POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: PATRICK meets the PRESS — KEATING talks UKRAINE — BRADY stripped of chairmanship

PATRICK meets the PRESS — KEATING talks UKRAINE — BRADY stripped of chairmanship

BY STEPHANIE MURRAY GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. TGIF! PATRICK MEETS THE PRESS — The last five days have been a roller coaster ride. On Monday night, we found out former Gov. Deval Patrick was considering a presidential bid. By Wednesday, we knew he was calling allies and telling them he would run for president. Patrick was on television bright and early Thursday morning to announce his news, and filed for the New Hampshire primary ballot in Concord soon after. Next up: Patrick is off to California and Nevada. He'll visit Iowa next week. But we didn't learn the earliest news from Patrick's hometown papers. Instead, the initial intel about Patrick's intentions was leaked to national outlets: Twice to the New York Times and once to CNN. For the local media chasing the story, members of Patrick's inner circle were difficult to reach, and there was a noticeable lag before the Boston press confirmed any Patrick news, up until he was ready to make it official late Wednesday night. There are strategic reasons for that approach, but it also hints at Patrick's often tense relationship with the Boston press. Patrick's first term as governor got off to a rocky start in 2007, with a series of gaffes that included hiring an expensive scheduler for his wife, choosing $12,300 drapes to decorate his office, and leasing an expensive Cadillac. Even though it happened 12 years ago, the press in Boston have not quite let the curtain fiasco go. Just take the front page of this morning's Boston Herald. The headline reads: "CURTAINS FOR LIZ," with photos of Patrick and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a tongue-in-cheek reference to those expensive drapes from a decade ago. Patrick ended up reimbursing the state for the decorations back in 2007. On the other hand, Patrick's campaign received a warm reception from several Boston Globe columnists this week. Over the course of his time in politics, Patrick has largely received positive coverage from the national media, so he could be in for some culture shock. The Washington Post took a sober look at his last-minute campaign yesterday, for example, noting early in its story that the website DevalPatrick2020.org directs visitors to a Howie Carr column calling his campaign a "practical joke." This morning, the ex-guv awakened to this headline in the Daily Beast: "Dem Savior? Deval Patrick Repped Predatory Loans, Big Oil." Patrick is already facing criticism over his ties to Bain Capital — the private equity firm vilified by Democrats when Republican Mitt Romney ran for president in 2012 — though he focused on social impact work during his time there. Patrick also served as general counsel to the oil company Texaco, making it likely his record there will come under scrutiny as Democrats have soured on the oil and gas industry in light of the climate crisis. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: KEATING BREAKS DOWN UKRAINE ISSUE — Rep. Bill Keating is releasing a new video today that lays out the history of Ukraine and its relationship with Russia. Keating says understanding the Ukraine-Russia relationship is crucial context for the testimony coming out of President Donald Trump's impeachment hearings. "The shorthand of the investigation is that the president was withholding life saving defensive arms in exchange for personally beneficial dirt on his political rival," Keating says in the video. "Yet there's another side to this testimony which hasn't received enough attention. This is the story behind why Ukraine needs the military assets that were being conditioned by the president," Keating explains. In the video, Keating quotes testimony from former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, who spoke to lawmakers this week as part of the impeachment hearings. Keating also cautions that Ukraine cannot be used as a "political football" or go without military aid for fear that Russia could take over the country. Keating is the chair of the Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment Subcommittee, which is part of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The subcommittee Keating heads has jurisdiction over Ukraine and Russia, which is why Keating is so versed on affairs there. Have a tip, story, suggestion, birthday, anniversary, new job, or any other nugget for the Playbook? Get in touch: smurray@politico.com. TODAY — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh holds a press conference on the city's winter weather preparations. Walsh speaks at the Irish Echo Golden Bridges Conference. Sen. Ed Markey, state Sen. Eric Lesser and state Rep. Brian Ashe attend a ribbon cutting for the Longmeadow rail crossing. Markey visits Springfield. DATELINE BEACON HILL - "Senate ousts Brady from chairmanship," by Andy Metzger, CommonWealth Magazine: "The Senate ousted