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Since 1770, more or less, the Commonwealth's leading journal of politics and culture. Available at realmassachusettsspy.blogspot.com

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · Mar 31

“Resistance may or may not be futile. Acquiescence definitely is.”

- @yabraham.bsky.social

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/29/m...

Democracy dies in silence – Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest is a warning - The Boston Globe

Democracy isn’t something we are. It’s something we do. And too few people in this country are doing it right now.

www.bostonglobe.com

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1m

And that's why they call him "Mr. Republican!"

newrepublic.com/article/2015... via @newrepublic.com

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified

Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

newrepublic.com

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 18m

Sheriff Bart used the same technique in Blazing Saddles

warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 17h

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 21m

Today in The Massachusetts Spy:

realmassachusettsspy.blogspot.com/2025/10/war-...

War - Whom is it good for? Absolutely the Mad King!

By War Correspondent Douglas MacArthur with Legal Editor Saori Shiroseki We’ve always been interested in the thoughts of national secu...

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1h

Coming up in @nytimes.com :

Dems should not try to make an issue out of this because most swing voters don’t list as their top issue “protecting public health from preventable infectious disease”

(H/t N. Cohn)

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1h

Thoughts and prayers

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 15h

“Try as he might, Vivek Ramaswamy will never be fully accepted by MAGAworld.
The Ohio gubernatorial candidate and former DOGE co-chief came face-to-face with the racism rampant amongst American conservative youth culture Tuesday when he headlined a Turning Point USA event in Montana.”

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1h

No doubt, as part of the @nytimes.com ‘s commitment to fair and balanced coverage, on tomorrow’s front page they will run:

Andy Cuomo Path To
Becoming An Entitled
Ass-Grabbing Prick

NY Times front page: Mamdani Path To Supporting Palestinians

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

But polls show the destruction of democracy isn’t an important issue for many swing voters!

(H/t N. Cohn, @nytimes.com )

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 2h

earlier this week I argued that Democrats should never vote to fund ~this~ government. Any negotiations at the margins sends the signal that this administration is legitimate when it is very clearly not! I stand by this. Make Republicans reopen this government all on their own!

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

Gee, who would have guessed that an agency headed by a puppy killer would leave kids to die in the hot sun by the side of the road?

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 15h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

More costumes? How about Kristi Noem’s puppy with a blood-stained bandage around his head?

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2h

“People sometimes wonder, ‘What can I do’” to protest, Wilson said. “This makes it so accessible.”

Wilson’s husband, Kevin, who was wearing regular clothes, stood nearby, carefully picking out more costumes to order online for demonstrators.”

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

And if you read down to paragraph 26, you learn that among the victims of the Mad King’s latest tantrum will be the suffering white rural soybean farmers who supported him loyally.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

In Retaliatory Move, Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Chinese Goods

www.nytimes.com

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

When will out of touch Democratic elites start focusing on loading up the many kitchen tables of Wall St. finaglers with even more unearned billions, like Republicans do?

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

“In particular, wealthy Americans with close ties to Mr. Bessent stand to win big.”

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe more students would attend if the lazy grandiose tenured faculty changed their lecture notes even once in 40 years and actually led discussions instead of lecturing at them.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

www.nytimes.com

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 21h

Just pointing out to all pundits that the supposed master of public political spectacle is burying what should be his Gaza victory lap under a molten lava flow of economic chaos, obstruction of justice, government shutdown, illegal firings, and new wars in Portland and Chicago.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump on China: “We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere.”

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Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it's not manufactured in China. Nobody has ever seen anything like this but, essentially, it would "clog" the Markets, and make life difficult for virtually every Country in the World, especially for China.
We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere. Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one. I have always felt that they've been lying in wait, and now, as usual, l have been proven right! There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World
"captive," but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the "Magnets" and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least. But the U.S. has Monopoly positions also,

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 21h

Wasn’t someone planning to build a triumphal arch in his capital, Berlin? Whatever happened to that project?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump appears ready to leave yet another mark on the nation’s capital with a triumphal arch that could rival the Lincoln Memorial in scale.

Trump Plotting Even Bigger Architectural Project for D.C.

The president appears to be planning a massive triumphal arch that could rival the Lincoln Memorial in scale.

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flyhyland.bsky.social @flyhyland.bsky.social · 22h

Orders from Noem?

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 21h

With accompanying page one analysis from @nytimes.com :

In the NYC metro area, is the specter of Mamdani’s socialist regime taking over City Hall leading to job losses?

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 21h

Coming up in all media:

Republican blame current negative job growth on Biden’s cognitive decline. Are they right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 22h

Annals of Meritocracy (Republican ed.)

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 23h

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo believes his "spirit animal" is a tiger, and that an ex-Navy SEAL-turned-guru unleashed it by walking on the backs of his thighs.

This is medicine's Florida man.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 23h

If only Democrats were as ruthless and focused as Republican fearmongers make them out to be.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 23h

And a good reminder to all, including our wonderful Republican allies at @thebulwark.com , that the Republican assault on the Constitution did not begin in 2017.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

"It is chilling to hear Attorney General John Mitchell tell Nixon, as Katharine Graham weighed whether to publish the Pentagon Papers, that 'if we ever convicted the Post or Katie Graham, she’d lose all of her television and radio licenses.'" And familiar.

Trump’s Abuses of Power Show We Didn’t Learn Much From the Nixon Era

That failure is implicit in nearly every frame of a new documentary about Katharine Graham.

www.thebulwark.com

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 23h

I blame pretentious Democratic elites for not reaching out to mainstream elected Republicans who believe that peaceful protest against the Mad King is "terrorism."

(h/t E. Klein)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1d

"I produce journalism. Would you like me to teach you how to do it?"

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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jtadetroit.bsky.social @jtadetroit.bsky.social · 1d

Or even simply ask him what his plans are- and report accordingly when he can’t provide any answers

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, the biggest problem facing New Jersey is that housing is too affordable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."

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