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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 06/09/2026
Weekends. Workplace safety protections. Child labor laws. Retirement security. Paid time off. These are things we enjoy today because workers fought for them and won. This Labor Day, let's get inspired and keep fighting for better for working people ✊
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Support for organized labor and for collective bargaining is a core Brookline PAX value. We stand with labor today and every day.
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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This year’s Gallup Poll underscores high public support for labor unions. It shows 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 47% want unions to have more influence.
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Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high
Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup Poll published this week, matching the recent high from 2022. That’s the highest approval rating since the 1950s.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 04/09/2026
Amid a measles outbreak in the U.S. and an Ebola outbreak abroad, Trump’s Pentagon is planning to siphon funds Congress provided for lifesaving infectious disease research to help pay for illegal wars. I introduced the Slash the Pentagon Act because we should be funding healthcare—not warfare.
PUNCHBOWL NEWS.
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Dems: Pentagon trying to divert NIH money for itself
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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Disgusting. Don’t get numb to the fact that this is happening more and more! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/03/m...
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Antisemitic graffiti found on playground at Newton apartments, police say - The Boston Globe
Two swastikas and a Nazi phrase were painted on a playground at an apartment complex in Newton Highlands.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Delighted to report that in competitive primary races, PAX-endorsed candidates, in a clean sweep, topped the ticket in Brookline and overall.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 04/09/2026
"An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29." via @livescience.com at www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole
An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 30/08/2026
Donald Trump would rather rename lakes than make life more affordable for workers and families.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The right to vote should also be free of stumbling blocks. Kudos to Brookline's Town Clerk for objecting to a Select Board meeting scheduled on Primary Day. (The meeting's been rescheduled, but stay tuned for Town Meeting action to prevent public meetings on future election days.)
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Mara Dolan is enthusiastically endorsed by Brookline PAX.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Surely to a lesser extent, but be vigilant, even in Brookline. brookline.news/town-officia... (Delighted to report that the Select Board meeting was rescheduled to Monday evening.)
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Town officials clash over Election Day meeting, allegation of voter suppression - Brookline.News
Town Clerk Ben Kaufman said that the scheduling of a Select Board meeting for next week's primary Election Day creates an "unacceptable conflict."
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In May 2014, the Brookline Town Meeting passed a PAX-led warrant article calling on the state's Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board to divest its direct holdings in fossil fuel companies. As usual, ahead of the curve.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 22/08/2026
This is outrageous. A free press cannot function under constant threats and retaliation from the government. Reporters must be free to hold those in power accountable — without fear of retribution. The assault on the free press must end!
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mara Dolan is enthusiastically endorsed by Brookline PAX.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If all income in excess of $400,000 were subject to the Social Security payroll tax, Social Security’s solvency would be guaranteed forever. We could also expand Social Security benefits. There’s no reason even to consider reducing Social Security benefits or raising the age of eligibility.
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BREAKING: A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration is unlawfully denying bond hearings to thousands of people arrested by ICE in New England. The court's order today is clear: no administration is above the law.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Maura Healey is enthusiastically endorsed by Brookline PAX!
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Over 80% of All US Voters Support Ending Dark Money’s Grip on Democracy www.commondreams.org/news/end-dar...
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Over 80% of All US Voters Support Ending Dark Money’s Grip on Democracy | Common Dreams
American voters overwhelmingly support anti-corruption measures, including a constitutional amendment to limit money in politics.
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Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Every patient should be able to get abortion care right here at home. Grateful to Gov Maura Healey for her leadership. Abortion care is healthcare and protecting and expanding access is essential. I am thinking of every family that shared their personal stories & fought for this bill for years.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 12/08/2026
Prices are going up. Our paychecks won’t budge and workers are struggling to just pay their bills. This economy only works for greedy CEOs and billionaires, not the working people who make our country run every day.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Maura Healey is enthusiastically endorsed by Brookline PAX.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 12/08/2026
Working people are tired of hearing about record corporate profits and CEOs getting even richer while we struggle to make ends meet. Workers are hungry for a better future and ready to take back their power, and a union contract is how to make it happen!
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Interest in union membership up across nation | KiowaCountyPress.net
Seven in 10 Americans support unions, but federal and state labor laws prevent most workers who want to join from doing so, according to a new report.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In November, in an as yet unnumbered ballot question, Massachusetts voters will be asked to keep or repeal an important gun safety law. Brookline PAX is urging a YES vote, to keep the law in place. (A No vote is a vote to repeal.)
