Yvonne Abraham
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Boston Globe columnist. Cannot effing believe we are doing this again.
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Yvonne Abraham
The Boston Globe
about 19 hours ago
In today’s Starting Point, Globe columnist
@yabraham.bsky.social
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How the Globe reported a one-of-a-kind story about a student, a teacher, and a saved life - The Boston Globe
Every now and then, a story seems to drop from the sky. A smart fifth-grader. The teacher she hated — and whose life she saved. Here’s how we got that story.
https://trib.al/n04JCYW
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You’re headed to work. A man lies at the bottom of a T station escalator. What do you do? - The Boston Globe
You want to think you’d do more.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/20/metro/steven-mccluskey-davis-square-escalator-tragedy/
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The Boston Globe
3 days ago
More than 40 years after Montana Miller left her fifth-grade nemesis behind, she gave him a gift that she hoped would save his life, writes Globe columnist
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She hated her fifth-grade teacher. Decades later, an unexpected reunion unfolded at the edge of life and death. - The Boston Globe
More than 40 years after Montana Miller left Mr. Grosky behind, she gave him an unexpected gift.
https://trib.al/NoLqPac
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I got to spend time getting to know these two remarkable people, who allowed me to tell their incredible story.
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She hated her fifth-grade teacher. Decades later, an unexpected reunion unfolded at the edge of life and death. - The Boston Globe
More than 40 years after Montana Miller left Mr. Grosky behind, she gave him an unexpected gift.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/19/metro/former-student-kidney-donation/
3 days ago
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I liked it!
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15 days ago
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SNAP has 645 case workers to answer 20,000 calls per day. One woman called FIFTY times. This is a travesty. WTF are we doing here? By
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Disconnected SNAP calls contribute to thousands losing food assistance - The Boston Globe
As hunger rises, the inability to reach state SNAP case workers contributes to thousands losing food assistance
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/01/metro/snap-benefits-lost-calls-disconnected/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
21 days ago
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Sandra Birchmore’s manner of death changed from suicide to ‘undetermined,’ medical examiner says - The Boston Globe
Birchmore's death certificate now also says her cause of death was “asphyxia," not "asphyxia by hanging."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/30/metro/sandra-birchmore-stoughton-death-undetermined/
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I wrote about the pope:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/18/m...
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What would Jesus do? Trump and Vance claim to know more about it than the pope. - The Boston Globe
Jesus, we were taught, was a radical.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/18/metro/trump-criticism-pope-leo/
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JMJ: The United States is still a nation of immigrants, he said in an interview. “It just needs to be like the days of Ellis Island.”
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Todd Lyons, ICE head, on why he’s leaving the Trump administration - The Boston Globe
Lyons told the Globe in an interview Friday he is leaving "on my own terms."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/nation/todd-lyons-ice-resign-trump-deportations/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
about 1 month ago
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Every Christian toddler knows that is the Son of God's favorite fit.
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about 1 month ago
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Open the pod bay doors, Hal...
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Australians all, let us rejoice!
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Why Australia Enshrined ‘a Succulent Chinese Meal’ Rant in Its Archive
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/australia/jack-karlson-succulent-chinese-meal-meme.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.KVhn.KxGH-zh3N2dG&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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Pure evil.
2 months ago
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Today's column: The monumental waste of this stupid war.
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Just six days of war in Iran cost us $11.3 billion. ‘What the [expletive] is wrong with us?’ - The Boston Globe
“We spend pennies on everything else, yet when it comes to war, there’s no limit. How is this America First?”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/metro/iran-war-cost-taxpayers-billions/
2 months ago
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Yay, Heuser!!
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2 months ago
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"We’ve all got to do something to distract ourselves until we die, and acting is a great, fun thing to do that with.” Love this, by my always excellent friend Michael Paulson.
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Daniel Radcliffe Wanted a Break From Broadway. Then He Read This Play.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/theater/daniel-radcliffe-every-brilliant-thing.html?smid=bs-share
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Yvonne Abraham
Drew Harwell
4 months ago
We at the
@postguild.bsky.social
are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/standing-together-for-guild-colleagues
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Such a horrific, enraging day for the Post, and for all of us. Here's the Go Fund Me for laid off employees. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/a1ead8b26
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
https://gofund.me/a1ead8b26
4 months ago
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Today's column:
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Cracks are emerging in Trump’s power. The people of Minnesota show why. - The Boston Globe
An expert on authoritarian governments sees where the US is going. And he knows what we need to do to fix it.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/metro/minneapolis-protests-democracy-revival/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
4 months ago
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This is such a heartbreaking picutre of where we are right now.
