RUSSIA DEFEAT, MASS GOP, EPSTEIN COVER-UP, RUSSELL VOUGHT, DESTROYING HEALTH CARE

 

Russian General Admits DEFEAT & DEMANDS Putin To Resign

PUTIN FLEES TO HIS BUNKER BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS TO CONSEQUENCES 

OF HIS FAILURES! 

TRUMP, REPUBLICANS & RIGHT WING TALKING HEADS EMBRACE DICTATORS 

LIKE PUTIN & VIKTOR ORBAN....TUCKER CARLSON IS AIRED IN RUSSIAN TV. 

RUSSIA PAYS RIGHT WING TALKING HEADS TO PROMOTE PROPAGAND & 

LIES.....

DO YOU SUPPORT DICTATORS OR DEMOCRACY?

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"R" VOTERS IGNORE FACTS! 

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"R" VOTERS IGNORE FACTS

NATIONAL PESTICIDE INFORMATION CENTER

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 The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now

INCLUDING 

5 Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win

LABELS: 

PUBLIC NOTICE,JUSTIN GLAWE,STEPHEN ROBINSON,TRUMP PARDONING FELONS,TRUMP PARDONS ELECTION DENIERS,ED MARTIN,AARON RUPAR,CRYPTO SCAMS,THOR BENSON,CORRUPTION,LIZ DYE,JOSEPH DYE,BLUE WAVE,5 DEM WINS,

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Your signature is needed: Stop plastics from killing sea turtles

MASS GOP

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MASS GOP BOOB JOHN GASKEY

MASS GOP BOOB RAN WITH NO OPPOSITION! 

BIG MISTAKE! 

REVIEW HIS RECORD...JUST AN UNINFORMED BOOB! 

HE WAS INCLUDED IN MY COMMENTS OBJECTING TO ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY LEGISLATION & IN HIS REPLY, NOTE SPELLING ERROR - 

NEVER HEARD OF SPELL CHECK?

Automatic reply: ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Gaskey, John - Rep. (HOU) 

From:john.gaskey@mahouse.gov

Fri, Nov 14 at 10:40 AM

Thank yo for your email.  I am reviewing all correspondence 

and requests for services.  I or my aide will get back to you 

as soon as we can.  I apologize for any delays in responding 

but please know that my office is working hard to take care 

of all our constituents and some requests take more time to 

review than others.

 

Sincerely,

John Gaskey

Plymouth 2nd District.

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MAGA GOP DIMWIT REP. JOHN R. GASKEY

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MASS GOP SUPPORTING CARPET BAGGING LIAR JOHN DEATON?

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Trump Gets RUDE AWAKENING as EMAILS give A FATAL ROADMAP

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Sign the petition: Sens. Warren and Markey voted to reassert authority over Trump on Venezuela

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49 U.S. Senators voted to stop Trump's unconstitutional military escalations against Venezuela and reassert Congress's war authority over the White House.1

Though the Senate War Powers Resolution failed, it's important that our Senators know that we value and appreciate their votes — especially after the Trump administration bombed another two boats coming from Venezuela last weekend.2

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Epstein Files Latest with Adam Kinzinger

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JANE DOE vs. TRUMP - MAGA'S HEART OF DARKNESS US MEDIA BETRAYALS!

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Trump SPIRALS on DISASTER SATURDAY as MISSILES HIT

SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS LOST HIS WAY!

BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER DESTROYS MEIDCAID THIS 

YEAR! DESTROYS MEDICARE NEXT YEAR!

MAGA SENATOR ROGER MARSHALL (R-KANSAS)

MAGA GOP DESTROYING HEALTH CARE! 

TARIFFS INCREASED PRICES .... DELUSIONAL TRUMP CLAIMS IT'S A 

DEMOCRATIC CON JOB....HUH? 

$40 BILLION TO ARGENTINA? 

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Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies

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Top News | Calls for Schumer's Ouster After Shutdown Surrender

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"R" VOTERS, TRUMP SUPPORTERS & MAGA CULT

 

 It's been important to understand the mindset & I saved an article that JOHN DEAN wrote in 2017.

