Kevin MacKenzie 🌱

Articles keep ignoring this point - yes, gerrymandering happens. Yes, mid-cycle gerrymandering has happened.

This is different. Rs drew the maps. They want to draw them again. This sets a precedent for those in power to consistently redraw lines to maximize power. Politicians picking voters.

I’ve seen this move. Fake endorsements are against the law in Massachusetts under Mass.Gen.Law Ch. 56, Sec. 41A, Unauthorized Use of Endorsements. #mapoli

Even more troubling is that fact that he has previously shot someone at one such rally.

This is someone whose sole goal is to divide us.

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I am troubled that Scott Hayes, a Framingham resident who has organized similar rallies in places like Newton, is looking to take advantage of divisions within our community and deepen them further.

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Vile.

Look at what happens to male teacher salaries (blue line) v.s. female teacher salaries (red line) after collective bargaining laws expire.

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…

Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.

He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.

only in a country with a political press as terrible as ours could a pair of democratic legislators be assassinated by a reactionary conservative and seven weeks later this double murder has been completely forgotten about

Eviction fears, disability discrimination, and Trump’s war on fair housing Meanwhile “the nation is in the throes of a fair and affordable housing crisis.”

A Minnesota landlord tried to evict a family because their autistic son was said to be making "too much noise." Legal aid intervened, citing disability discrimination, and kept them housed.

Now Trump's HUD is slashing the grants that made this defense possible, part of its assault on fair housing.

Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There “Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.

pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life

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Healey unveils $400 million plan to bolster research under fire from Trump - The Boston Globe Amid cuts from the federal government, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey filed a bill to inject $400 million into research and development projects.

In good news, the Massachusetts governor is proposing a $400 Million investment in research to offset some of the Trump cuts.

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Remember to fill out fill out the survey about parking (bikes and vehicles) in Washington Square! Survey closes in September. buff.ly/YaJyQ7v

See my letter to the editor in @brooklinenews.bsky.social in support of the Victory Program proposal for 16 Williams St.

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Beacon Hill Democrats offer no timeline for resolution to bar advocate work stoppage Top Beacon Hill Democrats offered no timeline Monday for a resolution to a months-long work stoppage of private attorneys who are pushing lawmakers to raise the hourly rate they are paid to take on…

Constitutional rights must be upheld every day. #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonherald.com/2025/07/29/b...

I wish it wasn’t considered controversial to say that people should not be starved to death. I wish it wasn’t controversial to say that is unacceptable for all of humanity.

Every member of his cabinet, when given a microphone: "Our goal is to starve Gaza to death, and yes, including the children."

Netanyahu, to English-speaking audiences: "Oh, no, of course that's not what we're doing."

A liar and a deeply evil man

I think about our shi**y congressman Seth Moulton claiming how terrible it would be for his girls to compete against boys. Not only is it transphobic it also says a lot what he thinks of his girls. Professional female athletes often talk about value of competing against the best regardless of gender

Brookline Village and Washington Square Parking Surveys Parking Input Needed!

The Town has launched Brookline Village and Washington Square Parking Surveys (open through September). This is your opportunity to register your thoughts about how best to get to and enjoy the many gems of these two business districts.

BrooklineNews on Instagram: "Should Brookline become a city, or remain a town? With close to 63,000 residents, Brookline is the second largest town in Massachusetts behind only Plymouth, a status so... 51 likes, 3 comments - brooklinenews on July 27, 2025: "Should Brookline become a city, or remain a town? With close to 63,000 residents, Brookline is the second largest town in Massachusetts behind...

Explained in two minutes: The ongoing debate and campaign about whether Brookline should be a city or a town

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Thank you for trying to reach Brooklines wherever they are! Your efforts are appreciated.

World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.  This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...

World Central Kitchen @wck.org has also been able to reopen kitchens in Gaza this week. Learn more and donate here:
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Opinion | We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty

“On a fundamental level, these are signs that we are losing the story of who we are as a country. This is a crisis of narrative. Are we no longer a country of immigrants? Are we no longer a country that values the dignity of the human person?”
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The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been…

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

Now, their stories will begin to be told.

Starting here 👇

And yet the same poll has the 2026 generic congressional ballot at D+3, so that high disapproval is coming entirely from partisan Democrats themselves. If you've ever wanted to challenge an ineffective Democratic incumbent, you're not going to have a better opportunity than next year.

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?

ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”

We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.

➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

This column on U.S. concentration camps is the one I hoped I’d never write | Will Bunch Andrea Pitzer literally wrote the book on concentration camps. I talked to her about how they came to America.

Growing up after WWII, I always hoped concentration camps were history, not current events. But here we are, with thousands of migrants in squalid conditions, no due process, and $45B in new camps to come

Coming to terms with an American nightmare. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...

‘Drivers are people’: Boston City councilors want to delay the arrival of self-driving cars - The Boston Globe At a City Hall hearing, councilors discussed how autonomous vehicles might add to congestion, create unsafe conditions, and displace ride-sharing drivers.

Fully support banning Waymo.

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Thank you for reporting on this, Sam.

I am of the opinion Richard Nangle should resign from office. Given what we now know, his earlier attempts at misleading the public regarding his involvement and his inappropriate email response to your outreach, his behavior denigrates our town legislature.

A confirmed answer to some Brookline political intrigue that we broke open with a previous story.