‘Vote her in next, Massachusetts’ — $15 minimum wage, paid family leave ballot questions to be dropped — KENNEDY joins hunger strike 06/27/2018 07:17 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. NY-14'S MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTION — A progressive woman of color, facing institutional opposition and a significant fundraising gap, wages a long-shot bid against a 10-term, scandal-free white male incumbent. Sounds a lot like Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley 's campaign to unseat Rep. Michael Capuano in Massachusetts' 7th District, right? But those were the contours in New York's 14th District, where 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decisively defeated Rep. Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary last night. There's even a Massachusetts connection to the winning campaign — Pressley sent her field dire...
Dear Friend, This was one of the most eventful and traumatic days in recent history in two of the most powerful democracies in the world. The president of the 'democratic' USA called Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations as “shitholes countries”. This is the lowest a democracy can get. In India, the most populous 'democracy' in the world, four Supreme Court judges publicly spoke against the Chief Justice of India and his way of functioning. It is unprecedented in India. Perhaps, things like this never happened any other democratic country. Unlike the Trump 'shithole' it gives an iota of hope. It gives us hope that at least there are some responsible persons in India who are ready to stand up for real democracy. They publicly said "democracy in India is at stake". It really is. It is the responsibility of all democratic minded persons to stand up for justice. People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they are worri...
11 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU GET SO LITTLE FUNDING! - I don't understand how most readers expect you to do everything for nothing. If we don't stand behind you, all we get is propaganda. Real journalism is so rare today. We all should be protecting it. I am in my 70s and no longer working, but what you do is crucial if we ever plan on becoming a democracy finally. That's why I give every month. All take and no give back is a recipe for disaster, and we don't want to dis the stars! / Christine, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: A New Monologue for Eve Ensler, Re-Enacting Life With Cancer Jeff Lunden, NPR Lunden writes: "If any feminist walks the walk, it's author, actress and activist Eve Ensler, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. In 2009, Ensler went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help victims of rape and torture create a sanctua...
08 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Waiting for the Bomb to Drop Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic Cohen writes: "There are sounds, for those who can hear them, of the preliminary and muffled drumbeats of war." READ MORE Actresses Protest at Golden Globes, Oprah 1st Black Woman to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award teleSUR Excerpt: "On Sunday, the 75th annual Golden Globes awards kicked off Hollywood's countdown to the Oscars with the normally colorful red carpet transformed into a sea of black gowns as stars showed solidarity with victims of sexual harassment after a scandal that has roiled show business." READ MORE Stephen Miller Had to Be Escorted Off CNN's Set After His Interview With Jake Tapper Went Off the Rails Linette Lopez, Business Insider Lopez writes: "Two sources close to the situation told Business Insider that after the taping was done Miller was asked to leave sev...
01/03/2018 07:09 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin ( rmorin@politico.com ; @RebeccaMorin_) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Heat wave: It's going to climb into the 20s today ... And winter storm warnings have been posted for much of the state ahead of tomorrow's storm, with a blizzard warning all along the commonwealth's coast. Check out the latest thinking from the National Weather Service . FIRST IN PLAYBOOK - OUR REVOLUTION EYES MASSIE OR NO ONE IN GOV'S RACE - The Massachusetts wing of the Bernie Sanders-aligned group Our Revolution is weighing a gubernatorial endorsement. But it will either endorse environmental activist Bob Massie or stay out of the race completely, despite the fact that there are three candidates in the Democratic field. Our Revolution Massachusetts is currently polling its members on the choice in a non-binding statewide advisory poll underway until ...
We are unequivocal and strident supporters of Congressional oversight. That is why we cannot stand by as political theater masquerading as oversight threatens the integrity of critical oversight institutions, such as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “The Memo”: Willful Ignorance and the House Intel Committee The House Intelligence Committee's vote to release classified information to the public in itself is not a bad action—POGO has argued that Congress has a right to declassify information. However, this would be the first time in the history of both the House and Senate Select Intelligence Committees that such a vote took place. Committee members shouldn’t take this task lightly, but should exercise the utmost caution and scrutiny of the information they want to release. This power should be wielded responsibly. It wasn't. Read More Read Our Letter to Speaker Paul Ryan With #ReleaseTheMemo, Nunes Hopes You Won’t Understand FIS...
Subscribe Archives Twitter Facebook Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/18/2018 No Pablo hunt | 'Hard left turn' | Nurses vs Nurses Happening Today Gaming Commission, Senate session, ‘BoSTEM’ -- Northeast Clean Energy Center holds a discussion with industry experts on grid resiliency and reliability, Brown Rudnick, 1 Financial Center, Boston, 8:30 a.m. -- Gaming Commission meets to vote on the commission's enhanced code of ethics and other matters and to receive a workforce and diversity update, 101 Federal St., 12th floor, Boston, 10 a.m. -- State Ethics Commission meets, One Ashburton Pl. - Room 619, Boston, 9 a.m. -- The Senate meets in formal session to take up three bills, with Ways...
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