Massachusetts Voters LOVE White Teeth!

Charlie took office and SNOW came!

....Sarah Palin or Charlie Baker suddenly realizing he was in charge!


The Corporate Media Propaganda Machines have been swooning for unknown reasons since Charlie Baker ascended the throne.....

Charlie Baker just complained about partisanship....HINT: He wasn't running against Deval Patrick.

Governor White Teeth ascended the throne because the Massachusetts Democratic Party anointed an arrogant candidate who previously LOST to a Lack Luster Centerfold because she refused to campaign, among other things.

Last Republican Governor in Massachusetts spent his life campaigning for PRESIDENT....how'd that go for ya Mitt?

Governor Baker spends his time soliciting DARK MONEY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS from 'vested' interests having nothing to do with Massachusetts residents....have you heard Charlie protest pipelines...Kinder Morgan?....Dirty Energy?...Fracked Gas?....

And Charlie's POLITICAL HACK APPOINTMENTS?

Charlie can't even condemn them.




This is just a single day...and the improvements? Not enough!

Enough with the T bashing: Here’s what the transit agency is getting right Despite all the recent operational woes at the T (including a locomotive refurbishment program that’s not going so well, as Bruce Mohl reports at CommonWealth magazine), Ted Pyne, also writing at CommonWealth, says the public shouldn’t overlook the fact that important reforms and initiatives have been implemented at the MBTA. He outlines five of them. CommonWealth

But not everyone is happy with T changes … MBTA bus mechanics are upset that new T general manager Luis Ramirez has a financial incentives clause written into his contract that would reward him if current privatization efforts are successfully carried out – like privatizing bus mechanic jobs, reports Adam Vaccaro at the Globe. Bus mechanics are planning a rally outside the T’s offices today. Boston Globe

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Two killed in separate commuter rail incidents

This is sad and tragic. From Brian Benson at Wicked Local: “A woman was killed and a man was seriously injured by a commuter rail train early Friday, causing cancellations and delays throughout the morning commute. The victims were struck around 5:30 a.m. near the bridge that carries Speen Street over the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line, Transit Police said in a statement. In Dedham, another pedestrian was killed just before 6:15 Friday night when he was struck by a Franklin commuter rail line train.” Wicked Local

CHARLIE BAKER'S POLITICAL HACK:

Emails raise questions about leadership shakeup at Environmental Police

A leadership shakeup at Mass. Environmental Police took place without several jobs being posted internally, an apparent violation of departmental policies, Todd Feathers of the Lowell Sun reports, citing emails received through an information-records request. The emails show concern among some attorneys within the agency about the pace of changes made by Col. James McGinn, a former state police sergeant who famously copped the top job at the agency after serving as Gov. Charlie Baker’s campaign driver.  Lowell Sun

Charlie couldn't even make a decision about the OLYMPICS without a tax payer funded study. Duh?

Charlie Baker: ONE & DONE!

The media are in LOVE!

Not so VOTERS!

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I think we had enough dark money and ignorant people running our country. Get the rich people out of our political system. They do not own the world

Baker took money from a developer who wanted a piece of the State House lawn . LIterally Baker tried to give a way a piece of the State House lawn, so some developer could sell 11 million dollar condos with nanny suites.https://www.bostonglobe.com/.../yI2dAxHg6B9I9P.../story.html

And remember when Charlie's political hacks used STATE equipment to party? 

Did Charlie condemn them and fire them>? NO! 

And today's scandal is a CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR who didn't want a HOTEL next to his office and Charlie squashed it. 

Howie Carr's panties would have been in a wad if Deval Patrick had done that.....where's your outrage Howie?

Nat Grid vs small Massachusetts solar power concerns

I never like him He's an arrogant jerk like most Republican men

Some of it is "dark money" and some of it is just plain in your face we-know-how-to-cheat-the-system stuff. Either way, Gov. Waffles is just another Republican whose only worry is money and power. How refreshing.

 For example: his charter school stand was in lockstep with Betsey DeVos, and he's filling the Massachusetts judiciary with conservatives.

Charlie Baker: ONE & DONE! MBTA FAILURES!

