POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Good and bad news for MASS DEMS — CHANDLER backs GONZALEZ — WARREN, MARKEY call for action on Puerto Rico

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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Good and bad news for MASS DEMS — CHANDLER backs GONZALEZ — WARREN, MARKEY call for action on Puerto Rico

- "Dem Candidates Slam Baker, Make Case For Governor In Latest Debate," by Antonio Caban, WGBH News: "Democratic gubernatorial candidates Jay Gonzalez and Robert Massie hammered incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Baker's record while also taking jabs at each other in a Thursday debate, their final before party activists this weekend choose their nominee. While largely in agreement on their approaches to education, transportation, gender equity and race, Massie, a longtime activist and former Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, positioned himself as bringing an outsider perspective to the corner office."

CHARLIE BAKER GOVERNS BY OUTSIDE EXPERTS YET AGAIN! 

- "Gov. Baker discusses his vision for Worcester," by Cyrus Moulton, Telegram & Gazette: "Gov. Charles D. Baker Jr. said Thursday that state police will bring in an outside expert to 'provide guidance' to leadership at the agency, which is facing problems ranging from alleged abuse of overtime to the scrubbing of an arrest report involving a judge's daughter. Mr. Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito engaged the editorial board in a wide-ranging interview, touching on other subjects, including the Pawtucket Red Sox possible move to Worcester, commuter rail improvements and capital investments."

The Post Most: Michelle Wolf’s caustic comedy routine at the White House correspondents’ dinner, annotated

The Post Most: Michelle Wolf’s caustic comedy routine at the White House correspondents’ dinner, annotated

MMA fighter with links to Trump, Cohen is questioned by FBI A Russian mixed martial arts fighter who has connections with President Donald Trump, the president’s personal attorney Michael Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin was questioned this week by the FBI, his manager confirmed Saturday. By Patrick Rose | AP  •  Read more »

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Why do we care about Trump’s body language? It’s more honest than his words. The real meaning of “l’affaire dandruff” By Nichole Russell  •  Read more »

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Naomi Klein | Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich "Puertopians" Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island

Naomi Klein | Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich "Puertopians" Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: PA-18's Massachusetts connection — 2019 FARE hikes? — SNOW pushes election deadlines

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: PA-18's Massachusetts connection — 2019 FARE hikes? — SNOW pushes election deadlines

- "Next T fare hike likely in mid-2019," by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth Magazine: "The MBTA's Oversight Board indicated on Monday that it plans to raise fares in the middle of next year and the chairman of the board said a debate about new, additional revenues for the transit authority could take place in three years. The comments about revenues came during a debate at the Fiscal and Management Control Board about the MBTA budget for fiscal 2019, which begins July 1. T officials forecasted that the authority's revenues will increase 2.2 percent next year while expenses will go up 2.5 percent."


- "Markey wants to get other states to adopt Mass. get-tough gun laws," by Matt Stout, Boston Globe: "Riding a revitalized push to address gun safety, US Senator Edward J. Markey on Monday unveiled legislation designed to push other states to adopt Massachusetts' get-tough laws, including requiring all gun owners to be licensed and giving local police chiefs the power to reject problem applicants. The legislation, which Markey said he'll file Tuesday, aims to extend the Massachusetts legal blueprint across the country by using Department of Justice grants to encourage states to harden their own laws. "


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