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Bernie Sanders Says Young People Aren’t Anti-Trump Enough
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) worries that younger Americans are not anti-Trump enough. Sanders said that while he understands their frustrations with the failings of President Joe Biden, he still wants people to vote for Biden. “We can be extremely upset at the Biden administration for their policies with regard to Israel and Gaza, but......
Bay Staters Overwhelmingly Support Transparency Measures, Poll Shows
Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly support transparency measures, according to a recent Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll. The poll found that 76.8 percent of Bay Staters think that the Massachusetts state legislature, governor’s office, and judiciary should allow public records requests, while just 18 percent opposed the idea. Massachusetts is the only state where all three entities claim......
Dracut Selectman Candidate Pledges Food Bank Donations For Facebook Likes
A candidate for selectman in Dracut has made a campaign promise: the more followers he gets on Facebook, the more he will donate to the Dracut Food Pantry. Dave Martin made the announcement via a press release this week. “Food insecurity is a major issue quietly affecting every community in Massachusetts,” Martin said in the......
Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill Recommended By Second Committee In Massachusetts Legislature
A bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide has gotten a favorable vote from a second legislative committee, leading some who read the tea leaves of the Massachusetts Legislature to wonder if this is the year it passes. The state legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing reported the measure (Massachusetts Senate Bill 1331(“An Act Relative......
Mother of Four Babies Found Dead In Freezer In South Boston Won’t Be Charged, District Attorney Says
The woman who gave birth to four babies whose bodies were found in her freezer in South Boston will not be charged with a crime because investigators can’t determine if the babies were born alive or what happened to them, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. DNA testing determined that the mother of the......
RFK Jr. Says He’s A Classical Liberal
What is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s political ideology? The independent presidential candidate described himself as a “classical liberal” in a message to his campaign email list. Here is what it said: In a world quick to label and divide, I stand before you not just as another candidate, but as a voice for authentic......
Maura Healey Headlining Joe Biden Fund-Raiser Next Month
President Joe Biden is coming to Massachusetts in May. The president plans to attend three fund-raisers for the Biden Victory Fund on Tuesday, May 21, including one hosted by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, according to Puck News. Exact details about these events, including times and locations, are not yet known to the public. The Biden......
Pro-Gaza Tent Protests On College Campuses? ‘Shut Them Down,’ Congressman Seth Moulton Says
College campuses should end pro-Gaza tent protests, U.S. Representative Seth Moulton (D-Salem) said. “Fundamentally, we live in a country that values freedom of speech. So that should be the baseline that you start with. But these protests in many cases have threatened the safety of Jewish students. They’ve completely disrupted the operation of universities, preventing......
Four Deep Sports Talk Holds Annual Southeastern Massachusetts High School Sports Awards Show
Four Deep Sports Talk presented its annual basketball Players and Coaches of the Year awards and Hall of Fame awards this past weekend. The weekly radio show broadcast on WARA AM 1320 in Attleboro covers what the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association used to consider its south section. Brockton resident Dominic Damiano runs it. This is......
Vermonters Want Phil Scott and Bernie Sanders To Seek Re-Election
Vermont voters want their state’s liberal Republican governor and democratic socialist federal senator to seek re-election this year. Fifty-eight percent of Vermonters want Governor Phil Scott to seek a fifth two-year term, while just 30 percent don’t; 12 percent are undecided, according to a University of New Hampshire poll released this week. Similarly, 54 percent......
Chinese National Student At Berklee College of Music Sentenced For Threatening Person Who Put Up Posters For Democracy
A former Berklee College of Music student from the People’s Republic of China was sentenced to nine months in federal prison this week for stalking and threatening a person who posted fliers around campus in support of democracy in China. Xiaolei Wu, 26, was also sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to......
