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Parades and protests on tap for the weekend
THOU DOTH PROTEST — Protests are set to pop up around the Bay State this weekend, capping off a week of tension between the federal government and state leaders.
Dozens of anti-Trump demonstrations, part of the so-called “No Kings” movement, are planned across Massachusetts — and in all 50 states — Saturday, coinciding with President Donald Trump’s birthday, and a military parade he has planned honoring the 250th anniversary of the Army. The parade is “a spectacle meant to look like strength,” organizers say on their website. “But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.”
Hanging over the protests: The federal government’s crackdown in California, where Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops in Los Angeles over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s objection to quell demonstrations in the state’s largest cities.
Tensions thickened Thursday, after California Sen. Alex Padilla was physically confronted and eventually handcuffed by law enforcement while attempting to enter a press conference that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was holding.
Many members of the Massachusetts delegation were outraged over the incident. What happened to Padilla, “is happening every day all across this country, every day,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in a speech from the Senate floor. “DHS agents are throwing people to the ground and violently handcuffing them while they are not resisting, detaining them for exercising their First Amendment rights of free speech.”
“This is not normal,” Sen. Ed Markey posted on X. “This is what happens in dictatorships—not the United States,” Rep. Jim McGovern wrote, while Rep. Ayanna Pressley called the scuffle “disgusting and unacceptable.” Some Republicans, however, criticized Padilla for attempting to approach Noem during the event.
Padilla called for calm heading into the weekend. "Come this Saturday, I encourage everybody to please peacefully protest,” he said following the incident.
MAGA MIKE KENNEALY & SLOW ZONE SHORTSLEEVE ARE EMBRACING & DEFENDING ICE GESTAPO ABUSE THAT'S DOCUMENTED - ARRESTING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO IS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT? ASSAULTING A U.S. SENATOR? THERE'S VIDEO - PLEASE DON'T OFFER LIES & DISINFORMATION! IT'S CALLED DICTATORSHIP!
BECAUSE TACO DON IS RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FROM CONTRIBUTORS WHO HAVE NO WORKERS, WAIT FOR TACO TO CHANGE COURSE!
MAGA MIKE KENNEALY: IF REPUBLICANS DIDN'T LIE, NO ONE WOULD ELECT THEM!
MAGA MIKE KINNEALLY
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
MAGA KENNEALY is UNINFORMED! There was NO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR...until TRUMP'S provocation.
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MAGA Kennealy, who served as Baker’s housing and economic development czar, was first out of the gate at little after 4 p.m., arguing that, by opposing the federal response, the Democratic incumbent was “legitimizing criminal behavior under the guise of protest.”
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS ICE GESTAPO ABUSE THAT IS NOT BEING REPORTED! ICE GESTAPO ARE LYING! UNMARKED CAR! ARMED MEN - NO IDENTIFICATION! NO WARRANT! TEAR GASSED A VEHICLE WITH AN INFANT & TODDLER IN THE VEHICLE! TOOK OFF WHEN A CROWD GATHERED! ICE GESTAPO COWARDS KNEW THEY WERE BREAKING THE LAW! WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO OTHERS?
Republicans challenging Gov. Maura Healey for governor are ready to seize the moment if peaceful demonstrations devolve into violence this weekend. Both Mike Kennealy and Brian Shortsleeve have already criticized the first-term governor for signing on to a statement with every other Democratic governor opposing Trump’s decision to call up the National Guard in California.
SLOW ZONE SHORTSLEEVE SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED WERE HE NOT BRAINLESS...YA WANNA TALK ABOUT HIS FAILURES AT THE MBTA? LEFT A DISASTER FOR INCOMING GOV. MAURA HEALEY TO CLEAN UP!
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Happy Friday! Tips, scoops, attending a protest? Drop me a line: kgarrity@politico.com.
TODAY — Gov. Maura Healey has no public events. Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll speaks at the Charles River Regional Chamber's Inaugural Women's Conference at 9 a.m. in Wellesley. Sen. Ed Markey hosts a fireside chat on his AI Civil Rights Act at 2 p.m. in Boston. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks a “at Revolution Ignited – Bunker Hill 250,” at 6:15 p.m. in Charlestown.