Notice how the MAGA CULT feels the need to threaten, trash, criticize those who post TRUTH & FACTS.....they are threatened by EDUCATION!

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Altemeyer on Trump’s Supporters

Most of Donald Trump’s supporters are probably people whom social psychologists call authoritarian followers, because they are so supportive of the authorities they consider legitimate. These are the people Trump was talking about when he famously bragged that he could shoot somebody in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue and it would make no difference to his backers. They are the people who so willingly took the “loyalty pledge” at Trump rallies in the early primaries—even calling on Trump to “do the swearing” when he had skipped it.

We know enough about authoritarian supporters from research, and history, to know it will be very hard to change their minds about the leader they adore.

They are extremely ethnocentric, dividing the world sharply into people in their in-group, and automatically disliking all others. They feel politicians who promote minority rights and immigration discriminate against them. Donald Trump tells them they are right. He is their champion.

They are highly dogmatic. They get their ideas from others in the in-group, especially from their leader, not from evidence and logic. They say there is no evidence that will make them change their minds. They’re quite comfortable believing “alternate facts.”

• They get great satisfaction from being part of a large movement. Being in a cohesive crowd at rallies thrills them because they silently tell one another, just by being there, that they are powerful and right. They create an echo chamber that reinforces the belief that all the good people think like they do.
• They severely limit their sources of information. They get the news that they want to get. This also produces an echo chamber when the news sources they trust are copying each other and relaying Trump’s message.
• They have highly compartmentalized minds. When an unpleasant truth forces its way into their awareness, they do not try to integrate the other things they believe with it. Instead they put it in a box and isolate it from the rest of their thinking, which proceeds as if the truth never existed.

VERDICT JOHN DEAN

Put all this together and you get an idea how hard it will be to change their minds about Donald Trump.

REP. DAVID T. VIERA

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLLEMS IS THAT "R" VOTERS DON'T SCRUTINIZE 

CANDIDATES & NEVER CHALLENGE THE MASS GOP LIES!

THE WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE LIES, CONSPIRACY THEORIES & DELUSIONS IS 

DISAPPOINTING....WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL PROMOTES THOSE LIES, IT 

IS EGREGIOUS!

REP. DAVID T. VIERA LAMENTED THAT HE BELIEVED THE "MADNESS" (IN HIS WORDS) WOULD END ON JAN 20 ..... HMMM! SEEMS LIKE HE DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION BEYOND THE CLATTER IN HIS BRAIN....

REP. DAVID T. VIERA SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME REGURGITATING 

DIRTY ENERGY PROPAGANDA....NEVER FACT CHECKED ANYTHING! 

I LACK THE TIME OR INCLINATION TO POST FACTS IN RESPONSE TO THIS BOOB, 

BUT SUGGEST THAT YOU DO! 

FAA HAS ENDURED FIRINGS....NOTICE THE PLANE CRASHES? 

THOSE ARE TRUMP'S PLANE CRASHES! 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS WERE FIRED... 

MAYBE SOME WERE HIRED BACK, BUT THESE BOZOES DON'T HAVE CONTACT 

INFORMATION! 

TRUMP'S DOJ ATTORNEY STANDS BEFORE JUDGE CHUTKIN, DOESN'T KNOW 

HOW MANY WERE FIRED, CAN'T PROVIDE ANY REASONABLE DEFENSE... 

IS THIS AMATEUR HOUR? 

IDIOT Trump ACCIDENTALLY FIRES Wrong People… SO LOST!

WE ARE NOT SAFE!

The incompetents fired the NUCLEAR SAFETY EXPERTS....OOPS! Can't correct their incompetence because they don't have CONTACT INFORMATION!

Posted CLASSIFIED INFORMATION!

EVERYONE/ANYONE who opposed or investigated MUSKRAT was eliminated including FAA ADM MICHAEL WHITAKER PRESIDENT BIDEN KEPT AMERICANS SAFE!

