Breaking News: Politician who brought Somerville into Middle East politics complains about Middle East politics being injected into Somerville
01.09.2025 21:49 β
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Ed smiles with Senator Warren. His t-shirt reads: Itβs better in a union - AFL-CIO
Boston is a union town.
01.09.2025 21:36 β
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Iβm not claiming the language of the amendment is perfect either, but thatβs exactly the point, this isnβt what weβre supposed to be spending time on.
01.09.2025 21:12 β
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Our local Council shouldnβt be tasked with perfecting the subtleties of how we condemn terrorist groups, letβs leave that to people qualified and tasked with doing that. It causes needless division in our community, that I think we are likely to get wrong. We have important work to focus on here.
01.09.2025 21:11 β
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Hi Ben, Iβm glad the Council did include that condemnation you mention on the right, but their did vote down a condemnation of Hamas as a part of the lasting peace section (the proposed amendment to do that indeed failed 5-6). But please read my overall point that the root of this problem is that:
01.09.2025 21:08 β
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