Democratic ward committee covering Back Bay, South End, and Fenway in Boston

Boston, MA
Joined October 2011
Boston Ward 4 Dems retweeted
Unelected, unqualified staff, at the behest of Elon Musk, are rooting around in Small Business Administration data that they have no business handling. As the ranking member of the Small Business Committee, I am asking for answers.
NEW: DOGE has requested and is being granted “access to all SBA systems,” per an email sent to @SBAgov employees today. Edward Coristine, a DOGE official, held a call with SBA staff detailing level of access they wanted, including HR, contract and payment systems
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Boston Ward 4 Dems retweeted
Censoring research, hiding information on vaccines and birth control, removing vital information on HIV. Trump is risking lives in pursuit of an ill-conceived, Elon Musk-driven agenda. Just 2 weeks into this administration and Americans are less safe. nytimes.com/2025/02/03/healt…
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Boston Ward 4 Dems retweeted
In plain English: Republicans in Congress plot more severe budget cuts to health care, nursing homes, and school lunches to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk. It sounds absurd, but it’s true.
Scoop: House GOP leaders told chairs to set higher spending cut targets - after a rebellion of Budget panel hardliners scrambled blueprint they're supposed to advance this wk looking for closer to $1T; E&C, Ag dialing up w/ Medicaid + deeper SNAP offsets in play politico.com/news/2025/02/02…
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Boston Ward 4 Dems retweeted
Let me get this straight: RFK Jr.’s idea of fixing his ethics issues is to hand his stake over to his son? The son who works at the same law firm that RFK Jr. made millions off of? RFK Jr.'s nomination should not move forward one inch until we get answers.
Two Democratic senators on the committee that will get to decide whether to advance RFK Jr.'s nomination say his recent financial disclosure filing gave them “grave concern” about whether he should become the next health and human services secretary. nbcnews.com/politics/congres…
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Boston Ward 4 Dems retweeted
Elon Musk seized control of our payment system—that's how your grandpa gets his Social Security check or how your mom’s doctor gets paid by Medicare. The unelected billionaire wants the power to turn that on or off, for anyone. No more business as usual. We need to fight back.
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Trump tried to rip away funding for Head Start, fuel assistance & other vital resources—plunging families into fear & chaos. But we fought back & forced him to back down. Proud to join @WhipKClark & @RepMcGovern to make plain that when we fight, we can win.
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This is not normal. No one elected Musk—but Trump is letting him raid classified material and people's private financial information. A billionaire with his own motives and foreign entanglements. This is a dangerous, unprecedented power grab.
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I'm glad a judge has blocked Trump's harmful and unlawful freeze on federal spending. And when Republicans try again to rip away essential resources, we'll fight back once again. We'll meet them in the courts, in Congress, and right in our communities. nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/po…
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Take a moment to fill out the Charles River Watershed Association community-based flood resilience and green infrastructure survey: bit.ly/CRWASurvey!
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.@Ruthzee is hosting a "Cocoa with the Council President" in the South End at Greystone this Friday at 9 am. #bospoli
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Trump's rollback of DEI initiatives are an affront to all of us.   It’s a FACT that systemic oppression codified in our laws & budgets has harmed women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ & disabled folks & many others.   Diversity is our strength & everyone in America deserves to thrive.
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Boston Ward 4 Dems retweeted
Join us for our first meeting of 2025! Next Tuesday (1/21) at 6 pm at Union Church. We'll be hearing from @Santana4Boston and @_EmilyNorton. #bospoli
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Boston Ward 4 Dems retweeted
For over a decade, Pete Hegseth said women shouldn't serve in combat roles. Then, when Donald Trump nominated him for Secretary of Defense, he changed his tune. I'm not letting him rewrite history.
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