Charlie Baker is incapable of leadership and this proves it!

Defending Luis Ramirez ?

Cutting PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION services to those who need it and now hiring Clowns who flunked elsewhere?

Outgoing rail CEO ruffled feathers, struggled with cost overruns

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Posted: 08/19/2016 5:15 PM

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - During Dan Grabauskas' tenure as CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, the rail authority completed nine miles of the guideway, despite a year-long legal delay and massive cost overruns.

But what ultimately ended his tenure was his frayed relationships with the state Legislature and the City Council, which hold the purse strings to the project.

On Thursday, Grabauskas voluntarily resigned after more than four years at the helm, capping months of review of his performance by the HART board.

"This is a matter of us thinking, what is in the best interest of HART? What is the best interest of City and County of Honolulu and the project itself?" said HART Chairwoman Colleen Hanabusa.

Under a separation deal, Grabauskas will be paid for the next 60 days plus a year's salary, making his severance package worth $282,000.

His interim replacement, city Department of Transportation Service Director Mike Formby, will be paid $147,000. Formby resigned from HART's board to accept the position.

Hanabusa said Grabauskas is entitled to severance since he voluntarily resigned.  
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T search advisory board member unaware of Ramirez past stumbles

One of the five members of the advisory committee that worked with Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack on the search that resulted in the hiring of Luis Ramirez as the MBTA’s new general manager says she was not aware of a lawsuit against him or that his former company had to restate financial statements, Meghna Chakrabarti and Kathleen McNerney of WBUR report.  Pollack herself is not commenting on the selection, which for the first time was hers alone to make: Past GM hirings have been at least quasi-public processes.  Monica Tibbits-Nutt, executive director of the 128 Business Council who also serves on the T’s Fiscal and Management Control Board, says the reports swirling around Ramirez since his selection have put him at a disadvantage as he prepares to start work Sept. 12. “For now, I’m going to give Ramirez the benefit of the doubt and be cautiously optimistic. I’m going to wait until we have all the facts,” she said. WBUR

Tea Bagger Baker's MBTA FAILS!

As always, thank you Senator Eldridge!

Tea Bagger Guv Baker needs to be ONE AND DONE!

We don't often take public transportation so when we do, there is a noticeable decline.

Recently, a water main rupture caused massive confusion and the MBTA UNION personnel were absolutely WONDERFUL!

Passengers were confused about detours and re-routing, calmed by some great bus drivers!

There have been other problems, complaints filed with the MBTA require + 1 week to respond? Station recordings are WRONG! and much else!

Only a Republican could make it WORSE!

On;y a Republican could take PUBLIC out of PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!

Charlie, your MBTA FAILED!

Jamie Eldridge

I've received a few inquiries from constituents about the Baker administration and the MBTA proposing cuts to commuter rail weekend service and The Ride for the disabled, here is the story, including my quotes not only opposing those cuts, but pointing out that the MBTA is playing a fiscal shell game, insisting they have a deficit to close, while the Legislature provided the MBTA with $173m in FY17, to avoid such service cuts. Cynical and disingenuous moves by our Governor, and the MBTA.

MBTA SERVICE CUTS QUICKLY RUN INTO RESISTANCE

By Andy Metzger
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

BOSTON, MARCH 13, 2017.....Proposed service cuts for disabled passengers and weekend commuter rail riders that are being contemplated by the MBTA drew a sharp rebuke Monday from the state Democratic Party, which said the move would "punish passengers."

Sen. Jamie Eldridge, an Acton Democrat who is co-chairman of the Senate MBTA Caucus, also objected to the idea, saying lawmakers have repeatedly given the MBTA additional funding through the budget so that it does not need to cut service.

"We provided the MBTA with that money in the budget," Eldridge told the News Service on Monday, saying the T is "not following the intent of the Legislature."

The MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board on Monday advanced a preliminary budget that includes options to bring it into balance even without the additional state funding.

Brian Lang, a member of the control board, said the cost-cutting measures included in the preliminary budget lacked sufficient detail to gain his support.

"At this point, I would not vote for this as a budget," Lang said.

