Kevin MacKenzie 🌱
@kevin4brookline.bsky.social
Civically engaged educator working towards the best possible tomorrow in Brookline and beyond. #1u 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://www.kevin4brookline.com/
https://www.kevin4brookline.com/
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Throughout my career as an organizer, I have watched as
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Throughout my career as an organizer, I have watched as
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
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The AVERAGE in Norfolk County MA is around $27k PER CHILD.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The AVERAGE in Norfolk County MA is around $27k PER CHILD.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
Brookline, through a vote at Town Meeting last night, will now join Boston and communities around the nation in recognizing Transgender Day of Remembrance.
On Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember and amplify the memories of all those we have lost to anti-transgender violence.
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Brookline, through a vote at Town Meeting last night, will now join Boston and communities around the nation in recognizing Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
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"Cities and towns across Massachusetts are doing just that. By passing home rule petitions for ranked choice voting, they are embracing a time-tested reform that makes our elections both more competitive and more collegial."
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
Testimony: Cities and Towns Want the Right to Rank.
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Chair Keenan, Chair Hunt, and Members of the Joint Committee on Election Laws:
My name is Jonathan Cohn, and I’m the policy director of Progressive Massachusetts, a...
www.progressivemass.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"Cities and towns across Massachusetts are doing just that. By passing home rule petitions for ranked choice voting, they are embracing a time-tested reform that makes our elections both more competitive and more collegial."
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
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State education regulators say Brookline hasn't done enough to respond to a problem that's existed for five years: Black students in the district are disproportionately being identified as having learning disabilities.
brookline.news/black-studen...
brookline.news/black-studen...
Black students remain overrepresented in special education in Brookline, state says - Brookline.News
State education regulators issued a "Significant Disproportionality Designation," after finding that Brookline hasn't made progress since the disparity was first noted five years ago.
brookline.news
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
State education regulators say Brookline hasn't done enough to respond to a problem that's existed for five years: Black students in the district are disproportionately being identified as having learning disabilities.
brookline.news/black-studen...
brookline.news/black-studen...
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“Lots of people have had to eat without SNAP, so they’ve used their rent money and their utility money, [so] we are likely to see a wave of evictions and utility shutoffs. I think we’re going to see a lot of disruptions in people’s lives for months to come.” prospect.org/2025/11/14/s...
The Shutdown Is Over. SNAP’s Struggles Aren’t. - The American Prospect
Turning off the logistically complicated SNAP system—which relies on the federal government, states, and private companies to function in concert—and then trying to turn it back on quickly is no easy ...
prospect.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“Lots of people have had to eat without SNAP, so they’ve used their rent money and their utility money, [so] we are likely to see a wave of evictions and utility shutoffs. I think we’re going to see a lot of disruptions in people’s lives for months to come.” prospect.org/2025/11/14/s...
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
Saying this & willing to get cancelled for it professionally: not everyone is special. Being good at math isn’t special. Especially when you attend a school where 96% of everyone is good at math compared to the rest of the state.
Know what is special? Being a good person. That is special. Do good!
Know what is special? Being a good person. That is special. Do good!
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Saying this & willing to get cancelled for it professionally: not everyone is special. Being good at math isn’t special. Especially when you attend a school where 96% of everyone is good at math compared to the rest of the state.
Know what is special? Being a good person. That is special. Do good!
Know what is special? Being a good person. That is special. Do good!
Today the Supreme Court decided they wanted Congress to remain the most hated branch of government, instead of taking the title for themselves.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide. The challenge to the ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a const...
www.wbur.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today the Supreme Court decided they wanted Congress to remain the most hated branch of government, instead of taking the title for themselves.
Do you think they just wanted to make it to longest shutdown in history so it had to go on “his” record? And then that’s it they stopped caring?
Tracks with their general performative nonsense.
Tracks with their general performative nonsense.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Do you think they just wanted to make it to longest shutdown in history so it had to go on “his” record? And then that’s it they stopped caring?
Tracks with their general performative nonsense.
Tracks with their general performative nonsense.
The state of Brookline’s pedestrian infrastructure :/
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The state of Brookline’s pedestrian infrastructure :/
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the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
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SNAP UPDATE: I’m directing SNAP benefits to be processed today — and paid IN FULL starting tomorrow.
Americans are going hungry because President Trump chose to play politics with their lives.
People need to eat. We’re making sure they do.
Americans are going hungry because President Trump chose to play politics with their lives.
People need to eat. We’re making sure they do.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
SNAP UPDATE: I’m directing SNAP benefits to be processed today — and paid IN FULL starting tomorrow.
Americans are going hungry because President Trump chose to play politics with their lives.
People need to eat. We’re making sure they do.
Americans are going hungry because President Trump chose to play politics with their lives.
People need to eat. We’re making sure they do.
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Massachusetts is the most expensive state in which to raise kids, and while I know @massgovernor.bsky.social is trying, the MA Legislature is not doing nearly enough to help parents across the income spectrum. Housing & childcare are brutal. #mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/b...
Is a $100,000 salary enough to raise a family in Massachusetts? For some local parents, it isn’t. - The Boston Globe
The rising costs of everything from diapers to day care are hitting local families hard. Tariffs and inflation are partly to blame.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Massachusetts is the most expensive state in which to raise kids, and while I know @massgovernor.bsky.social is trying, the MA Legislature is not doing nearly enough to help parents across the income spectrum. Housing & childcare are brutal. #mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/b...
