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Meghan Volcy

@meghanvolcy.bsky.social
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inconsistently consistent. everything is political. Malden, Boston, and the rest of it. work: education and transportation policy (StreetsblogMASS) me: she/her/hers

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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 07/05/2026
Local Planner’s Design Prize Victory Will Give Malden’s @b2ctrails.bsky.social Bike Kitchen Space to Grow Read the story from @meghanvolcy.bsky.social: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/l...
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Local Planner's Design Prize Victory Will Give Malden's Bike Kitchen Space to Grow - Streetsblog Massachusetts
A local transportation planner has won an international grant competition with her designs to upgrade the Bike to the Sea Bike Kitchen along the Northern Strand Trail in Malden.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 17/03/2026
ICYMI: Reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social talked with educators about a state grant program to fund bike racks at schools. The program helps students to begin the day on a “healthy note,” says Brian Miller, principal of Memorial Elementary School in Hopedale. mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/s...
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Six Mass. Schools Step Up Their Bike Parking Game with New Safe Routes to School Grant - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Six schools across Massachusetts are the new recipients of the 2025-2026 Bike Rack Grant out of MassDOT’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. The Bike Rack Grant, now in its second second year, aims...
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 29/01/2026
For more context, read @meghanvolcy.bsky.social's report from earlier this month: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/16/m...
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MBTA Communities Act Holdouts Are Losing State Funding - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"We will take action as appropriate by the end of the month" against towns that maintain segregationist zoning rules in violation of state law, warns Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 23/01/2026
Reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social has a summary of last night's State of the Commonwealth speech: Healey’s ‘State of the Commonwealth’ Boasts About @mbta.com Turnaround, Promises to Fill Budget Shortfall - #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/23/h...
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Healey's 'State of the Commonwealth' Boasts About MBTA Turnaround, Promises to Fill Budget Shortfall - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"We’re going to close the T’s budget gap so Phil and his team can keep cookin’," the Governor promised.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 16/01/2026
MBTA Communities Act Holdouts Are Losing State Funding - by @meghanvolcy.bsky.social #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/16/m...
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MBTA Communities Act Holdouts Are Losing State Funding - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"We will take action as appropriate by the end of the month" against towns that maintain segregationist zoning rules in violation of state law, warns Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 23/10/2025
Reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social has a new in-depth profile of @cambbikesafety.bsky.social, and how it became a force to be reckoned with in the city's politics: For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/23/f... #mapoli #cambma
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For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal - Streetsblog Massachusetts
With year-round organizing, Cambridge Bike Safety helps bike-friendly candidates win local elections and advance their agenda for safer streets.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 16/10/2025
Rearranging the Cabinet: Transportation Sec. Monica Tibbits-Nutt Stepping Down, Replaced By MBTA GM Phillip Eng - from @meghanvolcy.bsky.social: #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/16/r...
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Rearranging the Cabinet: Transportation Sec. Monica Tibbits-Nutt Stepping Down, Replaced By MBTA GM Phillip Eng - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt is leaving the Healey administration. Governor Maura Healey announced this morning in a press release that Tibbits-Nutt will be stepping down from her p...
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 11/08/2025
Roadway violence victims' family members rebuke politicians for campaigning against safety: "Some Boston-area political candidates are ignoring the overwhelming research consensus on bike lanes" #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/o...
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Our loved ones died biking in Cambridge last year. Boston-area candidates need to follow the facts on bike lanes. - The Boston Globe
Some candidates are displaying a staggering lack of regard for people who cycle, victims of traffic violence, and everyone who cares about safer roads.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 18/07/2025
Malden Debates a New Greenway To Connect the Northern Strand Through Its Downtown - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/18/m...
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Malden Debates a New Greenway To Connect the Northern Strand Through Its Downtown - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The City of Malden is making plans to connect the western part of the city that a river once flowed through to the Northern Strand Community Trail via a new shared-use path – but one city councilor is...
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WBUR @wbur.org · 18/07/2025
Congress voted to cut all federal funds for public media. For WBUR, it means we'll lose at least $1.6 million annually. Yet the news won't stop, and neither will we. Our commitment to thoughtful, fair and trustworthy coverage is undiminished. But we need your help.
