"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the country is now at risk of losing its disease-elimination status. Infectious disease experts say this is directly tied to Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. Are we great yet?

The RFK, jr effect.

Our district is home to the first public library in the US and the founder of our public education system. With immense pride and joy, I voted YES today on legislation to enshrine in our state law the right to read and free expression. #mapoli #maedu #freedomtoread #freeexpression #readbannedbooks

I’m tired of headlines like this that wrongly draw a false equivalence between the parties’ positions. Congressional Dems are fighting for food and health care. Congressional GOPs want … more chaos and economic mess? Mass hunger? Secret police? Terror in our streets? Musk to become a trillionaire?

"the first round of reductions, cutting about 4% of scheduled flights, will take effect as soon as Friday. The cuts will rise to 5% on Saturday, 6% on Sunday, and reach as much as 10% by next week" Still more proof that Trump and his GOP are incapable of governing. apple.news/AzyF0HGIlRLi...

Highly informative hearing in many many ways. Very much worth a listen.

Let's be clear: withholding food from 42 million Americans, including more than a million Bay Staters, is a policy choice made by Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress. It is vile and cruel, the exact opposite of our shared values. #mapoli #foodsecurity #hunger www.wcvb.com/article/snap...

Thank you @kimdriscollma.bsky.social for joining us at the Needham Dems Fall Social last night! Fantastic evening with huge turnout and terrific energy — exactly what we need as we fight for our democracy. Big thanks to The Common Room for hosting us. #mapoli #letsgo @massdems.bsky.social

That’s 1618 #measles cases so far this year, exclusive of the unreported/untracked cases, the highest count in the last quarter-century. And we still have 2+ months to go. And measles is still spreading, starting w/ clusters in schools. #publichealth #vaccinate #science 🔗 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

Great pushback from @beccarausch.bsky.social on disingenuous anti-tax talking points from the Mass Taxpayer Foundation #mapoli

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Senator Ed Kennedy was a public servant through and through. He was deeply devoted to the people he represented and the issues he championed. It was an honor to call him a friend, colleague, and Senate classmate. I extend heartfelt condolences to his family. May his memory be a blessing.

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino.” —Justice Sotomayor. The Supreme Court, in blessing racial profiling by ICE, adds to its long string of cases supporting the Trump administration’s power grabs.

In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions. In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.

PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE: if you want a COVID vaccine in Massachusetts, your local pharmacist is authorized to give it to you. The chaos of Kennedy and Trump is a bump in the road to be sure, but in MA, we affirm science and accessible vaccination. #mapoli #vaccines www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...

Whatever your political persuasions, this should concern all of us. AI fakes should have no place in politics. Voters need and deserve reliable and accurate information. #mapoli #AI #artificalintelligence #PoliticsToday www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/29/n...

My office for the morning #environmentcommitteechair #environment #nature #getoutside #mapoli #trails

Trump cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. So here in MA, they're seeing MassHealth patients for free. Keep and go to your appointments. More info 👉 www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare... #mapoli #medicaid #masshealth #reprorights #reprojustice #healthcare @ppfa.org

I love when people say to me “don’t pass ranked choice voting legislation because it will force voters to research all the candidates.” Uh… you should be doing that anyway? 🤷🏻‍♀️ #mapoli #elections #vote #voting #votingreform #electionreform #rcv #rankedchoicevoting

When you're a camp family, you're a camp family. It doesn't matter what kind of overnight camp or where the camp is located. Sending my deepest condolences to the families of the Camp Mystic girls and young women who died in the flood, and the entire Camp Mystic community. Just heartbreaking.

Happy birthday America. May we find the strength and fortitude to defend you and keep you. Onward in our pursuits of liberty, justice, democracy, and freedom. #4thofJuly #happy4th #mapoli #IndependenceDay

Just heard Sen. Ron Johnson (WI) give an interview purportedly about Medicaid but the main message I heard was his disdain for state governments, which is both wild and wildly disappointing. If democracy is going to work, then all levels of government have to work together, with mutual respect.

Scenes from #Juneteenth celebrations on Beacon Hill and in our district. I was honored to deliver remarks this morning.

