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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · 17h

Highly informative hearing in many many ways. Very much worth a listen.

Chris Oates @chrisoates.bsky.social · 17h

Halloween saw a very long #mapoli committee hearing on the Census.

Speakers included:
- @geoffreyfoster.bsky.social
- @beccarausch.bsky.social

and many others not on Bluesky

Full transcript here:
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Legislata

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · 6d

Let's be clear: withholding food from 42 million Americans, including more than a million Bay Staters, is a policy choice made by Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress. It is vile and cruel, the exact opposite of our shared values. #mapoli #foodsecurity #hunger www.wcvb.com/article/snap...

Communities brace for SNAP food crisis amid government shutdown

More than 1 million people across Massachusetts rely on SNAP assistance, a program formerly known as food stamps. Our map shows which communities have the highest percentage of SNAP clients.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you @kimdriscollma.bsky.social for joining us at the Needham Dems Fall Social last night! Fantastic evening with huge turnout and terrific energy — exactly what we need as we fight for our democracy. Big thanks to The Common Room for hosting us. #mapoli #letsgo @massdems.bsky.social

Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · 11d

That’s 1618 #measles cases so far this year, exclusive of the unreported/untracked cases, the highest count in the last quarter-century. And we still have 2+ months to go. And measles is still spreading, starting w/ clusters in schools. #publichealth #vaccinate #science
🔗 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · Oct 3

Great pushback from @beccarausch.bsky.social on disingenuous anti-tax talking points from the Mass Taxpayer Foundation #mapoli

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ACLU @aclu.org · Oct 2

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Oct 2

Senator Ed Kennedy was a public servant through and through. He was deeply devoted to the people he represented and the issues he championed. It was an honor to call him a friend, colleague, and Senate classmate. I extend heartfelt condolences to his family. May his memory be a blessing.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Sep 9

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino.” —Justice Sotomayor.

The Supreme Court, in blessing racial profiling by ICE, adds to its long string of cases supporting the Trump administration’s power grabs.

Supreme Court blesses racial profiling by ICE

The conservative justices don't explain a decision that green lights detaining people for how they look.

www.motherjones.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Sep 4

In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.

In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.

RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world

Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.

www.motherjones.com

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Sep 3

PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE: if you want a COVID vaccine in Massachusetts, your local pharmacist is authorized to give it to you. The chaos of Kennedy and Trump is a bump in the road to be sure, but in MA, we affirm science and accessible vaccination. #mapoli #vaccines
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...

Healey counters FDA, makes COVID boosters widely available in Mass. - The Boston Globe

Healey essentially wrote a prescription for COVID boosters for every person in the state over the age of 5.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jul 29

Whatever your political persuasions, this should concern all of us. AI fakes should have no place in politics. Voters need and deserve reliable and accurate information. #mapoli #AI #artificalintelligence #PoliticsToday
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/29/n...

A.I. approved this message: how 2026 may be the first election where artificially-generated content is inescapable - The Boston Globe

In 2024, A.I. became more common in political ads and attacks. In 2026, it could be everywhere.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jul 23

My office for the morning
#environmentcommitteechair #environment #nature #getoutside #mapoli #trails

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jul 23

Trump cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
So here in MA, they're seeing MassHealth patients for free.
Keep and go to your appointments.
More info 👉 www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare...
#mapoli #medicaid #masshealth #reprorights #reprojustice #healthcare @ppfa.org

Medicaid Information

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jul 23

For nearly a decade I've been filing legislation to change the primary date too, to the second Tuesday in June

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jul 22

I love when people say to me “don’t pass ranked choice voting legislation because it will force voters to research all the candidates.”
Uh… you should be doing that anyway? 🤷🏻‍♀️
#mapoli #elections #vote #voting #votingreform #electionreform #rcv #rankedchoicevoting

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jul 7

When you're a camp family, you're a camp family. It doesn't matter what kind of overnight camp or where the camp is located. Sending my deepest condolences to the families of the Camp Mystic girls and young women who died in the flood, and the entire Camp Mystic community. Just heartbreaking.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy birthday America. May we find the strength and fortitude to defend you and keep you. Onward in our pursuits of liberty, justice, democracy, and freedom. #4thofJuly #happy4th #mapoli #IndependenceDay

Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 30

Just heard Sen. Ron Johnson (WI) give an interview purportedly about Medicaid but the main message I heard was his disdain for state governments, which is both wild and wildly disappointing. If democracy is going to work, then all levels of government have to work together, with mutual respect.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 20

Scenes from #Juneteenth celebrations on Beacon Hill and in our district. I was honored to deliver remarks this morning.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 16

“The demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the right bore some responsibility for the Pittsburgh massacre; the demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the left bears some responsibility for the recent [antisemitic] attacks.”

@nytopinion.nytimes.com finally getting it right

#antisemitism

Opinion | Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses.

www.nytimes.com

Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 14

May the memories of Melissa and Mark Hortman be a blessing. My heart and sympathies go out to their children, extended family, and friends. I pray for the Hoffmans’ recovery and hold their family and friends in my heart as well, along with all our colleagues in the Minnesota Legislature.

Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 14

The murders of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and the assassination attempts of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette are just beyond the pale.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 14

I did not know her well, but I met Leader Melissa Hortman recently. She struck me as a deeply dedicated public servant who brought compassion, respect, reasonableness, and wisdom to her work.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 14

This is absolutely horrifying and heartbreaking. It defies description that this is part of our current politic. It must stop. All political extremism and violence must stop.

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Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband shot and killed; Sen. John Hoffman and wife also shot

Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.

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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · Jun 13

"It is absolutely obvious that we are in a time where we need to pay attention to the shortfall and failure, to date, of Massachusetts to actually pass a press shield law that we so desperately need, given what is happening in the national sphere," longtime bill sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch said

Media coalition: Lack of press shield law makes Massachusetts an outlier

Massachusetts is one of just nine states without a press shield law — a legal protection that allows journalists to keep their sources and sensitive information confidential. Now, a coalition

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