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From the CEO: Congress defunds public media
The latest announcements and updates from WBUR
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s lawyer has released a statement: variety.com/2025/music/n...
This entire criminal process started when our client Cassie Ventura had the courage to file her civil complaint in November 2023,” says Wigdor. “Although the jury did not find Combs guilty of sex trafficking Cassie beyond a reasonable doubt, she paved the way for a jury to find him guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution. By coming forward with her experience, Cassie has left an indelible mark on both the entertainment industry and the fight for justice. We must repeat – with no reservation – that we believe and support our client who showed exemplary courage throughout this trial. She displayed unquestionable strength and brought attention to the realities of powerful men in our orbit and the misconduct that has persisted for decades without repercussion. This case proved that change is long overdue, and we will continue to fight on behalf of survivors.”
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 26/06/2025
How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World - Part 3 in reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social's series on Black history and transportation justice: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/b...
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Black Transportation Justice: How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Part 3 in a three-part series.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 24/06/2025
TONIGHT: MassDOT Hosts Online Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/24/t...
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Tonight: MassDOT Hosts Online Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project - Streetsblog Massachusetts
MassDOT will host a virtual public hearing this evening for a project that would install a new car-free bridge over the Mystic River from Draw Seven Park in Somerville to the Encore Casino riverwalk i...
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Meghan Volcy @meghanvolcy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Thank you for sharing my piece!
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 24/06/2025
Throughout the 20th century, Black civil rights leaders used transportation as a means to challenge white supremacy, aiding movements for organized labor and feminism along the way. Part 2 of @meghanvolcy.bsky.social's series on Black transportation justice: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/24/b...
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Black Transportation Justice: A Closer Look at Intersectional Labor Movements - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Throughout the 20th century, Black civil rights leaders used transportation as a means to challenge white supremacy, aiding movements for organized labor and feminism along the way.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 17/06/2025
Legislature’s Fair Share Budget Compromise Gets @mbta.com Closer to A Balanced Budget #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/17/l...
A bar chart showing four different budget proposals from (from left) Gov. Healey, the House, the Senate, and the House-Senate supplemental budget compromise.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 20/06/2025
For #Juneteenth, reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social has produced a three-part series on the link between Black history and transportation justice. Read part one here: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/20/b...
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Black Transportation Justice: From Forced Movement to Freedom - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Part one of a three-part series.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 20/06/2025
During a phone hearing on Friday, Judge Michael Farbiarz of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey said that the government's attempt to continue to detain Khalil was "highly, highly, highly unusual."
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Judge orders release of Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil
Khalil will be released on bail while his case challenging his deportation orders plays out in the courts.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Remember that authoritarians are always trying to create crises or take advantage of existing crises as a "state of exception," which gives them more power and abrogates any established restraints.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I don’t mean to be sarcastic about this but every columnist, political scientist, and law professor who ever bought into these people being federalists should be spaced
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 13/06/2025
@mbta.com Hosts Its First Public Hearing for Lynnway Redesign Project - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/m...
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MBTA Hosts Its First Public Hearing for Lynnway Redesign Project - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Nearly three years after winning a $20 million federal grant, the MBTA hosted its first public forum on Wednesday evening for a proposed transit-focused redesign of the Lynnway, a major highway that s...
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 13/06/2025
Column: What Does the Freedom of Movement Really Mean? By @meghanvolcy.bsky.social - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/c...
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Column: What Does the Freedom of Movement Really Mean? Reflections from the Youth Bike Summit - Streetsblog Massachusetts
While dozens of young people, many of them young people of color, celebrated each others’ accomplishments at the Youth Bike Summit earlier this month, there was also a heaviness at the weekend’s event...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge says Trump illegally called up National Guard to assist with LA protests and must return control to governor.
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Politico @politico.com · 12/06/2025
Mamdani is now ahead of Cuomo with just two weeks until the Democratic NYC mayoral primary, a new poll found.
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Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race
The former governor has topped every voter survey since entering the race, but the democratic socialist is gaining on him.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 11/06/2025
We just published a detailed recap of the 2025 Youth Bike Summit from reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social – mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/11/t...