THIS WEEKEND — Driscoll is on WCVB’s “On the Record” at 11 a.m. Sunday. State Sen. Julian Cry is on NBC 10 Boston Weekend Today at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
DATELINE BEACON HILL
— Massachusetts housing agency prepping executive order targeting ‘modular housing’ by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald: “Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is preparing an executive order that targets modular housing, or homes that are designed and constructed in a factory to be quickly assembled at a desired location, according to an ethics disclosure filed by one of the authors of the order. The order, which was in draft form as of May 27, would create an ‘Interagency Modular Housing Task Force’ comprised of state employees and an external advisory council. The two groups would recommend reforms to support modular housing development and manufacturing in Massachusetts, according to the disclosure.”
BOSTON HERALD PROPAGANDA RAG PAYWALL
— Massachusetts officials considering further reductions in state family shelter system by Lynn Jolicoeur, WBUR: “Massachusetts is planning to further reduce the size of its shelter system for families experiencing homelessness. According to shelter providers, the state has told them the reduction will be more widespread than previously announced. It comes on the heels of other sweeping changes in how the state shelters families. State officials say those changes mean families are moving out of shelter at a record pace, and shelter demand is down.”
— Healey boosts life sciences tax incentives as 33 companies plan major expansions by Hannah Green, Boston Business Journal: “Thirty-three life sciences companies are slated to receive $29.9 million in tax incentives for creating 1,519 new industry jobs in Massachusetts. The companies include the largest Massachusetts life sciences employers like Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., as well as hotshot new startups like Lila Sciences Inc. and large pharma companies growing locally like GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK).”
— Reproductive rights bill inches closer to Senate floor by Sam Drysdale, State House News Service: “A bill to fortify protections under a 2022 law that shields reproductive and transgender care providers from out-of-state and federal threats received a favorable report from the Senate members of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on Thursday.”
EYES ON 2026
— Two former Charlie Baker appointees are vying to be governor. Those from Baker-world are starting to pick sides. by Matt Stout, The Boston Globe: “Massachusetts’ fledgling gubernatorial race so far includes two Republicans with government résumés inextricably tied to Charlie Baker, the former governor who’s come to embody the state GOP’s moderate establishment. The primary is still 15 months away, but some in Baker world are already picking their corners. Weeks after launching his challenge of Governor Maura Healey, former MBTA executive SLOW ZONE Brian Shortsleeve has pulled in donations from fellow Baker appointees, Cabinet members, and the head of a Baker-aligned super PAC, helping fuel his early fundraising edge in the race. MAGA Mike Kennealy, a former member of Baker’s cabinet who was first to leap into the race, has in turn enlisted several of Baker’s former top political hands for his own campaign.”
FROM THE HUB
RESIGNATION INCOMING — Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson will step down from her position on July 4, she announced Thursday, after agreeing to plead guilty to federal corruption charges earlier this year.
“It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve you, my neighbors, my community, my people,” Fernandes Anderson wrote in the email to supports Thursday. “Every policy I wrote, every budget line I fought for, every block I walked was rooted in love and loyalty to you, District 7.” More from the Boston Herald.
BOSTON HERALD PROPAGANDA RAG PAY WALL
— 13th-straight soggy Saturday dampens duck boat business, boosts bookstores by Robert Goulston, GBH News.
THE RACE FOR CITY HALL
— Everett city councilor challenging DeMaria for mayor by Adam Reilly, GBH News: “Everett City Councilor Robert Van Campen, who has been an outspoken critic of embattled incumbent Mayor Carlo DeMaria, plans to pull papers Thursday afternoon to formally run for the city’s top office. ‘The people of Everett are hungry for honest, accountable leadership and they’re ready for change,’ Van Campen told GBH News.”
