Becca Rausch
@beccarausch.bsky.social
Mom. Spouse. District-flipper. Lawyer-turned-MassSenate-lawmaker. MassDems Committeewoman. Mostly: democracy, elections, politics, abortion+RJ, antisemitism, health care, environment, dogs, arts. Dancer at heart. beccarausch.com #mapoli #dailydemocracy
Our district is home to the first public library in the US and the founder of our public education system. With immense pride and joy, I voted YES today on legislation to enshrine in our state law the right to read and free expression.
#mapoli #maedu #freedomtoread #freeexpression #readbannedbooks
#mapoli #maedu #freedomtoread #freeexpression #readbannedbooks
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Our district is home to the first public library in the US and the founder of our public education system. With immense pride and joy, I voted YES today on legislation to enshrine in our state law the right to read and free expression.
#mapoli #maedu #freedomtoread #freeexpression #readbannedbooks
#mapoli #maedu #freedomtoread #freeexpression #readbannedbooks
I’m tired of headlines like this that wrongly draw a false equivalence between the parties’ positions. Congressional Dems are fighting for food and health care. Congressional GOPs want … more chaos and economic mess? Mass hunger? Secret police? Terror in our streets? Musk to become a trillionaire?
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m tired of headlines like this that wrongly draw a false equivalence between the parties’ positions. Congressional Dems are fighting for food and health care. Congressional GOPs want … more chaos and economic mess? Mass hunger? Secret police? Terror in our streets? Musk to become a trillionaire?
"the first round of reductions, cutting about 4% of scheduled flights, will take effect as soon as Friday. The cuts will rise to 5% on Saturday, 6% on Sunday, and reach as much as 10% by next week"
Still more proof that Trump and his GOP are incapable of governing.
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Still more proof that Trump and his GOP are incapable of governing.
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U.S. shutdown sends airlines scrambling as travel chaos looms — Reuters
U.S. airlines were scrambling on Thursday to rejig schedules and fielding a flood of customer queries after the U.S. ordered flight cuts at some of the nation's busiest airports, the latest travel dis...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"the first round of reductions, cutting about 4% of scheduled flights, will take effect as soon as Friday. The cuts will rise to 5% on Saturday, 6% on Sunday, and reach as much as 10% by next week"
Still more proof that Trump and his GOP are incapable of governing.
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Still more proof that Trump and his GOP are incapable of governing.
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Highly informative hearing in many many ways. Very much worth a listen.
Halloween saw a very long #mapoli committee hearing on the Census.
Speakers included:
- @geoffreyfoster.bsky.social
- @beccarausch.bsky.social
and many others not on Bluesky
Full transcript here:
app.legislata.com/public_offic...
Speakers included:
- @geoffreyfoster.bsky.social
- @beccarausch.bsky.social
and many others not on Bluesky
Full transcript here:
app.legislata.com/public_offic...
Legislata
Legislata
app.legislata.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Highly informative hearing in many many ways. Very much worth a listen.
Let's be clear: withholding food from 42 million Americans, including more than a million Bay Staters, is a policy choice made by Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress. It is vile and cruel, the exact opposite of our shared values. #mapoli #foodsecurity #hunger www.wcvb.com/article/snap...
Communities brace for SNAP food crisis amid government shutdown
More than 1 million people across Massachusetts rely on SNAP assistance, a program formerly known as food stamps. Our map shows which communities have the highest percentage of SNAP clients.
www.wcvb.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Let's be clear: withholding food from 42 million Americans, including more than a million Bay Staters, is a policy choice made by Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress. It is vile and cruel, the exact opposite of our shared values. #mapoli #foodsecurity #hunger www.wcvb.com/article/snap...
