POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: SPICER stumping for DIEHL today — KENNEDY’s Facebook exchange — HOUSE seeks STATE POLICE oversight
SPICER stumping for DIEHL today — KENNEDY’s Facebook exchange — HOUSE seeks STATE POLICE oversight
04/12/2018 07:03 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths)
GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
SPICER'S IN TOWN - Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer makes landfall in Boston today.
He's in town for a fundraiser for state Rep. Geoff Diehl, who is hoping win the Republican party's nomination to unseat Sen. Elizabeth Warren in November. The fundraiser has been hyped by the Diehl campaign itself since it was announced on March 28.
Diehl asked Spicer to do the 5 p.m. fundraiser at Boston's Union Oyster House and he agreed, according to Diehl's campaign, which says the two met through mutual friends.
A strong financial showing (thanks to this event and others) could boost fundraising numbers for a campaign eager to break from the pack of three top Republican candidates. Diehl, Beth Lindstrom, and John Kingston all raised around $300,000 in the first three months of 2018, with Diehl pulling in the most at $324,000.
While Warren has not yet released her fundraising totals, if 2017 is any precedent, the senior senator will likely be adding to her war chest by the millions.
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TODAY - The Gaming Commission meets, with discussion including the Wynn stake in the Wynn Boston Harbor project - Former members of Congress from Florida David Jolly, a Republican, and Patrick Murphy, a Democrat, will be at The Fletcher School at Tufts University to discuss the current state of gridlock in Washington and how to break through it with bipartisanship. The discussion will be moderated by Fletcher Professor and columnist for The Washington Post Daniel Drezner - Consul General of Greece Stratos Efthymiou presents Boston Athletic Association with handmade olive branch wreaths used to crown the four first-place winners of the Boston Marathon on Monday.
DATELINE BEACON HILL -
CHARLIE BAKER'S DUMB IDEAS! SMOKE & MIRRORS WITH THE BUDGET!
- "House budget calls for State Police oversight and rebuffs Baker's Medicaid plan," by Matt Stout and Joshua Miller, Boston Globe: "House leaders unveiled a $41 billion spending plan on Wednesday that rebuffs Governor Charlie Baker's budget proposal on several fronts, thwarting his efforts to move 140,000 poor adults from Medicaid to private plans and insisting on tighter oversight of the scandal-scarred State Police.
The $40.98 billion budget proposal also ditches Baker's call to shift millions of dollars of MBTA salaries from its operating budget onto its capital spending plan, a move House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo likened to paying people with a credit card. At the same time, the House instead funnels more money toward the T to help prop up its budget."
- "Gov. Charlie Baker: Minimum wage, paid leave, sales tax should be decided by lawmakers, not voters," by Shira Schoenberg, MassLive.com: "Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that he hopes lawmakers -- not the voters -- will decide the fate of major economic issues, including the minimum wage, paid family leave and the state sales tax. 'I think we can probably do a better job of dealing with those issues that way than through the ballot,' [he said.]"
- "Massachusetts Senate passes student loan regulations, setting up clash with Trump administration," by Shira Schoenberg, MassLive.com: "The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday regulating student loan servicers, which, if it becomes law, will likely set up a clash between Massachusetts and the federal government. 'If the Trump administration tries to stop us, so be it. Let them try to stop us,' said Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, who sponsored the bill."
- "Legislature's records exemption shields data on misconduct," by the Associated Press: "Allegations of sexual misconduct have roiled the Massachusetts Legislature in recent months, leading to a shake-up of Senate leadership and heated debate in the House. Yet the Legislature's longstanding exemption from the state's public records law and frequent use of non-disclosure agreements make fully assessing the scope of the sexual harassment problem on Beacon Hill virtually impossible."
CHARLIE BAKER'S DOR FLOP....AGAIN! CHARLIE BAKER ALLOWED INCOMPETENT POLITICAL HACKS TO RUN AMOK!
- "Errant mailings by state tax department expose private data of 6,100 people," by Joshua Miller, Boston Globe: "The state's beleaguered Department of Revenue - already reeling this year after failing to deliver timely child-support payments and a data breach of sensitive businesses tax information - announced Wednesday that the personal information of thousands of people who pay child support was inadvertently sent to companies that do not employ them. Officials in the administration of Governor Charlie Baker said the faulty mailings mean the private data - including Social Security numbers - of about 6,100 people who owe child support were sent to the wrong addresses."
