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It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.

She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.

I have friends everywhere.

So that was a lie. Fenway health in Boston just eliminated access for trans youth.

Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

How federal judges put a trans civil rights lawyer under criminal investigation An "ego driven, petty" attack targets attorneys who fought a transgender care ban in Alabama.

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Murder is wrong.

Pogroms are wrong.

Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.

(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)

Boston mayor race expected to narrow to Trump adversary Michelle Wu and son of Patriots owner Kraft Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected to take a crucial step to securing a second term when voters go to the polls.

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If Kraft is this far behind after spending tons of his own born rich money on ads that offer nothing positive to Bostonians, maybe he should get the hint. Boston likes its mayor and doesn't need another entitled gazillionaire who thinks he knows better. #Boston #WuTrain

This Democrat Proves You Can Be Principled, Effective—and Popular Zohran Mamdani has pointed to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as a model. There are many good reasons why.

In one of the debates in New York mayor's race, Mamdani (and Lander) both praised Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She has been one of the most passionate voices defending cities and urban life as Trump trashes them. And she's stayed popular in way Brandon Johnson has not. newrepublic.com/article/1997...

When I'm in a Francophone jurisdiction I don't know what restroom to use because I'm not a dude, but also not a "femme."🤨

for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them

Massachusetts Governor Proposes $400 Million for Colleges, Citing Federal ‘Uncertainty’

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Senate Democrats could have united behind Mangi and called out the GOP smear against him as religious bigotry. Instead, ~3 Dems decided to buy into that smear (and Schumer declined to fight), and now Bove has a 3d Circuit seat.

There's an obvious lesson here...

Climate deniers have made summer suck.

The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.

This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.

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The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The president opened the door to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. He needs to close it.

If the Trump administration wants more than another temporary cease-fire, "it needs to stop feeding the Israeli right’s dream of conquest," @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues. "It must make clear that neither nation is going anywhere":

That is obscene.

Food Aid in Gaza Has Become a Horror In the scramble for sustenance, Palestinians are gunned down for no reason, with no excuse.

"Palestinians face a Hobson’s choice between starvation and the real possibility of being shot down for no intelligible reason."
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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump administration to massively reduce the size of the Department of Education The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would require the Department of Education to reinstate […]

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to massively reduce the size of the Department of Education

Amy Howe has the context:

And that person is an idiot.

Josh Kraft Helped by Dad, Rich Pals in Bid to Oust Boston Mayor Josh Kraft is a political novice seeking to become the first person in 76 years to unseat an incumbent mayor in Boston — and a popular one at that. Yet the money is flowing in.

Bostonians! Help Kraft to learn what Cuomo learned the hard way. Mayorship cannot be bought. @wutrain.bsky.social

Josh Kraft Hopes Billionaires’ Help Can Unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu - Bloomberg share.google/60KsMOORBMKl...

Opinion | Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani

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Three Years After Dobbs, Abortion Numbers Have Surprisingly Gone Up After the Supreme Court paved the way for a dozen or more states to ban abortion for the first time in almost half a century, abortion access is thriving in ways no one predicted. How did such a count...

Here's @carolejoffe.bsky.social and me in @msmagazine.com talking about what we know three years post-Dobbs.

Bingo

1. Alert, and please share widely. A lawyer at the ACLU has asked me to inform my transgender readers that they should NOT be applying for passports right now - the state department has not issued guidance to comply with the court order and they are urgently trying to get them to do so.
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If you read the NYT coverage of Skrmetti, you should really read this, too.

I am getting multiple reports that the Trump admin is NOT complying with the court order requiring passport updates for transgender people.

Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.

Great explanation from @chasestrangio.bsky.social on the legal arguments that remain to challenge anti-transgender policies after Skrmetti. Do not obey in advance!

Thank you David. Please everyone--do not overread Skrmetti, and do not obey in advance!