Everyday Democrat
@markbail.bsky.social
Selectman
Granby, MA
Interests include political strategy and communication.
Diversions include playing piano, singing, and writing about magicians.
Granby, MA
Interests include political strategy and communication.
Diversions include playing piano, singing, and writing about magicians.
Someone evidently hasn't looked outside.
August 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Someone evidently hasn't looked outside.
When pictures speak louder than words.
(Maybe @nytimes.com has an occasional sense of humor).
(Maybe @nytimes.com has an occasional sense of humor).
August 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
When pictures speak louder than words.
(Maybe @nytimes.com has an occasional sense of humor).
(Maybe @nytimes.com has an occasional sense of humor).
And just in from the New York Times...
June 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And just in from the New York Times...
She’s no lady, she’s my wife.
Five Corners, Granby, MA
April 5.
275 protesters gathered to take back our country from fascism. #buckfillionaires #handsoff
Five Corners, Granby, MA
April 5.
275 protesters gathered to take back our country from fascism. #buckfillionaires #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
She’s no lady, she’s my wife.
Five Corners, Granby, MA
April 5.
275 protesters gathered to take back our country from fascism. #buckfillionaires #handsoff
Five Corners, Granby, MA
April 5.
275 protesters gathered to take back our country from fascism. #buckfillionaires #handsoff
Even from the greatest horrors, irony is seldom absent.
--H.P. Lovecraft
--H.P. Lovecraft
April 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Even from the greatest horrors, irony is seldom absent.
--H.P. Lovecraft
--H.P. Lovecraft
Powerful journalism.
March 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Powerful journalism.
The success of the right wing and Donald Trump depends on increasing the reality quotient, the effects of which will linger long after I shuffle off this mortal coil.
January 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The success of the right wing and Donald Trump depends on increasing the reality quotient, the effects of which will linger long after I shuffle off this mortal coil.
We Are Western Mass
Some think we are anywhere beyond Rte. 495.
Others think anything past Worcester is the Berkshires.
We are actually 4 different counties
Hampden: Mostly Urban
Hampshire: Rural/Suburban/College Towns
Franklin: Rural
Berkshire: Mostly rural, Touristy, One City
Some think we are anywhere beyond Rte. 495.
Others think anything past Worcester is the Berkshires.
We are actually 4 different counties
Hampden: Mostly Urban
Hampshire: Rural/Suburban/College Towns
Franklin: Rural
Berkshire: Mostly rural, Touristy, One City
January 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We Are Western Mass
Some think we are anywhere beyond Rte. 495.
Others think anything past Worcester is the Berkshires.
We are actually 4 different counties
Hampden: Mostly Urban
Hampshire: Rural/Suburban/College Towns
Franklin: Rural
Berkshire: Mostly rural, Touristy, One City
Some think we are anywhere beyond Rte. 495.
Others think anything past Worcester is the Berkshires.
We are actually 4 different counties
Hampden: Mostly Urban
Hampshire: Rural/Suburban/College Towns
Franklin: Rural
Berkshire: Mostly rural, Touristy, One City
I will retire in June because I am in Retirement Plus. I paid a total of 11% into my retirement, so I don't have to work for 5 more years. Some teachers were not so lucky. #mapoli
NOTE: This bill will NOT cost the Commonwealth or taxpayers any money.
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NOTE: This bill will NOT cost the Commonwealth or taxpayers any money.
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December 17, 2024 at 10:43 AM
I will retire in June because I am in Retirement Plus. I paid a total of 11% into my retirement, so I don't have to work for 5 more years. Some teachers were not so lucky. #mapoli
NOTE: This bill will NOT cost the Commonwealth or taxpayers any money.
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NOTE: This bill will NOT cost the Commonwealth or taxpayers any money.
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I know millennials who can't afford to have children, buy a house, or move out of their parents' house.
We were their best chance to make that happen, but we never told them.
We were their best chance to make that happen, but we never told them.
December 11, 2024 at 8:50 PM
I know millennials who can't afford to have children, buy a house, or move out of their parents' house.
We were their best chance to make that happen, but we never told them.
We were their best chance to make that happen, but we never told them.
Sometimes the best things in life are free.
December 2, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Sometimes the best things in life are free.
Only on Twitter would I get tweet ads from Tucker Carlson promoting James O'Keefe.
November 29, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Only on Twitter would I get tweet ads from Tucker Carlson promoting James O'Keefe.
It's disinformative.
The question doesn't even ask whether Cheney hurt the ticket. It asks whether Harris would have done better focusing on the economy rather than campaigning with Harris.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/11...
The question doesn't even ask whether Cheney hurt the ticket. It asks whether Harris would have done better focusing on the economy rather than campaigning with Harris.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/11...
November 23, 2024 at 6:04 PM
It's disinformative.
The question doesn't even ask whether Cheney hurt the ticket. It asks whether Harris would have done better focusing on the economy rather than campaigning with Harris.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/11...
The question doesn't even ask whether Cheney hurt the ticket. It asks whether Harris would have done better focusing on the economy rather than campaigning with Harris.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/11...
We know what's happening.
We really don't know what to do about it.
We really don't know what to do about it.
November 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
We know what's happening.
We really don't know what to do about it.
We really don't know what to do about it.
Matt Gaetz profile picture.
November 19, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Matt Gaetz profile picture.
The normies were apparently out in force at the Men's March.
November 18, 2024 at 9:28 PM
The normies were apparently out in force at the Men's March.
And Then There Were None
.........
When I was a town selectman, three reporters covered our bi-weekly meetings. Reporters from two dailies, another from a weekly.
Ten years later, there are none.
The thing is, people don't even remember that less than 10 years ago, we had news coverage.
.........
When I was a town selectman, three reporters covered our bi-weekly meetings. Reporters from two dailies, another from a weekly.
Ten years later, there are none.
The thing is, people don't even remember that less than 10 years ago, we had news coverage.
November 15, 2024 at 12:26 PM
And Then There Were None
.........
When I was a town selectman, three reporters covered our bi-weekly meetings. Reporters from two dailies, another from a weekly.
Ten years later, there are none.
The thing is, people don't even remember that less than 10 years ago, we had news coverage.
.........
When I was a town selectman, three reporters covered our bi-weekly meetings. Reporters from two dailies, another from a weekly.
Ten years later, there are none.
The thing is, people don't even remember that less than 10 years ago, we had news coverage.
Good News: we are now acknowledging that the GOP has a major, political advantage in its vast, right-wing noise machine.
Unfortunate News: so far no one has offered a concrete suggestion for building our own.
Unfortunate News: so far no one has offered a concrete suggestion for building our own.
November 13, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Good News: we are now acknowledging that the GOP has a major, political advantage in its vast, right-wing noise machine.
Unfortunate News: so far no one has offered a concrete suggestion for building our own.
Unfortunate News: so far no one has offered a concrete suggestion for building our own.
Unless you're Mike Hegseth apparently.
November 13, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Unless you're Mike Hegseth apparently.
