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The Massachusetts Spy

@themassspy.bsky.social
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Since 1770, more or less, the Commonwealth's leading journal of politics and culture. Available at realmassachusettsspy.blogspot.com

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1h
His long-term strategy is to buy the Pepto-Bismol Company and build a colossus. finance.yahoo.com/video/brian-...
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Brian Niccol may be able to make a Starbucks-Chipotle merger work
Starbucks (SBUX) reportedly explored a takeover of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), according to the Financial Times. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi is joined by Citi restaurant analyst Jon ...
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h
I only wish Lindsey Graham were alive to twist himself into a pretzel to explain why the Mad King’s subsidy for Putin was a wonderful idea.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h
Thank you, George W. Bush!
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h
Number of elected Republicans who just passed a law to impose sanctions on buyers of Russian oil condemning the Mad King for …buying Russian oil: 0.0.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 3h
This tax policy has been the foundational principle of the Republican Party since 1980 and is today supported by 100% of elected Republicans.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 3h
It’s insane that Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Act to sanction countries buying Russian oil, just to turn around and buy Russian oil himself
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 13h
Amazing that you can be a software genius whose work changed the world without thinking you need to make $150 billion and demand slavish obedience from all humanity. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
nytimes.com
The Woman Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions Has Died (Gift Article)
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 18h
None dare call it treason
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 21h
So unfair to be burdened by that last name when she’s really from Georgia.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 22h
I assume Kash “Party Hearty” Patel is going to Russia because the Russians promised to shower him with, um, affection.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Funny how the ICE goons publicly claim their victim was "accelerating toward them" with his car but won't release the body cam footage that would prove they were acting in self-defense. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
nytimes.com
Here’s the latest.
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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am sick and tired of seeing this shit. DOGE was not a "missed opportunity," it was an intentional effort by billionaire oligarchs to destroy the federal government's capacity to do good things for the American people.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
While the Mayor of New York expressed sympathy for the sufferings of both Israelis and Palestinians on Oct. 7. Guess which comment the @nytimes.com thought worthy of page one two days in a row.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s almost like he’s too dumb to take advice from Harvard-Dalton galaxy brains who are so obviously in touch with the hopes and fears of Georgia voters.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
7 shots fired. 4 pm in afternoon. At a car with 5-year old in it. Can’t use deadly force except in response to imminent threat of death of serious bodily injury. As in, from what we know, a blatantly illegal shooting. That’s without regard to victim’s criminal record. 7 Shots Fired.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just a reminder that if an ICE goon is using deadly force in excess of his authority to protect his life or that of others, he is not entitled to immunity and is therefore subject to arrest by the NYPD for eg child endangerment.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. Show up at the White House with a bigger bar of gold. 2. That should do it.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And with democracy in tatters and the world in flames, the @nytimes.com puts the same Likudnik propaganda on page A1 for a second day. I’m beginning to think King Arthur XVI is trolling us.
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mjteacher.bsky.social @mjteacher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’m from Western Mass as well. I taught history and social studies and was always stunned by how much history I didn’t know. Life long learner still learning.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America at 250.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here's a tip for the poorest 99% of us: stop voting Republican.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Says this former William F. Buckley, Jr. fangirl.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I also wonder why despite my fancy Northern education I knew none of it until I was maybe 50 years old.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I certainly hope these Profiles in Anonymous Courage find the guys who did this.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For outstanding achievement in Presidential taint-polishing
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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump’s pal Putin helped Iran target the bases.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have Thucydides standing right here to tell Li'l Marco how the unapologetic pursuit of national power turned out for ancient Athens: "You know nothing of my work. How you got to be the chief diplomat for a great power is totally amazing." (Apologies to W. Allen)
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I haven't forgotten how bad Reagan was as a person, as an elite, as a republikkkan
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hoping Dr. Ford and other victims will be willing to testify before the House Committee handling Brett's impeachment inquiry next year.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Number of times the Mad King has condemned his BFF Vladimir's war crimes and atrocities: 0.0.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not liking the sound of "Insurance Solutions"
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Salty Mom @thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Heritage Foundation’s 2011 plan discusses these cuts.
heritage.org
Saving the American Dream: The Heritage Plan to Fix the Debt, Cut Spending, and Restore Prosperity
Saving the American Dream is The Heritage Foundation’s plan to fix the debt, cut spending and, above all, restore prosperity. It balances the nation’s budget within a decade—and keeps it balanced. It ...
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"The Yankees undeniably have a bigger collection of talent than the pesky Rays, but it still wasn’t enough to avoid getting swept in the ALDS." I can think of three reasons to deny it. www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...
nytimes.com
Yankees can’t grab a game as they’re swept away by Rays in disappointing ALDS (Gift Article)
An overturned homer loomed large as the Rays, perhaps the most complete team remaining, ended their rival's season in sweeping fashion.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man with 15 houses says what? (BTW cutting Social Security and Medicare has been a mainstream Republican position since at least 2005)
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just a reminder that if Republican insurrectionists refuse to seat a Democratic-majority House at the Capitol, it can meet anywhere and take all necessary and appropriate action to vindicate its rights.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just a reminder that to the Mad King "violent" and "beautiful" are synonyms.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Let's all remember prime examples of this hideous practice: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks... Musk of course fraudulently gained admission to the US on the basis of a Stanford admission, and then went off to work, illegally. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The impunity is the point
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“In a crushing blow to the Quebec separatist movement,…”
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🏆, world championship level
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How dare anyone remember the dead, wounded, and suffering Palestinians on Oct. 7 (or any other day for that matter)! (H/t @nytimes.com page A1, which platforms the usual Likudniks who champion that view)
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Judge Luttig rockin’ that hot dog suit.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Many of the 13 main military bases in the region used by American troops were quickly rendered uninhabitable.” Low T doesn’t get any lower than that. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
nytimes.com
From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat (Gift Article)
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
+1
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Of course when Melania did it USCIS said she showed extraordinary ability.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Even after Bari Weiss managed to get Peter Thiel to make a guest appearance?
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As Jake Tapper will tell us in his fall 2027 blockbuster.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The addled Mad King has no idea what he has been told about this major public health crisis.
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Vagabonding 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇸🇪🇺🇸 @vagabonding.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Aiming for Tommy Tuberville's home in Florida.
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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“But keeping trans girls off soccer teams makes it all worthwhile!”
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