🚧TANTALIZING! We all hate the awful 90° intersection of the Community Path and School St, and at long last some possible solutions are emerging. Three scenarios, still early in planning/feasibility, were just presented to the Council! More info: somervillema.legistar.com/MeetingDetai...

To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.

My statement condemning the hateful anti-Palestinian outbursts at Somerville City Hall last night 👇

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

🚶‍♂️Apply to join the Somerville Pedestrian and Transit Advisory Committee! Seeking new members - learn more here: mailchi.mp/7b3081532703...

🐓New Union Square restaurant alert🍗 The wonderful family who run Reliable Market is JUST about to open K-BOK, Korean Fried Chicken, in the space that was once La Cantina. STAY TUNED!

#Charlotte @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...

Reminder! Large section of Somerville Ave closed for paving tomorrow (Monday 11/24)

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.

This story is nuts. "ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."

very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...

🏠SO PROUD to be at the State House today in support of Somerville’s Rent Stabilization home rule petition. Powerful testimony from Public School Superintendent Carmona on the effects of displacement on families, and especially from tenants who lost their homes due to rent gouging.

🏠SO PROUD to be at the State House today in support of Somerville’s Rent Stabilization home rule petition. Powerful testimony from Public School Superintendent Carmona on the effects of displacement on families, and especially from tenants who lost their homes due to rent gouging.

🤝“$975,000 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to address rising food insecurity.” Our goal has always been to ensure the benefits of development in Somerville flow to those in need, not just the well-off. Here’s what this looks like in reality: $$ from big developers to feed people.

“Does your local police department use License Plate Readers?” If you live in Somerville, the answer is no. Thanks to our Surveillance Oversight Ordinance, we have full transparency & accountability for any surveillance equipment used by the City: online.encodeplus.com/regs/somervi...

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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Welcome aboard to Somerville’s newest City Councilor, Emily Hardt, representing Ward 7! Very glad to be back to 11 people around the horseshoe :)

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..." Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone. With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Important to understand the issues but also the cost burden implications

🐟Watch our Resolution on sewage overflows here👇 Cities across MA are being put in an impossible position: asked to build infrastructure that doesn’t solve the sewage problem, at costs that local residents can’t afford. We need the MWRA to help fund & design regional stormwater & infrastructure

This article makes me want to be The Best Recycler I Can Be.

"Does our plastic actually get recycled?" The #CamberVille newsletter is always excellent, but this one is truly a must-read: a deep dive into the recycling processing plant where all of Somerville's recycling winds up: mailchi.mp/bostonglobe....

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

🚰 There is a MASSIVE issue facing Somerville that is getting way too little attention, probably because it sounds very technical: our Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) plan. And specifically, how we pay for it. Here's my Resolution for tonight, and below is an explainer 1/

🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes. Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.

Pretty insane aurora borealis in Somerville currently

Utterly outrageous: Leadership in the Massachusetts House is trying to gut climate plans *and* cut the budget for Mass Save, the program that helps homeowners afford to make their homes more energy efficient. commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...

you’ve got to be fucking kidding me

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Intergenerational love for #MarketBasket

Bow Street and Walnut Street design, scheduled for next year as the gas work took longer than expected this fall.

More construction progress on our new cycle track and floating bus stop on Somerville Ave and Central Street. 🚲🚌 www.somervillema.gov/intersection...

SNAP UPDATE: I’m directing SNAP benefits to be processed today — and paid IN FULL starting tomorrow. Americans are going hungry because President Trump chose to play politics with their lives. People need to eat. We’re making sure they do.

HUGE WIN: Thank you to @massgovernor.bsky.social and the Mass. Department of Transitional Assistance for getting FULL SNAP benefits on cards as early as tomorrow. Hunger isn't political - we'll keep fighting for our residents!

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I’m proud to have led the efforts to ban the use of tear gas in Somerville. “The use of tear gas in military conflicts is banned under international treaties, but the chemicals have been used for decades in domestic policing in the United States.”

“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” — Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas. Leia’s age: 2. Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Liz Breadon, who represents Allston-Brighton on Boston City Council, called it the largest single raid she’s aware of in the neighborhood this year. She said, as far as she knows, all of the people detained had some form of legal immigration status. https://bit.ly/49B6ZK8

🗽Thank you Somerville! We have a new Mayor, a new City Charter, three great new City Councilors, and a new School Committee Rep in Ward 3. Huge congratulations to Mayor-elect Jake Wilson - I’m excited about the future, and ready for the tough work ahead. 1/

“Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” 👇

Donald Trump is the most powerful person in the world. Only a monster would use that power to force 42 million Americans to go hungry.

After a judge ordered Donald Trump to make SNAP payments, the wannabe king declared he will defy a court order and won't help people afford groceries. Trump's message to 42 million Americans: eat dirt.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 This is the President openly announcing that he will violate court orders - two courts had concluded that the Trump regime withholding SNAP funding was illegal - and that the government had to pay out (at least reduced) SNAP benefits starting this week