POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Three things to watch at the GOP-VENTION – HOUSE passes $41B budget – STATIE tax trouble

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Three things to watch at the GOP-VENTION – HOUSE passes $41B budget – STATIE tax trouble

THE ELIZABETH WARREN ATTACKERS FUNDED BY WEALTHY UNNAMED DONORS [LIKE THE MERCERS] ARE IN FULL SWING....NOTE THAT THEY NEVER ADDRESS ISSUES AND JUST EMPLOY DOG WHISTLE SLOGANS FOR THE SIMPLE-MINDED TO EMBRACE LIKE SHEEP.

- There will be SWAG. In the form of Elizabeth Warren "barf bags," thanks to the Deal Her Out super PAC. Why barf bags? "The record and hypocrisy of Elizabeth Warren is enough to make any person sick," Marty Lamb, president of Deal Her Out PAC, told the Washington Times . "The Elizabeth Warren barf bag is a stark reminder of this fact and that only one thing could make the voters sicker and that is if the Massachusetts Republican Party fails to offer a clear alternative to Senator Warren and her out of touch policies by nominating an imitation candidate of Senator Warren such as John Kingston III or Beth Lindstrom." Deal Her Out is not-so-subtly is a single-issue super PAC that opposes Sen. Warren.

I'll be in at in the hall on Saturday - be sure to say hi.

- "Clergy members lobby Beacon Hill for 'red flag' bill," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service: "Citing the 'righteous impatience of our forebears,' faith leaders from various denominations throughout Massachusetts joined gun control activists in making the rounds on Beacon Hill Wednesday, urging lawmakers to pass a 'red flag' bill designed to reduce gun violence. Under the bill, a family member, roommate or law enforcement official could petition the court to bar someone from owning a firearm if their gun ownership presents a 'significant danger of causing personal injury to self or others.'"

- "Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Trump administration the 'most corrupt ... ever'," by Clare Foran, CNN: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren called President Donald Trump's administration the 'most corrupt administration ever' in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, leveled the accusation after Tapper asked her to comment on a series of controversial remarks made by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, whom Trump tapped to also serve as interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November."

- "Taxes not paid on perks for troopers," by Kay Lazar, Boston Globe: "The state has failed to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars doled out to state troopers since the 1970s as a reward for driving their own cars to work, leaving Massachusetts vulnerable to a potentially massive bill from the IRS."

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