- "Massachusetts higher education officials launch inquiry into Mount Ida/UMass deal," by Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com:"Massachusetts higher education officials are demanding information from Mount Ida College as the small Newton institution abruptly moves to close, lay off faculty and staff, and allow the University of Massachusetts to take over its 74 acres. They are also voicing 'serious concerns' about the closure's impact on students who were admitted to Mount Ida for the fall 2018 semester and could be left without options for continuing their education."
TRUMPACHUSETTS -
- "Trump turns to Dershowitz as Mueller probe escalates," by Annie Karni and Eliana Johnson, POLITICO: "Alan Dershowitz, the retired Harvard law professor, had an adorable 6-foot-tall stuffed bear in his daughter's bedroom and a potential legal problem on his hands. It was the early 1990s, and his client, hotel magnate Leona Helmsley, had gifted him the stuffed animal upon the birth of his baby girl. But Helmsley later admitted that she had stolen the bear from Donald Trump, keeping it when she sold him Rumplemayer's, a now shuttered New York ice cream parlor famous for its stuffed bear collection - which was part of the deal. 'I called him and I said, 'Mr. Trump, I have a bear that belongs to you,' Dershowitz said in an interview on Wednesday. 'He laughed and said, 'I know Leona stole it. 'Tell your daughter it's from Donald.'"
- "ACLU lawsuit alleges US illegally separates immigrant families," by Alanna Durkin Richer, the Associated Press: "The Trump administration is illegally detaining and trying to deport immigrants pursuing lawful immigration status who are married to U.S. citizens, according to a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. The lawsuit, filed late Tuesday, says the administration is targeting people for deportation who are following established rules for becoming lawful permanent residents based on their marriages to American citizens."
- "Why is the government investigating early decision at elite colleges?," by Deirdre Fernandes, Boston Globe: "A Justice Department antitrust investigation into early-decision admissions practices has ensnared several elite New England colleges and left many higher education specialists puzzled about what message the Trump administration is trying to send. Highly competitive schools, including Amherst College, Middlebury College, Wellesley College, Williams College, and Tufts University, have received letters from the Department of Justice asking them to maintain documents related to their early-decision programs and any sharing of the names and information of accepted students they might have done with other colleges."
WARREN REPORT -
- "After war of words, Warren set to face off with Mulvaney," by Katy O'Donnell, POLITICO: "In a moment four months in the making, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday will get her first face-to-face crack at the man accused of dismantling her brainchild in what's likely to be an intensely personal showdown. CFPB acting Director Mick Mulvaney's hearing at the Senate Banking Committee will be his second Hill appearance of the week."
-"Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Join Cordray on Campaign Trail," by Julie Carr Smyth, the Associated Press: "Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is ready to hit the campaign trail with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray. A darling of the left and a favorite punching bag of Republican President Donald Trump and the right, Warren created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau where Cordray served as a director until jumping into the governor's race late last year."
- "MSNBC's surging ratings fuel Democratic optimism," by Jason Schwartz, POLITICO: "While [Stuart Stevens, the Republican strategist who helmed Mitt Romney's 2012 campaigN] fle that the networks' ratings were largely a reflection of voter feeling, he noted that MSNBC is a valuable fundraising tool for Democrats and said more eyeballs on the network will help candidates. So did Democratic strategist Doug Rubin, of Northwind Strategies in Boston, who has experienced the bump firsthand while working for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)."
THE KENNEDY COMPOUND -
- "The Most Important Exchange of the Zuckerberg Hearing," by Alexis C. Madrigal, the Atlantic: "One particular exchange, with Representative Joe Kennedy III, got to the crux of why it was so hard to pin down Zuckerberg on the extent of Facebook's data-gathering operation. Kennedy pushed Zuckerberg on how accurate that representation really is, though struggled to frame the question precisely enough to pin Zuckerberg down: 'Do the advertisers that are using your platform ... get access to information that the user doesn't actually think is either, one, being generated, or, two, is public?' he asked. "
ON THE STUMP -
- "Five pull papers for Collins seat," by Reporter staff, Dorchester Reporter: "Five men have pulled papers to run for the Fourth Suffolk district to replace State Rep. Nick Collins, who is seeking to fill the First Suffolk Senate seat left vacant by Linda Dorcena Forry this year. Democrats Ryan McGoff, former Collins staffer David Biele, former Walsh staffer Daniel Manning, William W. Higgins, Jr., and Matt Rusteika have thrown their hats in the ring so far to represent the district serving South Boston and sections of Dorchester."
