(Ed. note: I asked Pablo, whom I knew supported Garballey, for his pitch. Supporters of Friedman and Stewart are most welcome to contribute and I'll treat similarly. -- C) What does a guy need to do to earn a promotion? In the Fourth … [Read more...]
Your wishful thinking is the best. Really.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore because of this) is a logical error: That because y happened after x, that doesn't mean that x caused y. It is the plague of political punditry. The plague of political strategists, … [Read more...]
Save the ACA by Being Selfish
You can help save the ACA (aka Obamacare) in the Senate by helping to foil the Republican efforts to smuggle the bill through the Senate unseen. The Indivisible folks have a website that lets you file an amendment to exempt yourself from … [Read more...]
Atom bombs and firecrackers
News broke yesterday that a contractor for the RNC and other GOP groups exposed personal information of nearly TWO HUNDRED MILLION American registered voters to ANYONE who found the URL. No password, no encryption, not even a pretense of … [Read more...]
Psychiatric health business model: Child neglect & filth; CEO makes $20m
Psychiatric health business model leaves children sleeping on bare, plastic mattresses in filthy rooms; dust and dirt collected in the corners while same psychiatric business has enriched founder and chief executive with $20 million in … [Read more...]
They agree with you. Call ’em up anyway.
UPDATE -- Your calls are working. Politico reports: Democrats will grind Senate business to a halt in a protest against Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare. Beginning Monday night, Democrats will start objecting to all unanimous … [Read more...]
Lege moves Fair Share along; Baker dithers
Our much-maligned legislature has its fingers to the wind, and approved the blindingly popular Fair Share initiative onto the 2018 ballot. Supporters, who have dubbed the measure the Fair Share Amendment, say it would raise an extra $1.9 … [Read more...]
Carbon Pricing Bill Hearing
The campaign to put a price on carbon pollution in Massachusetts has unprecedented momentum. This past Tuesday, 200 carbon pricing supporters filled the halls of the State House, meeting with 50 different legislators. We … [Read more...]
We need an American Marshall Plan
" If a society cannot help the many who are poor it cannot save the few who are rich." JFK Just before winning seats in Britain's House recently, Labor ran an ad with a message that Democrats should adopt in advance of our Congressional … [Read more...]
Talking with Lydia Edwards
I met with Lydia Edwards, candidate for City Council 1st district (Charlestown, East Boston, North End). Edwards is a lawyer who currently works in the city’s Office of Housing Stability. She hails originally from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula … [Read more...]
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