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letters and petitions to send to MA state reps, MOC, and to tech businesses aligned with ICE: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Red States Are Jumping At The Chance To Make Things Even Worse For Immigrants Blue states are scrambling to defend against ICE. But in red states where lawmakers are happy to comply, quietly dangerous operations are also underway.

MA needs to ban new 287(g) collaboration agreements and terminate the only one still standing.

#mapoli

www.huffpost.com/entry/red-st...

Governor Signs Immigrant Safety Act into Law - ACLU of New Mexico New Mexico Becomes National Leader in Protecting Immigrant Families

New Mexico just banned 287(g) collaboration agreements with ICE.

MA needs to start playing catch-up. #mapoli

www.aclu-nm.org/press-releas...

Mass. High Tech Council is losing higher-ed members amid its income tax rollback push. Why? - The Boston Globe Several have left or not renewed memberships to the influential business group, including UMass Lowell, Bridgewater State, and Bunker Hill Community College.

" If the safety net for low-income residents gets weakened, she says, fewer would have the luxury of time to study in the first place. " www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/b...

$6B invested in transportation and education as of Dec 2025 Hundreds of long-awaited bridges & road upgrades are underway MBTA eliminated 220 slow zones & reached over 80% on time arrivals Fare-free buses are improving connectivity statewide All K-12 students get free, healthy meals at school Community college is free for everyone 18.5K more working families have access to affordable child care

In 2022, MA voters said YES to the taxing millionaires more in order to fund education and transportation.

Here's what Fair Share has delivered so far. And it's just getting started.

#mapoli

www.mass.gov/info-details...

The order lets Bostonians know that the city will seek to protect its residents and— if necessary— document and refer criminal cases against federal agents who use violence, injure Bostonians, or cause property damage in the city.

*in a Dem trifecta state

Healey is the only Democratic governor with a 287(g) agreement.

Tell her: De-ICE Mass.

#mapoli

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Congrats to Vanna Howard on your victory tonight! #mapoli

Contact Healey and demand bolder action:

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Passed the MA senate 40-0 this morning. Wow! On to the House. Call your reps!

Tell your state rep: We need bold action on data privacy. #mapoli

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-beacon-hill-dont-let-ice-buy-our-data/

No Door, No Representation The Boston Globe downplays why popular bills die

"I don’t know which lever they feared most: losing their colleagues’ favor, or losing their cushy, doored office."

shadowsonthehill.substack.com/p/no-door-no...

Endorsed: Vanna Howard

Today is the special election primary for the First Middlesex State Senate race!

If you live in Lowell, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, and Tyngsborough, make a plan to vote for Vanna Howard today. #mapoli

Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database

"But there is still much more to be done, in state legislatures and in Congress. And it all starts with the American people understanding that our freedoms are now bound up in who controls our data."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

Write your letter.

Tell Gov. Healey: De-ICE Massachusetts.

#mapoli

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Governor advances legislation, executive order to curb ICE One day after the Massachusetts Legislative Black Caucus announced legislation aimed at curbing local cooperation with ICE, Gov. Maura Healey held a State House press conference unveiling her own exec...

“The Black and Latino Caucus has clearly put in a lot of work in terms of stakeholder engagement,” said Progressive Massachusetts Policy Director Jonathan Cohn. “They enter the space with a lot of political capital and legitimacy.” #mapoli flipsidenews.net/governor-adv...

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Stickers, pictured on a red and white checked cloth, read “Your legislators are lonely. Give them a call.” The Progressive Mass logo is on the edge of the stickers.

Reminder from today’s @progressivemass.bsky.social meeting:

Good to be learning and organizing today with people not satisfied with our Commonwealth

It was great to be there today, connecting with other activists and friends — as well as learning. Thank you to all the organizers who made this event happen!

Great crowd today at the @progressivemass.bsky.social annual meeting! #mapoli

A tall thin white man in a blue sweater stands in front of a stage with a mic in his hand. Behind him is a stage, with a screen reading “The State Budget as a Lever for Social Change”

Phineas Baxandall of @massbudget.bsky.social on the state budget as a lever for social change! @progressivemass.bsky.social

Also interviewed @rikleen.bsky.social #mapoli

Now interviewing @sethmoulton.bsky.social #mapoli

Markey gives full-throated support to abolishing ICE. #mapoli

Ed Markey being interviewed on stage

Markey is holding down the fort to lots of applause at the @progressivemass.bsky.social annual meeting.

Curious to see what kind of reception his opponents get!