Ben Ewen-Campen
@benforward3.bsky.social
City Councilor, Somerville MA - Ward 3. Affordable housing, safe streets, good jobs, public transit, fighting climate change (also, biologist at Harvard Med School) https://www.benforward3.com
Tonight at 6p! Round-table discussion on inclusive playground design at the Kennedy School: voice.somervillema.gov/kennedy-scho...
Kennedy School Playground Renovation Project Round Table Discussion – Inclusivity
Kennedy School Playground Renovation Project Round Table Discussion – Inclusivity 6:00pm Friday 1/16The Public Space and Urban Forestry department is hosting a round table discussion to review and dis...
voice.somervillema.gov
January 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Tonight at 6p! Round-table discussion on inclusive playground design at the Kennedy School: voice.somervillema.gov/kennedy-scho...
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We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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Flashbangs burn hotter then lava.
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Flashbangs burn hotter then lava.
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
Can confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling.
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Dear neighbor,
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
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This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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@benforward3.bsky.social: "But I see no social value in egregious rent increases for no reason, and I believe we should regulate against it."
Well-said!
#mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/o...
Well-said!
#mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/o...
January 13, 2026 at 2:07 AM
@benforward3.bsky.social: "But I see no social value in egregious rent increases for no reason, and I believe we should regulate against it."
Well-said!
#mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/o...
Well-said!
#mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/o...
“Bringing 900 jobs to Somerville in fields ranging from manufacturing, research and development, administration, and youth internships — not to mention filling a hole in Somerville’s lab market — is a huge win…”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/b...
TransMedics picks Somerville over New Hampshire for HQ and 900 jobs - The Boston Globe
The Andover-based firm has finalized plans to move its headquarters to Somerville, leasing a vacant lab building just outside Assembly Row.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
“Bringing 900 jobs to Somerville in fields ranging from manufacturing, research and development, administration, and youth internships — not to mention filling a hole in Somerville’s lab market — is a huge win…”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/b...
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Just so refreshing to see a big fish say “this is a pretext” straight into the camera.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Just so refreshing to see a big fish say “this is a pretext” straight into the camera.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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Councilor @benforward3.bsky.social pauses to remember Renee Good, murdered in cold blood by a masked federal agent just yesterday. He notes that within the hour of her death, she was libeled by no less than the president of the united states.
He describes this as "garbage."
3/?
He describes this as "garbage."
3/?
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Councilor @benforward3.bsky.social pauses to remember Renee Good, murdered in cold blood by a masked federal agent just yesterday. He notes that within the hour of her death, she was libeled by no less than the president of the united states.
He describes this as "garbage."
3/?
He describes this as "garbage."
3/?
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The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
🎯 Very pleased to be Chair of Land Use Committee (aka zoning) this term.
A lot of exciting work on the horizon, and I’m currently working on some important improvements to our Affordable Housing Overlay, alongside Councilor McLaughlin & @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social’s staff. Excited to get to work!
A lot of exciting work on the horizon, and I’m currently working on some important improvements to our Affordable Housing Overlay, alongside Councilor McLaughlin & @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social’s staff. Excited to get to work!
January 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
🎯 Very pleased to be Chair of Land Use Committee (aka zoning) this term.
A lot of exciting work on the horizon, and I’m currently working on some important improvements to our Affordable Housing Overlay, alongside Councilor McLaughlin & @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social’s staff. Excited to get to work!
A lot of exciting work on the horizon, and I’m currently working on some important improvements to our Affordable Housing Overlay, alongside Councilor McLaughlin & @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social’s staff. Excited to get to work!
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
My Letter to the Editor in the @bostonglobe.com today, on the reality of living as a renter in a State that outlaws ANY regulation of rent increases. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/o...
Very pleased to be published alongside a great letter from our Sen. Pat Jehlen
Very pleased to be published alongside a great letter from our Sen. Pat Jehlen
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
My Letter to the Editor in the @bostonglobe.com today, on the reality of living as a renter in a State that outlaws ANY regulation of rent increases. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/o...
Very pleased to be published alongside a great letter from our Sen. Pat Jehlen
Very pleased to be published alongside a great letter from our Sen. Pat Jehlen
New Mayor account alert👇
@mayorjakewilson.bsky.social
@mayorjakewilson.bsky.social
Happy New Year, Somerville! This morning at City Hall I was officially sworn in as Mayor. First order of business? Opening the Mayor's office door.
Let's get to work.
Let's get to work.
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
New Mayor account alert👇
@mayorjakewilson.bsky.social
@mayorjakewilson.bsky.social
Scenes from the swearing-in of the 2026 City Council and School Committee in @cityofsomerville.bsky.social :)
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Scenes from the swearing-in of the 2026 City Council and School Committee in @cityofsomerville.bsky.social :)
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one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!