Mara Dolan
@maradolan.bsky.social
Public defender, family lawyer, Governor’s Councillor, MA Dems State Committee Woman, #mapoli MaraDolan.com No meanness.
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“We” are now running Venezuela.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
“We” are now running Venezuela.
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Where are all the folks who said Kamala was worse than Trump and that you shouldn't vote for her in 2024?
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Where are all the folks who said Kamala was worse than Trump and that you shouldn't vote for her in 2024?
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No Kings. No War.
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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“They should say great job,” he said in an interview on Fox News. “They shouldn’t say ‘Oh, gee, maybe it’s not constitutional.’”
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Update from Tyler Pager
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“They should say great job,” he said in an interview on Fox News. “They shouldn’t say ‘Oh, gee, maybe it’s not constitutional.’”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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The Jan. 6 anniversary will always be a mournful one for America. The challenge now is to make the day an aberration. Americans must summon the collective will to ensure that the violence, lawlessness and injustice of Jan. 6 do not endure.
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Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The Jan. 6 anniversary will always be a mournful one for America. The challenge now is to make the day an aberration. Americans must summon the collective will to ensure that the violence, lawlessness and injustice of Jan. 6 do not endure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Where are we on this?
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Where are we on this?
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This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
January 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
good luck to parents everywhere:
"The Trump administration is pausing child care funding to all states after allegations of fraud in daycare centers in Minnesota emerged, an official with the Department of Health and Human Services said."
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"The Trump administration is pausing child care funding to all states after allegations of fraud in daycare centers in Minnesota emerged, an official with the Department of Health and Human Services said."
abcnews.go.com/US/hhs-freez...
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
TrumpKennedyCenter.org FTW. Brilliantly funny!!!! www.trumpkennedycenter.org
HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
www.trumpkennedycenter.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 PM
TrumpKennedyCenter.org FTW. Brilliantly funny!!!! www.trumpkennedycenter.org
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Alabama had 717 murders in 2023, with a population around 3.5 million less than NYC.
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
January 1, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Alabama had 717 murders in 2023, with a population around 3.5 million less than NYC.
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They didn't just freeze child care payments to Minnesota because of their fraudulent "fraud" video. They froze them to *every state*. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
They didn't just freeze child care payments to Minnesota because of their fraudulent "fraud" video. They froze them to *every state*. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Happy new year! Keep on sharing this so that it doesn’t fade away as a NYE evening news dump.
HERE Jack Smith sets out Trump’s direct culpability and complicity in the federal election interference case, including January 6th:
January 1, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Happy new year! Keep on sharing this so that it doesn’t fade away as a NYE evening news dump.
Got my Covid, flu, measles, whooping cough, pneumonia, and shingles vaccines. Go get yours for a happy, healthy new year! #2026
January 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Got my Covid, flu, measles, whooping cough, pneumonia, and shingles vaccines. Go get yours for a happy, healthy new year! #2026
The moon is telling us that 2026 will have plenty of light to reveal what’s in the shadows. #HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The moon is telling us that 2026 will have plenty of light to reveal what’s in the shadows. #HappyNewYear
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Need a little inspiration to end the year? Here's a look at the book that has inspired me for decades: Under a Cruel Star, a memoir of surviving both Auschwitz and Stalinist terror. This amazing book suggests our way forward.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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SAKS GLOBAL NEARS BANKRUPTCY,CEO FIRED, COULD RESULT IN CLOSING DOWN OF 150 YEAR OLD BRANDS
SAKS 5TH AVENUE AND
NEIMAN MARCUS
Source: TheStreet
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SAKS 5TH AVENUE AND
NEIMAN MARCUS
Source: TheStreet
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After denials, 158-year-old retailer may file Chapter 11
The retailer’s parent company repeatedly denied any plans to file for bankruptcy.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
SAKS GLOBAL NEARS BANKRUPTCY,CEO FIRED, COULD RESULT IN CLOSING DOWN OF 150 YEAR OLD BRANDS
SAKS 5TH AVENUE AND
NEIMAN MARCUS
Source: TheStreet
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SAKS 5TH AVENUE AND
NEIMAN MARCUS
Source: TheStreet
search.app/Sm9gj
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"Mar-a-Lago spa’s practice of dispatching workers to Epstein’s home has not been previously reported ... The Mar-a-Lago bosses told the message therapist Epstein preferred spa services in the privacy of his own home, and warned the employee Epstein sometimes exposed himself during massages."
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Mar-a-Lago spa’s practice of dispatching workers to Epstein’s home has not been previously reported ... The Mar-a-Lago bosses told the message therapist Epstein preferred spa services in the privacy of his own home, and warned the employee Epstein sometimes exposed himself during massages."
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Trump was Epstein's supplier. #EpsteinFiles
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Trump was Epstein's supplier. #EpsteinFiles
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Jack Smith on the Red mirage pre-election planning:
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Jack Smith on the Red mirage pre-election planning:
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
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🚨 Special counsel Jack Smith:
“President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
“President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🚨 Special counsel Jack Smith:
“President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
“President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
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JACK SMITH’S ATTORNEY: “The most powerful person in the world (Trump) has said Mr. Smith should be in jail because of his work as special counsel… in the face of those threats Mr. Smith appears today undaunted.”
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
JACK SMITH’S ATTORNEY: “The most powerful person in the world (Trump) has said Mr. Smith should be in jail because of his work as special counsel… in the face of those threats Mr. Smith appears today undaunted.”
Hey, @nytimes.com editorial board. Instead of editorializing to solicit donations to your charity to provides books to schools with low-income students, how about editorializing about having enough revenue to fully fund schools? #edu #publicschools
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Opinion | A Gift That Gets Children Reading
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December 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hey, @nytimes.com editorial board. Instead of editorializing to solicit donations to your charity to provides books to schools with low-income students, how about editorializing about having enough revenue to fully fund schools? #edu #publicschools
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
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Pushing back works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Pushing back works