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The politics of payback

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The politics of payback

Both sides of the aisle see the Trump Administration's separation of children and parents as a humanitarian crisis

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“Womp womp.” That pretty much sums up the reaction from the Trump administration and its supporters over the uproar of separating children from their parents trying to cross at the Mexican border. “Womp womp,” said former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski while mocking Democratic strategist Zak Petkanas during a discussion on Fox News. Petkanas was relating(...)

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The politics of payback

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“Womp womp.” That pretty much sums up the reaction from the Trump administration and its supporters over the uproar of separating children from their parents trying to cross at the Mexican border. “Womp womp,” said former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski while mocking Democratic strategist Zak Petkanas during a discussion on Fox News. Petkanas was relating(...)

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Governor, Senate challengers struggle mightily in quest for attention

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Governor, Senate challengers struggle mightily in quest for attention

Is anybody watching?

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A half dozen would-be opponents to Senator Elizabeth Warren and Governor Charlie Baker are building their campaigns, crisscrossing Massachusetts, issuing press releases, hiring staff, making ads, and doing all the other things important statewide campaigns do. Nobody’s watching. So far the two top-of-the-ticket would-be blockbusters have been busts, as voters hit the electoral snooze button(...)

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Amherst church is now his home

Criminal Justice/ Housing/ Politics/ Spring 2018

Amherst church is now his home

Immigrants seek sanctuary in churches to avoid deportation

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ON THE VERGE of being deported last summer, Lucio Perez took sanctuary in the First Congregational Church in Amherst. He hasn’t left since. Perez is one of three people in Massachusetts and 20 nationwide who have sought sanctuary in churches to avoid being deported. First Church is one of roughly 1,100 churches across the country(...)

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Her, too

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The young law professor, excited about her new post, thought nothing of it when an older colleague asked that she come to his office, even though the man had a penchant for commenting on her appearance and telling off-color jokes in her presence. But in the privacy of his office, she said, it was like “a(...)

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Brown seeks donors for group attacking Warren

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Brown seeks donors for group attacking Warren

State PAC slams senator in appeal despite her support for former opponent

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A CONSERVATIVE MASSACHUSETTS political action committee has sent out a fundraising request attacking Sen. Elizabeth Warren that includes an appeal to donors from former US senator Scott Brown, whose nomination as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa has been backed by Warren, his one-time foe. The fundraising packet mailed out at the end of April from(...)

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Senator ‘No’

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US Sen. Elizabeth Warren sounded a little tempered last week when asked whether she’d be campaigning hard against the reelection of the state’s Republican governor, Charlie Baker, next year. That was a rare moment of moderation these days for the state’s senior senator, a leading voice of hard-edged Democratic opposition to the Trump administration and(...)

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Warren running again

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Warren running again

Senator tells supporters it's 'no time to quit'

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren emailed supporters Friday morning to announce she will run for reelection in 2018. This is her message. HELLO, NOBODY EXPECTED 2017 to start this way. This isn’t the fight we were expecting to fight. But this is the fight that’s in front of us. And the people of Massachusetts didn’t send me(...)

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