WHAT'S ON CAMPBELL'S DOCKET
****MILITARIZING ANTI-ICE GESTAPO PROTESTS HAS INFLAMED THE ISSUE! SEE POSTS BY GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM! THE POTENTIAL OF AN IRRATIONAL LEADER TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTIONS ACROSS THE NATION DEFINES DICTATORSHIP! ICE GESTAPO ACTIONS HAVE PROVOKED PROTESTS! TACO TRUMP MAY BE FORCED TO RE-CONSIDER HIS MASS ILLEGAL DEPORTATIONS BECAUSE DONORS ARE PROTESTING THE LOSS OF LONG TERM, EXPERIENCED WORKERS!*****
— Massachusetts AG Campbell joins court fight over Trump’s military deployment in California by John L. Micek, MassLive: “Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell has joined the legal fight over President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to the streets of Los Angeles, where anti-ICE protests have continued. The amicus brief filed Thursday by Campbell and officials from 21 states came the same day as a federal judge was set to hear the lawsuit that Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, filed against the Republican White House on Monday seeking to block what he described as an ‘illegal takeover’ of the National Guard.”
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“The unlawful deployment of armed forces under the guise of public safety to suppress protests, invoke fear, and silence dissent against the president’s cruel policies is dangerous, and every resident should be concerned,” Campbell said in a statement.
The Massachusetts Democrat said she stood “firmly with California in resisting the president’s authoritarian fear tactics and blatant abuse of power, which jeopardize the rights of all residents, including those in Massachusetts.”
Some 4,000 federalized National Guard soldiers have been protecting U.S. government property and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they have conducted immigration raids.
Those soldiers since have been supplemented by 700 U.S. Marines, who are expected to be on the streets later in the day on Thursday or by Friday, according to The Independent.
In a statement issued Monday, Newsom tore into the White House for usurping a deployment authority that traditionally rests with a state’s chief executive. State officials in California did not request federal assistance, but instead had it thrust upon them.
“Donald Trump is creating fear and terror by failing to adhere to the U.S. Constitution and overstepping his authority. This is a manufactured crisis to allow him to take over a state militia, damaging the very foundation of our republic,” Newsom, who has positioned the White House’s action as part of a broader assault on U.S. democracy.
“Every governor, red or blue, should reject this outrageous overreach. This is beyond incompetence — this is him intentionally causing chaos, terrorizing communities, and endangering the principles of our great democracy,“ Newsom continued. ”It is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. We will not let this stand.”
On Thursday, Campbell and her colleagues offered a similar sentiment, with their brief arguing that Trump’s decision to federalize California’s state militia is “inconsistent with our nation’s founding principle that freedom depends on the subordination of the military to civilian authority.”
The decision to deploy soldiers when “there is no invasion to repel, no rebellion to suppress, and when state and local law enforcement is fully able to execute the laws, the president flouts the vision of our Founders, undermines the rule of law, and sets a chilling precedent that puts the constitutional rights of Americans in every state at risk,” Campbell and her colleagues argued in their court filing.
FROM THE DELEGATION
***WORTH LISTENING!***
LISTEN — In one area of fiscal policy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren has an unlikely ally: Trump by Tiziana Dearing and Rob Lane, WBUR.
— Democrats seek probe of ICE tactics by Christian M. Wade, Gloucester Daily Times: “Members of the state’s congressional delegation are demanding a probe of recent federal immigration raids in the state, accusing the Trump administration of using ‘excessive force’ and ‘aggressive tactics’ to apprehend people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. In a letter… to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey lead calls for an investigation into claims of ‘increasingly aggressive and intimidating tactics’ by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during recent enforcement actions.”
PAY WALL
FROM THE 413
— Mount Holyoke College pauses plans to build hub for its $180M geothermal heating system by Emilee Klein, Daily Hampshire Gazette: “Mount Holyoke College will indefinitely pause construction of its geothermal pump hub — the heart of its $180 million effort to build a carbon-neutral heating and cooling system — due to uncertainties with potential tariffs and economic downturn.”
PAY WALL
— A video camera hidden in a Williams College bathroom has prompted an indictment — and calls for stronger legislation by Amanda Burke, The Berkshire Eagle.