Sen. Michael Brady from his position as chairman of the Public Service Committee Thursday because of his behavior during a night of drinking and driving more than a year ago. The ouster was adopted by a voice vote Thursday night at the recommendation of the Senate Ethics Committee. The committee headed by Sen. Eric Lesser zeroed in on when and why Brady handed the arresting officer his State House identification card, and his apparent dissembling about where exactly he drank before getting behind the wheel. The 57-year-old Brockton Democrat was pulled over in Weymouth in the early hours of Saturday, March 24, 2018, and this June he essentially admitted to the facts of the case, avoiding a trial." - "Outgoing State Police head files for six-figure pension," by John R. Ellement, Boston Globe: "Kerry A. Gilpin steps down as the top commander of the Massachusetts State Police on Friday and has applied for her six-figure state pension, which she has indicated she will split with her wife, who is also a State Police trooper. In records filed with the state Retirement Board, Gilpin noted that she has worked for the department for the past 25 years and nearly six months and that her last day of work is Nov. 15 — this Friday. Her first day of work was logged as May 31, 1994. State retirees have three options when they put in their papers: a pension with no survivor benefits, a lump sum payment to a beneficiary in the "event of an early death," and finally, a joint survivor allowance, which offers reduced payments but also covers a surviving spouse." - "DeLeo calls off transpo tax debate - for now," by Bruce Mohl and Andy Metzger, CommonWealth Magazine: "HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO is putting off a debate over tax legislation to fund transportation improvements until next year, throwing into doubt whether anything will happen in an area that advocates and business groups say is in desperate need of more funding. After expressing some uncertainty Wednesday about his plans to take up the tax bill this fall and as word began to leak out on Thursday, DeLeo and House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz told the State House News Service that they were postponing the debate." - "Vape ban violators face fines, loss of cars," by Christian M. Wade, Gloucester Daily Times: "Anyone caught bringing untaxed e-cigarettes into the state could face hefty fines and seizure of their vehicle under a proposed ban on flavored vaping products that's working its way through Beacon Hill. The penalties are tucked into first-in-the-nation legislation approved Wednesday by the state House of Representatives. The bill outlaws flavored vapes, including menthol and mint-flavored cigarettes; limits the nicotine content of vape pods; and imposes a 75% excise tax on the wholesale price of e-cigarettes. Vaping industry officials have blasted the legislation as government overreach and warned that it will drive people to buy products on the black-market or in other states." - "Baker Signs Bill To Protect Students When Colleges Close," by Roberto Scalese, WBUR: "Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed into law a bill designed to protect students and parents when Massachusetts colleges suddenly close. The bill, which gives the Board of Higher Education more authority to monitor the financial health of colleges and universities, requires schools to fulfill their obligations to enrolled or admitted students. "Through this legislation, the Board and Department of Higher Education can ensure transparency for students and families without being overly burdensome to colleges," Education Secretary James Peyser said in a statement released Thursday." - "Cost of Budget Delay Surpassing $1 Million," by Colin A. Young, State House News Service: "Having watched another week go by without finalizing budget work left over from fiscal year 2019, the House and Senate now stand to forfeit more than $1 million in interest that the state could have earned had lawmakers completed their work on time. The Legislature's inability to agree on a bill closing the books on the fiscal year that ended in June is keeping Comptroller Andrew Maylor from filing an annual report, which he was statutorily due to file by Oct. 31. And with the branches at loggerheads over the supplemental budget, hundreds of millions of dollars in fiscal 2019 surplus funds are sitting in the General Fund waiting to be transferred to the Stabilization Fund." FROM THE HUB - "Investing in a college degree? These four Mass. schools offer the biggest payoff," by Deirdre Fernandes, Boston Globe: "Would you be better off enrolling at pharmacy school or Harvard University? If you're looking for a long-term return on investment, a new study suggests that attending Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Longwood-area pharmacy school, may be a better option. MCPHS ranked No. 3 in a study of colleges based the economic gains they provide their students after 40 years, done by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce and