“The question is less of reminding Kathy Hochul who elected her and should be more of progressives reminding themselves who they elected.”
—a smart comrade on 🔒 after Hochul lifts the cap on charter schools completely.
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Transparency should not be this controversial!! See how thinkers from across the political spectrum agree:
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Well, there it was: Amendment #5 for public committee votes just died, with excruciatingly little fanfare, on a voice vote.
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A MA bill would cut prison time for organ donations.
's Cox: "To incentivize the selling of your body parts in exchange for the most precious commodity in the world — which is time on this earth, and your freedom — was just so appalling”
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📢Rules vote is tomorrow!!📢
This is not a drill folks, TOMORROW, the legislature will be voting on amendments to make committee votes public, and to give us more time to review bills before they come to a vote. Email your rep now to ask them to support: bit.ly/email-my-rep
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Thank you and the Bangladeshi Assocaiton of New England for organizing todays vigil and march to the mystic mural. We must continue lifting up and fighting for justice for Arif Sayed Faisal, a beloved member of the Somerville and Cambridge community.
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Tyre Nichols is going to be a big political litmus test. His death is just as outrageous as George Floyd’s, but the offending officers are now Black. Do you view police brutality as individual acts of bigotry, or as the natural symptom of a fundamentally anti-Black police system?
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We're so excited to launch next week to connect friends and neighbors around a Boston for All.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, however, we're moving the event to GrandTen Distilling.
Thanks to all who have RSVP'd! If you haven't yet, do it here forms.gle/6kNdV6jkQghjAz
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Please join me in officially launching our campaign for District 3 Boston City Council!
It will start at 6:30pm on Friday, Jan 20, and will be hosted out of The Banshee - 934 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester. Sign up here - forms.gle/Ya9cQeRZAsGYCo
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He lived in Cambridge but also attended youth programming Somerville like the Welcome Project and was a UMass Boston student. Really hope to see people across these cities coming out to support #justiceforfaisal
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!TODAY! Interfaith vigil for #JusticeForFaisal at Fort Washington Park in Cambridge. There’s also a city officials meeting Thursday (tomorrow) and protest on Saturday, details in the graphic and below.
Please share with whoever can make it!
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This week the Cambridge police shot and killed a young man in our community experiencing a crisis. My deepest condolences go out to his family and to the entire Bengali community in this time of unthinkable loss. Please give as generously as you can:
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FROM PLAYBOOK: Gov. @maura_healey’s inaugural bash was paid for by lobbyists, developers and at least two companies Healey sued as AG — CVS Pharmacy and Grubhub — and two she reached settlements with after investigations — Comcast and Santander politi.co/3ijEzMx #mapoli
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James Cameron is saving 'the best' #Avatar films for last
'The others were an introduction, a way to set the table before serving the meal'
(via @20Minutes | bit.ly/3vCuUUy)
We could organize a housing justice march from this property to the Mayor's house, but it would only last 30 seconds because it's...literally in her backyard!
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@katjballantyne how can you reasonably make such a declaration to the ZBA? It is unbelievably inappropriate for you to exercise your power as the mayor on behalf of your husband. You spoke just last night(!) about housing justice. Is *this* housing justice to you?
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It is an absolute disgrace that (-endorsed) Mayor intervened with the Zoning Board of Appeals to stop 8 people from getting housing literally one block from her home in Ward 7!
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@katjballantyne how can you reasonably make such a declaration to the ZBA? It is unbelievably inappropriate for you to exercise your power as the mayor on behalf of your husband. You spoke just last night(!) about housing justice. Is *this* housing justice to you?
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Apparently being a “progressive” mayor in #Somerville entails using your office for what is best for you personally
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It is an absolute disgrace that (@SomervilleYIMBY-endorsed) Mayor @katjballantyne intervened with the Zoning Board of Appeals to stop 8 people from getting housing literally one block from her home in Ward 7! twitter.com/school_cycolog…
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All Darwin’s locations in Cambridge are closing today because the owner Steve Darwin got too overwhelmed with fighting for livable wages, good healthcare, etc. We commend their efforts and energy in the good fight.
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Patrick Horan abused me when I was 16 and he was 27. Today I am coming forward to share my story.
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1,414 yes - 28 no
(313 provisional ballots not counted)
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Town Meeting voted no on Article 34, 63-168-9, preferring to allow themselves to continue to vote in their own self interest. Both the margin and the result of this vote are incredibly disappointing.
Article 35 passed, 148-82-10.
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Soon #BrooklineTownMeeting will vote on WAs 34 & 35, which seek to introduce financial interest by-laws for Town Meeting, requiring TMMs to abstain from voting when they have a financial interest & require Town Meeting speakers to disclose any financial interest before speaking. twitter.com/vogt4brookline…
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Somerville DSA members strongly encourage #somerpoli to attend and give public comment for a more democratic, transparent, & accountable city charter at the council's virtual public hearing this Wed, 12/7 at 6pm.
More info can be found in this toolkit: bit.ly/3h394FW
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A crowd of about 200 protesters picketed President Biden’s visit to the JFK Library and Museum in Dorchester Friday afternoon, decrying the bill the president signed just hours earlier to enforce a settlement between railroads and major rail worker unions.
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We are urging anyone who can turn out tomorrow morning to join the picket in support of railroad workers' right to strike and against Biden's disgusting strikebreaking!