TRUMP & ELON MUSK FORCED OUT MICHAEL WHITAKER, FAA ADM. WHO FORCED ELON MUSK TO ABIDE BY STATUTE & FINED HIM FOR HIS SAFETY VIOLATONS, SPACE X EXPLODED MID AIR POLLUTING PROPERTY & CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE

MICHAEL WHITAKER WAS REPLACED BY SEAN DUFFY, AN INCOMPETENT CLOWN!

NOTE SUBSEQUENT PLANE CRASHES! THOSE ARE TRUMP PLANE CRASHES DUE TO INCOMPETENCE! TRUMP'S HIRING FREEZE TRUMP FIRED THE HEAD OF TSA & COAST GUARD TRUMP ELIMINATED MEMBERS OF AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY GROUP THANK YOU SENATOR TIM KAINE (D-VIRGINIA) for speaking out!

180 Republicans Voted Against Funding the FAA, the Agency That Keeps Planes from Crashing MUST READ!

****THEY OPPOSED FUNDING THE FAA*****

180 Republicans Voted Against Funding the FAA, the Agency That Keeps Planes from Crashing

Trump selected eight of them to serve in his administration. Read this exclusive research and reporting on Meidas+.

MeidasTouch Network Feb 1 SEAN DUFFY IS IN CHARGE OF THE FAA:

MAGA GOP BUDGET & DEFICIT: 

… Several groups who monitor the national debt are sounding alarm bells on Mike Johnson’s draft budget. Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said a bill that includes the Trump’s 8-year tax cuts at the spending levels proposed would increase debt the debt by 2034 to 126% of GDP.

… Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation: "Unfortunately, this resolution sets the stage for adding trillions more in new deficits and debt. It allows for $4.5 trillion in revenue reductions, with only $1.2 trillion in offsets. All told, this plan would add more than $25 trillion to the debt over the next decade.”

… Gene Dodaro, U.S. Comptroller General and head of the GAO: "We project that public debt will reach an unprecedented level by 2027. We're calling on Congress and the Administration to act now to develop and implement a strategy to address this acute challenge. Inaction could result in great difficulties for many Americans and impede policymakers' flexibility to respond to future economic recessions or unexpected events."

… Adam Klasfeld reported on the hearing today before Judge Chutkan on federal employees v. DOGE: “When asked whether thousands of federal employees were fired last week, a govt lawyer responds: ‘I have not been able to look into that independently, or confirm that.’ Judge Chutkan responds, incredulously: ‘The firing of thousands of federal employees is not a small or common thing. You haven’t been able to confirm that?’”

… More from Klasfeld: “Trump DOJ's lawyer says the states have no evidence that Elon Musk has ‘any formal or actual authority’ over the government's actions. Judge Chutkan seems skeptical of that argument: ‘I think you stretch too far.’”

… “Judge Chutkan said she plans to rule on the case challenging DOGE's constitutionality within 24 hours. She also plans to set a schedule for the requested preliminary injunction. By the hearing's end, she still appeared skeptical of the TRO, without deciding.” 

ALSO RELATED — “'Violating everyone's rights': In Falmouth Cape Codders protest President Trump,” by Desiree Nikfardjam, Cape Cod Times.

ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTERS WERE IN ABUNDANCE! 

PLEASE NOTE: REP. DAVID T. VIERA (R): PROMOTES A BOGUS MOVIE FILLED WITH DISINFORMATION & LIES TO JUSTIFY HIS WARPED POSITION, ALSO PROMOTING HEARTLAND BECAUSE HE'S TOO LAZY TO RESEARCH THE 'NON-PROFIT' THAT WAS FOUNDED TO DENY THE NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACTS OF SMOKING. BECAUSE IT'S A 'NON-PROFIT,' ITS INVESTORS ARE CONCEALED. 

+ 50 YEARS AGO, THE DIRTY ENERGY INDUSTRY WROTE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE & FUNDED CLIMATE DENIERS 
+ 50 YEARS AGO, THE DIRTY ENERGY INDUSTRY WROTE ABOUT THE ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF AIR BORNE PARTICULATES & FOUGHT REGULATIONS. THERE ARE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO INFORM THEMSELVES! 