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The Kids Are Alright: A Weekend of Connection, Curiosity, and Collective Action at the Youth Bike Summit - Streetsblog Massachusetts
In the last weekend of May, young people and their adult allies from all over the country came together at Roxbury Community College for this year’s Youth Bike Summit, hosted by the Youth Bike Council...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists. This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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GOLDIE. @goldietaylor.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Reason #4575335531 that my boycott is permanent. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Target Lets Go Pair of Executives Who Had Supported DEI Programs
Target Corp., facing financial headwinds and pushback over its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, has dismissed two executives who have backed DEI efforts, including a chief legal and compl...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/05/2025
the plan to make america great again is to make us an impoverished garrison state dominated by trump and his oligarch buddies
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/05/2025
Breaking news: A group of nearly 50 White South Africans landed as refugees Monday, coming to the U.S. under a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide.
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White South Africans arrive at Dulles as refugees under Trump order
The arrival of 49 Afrikaners under an executive order that alleges they’ve faced racial discrimination restarts refugee admissions that were suspended for all other groups by the Trump administration.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/05/2025
in addition to him repeating insane racist conspiracy theories, it occurs to me that the reason he has time to hold long press conferences everyday is that he doesn’t actually do anything
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 09/05/2025
Video stills of Rümeysa Öztürk being released from ICE custody via NBC 10 Boston
Rümeysa Öztürk, smiling with arms crossed, walks through a parking lot.Rümeysa Öztürk, smiling, greets a reporter on grass surrounding a parking lot.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 09/05/2025
Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!
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Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 09/05/2025
MassDOT Makes More Space for Bikes and Pedestrians In Revised Designs for Medford's Main Street, by @meghanvolcy.bsky.social - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/09/m...
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MassDOT Makes More Space for Bikes and Pedestrians In Revised Designs for Medford Main Street - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"It really did feel like they really did listen and change a lot of stuff,” says Ellery Klein, a Medford road safety advocate.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 09/05/2025
A federal judge in Vermont has ordered the immediate release of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk. Judge William Sessions made his order from the bench, saying he found serious claims of "of both due process and first amendment violations" in her arrest in Somerville in March.
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Federal judge in Vermont orders release of Tufts student, citing 'no evidence' of crime
Judge William Sessions made his order from the bench, saying he found serious claims of "of both due process and first amendment violations" in her arrest in Somerville in March.
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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 06/05/2025
Riders deserve leaders who actually ride transit and are willing to fight for it. Today, we’re launching a new political action arm to give millions of transit-riding voters a voice in deciding who will represent us! Learn more: www.ridersalliance.o...
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We’re launching a political arm to mobilize transit riders! — Riders Alliance
Today, Riders Alliance is launching a political arm to give riders an even more powerful voice in the decisions that shape our lives and our transit system. As New Yorkers decide who will lead our city––and our state next year––we are ready to infuse the political calendar with an unwavering vision
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/05/2025
we need to talk about the pathological culture of hate that millions of americans raise their children in
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025
the trump administration, obviously concerned with racial equality, thinks its illegal discrimination to spend federal dollars protecting a predominantly black community from raw sewage
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NPR @npr.org · 30/04/2025
JUST IN: A federal judge in Vermont ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at his US citizenship interview and ordered deported.
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Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi
A federal judge in Vermont ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at his US citizenship interview and ordered deported.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2025
there is a decent chance i never spend a single dime at target again in my life www.startribune.com/target-gave-...
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Target gave $1M to Trump inauguration fund, a first for the company
President Donald Trump raised a record amount of cash for his inauguration, including donations from several companies with operations in Minnesota.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Is there any hope that with Trump adopting generative AI as a cause, education will get a clue about how detrimental it is?
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.” So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
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What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/04/2025
this is such good news. i think it is also an opportunity for democrats to state forthrightly that when they win power again everyone responsible for this crime will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and will face the american people to answer for their lawlessness
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Isaac Loewen @midoctkirk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Put mine in a plastic bag and it ate through it as god intended
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Cara Pelletier @scaradactyl.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
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