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Mary Anne Marsh

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Democratic strategist. Political analyst BBC and WCVB. DSG. Life is a campaign. It’s always summer somewhere… Golden retrievers too…

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Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 18d

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Great Gatsby

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10h

Wow.

Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 11h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 10h

This National Banned Book Week, we’re celebrating the freedom to read stories that reflect the diverse communities that make up our country.

You can try to ban books, but you can't ban ideas - enjoy some of my personal recommendations.

Graphic with a circle of book spines. In the middle is text reading “Banned Books recommended by your Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell to expand your horizons and honor stories that challenge, inspire, and celebrate the voices that shape our communities.

Graphic with the covers for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

Graphic with the covers for Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe and All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson.

Graphic with the covers for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

It’s wild the agents who have videographers following them never seem to have footage of what they claim those they are arresting did

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Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is at Walter Reed for the second time since April with little coverage while everyone is covering the indictments of Leticia James and possible indictment of John Bolton on Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend…Seems like a plan…

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Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 12d

Will the Trump-Hegseth “esprit de corps” meeting today include a discussion of a loyalty oath to Trump?

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 16d

Caitriona Perry, Lewis Vaughan Jones, RodneyDavis and I will discuss UN General Assembly, @tiktok_us deal, US government shutdown prospects, and more on BBC World The Context 4 PM in Washington and 2100 in London. Please join us! #bbc

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 18d

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Great Gatsby

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 18d

Fact Check: True

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 18d

Trump Always Chickens Out.

Donald Trump just cancelled a high stakes meeting in the Oval Office with myself and Leader Schumer.

The extremists want to shut down the government because they are unwilling to address the Republican healthcare crisis that is devastating America.

Hold the line.

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 19d

It was refreshing to hear @KamalaHarris tonight addressing what we face as a country head on and especially all those *leaders* and institutions who have surrendered to Trump. She was unsparing and saying I told you so without saying it. More people should do the same.

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Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 19d

“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, and like a dream of beauty glides away.”

Sarah Helen Whitman

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 19d

To everyone who stood up for free speech and against Trump congratulations. There are more people who oppose what he is doing to this country than support it and today is proof. The cancelled products, channels, trips and more worked. The more that is done the sooner it will stop.

a man in a tuxedo is standing on a stage and saying i mean that was unbelievable

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is standing on a stage and saying i mean that was unbelievable

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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 20d

Trump is handing out stakes in the TikTok deal to his allies like candy, or a mafia boss. There is no normal bidding process. He is once again acting alone, and out of his jurisdiction. GOP says and does nothing.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20d

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"

Be Loud — For America

By Governor JB Pritzker

contrarian.substack.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20d

Russian State TV: “Let’s give Trump a Nobel Prize from us…our Trumpushka is being mistreated… you’re wrong not to love our Trump… 🇺🇸 is moving away from its fundamental principles…”

They praise him for getting Kimmel fired, sending the military to our cities, etc rooting for our democracy to crumble

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Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 20d

“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, and like a dream of beauty glides away.”

Sarah Helen Whitman

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 20d

MBTA Phil Eng is our guest today on OTR with Ed Harding and Erika Tarantal. Rob Gray and I discuss Trump v. ABC and benching Jimmy Kimmel, political discourse in the wake of Charlie Kirk murder, and more please join us 11 AM @wcvb5.bsky.social
#mapoli #wcvb

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 21d

apnews.com/article/cong...

Democratic leaders in Congress demand a meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms

A possible federal shutdown is looming at month's end, and the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate. Sen.

apnews.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24d

This is not sexy.

But if Dems can cultivate blocks of 4 Senators or 8 House members to oppose Trump on discrete issues, we can begin to chip away at his power in Congress.

RFK is close to that.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24d

I watched Kash instead of Monarez today.

But RFK is a bit more interesting bc 5 GOPers have ALREADY come out against RFK's attack on vaccines, including not just Cassidy, who is deftly managing this, but also Barrasso.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

Ashley Moody, DeSantis's pick to replace Rubio in the Senate, is such a hack that even Republican Sen. Cassidy felt compelled to call out her line of questioning as BS

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Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · 28d

Saturday in Springfield…#mapoli #413

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 4

Turns out, murderous dictators don’t trust murderous dictators. Go figure. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · Sep 9

It’s Election Day in Boston! The polls are open and it’s time to vote! #bospoli #Election2025

Mary Anne Marsh @maryannemarsh.bsky.social · Sep 7

Rep. Lori Trahan is our guest today with Ed Harding and @sharmantv.bsky.social. Rob Gray and I discuss the latest poll @joshkraft.bsky.social v. @wutrain.bsky.social
and Kraft campaign shake up, Maura Healey vaccine program, @harvard.edu court win and more! Join us 11 AM @wcvb5.bsky.social

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Sep 1

You guys see where this is going? Right?

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