released Thursday. Students who attend MCPHS could on average see a net economic gain — after paying off their college debt — of $2.4 million after 40 years." - "In Hyde Park, two early women's rights activists get their due," by Stephanie Ebbert, Boston Globe: "When US Senator Elizabeth Warren was famously silenced on the Senate floor in 2017 — as she tried to amplify Coretta Scott King's words on the suppression of African-American voting rights — some female historians' thoughts turned to Angelina Grimké. She, too, was a white woman who spoke up for African-Americans in a legislative chamber, as an abolitionist. But her remarks before the Massachusetts Legislature in 1838 represented the first time in history that a woman had ever addressed an American legislative body. And after emancipation, she and her older sister, Sarah, became early advocates for women's suffrage, leading a defiant march to cast ballots in Hyde Park 50 years before voting was legal." - "Boston Welcomes First LGBTQ Housing For The Elderly," by Tori Bedford, WGBH News: "The city of Boston is welcoming its first LGBTQ-supported housing development for seniors, according to plans released by Mayor Marty Walsh's administration Wednesday. Within the next few years, the city hopes to complete a transformation of the William Barton Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park into a $33 million development with 74 apartments. "As Boston's residents continue to age, the need for safe, affordable housing that is welcoming to all remains essential," Walsh said in a press release Wednesday." - "No agreement on McCormack field lease," by Yawu Miller, Bay State Banner: "When Boston Public Schools officials first made public last year the idea of redeveloping the McCormack Middle School's athletic field and schoolyard in a public-private partnership, then-BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang and other department officials stressed that the desires of the McCormack school community would drive the process. "We want to make sure the community actually decides how this land will be used for years and years and years to come," Chang said in a May 11, 2018 meeting. From the outset, McCormack students, teachers and residents of the abutting Harbor Point neighborhood testified against what many saw as an attempt to transfer public open space into private hands." - "State says hard frost has hit — and mosquito threat is over," by Martin Finucane, Boston Globe: "The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says a hard frost has now occurred in all communities across the state, so people are no longer at risk of mosquito-borne illnesses until next year. A hard frost, a period of at least four consecutive hours of temperatures below 28 degrees, kills off the mosquitoes that carry the disease, according to the state's Department of Public Health. The frost is welcome after the state was hit hard this year by the mosquito-borne disease Eastern equine encephalitis." PATRICK PRIMARY - "How Deval Patrick could torpedo Joe Biden," by Maya King and Marc Caputo, POLITICO: "Deval Patrick looks like the ideal candidate to break Joe Biden's grip on African-American voters. He's just the second elected black governor since Reconstruction and has close ties with former President Barack Obama. But even as the former Massachusetts governor's entry into the race is embraced by many black lawmakers and strategists, they question whether his record, relative lack of name ID and late start in a crowded field will impede his ability to make a mark." - "Deval Patrick has no money and not much staff. He's counting on optimism." by Matt Viser and David Weigel, The Washington Post: "Newly minted presidential candidate Deval Patrick wants to appeal to black voters, but by a matter of days missed the deadline to make the ballots in Alabama and Arkansas, two states with large black populations. He wants to win moderates and build a national coalition, but because he didn't alert officials in Michigan of his candidacy earlier this week, he now faces the extraordinary task of gathering 11,000 signatures in the next month. His campaign forgot to register the domain devalpatrick2020.org, so it's instead forwarding to a harsh piece by Howie Carr, a Boston Herald columnist and longtime Patrick antagonist." - "With Patrick out, Bain vet to lead firm's social impact fund," by Greg Ryan, Boston Business Journal: "When Deval Patrick joined Bain Capital in 2015, the Boston-based private equity giant did not have a fund dedicated to delivering social good on top of financial returns. It was Patrick's job to build it. With Patrick resigning from Bain on Wednesday to launch a last-minute bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, he leaves behind a social impact team. Bain Capital Double Impact now has 20 employees, according to its website, including four managing directors and three principals." - "'A Hail Mary from two stadiums over': Patrick faces harsh reality in N.H.," by Trent Spiner, POLITICO: "Deval Patrick thinks his road