Because of course they are.

I'm attending Graham for Maine's event, “Online Town Hall with U.S. Senate Candidate Graham Platner” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/grahamformai...

I had the pleasure yesterday of meeting & hearing @grahamformaine.bsky.social yesterday, #Democrat running to unseat Susan Collins in #Maine. He is the kind of voice this party needs to move forward. A broad coalition of people in Maine are flocking to help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomE...

Are you with me on this?

S full stop, Moulton is challenging @SenMarkey 's effectiveness? One that is objectively absurd. Two, how effective was that presidential campaign, Congressman? #mapoli #grspingatstraws

I can't help but think what an incredible message of failure it is that there needs to be a food pantry on the @UMassAmherst campus. Students, trying to get themselves ahead, have to deal with #foodinsecurity because of the cost of even out state schools. #mapoli

I still try to keep up on UT knowledge for the average end user, especially what is real or not online. Here is an article on #AI image detection tools, which can be useful in a variety of ways. www.makeuseof.com/fastest-way-...

Yet another stupid attempt to hide America's #foodinsecurity issues. And it is not a blue vs red issue, this is everywhere. www.wwlp.com/news/local-n...

Whenever he speaks you can advance schedule this basically exact thing.

For real, Seth Moulton is thinking about challenging @edmarkey.bsky.social ? That will go as well as his run for president. Or trying to take on Pelosi. Or throwing the LGBTQ+ community under the bus. Markey literally gave the most energizing speech of the @massdems.bsky.social convention. #mapoli

If only the media would say this out loud.

ICE continues to assault us. We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

We are not outraged enough. Daily, little by little, your values and freedoms are being attacked. We get outraged over one thing, then another happens and we forget the previous one, five, ten other assaults. Elected people, supposedly leaders, are not angry enough. None of this is normal.

What went down at this weekend's @massdems.bsky.social convention. #mapoli open.substack.com/pub/stevenl5...

I hope you will join in to hear more on the challenges we face in fighting #foodinsecurity in Massachusetts. Understanding SNAP Cuts and Their Impact on Massachusetts Residents #mapoli us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hey any @massdems.bsky.social convention delegates - I hope you will support the amendment from the State House Employees who are looking to organize a union. Why Dem lawmakers are not on board is a problem. #mapoli

Content aside, 1 of the things I find disingenuous about the @MassDems platform process is that people did not know or have a chance to offer opinions on the dramatic changes made, Thus, many I spoke to feel unheard & ignored from a decision made & not communicated. #mapoli

You might have the reaction that it is relly nice this is happening on the @UMassAmherst campus. OK. But you should also be saying, this is not normal and acceptable. State schools are too expensive. #HungerFreeCampus #mapoli www.wamc.org/news/2025-09...

Worth pointing out that the platform of the @DNC certainly has prescriptive items in it. But the @MassDems platform draft was intentionally done to eliminate those, without advance notice of that, rendering listening sessions irrelevant. #mapoli

>50% blow out works also. Rooting for @wutrain.bsky.social #bospoli #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/05/m...

Are you a delegate to the @massdems.bsky.social convention this weekend? Give a 👎to the platform draft. It is a conscious attempt to walk away from specific critical positions Democrats have long stood for. It is not what a party email would have you believe, it is vague broad strokes 1/🧵#mapoli

Good Wednesday to all.

So at the last @massdems.bsky.social state committee meeting, some people complimented the platform committee for their listening tour outreach, Except they did not listen. If you had anything prescriptive, it was ignored. There was a clear directive from somewhere not to do so. #mapoli

My latest Substack after another mass shooting in America. stevenl57.substack.com/p/more-thoug...

The Pioneer Institute call for a broad range of tax cuts, at a time the federal government is cutting funds, is a grossly irresponsible. It is a Trump-like attack on education, health, infrastructure & more. False pretenses, harmful & not constructive. #mapoli

The word "poverty" does not appear in the @massdems.bsky.social Draft Platform. #mapoli

Brilliant

I'm thinking if Massachusetts politicians want to ban cell phones from students as a distraction, perhaps we can do the same in the State House! It's not like lots of legislation is being passed, they must be distracted. #mapoli

Agreed. The word "discrimination" appeared 11x in 2021, that is down to 4. The LEGBTQ+ community is mentioned once, in healthcare. This is not the fight back a party needs to show. #mapoli

The current draft of the @massdems.bsky.social platform does not contain a single concrete proposal. When you water things down to vague values, even many Republicans could say, sure, I'm for enhancing food security, as an example. If you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing. #mapoli

I need to be here more often.

Happy 50th birthday to the epic #springsteen album, Born to Run. Now I did not buy this in 1975, definitely several years later. Some little shop on Winter St in Boston that sold various rock chotzkis. It has stayed with me through a lot of moves because it was supposed to.

My friend Liz O’Gilvie is relentless in working for #foodjustice and #foodinsecurity. Her voice and perspective is valued in all the meetings we have been in together. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/22/b...

My latest Substack open.substack.com/pub/stevenl5... #mapoli

Single payer health has been taken out of the @massdems draft platform #mapoli

The draft of the @massdems platform has reduced the mentions of "food" from 6 in the current version, down to 2. An unacceptable level of oversight at a time that #foodinsecurity has increased, especially among people of color & the LGBTQ+ community. Huge miss. #mapoli

This is what Republicans do - raise the deficit with handouts to the wealthy then complain when Democrats are in charge about the deficit Republicans created. Expect Trump to go after the CBO, like he did BLS because they need to propagandize the government. www.nationalreview.com/corner/anoth...

I assume someone is going to challenge the executive order on DC to court.

If you don't think there is a war going on, pkease do not be so naive. Blue is treated differently than Red. Birmingham, AL has a higher violent crime rate than DC. And then there is this. www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/u...

There are many cities in America with more violent crime than DC, including in red states. This is not about DC. It is about setting a precedent to to take military control.

One of the many reasons I am proud to work with @projectbread #SummerEats www.wamc.org/news/2025-08...

To be clear, OCPF should be on this sleazy crap from Josh Kraft campaign. For a campaign to blame a vendor is either a lie or incompetence. When rich people try to buy their way into office, it is never for the good of the general population. #mapoli #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/m...

Kind of a day to stop and breathe.

How it started and how it ended. A great group over at the elementary school to work on an addition to the school garden. #farmtoschool Getting my sweat equity game on 😁

Great to see the FY2025 budget supplemental have additional $ for the Healthy Incentives Program, which should allow the reimbursement to families on SNAP to return to pre-12/24 levels. A win for them and for local farmers. #mapoli

I support the idea of a free #MBTA. It is not as simple as flip the switch & compensate for the revenue. You have to anticipate the impact on ridership and I think there would also be a conclusion that we do not have the infrastructure to do that now. #mapoli

If you think getting rid of Trump ends MAGA, I think you are quite naive. YOu think the GOP is going to suddenly find a conscience? Not me. Even the fight to regain what was lost will be a serious challenge needing as much hard work and effort as ever.

It really should be as simple as this. You want people in government, people you vote for to reflect the best in each of us - compassion, wanting the best for everyone. That's the basic test, how is what this person is going to do reflective of that value? On that level, the Republican parry fails.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of testifying before the Joint Committee on Education to make the Farm to School grant program permanent in Massachusetts. #mapoli

Yesterday, I had the honor to speak and participate in @massgovernor.bsky.social announcing a state anti-hunger task force, in direct response to the terrible cuts from Washington. This is great news and I look forward to their support to the Make Hunger History efforts I am involved with. #mapoli