WARREN dominates debate — NANGLE resigns leadership post — BOSTON battles rising seas
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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
WARREN'S ADRENALINE SHOT — With the Nevada caucuses just days away, Elizabeth Warren needed a hail Mary on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. And she got it in the form of the Medford native turned New York City billionaire standing beside her: Michael Bloomberg.
"I'd like to talk about who we're running against. A billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse faced lesbians, and no, I'm not talking about Donald Trump," Warren said in the opening minutes of the debate. "I'm talking about Mayor Bloomberg. Democrats are not going to win if we have a nominee who has a history of hiding his tax returns, of harassing women. And of supporting racist policies like red lining and stop and frisk."
Warren was a dominant force on the debate stage for the rest of the night. In many ways, it was a return to the persona that made Warren a star on the left. And it was a side of the Massachusetts Senator that a number of her supporters felt was missing over the last several weeks as she sought to be a unifier in the party, rather than go on the offensive against her rivals.
But Bloomberg, who has spent
upwards of $370 million on advertising, was the perfect foil to a campaign that sells mugs emblazoned with the words "BILLIONAIRE TEARS." Warren took it a step further after the debate, saying in a CNN interview that Bloomberg should just give up.
"Mike Bloomberg drop out of the race. Keep putting your money to help Democrats beat Donald Trump and take your ego out of this," Warren said.
Warren also went after the other moderates last night, equating former Mayor Pete Buttigieg's health care plan to a "powerpoint" and Sen. Amy Klobuchar's to a "post-it note." It's not clear whether her performance last night will translate into a win in Nevada or in the South Carolina primary days later, but Warren was able to move the ball forward — she raised $2.8 million yesterday, according to her campaign.
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TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito make a MassWorks announcement in Newton. Baker holds a press conference to discuss the new hands-free driving law which takes effect on Feb. 23.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley celebrates Black History Month in Chelsea. Rep. Jim McGovern tours Worcester Public Market.
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- "Embattled Lowell state Rep. David Nangle resigns top posts amid corruption charges," by Mary Markos, Boston Herald:
"Indicted Lowell state Rep. David Nangle stepped down Wednesday from leadership and committee posts a day after pleading not guilty to 28 federal charges in his corruption case — but he did not resign. "I think that's appropriate," Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters Wednesday after Nangle relinquished his title as second division chair in the House, and with it a $30,000 bonus on top of his $66,257 base salary as a legislator, and, in an email to the House Clerk, removed himself from his assignments."
- "Bish cold case an inspiration for bill to expand DNA use," by Katie Lannan, State House News Service: "A state senator from central Massachusetts hopes a bill she recently filed will give police a new tool to investigate long-unsolved violent crimes. Senator Anne Gobi's bill would require the director of the state crime laboratory to develop regulations to allow familial DNA searching — seeking out a partial match to DNA found at a crime scene, with the goal of narrowing the hunt for a suspect by identifying a relative—
in certain unsolved cases involving homicides, burglary and violent felonies."
- "GreenWorks Bill's Long Senate Siesta Coming to End," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service:
"The House is newly in receipt of an ambitious Senate-passed carbon pricing bill and now a House-approved bill addressing the impacts of climate change is stirring to life in the Senate. The Senate Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Committee plans a public hearing Tuesday afternoon on a $1 billion GreenWorks proposal to finance climate change infrastructure and resiliency grants. The borrowing bill has been resting before that panel since it cleared the House last July."
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- "Boston harbor brings ashore a new enemy: Rising seas," by Steven Mufson, The Washington Post:
"Famous for its role in America's war for independence, this city is now fighting the rising seas. Boston is raising streets, building berms and even requiring that new high-rise condominium developments on its harbor acquire "aqua fences" — portable metal barriers that can be dragged to the street and anchored to the pavement to deflect incoming waves. Mayor Martin J. Walsh (D) has vowed to spend more than $30 million a year, equal to 10 percent of Boston's five-year capital budget, to defend the city from a watery future that is expected because of climate change."
- "Local ICE Director Calls Tactical Border Agents In Boston A 'Force Multiplier,'" by Shannon Dooling, WBUR:
"Federal immigration officials in Boston are releasing more details on what specially-trained U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and officers will be doing in and around the city. The border officials were deployed to Boston to assist ICE agents with arresting undocumented immigrants that have criminal backgrounds, according to Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Boston Field Office. Lyons points to so-called sanctuary city policies, including Boston's Trust Act and a 2017 Supreme Judicial Court decision, when justifying the
need for reinforcements from the border agency."
- "Caroline Kennedy quits advisory board at Harvard school named after her father, John F. Kennedy," by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post:
"Caroline Kennedy, former U.S. ambassador to Japan and daughter of President John F. Kennedy, has resigned unexpectedly as honorary chair of the advisory board of an institute at Harvard University's Kennedy School. The school confirmed the resignation Wednesday. The John F. Kennedy School of Government issued a statement commending Kennedy for her service on the Senior Advisory Committee of the Institute of Politics, saying, "Caroline's role at the Institute of Politics will always be prized and remembered."
- "New Year, New Name: Nubian Square Is Making Room for Change," by Sofia Rivera, Boston Magazine: "When I plug my destination into Google Maps on the first sunny winter day all week to check how long until my bus will arrive, it's impossible to resist stretching my fingers across the screen of my phone and zooming in to see the new name that now hovers over a central stretch of Roxbury: Nubian Square. Pale gray letters stake their claim in all caps, lending the Google stamp of approval to a more than
five-year community effort to rename the erstwhile Dudley Square."
- "Ratings agency warns Simmons about debt," by Deirdre Fernandes, Boston Globe:
"A key rating agency has warned Simmons University about its financial outlook as the Fenway school embarks on ambitious construction projects and prepares to change leaders. Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook for Simmons from stable to negative, a signal that the university's bond rating could be downgraded if financial pressures worsen in the next year and half. A decline from its current Baa1 rating could raise borrowing costs for Simmons, which is fighting to attract students in an increasingly competitive market."
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