to the Democratic presidential nomination starts in New Hampshire. Granite Staters think it ends here. Several Democratic operatives who have worked on winning Democratic presidential primary campaigns in the state, from Gary Hart to Bernie Sanders, said they do not see a path to victory for the former Massachusetts governor. As much as polling suggests the electorate is largely undecided, there is no clear constituency for Patrick, according to Andy Smith, the University of New Hampshire's pollster. If anything, voters are looking for candidates to leave the race, not join it." - "Baker: Prez Candidates 'Get a Pass Out of the Gate,'" by Colin A. Young, State House News Service: "He challenged him for the governorship here in 2010 and succeeded him in the corner office in 2015, but Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday he won't be weighing in on Deval Patrick's presidential run, at least not yet. "Look -- People who want to run for president, they get a pass out of the gate as far as I'm concerned," Baker said Thursday morning in the office that Patrick occupied for eight years. "That's just the way it works." Baker had been asked what insights he could provide about what he inherited from Patrick when the job changed hands almost five years ago." DAY IN COURT - "SJC upholds rulings challenging Baker on vape ban," by Dan Adams and Naomi Martin, Boston Globe: "The state's highest court Thursday upheld a lower judge's decision challenging Governor Charlie Baker's authority to unilaterally ban vape sales in Massachusetts. The ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court had no immediate practical implications — consumers are still forbidden from purchasing any vaping products in the state. The only exception is for registered medical marijuana patients, who may purchase vaporizers that heat ground marijuana flower. Baker implemented the ban on all types of nicotine and marijuana vapes in September, saying state law granted him broad emergency powers to protect public health amid an outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses." WARREN REPORT - "Lloyd Blankfein mocks Elizabeth Warren after attack ad: 'Maybe tribalism is just in her DNA,'" by Kevin Breuninger and Dan Mangan, CNBC: "Lloyd Blankfein hit back at Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Thursday, after she singled him and other billionaires out for greed as she pressed for higher taxes on the wealthy. "Vilification of people as a member of a group may be good for her campaign, not the country," Blankfein, the 65-year-old Goldman Sachs senior chairman, said in a tweet. "Maybe tribalism is just in her DNA," Blankfein added in an apparent dig at Warren's much-criticized prior claims of Native American ancestry." ABOVE THE FOLD — Herald: "CURTAINS FOR LIZ," — Globe: "Patrick sees an opening," "Pelosi puts bribery charge on the table." ALL ABOARD - "Poll: Mass. Voters Support Fees And Tolls To Raise Money To Fix Transportation Issues," by Zeninjor Enwemeka, WBUR: "It's no secret that Massachusetts residents are fed up with transportation and congestion in the state. Now, a new poll finds strong support for a number of measures that would raise revenue to improve transportation. According to a new MassINC poll (topline results, crosstabs), most voters want new revenue for transit upgrades and say action is "urgently needed" to improve transportation in the state." TRUMPACHUSETTS - "Arrests lead to 500 bags of heroin stamped 'Trump 2020,'" by David McLellan and Melina Bourdeau, Greenfield Recorder: "With help from Montague Police K-9 Artie, Greenfield Police arrested two on drug trafficking charges Monday night. A traffic stop and subsequent search around 9 p.m. Monday led to the discovery of 500 bags of heroin — each branded with "Trump 2020" stamps — and nearly 28 grams of crack cocaine, as well as the arrests of Springfield residents Kaliah D. Malloy, 29, and Fernando Massey Jr., 22." THE LOCAL ANGLE - "Morrissey demands action on 'illegal' sentencing guidelines," by Jessica Trufant, The Patriot Ledger: "Norfolk County District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey is calling on lawmakers to set a deadline for the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission to submit to the Legislature proposed sentencing guideline changes, which he said were already implemented without lawmakers' approval. Morrissey said Thursday that he plans to ask members of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association at its Nov. 20 meeting to withdraw the association's representatives from the commission until it stops "breaking the law" by using guidelines that lawmakers haven't enacted into law." FOR YOUR RADAR - I was a guest on Cheddar yesterday to talk about former Gov. Deval Patrick's last-minute entry to the 2020 presidential race. You can watch it here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown, MassLive.com's Melissa Hanson, Gail Gitcho and Emily Schlichting. HAPPY BIRTHWEEKEND - to Saturday birthday-ers Winthrop School Committee member Valentino Capobianco, Brad Wyatt, Josh Gee and Stephanie Harris. And to Ann Murphy of O'Neill and Associates, who celebrates Sunday. Want to make an impact? POLITICO Massachusetts has a variety of solutions available for partners looking to reach and activate the most influential people in the Bay State. Have a petition you want signed? 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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: KENNEDY headed to the border — BRADY under review — HEALEY claims SCOTUS victory — WEDDING SAGA

