This excellent opinion piece by Somerville mayor Joe Curtatone reminded me that there had been some discussion on this site of Curtatone as a possible Democratic candidate for governor. Until this week, I'd been thinking that Charlie … [Read more...]
“Breaking our will” — or finding it?
Gov. Baker essentially pushed out his undersecretary for Climate Affairs, David Ismay, over some comments he made to a group of Vermont community leaders working on climate change. In talking about the inherent difficulties in changing … [Read more...]
Will Beacon Hill become Downing Street?
As noted below, former State Senator Ben Downing is running for Governor. I think I saw this coming, and I'm pretty pleased that he's taking the plunge. I hope other rank-and-file Democrats can allow themselves to get interested and even a … [Read more...]
Right Now: Rent and mortgage relief; take care of gig workers
Wednesday was the first of the month. Rent was due. Unemployment claims for Massachusetts were 329,000 over the last two weeks. That's ... 4.8% of the entire population of Massachusetts, and 9% of the workforce, newly out of a job, right … [Read more...]
Our own Berlin Airlift: Patriots Plane defies Trump’s effective blockade
In a tale of logistical wizardry, persistence, and sheer physical endurance, Massachusetts is being whisked some 1.4 million N95 masks on the New England Patriots' plane. 300,000 some masks will go to New York. Bob Kraft is paying for some … [Read more...]
You knew this wasn’t right: Trump *and Baker’s MassDPH* are botching the response
I had hoped, maybe somewhere in the denial/bargaining stage of processing the coronavirus testing debacle, that at least our state officials were on top of the situation, and at least giving us reliable information. The evidence before … [Read more...]
Weymouth compressor: MassDEP’s Chewbacca Kafka Humpty-Dumpty Up-Is-Down Catch-22
Added: Nice story and interview by CBS-4 with Alice Arena of FRRACS, one of the compressor station resistance leaders: They're down to this: Physical blockades of the gas compressor construction site in Weymouth. Nine folks from … [Read more...]
Baker spins on helicopters
Charlie Baker has now rescinded his offer of a couple of helicopters to assist in Donald Trump’s/Stephen Miller’s torment of immigrants and asylum seekers. The Boston Globe refers to his “change of heart” after hearing of the tearing away … [Read more...]
ICE has *lost* 1,475 children; Baker threatens veto of Safe Communities Act amendment
This is, bar none, the worst scandal of the Trump administration: That is what happened to 1,475 minors swept up at the border and taken into custody by the federal government. Gone. The Office of Refugee Resettlement reported at the … [Read more...]
Prediction: Scott Lively Will Win the MA GOP Gubernatorial Primary
Don’t you dare assume it can’t happen. I could not believe that Frank Phillips of the Boston Globe dismissed the viciously antigay Scott Lively’s chances of an upset victory in the September 4 Massachusetts GOP gubernatorial primary by … [Read more...]
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