REP. DAVID T. VIERA (R) IS TOO LAZY TO INFORM HIMSELF ABOUT CHINA PROMOTING CLEAN CHEAP ENERGY & THEIR ECONOMY IS PROSPERING AS A RESULT! CHINA IS MAKING FRIENDS, BUILDING ROADS & LEADING THE WORLD, BUT DAVID VIERA CONTINUES TO PROMOTE DISINFORMATION & IGNORANCE!

"R" VOTERS & THE MASS GOP PREFER IGNORANCE & DISINFORMATION...LIES! TRUMP DID NOT RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES - GET OVER IT! LOOK IT UP! 

REP. DAVID T. VIERA (R) LAMENTS WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS 'MADNESS' OF ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTERS OPPOSING TRUMP/MUSK ILLEGAL & UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS, VIOLATING NUMEROUS STATUTES.

COP29 HAS BEEN CONDEMNED FOR ITS DIRTY ENERGY PROPAGANDA, YET REP. DAVID T. VIERA (R) QUOTED WARPED EXCERPTS LIKE THIS - TOTALLY FALSE!

DAVID T. VIERA (R): YOU'RE SO BRAIN DEAD YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CHINA'S PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION IS - THE U.S. DWARFS THEIR PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE ENERGY GUZZLERS!

MORE LIES:

p. 14. “And yet the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) continues to bring an estimated two coal-fired power plants online each week.”

FALSE! RIGHT WHALE DEATHS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED - THE CAUSES ARE VESSEL COLLISIONS & ENTANGLEMENTS! TRY FACTS! 

p. 19. as related to offshore wind turbines “since they started pile driving...there has been a 400-percent increase in whale deaths”

p. 19. “The climate-change narrative is not about the environment, whales, or CO2 – it is about control.”

DAVID T. VIERA (R)....

YOU'VE REGURGITATED DIRTY ENERGY PROPAGANDA & LIES THAT I LACK THE TIME OR INCLINATION TO REFUTE! YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO IS STUPID & TOO LAZY TO SCRUTINIZE YOUR WARPED SOURCES!

BTW the politicians are claiming after paying for all these costs, that our energy bills are going to decrease by about $400 per year. THEY THINK WE ARE STUPID.

NO! JUST YOU! 

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Republicans in waiting

WILL "R" VOTERS EVER SCRUTINIZE CANDIDATES? 

PETER DURANT'S FIRST ACT UPON ELECTION WAS TO ENDORSE DESANTIS AFTER THE APPOINTMENT OF LAPADO TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF FLORIDA...

AFTER LAPARDO ENDORSED & PROMOTED THE WHACK-A-DING DR. STELLA IMMANUEL WHO PROMOTED HER ALIEN SPERM DONOR NONSENSE --- THAT IS SO WEIRD THAT'S IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE...ALIEN SPERM DONORS INFECT YOU IN YOUR SLEEP? HUH? 

PETER DURANT & OTHER MASS GOP RUSHED TO EMBRACE THIS INEXPLICABLE LUNACY! 

"R" voters are consistently uninformed and fail to do their research before supporting an "R" candidate. PROVE ME WRONG!

MASS GOP STILL CAN'T THINK OR OFFER SOLUTIONS! INFORMATION MATTERS!

"R" voters are consistently uninformed and fail to do their research before supporting an "R" candidate. PROVE ME WRONG!

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THIS IS THE CLOWN THAT PETER DURANT ENDORSED:
NOTE: GREAT BARRINGTON DECLARATION is a DIRTY ENERGY KOCH funded think tank - it's a SCAM!

Ron DeSantis' New Surgeon General Appeared in 'Demon Sperm' Doctor's COVID Conspiracy Video

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One of the video's main speakers, Dr. Stella Immanuel, is a physician who operates a medical clinic in a Texas strip mall next to her church, Firepower Ministries. In the video, she called hydroxychloroquine a "cure" and said, "You don't need a mask" to prevent the virus' spread.

