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No kings.

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March 17 is the single most important date associated with the American Revolution in the local context. It should be restored as a Suffolk County holiday.

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“The time has come for me to face the final curtain, as the song goes. I have to say I’m sad and overjoyed at the same time because, well, it’s time to go.”- Johnny Curran tells Seth Daniel of The Reporter

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A few stray observations while the bumbling fool and Putin tool that some of your cousins elected president last year tanks the economy, fires your cousin, and alienates the last of our remaining allies in Europe.

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Precisely. Chuck Schumer is wrong. He should change course or step aside.

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Bernie Sanders: "I'm gonna vote no. I think the American people are sick and tired of Elon Musk, the richest guy in the world, running around, slashing Social Security, veterans programs. That Republicans are moving for massive tax breaks and cutting Medicaid ... you gotta draw a line."

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It is clear that some of us understand the present danger & some don’t! I stand by the NO vote on the blank check for Trump & Elon… I’ve got no explanation nor agreement with Senate Dems being complicit in Trump’s Tyranny.

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Only one honorable vote tomorrow. youtu.be/OThh0YG_T5w?...

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Owner of Milk Street office building proposes turning most of it into apartments www.universalhub.com/2025/owner-m... #Boston #downtown #housing

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Convicted murderer who gunned down man watching fireworks with his wife remains a convicted murderer, court rules www.universalhub.com/2025/convict... #Boston #Dorchester #crime #murder

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Terrific @javawithjimmy.bsky.social interview with Mayor Wu touched on everything from Vision Zero (street design), White Stadium and a discussion about housing, from public housing to unlocking fully-permitted market rate projects vis-a-vis IDP policy. Comments about Congress are worth a listen.

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Meet Sabrina Vixama, a trailblazer in the Boston culinary scene, who blends her Haitian roots with a passion for plant-based cuisine bostonhaitian.com/content/plan...

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Since the launch of the program, Madison Park's graduation rate has risen and is now on par with the city average, while enrollment is up 7.5 percent since 2021. The school has 20 vocational programs ranging from carpentry and automotive technology to culinary arts and TV broadcasting.

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Walgreens customers in Dorchester informed of Gallivan Blvd store closure via email today.

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April is shaping up to be a very disruptive one along the Ashmont leg of the Red Line.

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Congressman Stephen F. Lynch denounced President Trump during a virtual town hall last week: “Let me just say at the outset that President Trump’s actions and those of his administration from beginning to end represent a clear and present danger to our democracy." www.dotnews.com/2025/rep-lyn...

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NEW: The Trump administration is weighing including Cuba and Haiti on a list of countries whose nationals will face restrictions to enter the country, sources with knowledge of the ongoing discussions told the Miami Herald.

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Judge orders feds to resume paying teacher-training grants; #Boston among affected cities www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-o... #Lawsuits

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Wow. Disgraceful on the part of Post ownership.

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"On behalf of the approximately 10,000 Dorchester area residents who are continuing to receive needed care in the [Seton building], we ask that you reverse these misguided terminations immediately and we request a meeting with Apollo to discuss the matter within the week.”- Mayor Michelle Wu

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File under: Dot Dolphin

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Domingos DaRosa, Hyde Park resident who ran for City Council in 2021 but didn't make it past the prelim, has filed to run for mayor of Boston, per campaign finance paperwork

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Fairlawn Estates, a large rental housing development in Mattapan, has been purchased by a Boston company that plans to keep all of its 347 units “affordable” with the help of a $10 million grant from the city of Boston.

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This week’s print edition of the Reporter is in circulation across the neighborhoods. Pick up a copy today or go to www.dotnews.com/files/REP%20...

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Officials set earlier start time for March 16 South Boston St. Patrick's Day/Evacuation Day parade www.dotnews.com/2025/officia...

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"The parade will be starting earlier this year in an attempt to get a better handle on the tomfoolery. Last year, there were regrettable moments at the parade that we don’t want to see repeated this time around.”- Sen. Nick Collins

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Overnight, state officials posted a 181-page report summarizing the work of the Morrissey Commission, which has been meeting since Nov. 2023. We're still digging through the report. Stay tuned for more analysis throughout the day...

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Put aside 10 mins this weekend to dig into Boston's political history crates with the masterful @clovettboston.bsky.social — there's no working reporter in the city w/ a better handle on the history of the White-Timilty tilts than Lovett, who covered them for the old Dorchester Argus back in the day

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This spring, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism will bring programming and media installations to the reconstructed #HarvardSquare landmark ... binj.news/2025/03/05... #Cambridge #media #mediaengagement

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"It was a strange sequence that smacked of entitlement by folks who wanted a sweetheart deal without the headaches of public scrutiny. In the current debate over White Stadium, it seems even more bizarre as Josh Kraft and other Wu opponents take pot-shots at the White Stadium process."

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Electrified Fairmount Line hailed as next step for transit equity for historically-underserved #Boston neighborhoods www.dotnews.com/2025/electri...

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Dominican community celebrates Independence Day at Dorchester's IBEW union hall www.dotnews.com/2025/dominic...

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BREAKING: We just won a nationwide preliminary injunction from the court to force Trump to restore NIH funding in both blue AND red states while we move forward with our lawsuit. We won't let this administration play politics with public health.

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Update: She gave ‘em hell. Boston, your mayor did us proud today.

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“This is our city,” said City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, echoing a line used by Mayor Wu in DC minutes earlier. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Louijeune told the large crowd gathered in front of City Hall: “Our city is stronger, and it is safer because of our immigrant residents.”

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New message on Old State House www.universalhub.com/2025/new-mes... #Boston #WhatsOldIsNewAgain

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BPD ask for the public's help to ID these two suspects in a #Dorchester home invasion on Tuesday.

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As expected, she's crushing it so far.

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Mayor Wu's opening statement to Congressional committee: "A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free" www.dotnews.com/2025/mayor-w...

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Trump’s henchmen in Congress, it seems, would prefer that Boston join their bogeyman approach. But we don’t need a lecture from the likes of Tom Homan or his boss, Elon Musk.

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"Not my first rodeo."- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's response to a reporter's question today during a literacy event in Mattapan about whether she's fearful of "hostile" questions during an upcoming Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Seth Daniel photos

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Sources familiar w/ the city's review of five proposals they've received for a new EMK Academy home say this Carney idea is "by far" the most expensive— in part because it would involved demolishing Carney and building a brand new school. Also: It does not likely fit the BPS timeline for re-opening

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Lawsuit filed in Boston court seeks to block Trump's TPS order for Haitians, Venezuelans bostonhaitian.com/content/laws...

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Even George W. Bush.

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Liz Cheney condemns Trump and Vance: "Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

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Zelenskyy showed more courage and intestinal fortitude today than the entire Republican Party since 2016. It's shocking to see someone refuse to bend the knee and become a supplicant.

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The most shameful and humiliating moment of failed statecraft in the history of the American Presidency. There's not even a close second.

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