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@erikgehring.bsky.social
What a great day yesterday with Trump's GOP getting trounced by a new generation of Democrats!

Take note @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @lynch.house.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov & fight like hell every f#cking day for our democracy.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
'We sent a message.' 5 takeaways from Democrats' 2025 elections sweep
Democrats won easily in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California, setting up an optimistic entry into 2026 and beyond.
www.usatoday.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Yes, yes, yes. It is antithetical to a free and open society for law enforcement agents to be wearing masks (unethical & immoral too). Just called @massgovernor.bsky.social, @massago.bsky.social, Sen Mike Rush & Rep Bill Macdgregor to support this legislation.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/m...
California banned ICE agents from wearing masks. Some want to do it here, too. - The Boston Globe
State Senate president Karen Spilka said she is “incredibly concerned” about federal immigration officials concealing their faces and said she would consider legislation banning the practice, a bill a...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted
He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Brilliant. Thank you BHA & @mayorwu.boston.gov

"A heat pump that can be installed in minutes is allowing the city of Boston to quickly decarbonize a public housing complex for the elderly and provide air conditioning as climate change-driven heat waves intensify.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps
A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.
www.bloomberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
What a shame. Capitulation to fascists has its consequences.
September 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates bringing it in this much needed column on the whitewashing of Charlie Kirk's legacy.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
L This is pretty much full blown fascism from our Pathological Liar in Chief (who is also a felon, a rapist, a traitor, and likely a pedophile).

The alarm bells for our democracy are ringing at deafening levels.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump officials vow crackdown on left-leaning groups after Charlie Kirk killing
After the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Trump administration is planning to use "every resource" to target left-wing groups they say are violent.
www.usatoday.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
How incredibly Ironic - a hateful man who spent his career minimizing/lying about gun violence was doing just that as he became a victim of gun violence.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Some of Charlie Kirk's most controversial takes | CBC News
Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot during an appearance at Utah Valley University Wednesday, had a long history of contentious views and often courted controversy with statements that seemed desi...
www.cbc.ca
September 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
After a 49 point drubbing on Tuesday, the best move of Josh Kraft's campaign is his last. What an ill-advised and poorly run adventure.

Let's go @mayorwu.boston.gov!

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...
After ending bid for Boston mayor, Josh Kraft redirects campaign funds to tackle issues at Mass. and Cass - The Boston Globe
“We could spend the next eight weeks politicking — with harmful rhetoric or nasty attack ads," Kraft wrote on Instagram. “Or we could get back to what really matters.”
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September 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nice, a 48 point crushing! Boston came out yesterday to vote for @mayorwu.boston.gov!

“The Associated Press called the race for Wu just 18 minutes after polls closed. With 100% of precincts reporting, Wu finished with 72% of the vote, to Kraft's 23%.”

www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
Wu dominates Boston preliminary election as she and Kraft move to November face off
Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft will go head to head on the November ballot for Boston mayor.
www.wbur.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This image from our nation's capitol is profoundly disturbing. Even with all our flaws, the United States has been a beacon of freedom for centuries. And now we are being turned into North Korea by a wannabe dictator and his lickspittle lackeys in the GOP.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/28/a...
A chilling scene of summer in Trump’s Washington - The Boston Globe
This AP photo, shot in Washington on Tuesday, has appeared on news sites around the world and been shared widely.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Jackson MS (77.24 homicides per 100,000 in 2024), Memphis TN (48.33), and Baton Rouge (36.43) AND New Orleans LA (31.58) all have much higher homicide rates than Washington DC's rate of 25.5 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2024.

www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
Louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi latest red states to send National Guard troops to DC
The three states join several other red states in deploying National Guard troops to support the about 800 D.C. National Guard soldiers.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This administration is a poison stew of rank incompetence, criminal negligence, extreme arrogance, and pathological lying. Especially the rank incompetence.

www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
www.npr.org
August 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our Putin-Puppet-In-Chief was hard at work last week serving his master.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump backs Putin’s land grab in Ukraine
Donald Trump supports Vladimir Putin’s demand that Ukraine surrenders its most valuable region to Russia in order to end the war.
www.yahoo.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Just donated $100 at riggedredistricting.com (or you can donate at secure.actblue.com/donate/tdp_r...) to help Texas Democrats fight back against the anti-democratic fascism on full display by our Felon-In-Chief and his sycophants in Texas, Governor Abbott and AG Paxton.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Of course Trump is named in the files, he is a rapist/serial sexual offender & he was besties w/ a pedophile/child trafficker. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-tol...

It becomes more obvious every day with his ever more strident actions to try to cover up his Epstein ties that he is also a #PedoPresident.
Trump was told by Bondi his name appeared multiple times in Epstein files: Report
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Pam Bondi informed President Trump in May that his name appeared multiple times in the Epstein files.
abcnews.go.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This administration is a poison stew of rank incompetence, criminal negligence, extreme arrogance, and pathological lying. And the world suffers for it.

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts
With 1,100 metric tons of emergency food rations nearing expiry in a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai after President Donald Trump's aid freeze, it took a warning of "wasted tax dollars" for a top U.S. official to eventually agree to a deal for the supplies to be used, sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We know our President is a rapist/serial sexual offender. It becomes more obvious every day, with his ever more strident actions to try to cover up his ties to Epsteinthat he is also a child molester, or at the very least a child molester enabler.

www.yahoo.com/news/trump-d...
Trump DOJ fires Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey
Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was abruptly fired by Trump’s DOJ from her role as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. She is best known for prosecuting both Jeffrey Epstein...
www.yahoo.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Giving blood at the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center's Bloodmobile at Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton MA this morning. You can register to give blood at www.brighamandwomens.org/patients-and...

#giveblood
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM