Claire Wadlington

Chart showing how much public defender bar advocates are paid.

Public defender bar advocates deserve to be paid a fair wage for the work they do. Look how MA compares to other states, when we have the highest cost of living. #mapoli

Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200.

The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.

Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104 Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

May 3: East Cambridge in the Revolution tour - History Cambridge Saturday, May 3, 2025 2-3:30 pmFree; registration required Limited space availableWeather date: Sunday, May 4 at 2 pm About the tour East Cambridge is a neighborhood whose role in the Revolutionary Wa...

FREE! This Saturday!
East Cambridge in the Revolution tour

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April 26: Ideas, Invention, and Imagination: A Guided Tour of Cambridgeport - History Cambridge Saturday, April 26, 20252-3:30 pmFree; registration requiredLimited space availableWeather date: Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm About the tour Join authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta for a series of...

Free! This Saturday! Ideas, Invention, and Imagination: A Guided Tour of Cambridgeport

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Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,

Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.

~ All of Us

In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.

So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.

So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

On 3/25/15, 30-year-old Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by 6 plainclothes agents of the DHS in Massachusetts with no cause. Her hearing is Monday. Show up at 9 AM at the Federal courthouse - 11 Elmwood Ave, Burlington Vermont to protest this injustice.

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...

Great explainer on the importance of the National Weather Service. @streets.boston.gov relies on their forecasts, data, and models to plan salting and plowing during snow storms, and to predict flooding.

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project TRUMP WANTS TO BE A KING

Somehow MAGA can't see the irony of their "1776" hats and "We The People" tattoos while they celebrate Trump as a "king". Maya and Rick dive into Republican hypocrisy and bootlicking on a new episode of The Breakdown, tonight at 7 PM EST. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FmI...

Americans worry Musk's campaign to slash government could hurt services, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The poll also found a majority of Americans believe that billionaires have too much influence on Trump's administration.

Turns out Musk and DOGE are wildly unpopular. Even Republicans are concerned that this unelected, foreign billionaire has too much influence on the White House. reut.rs/41t8XYQ

Wow! Pots and Kettle stuff here. Social media is a wicked big rock to wield - and it is easy for people yo pick up their own rocks and join in based on one post.

Exclusive | X Hinted at Possible Deal Trouble in Talks With Ad Giant to Increase Spending Interpublic Group recently signed an advertising agreement with the social-media platform; other agencies are also in negotiations.

And there it is: Pay or else www.wsj.com/business/med...

House on a lake on a sunny 5 degree (feels like 15 degrees) day.

Attorneys for immigrants have lost a federal grant, and with it, the ability to take new cases - VTDigger “This population, their rights are being violated,” said Jill Martin Diaz, executive director of the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project. “Now, we're really seeing a systematic dismantling of the people...

Acacia’s Unaccompanied Children Program provides legal rep to over 26,000 children in/released from Office of Refugee Resettlement custody, protecting children from trafficking, abuse and exploitation, helping immigration courts run smoother, and ensuring a modicum of due process. #Vermont

Want to get paid to leave your hayfield alone? This project to help birds has a grant for you New England farmers can now apply for funding in exchange for leaving their hayfields alone in the early summer. The funds come from the Bobolink Project, which started as a research study and now mak...

New England farmers can now apply for funding in exchange for leaving their hayfields alone in the early summer. The funds come from the Bobolink Project, which started as a research study and now makes grants through Audubon chapters in Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire.

This is an institutionalized effort to undermine critical thinking and enable discrimination in New Hampshire, the third whitest state in the U.S., following our neighbors, Maine and Vermont. Who thinks this is a good idea? Quick show of hands.

💔🙏🏾 #CecileRichards

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died at 67 Cecile Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer.

#RIP #CecileRichards #cancer #PlannedParenthood #feminist

Today we lost a warrior for a woman’s right to choose. #CecileRichards. She was the face & voice of Planned Parenthood & all women’s rights

Virginia and Vermont have the same rolling green hills in areas - I think VT just has more evergreens (and is colder).

I was great at typing with my thumbs in the era of the original Blackberry. :)

Twenty something children favor sleep over presents - or maybe they know that with our simple celebrations there isn’t a horde of presents…

On age: when I grew up we said “graduated from high school” versus “graduated high school.” Wonder when the “from” dropped?

#notgoingback #publichealth #lookathistory