@DB4dignity

"The only recognizable feature of hope is action." Grace Paley

 Boston, Massachusetts
Joined October 2012
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Today marks the last day people can register to vote or update their registration before the general election in MA. We should not have such a cutoff at all. Vote YES on 4 to bring us in line with all the states that already allow Election Day Registration.
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One giant health care company could own your doctor, your insurer, your pharmacy, AND your pharmacy benefit manager. So, the same entity gives your prescription, fills your prescription, decides if your prescription is covered, and "negotiates" the cost of your prescription. How is this allowed? I've introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act to stop health conglomerates from stacking the deck to maximize profits while patients pay more for worse care.
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Massachusetts voters, Vote No on Ballot Question 3 to help ensure new candidates have a chance to challenge incumbents. (A Yes vote will make $$ more important in our elections. That’s why the very wealthy support it.)
Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn@JonathanCohnOct 16
Mind-numbingly stupid for the Globe parrot the claim that jungle primaries will address the problem of the number of uncontested elections. An election is only contested if a second candidate runs. Increasing the cost of the election deters candidate #2.
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Fox wants to buy Roku — yes, the same Fox as Fox News. This could let Fox steer their content to 80 MILLION U.S. households. We can’t let this happen.
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The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown

The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.

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.@NYTimes reports $1 BILLION in secret money flooding our elections. Corporate donors hiding behind shell nonprofits. Billionaires secretly picking our candidates. This isn't democracy—it's corruption. We need REAL campaign finance reform NOW.
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Even though he'd never had an opponent in 20 yrs, Brownsberger has raised $1.5M during his time on Beacon Hill. He had just under $200K when Lander, who had never held office, announced his run &the Mayor endorsed him in late June. How is 50-50 anything but a win for Lander & Wu?
The Fort Pointer@FortPointerSep 6
I’m no expert at politics, but framing two Senate races where first-time candidates respectively won 43% and 50% of the vote as a loss for Wu seems like a misread. Things won’t be biz as usual for incumbents. Boston’s very existence calls for a far greater level of engagement.
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No surprise, it's the incumbents that get re-elected ad infinitum that are against making this change.
Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn@JonathanCohnSep 3
The fact that we are going to have a recount in the State Senate race that includes Allston, Brighton, and Fenway for an election that occurred on the biggest moving day of the year is a real indictment of the voter suppression of our primary date and lack of EDR.
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Imagine how much Lander would've won by if voters actually knew about this. h/t @leung
Boston Herald@bostonheraldSep 2
A race between state Sen. William Brownsberger and Daniel Lander, a former senior aide to Mayor Michelle Wu, remained too close to call as Wu seeks to notch a victory by ousting the Senate leader for helping to kill her tax bill. bostonherald.com/2026/09/02/…

Senator Brownsberger deadlocked with Boston Mayor Wu-backed challenger as recount floated

A race between state Sen. William Brownsberger and Daniel Lander, a former senior aide to Mayor Michelle Wu, remained too close to call as Wu seeks to notch a victory by ousting the Senate leader for...

bostonherald.com
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Congress must act to protect Social Security. Step 1: scrap the cap so billionaires and wealthy investors pay the same rate as a nurse or a janitor.
unusual_whales
@unusual_whalesAug 31
Social Security benefits will be cut for tens of millions of retirees in late 2032, unless Congress takes action first, per NBC
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Great time on the doors for Daniel Lander in Brighton #mapoli
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Reminder: If you have a mail ballot, put it in a dropbox now instead of sending it through the mail. It's too close to Primary Day to guarantee it arrives on time. Mail ballots need to be received by 8 pm on Tuesday.
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More lobbyists that gave to Brownsberger in 2026. Funny the Globe didn't mention this in its endorsement sec.state.ma.us/lobbyistpubl…
DB Reiff@DB4dignityAug 20
Will Brownsberger takes donations from a long list of lobbyists. This is only 1st six months of 2026: sec.state.ma.us/lobbyistpubl… I don't think it includes $33,217 from MA Realtor PAC. Dan Lander is unbought and will work for & with the people. Please vote for him on September 1st.
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Councilor Flynn has a history of alleging ballot fraud. He should disclose everything he knew/knows, prior to Early Voting right thru his statements today. FTR, Councilor Flynn was on the D Street sidewalk for roughly an hour. Didn’t enter IIRC. Related: cbsnews.com/boston/news/bost…

Boston City Councilors Say Postal Worker Threw Mail-In Ballots Away

Residents who have requested a ballot and not received it will have to vote in person on Tuesday.

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Ed Flynn 愛德華費連@EdforBostonAug 23
I can confirm some Boston residents that went to vote yesterday at the Condon School in SB, as part of the early voting program, received the wrong ballot to cast their vote. We now need an independent investigation @BostonElections to ensure every vote actually counts! #bospoli
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Will Brownsberger takes donations from a long list of lobbyists. This is only 1st six months of 2026: sec.state.ma.us/lobbyistpubl… I don't think it includes $33,217 from MA Realtor PAC. Dan Lander is unbought and will work for & with the people. Please vote for him on September 1st.
The Fort Pointer@FortPointerAug 11
Oh, and Boston Globe, while you're publishing a thesis "from SPOA" asserting that Brownsberger and Collins are heroes... The author's only political contributions this year were to Brownsburger and Collins. How grotesque power brokers in Boston can be.
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As I write this, North Korean missiles have just hit Kyiv
Aaron Rupar
@atruparAug 19
Q: Are you exchanging written letters with Kim Jong Un? TRUMP: I can't tell you that. But I get along with him great. He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons. He's gonna be fine.
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"Let the word go forth ... that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans." JFK inaugural speech Really Seth Moulton? You're trying to suggest this comparison?
Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn@JonathanCohnAug 19
lol at him being a “rising progressive star”
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Canvassed for Daniel Lander in Brighton this evening
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It doesn’t seem that Clr Flynn actually represents his constituents, most of whom I assume do not want the National Guard patrolling their streets.
The Fort Pointer@FortPointerAug 14
Clr Flynn, on record backing Trump (most recently blocking support for Haitian immigrants losing Temporary Protected Status), is going full MAGA, calling for deployment of National Guard troops. The incident Flynn ran to was domestic violence. The NG would’ve prevented it?
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Clr Flynn, on record backing Trump (most recently blocking support for Haitian immigrants losing Temporary Protected Status), is going full MAGA, calling for deployment of National Guard troops. The incident Flynn ran to was domestic violence. The NG would’ve prevented it?
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