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THE LOCAL ANGLE
***WORCESTER! DO YOU THINK? YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE NEWS! COULD IT BE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT'S ANGRY & UPSET & NO ONE IS LISTENING? THERE ARE NO EASY SOLUTIONS TO ICE GESTAPO TACTICS, BUT MAYBE LISTENING RATHER THAN OUTLAWING IS PART OF A SOLUTION....YOU CAN'T GOVERN WITHOUT CALMING THE COMMUNITY!****
— City manager says inside of City Hall no place for a protest; one person faces charges by Toni Caushi, Telegram & Gazette: “One man was arrested at the City Council meeting that ended abruptly after demonstrators marched into the City Hall chamber holding handmade signs protesting actions of federal agents in Worcester and across the nation. Shawn Busker, 28, is charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and vandalizing property, according to records in Central District Court.”
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WORCESTER ― One man was arrested at the City Council meeting that ended abruptly after demonstrators marched into the City Hall chamber holding handmade signs protesting actions of federal agents in Worcester and across the nation.
Shawn Busker, 28, is charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and vandalizing property, according to records in Central District Court.
Police say he grabbed onto a decorative plant and knocked it over, causing the central stairway of City Hall to become obstructed by the plant as the protest was ongoing.
The City Council meeting of Tuesday, June 10, ended abruptly after protesters filled the chamber and chanted about actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
The next day, City Manager Eric D. Batista issued a statement critical of the meeting's disruption.
"The City of Worcester respects the right to gather and protest peacefully, within the bounds of the law and appropriate venues," Batista wrote. "The interior of City Hall is not a place of public assembly and last night’s disruption was unacceptable."
The June 10 session came to an abrupt end after protesters stepped into the Esther Howland Chamber with chants of "ICE out of Worcester now," among others damning of the Trump administration's crackdown initiatives on immigration.
The persisting chants of dozens of people, which started during the public comments portion of the meeting, forced the session into a recess from which the meeting never returned.
Batista gave a strong warning in his June 11 statement moving forward.
"The municipality has a long-standing policy regarding the use of City Hall, which precludes protests, rallies and demonstrations from taking place inside the building," Batista said. "While this policy has not previously been widely distributed, we are making it publicly available and notifying the public that it will be strictly enforced.
"Any person found in non-compliance with the policy is subject to ejection and subject to arrest or other violations."
Mayor Joseph M. Petty, in an interview with the Telegram & Gazette after the June 10 meeting, said he made the decision to send the meeting into recess until a future date for the safety of "everybody" after it was clear that the protesters "wouldn't leave unless we all left."
He added that he would consider holding future council meetings remotely to circumvent a similar protest like the one on June 10.
In mid-May, Petty held a council session remotely after councilors received threats of violence and following the the immigration enforcement action on Eureka Street on May 8.
Weeks later, District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj was charged with assault and battery on a police officer and interfering with police in connection with the ICE operation.
Local groups are expected to organize a protest on the Common that touches on similar topics Saturday, June 14. It is set to be one of nearly many coordinated protests that could take place across the country in response to the Trump administration’s policies.
— Methien [sic] Councilors attack mayor's chief of staff salary by Teddy Tauscher, The Eagle-Tribune: “Two city councilors questioned the starting salary of Mayor D.J. Beauregard’s new Chief of Staff James McCarty, a former councilor, this week. McCarty, whose work experiences include six years on the council and work as a bar advocate in Lawrence District Court, succeeded Chief of Staff Tina Conway who retired from the city after a political post on Facebook drew negative attention. Another councilor also critiqued a title change to Beauregard’s executive assistant at Monday night’s meeting.”
PAY WALL
— Peabody provides first look into anti-bullying plans after student's suicide by Caroline Enos, The Salem News.
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HEARD ‘ROUND THE BUBBLAH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Catherine McLaughlin, Rebecca Rinkevich, Liam Byrne and Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe.
HAPPY BIRTHWEEKEND — to Hannah Rehm, Maud Mandel and Danny Gaynor, who celebrate Saturday; and to Sunday birthday-ers Milt Spaulding, Marie Harf and Hunter Woodall.
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