Proud to drink a pint with Somerville city officials and friends in support of the workers at Lamplighter Brewing on Broadway last night. 🍻

✊Somerville stands strong with workers at Lamplighter! Had a blast tonight supporting their campaign to unionize with UFCW 1445 @jonlink.bsky.social @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social @jake4somerville.bsky.social

May this Year of the Horse bring prosperity, health, and endless joy to everyone celebrating here in Cambridge and Somerville and around the world!

Frederick Douglass died on this day in 1895. His radical vision is one we should strive for today: a politics that unites the poor, both black and white, against their wealthy exploiters: jacobin.com/2015/09/andrew-johnson-frederick-douglass-second-reconstruction

It’s a pathetic day in America when — in response to the horrific crimes revealed by the Epstein files — the King of England says the Rule of Law must prevail as a member of his royal family faces prosecution — but President Trump and the DOJ continue to shield our ruling class from accountability.

Come one, come all to my next Office Hours, TONITE at Andala Coffee House from 4:30 to 6 pm. Bring your questions and concerns or come by just to say hi 👋 and if you can’t make it, you can always email via the address posted on my Connolly.house page to set up a time to talk :)

Ramadan Mubarak! Ramadan Kareem! May this Ramadan bring peace, joy, and abundance to all of my Muslim constituents and to Muslims around the world who are observing the holy month. 🌙

I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽 Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson. youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...

Update from Housing Court, after I spent the past four days working to stop the eviction of a longtime constituent by invoking an eviction protection law I passed on Beacon Hill. ✊❤️🙏

The blockade on Cuba is unconscionable.

Join me for Office Hours, Thursday, February 19, at Andala Coffee House in Central Square from 4:30 to 6 pm. Bring your questions or concerns or come by just to say hi 👋 and if you can’t make it, you can email me via www.Connolly.house to set up a time to chat.

Serving the 46,261 residents of the 26th Middlesex District is truly the love of my life — and I was feeling the love again last night when my constituents David and Vatsady joined me to go door-to-door to collect nomination signatures in the Port. Here’s wishing everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

First batch of nomination signatures submitted today! 🎉

My latest work on Beacon Hill: 1) advocating for $300 million in housing voucher funding; 2) meeting with legislative leaders to discuss the PROTECT Act; 3) joining with the Criminal Justice Reform Caucus for a screening of Holding Up The Sky; 4) debating and voting to pass two bills that require…

OFF AND RUNNING! 🏃🏻‍♂️ Yesterday, I picked up nomination papers to seek re-election to the House of Representatives. And last night, I collected my first batch of nomination signatures in Cambridgeport. 🎉

Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement of Gov. Kathy Hochul doesn’t sit well with some on the Left. But Mamdani can’t succeed without delivering for working-class New Yorkers and can’t deliver without navigating difficult terrain with centrists like her.

💯 So much energy in our state goes to shutting down proposed fixes for serious problems vs working to find better solutions. I don’t support the exact language, but will vote Yes bc the proposal I do support (& filed) went no where, like tax relief, transfer fee & more. Past time to do something.

Bad Bunny wore a #64 jersey as a tribute to his late uncle during his incredible halftime performance at the Super Bowl ❤️ and seeing that jersey reminded me of my Duke football days 🏈

Today, I submitted this letter in opposition to the rollback of the Massachusetts rule requiring affirmation by foster parents of a child’s sexual orientation & gender identity. LGBTQ+ kids deserve safe, stable homes that respect who they are and anything less puts our most vulnerable kids at risk.

News from my office: 1) our response to the fascist ICE crackdown; 2) advocating to the MWRA to address CSOs; 3) advocating for automated traffic enforcement on Memorial Drive and McGrath Highway; 4) meeting with GBLS to discuss civil legal aid and housing; and 5) oversight on the broken DUA system.

After the extreme cold and snow knocked older Red Line cars out of service last week, service is getting back on track this week. And good news: more new cars are on the way — and MBTA improvements continue thanks to Phil Eng’s leadership and the Millionaire’s Tax! 🚇💰😎

Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year: “As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”

Here are some highlights from my latest newsletter, including updates on our response to the ICE crackdown and efforts to address out of control health care costs and gas and electric utility bills In Massachusetts. 📖 🔗 ⬇️

My latest newsletter is out: “A long, cold, grueling, heartbreaking month” — with some personal reflections and updates on our response to the ICE crackdown and efforts to address out of control health care costs and gas and electric utility bills.