“The demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the right bore some responsibility for the Pittsburgh massacre; the demonizing, delegitimizing rhetoric of the left bears some responsibility for the recent [antisemitic] attacks.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com finally getting it right #antisemitism

This is absolutely horrifying and heartbreaking. It defies description that this is part of our current politic. It must stop. All political extremism and violence must stop. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

"It is absolutely obvious that we are in a time where we need to pay attention to the shortfall and failure, to date, of Massachusetts to actually pass a press shield law that we so desperately need, given what is happening in the national sphere," longtime bill sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch said

In Fall River tonight at the @massdems.bsky.social state committee meeting with Representative Joan Meschino, soon-to-be Representative Lisa Field, and many more #massdems friends! #mapoli

The Fulbright board quit. Sound scientists were kicked off the vaccine board and replaced with known antivaxxers. It’s actually pretty calm in LA, despite Trump’s “manufactured crisis” (F. Guerra), but there’s a rapidly spreading wildfire in San Bernardino. Some of the latest TRUMP DESTRUCTION.

An important read from Marcela Rodrigues in today’s @bostonglobe.com that shines a light on the expansive harms stemming from Trump’s ICE. We’re glad you’re home, Marcelo. I’m so sorry this is happening to you. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/m...

Happy Pride from the Massachusetts State House! 🏳️‍🌈 #mapoli

This month, take the time to appreciate and uplift the authentic beauty of the LGBTQ+ community, to celebrate the progress we’ve made, and to reflect upon and recognize the work that still lies ahead. Happy Pride. #mapoli #PrideMonth2025 #PrideMonth #LoveIsLove 🌈

Antisemitic rhetoric leads to open season violence on Jews across America. It has always been true; it should be beyond dispute or denial. How many will suffer or die before leaders spewing hate will stop? My heart is with the survivors, their families and the Boulder community. #antisemitism 🟦

Love to see this focused action to advance the arts #mapoli #berkshires #arts www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_cul...

Is “sidestepping laws” the same thing as committing crimes? Seems like it is, right?

What is a nation supposed to do when its leader is publicly committing impeachable offenses on a daily basis and the impeachment process is utterly broken due to slightly more than half of the nation's Congress being members of a cult dedicated to destroying rule of law

A useful resource on Trump's back-breaking-budget-bill, including a link to the full text of the final House package and summaries by topic area: www.ncsl.org/in-dc/tracki... If you think federal-level cruelty won't impact state and local governments, including here in MA, think again. #budget

Also awesome to learn about the great work @beccarausch.bsky.social is doing to give towns/cities more autonomy to implement legislation that impacts their local communities 👏🏻

Fact: Years after a measles outbreak, some people may develop a rare brain infection called SSPE. It is almost always fatal. If you go looking, you can find many new stories about it. But for the most part, it's a quiet harm most people never even hear about.

FY26 budget amendments ranging from #science research and #abortion access planning to regional recovery services and small business eco-friendly supports… done ✅ #mapoli #budget #results

Today in top #mapoli news: "not only did the Charlton Service Plaza come up tops for Mass., it placed No. 13 among public bathrooms in the entire country. That’s right, there are only a dozen public places where doing your business is more desirable in all of the U.S." #MassPike #doyourbusiness

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

Front page of today’s @bostonglobe.com “I don’t know” whether people are entitled to due process. “I don’t know” whether he needs to uphold the Constitution. No law degree necessary here, folks. Our democracy is in crisis. Make no mistake about it. #democracy #law #mapoli

“Recent studies have confirmed that microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are found throughout the human body—including the blood, lungs, liver, kidneys, and even the brain.” Last term the Senate passed my Plastics Redux Act 38-2. This term… all the way. Let’s go. #mapoli #plastic #climate #health

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

We. Must. Pass. The. Community. Immunity. Act. Into. Law. NOW www.beccarauschma.com/community-im... #mapoli #vaccines #measles #science

For the six million. For the millions more. For those who resist fascism. Never forget. #YomHashoa #YomHashoah #HolocaustRemembranceDay

Nobody runs like Boston 🏃‍♀️ #baa129 #bostonmarathon #bostonstrong #mapoli #gorunnersgo

Wishing a happy and meaningful Easter to all who celebrate

Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.