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4 months ago
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Very nice (for now)!
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4 months ago
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What the hell happened to the Fourth Amendment? Search me!
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‘They know what they are doing is wrong.’ ICE now says they can force their way into our homes. - The Boston Globe
Gutting the Fourth Amendment just as America marks 250 years of independence is a little too on the nose, even for this administration.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/24/metro/ice-gutting-fourth-amendment/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
4 months ago
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Yvonne Abraham
Walker Bragman
4 months ago
It’s important to note that this is guy very much appears to be on-duty, which would make this a violation of the Hatch Act.
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Yvonne Abraham
The Boston Globe
4 months ago
Governor Janet Mills challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time arrest numbers, and basic information about who is being detained in a sweeping enforcement operation in Maine.
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Maine Governor Janet Mills demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge - The Boston Globe
Federal officials have said about 50 arrests were made the first day and that roughly 1,400 people are targets of the operation in the mostly rural state of 1.4 million residents.
https://trib.al/JMOYhMw
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Today's column. Mainers like Susan Collins because she brings home the bacon. What use is bacon when fascists are on the march?
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In the Maine Senate race, only the future of the Republic is at stake - The Boston Globe
Toppling US Senator Susan Collins is crucial to Democrats’ plan to bring America back from the brink.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/metro/susan-collins-most-vulnerable-gop-senator-maine/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
4 months ago
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Today's column: This is what this country is now. It has always been a place where cruelty and racism could flourish. But it’s been a long time since the bigotry was this open, and had the full weight of the federal government behind it.
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‘When I came here, it was beautiful’: The cost of Trump attacks on the Somali community - The Boston Globe
Somali immigrants put their faith in what this country stood for. The president is destroying it.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/metro/fear-among-somali-americans-after-trump-action/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
4 months ago
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Trump to blue states: Drop dead. Today's column:
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Trump is waging war on Democrat-led states - The Boston Globe
Minnesota is just the latest and most violent front in a much wider campaign of aggression Donald Trump and his administration are conducting in blue states.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/10/metro/trump-immigration-campaign-violence-against-citizens/
4 months ago
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Today’s column: Yay! Finally, we have a president who is looking out for our poor, put-upon oil tycoons!
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Trump’s oil obsession will cost New England thousands of jobs. Well, we all need to sacrifice, right? - The Boston Globe
The president is looking after his friends in oil and gas, at the expense of New England’s wind industry.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/metro/president-trump-attacks-offshore-wind-farms/
4 months ago
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Part 4 of my series on Latarsha Sanders and the insanity defense. After her arrest, Sanders and her family were reeling. And, in prison, Sanders' mental illness was named -- for the first time.
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Prosecutors built a narrative that Latarsha Sanders was ‘evil.’ Her family felt powerless to stop it. - The Boston Globe
Even if Latarsha Sanders' family had the wherewithal to stand up for her publicly, would anyone have listened?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/sanders-family-felt-powerless/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
5 months ago
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Yvonne Abraham
The Boston Globe
5 months ago
Years after Latarsha Sanders killed her two sons, jurors at her trial saw dozens of gruesome crime-scene photos. But they didn’t see crucial records that would have shown how severe her mental illness was back then, writes Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham.
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A jury had to decide Latarsha Sanders’ fate. The full story was kept from them. - The Boston Globe
From the beginning, it was clear the prosecution’s strategy was to deny Latarsha Sanders’ mental illness and demolish her character.
https://trib.al/80SLGqC
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Part 3 of my series on Latasha Sanders and the insanity defense. Though she was deeply irrational and completely compromised in her police interrogation a few hours after the boys' bodies were discovered, police continued to question her.
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‘The red flags were there’: The police interrogation of Latarsha Sanders was problematic - The Boston Globe
Latarsha Sanders was in no condition to understand the stakes as she sat in an interrogation room at the Brockton police station.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/police-interrogation-latarsha-sanders/
6 months ago
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Part 2 of my series on Latarsha Sanders and the insanity defense.
