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Tom Joyce is a seasoned journalist and political commentator with a rich background in covering politics, sports, and pop culture. Since 2019, Tom has been a prominent contributor to NewBostonPost.
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Has President Joe Biden's son Hunter profited from selling access to his father? It's an allegation many have made, expressing dismay with past payments to Hunter Biden in the millions of dollars from oligarchs from Russia and Kazakhstan.
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Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch is seeking re-election and his challenger is trying to make hay with an issue that often doesn't make its way into municipal races: abortion. Koch is notable in that he is a serious Catholic and a pro-life mayor in a left-leaning state. He left
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The annual Massachusetts sales tax holiday weekend is taking place on Saturday, August 12 and Sunday, August 13. During the sales tax holiday weekend, items for personal use valued up to $2,500 are exempt from the state's 6.25 percent sales tax.
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A Maine state senator wants law enforcement to stop a new-Nazi encampment now under construction. A neo-Nazi named Christopher Pohlhaus is building an encampment for his followers on a 10.6-acre property in northern Maine. He and his followers have cleared land, have built cabins, and are training for what
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A couple from Massachusetts claims the Commonwealth has barred them from fostering children because their Catholic faith would prevent them from affirming a child's homosexuality or gender identity. Mike and Catherine Burke of Southampton filed a lawsuit (Burke v. Walsh) in the U.S. District Court for the
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Is climate change an existential threat? U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) says the answer to that question is yes.
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Former President Donald Trump is no fan of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Trump mocked the fellow Republican presidential candidate for his weight while speaking in Windham, New Hampshire on Tuesday, August 8.
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Where is the most expensive beach travel destination in the world? It's in Massachusetts, a new survey found. The survey from TravelMag.com said that Nantucket, Massachusetts, the remote island 28 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, is the most expensive in the world.