1+ week, 6+ day ago   (303+ words) In the September 1st primary election this year, the biggest showdown isn’t on a ballot — it’s on two ballots. With 2/3rds of registered voters in Massachusetts now “unenrolled” (the technical term in MA for independent voters), the vast majority of the voters…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (959+ words) On July 24, the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (UMPNC) announced that 7,200 nurses at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan, had voted by 94 percent to ratify a three-year tentative agreement negotiated by the union bureaucracy on July 10. Both the tentative…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (147+ words) We’re putting together a summer mailbag episode of Trial Balloon for later this month and we want your questions. Ask us about the latest political developments, the 2026 midterms, the future of the two political parties, what goes on behind the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (302+ words) Zohran Mamdani just turned down an 18% salary bump hours after the New York City Council voted to raise their own salaries. According to PEOPLE, the 34-year-old mayor announced he won’t accept the raise that would’ve pushed his annual pay from…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (306+ words) “A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department that accused four New Jersey cities of having ‘sanctuary’ policies that shield undocumented immigrants and from federal immigration enforcement,” the New York Times reports. Goddard spent…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (358+ words) The cameras at this Summer’s FIFA World Cup were supposed to capture goals. Instead, some of the most-watched footage has been a Scotsman in a kilt thanking Boston for the best week of his life, a Japanese fan losing it…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (640+ words) The Tartan Army has been drinking a lot of beer for the World Cup, so much so that some Boston bars ran out. Posted by LampLighter at 08:32 AM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | No Scotland, no party. Thank you…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (174+ words) U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, has secured enough delegate support to appear on the state’s primary ballot...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (303+ words) Christian Science Monitor via AP The network that broadcasts Boston Red Sox games has pulled a campaign ad from U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, who bashes team ownership in the spot. Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee, released a 15-second ad that…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (107+ words) Steve Brodner is an award-winning graphic artist/journalist and the winner of the 2024 Herb Block Prize for editorial cartooning. Too many Democrats still refuse to acknowledge how gravely the party was harmed by a failure to actively oppose genocide. Sabotaging…...