Immanuel has claimed that ovarian cysts and endometriosis are caused by "demonic seed." Demons insert sperm into sleeping individuals when they have sex in their dreams, Immanuel claimed in articles on her church's website.

Ladapo has also promoted the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 symptoms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised against using ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment.

In October 2020, Ladapo signed the Great Barrington Declaration, a statement that called for developing societal herd immunity to COVID-19 through natural infection.

GOV HEALEY INHERITED THE MBTA THAT GOV CHARLIE BAKER WAS IN CHARGE OF FOR 8 YEARS...SLOW ZONES & SAFETY ISSUES DID NOT SUDDENLY APPEAR...GOV. CHARLIE BAKER HIRED HIGHLY PAID OUT OF STATE PEOPLE TO IMPORTANT MBTA JOBS - THEY NEVER TRAVELED TO THE COMMONWEALTH! THIS IS NOT A TIME TO RE-HASH THE WHITE TOOTHED GOVERNOR'S FAILURES, NOR IS IT A TIME 

****BEWARE! GUN ZEALOTS RETURN!****

PETER DURANT: DO YOUR RESEARCH!

By Kelly Garrity TRIAL BALLOON SEASON — Could we see a crowded Republican primary for governor next year? No one’s officially jumped into the race, but there’s plenty of interest — and private and public jockeying — from potential GOP candidates. The latest to publicly signal their interest: state Sen. Peter Durant, who told WBUR he’s considering a run and plans to decide by the spring. Durant, who has long criticized Gov. Maura Healey’s handling of the state’s emergency shelter program, won his Senate seat in a special election in 2023, flipping the Worcester County seat long held by Democrats (and injecting the party with new energy coming off a bruising election cycle in 2022). Durant joins a handful of other candidates whose names are currently floating as possible challengers to the Democratic governor, who has yet to say if she plans to seek a second term. Mike Kennealy, who served as secretary of housing and economic development under former Gov. Charlie Baker, confirmed he’s seriously considering running and has a crew of former Baker and Mitt Romney strategists advising him. Brian Shortsleeve, a Marine veteran who helped run the MBTA under Baker, is also mulling a run. And Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis has fans lobbying him to get in the race. Then, there’s those who haven’t said much publicly whose names still come up in the conservation. What about former Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who’d have a head start with more than $1.4 million in her campaign coffers? Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, anyone? He’s got more than half a million in his own campaign account. Why all the interest? Republicans view Healey as vulnerable, particularly when it comes to ballooning costs and safety concerns in the shelter system. But Healey has tracked right on the issue in recent weeks in response to headlines detailing incidents of violence and the arrest of an undocumented immigrant at one state-run shelter, asking the Democratic-controlled legislature to approve changes to the system similar to ones that Republicans have been pushing for more than a year. Still, Republicans will have to contend with running a campaign while President Donald Trump is in office — historically a drag on GOP candidates down ballot in blue Massachusetts. GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. What we want to know is whether or not any Democrats are secretly thinking about getting in. Spill: kgarrity@politico.com. TODAY — Gov. Maura Healey has no public events. Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll speaks at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Pinnacle Awards at noon in Boston. Attorney General Andrea Campbell participates in the Anti-Defamation League New England’s panel discussion on antisemitism in K-12 schools at 6 p.m. in Boston. Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Reps. Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley host a press conference with health care providers in response to the White House memo halting federal funding at 10:30 a.m. in Revere. THIS WEEKEND — Senate President Karen Spilka is on WBZ’s “Keller @ Large” at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao is on WCVB’s “On The Record” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Have a tip, story, suggestion, birthday, anniversary, new job, or any other nugget for the Playbook? Drop me a line: kgarrity@politico.com .    Power shifts, razor-thin margins, and a high-stakes agenda. We’ve transformed our coverage—more reporters, more timely insights, and unmatched policy scoops. From leadership offices to committee rooms, caucus meetings, and beyond, our expert reporting keeps you ahead of the decisions that matter. Subscribe to our Inside Congress newsletter today .     