about local conditions. #MAEdu

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My unsolicited environmental recommendation of the day: this episode of "Why Is This Happening?"

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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