Tufted Titmouse in late afternoon light waiting for turn at feeders North Central MA #birds🦉

Looking forward to the annual Great Backyard Bird Count February 13-16, 2026. A fun global event www.birdcount.org #birdcount #GBBC

President Trump, Elon Musk and Richard Branson were among the prominent figures who exchanged messages or visited with Jeffrey Epstein, according to the latest batch of Epstein files released by the Justice Department. Here’s what to know.

ICE agents can stop anyone they suspect of being undocumented. Now, many Minnesotans are weighing their rights and their pride against their own safety. “I have a passport, but it’s paper, not a shield.”

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “These days, the bloodshed is even more visible, revulsion is similarly growing — and the horrors we have witnessed should impel more of us to take a stand,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “The question is straightforward: Which America do we choose?”

The Democratic National Committee is entering the 2026 midterm election year at a staggering financial disadvantage, trailing the Republican National Committee by nearly $100 million, according to new federal financial disclosures.

Happy Black History Month, Boston.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new leader on Saturday to run New York City’s Department of Correction. Stanley Richards, who most recently served as the chief executive of a prisoner advocacy nonprofit, will be the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the department.

Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people have attempted to distance themselves from Jeffrey Epstein. But document releases and other revelations over the last several months has underscored the depth, intensity and persistence of Epstein’s connections to the global elite.

In an upset that rattled Republicans, a Democrat in Texas decisively won a state legislative special election on Saturday in a district that President Trump carried by more than 17 percentage points just over a year ago.

This Black History Month, I am looking to history for hope. As the great Maya Angelou said, "History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." I carry that ideal with me as we pave the path forward.

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories: 1. What Mass. can and can’t do about ICE commonwealthbeacon.org/explainers/w...

From @theathletic.com: After retiring from the NFL, Charles Tillman, known for his signature “Peanut Punch,” worked as an FBI agent. He loved his coworkers and found honor, integrity, and nobility in their service. Then the immigration raids started. nyti.ms/45EqpuX

Federal agents arrested the former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a Jan. 18 protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his lawyer said. The case had been rejected last week by a magistrate judge. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Breaking News: The Justice Department released 3 million more pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files, and thousands of videos and images. Follow live updates.

Boston has a city-run electricity program that has cheaper rates than Eversource and uses more renewable energy. Sign up for Boston Community Choice Electricity at boston.gov/bcce.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We must fundamentally overhaul D.H.S. and end the securitization of American life if we are to have just and lasting peace in this country,” Ben Rhodes writes.

Hundreds of people are marching in Providence right now protesting ICE @chrisgavin.bsky.social @carlosrmunoz.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/30/m...

Another look at the crowd of Brown University protesters as they marched from campus to the Rhode Island State House.

Massachusetts has a Democratic supermajority. Governor Healey has no real challengers. Bill would protect crime victims from ICE. But Black and Latino Caucus head Andy Vargas said caucus has “met with the governor and legislative leadership… but have not yet received commitments of support.”

Bitcoin ATM scams continue to target Massachusetts residents while a bill that could help has been lingering in the legislature for a year. https://www.wcvb.com/article/what-is-massachusetts-doing-to-stop-bitcoin-atm-scams/70094656 

Massachusetts folks, the LUCE ICE Hotline is ☎️ 617-370-5023. If you see ICE in your area, call and report. And spread the word! Full sheet of stickers here: tinyurl.com/5eddfvrt Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.

They are arresting the journalists. “The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state: it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this commonwealth.” – John Adams, Samuel Adams, James Bowdoin, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Heard this heartwarming story this morning from a friend that lives in Lexington, MA. As the snowstorm was starting on Sunday, about 60 residents of this senior living community, with an average age of 85, protested on the main road by their residence. lexobserver.org/2026/01/27/s...

My statement with Senator Warren as we welcome the court stay of Trump's illegal attempts to destroy offshore wind in Massachusetts.

Connecticut Congressman John Larson says he was denied access to an ICE facility in Massachusetts. www.facebook.com/reel/1290226...

2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe. 2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty. Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...

Last night, I joined the Massachusetts Nurses Association to honor Alex Pretti. He was the best of us—a selfless American citizen who dedicated his life to serving others. He died as he lived, helping protect a woman who had been pushed to the ground. May he rest in power.

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill has put 100,000 Massachusetts residents at imminent risk of losing food assistance. It’s a betrayal of their promise to put America first and a slap in the face to the families they swore they would fight for.

Ilan Wurman's anti-birthright citizenship Supreme Court amicus. I won't mince words. He bastardizes the common law. It is a methodologically bankrupt approach to the history of Anglo-American constitutionalism. It is little more than preening to gain someone's favor, but certainly not a scholar's.

#BlueStatesTaxRevolt #JamesMcGovern blue states are being targeting by the Trump misadministration.

If you see ICE in Massachusetts, call LUCE: 617-370-5023. They can get the info out to protect our vulnerable neighbors.

an ICE abduction took place in Stow, Massachusetts today, Wednesday January 28. From email from someone directly connected:

History teachers across the country and at every grade level should organize a teach-in this week by having students explore the Boston Massacre as part of the #America250 commemoration.

History may not repeat, but it echos. radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...

Massachusetts is on the door step of an imminent surge from ICE and over the past few months of relative calm on our streets there has been little action by our Governor or Legislature to prepare. Rapid response networks and immigrant justice groups have been getting ready. Why haven't our leaders?

Imagine if the Massachusetts state government actually used the powers it has to make actual laws to respond to that!

I called my state rep today and he didn’t even know they tear gassed kids in MN. Worth calling and chatting w yours and making sure they know what’s up and what you expect. “I will be out there- will you?”

“A sexual assault victim is suing the Town of #Hopkinton and its police chief for negligence, accusing them of allowing a convicted sex offender to operate a pizza shop for years, despite a known criminal history.” #Massachusetts

Beware of suspicious vehicles, especially if you spot this type of Ford SUV in Massachusetts. #USDemocracy #MomSky

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Hey, Massachusetts, call your state rep and senator and ask for a 287(g) ban today docs.google.com/document/d/1...

ICE kidnapped a defendant from a Massachusetts district court hallway today while the jury was deliberating in his case and refused to allow him to remain long enough to hear the verdict. He was found not guilty, but will almost certainly be deported anyway

The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, but still argued the error should not affect her case. https://cnn.it/4jF2scC

“The state commission charged with oversight of #Massachusetts police decertified five former officers from around the state, including a former deputy police chief convicted last year of raping a teenage girl while serving as a school resource officer.”

Being productive: Emailing my State Representative and asking for a meeting to discuss steps the Massachusetts Legislature can take to limit ICE's ability to operate in courthouses. I have criticisms of the Legislature but I am glad to have a State Rep. who is always willing to meet with me.

#BREAKING: Vineyard Wind, a large and nearly complete offshore wind project off the Massachusetts coast is suing the Trump administration for pausing construction last month. @wbur.org

Weekly Wednesday protest at ICE detention facility in Burlington, MA, just outside Boston. Almost 1000 people today, and most of us are old enough to not give many shits about cops or counterprotesters.

The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, but still argued the error should not affect her case.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed giving citizens a right under state law to sue officials who violate their rights under the U.S. Constitution. Other states — including California, Illinois, and Massachusetts — already have such a law on the books. bit.ly/3LtXVgE