Thank you @kimdriscollma.bsky.social for joining us at the Needham Dems Fall Social last night! Fantastic evening with huge turnout and terrific energy — exactly what we need as we fight for our democracy. Big thanks to The Common Room for hosting us. #mapoli #letsgo @massdems.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Thank you @kimdriscollma.bsky.social for joining us at the Needham Dems Fall Social last night! Fantastic evening with huge turnout and terrific energy — exactly what we need as we fight for our democracy. Big thanks to The Common Room for hosting us. #mapoli #letsgo @massdems.bsky.social
That’s 1618 #measles cases so far this year, exclusive of the unreported/untracked cases, the highest count in the last quarter-century. And we still have 2+ months to go. And measles is still spreading, starting w/ clusters in schools. #publichealth #vaccinate #science
🔗 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🔗 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That’s 1618 #measles cases so far this year, exclusive of the unreported/untracked cases, the highest count in the last quarter-century. And we still have 2+ months to go. And measles is still spreading, starting w/ clusters in schools. #publichealth #vaccinate #science
🔗 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🔗 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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Great pushback from @beccarausch.bsky.social on disingenuous anti-tax talking points from the Mass Taxpayer Foundation #mapoli
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Great pushback from @beccarausch.bsky.social on disingenuous anti-tax talking points from the Mass Taxpayer Foundation #mapoli
Reposted by Becca Rausch
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Senator Ed Kennedy was a public servant through and through. He was deeply devoted to the people he represented and the issues he championed. It was an honor to call him a friend, colleague, and Senate classmate. I extend heartfelt condolences to his family. May his memory be a blessing.
October 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Senator Ed Kennedy was a public servant through and through. He was deeply devoted to the people he represented and the issues he championed. It was an honor to call him a friend, colleague, and Senate classmate. I extend heartfelt condolences to his family. May his memory be a blessing.
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“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino.” —Justice Sotomayor.
The Supreme Court, in blessing racial profiling by ICE, adds to its long string of cases supporting the Trump administration’s power grabs.
The Supreme Court, in blessing racial profiling by ICE, adds to its long string of cases supporting the Trump administration’s power grabs.
Supreme Court blesses racial profiling by ICE
The conservative justices don't explain a decision that green lights detaining people for how they look.
www.motherjones.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino.” —Justice Sotomayor.
The Supreme Court, in blessing racial profiling by ICE, adds to its long string of cases supporting the Trump administration’s power grabs.
The Supreme Court, in blessing racial profiling by ICE, adds to its long string of cases supporting the Trump administration’s power grabs.
Reposted by Becca Rausch
In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE: if you want a COVID vaccine in Massachusetts, your local pharmacist is authorized to give it to you. The chaos of Kennedy and Trump is a bump in the road to be sure, but in MA, we affirm science and accessible vaccination. #mapoli #vaccines
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...
Healey counters FDA, makes COVID boosters widely available in Mass. - The Boston Globe
Healey essentially wrote a prescription for COVID boosters for every person in the state over the age of 5.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE: if you want a COVID vaccine in Massachusetts, your local pharmacist is authorized to give it to you. The chaos of Kennedy and Trump is a bump in the road to be sure, but in MA, we affirm science and accessible vaccination. #mapoli #vaccines
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...
Whatever your political persuasions, this should concern all of us. AI fakes should have no place in politics. Voters need and deserve reliable and accurate information. #mapoli #AI #artificalintelligence #PoliticsToday
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/29/n...
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A.I. approved this message: how 2026 may be the first election where artificially-generated content is inescapable - The Boston Globe
In 2024, A.I. became more common in political ads and attacks. In 2026, it could be everywhere.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Whatever your political persuasions, this should concern all of us. AI fakes should have no place in politics. Voters need and deserve reliable and accurate information. #mapoli #AI #artificalintelligence #PoliticsToday
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/29/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/29/n...
My office for the morning
#environmentcommitteechair #environment #nature #getoutside #mapoli #trails
#environmentcommitteechair #environment #nature #getoutside #mapoli #trails
July 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My office for the morning
#environmentcommitteechair #environment #nature #getoutside #mapoli #trails
#environmentcommitteechair #environment #nature #getoutside #mapoli #trails
Trump cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
So here in MA, they're seeing MassHealth patients for free.
Keep and go to your appointments.
More info 👉 www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare...
#mapoli #medicaid #masshealth #reprorights #reprojustice #healthcare @ppfa.org
So here in MA, they're seeing MassHealth patients for free.
Keep and go to your appointments.
More info 👉 www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare...
#mapoli #medicaid #masshealth #reprorights #reprojustice #healthcare @ppfa.org
Medicaid Information
www.plannedparenthood.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
So here in MA, they're seeing MassHealth patients for free.
Keep and go to your appointments.
More info 👉 www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare...
#mapoli #medicaid #masshealth #reprorights #reprojustice #healthcare @ppfa.org
So here in MA, they're seeing MassHealth patients for free.
Keep and go to your appointments.
More info 👉 www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare...
