Lisa Green Needs Coffee

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@Carcarll on the bad place. Proud: Italian-American, Progressive, NJ Expat, BLS Mom, TCM Addict. Tweets = encoded recipe for my grandmother’s meatballs—Treasurer, @Tanisha4ma; Chair, @ELECTtheBSC

More regressive transportation policy in Boston. Michelle Wu ran on bike lanes & bus lanes, but now feels invincible enough to kick those supporters to the curb. Mamdani highlighting how progressive Boston’s “progressive” mayor really is.
Under MA state law, Secretary Galvin helps Nominate the director of OCPF.
Unopposed 32 year incumbent secretary of commonwealth’s OCPF page. Committee has almost $2 million on hand, mostly from maxed out donors. Secretary oversees OCPF campaign finance system. Secretary’s brother?/treasurer is delinquent on his fundraising committee’s treasurer training.
Child reading book to small fluffy dog.
Child reading book to small fluffy dog.
Chart showing that sixty-five percent of voters support a Medicare for All system. That includes 78 percent of Democrats, 71 percent of independents, and 49 percent of Republicans.
Billy Bragg’s Talking with the Taxman About Poetry, released in September 1986.
Biden’s Smirking State Department Spokeman Admits Israel’s War Crimes Matthew Miller, the Biden State Department official who smirked his way through every question on Gaza, is now admitting Israel’s war crimes.
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien speaking at Republican Convention
Image of story from last week discussing how Jeffries refused to whip votes against DHS/ICE funding bill, allowing it to pass with votes of Democratic house members. Without Democratic votes it would not have passed.
Imagine of a post from Boston JCRC Executive Director Jeremy Burton encouraging followers to phone the Somerville City Council to preclude Somerville voters from the opportunity of exercising their right to vote on whether or not they support adopting a measure that would prevent taxes they pay to the City of Somerville being spent on Israeli goods while Israel is accused by International Court of Justice of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Boston JCRC has vigorously advocated for conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism for 18 months. These efforts have manufactured consent for the Trump regime’s dismantling of civil rights and due process of law—most recently, the masked kidnapping a student from a street in Somerville whose only “crime” was expressing support for another democratic measure where members of a community had the opportunity to vote to support or oppose BDS measures protesting Israeli genocide.
Statement from Boston JCRC Director trying to distance his organization’s ongoing efforts to redefine criticism of Israel as antisemitism from Trump administration’s aggressive weaponization of accusations of antisemitism to eliminate due process of law, endanger students and undermine civil rights.
Text from Justice Democrats at 3:55pm starting with words “F*ck Chuck Schumer.”
Image of BS excuse Congressman Stephen Lynch’s staff gave for why he made constituents wait over an hour for him to join his own event, then ditched it altogether. It seems his staff expected him to join after Congress recessed for the evening, but once he was out, he decided he didn’t want to join.