KENNEDY headed to the border — BRADY under review — HEALEY claims SCOTUS victory — WEDDING SAGA

Jun 28, 2019 View in browser   BY STEPHANIE MURRAY Presented by JUUL Labs GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. TGIF. KENNEDY HEADS TO THE BORDER — Rep. Joe Kennedy III is headed to Texas on Monday to visit a border facility that has come under fire for its treatment of migrant children. Conditions at the facility in Clint, Texas, have reignited criticism of President Donald Trump's family separation policy in recent days. Frustration over the Trump administration policy has come to a head this week. One local example: Wayfair employees flooded Copley Square for a walkout in protest of the Boston-based company's decision to sell furniture to migrant detention centers. Immigration policy was a central issue during the first night of the Democratic debates on Wednesday — it was at the center of a disagreement between Texas candidates Julian Castro and Beto O'Rourke. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was among the 2020 candidates who visited a Homestead, Fla. shelter that houses migrant kids while she was in Miami for the presidential debates, and recently gave a nod to Castro's immigration plan. Kennedy has made several trips to the U.S.-Mexico border over the last year, and has used his email list to raise more than $280,000 for organizations assisting detained migrants, according to his office. Kennedy says he'll use his campaign funds to match contributions up to $35,000 for such groups. "This isn't political," Kennedy wrote in a recent email to supporters. "It's heart-rending, horrifying tragedy. There's no explanation that can soften this level of neglect. There's no way to excuse it or to separate ourselves. It's a crisis of trauma and human rights, orchestrated and executed by Donald Trump and his administration." PROGRAMMING NOTE: Massachusetts Playbook will not publish on Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5. The next Massachusetts Playbook newsletter will publish on Monday, July 8. Have a tip, story, suggestion, birthday, anniversary, new job, or any other nugget for the Playbook? Get in touch: smurray@politico.com. TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker meets with United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Woody Johnson in London. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh attends the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. Boston Police Commissioner William Gross is a guest on "Boston Public Radio." Sen. Elizabeth Warren campaigns in Chicago.   A message from JUUL Labs: Youth vaping is a problem. We're taking action. No youth or non-nicotine user should ever try JUUL products. We've taken a series of actions to greatly reduce youth use of tobacco products, including our own. Learn more about our youth prevention efforts: JUUL.com/youth-prevention   DATELINE BEACON HILL - "STATE BUDGET TALKS AGAIN SPILLING INTO NEW FISCAL YEAR," by Michael P. Norton, Matt Murphy, Katie Lannan and Chris Lisinski, State House News Service: "Massachusetts lawmakers and Gov. Charlie Baker will head into another new fiscal year on Monday without an annual budget in place. While most states around the country have wrapped up annual budget deliberations, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate here have been unable to bridge disagreements over pieces of their nearly $43 billion spending bills. The bills take different approaches to school aid, prescription drug price controls, a tuition and fee freeze at the University of Massachusetts, and aid to the struggling nursing home industry, among other issues. Negotiators are deliberating privately and have not disclosed what's holding up an on-time agreement." - "Senate passes bill to expand rights of public-sector unions," by Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican: "The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would expand the rights of public-sector unions. Unions would be allowed to charge nonmembers for representation in grievances. They would be guaranteed access to employees' contact information and be allowed to meet with employees at their workplace. The bill passed 38-1, with Sen. Ryan Fattman, R-Webster, as the sole no vote. A version of the bill passed the House earlier this month, and it will now be up to the two bodies to reconcile the different versions." - "Will Baker get on the T revenue train?" by Michael Jonas, CommonWealth Magazine: "FOR CHARLIE BAKER, when you've lost Bob DeLeo and Marty Walsh, along with leading business voices, those infernal MBTA countdown clocks that can't give Red Line riders a clue to when the next train is coming are instead flashing a big warning to you that time's up. And so it came to pass, after a surreptitious late-night visit to the scene of the latest transit calamity, that the governor stood in a Medford train garage and proclaimed that the troubled agency would get an emergency infusion of $50 million to speed along repair work as well changes to procurement policies to also aid infrastructure improvement efforts." - "Spilka refers Brady case to Ethics Committee," by Andy Metzger, CommonWealth Magazine: "THE SENATE ON Thursday took a step towards opening an ethics investigation into Sen. Michael Brady, a Brockton Democrat who was arrested for drunk driving last year. Brady admitted to sufficient facts in the case against him and the case was continued without finding on June 4. Brady did not plead guilty and if he stays out of trouble and completes alcohol training, the charges against him will be dismissed. Senate President Karen Spilka had obtained the transcript of the proceedings in Quincy District Court. She announced a referral of the Brady matter to the Ethics Committee on Thursday, after a closed-door Democratic caucus." - "Air Quality Permit For Weymouth Compressor Should Move Ahead, State Official Says," by Miriam Wasser, WBUR: "A proposed natural gas compressor station in Weymouth is a step closer to becoming reality. On Thursday an official with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) affirmed the department's decision to grant an air permit for the project. Alice Arena, founder and president of the Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS), a local activist group fighting the compressor, says she feels "betrayed" by the decision." - "House Speaker Robert DeLeo silent over nondisclosure agreements," by Rick Sobey, Boston Herald: "House Speaker Robert DeLeo is refusing to talk publicly about the use of secret deals to settle sexual misconduct complaints, a practice roundly criticized by advocates and a state senator who says she was pressured to sign a nondisclosure agreement as a House aide. Questions remain about the pervasiveness of these confidential deals across Bay State taxpayer-funded agencies." - "State Rep seeks boost for micro businesses," by Yawu Miller, Bay State Banner: "Walk into the business district of any predominantly black or Latino neighborhood and you'll usually see an array of variety stores, barber shops, small appliance repair shops and other micro businesses. State Rep. Carlos Gonzalez of Springfield sees value and potential in these tiny storefronts. "Micro businesses are an important employment resource for low-income communities," Gonzalez tells the Banner." FROM THE HUB - "Lisa Wieland will serve as Massport's new chief executive," by Jon Chesto, Boston Globe: "The Massachusetts Port Authority picked its port director, Lisa Wieland, on Thursday to be its next chief executive, bypassing the other finalist, a member of the city's power elite, for one of the most influential public-sector jobs in the state. The 5-to-2 vote by the Massport board of directors makes Wieland the second woman to hold the $360,000-a-year post that oversees Logan Airport, Boston port operations, two other airports, and large chunks of real estate in South Boston." - "Air Pollution In Mass. Hits Asian Americans Hardest," by Lexi Peery, WBUR: "Communities of color are disproportionately exposed to vehicular air pollution, according to a new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists. The hardest hit are Asian Americans, who are exposed to 36% more small-particle air pollution than white residents. African American and Latino residents are exposed to 34% and 26% more air pollution than white residents, respectively." - "Incoming Boston superintendent announces leadership team," by James Vaznis, Boston Globe: "Incoming Boston Public Schools superintendent Brenda Cassellius on Thursday announced her new executive leadership team, which will elevate Latinos to some of the district's top positions and fill a glaring demographic void in the upper ranks of the school system. The expanded leadership team consists of four Latinas, six African-Americans, two Asians, and six Caucasians and is notably larger than the current executive team, which has about a dozen positions. That decision appears to reflect a big-tent approach to leadership decisions, which will give Cassellius a broader sounding board." - "Somerville City Council passes facial recognition ban," by Sarah Wu, Boston Globe: "The Somerville City Council voted Thursday to ban the use of facial recognition technology in police investigations and municipal surveillance programs, taking an aggressive stance against the practice amid a national debate over online privacy. By a vote of 11 to 0, the council sent the measure to Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, who has said he supports it. The ban would make Somerville one of the first communities in the nation to prohibit government use of facial recognition software. A similar measure recently passed in San Francisco. Also in California, Oakland and Berkeley are considering bans ." - "White supremacists spread propaganda at seven Mass. colleges this year, data indicate," by Sophia Eppolito, Boston Globe: "White supremacist groups distributed propaganda on seven Massachusetts college campuses during the 2018-2019 academic year, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League. Nationwide, the league reported 313 cases of white supremacist propaganda on college campuses from Sept. 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019 — a 7 percent increase from the 292 incidents during the 2017-2018 academic year. There was a 77 percent increase in 2017-2018 compared with 2016-2017."   POLITICO's The Agenda: The New Moon Race issue, presented by Leidos, has landed. America is heading back to the moon, but so is everyone else. This special report brings together POLITICO's growing space expertise with pivotal industry players, including NASA chief Jim Bridenstine, to explore the stakes of the new moon race. Read the full issue now.     DAY IN COURT - "Supreme Court holds up citizenship question on census," by Sarah Betancourt, CommonWealth Magazine: "IN A BLOW TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census, partially because the Commerce Department's initial explanation for why it decided to include it appeared to be "contrived." In a 5-4 decision, the justices sent back to a lower court the case challenging whether the census should contain a citizenship question. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey was one of 19 Democratic attorneys general who filed the lawsuit against the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census." - "Lawyers sue police department for data on hiring, race," by Yawu Miller, Bay State Banner: "The group Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department last week calling for the release of records on hiring, promotion, discipline and termination of applicants and employees of color in the department. The lawsuit comes six months after the civil rights group requested the information from the department under the Freedom of Information Act, a request that, by law, the department should have complied with within 10 days."  NOTE: FOIA PERTAINS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES. THE APPLICABLE MASSACHUSETTS STATUTE IS PUBLIC RECORDS AND DOES CONTAIN RESTRICTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN PERSONNEL RECORDS.  Massachusetts law about freedom of information and public records WARREN REPORT - "Why Elizabeth Warren Raised Her Hand," by Gabriel Debenedetti, New York Magazine: "For a few weeks, the behind-the-scenes grumbling was getting louder in precincts of the left supportive of Bernie Sanders: What, exactly, was Elizabeth Warren's position on health care? She was an outspoken proponent of Medicare for All, sure, but they wanted more clarity on her position about whether private insurance should remain an option. Warren's campaign team and her allies could hear the whispers — and they were just whispers, while Sanders backers tiptoe around the question of how to engage with Warren. So as Wednesday night's debate neared, they figured she'd answer them." MOULTON MATTERS - "Seth Moulton, barred from debate stage, is in Miami anyway — and on the attack," by Liz Goodwin, Boston Globe: "Seventeen floors above Biscayne Bay, in a gleaming rented condo, Representative Seth Moulton alternated between sounding wistful and critical as he described the first Democratic debate, which he did not qualify for, to a handful of reporters over a plate of shrimp and tropical fruit on Thursday. The ten presidential candidates who faced off Wednesday night only had a few harried minutes to make their case on national television, but it's better than watching it play out from an Airbnb, Moulton conceded." - "Seth Moulton Missed The First Debate. He Doesn't Think It Matters." by David Catanese, U.S. News and World Report:"Moulton has personal relationships with many of the candidates. He knows Beto O'Rourke best, having shared a couple's dinner with him and his wife. "A nice guy," he calls the Texan. Another congressman once told him former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland was the smartest guy in Congress. He works out with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii but disagrees with almost everything she utters on foreign policy. "This is why she's so dangerous," he says as Gabbard spoke about pulling troops out of Afghanistan. "Tulsi's plan is just to break bread with [Bashar] Assad." His relationship with Warren, though, is more complicated, given they are Bay State colleagues. When Moulton got married in 2017, Warren RSVP'd - then canceled last minute, a decision that still seems to irk him."     