 | By Kelly Garrity |
MASS GOP has supported & promoted candidates who are uninformed & LIE!
"R" VOTERS fail to conduct their DUE DILIGENCE & support those LIES!
JOHN DEATON is a prime example - everything he said was a LIE that could quickly be disproven, but there are other REPUBLICANS who supported LIES as well.
WHEN TRUMP SLASHES CAPE COD BRIDGE FUNDING, WHO IS THIS CARPETBAGGER CLOWN GONNA BLAME NEXT?
MASS GOP got inexperienced, uneducated KELLY DOONER elected, had BLOVIATOR HOWIE CARR do a fundraiser for her - that defines ignorance!
(KELLY DOONER took an ONLINE COURSE to be a PARALEGAL - that's not EDUCATION!)
MASS GOP LOSERS supported DeSantis, ignoring his history...including appointing LAPADO to protect 'PUBLIC HEALTH.'
FLORIDA is at greatest risk from CLIMATE CRISIS due to its LIMESTONE BASE that threatens from OCEAN RISING. Look at PAM BONDI's ANTI-ENVIRONMENT HISTORY that jeopardizes FLORIDA.
PETER DURANT ENDORSED DESANTIS!
POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook:
DESANTISLAND — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis picked up another two backers in the Bay State after this week's debate: Republicans state Sen. Ryan Fattman and state Rep. Kelly Pease .
In addition, REPUBLICANS on Beacon Hill offer no real solution other than OBSTRUCTION!
"R" VOTERS need to FACT CHECK!
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| PARTY POWER PLAY — Coming off Republicans’ surprisingly steady election cycle, Amy Carnevale is ready for round two. The MassGOP chair was making calls to shore up support over the weekend, and launched her bid for a second term at the helm in an email to Republican State Committee members this morning. “Electing Republicans in Massachusetts is no small task, but the results of this election prove that our persistence, strategy, and unity can overcome the challenges we face. After everything our party has endured in recent years, I sense a renewed optimism among us—and Massachusetts has taken notice,” Carnevale wrote. “It’s this optimism that inspires me to continue leading our party toward even greater victories in 2026.” Carnevale pointed to wins in last month’s elections, when Republicans fended off challenges in the House and added one more member to their ranks in the Senate — not enough to make a dent in the Democratic supermajorities in chambers on Beacon Hill, but a rarity in an election year for Republicans in Massachusetts, particularly one with Donald Trump topping the ticket. She’s already flexing her support: Carnevale rolled out a list of endorsements from 44 state committee members who are publicly backing her — more than she needs to secure a victory, and more than the 37 votes she earned in 2023 , when she narrowly wrested control of the party away from former Chair Jim Lyons. She’s not without opposition. Republican State Committeewoman Kim Duffy is also gunning for the top job, she announced on Facebook yesterday, promising to bring “the effective change this Republican Party needs” while taking some swipes at the party’s current leadership. And others could still get in the mix before Carnevale’s current term expires in January. GOOD MONDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS . It’s good to be back in your inbox. Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving and decided not to watch the last minute of yesterday’s Patriots game. TODAY — Gov. Maura Healey has no public events. Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll speaks at a groundbreaking for new affordable housing units at 8:30 a.m. and at a ribbon cutting for the Salem Willows Pier at 10 a.m. in Salem, and joins the first meeting of the preliminary screening committee to select the state’s new K-12 education commissioner at 1 p.m. in Wellesley. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announces the Greater Boston Climate and Coastal Resilience Workforce Alliance at a press conference at 11 a.m. at City Hall. Tips? Scoops? Thoughts on the MassGOP chair’s race? Email me: kgarrity@politico.com .
