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Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>Well, after reading this essay by Rümeysa Öztürk about her experiences in ICE detention, I can honestly say I've never felt so awful about my own country as I do now. Please read this and consider what actions you can take after reading it, even if it's hard. <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/USpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vanityfair.com/news/story/rume</span><span class="invisible">ysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison</span></a></p>
Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>Folks on here who are in <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> ... do you know about Justin Klekota doubling down on transphobia and stuff? </p><p>He's been texting some list of Somerville voters he's got, and his replies are super offputting. I haven't gotten a reply from him myself, but I've seen several screenshots like this, and totally believe they're accurate. He also blocked me on twitter during the previous controversy. This guy is not getting my vote. Like. Wow. <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomerPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SomerPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/therealbradbabs.bsky.social/post/3ltkvdqze4s2w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/therealbradba</span><span class="invisible">bs.bsky.social/post/3ltkvdqze4s2w</span></a></p>
David Nathanson<p>ICE agents wouldn't be allowed to wear masks in Massachusetts in proposed legislation - CBS Boston <a href="https://esq.social/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/ice-agents-masks-ban-massachusetts-bill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/boston/news/ice-ag</span><span class="invisible">ents-masks-ban-massachusetts-bill/</span></a></p>
Andrew Quemere<p>Legal advocates have long said that the commonwealth’s system for compensating victims of wrongful convictions is unfair, and now they have a plan to fix it.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a></p><p><a href="https://andrewqmr.substack.com/p/wrongful-conviction-compensation-coalition-bill-ma" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andrewqmr.substack.com/p/wrong</span><span class="invisible">ful-conviction-compensation-coalition-bill-ma</span></a></p>
Mara Dolan<p>SJC decision expected today on whether to release defendants held over seven days and dismissal of cases pending over 45 days where there is no attorney. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mapoli" target="_blank">#mapoli</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23publicdefender" target="_blank">#publicdefender</a> <a href="https://wcvb.com/article/constitutional-crisis-could-threaten-hundreds-of-criminal-cases-in-massachusetts/65281768" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wcvb.com/article/cons...</a><br><br><a href="https://wcvb.com/article/constitutional-crisis-could-threaten-hundreds-of-criminal-cases-in-massachusetts/65281768" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">'Constitutional crisis' could ...</a></p>
Mara Dolan<p>“Access to basic justice is under siege right now. Protecting it where we can couldn’t be more crucial.” <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/adrianwalkerboston.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@adrianwalkerboston.bsky.social</a> on the public defender bar advocate fight for justice and fair pay. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mapoli" target="_blank">#mapoli</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23publicdefender" target="_blank">#publicdefender</a> <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/metro/court-attorneys-indigent-pay-raise/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/metro/court-attorneys-indigent-pay-raise/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Court-appointed lawyers are ri...</a></p>
Mara Dolan<p>MA legislature cuts proposed pay hike for public defender bar advocates amid work stoppage. “We’ve done everything we can to recruit attorneys . . . who will take this work at the current pay rates. That’s just not happening.” <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mapoli" target="_blank">#mapoli</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23publicdefender" target="_blank">#publicdefender</a> <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/metro/massachusetts-legislature-bar-advocates-work-stoppage-pay-proposal-cut/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/m...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/metro/massachusetts-legislature-bar-advocates-work-stoppage-pay-proposal-cut/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">‘How do you negotiate with tha...</a></p>
Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:<p>Massachusetts Dept of Public Health enters into a partnership with the Fenway Institute (of Fenway Health) to train healthcare providers to better provide affirming care for LGBTQIA+ patients.</p><p><a href="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/dphfenway-health-training-initiative" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.gov/info-details/dphfenwa</span><span class="invisible">y-health-training-initiative</span></a></p><blockquote><p>The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)/Fenway Health Training Initiative is a partnership designed to further improve the visibility, availability, and applicability of educational resources and trainings for health care professionals to improve care for the LGBTQIA+ community.<br>...<br>DPH’s goal is to ensure that all LGBTQIA+ individuals in the Commonwealth can access necessary, knowledgeable, and respectful health services from licensed providers and their support staff.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FenwayHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FenwayHealth</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MassDPH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDPH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ContinuingEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingEd</span></a></p>
Mariel García-Montes<p>"Massachusetts Health Connector, another exchange, told LinkedIn whether visitors said they were pregnant, blind, or disabled." They stopped doing this thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.themarkup.org/@themarkup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>themarkup</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CALMatters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CALMatters</span></a></span> <a href="https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/06/17/we-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/17/we-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Deb Nam-Krane HAS MOVED<p>1 in 3 MA families have experience <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foodinsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodinsecurity</span></a> this year. But let's give the millionaires a break, they're the ones really suffering. <a href="https://www.gbfb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GBFB_Food-Access-Report_2025_final.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gbfb.org/wp-content/uploads/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/GBFB_Food-Access-Report_2025_final.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a> </p><p>And this tidbit: "New to this year’s survey:<br>veterans and active<br>service members were<br>found to have high levels<br>of food insecurity at<br>35 percent."</p>
Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>Woo, <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> budget hearing NOW re our FY26 plans.<br><a href="https://somervillema.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1303126&amp;GUID=B51D71C0-85E7-4415-9E57-ECCD7D5E7B34&amp;Options=info|notes|&amp;Search=" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">somervillema.legistar.com/Meet</span><span class="invisible">ingDetail.aspx?ID=1303126&amp;GUID=B51D71C0-85E7-4415-9E57-ECCD7D5E7B34&amp;Options=info|notes|&amp;Search=</span></a></p><p>TONIGHT:<br>• Emergency Management<br>• Fire<br>• Fire Alarm<br>• Police<br>• Animal Control<br>• E911<br>• Parking<br>• Water &amp; Sewer<br>• Infrastructure &amp; Asset Management<br>• Capital Projects<br>• Engineering<br>• DPW Administration<br>• Buildings &amp; Custodians<br>• Grounds<br>• Solid Waste<br>• Highway/Lights &amp; Lines/Electrical/Fleet Management/Snow Removal</p><p>Can't wait for us to get to policing. Gonna be spicy. <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomerPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SomerPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a></p>
Mara Dolan<p>The aptly named ICE has brought a chill across our land, but a free people who know their rights and love their neighbors will never be defeated. Great <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NoKings" target="_blank">#NoKings</a> rally in Billerica, MA! <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/mass50501.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mass50501.bsky.social</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mapoli" target="_blank">#mapoli</a></p>
Alexandra Thorn<p>Written testimony in support of Massachusetts single payer healthcare can be submitted via email to Chair Friedman at cindy.friedman@masenate.gov, Chair Lawn at john.lawn@mahouse.gov, Adelina Huo at adelina.huo@masenate.gov, and Tim O’Neill at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.</p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a></p>
Alexandra Thorn<p>For anyone who isn't familiar, <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MassCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassCare</span></a> is a campaign to implement single payer <a href="https://better.boston/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> in Massachusetts: <a href="https://masscare.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">masscare.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAPol</span></a></p>
Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:<p>I attended this meeting with my middle-school kid, who (with two classmates) gave public comment in support of a policy order requesting the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> incorporate green &amp; gray infrastructure in the Alewife garage redevelopment project, to help eliminate untreated sewage overflow into the Alewife Brook watershed and surrounding neighborhoods. The Alewife Brook combined sewer overflow release problem was the focus of their <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/civics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civics</span></a> project, and I'm proud of them for carrying it out of the classroom and into local government.</p><p>(We left city hall near the end of the public comment period, which was smart, because the meeting lasted until almost midnight, including over an hour behind closed doors to discuss the Lubavitch lawsuit against the city zoning board.)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeMA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Sanitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sanitation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MunicipalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MunicipalGovernment</span></a></p>
Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:<p><a href="https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/10/ice-agents-arent-required-to-identify-themselves-councillors-learn-in-trying-to-get-police-to-ask-id/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridgeday.com/2025/06/10/ic</span><span class="invisible">e-agents-arent-required-to-identify-themselves-councillors-learn-in-trying-to-get-police-to-ask-id/</span></a></p><blockquote><p>City solicitor Megan Bayer told councillors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were not required to identify themselves, though “they are legally obligated when it is safe and practicable to do so to say they are an Ice agent or a federal immigration enforcement agent conducting immigration enforcement operation.”</p></blockquote><p>The council members (and this article) didn't explicitly mention one of the most important reasons federal LEOs must identify themselves: crimes being perpetrated by people impersonating ICE agents: kidnapping, rape, robbery, harassment (c.f. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/196360/man-impersonates-ice-agent-robs-immigrant-pennsylvania" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/196360/ma</span><span class="invisible">n-impersonates-ice-agent-robs-immigrant-pennsylvania</span></a> , <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/</span><span class="invisible">ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning</span></a>). Forcing federal agents to disclose their IDs to local LEOs provides some modicum of accountability, and might reduce the risk of violent reactions and opportunistic crime.</p><p>But since cruelty, fear, and mayhem help the regime achieve its political goals, no matter who generates them, it has no incentive to deescalate (even if that would help protect its own agents in the long run).</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@universalhub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>universalhub</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeMA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ICEraids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEraids</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Alexandra Thorn<p>Post by <a href="https://better.boston/tags/DigitalFourth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalFourth</span></a> on an idea for municipal ordinance language to get ICE agents to identify themselves to police:<br><a href="https://warrantless.org/2025/06/our-new-ice-agent-identification-ordinance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">warrantless.org/2025/06/our-ne</span><span class="invisible">w-ice-agent-identification-ordinance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MaPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaPoli</span></a></p>
Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>I'm looking forward to this book talk next week! Copaganda: how the police and media manipulate our news. Wednesday, 6/4 at 6:30 pm at Connexion in Somerville, MA. <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/Somerpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Somerpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a></p>
Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏<p>Barber shops in Massachusetts are no longer required to have a red-and-white barber pole.</p><p><a href="https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2025/05/28/maura-healey-unveils-cuts-to-state-regulations-aimed-at-saving-money-for-businesses-consumers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boston.com/news/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/28/maura-healey-unveils-cuts-to-state-regulations-aimed-at-saving-money-for-businesses-consumers/</span></a></p><p>All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses the conditions of his life. (Marx and Engels, talking about haircuts I think) </p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boston</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/deregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deregulation</span></a></p>
ts 🚉<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gbhnews</span></a></span> this has been happening for WEEKS now - if not longer. What is Kevin Hayden (not) doing?</p><p><a href="https://thepit.social/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/MA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MA</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>