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THROWBACK: MESSAGE IN A GOBBLE

Written by KYLE CLAUSS Posted November 23, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Partisan turkey, a viral gold watch, and Republican trolls in New England 130 years ago

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Irish, Copley square, County Cork, Democrats, Dirty Old Boston, gold watch, Honest Hugh, Hugh O'Brien, Katie Gillette, New York City, NYC, Republicans, thanksgiving, Vermont

Mass GOP Candidate’s TV Ad So Outrageous That Station Includes Disclaimer

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted October 27, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Rayla Campbell brings factually inaccurate, hateful message about child porn in libraries to airwaves

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, feature, GOP, LGBTQ, news, Politics, Republicans

Mass GOP Candidate Questioned By Cop About Book She Calls Kiddie Porn

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted August 24, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Rayla Campbell, who falsely calls LGBTQ literature “child porn,” questioned by police officer about child pornography

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, feature, GOP, LGBTQ, news, Politics, Republicans

Trump-Loving Mass Republican Party Freaks Out Over Mar-a-Lago Raid

Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Posted August 10, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“This is about the DC ruling class getting revenge”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Mass GOP, Massachusetts, news, news to us, Politics, Republicans, Trump

The “Biggest Masshole In Massachusetts” Is Running For Secretary Of State

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted July 5, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Meet the GOP candidate who spews misinformation, wants to jail teachers and librarians, and tries to ruin events for children

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, feature, GOP, LGBTQ, news, Politics, Republicans

MASS DEMS: “GEOFF DIEHL IS NOT FIT TO BE GOVERNOR”

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 7, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass Republicans: Whatever you say, Dems. Like we care. We’re spending January 6 with Parents Against Mask Mandates to “unite” “New England communities” “for a night of education … and action.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, Democrats, Geoff Diehl, governor, news, Republicans

MANCHESTER DIVIDED: AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY WALKS INTO A NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR, PROVIDES DIFFERENT KIND OF PRIMARY COVERAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 13, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Are you tired of the same horse race political coverage? Are you sick of hearing about how much money the candidates raised? Do you want coverage to reflect more state and local issues?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020, Bernie Sanders, Campaign 2020, Democrats, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, First In The Nation, Klobuchar, Manchester, Manchester Divided, New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg, Primary, Republicans, Shaskeen Pub, Trump

CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

THE DIG WILL POP UP IN A MANCHESTER BAR FOR A WEEK LEADING UP TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 26, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Independent journalists from BINJ, DigBoston, and several other sites and papers will use the facilities, which we first conceived as an alternative to the hotel across the street where journalists from bigs like CBS and CNN enjoyed cozy press accommodations while the rest of us sat on the carpet in the lobby and fought over electrical outlets.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: collaboration, Democrats, First In The Nation, Manchester, Manchester Divided, media, New Hampshire, newsroom, Politics, primaries, Primary, Republicans, Trump

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