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| — “ A migrant family sprints for housing as shelter clock ticks,” by Simón Rios, WBUR. — “ Secretary touts 'transformative era' for veterans services in Mass., ” by Ed Harding and Sharman Sacchetti, WCVB. RELATED — “South Korea paid nearly $10K to bring Massachusetts veterans services secretary to conference, documents show, ” by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald: “The South Korean government shelled out nearly $10,000 for Veterans Services Secretary Jon Santiago to stay at two five-star hotels and travel roundtrip in business class to the country for a conference last month on veterans affairs, according to documents reviewed by the Herald. … An ethics disclosure form signed by Santiago shows the South Korean government paid an estimated $9,620 — including $8,000 for airfare, $1,500 for lodging, and $120 for meals — to bring Santiago to the country.” PAYWALL FOR BOSTON HERALD RAG! DON'T BOTHER! — “With no more MCAS requirement, graduation standards vary widely among state’s largest districts,” by Mandy McLaren, The Boston Globe: “A Globe analysis of the largest 50 districts’ high school graduation requirements found a wide variation among math, science, and foreign language requirements — a range advocates say creates inequitable opportunities for students.” ORIENTATION TIME — The University of Massachusetts will host its new legislator academy next week, Senate President Karen Spilka’s office confirmed. The three-day orientation, set to run Dec. 11-13, includes presentations on the state’s budget, campaign finance and ethics rules, and committee hearing and formal session simulations. SEASON OF (POLITICAL) GIVING — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll are headlining a holiday fundraiser for the state Democratic Party on Dec. 18 at the Omni Parker House. Tickets range from $100 for “Grassroots Supporter[s]” to $15,000 to get in the “Governor’s Circle.” The event will also honor “the contributions of legislators who will be leaving the State House after years of service,” according to the invitation.
| | FROM THE HUB |
| — “Boston offers its employees paid parental leave, but some say it’s not long enough ,” by Niki Griswold, The Boston Globe: “Unlike many cities in Massachusetts, Boston offers the vast majority of its employees access to paid parental leave, a policy advocates say is an essential support for municipal workers, who don’t benefit from a state law that helps most other workers wanting to start or grow a family. But while Boston employees applaud the city for adopting and expanding the benefit, many argue it isn’t long enough, and Boston should offer more help to parents who work for the city.” — “Boston Police official says Mass and Cass spillover driving spike in violence, drug use downtown, on Common,” by Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald: “Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Dan Humphreys said BPD is already in the middle of a ‘very deliberate pivot’ to tackle the ‘pockets of overflow throughout the city’ that resulted from last year’s crackdown at Mass and Cass — which is what he saw as the main issue a Tuesday City Council hearing on downtown safety was aiming to address.” — “He taught city-building at MIT. Now Boston’s once-and-future chief planner is back with some lessons,” by Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe: “Kairos Shen taught the class on city-making. Quite literally, Boston’s once-and-future chief planner taught a semester-long course on real estate development during his years as a professor at MIT’s Center for Real Estate. ... Now Shen is back at City Hall as Mayor Michelle Wu’s newly named chief of planning. And he’s bringing a fresh perspective from the lecture hall.” — “Boston City Council looks to mandate ordinances, budgets be based on racial, social equity,” by Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald.
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| PARDON ME — Peach and Blossom weren’t the only lucky beneficiaries of a Thanksgiving time presidential pardon this year. President Joe Biden announced a sweeping pardon for his son, Hunter, last night, absolving the younger Biden of any crimes he may have “committed or taken part in” since the start of 2014. The Sunday night news bomb quickly caught fire among House Republicans , who blasted Biden as a “liar” — and it stoked some backlash from Democrats such as Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who called it “a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation.” The decision comes after Biden said in June he wouldn’t pardon his son , who was convicted on felony gun charges and pleaded guilty to tax fraud over the summer. excerpts: President Biden also mentioned "political opponents in Congress," whom he credited for instigating the charges and for ensuring that a plea deal, composed in July, fell apart in August.
He released a statement on Sunday, saying, “I have admitted and taken responsibility for my mistakes during the darkest days of my addiction – mistakes that have been exploited to publicly humiliate and shame me and my family for political sport. Despite all of this, I have maintained my sobriety for more than five years because of my deep faith and the unwavering love and support of my family and friends. In the throes of addiction, I squandered many opportunities and advantages. In recovery we can be given the opportunity to make amends where possible and rebuild our lives if we never take for granted the mercy that we have been afforded."
Republicans say Biden is a ‘liar’ after he pardons Hunter, his sonexcerpts: “Joe Biden has lied from start to finish,” said House Oversight Chair James Comer in a post on X. “It’s unfortunate that, rather than come clean about their decades of wrongdoing, President Biden and his family continue to do everything they can to avoid accountability.” The Kentucky Republican was one of the chairs of the months-long impeachment inquiry focused on business deals of Hunter Biden and other family members.
JAMES COMER HAD NO PROOF, SOLICITED REPORTS FROM SPIES & LIARS WHO LACKED CREDIBILITY, INCLUDING ONE IN PRISON....HE WAS CHALLENGED TO FILE IMPEACHMENT, FAILED TO DO SO BECAUSE HE HAD NO PROOF....JUST HIS WILD ACCUSATIONS.
