Barbara Davis
@bpdavis.bsky.social
Holbrook, MA school committee chair; Town Meeting member; Chair, Town Scholarship Committee; Mass Assoc of School Committees Division 3 Chair; MASC Life Member; occasional bread baker; happily retired. #maedu she/her
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November 28, 2025
November 28, 2025
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
November 28, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family near and far.
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family near and far.
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November 25, 2025
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
November 25, 2025
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November 24, 2025
November 24, 2025
U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
November 24, 2025
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A challenger to Lynch!
Patrick Roath is a voting rights activist, wants gun owners to be treated like car owners (insurance, background checks, registration), advances Medicare for all, has sued Massachusetts to provide appropriate healthcare for trans inmates.
➡️ patrickroath.com
#mapoli
Patrick Roath is a voting rights activist, wants gun owners to be treated like car owners (insurance, background checks, registration), advances Medicare for all, has sued Massachusetts to provide appropriate healthcare for trans inmates.
➡️ patrickroath.com
#mapoli
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A challenger to Lynch!
Patrick Roath is a voting rights activist, wants gun owners to be treated like car owners (insurance, background checks, registration), advances Medicare for all, has sued Massachusetts to provide appropriate healthcare for trans inmates.
➡️ patrickroath.com
#mapoli
Patrick Roath is a voting rights activist, wants gun owners to be treated like car owners (insurance, background checks, registration), advances Medicare for all, has sued Massachusetts to provide appropriate healthcare for trans inmates.
➡️ patrickroath.com
#mapoli
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There is an irony in Trump's Department of Education de-classifying education as a professional degree. This will hurt educators (increase student loan debt) and exacerbate the teacher shortage. www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There is an irony in Trump's Department of Education de-classifying education as a professional degree. This will hurt educators (increase student loan debt) and exacerbate the teacher shortage. www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
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November 23, 2025
November 23, 2025
“Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this ‘peace plan’ was written by Russians or Americans?” foreign affairs journalist Anne Applebaum asked ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
November 23, 2025
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November 22, 2025
November 22, 2025
On Tuesday, six Democratic lawmakers, themselves veterans of the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
November 22, 2025
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November 21, 2025
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
November 21, 2025
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November 20, 2025
November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
November 20, 2025
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Please read and act on the following message from MASC President Jason Fraser:
This is an SOS for our rural schools.
www.masc.org/sos-for-rura...
This is an SOS for our rural schools.
www.masc.org/sos-for-rura...
SOS for Rural Schools – Your Advocacy Needed - masc.org
To my Urban and Suburban Colleagues, On Friday at the MASC/MASS Conference Keynote Panel, many of you heard me call on all advocates for Massachusetts Public Schools to stand with...
www.masc.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Please read and act on the following message from MASC President Jason Fraser:
This is an SOS for our rural schools.
www.masc.org/sos-for-rura...
This is an SOS for our rural schools.
www.masc.org/sos-for-rura...
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November 19, 2025
November 19, 2025
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
November 19, 2025
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Our Public Policy Update from today's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting can be found here:
www.masc.org/public-polic...
www.masc.org/public-polic...
Public Policy Reports: November 2025 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education - masc.org
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education had their regular monthly meeting on November 18, 2025. The agenda can be found here; a recording of the meeting is here....
www.masc.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our Public Policy Update from today's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting can be found here:
www.masc.org/public-polic...
www.masc.org/public-polic...
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November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025
On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
November 16, 2025
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November 14, 2025
November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
November 14, 2025
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Today's the day! Looking forward to seeing you at hashtag#MASCMASS25!
🕰️Registration opens at 9 AM.
📝First sessions at 10:30 AM.
🤝Exhibit hall opens at 2 PM.
🥤Reception with the exhibitors, sponsored by Mirick at 5 PM.
🕰️Registration opens at 9 AM.
📝First sessions at 10:30 AM.
🤝Exhibit hall opens at 2 PM.
🥤Reception with the exhibitors, sponsored by Mirick at 5 PM.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today's the day! Looking forward to seeing you at hashtag#MASCMASS25!
🕰️Registration opens at 9 AM.
📝First sessions at 10:30 AM.
🤝Exhibit hall opens at 2 PM.
🥤Reception with the exhibitors, sponsored by Mirick at 5 PM.
🕰️Registration opens at 9 AM.
📝First sessions at 10:30 AM.
🤝Exhibit hall opens at 2 PM.
🥤Reception with the exhibitors, sponsored by Mirick at 5 PM.
Reposted by Barbara Davis
November 11, 2025
November 11, 2025
In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
November 11, 2025
The aurora from my yard tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The aurora from my yard tonight.
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It’s almost here!
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Plan your sessions
✅ Be ready for registration opening at 9:00 AM Wednesday!
#MASCMASS25 #MAEdu
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Plan your sessions
✅ Be ready for registration opening at 9:00 AM Wednesday!
#MASCMASS25 #MAEdu
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It’s almost here!
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Plan your sessions
✅ Be ready for registration opening at 9:00 AM Wednesday!
#MASCMASS25 #MAEdu
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Plan your sessions
✅ Be ready for registration opening at 9:00 AM Wednesday!
#MASCMASS25 #MAEdu
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Are your new #MAEdu school committee members looking for dates for their state-mandated training? We've just added the January and March dates and locations for Charting the Course on our website!
www.masc.org/events/
www.masc.org/events/
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Are your new #MAEdu school committee members looking for dates for their state-mandated training? We've just added the January and March dates and locations for Charting the Course on our website!
www.masc.org/events/
www.masc.org/events/
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Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!
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NEW: Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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November 9, 2025
November 9, 2025
In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump’s demands that they sign on to the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to fund the government, the administration has been refusing to fund the...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
November 9, 2025
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First time at the #MASCMASS25 Conference?
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Review the schedule and plan your conference!
✅ Join the conversation on Whova!
You can find Whova on Google Play and on the app store.
See you there!
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Review the schedule and plan your conference!
✅ Join the conversation on Whova!
You can find Whova on Google Play and on the app store.
See you there!
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
First time at the #MASCMASS25 Conference?
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Review the schedule and plan your conference!
✅ Join the conversation on Whova!
You can find Whova on Google Play and on the app store.
See you there!
✅ Download the Whova app
✅ Review the schedule and plan your conference!
✅ Join the conversation on Whova!
You can find Whova on Google Play and on the app store.
See you there!