Lang and his colleagues on the control board agreed to advance the preliminary budget to the MBTA Advisory Board without actually endorsing the proposed steps that could be taken to eliminate the T's structural deficit.

Lang told the News Service there was not enough detail about the options to cut weekend service on the commuter rail and scale back paratransit offered through The Ride.

"Every one of them warrants thorough vetting," Lang said.

MBTA officials projected a roughly $42 million structural deficit without additional measures to increase revenues and cut costs. Eliminating weekend commuter rail service would save an estimated $10 million. By limiting The Ride to the geographic area mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act near bus and subway service, the T would save an estimated $7 million.

Gov. Charlie Baker has pushed for the T to improve service on the existing system without adding a new revenue stream through higher taxes. The governor has supported annual payments of $187 million from the state to the T, which the Legislature has gone along with. As the transit agency has reduced its structural deficit, the extra funds have been used for capital projects.

Baker told reporters late Monday that he was not familiar with all of the cost-saving measures on the table, but believed management was just being transparent with the choices available. "I would view it at this point as an options memo," Baker said.

The Massachusetts Democratic Party seized on the move by the Baker administration, arguing it is part of a theme of the Republican governor mismanaging the contract with Keolis Commuter Services.

"The Baker administration has already awarded the commuter rail operator, Keolis, millions of dollars in special giveaways, without demanding any improvements in service or reliability," Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Gus Bickford said in a statement. "Now they're trying to punish riders for the Governor's mismanagement of the commuter rail contract. We should be investing in our public transportation infrastructure, not cutting service for the people who rely on it to get around."

Terry MacCormack, spokesman for the Massachusetts Republican Party, noted that two Patrick administration officials recently wrote that the state's low rankings for transportation "reflect decades of neglect and misprioritization of resources."

Jesse Mermell, who was communications director for Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat, and Chris Dempsey, who was assistant secretary of transportation, wrote about the state's transportation troubles in Commonwealth Magazine: "We didn't get here overnight. So we need to think long-term about the needs and goals of our transportation system if we're going to climb out of the hole and stay there."

Dempsey is now director of Transportation for Massachusetts.

"Transit advocates and even a former Patrick Administration official agree that years of Democratic control eroded the MBTA's infrastructure and created a bloated payroll while riders got worse service," McCormack said. "Thanks to Governor Baker's leadership, the T is on a stable fiscal path, new equipment to improve service for riders is replacing older vehicles, and for the first time in decades, major reforms are taking place, despite partisan Democrats' attempts to derail the progress."

Jay Gonzalez, Patrick's former budget chief who has declared his candidacy as a Democrat for governor, said the potential move "isn't fixing the T, it's driving it into a ditch with terrible consequences for the thousands of families who rely on these services."

"Rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Transportation Titanic will result in nothing more than more efficient seating on a sinking ship," Gonzalez said in a statement. "We need a Governor who will be honest about the investments we need to make to support the transportation system people rely on, and a Governor who has the courage to make those investments."

MASSterList: 'Thou Shalt' | Spicer's signal | It's all-out war

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By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 02/24/2017 'Thou Shalt' | Spicer's signal | It's all-out war

Happening Today

Affordable Care Act discussion   U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III and state Rep. Patricia Haddad hold a roundtable to discuss the Affordable Care Act and how its repeal would affect local residents, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Jackson Conference Room, 363 Highland Ave., Fall River, 10 a.m.

‘Ask the mayor'   ’Boston Mayor Martin Walsh is scheduled to appear on his monthly "Ask the Mayor" segment on Boston Public Radio, WGBH-FM 89.7, 11 a.m.

China’s expansionism   Vice Admiral Umio Otsuka, president of the Staff College Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, vistits Tufts University to discuss ‘Expansion of China's force in South and East China Seas,’ Tufts University, Curtis Street, Medford, 12 p.m.

Press rights   Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan speaks about current challenges to press rights at the 7th annual New England First Amendment Awards luncheon, Boston Marriott Long Wharf, 296 State St., Boston, 12:30 p.m.