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Latarsha Sanders’ paranoia was growing. But nothing hinted at how far over the edge she would fall. - The Boston Globe
As paranoid and obsessive as Latarsha Sanders could be, she had never hurt her kids. Now, her family rakes through their memories for signs.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/latarsha-sanders-mental-illness-symptoms/
6 months ago
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6 months ago
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Three years ago, I started reporting on the story of Latarsha Sanders, a mentally ill woman in Brockton who killed her two youngest children in 2018.
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A mentally ill mother did something horrific. The prosecutor insisted she was playing ‘the crazy card.’ - The Boston Globe
Latarsha Sanders had the kind of psychotic break that speaks for itself. Or at least it should.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/insanity-plea-latarsha-sanders/
6 months ago
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Yvonne Abraham
The Boston Globe
6 months ago
The Trump administration’s mass deportation push has upended life in New England. Immigrants detained at work. Families dragged from cars by ICE. Teenagers arrested. Our newsletter “Immigration Unmasked” examines how this is playing out in your community. globe.com/immigrationunmasked
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Mark Wolf in his own words.
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Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/federal-judge-resignation-trump/684845/
6 months ago
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I hope Hell is real.
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‘I wasn’t letting go of my wife’: Video shows ICE agents in Fitchburg struggling with man having apparent seizure, holding toddler in car - The Boston Globe
A video of immigration authorities apparently trying to detain a man who is holding a toddler, while bystanders are yelling for his safety, has gone viral.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/metro/fitchburg-video-seizure-immigration/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
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Photograph is CHEF'S KISS:
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Quincy mayor, already facing controversy, took thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations, state says - The Boston Globe
Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch paid $55,000 under a resolution released Wednesday by the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/metro/quincy-thomas-koch-illegal-campaign-donations-controversy/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
7 months ago
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Cuomo Blasts Mamdani for His Rent-Stabilized Unit. But He Had One, Too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/nyregion/cuomo-rent-stabilized-apartment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE8.v1iZ._ROmS7SgCPog&smid=bs-share
7 months ago
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Great work by my colleagues! Big Trump admin Sinaloa cartel takedown turns out to have been very, very much not one. Same folks blowing up boats they claim are carrying narco traffickers...
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The DEA said it arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. - The Boston Globe
A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against suc...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/metro/sinaloa-cartel-dea-arrests-roundup/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
7 months ago
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Jesus.
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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/metro/everett-13-year-old-arrested-by-ice/
7 months ago
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Gee, I'm sure there is a lesson in here somewhere. BUT WHAT COULD IT BE?
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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/duke-university-dei-diversity-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk8.LKfv.A47Oihy3VShI&smid=bs-share
8 months ago
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Yvonne Abraham
jamelle
8 months ago
my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)
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Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/trump-2024-election-maga.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.-98N.qWp9cEeazEAj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?
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Opinion | When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/charlie-kirk-media-truth-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.zU6p.U8KcvVC9BpjO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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I’ve had two very formative interactions with William Young, the federal judge who authored today's remarkable decision in AAUP v Rubio. Nothing about his courageous decision surprises me. This guy is the real deal. 1/
8 months ago
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Our
@devrafirst.bsky.social
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What is it like to dine out in D.C. right now? - The Boston Globe
Dangerously delicious, as it has been for years.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/24/lifestyle/dc-restaurants-trump-2025/
8 months ago
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M. Gessen, always:
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Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/opinion/trump-kirk-trans-people-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.yfni.FmoINALD3mbg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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Another great column by my spectacular friend and colleague
@rygraham.bsky.social
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The joyful perseverance of Ketanji Brown Jackson - The Boston Globe
While it’s increasingly difficult in this political climate, to foster joy is to hold on to hope.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/opinion/ketanji-brown-jackson-joyful-perseverance/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
8 months ago
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Well, this is very interesting.
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Ex-Stoughton police supervisor contacted Sandra Birchmore on the day she died - The Boston Globe
The former Stoughton deputy police chief retired from the force in 2022 during an internal investigation over his interactions with Birchmore.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/metro/sandra-birchmore-stoughton-robert-devine/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
8 months ago
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Yvonne Abraham
Jason Leopold
8 months ago
EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL:
@bloomberg.com
has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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