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Lowell's caucus to elect delegates to the 2025 Democratic state convention in Springfield in September was today! We had pretty good turnout with some new faces. My ward elected a full slate. There today as well to rally everyone was governor Maura Healey!

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

The massacre begins! The REAL way to make America great again!

I will lose major respect for any Democrat who attends!

Remind me how many FAA employees got fired yesterday again?

I second @petebuttigieg.bsky.social as weekly press briefer!

X Share as widely as possible! If the Post won't share it then we need to show what Freedom of the Press actually means!

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

Add Governor Hochul (D-NY) for telling the Attorney General of Texas that she would not sign an extradition request for Dr Carpenter "not now, not ever!" and for former Acting US Atty for Southern District for refusing to violate her ethical principles for not dropping charges against Mayor Adams!!!

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Ok that's a renaming I could get behind!

So, an intentional and provocative act of civil disobedience can garner media attention and highlight the deeply wrongheaded approach taken by this administration? And it's 8th graders who figured that out? Take note, members of Congress www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Interesting analysis with recommendations of designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

The right of the people peaceably to assemble for the redress of grievances. 1st Amendment. Assemble, everyone.

I have been using DDG for many years because of it's policy of non-tracking searches. It also offers an email alias that I also use to prevent tracking there as well!

I went to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters yesterday to say that we will fight back—in Congress, in the courts, and all over the country. And we will win.

This week the Senate may make this man -- a political zealot with zero qualifications -- the FBI director. If confirmed, he will disembowel the FBI's national security, intelligence, and counterintelligence divisions because Trump hates and fears them. The Russians and Chinese will be thrilled.

Senate Democrats have set up a new portal for federal employees who want to report wrongdoing, abuses of power and threats to public safety. www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers

Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

Here’s a good opportunity for some of that AI ChatGPT mischief: Someone should generate a whole lot of fake people and resumes to apply for jobs at Tesla. #JustSaying www.tesla.com/careers/sear...

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

Understand consent, my friends. Governments govern by the consent of the governed. Consent should not be given thoughtlessly.

Big news! Elon Musk and his DOGE hackers were just blocked from accessing the Social Security payment system. This is a huge win for Americans and our privacy!

"These moves are, all told, breathtaking. In a single day, the U.S. has eliminated or kneecapped its most successful and most prominent counter-kleptocracy tools. Years of progress have suddenly been undone, hobbling ongoing efforts to hold the crooked and the corrupt to account."

The courts are moving faster than I expected...great news. Now, let's see if it's enforced...

A pathological narcissist!

Lay the blame where it belongs! When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he laid off thousands of employees, stopped paying rent and auctioned off coffee makers and office chairs in hopes of a big turnaround.

Secretary of State Rubio urged the Biden administration in 2022 to prioritize USAID’s funding to “counter the Chinese Communist Party’s expanding global influence.” Monday, Liar Rubio dismissed concerns that scaling back USAID’s presence could allow China to expand its influence.

Donald Trump was just asked why Elon Musk and his hackers need access to all of our social security numbers, bank accounts and addresses. THEY DON’T!

US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more. - US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID - $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes. - Food stranded in Houston - Aid stopped in transit. The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

“Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.” --Secretary of State Marco Rubio, February 2017-- USAID has been transferred to his control; we must make sure he keeps his word!

It's here! Real journalism returns to Medford, Mass. Congratulations to Nell Coakley, Chris Stevens and Wendall Waters. I can't wait to dig in. www.gottaknowmedford.com

NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

Absolutely unacceptable from a military classified security aspect! I believe total access to this info also gives total access to the Intelligence Community budget! (Note: I had a secret clearance to monitor and audit industrial contractors' classified systems so I KNOW hat I'm talking about!)

@trahan.house.gov In addition "DOGE staff’s access to federal payments systems [is] “the single greatest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced”" As a retired professional IT Security Analyst I 110% agree!

It would be a shame if local people who walk in that area regularly kept removing the duct tape...

"No help until the criminal conduct stops" FULL. STOP. !!! @trahan.house.gov