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Charles River Watershed Association Executive Director. Former Newton MA City Councilor. Mom of 3 boys & 2 cats. Opinions expressed on this platform are mine mine mine. #WaterIsLife
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Thank you @wbur.org for covering the report card grades of the 3 major Boston Harbor rivers 🌊🐟🌎 www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...

Trump position “is reckless, and it is stupid—exactly the kind of decision that could lead to years of war, costing the U.S. trillions of dollars and causing the loss of thousands and thousands of lives.” newrepublic.com/article/1969...

Why are GOP voters ok with this? Dont they value our public lands?

Trump boots out immigrants “caring for elderly people and those with disabilities — the kind of physically demanding, low-wage work many Americans won’t do, according to many employers” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/17/m...

“…immigration enforcement in LA and elsewhere is putting women and LGBTQ people, who experience the majority of domestic violence, at increased risk by making them less likely to seek help for fear of being detained.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Democratic candidates must tack hard to the center. This means breaking from the party on high-salience issues and even occasionally signaling support for the administration…1-track “fight Trump” approach won’t cut it when you need to win swaths of Trump voters.” open.substack.com/pub/theliber...

“To say “to defend democracy, we need to pander more to actually existing views of ppl who voted for Trump 3X” is to risk being cast out into the circle of cringe and moderation… But just giving up on the upper house is not a viable path toward saving democracy.” open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

haha love Boston #NoKings www.meidasplus.com/p/top-signs-...

When you’ve lost the WSJ ed board “…his federal agents are out raiding job sites full of non-criminal, hard-working people who are contributing to the American economy. The real policy isn’t what Mr. Trump says, but what his agents do on the ground.” www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

Shocked, shocked

Today on NO KINGS DAY we protest to prevent history from repeating itself. We will not stay silent while fascists take control of our country. Instead, we RAIN on their parade.

there are a lot of good people in this country we will win

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

#BostonMA #NoKings #PrideParade

“Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!” #BostonMA #NoKings #PrideParade

“Love! Not hate! That’s what makes America great!” #BostonMA #NoKings

#BostonMA #NoKings #PrideMonth

#BostonMA #NoKings #PrideParade

#BostonMA #NoKings #PrideParade

#BostonMA #NoKings #PrideMonth

#BostonMA #NoKings #PrideParade

#BostonMA #NoKings #PrideParade

Horrific. #TrumpsAmerica

This undermines his own case & is what many of us have been saying all along. In addition to cruel, GOP immigration policy is stupid bc immigrants are filling necessary jobs. Congress should pass humane immigration reform and end the sadistic madness. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Puppy killer declared her intention to “liberate” the people of California from their elected leaders. NOPE! #NoKings open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

“Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich: “We hear that immigrants are ‘freeloaders,’ yet they're being arrested at their workplaces. We hear that immigrants ‘just need to follow the law,’ but when they attempt to, they're rounded up at courthouses. Hello?” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

“It took Trump less than 150 days to destroy our alliances, destroy our economy, start a failed trade war against the world, send our military to attack Los Angeles, and now create a massive war in the Middle East.” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Resign now, Kristi Noem.

This is how they are treating A US SENATOR!!

“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

This is a criminal regime. They are trying to intimidate people into compliance and silence.

What happened to Senator Padilla is absolutely DISGUSTING. Point blank, period. This shit is out of control. Another elected official disrespected while doing their job. (1/2)

“In a democracy we use words to hold ppl accountable, we dont push and shove and handcuff US Senators who are simply doing their job”

Only the best people apnews.com/article/bill...

Last week I attended "Welcome Fest", a conference of centrist Democrats incl @repauchincloss.bsky.social @tomsuozzi.bsky.social & many others. Main point: Democrats have been selling New Coke and then blaming the voters for not liking it, rather than selling voters a product that actually like.

I know I’m naive but I’m just constantly shocked by how much they hate the country they’re running

Service members, America is counting on you to uphold your oath and follow the law. If you are given an illegal order, you must not follow it.

“It turned out that he wanted to be a war president after all. Trump just wanted to wave it against the people he hates the most: Americans who oppose him and dare dissent against him.” open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Thoughtful piece on FDRs legacy and approach, which included a lot of compromising in order to win elections and ensure his policies had staying power. open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

#TrumpCrimes

“Weak authoritarians fear empathy, a sense of justice and morality, love for others, and collective action. All they have is force and lies. They may feel immensely empowered right now, but those protesting them are on the right side of history.” open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

More embarrassment and debasing of our country

Excellent news!