Michael “Mookie” Terracciano

No blog post today.

Brain needed a short break.

August 19, 2025 The Honorable Pamela Bondi Attorney General of the United States U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20530 RE: Response to August 13, 2025 letter from Attorney General Bondi to Mayor Michelle Wu Attorney General Bondi, I write in response to your letter of August 13, 2025, threatening to prosecute local officials anc illegally withhold federal grants and contracts unless the City of Boston agrees to actively participate in mass deportations. 'This federal administration's false and continuous attacks on American cities and millions of our residents are unprecedented. You have eliminated health care and food assistance for our families; unlawfully cancelled grants for our schools and roads; slashed funding for our universities, hospitals, and research institutions; and deployed military personnel to occupy our streets. These attacks all come back to a common aim: the Trump Administration seeks to divide, isolate, and intimidate our cities, and make Americans fearful of one another. The City of Boston is the safest major city in America. Our progress is the result of decades of community policing and partnership between local law enforcement and community leaders, who share a commitment to making Boston a safe and welcoming home for everyone. It is the result of our strong gun laws. And it is the result of our local policies-including the Boston Trust Act, which prohibits local police from engaging with federal immigration enforcement absent a criminal warrant, and which ensures that all Boston residents are able to report crimes and call 911 for help. The City of Boston follows the law-local, state, and federal. The United States Constitution establishes that local governments, closest to the people, hold the authority to enact public safety policies without the threat of unlawful interference from the federal government. The Founding Fathers included these protections as a direct result of the attempted coercion of …

Ashcroft, 501 U.S. 452, 457 (1991). It is indisputable that the drafters of the U.S. Constitution made "the decision to withhold from Congress the power to issue orders directly to the States." Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 584 U.S. 453, 470 (2018). '"[T]he Federal Government may not compel the States to enact or administer a federal regulatory program'' nor "conscript state or local officers directly" nor "coerce States to action through improper influence." Illinois, No. 25-cv-1285, slip op. at 19 (citing New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144, 188 (1992); Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898, 935 (1997); Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519, 578 (2012)). As the federal court in Illinois wrote just weeks ago: "[A]nticommandeering is a bulwark against abuse of [federal] government power." Id. Additionally, in Massachusetts, state law places clear limits on participation in federal immigration enforcement. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in Lunn v. Commonwealth, held that state and local law enforcement agencies may not arrest individuals solely based on immigration detainer requests from the federal government, absent a criminal warrant. 477 Mass. 517 (2017). The Boston Trust Act and its amendments codify the Lunn decision. Our City's longstanding and productive partnership with state and federal law enforcement to protect the people of Boston far predates your tenure. The Boston Police Department, the first municipal police department in the United States, works closely with state and federal agencies to address counterterrorism threats, protect our airport and our harbor, combat drug and human trafficking, and hold perpetrators accountable for crimes. Just last week, Boston Police arrested thirteen people as the result of a joint human trafficking investigation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police. The week before, Boston Police worked alongside the FBI in an investigation that led to an arrest and the reco…

Mayor Wu’s reply to AG Bondi. content.boston.gov/sites/defaul...

blue and green watercolor brain image with text; No AI, only brain

blue watercolor brain image with text: No chatgpt only brain

New work, anti-AI artwork in watercolor. Handpainted, one of each artologica.etsy.com

In today’s new page of THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN, Sweetwater successfully communes with Lake Aroa only to receive an unexpected answer to her question.
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HWHAT 😮

Sweetwater has a lot more experience than poor Veth. 😉

In today’s new page of THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN, Sweetwater successfully communes with Lake Aroa only to receive an unexpected answer to her question.
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No worries, I got it. 🙂👍

Sweetwater attempts to commune with Lake Aroa but gets a mouthful of water in today’s new page of THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN!
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Sweetwater attempts to commune with Lake Aroa but gets a mouthful of water in today’s new page of THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN!
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Being online in 2025.

A black cat sleeping and looking cute atop a cat perch.

In today’s blog at The Legacy of Dominic Deegan I’m looking forward to my own little summer treat after a stressful “staycation.”
(I don’t have a good pic for this so here’s Normandy actually relaxing.)

MY TURN FOR A SUMMER TREAT
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Me: “This staycation has been stressful with these ants but it looks like they’re finally under control. I haven’t seen any in the basement or the first floor in days. I can finally relax.”

The ant crawling across my foot on the second floor in the middle of the night: “Sup?”

Me: “FFFFFFFFFFFFFF—“

Since her arrival in Imandu, Kaianda has been having nothing but sweet dreams, but that may end in today’s new page of THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN!
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This particular dream was a first for her. 😁

Since her arrival in Imandu, Kaianda has been having nothing but sweet dreams, but that may end in today’s new page of THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN!
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“AI is coming to take our jobs” no it isn’t. It’s a CEO named Gary taking some shitty advice from a VC who has never had a real job in their life, trying to maximise their quarterly earnings by firing as many people as they can get away with to make number go up, and it isn’t sustainable

A sleeve of Oreo cookies with an excessive amount of crème filling.

In today’s blog at The Legacy of Dominic Deegan I compare my two weeks alone to how I feel about Mega Stuf Oreos. It makes sense, I think.

TWO WEEKS TOO LONG
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

Be a Hicks, not a Hudson.

Agree. I adore Watchmen but I would never recommend it as a “first read.”

Planet Hulk is a fantastic and accessible recommendation for a new reader.

Every time I see a “the world is doomed” or a “we are so fucked” post I want to scream. This is not the energy you bring to a crisis. And if you do, you’re the one who gets punched out by the story’s hero so they can actually focus on fighting what’s wrong.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Gordi plans to meditate and go to bed early, but things rarely go as planned in THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN!
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Thanks! It felt about time to start bringing characters together. 😁

Veth has started scribbling in the corners. 😁

If a comic book page focuses on a long back and forth conversation, it's commonly referred to as a "talking heads" page, EVEN THOUGH, VERY RARELY, do any of the characters discuss finding themselves A) living in a shotgun shack, B) in another part of the world, C) behind the wheel of a large automo

Or it’s just as confused as everyone else. 😄

Gordi plans to meditate and go to bed early, but things rarely go as planned in THE LEGACY OF DOMINIC DEEGAN!
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