Walsh and Islamic Society   Mayor Martin Walsh and the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center host an immigrant and refugee community forum to address communities impacted by recent federal executive orders, 100 Malcolm X Blvd., Roxbury, 7 p.m. Today's News   Baker: ‘Thou shalt’ not declare sanctuary state. Walsh: Thou should   At a Tufts University event that was repeatedly disrupted by student protesters, Gov. Baker made clear his opposition to declaring Massachusetts as a “sanctuary state,” saying such decisions should be left to local governments, reports the Globe’s Laura Krantz and John Hilliard. “We don’t want to be the ‘thou shalt’ people,” Baker said. “You get into this ‘thou shalt’ business and what happens when somebody is in charge who you disagree with, and they ‘thou shalt’ you into something that you think is just fundamentally wrong for your community? ... I mean, we wield a very heavy stick in government. We should be very careful about how we swing it.’” But earlier in the day, Baker’s good buddy, Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh, said ‘thou shalt’ is just fine with him, as he threw his support behind declaring Massachusetts a “sanctuary state,” reports Paris Alston at WGBH. On Baker’s opposition to a sanctuary state, Walsh said: “He makes his own decisions, I make my decisions. I know that he's not happy with what's going on. The actions of this week aren't making his job or our job easy."     About those Tufts University interruptions of Baker ...   In the same Globe story, Laura Krantz and John Hilliard report that protesters interrupted Gov. Baker three times during a forum at Tufts University, in particular “pressing him to take a stronger stance against President Trump’s plan to increase deportations of immigrants in the country illegally.” Many students also stormed out of the meeting. The Tufts Daily has more on the interruptions, chants and walk out and how Baker apparently didn’t back down.     Spicer comments signal potential marijuana clash with Massachusetts   As the Washington Post reports this morning, White House press secretary Sean Spicer says he expects states to be subjected to "greater enforcement" of federal laws against marijuana use. The Globe’s Josh Miller reports that “Spicer’s statement sent ripples of worry and confusion through the marijuana industry in Massachusetts and across the country, and added to fears that Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a longtime foe of cannabis, will take a harder line on the drug than the Obama administration did." Boston Globe     Protesters, Baker express disappointment in Trump’s transgender order   A couple hundred people rallied in downtown Boston last evening to protest President Trump’s executive order that rescinds federal guidelines allowing transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity, reports the Globe’s Jacob Geanus. Meanwhile, Gov. Charlie Baker expressed disappointment in Trump's roll-back order, saying it sends the wrong message, reports Gintautus Dumcius at MassLive. “Thankfully, here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we've had in place standing administrative guidance on this issue for school districts in Massachusetts for the better part of four or five years and we signed, as you know, legislation last year protecting transgendered individuals," Baker told reporters yesterday.     Suffolk Law professor among those filing misconduct charge against Kellyanne Conway   Suffolk Law School professor Ilene Seidman is among 15 law professors who have filed a professional misconduct complaint against White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, the Washington Post reports: “The letter, filed with the office that handles misconduct by members of the D.C. Bar, said Conway should be sanctioned for violating government ethics rules and ‘conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.’” Here’s the full letter with the signatures at the bottom.  Washington Post     The Guns of February: Two parties prepare for all-out war   For those hoping that things might politically calm down a bit, forget about it, as the NYT and Washington Post report this morning that Democrats and Republicans are vowing all-out war on the national level. From the New York Time on Democrats: “Reduced to their weakest state in a generation, Democratic Party leaders will gather in two cities this weekend to plot strategy and select a new national chairman with the daunting task of rebuilding the party’s depleted organization. But senior Democratic officials concede that the blueprint has already been chosen for them — by an incensed army of liberals demanding no less than total war against President Trump.” From the Washington Post on Steve Bannon and conservatives: “The reclusive mastermind behind President Trump’s nationalist ideology and combative tactics made his public debut Thursday, delivering a fiery rebuke of the media and declaring that the new administration is in an unending battle for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state.’”     