THE ORANGE TURD PARDONED CONVICTED CRIMINALS WHO SURROUNDED HIM, PARDONED MILITARY WAR CRIMINALS AT PETE HEGSETH'S URGINGS....JAN 6 CAPITOL RIOTERS WERE CONVICTED FOR THEIR CRIMES - MANY HAVE PREVIOUS VIOLENT CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, MANY ASSAULTED OFFICERS...TRUMP'S DELUSION TO JUSTIFY PARDONING CRIMINALS... excerpt: President-elect Donald Trump called the pardon “an abuse and miscarriage of Justice” on his Truth Social platform. And he hinted at what could be future thinking about how the Hunter Biden pardon could impact those charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years?” THERE WAS A PLEA AGREEMENT THAT WAS IGNORED - IT PROVES THAT WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED WAS A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED TRAVESTY! REPUBLICANS ARE NEVER GOOD WITH FACTS! excerpt: Sen. John Barrasso, the number three Senate Republican, said in a post on X, “Tonight’s pardon is wrong. It proves to the American people that there is a two-tier system of justice.” And Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) expressed disappointment in his former colleague, saying he was “shocked” because Biden said “many many times he wouldn’t” pardon Hunter. “I believed him,” Grassley said in a post on X. “Shame on me.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called Biden’s pardon an “admission that Hunter is a criminal.” PILL PUSHER RONNY JACKSON OPINED, AFTER BEING DEMOTED BY THE NAVY FOR HIS EGREGIOUS CONDUCT! And Texas Republicans were outraged. Rep. Ronny Jackson referred to the Bidens as “DISGRACEFUL LIARS!!” in his post, and Rep. Wesley Hunt said, “Joe Biden just did the thing he told us he would never do, PARDONING his son for crimes he and the majority of the media told us he never committed.” DEMOCRATS! Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who served under former President Barack Obama, called the pardon “warranted,” saying, “No USAtty would have charged this case given the underlying facts.” And Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), one of the impeachment managers against Trump, told CNN earlier in the day that any possibility of a pardon for Hunter Biden, could be rooted in taking issue with the case itself. “There is a defense called selective prosecution, if you can show that the government has a set of cases that all look alike, but they pick one person out to prosecute based on, say, a political animus towards the person, which essentially is the claim that Donald Trump has been making about why he was targeted,” Raskin said, indicating that Hunter Biden may have been targeted because of his relationship to the president. “The power exists for the president to show mercy for people who have committed crimes and either suffered some kind of injustice in the process or the punishment is disproportionate.” More: “We haven’t seen a pardon as sweeping as Hunter Biden’s in generations,” by Betsy Woodruff Swan, POLITICO. LOTS OF WILD, UNPROVEN ACCUSATIONS! KASH PATEL IS POLITICALLY WARPED & INCOMPETENT! excerpt: The pardon came the day after Trump announced he would nominate Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist, as FBI director. Last year, when it appeared that Hunter Biden was on the verge of a plea deal to resolve his legal troubles, Patel criticized the deal as unusually lenient. (The deal later collapsed.) AND: “How the pardon happened,” by Eugene Daniels and Rachel Bade, POLITICO. excerpt: “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son — and that is wrong,” Biden wrote. “I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice.” THE REACTION: The criticism has been expectedly withering among Republicans, who claimed vindication last night for their yearslong campaign targeting the Biden family’s business dealings. MAGA MORON JAMES COMER PRESENTED SPIES & LIARS, INCLUDING ONE ALREADY IN PRISON! THERE WAS NO PROOF FOR HIS WILD DELUSIONS! CONDUCTED A CAMPAIGN TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT BIDEN....NEVER HAD ANY PROOF, REFUSED TO BRING IMPEACHMENT EVEN WHEN CHALLENGED! FACTS MATTER! Look no further than House Oversight Chair JAMES COMER (R-Ky.), whose investigations yielded no smoking guns but who gladly pulled the trigger on a fiery statement soon after last night’s announcement.
MEANWHILE ON NANTUCKET — “Biden’s Thanksgiving holiday is part of a longer farewell as Trump’s return to White House nears,” Josh Boak, The Associated Press.
| | THE RACE FOR CITY HALL |
| WILL-HE-WON’T-HE — Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn hasn’t said if he’ll challenge Mayor Michelle Wu next year, but he’s still keeping his name in the mix. “Whether I’m on the city council or I run for higher office, I want to be part of the solution, to try to continue to provide positive leadership to the residents of the city,” Flynn said during an interview on WBZ’s “Keller @ Large” that aired Sunday. Flynn did lay out what his likely pitch would be to voters if he makes it official, criticizing Wu over dysfunction with the city’s school bus system and reiterating concerns about public safety in the city, particularly in Boston Common. (Wu has parried past public safety criticism by pointing to data that show Boston had one of the lowest homicide rates of any major city in the country earlier this year.)
