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7 Dirty Words Whoever Succeeds Tania Fernandes Anderson On The Boston City Council Should Avoid
There’s something desperate and sad about soon-to-be-former city councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s kickback scheme.
Matt McDonald
Matt McDonald, a Boston-area native, has decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and copy editor. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
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Massachusetts State Police Major Wants State To Pay For Defending Her In ‘Troopergate’ Scandal
A Massachusetts State Police major involved in removing embarrassing details from a police report pertaining to a judge’s daughter several years ago is asking a court to order the state to pay for defending her in a State Ethics Commission complaint.
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Mike Pence Wins ‘Profile in Courage' Award -- Fourth Republican To Be Honored For Opposing Trump
Former U.S. vice president Mike Pence has been announced as the 2025 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award because he certified Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election over the objections of President Donald Trump. Pence will be the fourth Republican to
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Barack Obama Had His Own Version of DOGE – And A Key Player To Run It
On June 13, 2011, then-President Barack Obama woke up to the following headline in The Washington Post in his morning news briefing: “For Republican candidates hoping to win the White House in 2012, the best message may also be the simplest: I’m not President Obama”
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Tucker Carlson’s Dad Grew Up In Massachusetts
Conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson’s recently deceased father was born in Boston and spent much of his childhood in Norwood, Massachusetts.
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Brookline Schools Eliminate Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Office, But Could METCO Funding From State Save It?
The Brookline School Committee plans to eliminate its two diversity-equity-inclusion administrators to save money amid budget cuts, but supporters are trying to raise money from private sources and eventually from the state’s racial-integration program to keep the services going.
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Gender Transitioning Advocates Call On Massachusetts Legislature To Replace Lost Federal Funding
Gender-transitioning advocates in Massachusetts say they want state legislators to replace federal funds the Trump administration has eliminated.
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Feds Nab Man In Woburn On Charges of Selling Fake Social Security Cards and Green Cards
Federal authorities have arrested a Brazilian man who lives in Woburn on charges of selling fake Social Security cards and Green Cards.