February 2017 - NewBostonPost

CPAC’s ‘Laugh-In’

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“… let’s go to the party!”                     — Dan Rowan Without a trace of transgression, Time recently described Donald Trump and his nascent administration as “a vaudeville presidency.” Last week, with the absurd appearance by several of the president’s principal architects, the Conservative Political Action Conference......

Black Panther Party Founder: Trump ‘Even Worse’ Than Nixon

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  CAMBRIDGE — Bobby Seale, the 1960s revolutionary civil rights activist, told a crowd that he believes recently-inaugurated President Donald Trump is far more dangerous to the social justice movement than former President Richard Nixon could have ever hoped to have been. “When I look at Trump today, I say ‘oh my God,’ because Trump......

Baker and Walsh: Over the Top on Transgender ‘Civil Rights’

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What nonsense last week from Governor Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh about transgender “bathroom civil rights”! Where in the U.S. Constitution does it say that men and women born with a defined biological sex have a “civil right” to go into the bathroom of the opposite sex because they “identify” or “present” that way?......

And the Oscar Goes To … Hillary!

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    … Make that Donald....

National Democrats Want Charlie

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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON —  Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican and sometime critic of President Donald Trump, may be seen by some Democratic governors as a potential ally in the political struggles with a GOP-controlled Congress and White House. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be spared their arrows two years from now when......

The (Abortion) Empire Strikes Back — Preemptively

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Fearing the conceivable overturning of Roe v. Wade under the Trump presidency, the abortion industry and its legislative allies have proposed a preemptive remedy in Rhode Island called the Reproductive Health Care Act of 2017. (It’s Senate Bill 274 and House Bill 5343.) Supposedly, according to the Planned Parenthood press release, “This Legislation replicates the......

Boston Breaks February Heat Record; But Reality Returning Soon

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BOSTON — An unseasonable warm air mass has been setting new record high temperatures across much of the country, bringing unprecedented warmth to the city of Boston this week. According to Dave Bowers, senior meteorologist for AccuWeather.com, the official temperature for Friday reached 73 degrees, marking not only the warmest February day on record for......

AG Healey Joins Beacon Hill Leadership And An 8-Year-Old From Melrose To Rip Trump’s Transgender Policy Shift

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BOSTON — President Donald Trump’s revocation of a set of public accommodations “guidelines” for how to treat transgender public school students enacted by former president Barack Obama’s administration prompted howls of criticism this week, especially from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Healey on Thursday organized a press conference, centered on a 7-year-old transgender boy from Melrose,......

Dems Mulling Baker Challenge Speak At Cambridge Forum

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CAMBRIDGE — An unofficial kickoff to the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary season occurred in Cambridge on Thursday night, as a handful of Democrats who are seriously considering challenging Republican Governor Charlie Baker held court during a candidates’ event. The event, sponsored by the Cambridge Democratic City Committee, saw four speakers take the mic, including Newton......

Governor Baker ‘Disappointed’ With Trump Transgender Order Rollback

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By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — Governor Charlie Baker expressed disappointment with the Trump administration’s new transgender policy and Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday invited President Trump to visit Massachusetts to see what the state’s transgender protection laws are “all about.” The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday withdrew a May......

O’KEEFE: Undercover Journalist Hints He’s About To Expose CNN (Updated)

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Undercover conservative journalist James O’Keefe has made good on his promise to release secret recordings leaked to him by a source inside CNN’s Atlanta headquarters. In what he described as a “WikiLeaks-type” release, O’Keefe uploaded 119 hours of raw audio footage that dates back to 2009. The recordings are available for listening at a section......