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sure is looking like if you ran against trans kids yesterday, you lost.
Let us take this lesson, please.
STOP PICKING ON TRANS KIDS
Let us take this lesson, please.
STOP PICKING ON TRANS KIDS
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
sure is looking like if you ran against trans kids yesterday, you lost.
Let us take this lesson, please.
STOP PICKING ON TRANS KIDS
Let us take this lesson, please.
STOP PICKING ON TRANS KIDS
Merrick Garland: your inaction and cowardice will be remembered for generations.
Wow. “If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,”Justice Department aide said of Trump. “A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Dept official didn’t have authorization to see them.”
No rule of law without equality under the law.
No rule of law without equality under the law.
‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump
A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Merrick Garland: your inaction and cowardice will be remembered for generations.
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It's impossible to overstate how grotesque this Halloween 2025 split screen is: Trump parties like its 1928 while here in Chicago, we endured yet another day of federal agents pummeling people, spraying chemical agents & pointing weapons at bystanders. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The Gilded Age vs State Sponsored Terror
Trump partied like its 1928, but Chicago remained on high alert after roving caravans of federal agents used chemical agents, pummeled people and threatened to shoot bystanders.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It's impossible to overstate how grotesque this Halloween 2025 split screen is: Trump parties like its 1928 while here in Chicago, we endured yet another day of federal agents pummeling people, spraying chemical agents & pointing weapons at bystanders. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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One of the many reasons I hate this is that it takes advantage of the fact that people won't do the math.
$4,200 is $11.50/day. For a family of four, that's 96¢ per meal.
$4,200 is $11.50/day. For a family of four, that's 96¢ per meal.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of the many reasons I hate this is that it takes advantage of the fact that people won't do the math.
$4,200 is $11.50/day. For a family of four, that's 96¢ per meal.
$4,200 is $11.50/day. For a family of four, that's 96¢ per meal.
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A few quotes from last night on Flock:
"Do we want to be North Korea?"
"We should not be aiding and abetting the expansion of a nationwide surveillance network by what is obviously a bad actor."
"We live in a scary time, and this is a scary technology that can be accessed by scary people."
"Do we want to be North Korea?"
"We should not be aiding and abetting the expansion of a nationwide surveillance network by what is obviously a bad actor."
"We live in a scary time, and this is a scary technology that can be accessed by scary people."
Controversial license plate readers made by the company Flock Safety are still being installed by Chestnut Hill Realty in South Brookline, but whether the town’s police department will be able to use a stream of real-time information from them remains up in the air.
brookline.news/select-board...
brookline.news/select-board...
Select Board weighs police use of data from real estate company's license plate readers - Brookline.News
Controversial license plate readers made by the company Flock Safety are still being installed by Chestnut Hill Realty in South Brookline, but whether the town’s police department will be able to use ...
brookline.news
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A few quotes from last night on Flock:
"Do we want to be North Korea?"
"We should not be aiding and abetting the expansion of a nationwide surveillance network by what is obviously a bad actor."
"We live in a scary time, and this is a scary technology that can be accessed by scary people."
"Do we want to be North Korea?"
"We should not be aiding and abetting the expansion of a nationwide surveillance network by what is obviously a bad actor."
"We live in a scary time, and this is a scary technology that can be accessed by scary people."
Please join me in supporting the Brookline Food Pantry.
When I was a Brookline paraprofessional, I relied on SNAP benefits to fill the gaps my salary left.
Our neighbors need our help as the federal government waged war against them. Please don’t forget them.
When I was a Brookline paraprofessional, I relied on SNAP benefits to fill the gaps my salary left.
Our neighbors need our help as the federal government waged war against them. Please don’t forget them.
With Tr*mp about to cut off SNAP benefits for approx. 700 Brookline residents, I thought I’d share the Brookline Food Pantry donation page - w/ info on how to donate food or contribute $. The President doesn’t care about our neighbors, but we do. brooklinefoodpantry.org/food-donatio...
Food Donations - Brookline Food Pantry
Looking to donate in another way? Monetary Donations or Donate Stocks & Other Securities
brooklinefoodpantry.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Please join me in supporting the Brookline Food Pantry.
When I was a Brookline paraprofessional, I relied on SNAP benefits to fill the gaps my salary left.
Our neighbors need our help as the federal government waged war against them. Please don’t forget them.
When I was a Brookline paraprofessional, I relied on SNAP benefits to fill the gaps my salary left.
Our neighbors need our help as the federal government waged war against them. Please don’t forget them.
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Agreed! We should be empowering our cities and towns to take action to address local challenges, not hobbling them. #mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/m...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu calls for state to repeal Prop 2½ law limiting annual increases in property tax collection - The Boston Globe
The law allows municipalities to increase the total amount they collect in property taxes every year only by 2.5 percent, not including tax revenue from new developments.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Agreed! We should be empowering our cities and towns to take action to address local challenges, not hobbling them. #mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/m...
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Trump’s goons are using chemical weapons against the public.
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Trump’s goons are using chemical weapons against the public.
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Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.