I attended the recent dueling rallies on Boston Common. Political life is so confusing nowadays it's difficult to decide definitively who represents what cause. But, in short, folks who are generally associated with the “alt-right” pulled … [Read more...]
New Details Emerge on Russia Probe
CNN Sources said the email occurred in June 2016 around the time of the recently revealed Trump Tower meeting where Russians with Kremlin ties met with the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., his son-in-law Jared Kushner as well as … [Read more...]
MBTA GM: It gets worse
Meghna Chakrabarti and Kathleen McNerney reported last week about the rather sketchy "turnaround" record of Luis Ramirez, Charlie Baker's and Stephanie Pollack's choice for T chief. It gets worse, a lot worse: His former company, Global … [Read more...]
Preview of the Almanac of American Politics
PoliticoMA has published an excerpt from the upcoming edition regarding our fair Commonwealth: "Massachusetts, an affluent, highly educated state at the top of its economic game, is one of the nation's bluest states, but it defies … [Read more...]
RNC Fundraising Eclipses DNC Fundraising
(Yes, it was intended. Sue me.) For some reason the Twitter will not allow a specific link, but the source is Dave Weigel. I imagine he'll write something more detailed later. Cash on hand: RNC $47.1 million DNC $6.9 … [Read more...]
Boston comes through again — can we *follow* through?
Sadly, due to a longstanding travel commitment, I couldn't make yesterday's massive counter-demonstration to what turned out to be a handful of racists. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who was there, for your courage and commitment. From … [Read more...]
Punching Nazis Makes More Nazis
I realize I am preaching to the crowd with this, but I wanted to try to make the point in a new way and also share a related story from my experience. Fascism is about the exultation of power. A key tenet is the strong deserve the power … [Read more...]
For organized resistance to the alt-Right “rally” on the Boston Common for 8/19/17 – see below
The Nazis are coming to town, without pulling a permit. The organized resistance includes legal observers, marshals, and a march to the common. The details available as of today are as follows: Please promote this event to your … [Read more...]
MBTA: Well, that’s one kind of turnaround
Governor Baker and Transport Secretary Pollack have named some rando from Texas as new MBTA chief. Luis Ramirez is described thusly: Luis Ramirez is currently a consultant in the Dallas-Fort Worth area specializing in business turnarounds. … [Read more...]
The Massachusetts House of Representatives Denounces Neo Nazis and so-called “White Nationalists”
My thanks to them all. Here is the text: Today the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed the following resolution which I [Dave Rogers who provided me the text] am proud to co-sponsor and support. ADDRESSING NEO-NAZI AND WHITE … [Read more...]
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