In many ways, Tuesday night’s Mass primary election results can be accurately interpreted as a repudiation of President Trump and the reactionary politics of the Republican Party. In at least three major races, women of color with strong progressive platforms won their primaries over candidates with perceived ties to the status quo.
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POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP: WHO SAID IT BEST?
The most accurate way to determine which of their hearts is closer to one’s own, it seems, is to cast aside whatever prejudicial love or hate one has for either candidate, and evaluate them without attribution. So we extracted these quotes, categorized below, for you to peruse blindly and thus perhaps determine who you agree with more.
HOUSE PARTY: A MASS CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY PRIMER
Newly active voters, insurgent outsiders, political unrest, and targeted incumbents in Mass congressional races make for one of the most interesting battlegrounds in America
NUCLEAR DISASTER: WITH CONTROVERSIAL REACTOR DOWN SINCE STORMS, TENSIONS RUN EXTREMELY HIGH IN PLYMOUTH
This year’s meeting was particularly fraught because a series of strong winter storms forced the plant to shut down—or scram—twice in the last three months. Pilgrim remains offline as plant workers attempt to fix a transformer located between the electrical switchyard and the reactor.
‘NOT GUILTY’ IN TRUMP INAUGURATION PROTEST TRIAL
In a statement, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia indicated that it would continue to prosecute the remaining 187 defendants in the case.
PROJECT FALSITAS: PROSECUTORS INTRODUCE RIGHT-WING PROPAGANDA TO CASE AGAINST PROTESTERS
It was filmed by a Project Veritas operative. And here’s where it gets really fucked up. We don’t know how much the Project Veritas video was edited.
CONSPIRACY BLEARY: THE GOVERNMENT’S CASE SETS A LOW BAR FOR CHARGES ON EVE OF J20 TRIAL
All the prosecution needed to establish was a conspiracy to commit any crime, including “conspiracy to disrupt public congress.” This could refer to any protest at any time.
FEDS CONTINUE HOUNDING JOURNO’S DATA
Aaron Cantú is among nearly 200 people to have devices seized during inauguration protests
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: WAR AND PEACE TIMES 80
It seems like everyone is lost in some form of magical thinking at the moment, digging deep into their favored minutiae and ignoring everything else.
NATIONAL WIRE: NEW RULE TO CURB PAYDAY-LENDING ABUSES, PROTECT MASS BORROWERS
The new rule requires payday lenders to verify specifically that the person will be able to repay the loan and still cover living expenses and major financial obligations.