DEMOCRATS HAVE an Elizabeth Warren problem. With control of Congress too close to call – and potentially coming down to 1 or 3 seats – national Democrats are Monday morning […]
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Warren downplays ‘do or die’ Super Tuesday
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN knows that Super Tuesday is “a big deal” with the large number of delegates at stake in the Democratic presidential race, but she declined to say whether […]
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The debaters and the teacher
IT STARTED WHEN former Housing and Urban Development secretary Julián Castro questioned Joe Biden’s memory over what he had said minutes before about automatically enrolling uninsured people into a Medicare-type […]
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The debaters and the teacher
It started when former Housing and Urban Development secretary Julián Castro questioned Joe Biden’s memory over what he had said minutes before about automatically enrolling uninsured people into a Medicare-type […]
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Warren targeted by former donor
ED RENDELL got his money’s worth. The former Pennsylvania governor co-chaired a couple fundraisers for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 2018 re-election bid, and also donated a total of $4,500 to her campaign. […]
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Warren targeted by former donor
Ed Rendell got his money’s worth. The former Pennsylvania governor co-chaired a couple fundraisers for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 2018 re-election bid, and also donated a total of $4,500 to her […]
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Warren faces the affability ceiling
FOR ALL THE talk about the glass ceiling that women face in politics, it turns out the barrier isn’t whether voters think women have the strength or the smarts to do […]
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Warren faces the affability ceiling
For all the talk about the glass ceiling that women face in politics, it turns out the barrier isn’t whether voters think women have the strength or the smarts to […]
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Baker, Warren cruise to second terms
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE REPUBLICAN GOV. CHARLIE BAKER will return to the corner office in January, resoundingly winning reelection Tuesday night after campaigning on a message of bipartisanship. Baker defeated […]
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Warren’s wobbly week
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN certainly was able to grab hold of a good chunk of the news cycle in recent days, something not easy to pull off in the era of […]
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Warren’s wobbly week
Sen. Elizabeth Warren certainly was able to grab hold of a good chunk of the news cycle in recent days, something not easy to pull off in the era of […]
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The politics of payback
“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 […]
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The politics of payback
“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 […]
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Governor, Senate challengers struggle mightily in quest for attention
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 […]
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Amherst church is now his home
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 […]
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Her, too
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 […]
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Charlie sings the blues
Charlie Baker’s rhetorical style is a bit like easy listening music – not blaring, not head-banging, easy on the ears and mind, if not quite dancing music. But lately, Baker […]
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Brown seeks donors for group attacking Warren
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 […]
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Senator ‘No’
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 […]
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What’s the martyr with Warren?
If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s intent was to make an example out of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, he better use some of his campaign war chest to buy himself a clue. […]
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Warren running again
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 […]
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Is Warren running out of enemies?
Seeing the words “Trump” and “Wall Street” apparently does to Sen. Elizabeth Warren what waving a red cape does to an angry bull. But in Warren’s case, she sometimes jumps […]
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Whitney Tilson email explains Warren dust-up
NEW YORK HEDGE fund manager Whitney Tilson has found himself at the center of a high-profile dust-up with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who teed him in a recent Facebook post. Warren […]
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Can Elizabeth Warren legislate?
DURING HER FIRST four years representing Massachusetts in the Senate, Elizabeth Warren has become the chamber’s leading progressive voice. Hillary Clinton considered her for the vice presidential slot and, while […]