Energized local Dems map their way forward – and it runs through the Corner Office   While national Democrats and Republicans are drawing political and ideological lines in the sand, local Democrats are still grappling with their approach, though the liberal base of the party is clearly energized like never before and have their eye on a local target in particular – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, reports the Globe’s Akilah Johnson. Boston Globe Markey fires up crowd in Northampton   Count U.S. Senator Ed Markey as among those Democrats vowing all-out war against the Trump administration, if his appearance at a Northampton rally yesterday is any indication, as reported by Mary Serreze at MassLive. "This is an incredible moment in history," Markey said. "I'm fighting twenty-four-seven. I'm fighting harder now than I ever have in my whole career." MassLive     Ortiz: ‘We are living in dangerous times’   From Gintautas Dumcius at MassLive: “Carmen Ortiz, who recently stepped down as the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, on Thursday defended law enforcement officials' actions during her tenure and voiced concerns about the current national climate amid President Donald Trump's immigration policies.”  And, oh, she mentioned she won’t be a candidate for governor. "I have no interest in running," she said. "I'm not planning to and I have no interest." MassLive     Caught on live Stoughton TV: ‘(Expletive) 'em, meeting adjourned'   First, it should be noted that the Stoughton selectmen’s meeting was running late and everyone was getting tired, when things started to get a little testy toward the end, all caught on live Stoughton Media Access TV, including the cursing and walk outs and final “(Expletive) 'em, meeting adjourned.” Wicked Local     Romney denies treasonous interest in buying NY Yankees shares   He would be cutting his last remaining ties to Massachusetts if he ever went through with this. From O’Ryan Johnson at at the Herald: “Former Bay State governor and U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to buy a stake in the New York Yankees, according to a writer for Fanragsports.com. Romney — a Red Sox fan — denies the claim, according to the story’s author, Jon Heyman.” The issue apparently revolves around an investment firm run by Mitt’s son and chaired by Mitt. Boston Herald     MBTA: ‘Transit Police officers do NOT enforce Federal Immigration laws’   It seems recent pre-faregate inspections by MBTA Transit Police prompted concerns by some that the T might be enforcing immigration laws on behalf of ICE, as Adam Gaffin at Universal Hub reports. But transit officials were quick to tweet: “Transit Police officers do NOT enforce Federal Immigration laws. We are here to serve EVERYONE. Security Inspection Program has nothing to do w/immigration laws/enforcement. Counterterrorism layer only.” Universal Hub     Bias in favor of hydro over wind and solar?   From Bruce Mohl at CommonWealth magazine: “Environmental advocates say a 1,200 megawatt clean energy solicitation developed by the Baker administration is biased in favor of large-scale hydro projects favored by some of the state’s utilities.” Says George Bachrach, the president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, “It’s an energy diversity bill that stifles diversity.” CommonWealth The ‘back-end’ versus the ‘front-end’ of criminal justice reform   Daniel Medwed at WGBH has a good explainer piece on how Gov. Baker’s recently unveiled criminal justice reforms deal mostly with ‘back-end’ reforms (i.e. people already in prison) versus “front-end” reforms (keeping people out of jail in the first place). He likes Baker’s reforms. He just doesn’t think they went far enough. WGBH     ‘Anti-fascist’ protesters plead not guilty in Worcester   The Worcester ‘anti-fascist’ march over the weekend that led to arrests and political finger pointing may not have been as nasty and violent as previously reported (and re-reported here), judging by Gary Murray’s report at the Telegram on protesters’ court appearance yesterday. Yeah, they’re annoying revolutionary wannabes playing out heroic roles in their own minds, trying so hard to look menacing with handkerchiefs over their faces and many shouting derogatory remarks at police. But they were ultimately arrested on disorderly conduct charges for walking in the middle of the street and blocking traffic. Maybe we’re missing something. Telegram     SJC to review prison assignments of juvenile murderers   From Bob McGovern at the Herald: “The state’s highest court will consider whether the Massachusetts Department of Correction is conducting fair hearings when it decides whether or not to move a prisoner convicted of murder as a juvenile to a minimum-security facility. The case is the latest bid to expand