Massachusetts

Watching Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings in the Senate has put on display what can go wrong with an out-of-control Supreme Court controlled by far right extremists like Kavanaugh.

This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos made a $10 million contribution to the With Honor Fund, a super PAC that aims to elect military veterans to Congress. More identity group politics?

There aren't many primaries left this cycle-- Massachusetts today, Delaware Thursday, New Hampshire a week from today, Rhode Island a week from tomorrow and Louisiana on election day in November (don't ask).

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: The man isn't even trying to prosecute cannabis possession anymore; A small Massachusetts town loses its police force and say, "Meh"; And a federal court puts the kibosh on another agra-chemical killer.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: The man isn't even trying to prosecute cannabis possession anymore; A small Massachusetts town loses its police force and say, "Meh"; And a federal court puts the kibosh on another agra-chemical killer.

I don't have any firsthand knowledge of Ayanna Pressley. Everything I've heard about her has been excellent. But I do know Mike Capuano-- and he's nothing like Joe Crowley. I'm certain there was no one in the country working harder and more consistently than I was to displace Crowly over the last decade-- although it took a grassroots wonderwoman and her team to eventually do it.

Monkey memes, Greece fires and high levels of vog + this day in history w/Lucky Lindy's ticker tape parade and our song of the day by Stephanie Hatfield on your Morning Monarchy for June 13, 2018.

Gonzalez and MassieI haven't looked into the Massachusetts gubernatorial primary too closely-- probably because I expect the incumbent, Republican Charlie Baker, to win no matter who the Democratic candidate is.

“Is Joe Kennedy III a progressive?” is a question I get a lot-- including from some of his colleagues in Congress. He seems to have chosen progressivenessish as his identity, at least for now.

“Estate Recovery” in Massachusetts By Richard Hugus | Aletho News | October 22, 2017 Medicaid is the supposed health care coverage in the United States for people under age 65. Medicare is for people 65 and over. “MassHealth” is the Massachusetts version of Medicaid. The current MassHealth application requires applicants to agree by signature to […]