Is that what it’s raised questions about?

🎵 Are you ready for some ... NFL stuff? 🎵

Our new poll for Ed Trust Massachusetts is now out. "Poll shows Mass. parents favor student cellphone crackdown." www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

You’re not “finalizing” something if you haven’t decided on its major contours.

On this week's Horse Race, what's next for graduation requirements after the MCAS ballot question? We're also looking at the impact of Rep Ayanna Pressley's passing on the #MASen race. And is Mass. really the second most "Christmassy" state? soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

survey methodology: we did a survey

I have a series of methodological questions but that will not stop me from posting this. financebuzz.com/popular-chri...

TOMORROW —Dems hope for an upset in Tennessee, —Dems also trying to flip cities in the Atlanta suburbs, —DSA vs Dem establishment battles for Atlanta offices —McGreevey comeback bid —broader ideological battles within Dem factions in Jersey City all in my Bolts guide

This describes not one but several distinct war crimes.

What's the topic you keep seeing on this website that you are earnestly trying not to read or learn anything about?

A climbing gym in every town!

So what went wrong in 2016?

Writing in this morning's @massterlist.com, Jon Keller points to Trump as driving large gender gaps in new Mass. polling. This chart (which I made in 2014) shows they're older than that. Original article: commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/bro... and Keller: massterlist.com/2025/12/01/t...

This is incredibly misleading.

I think most people stopped talking about politics at Thanksgiving in 2015 or so.

Please turn the internet off forever.

Can we start with printer error messages

"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts." www.wcvb.com/article/karo...

“President Trump demands a reunion episode of CAROLINE IN THE CITY.”

If we’re taking requests could we redo the end of Lost and GoT? variety.com/2025/film/bo...

I need a photo caption here.

American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate. -The Editorial Board

A fight club with #mapoli Sens. Warren (76) and Markey (79) challenging the old playbook. Markey has been in Congress since 1976.

Dunno if there still is but there used to be a whole class on illegal orders in Basic Training. They go through a bunch of case studies, make you think about what you would do, and spell out really clearly the consequences of following illegal orders.

There are a number of things I’d like to un-read from the last few days. Like forget I ever knew about them at any level.

Trump's $2k checks idea gets shot down by Senate Rs www.axios.com/2025/11/19/s...

This is the face Mayor Wu makes when she knows you're going to put a dumb caption on a photo of her.

I don’t quite agree these are the first signs. His second term polling has been historically terrible. Eventually folks were going to stop pretending otherwise. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/n...

So can you just put it back then please?

Brb tossing my phone in the Charles

Literal reading suggests Trump plans to run for Indiana State Senate.

If you're getting bent out of shape about a Pres. Primary horserace poll 3 years out, please turn off your computer and throw it out the window.

UMass Amherst poll shows Healey would win again if the election were today. It also shows Mike Kennealy leading the Republican contenders for the job. https://bit.ly/4496fbB

Spotted: Sen. Ed Markey headed into an event at Carrie Nation on Beacon Hill. #mapoli

Do criminals not have a shift button on their keyboards?

A … what now?

President Donald Trump told Fox News in an interview that the United States doesn't have talented workers to fill jobs needed domestically, defending the H1-B skilled worker visa program. https://cnn.it/4hUhfzj

Free donuts are nice. But if you really want to thank veterans, make your country and community a better place. Vote, run for stuff, coach little league, join your local political party, donate to charity, get informed, read the news, take care of your neighbors etc. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

This tweet could be about any Iraqi election since the war.

No parm done? DC sandwich thrower who tossed sub at federal officers found not guilty: https://bit.ly/47MkEf0

Our post-election wrap-up with @jenndotsmith.bsky.social @skoczela.bsky.social and @richparr79.bsky.social. And for the true sickos, bonus 2026 MA Sen and Gov polling from @umassamherst.bsky.social soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Hard to see how replacing a Republican governor in VA means you “held serve in blue states.”

If Democrats are going to build power in DC, this is how it starts. Winning local races, state supreme courts, state legislative houses, etc. Republicans got this in 2009 and 2010 and Democrats are still playing catch up. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/n...

Look we’ve all seen NYC, VA, and NJ but anyone got the outcome of the Somerville bike path cat mayor runoff?

If gerrymandering really gets cranked up, we’ll see more instability in districts. Every time control switches, we get new districts.

Democrats flipped 13 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates. They'll go into the next session with a 64-36 majority—their biggest since 1989.

From the top of the ballot to the bottom, it's a pretty consistent outcome. From @nytimes.com to @boltsmag.org.

A late night call I missed: Democrats have flipped back the sole city council seat the GOP has in the Bronx. Republicans had flipped this council seat in 2023, and it was their first seat in the Bronx since the early 1980s.

MIDNIGHT UPDATE: Moderate/Dem-backed candidates are currently sweeping every school board race in conservative Douglas County, Colorado (home to a famous school voucher experiment). Would give moderates total 7-0 control of the school board. #copolitics