“The right of lawful residents to be safe from politically-motivated abduction by unidentified thugs is inalienable, and consequently, unless Ms. Ozturk is released, Mass. will be forced to block ICE operations in our state and assess charging the officers involved.” …is what she SHOULD have said. - ThreadSky

leastactionhero.bsky.social • 5 days ago

“The right of lawful residents to be safe from politically-motivated abduction by unidentified thugs is inalienable, and consequently, unless Ms. Ozturk is released, Mass. will be forced to block ICE operations in our state and assess charging the officers involved.”

…is what she SHOULD have said.

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Maura Healey framing a student being kidnapped off the street and disappeared in terms of being bad for science and the economy is just so woefully missing the moment. Come on, Governor!

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joylessbiscuit.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's fine, she's very concerned, & that's what fascist pirates fear the most... concern! It's like sunshine on vampires, they literally evaporate mid goose-step, when you tell them you'r very concerned.
It's bad for the kidnappedees.

seamusaran.bsky.social•4 days ago

Little known fact: this is why Susan Collins is able to keep her seat. Her concern is so powerful, if she fixes it on you it’s like a deathray

robmcfadden.bsky.social•5 days ago

why do all the people in positions of authority suck so much butt at being in authority

leastactionhero.bsky.social•5 days ago

no clue. i haven't been following her *too* closely, but in recent interviews i'd heard, she sounded substantially more confrontational. and pre-trump, her priorities had mostly seemed to be about right. this is a ludicrous response.

gravelinfluencer.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is what I have been struggling with. As AG, she was quite combative against Trump. But I suppose that's the difference between being AG and being Governor. But she's also really focused on raising her national profile, and this moment is a good one to do that.

leastactionhero.bsky.social•5 days ago

there was that other raid last week. if her mind was in a "like i was saying..." place when they got this quote? or something about the general cowardice gripping academic leadership rn? i don't know.

gravelinfluencer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah, it clearly was in some kind of press gaggle so it's hard to know. I've only read the quote, but haven't seen video yet.

robmcfadden.bsky.social•5 days ago

i’m convinced it’s because 90 percent of the time wanting to be in charge is a sign of poor mental health

robmcfadden.bsky.social•5 days ago

or both

robmcfadden.bsky.social•5 days ago

or just plain idiocy

leastactionhero.bsky.social•5 days ago

she's one of those politicians who have whatever the opposite of charisma is, so you kind of trust that she lacks the ambition to be shady? every time i've seen her talk she tries to mention that she played basketball.

atomenthusiast.bsky.social•5 days ago

If you want to understand Maura Healy a good start is that she came in after years of Republican Charlie Baker and then as her first legislative achievement pushed a billion dollar capital gains and estate tax cut through the legislature.

leastactionhero.bsky.social•5 days ago

it would be hard to mention how many nobel prize winners we have in that kind of statement though

gravelinfluencer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe Nobel Laureates are a big donor demographic

leastactionhero.bsky.social•5 days ago

this is like, a hall-of-fame democrat wonk-brain contortion. the downstream effects of illegal abductions on the research environment? get a fucking grip.

gravelinfluencer.bsky.social•5 days ago

As @booktweeting.bsky.social was mentioning earlier, she's not wrong, but it's the entirely incorrect message for this moment. That's something you maybe say at a panel discussion about immigration, not when people are being kidnapped off the street.

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