Especially the Blue line, where there is no reasonable alternative to crossing the harbor. #eastie

Excellent news - this project is long overdue. I began the effort in earnest in 2009; now looking forward to @wutrain.bsky.social getting it done. Bus riders on some of #mapoli’s busiest routes will have better access to opportunities and resources.

This is insane. We sit here wondering why we can't transition away from gas and here we are our leaders making sweet heart deals with gas companies to enrich themselves. WHY DONT WE HAVE OUR OWN GRID @massgovernor.bsky.social why the hell does this exist?

‘It just requires people to be destitute’: Healey draws criticism over push to tighten eligibility for safety-net program Five years after lawmakers scrapped the asset limit attached to the Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled, and Children program, Gov. Maura Healey wants to bring it back at a higher threshold — a mov...

Healey wants to balance the budget on the backs of the poor as the same time she is throwing money at Sam Altman and advocating for continuing Trump's corporate tax breaks. Nope, nope, nope. commonwealthbeacon.org/government/s...

The people who believed that Trump is an isolationist are the dumbest people alive. The guy and his whole team are imperialists who believe in racial hierarchies and power by brute force.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Nobody needs a roundhouse kick more than this asshole.

(PS. did not read the article, can't recommend)

Stunned by how dishonest senators like Senate President Karen Spilka and Senator Nick Collins are being about Mayor Michelle Wu's tax shift home rule petition.

It was filed in February. They ignored it. No right to complain that it's a brand new ask. #mapoli

Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.

Pulled out of line as they waited for what they thought was going to be one of the best days of their lives. PULLED OUT OF LINE. Our government is cruel.

Three takeaways for Boston from NYC’s congestion pricing scheme - The Boston Globe After a year of the first American program of its kind, there’s enough data to recommend the idea.

Congestion pricing in NYC has worked and has become popular. Cities like Boston should follow.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/o...

Time for Boston #mapoli to flood Karen Spilka and Nick Collins with calls and social media posts demanding action to support the mayor’s efforts to offer property tax relief to homeowners.

THIS is what they have come up with to justify his statement? Unabashed xenophobia? I'm terrified.

No, just no.

I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother

Hard agree.

I live in the confines of this map, and agree completely. It would be interesting to look at the City of Chelsea, which is right across the river, largely low income, and only served by BRT and one commuter rail stop.

Want to make sure #mapoli read this: a low cost high impact project that is long overdue.

Two maps, side-by-siide, One is a map of the tier system in BPS showing which neighborhoods gain from the new policy, and the other is a HOLC map from redlining days. The maps look surprisingly similar.

Proponents of the changes to the Exam School policy in Boston claim they're "fixing a numerical error." But in truth, the policy is regressive, and follow well-trod paths of descrimination.

#bospoli #mapoli #bps #redlining

SOLIDARITY RALLY: FREE DAVID HUERTA END ICE RAIDS We stand in solidarity with our union brother, David Huerta, and are joining SEIU locals across the country in calling for his immediate release and an end to ICE raids. Join us. MONDAY, JUNE 9 BOSTON CITY HALL - CIRCLE PLAZA GATHER AT 1:30 PM RALLY: 2 PM - 3 PM

Emergency Rally in Solidarity with the People of Los Angeles to End ICE Raids Now ‼️🇺🇸✊

#Boston will stand for Liberty.

Monday, June 9 @ 2pm
Boston City Hall - Circle Plaza
#NoKings
#50501protest

(my response, BTW)

Mine is about Boston being expensive.

Preach!

The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness

good lord we are so screwed.

Who dat?

😘

...but mighty!!

🌟🇺🇸😍😍 🫶🫶@mayorwu.boston.gov 🫶🫶 😍😍 🇺🇸🌟

Everyone deserves to have a Mayor like mine!

"THE ALLEGATION HERE IS NOT THAT HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW" so... what is it?

“The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law,” said your government about a man they surveilled, arrested, detained, & flew more than 1,400 miles from his pregnant wife before beginning the process of revoking his greencard & deporting him for life

So what is it--and what's next?

EVERYTHING THAT JUST HAPPENED TO MAHMOUD KHALIL MIGHT (BUT SHOULD NOT) BE LEGAL yes, they really can do that--if we let them

From my immigration lawyer friend Matt Cameron:

EVERYTHING THAT JUST HAPPENED TO MAHMOUD KHALIL MIGHT (BUT SHOULD NOT) BE LEGAL deportnation.substack.com/p/everything...

I think it’s so emblematic of the modern GOP that they thought today’s house oversight hearing would go well for them, instead of basically serving as a campaign opportunity for someone like Mayor Wu, who is usually the smartest and best prepared person in any room she finds herself in.

My last trip to the RMV:

me: "How was I to know I needed to bring X document if you didn't write it in the letter you sent me indicating which items I should bring to the appointment?"

RMV staff person: [shrug emoji in human form]