#mapoli #medicaid #masshealth #reprorights #reprojustice #healthcare @ppfa.org
I love when people say to me “don’t pass ranked choice voting legislation because it will force voters to research all the candidates.”
Uh… you should be doing that anyway? 🤷🏻♀️
#mapoli #elections #vote #voting #votingreform #electionreform #rcv #rankedchoicevoting
Uh… you should be doing that anyway? 🤷🏻♀️
#mapoli #elections #vote #voting #votingreform #electionreform #rcv #rankedchoicevoting
July 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I love when people say to me “don’t pass ranked choice voting legislation because it will force voters to research all the candidates.”
Uh… you should be doing that anyway? 🤷🏻♀️
#mapoli #elections #vote #voting #votingreform #electionreform #rcv #rankedchoicevoting
Uh… you should be doing that anyway? 🤷🏻♀️
#mapoli #elections #vote #voting #votingreform #electionreform #rcv #rankedchoicevoting
When you're a camp family, you're a camp family. It doesn't matter what kind of overnight camp or where the camp is located. Sending my deepest condolences to the families of the Camp Mystic girls and young women who died in the flood, and the entire Camp Mystic community. Just heartbreaking.
July 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
When you're a camp family, you're a camp family. It doesn't matter what kind of overnight camp or where the camp is located. Sending my deepest condolences to the families of the Camp Mystic girls and young women who died in the flood, and the entire Camp Mystic community. Just heartbreaking.
Happy birthday America. May we find the strength and fortitude to defend you and keep you. Onward in our pursuits of liberty, justice, democracy, and freedom. #4thofJuly #happy4th #mapoli #IndependenceDay
July 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy birthday America. May we find the strength and fortitude to defend you and keep you. Onward in our pursuits of liberty, justice, democracy, and freedom. #4thofJuly #happy4th #mapoli #IndependenceDay
Just heard Sen. Ron Johnson (WI) give an interview purportedly about Medicaid but the main message I heard was his disdain for state governments, which is both wild and wildly disappointing. If democracy is going to work, then all levels of government have to work together, with mutual respect.
June 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Just heard Sen. Ron Johnson (WI) give an interview purportedly about Medicaid but the main message I heard was his disdain for state governments, which is both wild and wildly disappointing. If democracy is going to work, then all levels of government have to work together, with mutual respect.
Scenes from #Juneteenth celebrations on Beacon Hill and in our district. I was honored to deliver remarks this morning.
June 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Scenes from #Juneteenth celebrations on Beacon Hill and in our district. I was honored to deliver remarks this morning.
“The demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the right bore some responsibility for the Pittsburgh massacre; the demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the left bears some responsibility for the recent [antisemitic] attacks.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com finally getting it right
#antisemitism
@nytopinion.nytimes.com finally getting it right
#antisemitism
Opinion | Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“The demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the right bore some responsibility for the Pittsburgh massacre; the demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the left bears some responsibility for the recent [antisemitic] attacks.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com finally getting it right
#antisemitism
@nytopinion.nytimes.com finally getting it right
#antisemitism
This is absolutely horrifying and heartbreaking. It defies description that this is part of our current politic. It must stop. All political extremism and violence must stop.
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Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband shot and killed; Sen. John Hoffman and wife also shot
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
kstp.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is absolutely horrifying and heartbreaking. It defies description that this is part of our current politic. It must stop. All political extremism and violence must stop.
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"It is absolutely obvious that we are in a time where we need to pay attention to the shortfall and failure, to date, of Massachusetts to actually pass a press shield law that we so desperately need, given what is happening in the national sphere," longtime bill sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch said
Media coalition: Lack of press shield law makes Massachusetts an outlier
Massachusetts is one of just nine states without a press shield law — a legal protection that allows journalists to keep their sources and sensitive information confidential. Now, a coalition
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June 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"It is absolutely obvious that we are in a time where we need to pay attention to the shortfall and failure, to date, of Massachusetts to actually pass a press shield law that we so desperately need, given what is happening in the national sphere," longtime bill sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch said
In Fall River tonight at the @massdems.bsky.social state committee meeting with Representative Joan Meschino, soon-to-be Representative Lisa Field, and many more #massdems friends! #mapoli
June 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
In Fall River tonight at the @massdems.bsky.social state committee meeting with Representative Joan Meschino, soon-to-be Representative Lisa Field, and many more #massdems friends! #mapoli