DATELINE BEACON HILL PREDICTABLE LENGTHY BLABBER ON BOSTON HERALD RAG OFFERS NO SOUTIONS! — “Healey’s 7.4% spending hike in FY26 ‘certainly gives us pause,’ Senate budget chief says,” by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald: “A top Senate Democrat expressed skepticism toward Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to boost state spending by 7.4% in fiscal year 2026 as Massachusetts faces constrained tax revenue growth and increased business costs. Senate budget chief Michael Rodrigues said the 7.4% spending increase Healey wrote into her $62 billion fiscal year 2026 budget proposal ‘certainly gives us pause.’ Revenue growth in the Bay State is pegged at only 2.2 percent for the next fiscal year and a post-pandemic slowdown has put pressure on Beacon Hill to rein in spending.” — “Families who claim eligibility for state-run shelter handed month-long benefits worth $15K,” by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald: “Families seeking access to taxpayer-funded shelters who claim eligibility for benefits receive up to $15,000 in services and housing during the month it takes state officials to determine whether they actually belong in the emergency assistance program, the Healey administration said. Thousands of families have flooded the state’s emergency assistance shelter program over the past year and a half, including migrants from other countries, but the Healey administration said state law bars them from verifying basic eligibility requirements prior to their initial placement.” FROM THE HUB — “Indicted Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson says she can’t afford attorney’s fees,” by Flint McColgan, Boston Herald: “Indicted Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who was federally charged for an alleged kickback scheme, says she can’t afford the fees of her court-appointed attorney and wants a payment plan. ‘The Court has ordered Ms. Fernandes Anderson to make a payment of $5000 to the Clerk’s Office by January 31, 2025 for the purpose of contributing to the costs of court-appointed counsel,’ her attorney, Scott Lauer of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Boston, wrote in a Thursday motion to modify her payment schedule. ‘Ms. Fernandes Anderson will comply with the Court’s directive but is unable to pay the full balance at this time,’ the filing continued, noting that her bank statements will be filed under seal for the court to review.” PAY WALL BOSTON HERALD RAG — “‘Huge win’: Opponents of Boston’s White Stadium plan protest demolition, buoyed by deadlocked City Council vote,” by Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald: “Opponents of Boston’s public-private plan to rehab White Stadium for a new pro soccer team say they are taking a deadlocked City Council vote on a call to halt the project as a ‘win,’ given how ‘masterfully stacked’ the body is in the mayor’s favor. Roughly three dozen residents gathered at the 75-year-old stadium in Franklin Park late Thursday morning to protest against the ongoing demolition and tree removal work taking place behind them — and bash the Wu administration and city councilors who voted against a resolution that sought to pause a tear-down that began last week.” —  “Emails show tension between Wu administration and Kraft Group over Everett soccer stadium,”  by Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe:  “Negotiations are off to a tense start between the Wu administration and the Kraft Group as they try to hammer out a community mitigation agreement for the Krafts’ proposed soccer stadium in Everett. These talks are happening because of economic development legislation that Governor Maura Healey signed in November. A provision in that law allows a nearly 25,000-seat soccer stadium for the Krafts’ New England Revolution to be built on the site of a shuttered power plant in Everett, on Boston’s doorstep, as long as the Krafts sign mitigation agreements with the cities of Everett and Boston. Both cities and the Revs face a deadline of May 1, before the law mandates that a mediator gets involved; if no agreement is reached by Dec. 31, the issue goes to arbitration. The two sides appear to be far apart right now, according to emails released this week by Boston city officials at the Globe’s request.” MIGRANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS — “In Mass. immigrant communities, rumors of ICE raids outnumber arrests,” by Simón Rios, WBUR. THE RACE FOR CITY HALL — “Former State Rep. John Fresolo to run for Worcester District 3 Councilor,” by Adam Bass, MassLive: “Former State Rep. John Fresolo will run for Worcester’s District 3 councilor seat in November’s municipal election. … He previously served as the state representative for the 16th Worcester District from 1999 to 2013. Fresolo, a Democrat, resigned from the House in May 2013 after an ethics investigation.” — “Loisel announces bid for Northampton’s Ward 3 council seat,” by Alexander MacDougall, Daily Hampshire Gazette.  