With the result in Virginia, here's what we know about how mid-decade redistricting has shifted the landscape.
Across the 7 states with new maps:
—11 districts have shifted toward Democrats;
—9 districts have shifted toward the GOP.
The People's Protect Act Platform https://www.lucemass.org/peopleprotect
I urge my senator @saldidomenico.bsky.social to support the People's PROTECT Act Platform in the upcoming Senate version of the PROTECT Act! It is time for impactful immigration legislation in MA. #mapoli #maleg @CindyFriedmanMA @Payano #PeoplesProtect bit.ly/peoplesprotectactma
Did it pass?
The New York Times: News Analysis: Historical analogies are never exact. But with the tenuous cease-fire deal in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, some wonder whether this is a “Suez moment” for the U.S., when a leading power signals the start of its international decline. Photo of Iranians burning US flag and waving Iranian flags. A Cease-Fire for Now in Iran, but a Blow to American Credibility.
I was trying to figure out what the rumors were that Melania just vehemently denied and I couldn't find any rumors.
Then it dawned on me. Trump is turning to the Epstein Files to distract us from the Iran War debacle!
Definitely, our Charlotte!
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere -MLK-
#CambMA #carfree
Let's walk together to #NoKings #BostonCommon from #CentralSquare tomorrow March 28
Trump the SOVIET & RUSSIAN ASSET is making the Russian economy great again!
The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE.
Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009.
A quick thread:
I actually love BlueSky because I control my own feeds.
#CambMA #MAPoli
Excited to be supporting Burhan Azeem for State Senator. His kickoff campaign event is tomorrow night. Please join me and @bmcavin.bsky.social for this event and show your support for more #housing and better #transit in Massachusetts.
bsky.app/profile/burh...
I'm just so angry that they are firing my people when I had to endure my teacher leading the class in applause when JFK was assassinated. She didn't get fired but her descendants are all hot and bothered because we disparage a racist.
Hmmm. I'm a #NoKings urban boomer who grew up in the Bible Belt. I'm not comfortable with Talarico's religious enthusiasm. I know he is an antidote to all the right wing MAGA evangelicals but I'm still not comfortable with it.
NONE OF THIS would be happening today if it hadn't been for Julie K. Brown's (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social) journalistic work on the Epstein story.
Deep, deep gratitude...
bsky.app/profile/jkbj...
Thank you!!!
Update from Housing Court, after I spent the past four days working to stop the eviction of a longtime constituent by invoking an eviction protection law I passed on Beacon Hill. ✊❤️🙏
Like our streets, our sidewalks are a public resource—and our city policies should treat that them way when it comes to snow clearance
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"[W]e should see our shared humanity in any victim of fascism, whatever the person’s race, gender, or politics. If Americans internalize that, then we might really advance the cause of justice and the quest for a more perfect nation."
"Sadly, a larger swath of Americans — white men and gun-owners, for example — might only have been stirred when the victim turned out to be someone who closely resembled themselves and people they know."
So frustrated when Kamala's campaign was criticized for identity politics. I get that we needed to expand the identities but, honestly, it was Trump's campaign that was all about identity, not Kamala's.
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I wish I had known. I would never have volunteered to help get him elected.
This is one of the reasons, I can't stand Platner. He reminds me of Fetterman.
Friday Jan 30 is a call for a national shutdown
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. VOTE NO TO ICE FUNDING.
nationalshutdown.us
LIZA DONNELLY's cartoon of 2 snowmen, one saying "I wish I could get to Minneapolis to help somehow." The second one responding, "Me too. They don't need snow, probably."
open.substack.com/pub/lizadonn... pretty much captures where I'm at...
“Heartbroken but also very angry… sickening lies by the administration… reprehensible and disgusting… Alex is clearly not holding a gun… please get the truth out about our son, he was a good man…”
It's not only worthwhile in the larger world but definitely an antidote to being overwhelmed by awful news. I love this group, The Singing Resistance, that has formed in Minneapolis.
www.facebook.com/reel/1548886...
How about “don’t vote to fund this government at all until ICE is reined in.”
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair.”
- John Lewis #RIP
Don't forget, he did win a Senate seat. I fear that if Trump doesn't see out his term, Vance will cause even more harm than Trump has. He might be a weirdo and he might even lose the 2028 election but he's still dangerous.
The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
Historian here people forget the immigration regime being championed by the Trump regime and its bigoted heart in Miller. Make America 1924 again.