TRUMPACHUSETTS - "TARIFFS HURTING MASS. LOBSTERING INDUSTRY, REP SAYS," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service: "A state rep from Gloucester wants her colleagues to travel to the coastal city to learn more about the effects of U.S. trade policies with China and their negative impacts on the Massachusetts lobster industry. Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, the co-chair of the Legislature's Economic Development Committee, said in a letter this week that the state's lobstering industry "has become collateral damage in the Trump Administration's trade war with China." U.S. lobster exports to China have decreased by 70 percent and Canadian exports to China have increased 50 percent, she said. Urging the Joint Committee on Export Development to hold a field hearing in Gloucester, Ferrante said lobster harvesters and exporters in her region have reported losses and two companies, National Fish and Pigeon Cove Seafood, have closed down." KENNEDY COMPOUND - "Jackie Kennedy's Martha's Vineyard Estate Is on Sale for $65 Million," by James Tarmy, Bloomberg: "The famed Kennedy compound might be in Hyannis Port, on the mainland of Cape Cod, but for the last 40 years a more discreet Kennedy estate has existed a short boat ride away on Martha's Vineyard. Originally purchased by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1979, her family has held on to the 340-acre estate, slowly renovating the buildings and improving the land. Now, Caroline Kennedy is listing the Red Gate Farm compound for $65 million with Christie's International Real Estate." - "TLC to air exclusive footage from JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's wedding," by Lillian Brown, Boston Globe: "Twenty years after the tragic plane crash off Martha's Vineyard that killed John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette, the TLC network will release a documentary about the couple, featuring never-before-seen footage of their famously private wedding. The two-hour special, "JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes," will air July 13 at 8 p.m. Narrated by actress Elizabeth McGovern, viewers will get to see recently released footage from the 1996 ceremony on Georgia's Cumberland Island."   POLITICO Pro G-20 Report: Sign-up for exclusive reporting from the G-20 Summit, June 27, 28 & 29. POLITICO Pro's policy reporters collaborate with POLITICO Europe and the South China Morning Post to deliver exclusive summit coverage with an international focus. The newsletter arrives each morning with a summary of the day's developments from Osaka, Japan. Sign up today.     ABOVE THE FOLD — Herald: "WE'VE GOT GRACE!" "BIDEN TAKEDOWN," — Globe :"Massport picks port director as new CEO," "FRONT-RUNNER IS THE TARGET IN ROUND 2," "In 2 court decisions, both parties get win." THE LOCAL ANGLE - "DA probes deaths of 5 babies in Merrimack Valley," by Breanna Edelstein, Eagle-Tribune: "The Essex district attorney's office says it is investigating the deaths of at least five babies that happened since April, two of whom were in foster care. A statement released Thursday by Carrie Kimball, spokesperson for District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett, emphasized that the deaths are not necessarily criminal, and that state investigators are required to be involved with all unattended and unexpected deaths. Most recently, on June 23, state police detectives received a report of a 15-month-old girl who died while in foster care in Lawrence, Kimball said." - "Worcester says Planned Parenthood presentation on sex ed a 'mistake,'" by Scott O'Connell, Telegram & Gazette: "The city has issued a statement saying it was a mistake that Planned Parenthood gave an "overly political" presentation to students at a youth leadership symposium on Wednesday. The statement, attributed to Raquel Castro-Corazzini, director of the Youth Services Division, didn't specify what the reproductive health care nonprofit told students at the event, which was intended to provide training to 15 college- and high school-age summer workers. Ms. Castro-Corazzini said the fact the specific presentation was allowed to be made "was a mistake and the result of a miscommunication ... the presentation was removed and discontinued from the overall curriculum as soon as we learned about its political advocacy content." The presentation allegedly focused on the need for a comprehensive sex education curriculum in the Worcester schools." SPOTTED: separately on an Icelandair flight from Dulles to Reykjavik on Thursday ... John King, Ryan Williams, Kevin Latek and Dan Meyers. HAPPY 38th ANNIVERSARY - to Dr. David Lippman and Honey Sharp of Great Barrington, Mass. HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to Moses Marx, chairman of Berkshire Bank. (h/t Jewish Insider) Want to make an impact? POLITICO Massachusetts has a variety of solutions available for partners looking to reach and activate the most influential people in the Bay State. Have a petition you want signed? A cause you're promoting? Seeking to increase brand awareness among this key audience? 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