TRUMPACHUSETTS — “Boston reparations advocates pledge to keep fighting as Trump resumes office,” by Saraya Wintersmith, GBH News: “President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has energized anti-DEI and conservative voices across the nation. In response, reparations advocates in Boston are shifting their focus from government toward religious institutions. ‘There is a rightward shift and there is antagonism toward many progressive causes,’ said the Rev. John Gibbons, a community minister at Boston’s historic Arlington Street Church. ‘Nonetheless, the issue of reparations is one that predates Donald Trump and predates any current administration.’”   New Year. New Washington. New Playbook. With intensified congressional coverage and even faster delivery of policy scoops, POLITICO’s reimagined Playbook Newsletter ensures you’re always ahead of the conversation. Sign up today .     THE LOCAL ANGLE — “6 people with ties to Boston area skating club killed in DC plane crash,” by Craig LeMoult and Matt Baskin, GBH News: “Six people with ties to a local skating club were killed in last night’s plane crash in Washington, D.C. At a news conference Thursday morning, Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said that two of their coaches, two teenage skaters and their mothers were all aboard when American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with a military helicopter and plunged into the Potomac River.” — “Southbridge Town Council votes no confidence in state-appointed schools receiver,” by Jesse Collings, Telegram & Gazette: “Southbridge's Town Council took a vote of no confidence in the public schools' state-appointed receiver, despite opposition to the move from some Southbridge teachers and staff. Southbridge Public Schools have been under state receivership since 2016, following years of poor performance. Under state receivership, the state appoints a receiver to serve as superintendent, which Jeffrey Villar has done since 2018. As part of state law, school districts in state receivership have very limited local control.” — “Teachers at 'breaking point' rally before school,” by Teddy Tauscher, The Eagle-Tribune: “A two-hour delay did nothing to hamper the spirits of hundreds of fed up public school educators Wednesday morning. Staff rallied across the district prior to the beginning of classes to protest low wages, particularly for program assistants, a low paying and demanding job working with some of the most vulnerable students in the school.” PAY WALL — “Councilors approve solar farm with conditions,” by Jonah Frangiosa, The Eagle-Tribune: “The City Council on Tuesday approved a controversial special permit to construct a 23.2-acre solar field off Lovers Lane that will require clear-cutting nearly 2,500 trees. The development, submitted by Christopher Anderson of SPI Solar Inc., has encountered opposition from residents and councilors who have shared an array of concerns the solar facility could present.” WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD BE READING COMEBACK KID? —  “The Quiet Evolution of Joe Kennedy III,”  by Tom McGrath, Boston Magazine. ***STEWARD**** —  “Steward demanding millions from its former Mass. hospitals to continue critical technology services,”  by Jessica Bartlett, The Boston Globe:  “Steward Health Care is threatening to cut off critical medical record and billing services it continues to provide to its six former Massachusetts hospitals unless it receives millions of dollars more each month, a move the hospitals say could create wide-scale disruptions and potentially even force some to close. The new owners of those hospitals have been scrambling for nearly a month as a result of the demands, and this week filed motions in Steward’s bankruptcy case demanding the chain adhere to the contract, which covers a range of software and technology services including digital patient records for radiology, laboratory, pathology, microbiology, and pharmacy.” HEARD ‘ROUND THE BUBBLAH HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Steven Boozang, Orit Gadiesh, Eli Nachmany, Robert Norris and Andrew Smith. HAPPY BIRTHWEEKEND — to Ali Dukakis, former Gov. Deval Patrick photog Eric Haynes, former Boston city councilor Tim McCarthy, Kerry Akashian, Alexa Kissinger and Patricia LeBoeuf, who celebrate Saturday; and to Sunday birthday-ers Abraham Todd; Anisha Chakrabarti, director of corporate communications for Kraft Sports + Entertainment and former deputy communications director to former Gov. Charlie Baker; Sen. Elizabeth Warren alum Cassidy Ballard; and Matt Keswick. Want to make an impact? 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