POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: A DEM FUNDRAISING boon — COLLINS sworn in today — HOUSE weighs raising minimum tobacco purchase age

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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: A DEM FUNDRAISING boon — COLLINS sworn in today — HOUSE weighs raising minimum tobacco purchase age

- 'Massachusetts Democrats say President Donald Trump's withdrawal from Iran deal leaves US 'isolated,' less secure," by Shannon Young, MassLive.com: "President Donald Trump's Tuesday decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal drew pushback from Massachusetts lawmakers, who cautioned that the move could leave the United States isolated from its allies, jeopardize national security and encourage nuclear proliferation. Members of the state's U.S. House and Senate delegations were quick to criticize the president for announcing he would withdraw the United States from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which sought to keep Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons, and again impose sanctions against the country."


- "A surge in political activism by America's veterans," by David Gergen, CNN: "For the first time in more than a generation, there has also been a surge in political activism among American veterans - people who have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan and want to fix things at home. In the 2014 election cycle, Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, scored an upset win in the House. Moulton was a Marine infantry officer with four tours in Iraq and three degrees from Harvard."

- "Single-use plastic bottles banned," by Heather Bellow, The Berkshire Eagle: "Blazing a new trail, [Great Barrington] has become the first in Berkshire County - and the third in the US - to ban the sale of small, single-use water bottles. Applause ripped through the Monument Mountain Regional High School auditorium Monday after voters at annual town meeting approved the ban for the bottles, 1 liter or smaller, following the lead of Massachusetts towns Concord and Sudbury."