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Massachusetts State Rep Explains Why Colleagues Are Ducking Boys Playing Girls' Sports Issue

One of the most left-wing members of the Massachusetts legislature made some interesting revelations about a recent amendment the Democratic majority in the state House of Representatives killed last week.

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Five Massachusetts Politicians Who Have Served Prison Time In Recent Years

Could two more Massachusetts politicians go to prison? Last week, Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson (D-Roxbury) agreed to plead guilty to a kickback scheme involving a taxpayer-funded staff bonus. Prosecutors say she pocketed thousands of dollars from one of her aides. The plea deal recommends a sentence of just

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It Shouldn’t Take Two Years To Teach Vermont Officials A Lesson About Religious Freedom, Even In The Transgender Era

“Obviously Mid Vermont is unhappy with the outcome. The court accepts without reservation the sincerity of the school's commitment to traditional views of gender and sexuality.” -- Judge Geoffrey Crawford, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, opinion denying of Mid Vermont Christian School’s motion

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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.

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The Massachusetts Sports Betting Industry Just Admitted Why It Needs Regulation

Some Beacon Hill Democrats have a proposal to regulate sports betting, and a trade association representing various sportsbooks has made a terrible argument against it.

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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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Sanctuary Cities Don’t Protect Immigrants — They Protect Criminals

By veering so far to the left on immigration policy, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu does not stand with the American people or immigrants.

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Michelle Wu’s Support For ‘Boston Trust Act’ Hurts American Citizens, Illegal Immigrants, and the Country

Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 370 illegal immigrants in Massachusetts. Most of them – 205 – had “significant criminal convictions or charges,” ICE said, as New Boston Post has reported.