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New England Republican Governors Don’t Sign On With Most Republican Governors Who Support Amy Coney Barrett

There are 28 Republican governors in the United States, and 24 of them publicly support confirming justice Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court. The other four are from the Northeast. While 24 signed onto a letter voicing their support, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Chris Sununu of New

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Prisoners Should Get $1,200 Coronavirus Checks, Ayanna Pressley Says

Massachusetts U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley has come out in favor of giving $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks to inmates in prisons. A federal judge in northern California appointed by President Bill Clinton recently ruled that the Trump administration must stop withholding coronavirus checks from prisoners because the federal Coronavirus

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Ed Markey Endorses Jake Auchincloss for Congress — But Fuzzy On Why

U.S. Senator Ed Markey has endorsed Jake Auchincloss, 36 days after the Newton city councilor won the Democratic primary for the Fourth Congressional District. Auchincloss was seen as the least radical of the top tier of candidates in the September 1 Democratic primary, having supported the nominally Republican governor

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Harvard Crimson Calls Harvard Republican Club White Supremacists for Endorsing Donald Trump

The Harvard Crimson has denounced the Harvard Republican Club for endorsing the incumbent Republican president of the United States. The GOP student group endorsed President Donald Trump in late September, four years after previous members of the club declined to endorse then-candidate Trump in the spring of 2016.

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What’s It Take To Get An Endorsement? 10 Organizations/Unions Explain How

Political candidates tout endorsements, which raises the question:  what exactly do they mean? When a candidate has an endorsement from an advocacy group or union, what does it say — particularly about their policy positions?

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Massachusetts Republican State Committee Opposing Ranked-Choice Voting

The Massachusetts Republican State Committee has voted unanimously to oppose a ballot question seeking to implement ranked-choice voting statewide, a party spokesman said. The resolution calls ranked-choice voting "unnecessarily confusing" and prone to resulting in spoiled ballots. The measure also "raises the potential for rigging and gaming

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Brockton Police Chief Saves Baby

Brockton's police cleared the air passageway of a 3-month-old baby girl who was choking and non-responsive. Emanuel Gomes, the city's chief of police, was tending to business on the south side of the city in a marked cruiser Thursday morning when he heard a radio call

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Deval Patrick’s Next Step: Starting A Podcast

Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick was running for president earlier this year. Now, he is a podcaster. The Democrat, who dropped out of the 2020 presidential race after a lackluster primary showing in New Hampshire, started a podcast about "what it means to be an American," as NBC