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Political Group Forms to Challenge Speaker’s Power

September 14, 2017 By progressivemax 3 Comments

Massachusetts Voters for Legislative Reform to Hold First Meeting on October 7th Milford, Mass., (Sept. 14th) - Massachusetts Voters for Legislative Reform (MVLR) will hold its first organizing meeting on Saturday, October 7th at 1 p.m. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, power, reform, speaker

Maura Healey Talks Prisons and Guns

June 5, 2014 By massmarrier 9 Comments

  Dem candidate for MA attorney general Maura Healey bears the mark of the progressive — she wants to go to the root of big problems and solve them. Click below to hear how she’d tackle two complex, interrelated areas of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: addiction, attorney-general, election 2014, guns, massachusetts, Maura Healey, mental-health, prisons, recidivism, reform, Tolman

Ethics and Transparency Plank of Democratic Platform Draft a Disgrace

June 29, 2013 By progressivemax 4 Comments

 Compared to the rest of the platform there is very little substance to the Ethics and Transparency Plank of Democratic Platform Draft ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY Massachusetts Democrats believe that public officials should be held to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: convention, deleo, eldridge, john-walsh, mike-lake, platform, reform, setti-warren, transparency

Provost on Hijacked Ballot Initiatives

March 27, 2012 By massmarrier 6 Comments

In a quiet battle that needs to get louder and more visible. Rep. Denise Provost (27th Somerville) is fighting for a rational ballot-initiative process. She and Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem are flanking this key field from different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiatives, citizens-united, cynthia-stone-creem, denise-provost, H1830, referenda, reform, S12

Two unrelated things that really are related

February 7, 2012 By Trickle up 2 Comments

At the end of last week Charlie posted a column about our relatively high tax inequity in relation to that of other states. At the same time progressivemax posted notice of the first general meeting of Massachusetts Democrats for Reform … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: legislature, massachusetts, progressive-taxation, reform, taxation, taxes

On My Last Weekend, Or, Wanna Save A Few Trillion On Health Care?

July 24, 2011 By fake-consultant 5 Comments

So I disappeared for a full week, right in the middle of what should have been a busy writing schedule, and I have to claim some “personal days” to cover the time we missed here at the blog – but it won’t be time entirely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, economics, health-care, medicaid, medicare, obama, obamacare, politics, reform, republicans

MA Progressive Derides Monarchy

April 5, 2011 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Small's UMN has successfully attacked some of the most daunting issues for communities of color here. That includes high unemployment,CORI reform, prisons, and education in poor communities. Listen in as he talks about successes...and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: african-american, cori, horace-small, latino, legislature, massachusetts, prison, reform, umn, unions

Merit Pay = Incentive To Cheat

March 27, 2011 By joeltpatterson 84 Comments

USA Today has a blockbuster story, and you should read the whole thing.  Michelle Rhee, the DC superintendent appointed by a Democratic mayor, and lauded by liberal pundits,  tried out all kinds of conservative ideas like Merit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cheating, education, michelle-rhee, reform

On Honoring A Legacy, Or John Edwards, We Need To Talk

December 16, 2010 By fake-consultant 37 Comments

Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond; But is there anything Beyond? This life cannot be All, they swear, For how unpleasant, if it were! One may not doubt that, somehow, Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And, sure, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, campaign-12, democrats, elizabeth-edwards, john-edwards, national, politics, reform, republicans, two-americas

Scott Brown was the first to respond…

September 14, 2010 By mcshively 5 Comments

Senator Brown's Response can be found here. Maybe the others are taking more time with the letter; maybe they are drafting a more thorough and thoughtful response; maybe they are getting together to figure out how to actually help stop a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, reform, student-loans, us-senate

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Just a reminder that Massachusetts is going to unlimited capacity indoor dining starting tomorrow while the CDC begs us not to, and it’s super embarrassing that no one can articulate a justification why other than 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Focus on the record -reopening restaurants and live music venues, without protections for workers, putting at risk the ability to open schools safely #mapoli https://twitter.com/stephanie_murr/status/1366204046575599619?s=20

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I’ve never seen a president do this before. This is extraordinary. https://twitter.com/potus/status/1366191901196644354

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Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice – one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.

Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union.

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