Everything you know about the Boston Tea Party is wrong - The Boston Globe Americans then and now have very different attitudes about taxes than you might imagine. The implications are profound.

They were protesting a tax break for a monopoly www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/19/o...

Pope Leo XIV calls Trump's threat to end Iran 'truly unacceptable' Along with the pope and other Catholics left and right, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops blasted Trump's threat, urging him to "step back from the precipice of war and negotiat...

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Local election leaders dismiss Trump’s order to overhaul mail-in voting as confounding, likely to fail - The Boston Globe With voting overhaul legislation stalled in Congress, Trump is turning to his pen — but elections professionals are puzzled by his proposals.

Trump's new executive order not only suppresses many legal votes and is obviously unconstitutional, but it is also completely unworkable. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/02/n...

Bernie Sanders: No Kings. No Oligarchy. In America, We the People Will Rule | Common Dreams We are living in an unprecedented and dangerous moment in American history. In many ways, the future of our country and the entire world is hanging in the balance—and the actions that we take now will...

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Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

Trump Claims Florida Failed to Count All 15,000 Ballots He Mailed In “The fact that we still didn’t win is proof that voting by mail doesn’t work," he charged.

www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-clai...

California governor poll raises prospect of two Republicans contesting runoff Survey puts Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco ahead with Democratic vote split between large field of candidates

"Top 2" is a dangerous, stupid plan. It may be on the MA ballot this fall. Just vote NO. #MApoli www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Will the Supreme Court Make Bribery Even Easier? The high court’s campaign to provide cover to the quid pro quo arrangement of corrupt politicians seems set to continue.

Will the Supreme Court Make Bribery Even Easier? (Probably yes!) newrepublic.com/article/2080... via @newrepublic.com

Opinion | Chuck Schumer: This Is Trump’s Plan to ‘Guarantee the Midterms’

One of the best explanations of the diabolical "SAVE America Act" that I've seen. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...

Opinion | The Courts Cannot Save Us From Trump

Also need to win elections and engage in direct action like MN www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

‘It’s laughable’: Election officials pour cold water on MAGA midterm overhaul - The Boston Globe Republicans say they must pass election reforms before November — and those who run elections say the proposals are unworkable.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/20/n...

The Supreme Court Just Heeded One of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Sharpest Dissents These may sound like small wins, but they are wins nonetheless.

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Opinion | The Scrappy Mayor Showing Democrats How It’s Done

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/o...

Stop the Save Act Phonebank · Common Cause As the US Senate gets ready to vote on the SAVE Act, **Join Common Cause and Declaration for American Democracy** to help voters call their Senators to vote **NO**. This legislation would require ever...

I'm attending Common Cause's event, “Stop the Save Act Phonebank” - sign up now to join me! #commoncause www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...

Opinion | Why Minnesota Matters More Than Iran for America’s Future

How Minnesota "neighboring" triumphed over Trump's goons www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/o...

Watch This GOP Senator Learn in Real Time Why the SAVE Act Is Bad Have Republicans even read the SAVE Act that the president so desperately wants to pass?

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Trump Allegedly Told GOP Leader “No One Gives a [Bleep] About Housing” A new report reveals how President Trump is prioritizing his culture war above all else.

Pretty much sums it all up newrepublic.com/post/207673/...

Kristi Noem is out Writing her political obituary

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Catholic bishops, women religious urge Supreme Court to oppose Trump's citizenship order The U.S. bishops' conference and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network filed one brief, while several U.S. women's religious orders, Hope Border Institute and Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justic...

More on this, and another important brief by religious groups www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...

Wow: "The Executive Order is Immoral" says one of the brief's headings. A majority of SCOTUS is Catholic.

In Wellesley, a determined effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory What’s unfolding in the wealthy Boston suburb is not that different from other situations across the state when communities and leaders with the best of intentions lose their resolve.

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Why a Republican Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs Trump loses, and the Democratic justices didn’t need to concede anything.

Why a Republican Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs www.vox.com/politics/479...

The good news: a bit of honesty from a Trump DOJ lawyer. But the bad news:

The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

So glad that @warren.senate.gov represents me, in every sense. prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...

MHTC Revealed Who’s really behind The Massachusetts High Technology Council's push for deep cuts to education and healthcare? Massachusetts voters have a right to know.

www.mhtcrevealed.com

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

NEW: A federal tool meant to find noncitizens on voter rolls is consistently marking citizens as noncitizens, especially if they were born outside the U.S., causing chaos as election clerks try not to disenfranchise voters, @zachdespart.bsky.social and I found. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/save...

More of this plan that I agree with, see my previous post

Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics

Is class warfare the future of US politics? I sure hope so! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

Thankfully, we still have brave citizens who sit on juries (and grand juries) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Mass. High Tech Council is losing higher-ed members amid its income tax rollback push. Why? - The Boston Globe Several have left or not renewed memberships to the influential business group, including UMass Lowell, Bridgewater State, and Bunker Hill Community College.

UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen said it best: "when it seems like a group’s primary focus could harm the organization you represent, it’s hard to justify sticking around." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/b... #mapoli