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Massachusetts legislators should end the harmful practice by some local and regional authorities in the state of ignoring detainer requests from federal immigration authorities. A handful of Republican legislators have filed bills to that purpose in the legislative session that began earlier this month. Democrats who dominate the state legislature
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Maura Healey’s attempt to cap charitable deductions from the Massachusetts state income tax is an attack on non-profit organizations. Instead of the unlimited deductions they have been allowed to take since 2023, taxpayers will now be limited to $5,000 per person and $10,000 per couple if Healey’
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Today is the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the worst decision the U.S. Supreme Court has ever issued. Considering “no rights which the white man is bound to respect” (Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857) and “separate but equal” (Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896), that’s saying something. But Roe
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On Monday, President Donald Trump declared a limited war on wind turbines in the ocean. He ought to escalate quickly and finish them off. Specifically: He ought to end wind turbines off Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
Elizabeth Warren
What a disgusting statement Senator Elizabeth Warren made last week. Most of the nation recoiled in horror earlier this month, watching the obscene video of a man wearing a black mask shooting UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson in the back at the entrance of the Hilton Hotel in New
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Tania Fernandes Anderson, a Boston city councilor, has been indicted on federal charges that she took a kickback from a member of her staff who is a relative. The indictment, made public Friday, says Fernandes Anderson demanded that the unnamed person pay her $7,000 in cash out of a
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President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter on Sunday night is the least shocking story of 2024. If you couldn't see this one coming ever since Hunter was indicted – even with the Biden administration's absurd denials – then you have no idea how things
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During the recent presidential election many Democrats claimed that now-President-elect Donald Trump was a "threat to democracy." For those unfamiliar with the term, that's the system of government in which the people govern themselves, usually through elected representatives who vote up or down on various proposals.