- "Another Lowell mayor joins the state Senate race," by Sun staff, the Lowell Sun: "Another former Lowell mayor has jumped into the race to succeed Eileen Donoghue as senator from the 1st Middlesex District: Bill Martin. Martin's announcement comes on the same day Donoghue officially resigned from the Senate. Also Wednesday, Donoghue was sworn in as Lowell's first female city manager."
TSONGAS ARENA -
- "Peter Lucas: Mayor Walsh taking a big cash position on 3rd Congressional race," by Peter Lucas, the Lowell Sun: "Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has suddenly emerged as a major player in the Merrimack Valley-based Third Congressional District campaign, and not everyone is pleased about it. Walsh has raised a whopping bundle of campaign cash from Boston real estate developers and others doing business with the city for the campaign of Dan Koh, 33, of Andover."
- Laborers Local 39 endorses Koh for Congress, from the Koh campaign: "Laborers Local 39, based out of Fitchburg, today endorsed Dan Koh in the race for the 3rd Congressional District. Local 39 represents over 300 members and is the thirteenth union endorsement that Koh has received, more than any other candidate."
WOOD WAR - Herald: "'ATTACKED BY BULLIES,'" "FRESH START" - Globe: "Ryan will not run, scrambling GOP plans," "A liberal lawyer and the besieged president," "Marking the lives lost and changed," "Rejected offer would have let college survive," "N.E. colleges part of antitrust review of admissions," "Under GM Sweeney, Bruins on solid ice."
THE LOCAL ANGLE -
- "How Wynn's Boston Casino Is Rising on Land Tied to a Mobster," by Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg News: "Wynn Resorts Ltd.'s Boston area casino, heralded as a growth engine for locals and the company alike, was nearing completion when trouble arrived earlier this year in the form of sexual-assault allegations against founder Steve Wynn. ... There's another cloud hanging over the $2.5 billion Wynn Boston Harbor. The complex is rising on land whose previous owners include two convicted felons, one with alleged mob ties."
- "Xed Out: Why Generation X Is Leaving Boston's Workforce," by Kris Frieswick, Boston.com: "Born between 1960 and 1980 (or 1965 and 1980, depending on which common date range you choose), Gen Xers are stuck. They can't ascend to the upper-management jobs that should be their next stop because the boomers in those seats can't or won't retire; at the same time, cheaper, digital-native millennials-the largest chunk of the U.S. workforce as of 2015-are nipping at their heels, and corporations are actively wooing them."
- "Cape, Island pot shops on priority list," by Christine Legere, Cape Cod Times: "Three provisional medical marijuana license holders from the Cape and Islands are on a list of 20 the state's Cannabis Control Commission approved this week for priority certification and a jumpstart on securing recreational marijuana business licenses. The William Noyes Webster Foundation, based in Barnstable with a facility planned in Dennis; Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard Ltd. of West Tisbury; and Nantucket-based Green Lady Dispensary will be able to apply for recreational pot business licenses by next week. "
- "Lawsuit: Duck boat company's hopes doused by Boston police," by Bob McGovern, Boston Herald: "A would-be duck boat competitor is waging amphibious warfare against Boston police, firing a salvo of two lawsuits claiming that cops have unconstitutionally thwarted its fleet from taking the plunge. Nautical Tours Inc. argues in parallel state and federal lawsuits that BPD's Hackney Carriage Unit has refused to act on the company's pitch to license nine water-ready tour vehicles."
- "Residents say "no thanks" to pot in Scituate," by Mary Whitfill, the Patriot Ledger: "Residents in Scituate voted to ban sales of recreational marijuana in town Tuesday night, joining a number of other South Shore towns that have done the same. Despite calls from some residents to consider the financial benefits, town meeting voters decided against allowing sales of the now-legal drug in Scituate."
- "Sheffield orders new landing spot for UFO monument," by Kristin Palpini, the Berkshire Eagle: "A memorial marking the location of a 1969 close encounter, known as 'our nation's first off-world/UFO incident,' is going to be moved. Again."
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Former Marty Walsh staffer Dan Manning and Romneycare.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? Yes and No! - The Celtics beat the Nets 110-97, but Red Sox lost to the Yankees 10-7, in a game that featured a bench-clearing brawl.
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