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— “With Trump, clean energy projects in low-income communities could be ‘dead in the water’,” by Erin Douglas, The Boston Globe: “As much as tens of millions of dollars in federal grants and tax credits are slated to go to the Commonwealth’s historically disadvantaged neighborhoods to build clean energy, transportation, and climate infrastructure. However, under President-elect Donald Trump, it’s unlikely that such projects will ultimately get funded — and many worry that even those already under contract are at risk since the federal government allocates the money only after the projects are built at local expense.” — “‘I would have to be asleep to not be concerned’: With Trump set to take office, Massachusetts could see drop in federal funds,” by Emma Platoff, The Boston Globe.
| | TRANSITION TIME |
| KASH PATEL: INCOMPETENT, UNQUALIFIED! THE FBI NEEDS TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS! — “Trump picks Patel to lead FBI,” by Megan Messerly and Kyle Cheney, POLITICO: “Patel, a Trump transition insider, has been one of Trump’s most visible and vocal allies, showing up at his criminal trial in Manhattan, perpetuating conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. He worked as chief of staff to the secretary of Defense during the first Trump administration, and has been outspoken about calling for a purge of Trump’s enemies from the Justice Department, FBI and other intelligence agencies.”
| | FROM THE 413 |
| — “DESE awards grant to Springfield schools to support homeless, multilingual students,” by Namu Sampath, The Springfield Republican: “The Springfield Public Schools have been awarded $75,000 to aid newcomer, multilingual and homeless students. The grant will cover costs associated with welcoming these immigrant students and their families to the school environment.” — “Great Barrington Fire Department terminates Butternut Fire command in a final update,” by Mitchell Chapman, The Berkshire Eagle.
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| — “Lead pipe replacement leads to higher bills, breaking a key promise,” by Colin Hogan, The New Bedford Light. THIS NEEDS A BETTER EXPLANATION! excerpt: One of these asphalt bands points toward the home of Rosa Botelho. On a recent afternoon, she sat in her living room looking over her water bill, confused. Ever since the lead pipes were replaced, the base rate that Botelho pays for water has more than doubled. The City of New Bedford pledged to remove the lead pipes and service lines “free of charge” without “put[ting] a burden on residents,” according to an informational phone line and letters sent out to residents. “I called the water department and said, ‘What the hell’s going on?’” said Botelho, who has owned the house since 1992. She said a representative from the city’s Department of Public Infrastructure (DPI) told her that the new pipes that she and others were receiving through the program were a different size, meaning the rates were going up.
So, after paying a base rate of $3.97 on her August bill, Botelho was faced with a $9.92 base rate on her September bill. Her monthly water bill shot up to over $100 for the first time, and it’s stayed that high since. “Don’t go saying the city picked up the tab when you didn’t tell the people the rate is going up,” Botelho said. — “Council takes first step in approving an ordinance that would allow Attleboro theater to get grant,” by George W. Rhodes, The Sun Chronicle. — “Lowell begins ‘sweeps’ of homeless camps, ” by Melanie Gilbert, The Lowell Sun: “The city of Lowell will start clearing homeless encampments this week, beginning with the community living at the Thorndike Street and YMCA Drive area right off the Lowell Connector. On Nov. 25, the city posted on a tree a ‘notice to vacate’ that called the site ‘uninhabitable.’ ‘All persons are directed to vacate this site immediately and remove all belongings’ by Dec. 4, the notice said in all capital letters." — “No appetite for debate as Worcester council puts off action on taxes and Batista contract,” by Marco Cartolano, Telegram & Gazette: “In a relatively quick City Council meeting, councilors delayed action on the annual tax classification hearing and a vote to advertise City Manager Eric D. Batista's proposed three-year contract. Mayor Joseph M. Petty put off a vote on the manager's contract and scheduled an executive session, a session closed to the public, for further contract negotiations with Batista at the next meeting, Dec. 10.” — “Lawrence mayor, City Council push to appoint some members to elected-only School Committee,” by James Vaznis, The Boston Globe: “As Lawrence attempts to regain control of its schools from state control, political infighting is emerging among local leaders, with the teachers union and the School Committee accusing the mayor and the City Council of a ‘power grab.’”
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to retired Associate Justice Barbara A. Lenk and Morgan Hughes.
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