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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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Spring Training for the 2021 Major League Baseball season has begun for the Boston Red Sox, according to the team's Twitter account. Pitchers and catchers reported to Fort Myers for the Red Sox on Wednesday, February 17 as the team prepares for its upcoming season. Position players are
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Benjamin Downing is running for governor of Massachusetts with a promise that differs from his practice when he was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature. The 39-year-old Democrat said on Twitter last week that he will not accept any money from lobbyists or political action committees. He even included a
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Should all senior citizens have an opportunity to be vaccinated in Massachusetts right now? The state's governor, Charlie Baker, says no.
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Is U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton) left-wing enough? He insists that he is and wants to reassure people that will be the case — with his voting record.
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Many Democratic politicians in Massachusetts want to raise the gas tax to reduce carbon emissions in Massachusetts. Yet a new Democratic state legislator who identifies as a democratic socialist has come out against it.
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Benjamin Downing says he will run for governor of Massachusetts, and to run an election, he will have to raise money. Downing, a Democrat who served as a state senator from Pittsfield from 2007 to 2017, has experience doing that already. So when he was running in elections in the
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Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez doesn't like the idea of Iowa having the first caucus in the country and New Hampshire having the first primary. The problem, according to Perez: they're too white.
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Former U.S. Senator Scott Brown, who served as the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand under then-President Donald Trump, is apparently no longer a fan of The Donald. Brown blamed him for the Capitol Hill riot that took place on January 6, 2021 in a recent interview with GBH