This week has been brutal for Red Line riders — and as a rider myself, I feel your pain. The Red Line has come a long way in recent years — with the elimination of slow zones, track and signal repairs, and some new train cars. However, it still has the oldest cars in the system overall…

A worthy read: “The means-testing industrial complex” lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...

This week, Eversource and National Grid asked DPU for approval to charge interest on the winter gas and electric bill deferrals announced by the Governor Healey last week. So I drafted a letter, signed by 49 colleagues, calling on DPU to reject the utilities’ request to charge interest.

This week, Eversource and National Grid asked DPU for approval to charge interest on the winter gas and electric bill deferrals announced by the Governor last week. This afternoon I joined with 49 legislative colleagues in calling on DPU to reject the corporate utilities’ request to charge interest.

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and remember and mourn the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. 🕯️

Gas and Electric bills are being cut for February and March. But what are the long-term implications on our renewable energy policies and on your pocketbook? I recently made this video to explain, stitching together an interview I did with WCVB on Thursday.

In light of today’s horrifying news of another ICE shooting on the streets of Minneapolis, I want to once again highlight 9 things the Massachusetts state legislature can do in response to the ICE crackdown.

Do you live in Massachusetts? Do you want to help protect yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors from violent authoritarianism? @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social has some suggestions: www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...

My state colleagues and I had the opportunity to connect with the Democratic Whip, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, at the Many Helping Hands day of service on Monday. I encouraged our Congresswoman to do whatever she can in Washington to put an end to the ongoing ICE crackdown.

America’s two party leaders flying to a Swiss ski resort to schmooze billionaires at an invitation-only conference while everyone back here can’t afford anything — it’s a perfect reflection of this entire era. Put it in a time capsule so future generations know what happened.

ICE agents are a bunch of fascist thugs — so here are 9 things the state legislature can do to protect our immigrant neighbors and defend everyone’s constitutional rights. ✊

This family wasn’t even involved with the ICE protests — but an ICE agent rolled a tear gas canister under their car and it exploded, setting off the airbags and flooding the car with tear gas, causing their six-month-old to stop breathing.

One of my favorite parts about being State Representative is welcoming Cambridge and Somerville youth to the House Chamber and sharing with them that this is the location of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s first-ever address to a government body, in April of 1965. 🧵

On this MLK Day weekend, we say “No” to each of the “triplets of evil” that MLK warned us about: No to militarism (war on Venezuela). No to extreme materialism (cutting healthcare to pay for tax cuts for the rich). No to racism (fascist ICE agents and the mass deportation machine).

Latest newsletter from @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social is a refreshingly honest, comprehensive, yet achievable set of things we should be doing in MA to fight ICE. Worth a read. www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...

“9 things the legislature should do in response to the ICE crackdown” - must read from Rep. @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...

My latest newsletter is out: 9 things the legislature should do in response to the ICE crackdown (and 1 or 2 things that you can do, too). We need to protect our immigrant neighbors and defend everyone’s constitutional rights.

Planning to speak at this tomorrow — in front of the JFK Federal Building across from the Government Center T stop. Did you know? If Congress didn’t increase funding for the fascist mass deportation regime, we could have extended the Affordable Care Act subsidies for millions of Americans.

Last night from my State House office, I took about 14 minutes to outline what we have done and what more we must do to protect our immigrant neighbors and defend the civil rights of all Massachusetts residents in the face of Trump’s fascist deportation regime.

Today, I participated in the Joint Bonding Committee’s hearing on “Mass Ready,” An Act to Build Resilience for Massachusetts Communities. This bill, S.2542, was referred to our committee after being introduced by Governor Healey and passed by the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Somerville needs more commercial tax revenue, so we’re bringing the jobs back! Pleased to see TransMedics has chosen Assembly Row as their forever home. Employers want to be in the 26th Middlesex District of Cambridge and Somerville 🎉

My latest newsletter is out: “The horrific, unjustified killing of Renee Good.” And stay tuned for my next newsletter, where I will go into detail about what we’ve done and what more we can do in Massachusetts to protect immigrants and resist fascist thugs.

Rest in Peace Bobby Weir 🌹

Here in solidarity with LUCE organizers and many of my Cambridge and Somerville constituents to morn the horrific, unjustified killing of Renee Good and to tell ICE to get the f*ck out of our communities.

THE BLOOD OF RENEE GOOD IS ON DONALD TRUMP’S HANDS. When the President sends untrained, fascist thugs into communities to unlawfully abduct and terrorize immigrants, people of good will are going to show up in defense of their neighbors — and when this scenario… 🧵