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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you to Sen. Liz Miranda, Rep. Sam Montaño, Rep. Chris Worrell, and Rep. John Moran for joining us tonight and being strong supporters of @raiseupma.bsky.social! #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 9h

Sen. Liz Miranda talking about why she’s a co-filer of the Corporate Fair Share bill. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 9h

Harris Gruman of the SEIU State Council outlining solutions: taxing offshored income and using the rainy day fund. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 9h

Simel Rodriguez, a parent mentor with St. Stephen’s Youth Programs, talking about the impact of cuts to education and urging parents to use their voice. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 9h

Moving speakers talking about the impact of health care cuts:

Sherry Peterson, Mass Senior Action
Latia Holmes, admin assistant at BMC and 1199 member
Chris Hoeh, disability activist
Michael Moore, PCA and 1199 member

#mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 11h

Pat Baker of Mass Law Reform talking about the devastating impact of SNAP cuts. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 11h

Angel Howell of the New England Community Project outlines the looming impact of cuts from the Big Ugly Bill. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 11h

Vick Mohanka of @sierraclubma.bsky.social talks about how Fair Share revenue helped zero out the MBTA’s deficit. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 11h

Pam Eddinger, the president of Bunker Hill Community College: “Free community college is the highlight of my career as an educator.” #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 11h

Sunny Pai, a BPS teacher, talks about what Fair Share investments mean for our teachers and students. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 11h

Kendra Patterson talking about the transformative investments from Fair Share. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12h

Allison Anderson of Madison Park CDC and Kendra Patterson of Mass Budget kicking off tonight’s Stop the Cuts town hall in Roxbury! #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 14h

A storm is brewing.

That storm? Federal budget cuts.

Join us at 5:30 pm!

#mapoli

actionnetwork.org/events/prote...

Protect Our Care Town Hall: Stop the Cuts with Corporate Fair Share (BOSTON)

The problem? Massachusetts is facing massive cuts to healthcare, food assistance programs, and education (to fund Trump's tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations). Our solution? Protect ...

actionnetwork.org

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 14h

Great reminder of how smart criminal legal reform proposals like Raise the Age and Clean Slate are a win-win all around. #mapoli

masslawyersweekly.com/2025/10/10/l...

Letter: Let’s land the plane on smart-on-justice measures | Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

The story on Massachusetts potentially raising the Juvenile Court age to 21 highlights compelling arguments as to why the state needs to raise the age of Juvenile Court jurisdiction to include 18- to ...

masslawyersweekly.com

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 1d

MA has one of the most heavily Democratic legislatures, but the lack of small "d" democracy makes progress slow. #mapoli

commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...

Why the Democratic supermajority on Beacon Hill won't pass Democratic bills - CommonWealth Beacon

Sooner or later, enough people will learn how democracy in Massachusetts is a lie. When they do, leadership’s iron grip will crack, not because those in power wanted to change, but because voters fina...

commonwealthbeacon.org

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 1d

*not be (rather than “no the,” obviously) *shakes fist at Autocorrect*

Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 2d

Massachusetts needs to pass the Safe Communities Act so that we can limit such blatant police collaboration with ICE.

We can't stop everything ICE is doing, but our state and local law enforcement should no the making their jobs easier. #mapoli

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 2d

WHEN: THIS TUESDAY, 10/14, at 5:30 pm

WHERE: Dewitt Center, Roxbury

Join us for a town hall focused on the impact of looming cuts and what we can do here in MA to fight back!

#mapoli

actionnetwork.org/events/prote...

Boston Protect Our Care Town Hall with Raise Up Mass

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Mike Connolly @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social · 4d

In light of an avalanche of pending federal budget cuts, passing the corporate Fair Share proposal to tax big corporations that seek to “offshore” their profits is so important. @raiseupma.bsky.social @progressivemass.bsky.social @electerika.bsky.social @massteacher.bsky.social

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Mike Connolly @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent Town Hall Meeting in Porter Square last night in support of making big corporations pay their fair share in taxes. As State Representative, I’m proud to always be on the forefront of efforts to #TaxTheRich and address today’s unprecedented wealth and income inequality.

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you to Senators Will Brownsberger, Sal DiDomenico, Cindy Friedman, and Pat Jehlen and Rep. Mike Connolly for joining us!

Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven was here earlier.

#mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 5d

Phineas Baxandall of @massbudget.bsky.social explains the Corporate Fair Share bill and how we can combat offshore corporate tax dodging. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 5d

Rachel Plummer of the Cambridge Economic Center, talks about how federal cuts are worsening poverty. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 5d

Alyssa Damiani, a math interventionist in Cambridge Public Schools: If our Cambridge schools are dealing with only one math interventionist, I can’t imagine what less resources districts are facing and will face.” #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 5d

Colette Berard, Somerville resident and Andover Public Schools teacher: “Even with all Fair Share has done, we are facing a fiscal perfect storm in education.” #mapoli

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