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Hundreds of supporters and several state and local electeds are at Boston City Hall for Mayor Michelle Wu’s press conference on the letter from AG Pam Bondi. There’s a band kicking things off. #bospoli

Inbox: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is holding a press conference tomorrow morning on the city’s response to the letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for details on how Boston plans to “eliminate laws… that impede federal immigration enforcement.” #bospoli

SCOOP: Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social will announce support from @repmcgovern.bsky.social , whose district includes part of Western Mass, as soon as tomorrow. In a video, McGovern emphasizes Markey's work on food security, housing, health care and battling inequity. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/07/brie...

In politics, sometimes name recognition isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask Geoffrey Epstein, who’s running for mayor in Framingham. politi.co/3UBFoje via @politico.com #mapoli

At the New Hampshire Institute of Politics it’s 2028 already. #nhpolitics

A new Globe/Suffolk poll of the Boston mayoral race has Mayor Michelle Wu leading Josh Kraft 60 / 30. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...

More than two dozen state & local officials endorsed Sen. Ed Markey for reelection today. The cities & towns they represent span the congressional district that one of Markey's potential primary challengers, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, represents. politi.co/3TjDWle #mapoli

At tonight’s NYC mayoral debate, two candidates for mayor — Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander — said they believe @wutrain.bsky.social is the most effective member of the Democratic party. #bospoli www.politico.com/live-updates...

Former Boston Mayor/former Labor Sec. Marty Walsh is playing a little in Boston’s City Council race. He donated the $1,000 max to former Councilor Frank Baker’s comeback campaign, campaign finance records show. #bospoli

As expected, Josh Kraft set to start pouring vast amounts of his own money into Boston mayoral campaign, per @kellygarrity.bsky.social Campaign blew through $100K in payroll last month www.politico.com/massachusett...

Inbox: Angela Menino, the wife of former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, is endorsing Michelle Wu for reelection. She says her late husband would've, too. #bospoli

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appears to be among the donors who gave the $1,000 max to Josh Kraft’s mayoral campaign in April. Goodell was in Washington today for a press conference with President Donald Trump to announce that DC will host the 2027 NFL draft. #bospoli

Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden is endorsing Boston Mayor Michelle Wu for reelection politi.co/44HXshU via @politico.com #bospoli

From Twitter/X via @kellygarrity.bsky.social

👀 another poll circulating last week testing Sen. Ed Markey against hypothetical primary challengers #mapoli

ICYMI: Another Republican is eyeing the race for governor in 2026 #mapoli politi.co/3Y9gpWK via @politico.com

Irish exit: When you leave a party without saying goodbye Irish entry: When you set up your Boston mayoral campaign while on a pre-planned trip to Ireland (Boston mayoral latest via @kellygarrity.bsky.social) www.politico.com/newsletters/...

An update on the Tufts student who was detained by federal immigration authorities via her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai. #mapoli

Asked about Tom Homan's swing through Boston last week, Gov. Maura Healey says she doesn't understand the "fixation" from feds on Massachusetts. "We're a very safe state. We're not a sanctuary state," she told reporters.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s State of the City caught the White House’s attention. #bospoli

Josh Kraft's new fundraiser flyer has the NYC skyline instead of Boston, and a made-up Boston seal that is probably made with AI given that it has a bunch of gibberish letters on it. Images via Politico's @kellygarrity.bsky.social on X.

INBOX: Senator @markey.senate.gov bringing Mass AFLCIO president Chrissy Lynch to Trump's speech to Congress next week. #mapoli

Two reporters (myself + @kellygarrity.bsky.social) made it past security, rode up the elevator with Robert Kraft, and made it to the desk set up for checks before getting sent back downstairs to building lobby

“Human gestation does not fit into a six-month box; we do not want to see women in the eighth month of pregnancy or women who recently gave birth removed from the EA system.” Read our letter here, via @kellygarrity.bsky.social @politico.com MA: www.politico.com/f/?id=000001... #mapoli

Courtesy of Politico's @kellygarrity.bsky.social : Potential #MA08 Democratic primary challenger for Stephen Lynch: Common Cause Massachusetts advisory board chair and former Deval Patrick staffer Patrick Roath www.politico.com/newsletters/... #mapoli #bospoli

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is rolling out endorsements from Boston-based pols a day after Josh Kraft officially announced his campaign against her. She also raised >$25k yesterday, after setting a $10k goal in a morning fundraising email. politi.co/4aL6a00 via @politico.com

Inbox: @massago.bsky.social is co-leading a lawsuit with NJ and CA against @POTUS over his Executive Order ending birthright citizenship. #mapoli

Politico's @kellygarrity.bsky.social reports Josh Kraft is indeed running for mayor Boston, official campaign launch expected in early Feb www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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Govt web site reproductiverights.com is down; Dem House Whip Katherine Clark is claiming that Trump admin has taken it down.

Inbox: @MassGovernor is proposing changes to the state’s right to shelter law, including residency requirements, eliminating presumptive eligibility, and more. #mapoli

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu made a surprise call in to GBH’s Boston Public Radio this morning after giving birth to her third child on Monday. “I’ve been in touch with the team…editing press releases, or looking at different things that we’re mapping out” in coming weeks. #bospoli

MTA sets its sights on strikes (and more) politi.co/4akEheV via @politico.com #mapoli

Republicans ready themselves for 2026 politi.co/40fitN1 via @politico.com

The Boston property tax shift fight lives to see another session. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is refiling the home rule petition with the City Council, her office announced this morning. #bospoli

Everyone buckle up. Milton MBTA Communities decision drops at 10. #mapoli

MassDems face the music politi.co/4j8IBC8 via @politico.com

New year, same shelter headaches for Healey politi.co/4a8qhoz via @politico.com

CHRIS FLANAGAN: Top leaders at the MassGOP called on an embattled Cape Cod Democrat to resign from his post after local police in Barnstable said federal prosecutors were investigating the lawmaker for “potential criminal activity.” #mapoli www.bostonherald.com/2025/01/07/m...

Helena Foulkes calls on Gov McKee to declare a public health emergency on homelessness

Inbox: The Senate has formed a temporary rules committee, as well as a subcommittee that will “focus exclusively on the Auditor’s letter of January 3, 2025 and Chapter 250 of the Acts of 2024, and the serious constitutional questions raised thereby.” #mapoli

What to watch this month on Beacon Hill and beyond politi.co/3DJ20JC via @politico.com

NEW: If the House can't elect a speaker tomorrow, it could upend Congress' ability to certify the 2024 election results in ways that range from minor hiccups to — the longer the stalemate — unmitigated chaos. A look at the scenarios, w @ktullymcmanus.bsky.social www.politico.com/live-updates...

The city of Boston is on pace to record a significant drop in violent crime in 2024 driven by a notable decline in shootings and homicides.There have been 24 murders so far in 2024, which is believed to the lowest since 1957, according to city officials. www.dotnews.com/2024/officia...

Massachusetts Playbook’s holiday gift guide politi.co/3BA7PbD via @politico.com #mapoli

STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH: Gov. Maura Healey is scheduled to deliver her yearly State of the Commonwealth Address --- where she could outline priorities for her third year in office and details of her FY26 budget --- on Jan. 16, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the House Chamber. #mapoli

"Giffords also ranked Massachusetts the “safest state” in the country, a result of having the lowest number of gun deaths per 100,000 people (3.7)." www.politico.com/newsletters/... via @kellygarrity.bsky.social

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is hosting her end-of-year fundraiser in the South End tonight. Asking donors to raise $5,000 to be a co-host, $10,000 to be a co-chair, per the invite. #bospoli