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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
250 years of freedom. 250 years of grit. The best is still ahead.
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Markey has been a federal lawmaker for 50 years. Healthcare policy has his fingerprints all over it. If it’s bad, he made it so.
A Lowell woman waited 5 months for a wheelchair repair and ended up in the ER on a ventilator. This isn't a fluke—too many Americans are paying the price when private equity puts profits over patients. I won't stop fighting to get corporate greed out of health care.
ALT Mass. wheelchair users wait months for simple repairs. Critics say private equity is to blame
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In the clips I’ve seen, Vance was a superstar on The View.
My biggest takeaway from Vance on The View is honestly how shitty and undisciplined the hosts STILL ARE. After all these years they still get basics facts wrong, flub easy questions and can’t get through a segment without yelling at each other.
Vance handled it all very well.
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A corporation honors its roots
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Seth Moulton recently purchased a 3.1 million dollar home in Marblehead. How can a Congressman making $174,000 afford this mansion?
Insider trading.
marbleheadweeklynews.com/mou…
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In 2020, RCV was on the ballot. Big special interest pushed $15 million into a campaign, and they lost 55-45 to a small, smart group of citizens who spent $7500. It’s a bad idea and it was crushed.
Ranked choice voting isn’t a “free-for-all.”
It’s a structured runoff on one ballot: if no one gets a majority, the lowest candidate is eliminated and voters’ next choices are counted.
RCV doesn’t automatically create new parties but it does reduce the spoiler problem, which can make it easier for independents/minor parties to run without voters feeling like they’re “wasting” a vote.
RCV doesn’t magically create a multi-party system but it is a step toward bigger structural changes.
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Jun 15
America is blessed after the agonizing years of the Obama/Biden curse.
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There’s big support for the tax cut question
A Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll asked 500 registered voters to weigh in on a number of issues facing voters this fall, including a ballot question on the state income tax. Take a look at the full results. trib.al/Kr7ALKk
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Back at it with @FightBackMA . Our signature win was epic politicking, and we’re raring to go for a November Repeal
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Jun 15
I love that we’re the new Rome. Peace with Persia in the afternoon and a gladiator fight in the evening, all on the Emperor’s birthday. Another 1,000 years.
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Can we please talk about how Governor Healey had a press conference saying ICE wasn’t targeting public safety threats in Massachusetts, and then less than two weeks later they indicted 26 Trinitarios gang members tied to 5 murders, 19 attempted murders, and drug trafficking? The irony never ceases to amaze me 😂
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Hard yes. It’s gone way too far. You can’t walk down a street, open your car windows, or go to an event without getting engulfed.
Jun 15
NEW: Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to repeal recreational marijuana.
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
In case you thought this was just another flag.
Happy Flag Day 🇺🇸
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Jun 14
“The Deal with Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!” President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Jun 14
Happy Flag Day, patriots! 🇺🇸
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Jun 13
To my friends learning Japanese,
Let me warn you about a word your textbook will mistranslate.
Otsukaresama.
Your textbook will say: "Thank you for your hard work."
This is technically correct.
It is also completely useless.
The real meaning lives in the way Japanese people use it.
When a colleague leaves the office at 7 PM: otsukaresama.
When you join a Zoom call at 9 AM: otsukaresama.
When you finish a karaoke song poorly: otsukaresama.
When a friend tells you about a difficult weekend: otsukaresama.
When someone finishes a long shift: otsukaresama.
It is hello, goodbye, thank you, well done, I see you, that sounded rough, and good luck — all in one word.
The literal translation is closer to "you have become honorably tired."
It is the word a country uses when it has decided that the default assumption about every other person you meet is:
they have been working hard,
they are probably a little tired,
and the polite thing to do is to acknowledge that out loud.
Most languages have words for greeting.
Japan has a word that begins by assuming everyone is doing their best.
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Wendy D. Wakeman retweeted
Jun 14
“I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”
Genesis 9:13–15
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