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Seth Moulton believed to be weighing 2026 primary challenge to Ed Markey - The Boston Globe The Salem Democrat has not made a final decision but is seriously looking at challenging the two-term Democratic senator, several sources told the Globe.

News—Rep. Seth Moulton is seriously considering a 2026 primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey

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After DOGE cuts, this flood-battered region has one of the most thinly stretched National Weather Service offices - The Boston Globe The NWS office in eastern Kentucky has been credited with saving lives during the region's record-breaking floods. That lifeline is now under unprecedented strain.

I went to eastern Kentucky to report on a NWS office that's been a vital lifeline during historic recent flash floods

But after DOGE cuts, the NWS in Jackson is critically understaffed, with 40% vacancy—prompting agency experts to worry failures are "inevitable"

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CBC election night liveblog is already COOKING

Virginia will bear the brunt of DOGE cuts. And with an election this year, it’s also a bellwether on Trump and Musk. - The Boston Globe Outside of Washington, the Hampton Roads region has the highest share of federal workers and is home to several major military bases.

NEW—"When you run against the swamp, the swamp still votes"

How DOGE cuts are already upending the 2025 governor's race in Virginia, & sparking a brewing primary on the Republican side

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JFK Library in Dorchester temporarily closed ‘until further notice’ - The Boston Globe No explanation was given for why the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester is closed.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston closed abruptly this afternoon with no explanation given

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In the Oval Office just now for his swearing-in, RFK Jr praised Trump's destruction of USAID, arguing it became "a sinister propagator of totalitarianism and war across the globe" (without naming any specifics) per White House pool

USAID was created by his uncle, John F. Kennedy, in 1961

‘People are signing up in droves’: Federal workers' unions see DOGE-inspired surge - The Boston Globe As President Trump and Elon Musk move to upend the government, labor unions that represent federal workers have seen their membership rolls rapidly expand.

News from me: Labor unions representing federal workers have seen a surge in membership in response to DOGE

The biggest, AFGE, exceeded 1/3rd of its 2024 new member total in the first week of February alone; others are seeing unprecedented interest too

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‘America has DOGE fever’: Republicans in state capitals rush to emulate Trump and Musk’s government-slashing project - The Boston Globe State-level Republicans are eager to tap into the enthusiasm they see for Donald Trump’s agenda — and the star power they see provided by Elon Musk.

NEW: GOP officials in 8 states have launched efforts to copy the federal DOGE for themselves, from "COGE" in NH to "GOAT" in WI

They're a way to align with Trump/Musk—at a moment when many states are facing budget crunches

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EXCLUSIVE: Mike Pence Org Urges Senators To Oppose RFK Jr. Confirmation Former Vice President Mike Pence’s organization, Advancing American Freedom, is urging senators to vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his stance on abortion. In a letter first ob...

Mike Pence's advocacy organization is lobbying GOP senators to reject RFK Jr's nomination over the issue of abortion, Daily Wire reports

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Sen. Jack Reed of RI, top Dem on Senate Armed Services panel, tells Pete Hegseth he will be the first Defense secretary nominee he'll oppose—out of 9 Reed has considered from Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden admins

They were once soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now they may soon lead the nation’s national security team.
@sambrodey.bsky.social on how these post-9/11 veterans mark a different generation of national security officials: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/10/n...

30 rock predicted so much about our current moment

when Dems pushed last year to eliminate the debt ceiling (the idea Trump just endorsed) House Rs slammed the idea as "insane" and the NRCC adopted it as an attack line on Dems

My take on AJ Hawk is that you can walk up and talk to him in the tavern but he can’t give you a quest or anything

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is meeting today on the Hill with Scott Bessent, Trump’s nominee for Treasury, per a source familiar

Warren is set to take over as top Dem on Senate Banking next year; she had some early skepticism of Bessent pick as too Wall Street friendly

RFK Jr. may sound like a liberal at times, but progressive senators are deeply skeptical - The Boston Globe As Donald Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary begins meeting with senators, he's unlikely to get much support from Democrats.

New: Among liberal senators—who might have once aligned with some RFK Jr ideas or still do—the opening posture on his nomination ranges from "I'm gonna listen" to already "disqualified"

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Union leaders cautiously optimistic about Trump’s labor secretary pick - The Boston Globe It’s possible Lori Chavez-DeRemer could pick up as much, or more, support for her confirmation from Democratic senators as Republicans.

Organized labor and their allies in Congress are actually kind of optimistic that Trump's pick for Labor secretary could advance workers' interests

But that optimism, one labor chief told me, is "tepid"—because the Trump admin "could be at odds with itself"

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in the running for Self-Own of the Year, might give Drake's Kendrick lawsuit a run

Dem candidates for state legislatures on average over-performed Harris in 2024, according to a new report from the DLCC

In PA, AZ, and MI, Dem state leg candidates went from underperforming Biden in '20 to pacing ahead of Harris, which DLCC says helped limit losses at the state level

shoe leather reporting being done by the students at Penn's 34th Street Magazine

Kudos to Penn's student-run blog for quickly getting in on the local angle

Timmy Chalamet being wrong about Texas winning the SEC championship after calling the Ohio upset

the Mahdi will be aware of things others cannot see

Uhhh

Inbox—Sen. Peter Welch, Vermont Democrat, on Hunter Biden pardon:

“President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter is, as the action of a loving father, understandable—but as the action of our nation’s Chief Executive, unwise.”

Bomb threat at Lee Zeldin's home probed by Suffolk police, officials say It's apparently part of what the Trump transition said is a spate of threats to cabinet nominees and administration appointees.

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Just in: the Trump transition team says "several" of his Cabinet nominees and other administration appointees were targeted with violent threats last night and this morning, specifically mentioning bomb threats and "swatting"

Gov Tim Walz (in what looks like his first detailed post-election comments) says he will not convene a special session of the MN legislature to prepare for Trump return, like Gavin Newsom has in CA

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‘We’ve been preparing for months, in some cases years’: Democratic state attorneys general brace for Trump’s second term - The Boston Globe Once again, Democratic state attorneys general are their party's first line of defense. But the court battles of Trump's second term could prove very different than those of his first.

New: Democratic state AGs are once again poised to be the strongest check on Trump—and some of them prepared years for this election outcome.

"We are better prepared than we were at this point in 2016," NJ attorney general Matt Platkin told me.

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