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
By a supermajority vote of its Board, Brookline PAX has endorsed the as yet unnumbered November ballot question. Vote YES in November to prevent the repeal of House Bill 4885, which enacted important changes to the state's firearm regulations.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 17/06/2026
President @rweingarten.bsky.social of @aft.org at our 30th Constitutional Convention: “We want a better life for workers, and the way in which you do that is through a union.”
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
PAX and its allies continue to stand out in protest to the corruption of the Trump administration. Join us at Coolidge Corner, every Saturday, starting at 1:00PM.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thank you to Select Board member Bernard Greene for his comment at the SB's last meeting, to the effect that the Saturday standouts of PAX and its allies are having an effect. ICE is apparently paying attention to the resistance!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/05/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The Voting Rights Act, currently under direct threat from the Supreme Court, “was conceived, crafted and passed in order to further realize American democracy,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “And it was, itself, the product of an explosion of democratic energy.”
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Opinion | The Law They Hate Was a High Point of Our History
The Voting Rights Act has more democratic legitimacy than the court that is trying to destroy it.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Massachusetts after it refused to turn over voter data!
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
On No Kings tomorrow, Brookline PAX and its allies will be at Coolidge Corner from 1:00pm on. Bring a sign and bring a friend; the journey toward freedom is one we walk together.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Brookline PAX is pleased to host a legislative update with Senator Cindy Creem and Representative Tommy Vitolo, including ample opportunity for the public to ask questions. Tuesday, 3/3/26, 07:00 pm - 08:15 pm Meeting Room - Coolidge Corner Library 31 Pleasant Street, Brookline, MA 02446
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Brookline Rally for Democracy, organized by Activist Evenings, Brookline PAX and Speak Out, Seniors! Every Saturday, 1 – ?pm at Coolidge Corner (Beacon Street & Harvard Street, Brookline)
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Defending democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law, Brookline PAX and its allies are out at Coolidge Corner every Saturday starting at 1pm. Bring a sign and bring a friend!
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me?
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
In defending democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law, there are no neutrals. Which side are you on?
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding as Americans aren’t buying Trump's gaslighting about the economy. (His approval rating on pretty much everything else is in the sewer, too!) In a free and fair election, Trump loses control of the Congress. It's up to us to make it so.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Resistance works. If We The People lead, the party will follow.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Resistance works! It's why PAX and its allies gather in protest every Saturday (1pm) at Coolidge Corner. Bring a sign and bring a friend.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Former Norwegian Prime Minister and ex-Council of Europe Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, is currently the subject of an official investigation related to his past contacts with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Maybe US prosecutors could take some notes. abcnews.com/Internationa...
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Norway investigates former prime minister over Epstein ties
Norway has opened an aggravated corruption investigation into former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland
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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Are you ready to FLOOD the polls with climate voters? youtu.be/ti_nQ-QQ4Uo?...
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It's time to FLOOD the polls with climate voters.
YouTube video by Environmental Voter Project
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 12/02/2026
Ring’s Super Bowl ad exposed a scary truth: the technology in its doorbell cameras could be used to hunt down a lost pet...or a person. Americans oppose this creepy surveillance state. Amazon must discontinue its dystopian monitoring features.
Screenshot of headline reading: Sen. Markey calls on Amazon to “discontinue” Ring monitoring features.

Ring’s Super Bowl ad focused on how its cameras could be networked to find a missing dog, but for a lot of people, it highlighted the surveillance power hiding in those devices. Now Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has sent a letter to Amazon saying, “Get this creepy technology away from our homes.”
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Best place for viewing "Abolish ICE" signs in Brookline is at the Saturday, 1pm Coolidge Corner standout. Bring a sign and bring a friend.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The last item taken up by Brookline's Select Board last night was an important policy proclamation relating to civil immigration enforcement. It passed unanimously with just two members of the public in attendance, i.e., the two Brookline PAX co-chairs.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The "violent criminal illegal alien" that agents were pursuing when they killed Alex Pretti has been in the U.S. for two decades. He had a single misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct (domestic assault) eight years ago that was expunged from his record. He did not have a deportation order.
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Agents were pursuing an immigrant when they killed Alex Pretti. Now, he shares his story.
"I was there. I saw everything," Jose Huerta Chuma, who remains in hiding, told CBS News.
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Brookline PAX @brooklinepax.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Every Saturday since last April. Bring a sign and bring a friend!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here?
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Zach Montague @zjmontague.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Judge Jia Cobb slammed the brakes on the Trump administration’s second effort to impose a 7-day waiting period for visits to ICE facilities.
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Judge Again Blocks Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities
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