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As ICE ramps up activity in Mass., this group bears witness

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 14h

Reopened now!

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 15h

Police shut down Notre Dame Cathedral this morning, sending away throngs - checking a strange item outside, according to workers

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing where @warren.senate.gov repeatedly questions Trump admin. on pentagon seeking to approve what reporters report: ‘If a reporter publishes a story critical of the Trump administration, is that grounds for revoking that reporter's press credential?’
Young: ‘No, Senator, it's not.’

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 1d

Great listen here - a day following ICE actions- @simonfrios.bsky.social @wbur.org
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

Activists connected through an immigrant advocacy group called LUCE are documenting arrests throughout the state. The "ICE watchers" record the names of those detained to make sure they’re accounted f...

As ICE ramps up activity in Mass., this group bears witness

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 1d

Btw: we’ve asked ICE several times to take us along with them. They seem to only respond to Fox. So Simon found another way

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is everywhere these days - this group is watching. @wbur.org’s @simonfrios.bsky.social and @rlub.bsky.social were there to observe
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

Activists connected through an immigrant advocacy group called LUCE are documenting arrests throughout the state. The "ICE watchers" record the names of those detained to make sure they’re accounted f...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 1d

Nice… www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

Eng affirms MBTA's commitment to safety in response to federal inquiry, funding threat

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 1d

@mbta.com chief Eng defends T safety record in letter responding to feds @wbur.org @andreaperdomoh.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

Safety is "a core component in everything" the MBTA does, according to a letter General Manager Phil Eng sent to federal transportation officials.

Trump Administration Live Updates: California National Guard Sent to Oregon, Newsom Says

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 3d

Newsom calls it a “breathtaking abuse of power” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

www.nytimes.com

Inside the MBTA's aging signal system as it gets a $295 million upgrade

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 5d

*hear!

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 5d

Ever wonder what those ‘signal problems’ are you here about on the T all the time? Here you go - www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org @andreaperdomoh.bsky.social @mbta.com

If you ride the MBTA, chances are you’ve seen an alert about a signal problem delaying your train. The T is in the middle of a project to improve the signal system on the Red and Orange lines so it ca...

Frank Baker says he'll bring 'balance' if he returns to Boston City Council

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 5d

‘Today, the Trump Administration announced termination of federal funding for 223 energy projects, totaling $7.5 billion nationally and approximately $466 million in Mass.’
“Trump is further weaponizing his government shutdown to cost people jobs and hurt our economy” —@massgovernor.bsky.social

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 6d

Frank Baker is looking to make a comeback on the Boston city council @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social spent time with him on the campaign trail
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

The Boston mayor’s race may be all but decided, as incumbent Michelle Wu runs unopposed, but there are other races afoot. In the election for City Council, a conservative-leaning, "lunch-bucket Democr...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Democrats' government shutdown fight is 'righteous'

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s Sen. Warren on shutdown: www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Democrats don't want to shut the government down, but "sometimes you gotta stand and fight."

www.npr.org

Quincy mayor apologizes for, then defends comments about clergy sexual abuse

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 12d

Quincy's Mayor Koch made controversial remarks about the Catholic church's child sex abuse scandal - he later apologized, but still doubled down with unfounded comments
@wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch has defended comments he made this week that the clergy sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Archdiocese of Boston in the early 2000s was more about homosexuality than pedophi...

O'Brien returns to cannabis commission, two years after suspension and firing

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 13d

Shannon O'Brien is back on the Cannabis Commission - after a long battle with the state Treasurer and internal strife at the agency www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

The Cannabis Control Commission is delaying the finalization of its long-awaited rules for social marijuana establishments as a result of Shannon O'Brien's return to the agency.

Quincy voters may get to roll back their mayor's 79% salary bump

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 14d

Great listen here to take you inside Quincy residents' fight to reel in longtime Mayor Koch's big planned pay hike - which would have him making more than mayors in Boston and NYC
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social

The City Council last year approved a pay raise that would put Mayor Thomas Koch's salary above the mayors of Boston and New York City. That sparked a movement that had its first big win this week — a...

www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 14d

RFK Jr. greeted by protesters during visit to Martha's Vineyard

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was greeted by well over 100 protesters when he touched down on Martha's Vineyard. He was there to meet with a group of indigenous tribal dele...

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 16d

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will resume broadcasting on Tuesday, the company said, days after Disney pulled the show indefinitely during controversy over the host’s remarks about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

Mass. leaders push back on potential Trump National Guard deployment

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 16d

As Trump sends National Guard to other U.S. cities, Boston/Mass leaders fear the worst and prepare @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

The president has not called out Boston as a city in need of a military presence, but Boston has been doing battle with the Trump administration in other ways for months. Most local elected leaders ar...

Pentagon steps up media restrictions, now requiring approval before reporting even unclassified info - The Boston Globe

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 17d

Game On

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 17d

Trump admin further restricting reporters at the Pentagon www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/20/b...

The Pentagon is stepping up restrictions on the media by requiring journalists to sign a pledge not to report on information that has not been authorized for release, including unclassified informatio...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 19d

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against NY Times - 'a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective,” Judge Merryday wrote www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times

www.nytimes.com

Federal transit chief demands information from T, citing 'safe travel' concerns

Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 19d

Federal transit chief comes after the @mbta.com in an aggressive letter on safety, cleanliness, vagrancy - seeks information and threatens to withhold funding if they don't get it @wbur.org
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy threatened to withhold funding if the T fails to respond. No specific safety concerns were cited in the letter.