the due process rights owed to those who were convicted of murder before they were adults.” Boston Herald     Answer: Yes, H-1B visas can help firms and hurt workers at the same time   WBUR’s Asma Khalid has a good story on how H-1B immigrant-worker visas are taking center stage, especially in the tech-heavy Boston area, amid the political uproar over immigration. From Khalid: “The crux of the H-1B debate is this: On one side tech companies insist there's a shortage of talent, but on the other side, some Americans insist H-1B workers are taking away their jobs. Can both of these arguments be true at the same time?” The answer to his question: Yes. We’ve known of local tech entrepreneurs genuinely desperate to hire software engineers. We’ve also known of non-tech firms (in finance and retail etc.) that have wiped out their entire IT departments and replaced them with H-1B visa holders. The distinction is between the H-1B needs of tech firms trying to build companies versus the H-1B needs of non-tech firms trying to cut costs.  WBUR     Report: Massachusetts sees spike in family homelessness   From Shira Schoenberg at MassLive: “Since 2008, Massachusetts has experienced one of the highest increases in family homelessness in the U.S., according to a report released Thursday by the Boston Foundation. Massachusetts is one of just two states -- the other being New York -- where more than half the homeless population is comprised of families. There are also a growing number of families with two spouses entering the state's shelter system.” We suspect part of the cause is the absurd cost of housing in Massachusetts. MassLIve     Why not an anti-Trump pop-up newspaper like the U.K.’s anti-Brexit sensation?   A MASSterList reader gave us a heads up on a piece by Joseph Lichterman at Harvard’s Nieman Labs, on how somebody started an anti-Brexit paper in the UK and now it’s going from pop-up to permanent. From our reader: “The reporter who started it says someone should start an anti-Trump paper - I think he's right in terms of a potential market.” Who knows? Definitely check out Lichterman’s story.   Neiman Lab     'Let’s talk shark attacks. Where and when do they bite?’   Perhaps motivated by this week’s unseasonably warm weather, the Cape Cod Times was obviously limbering up yesterday for its upcoming Great White Shark coverage later this summer. From the story’s lead (accompanied by the headline above and a photo of a monstrous, evil-looking shark): “My, what giant, sharp teeth you have. You ripping, tearing, biting and killing bad-boy you. We fear you. We're fascinated by you. We're talking sharks, of course. Particularly the great white kind.” Cape Cod Times     Sunday public affairs TV   Keller at Large, WBZ TV Channel 4, 8:30 p.m. WBZ Newsradio’s Joe Mathieu and host Jon Keller discuss town hall protesters, the fall of Milo Yiannopolous, the emerging field of Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates, and other topics. This is New England, NBC Boston, Channel 10, 9:30 a.m. With host Latoyia Edwards, this week’s topics: The Flu and Black History Month, with guests Dr. Michael Docktor of Boston Children’s and Aunt Herlda Senhouse, who celebrates her 106th Birthday. This Week in Business, NECN, 10 a.m. Massachusetts Health and Hospitals Association CEO Lynn Nicholas weighs in on the immigration ban and the impact on the medical community; state Gaming Commission chairman Steve Crosby on the casino projects around the state, and Boston Business Journal editor Doug Banks on the other top business stories of the week. CEO Corner, NECN, 10:30 a.m. Jobcase founder and CEO Fred Goff talks about the mission of his company, which works as a sort of hybrid between a Facebook and Linked-in for job-seekers. On the Record, WCVB TV Channel 5, 11 a.m. This week’s guest: U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who talks with anchor Ed Harding and co-anchor Janet Wu. CityLIne, WCVB TV Channel 5, 12 p.m. With host Karen Holmes Ward, this week’s topic: The Oscars and Supporting the Arts. Today's Headlines   Metro   Transgender rally draws hundreds to Post Office Square - Boston Globe Charlie Baker speaks at Tufts, prompting walkouts and protest - Tufts Daily Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, much-honored MIT physicist, dies - Boston Globe   Massachusetts   Mayor Walsh Supports Making Massachusetts A Sanctuary State - WBUR Gov. Charlie Baker says Trump administration sends wrong message with rollback of transgender protections - MassLive Massachusetts sees large increase in family homelessness, report finds - MassLive Sen. Ed Markey rallies Northampton crowd and pledges to fight President Trump's agenda -   Nation   Weakened Democrats Bow to Voters, Opting for Total War on Trump - NYT Bannon vows a daily fight for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’ - Washington Post Spicer: Feds could step up enforcement against marijuana use in states - Washington Post