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100+ Starbucks stores are on strike across the US today including many in Boston #redcuprebellion
Starbucks managers converged at a SB in Watertown to open that one store. and others turned out to form a picket line!
Join them!
75 Mt Auburn St, Watertown, MA
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🚨All hands on deck!🚨
are currently trying to shut down the Watertown store (75 Mt. Auburn St) and need folks to turn out to the picket line!
The store is right off the 71 bus line from Harvard Square. Let's turn out to help shut the store down! #RedCupRebellion
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Let’s go!!! If you’re in the metro-Boston area, swing by our store at 277 Harvard St. and say hello! We’ll be out there from 7am-2pm.
Come chat with us, maybe help us procure some warm food/drinks, and post a pic with us on social media! #redcuprebellion
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RED CUP REBELLION.
OVER 100 STARBUCKS STORES ARE ON STRIKE TODAY.
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Musk is literally ‘stripping copper wiring from the building to sell’ but he’s ripping it from electronics still in use lol
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apparently they didnt turn off 2-factor authentication but they DID turn off the service that sends you the 2-factor authentication code. so if you log out and try to log in with an authentication code you simply wont receive one. lol. lmao twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…
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Deeply disappointed to report that tonight the Brookline Town Meeting Member's Association ignored the outcome of WA 35 and voted 14-21-2 to keep the TMMA list closed to the public.
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The final night of #BrooklineTownMeeting is off to a great start - the resolution I wrote (WA 35) to make the Town Meeting Member email list publicly readable passed, 112-97-26! 
This is a victory for transparency, public engagement, and efficient access to public records.
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Thankfully there is an impartial & simple way to tell if a State Rep considers renters an afterthought:
*Do (or don’t) they support the legislation to allow municipalities to lift the ban on rent control?*
On this Tommy has shown no leadership or support
malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1378
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Replying to @wendyjakemac @BeccaForWard7 and @MilesPerHoward
Renters were not an afterthought, and the floated narrative is not based in any way on fact.
Every single one of my recommendations can also be implemented by renters. Not one of my recommendations can be implemented by 100% of house owners, condo owners, or renters.
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I am so excited to moderate this discussion this afternoon. Please join us to learn about the impact the blockade is having on Cuba, it’s people, and what this means for our work locally.
tinyurl.com/reportbackcuba
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From the Commonwealth to Cuba: No Bloqueo! Join recent MA delegates to Cuba Oct 9th @ 1 PM in Somerville (or by livestream) for a discussion on the US's 60-year blockade of Cuba, moderated by Boston City Councilor @CllrKendraLara! Sign up @ tinyurl.com/reportbackcuba to attend/watch
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WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE VICTORY FOR THE WORKERS OF 874 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE!!!!!
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Do not use my image or the images of MTA members for Tommy Vitolo’s campaign.
has endorsed & we strongly feel he will best rep working families.
FYI biggest group of unionized workers in #BrooklineMA likely MTA members #mapoli
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In this letter, over sixty of your neighbors lay out why is who to vote for if you want progressive representation for the 15th Norfolk District:
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#Brookline, if you too trust the judgment of many of these names, then please join them in voting for
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In this letter, over sixty of your neighbors lay out why @raulspeaks is who to vote for if you want progressive representation for the 15th Norfolk District:
medium.com/@Brookline_Equ
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when the cameras were off, you apparently told the teachers their demands were unattainable
if you’re willing to say one thing for the cameras, for a good photo-op, and then the opposite in private–
–that’s all the more reason we need State House committee votes to be recorded
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The MA State House is broken & all of #Brookline’s Reps are complicit
Don’t just take our word for it: This week the Boston Globe laid out how the Legislature’s tardiness, secrecy, & dysfunction thwarts key legislation (1/8)
medium.com/@Brookline_Equ
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He did speak! As the emcee I had to take the mic away as he went over time and rattled about how the town just didn’t have the money right now and strikes were wrong. Just the right thing to show striking educators support…..
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Raul is taking the debate stage in 10 minutes for the debate, so he's handed over his account to the campaign team for the evening! Tune in on BIG, stream the debate on brooklineinteractive.org/live, or follow along with live updates here🧵 #Brookline
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Tune in TONIGHT @7 pm for the 2nd Brookline State Rep debate produced by Brookline Democratic Town Committee!!
brooklineinteractive.org/live
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#BrooklineByDesign’s mission purportedly includes ensuring development happens in accordance w/ what community members want
not per the pressures of moneyed real-estate interests
IDK how BBD endorsing the person (Tommy) supported by realtor $ isn't a violation of that principle
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I’ve got a comprehensive platform for addressing our sky-high housing costs—apparently not everyone's thrilled about that, because a dark-money realtors PAC is spending more than $8,400 supporting my opponent.
raulforrep.com/housing
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Columbus Day is no trophy for my family. It is no way to celebrate my beloved grandparents: Guido and Mary.
I won’t taint their memory w/ the centuries of colonialism & genocide inflicted upon Indigenous people. That is the story of Columbus - not theirs. (3/3)
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Columbus Day is the trophy Italian Americans have been hoisting since 1934, celebrating our victory over the bigotry and violence to which we were subjected for ~70 years in America — a time in which we were “white n**gers” and “n**ger wops” and “dagos” and “guineas.”
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