CommonWealth Beacon introduces us to Ian Cain of Quincy, who today formally announced his bid to win the Republican nomination to take on incumbent Elizabeth Warren this November. He's running against (so far), cryptolawyer John Deaton.
A federal appeals court has ruled that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has as much of a right to complain about anti-vax books as anybody else and has rejected a bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and two other anti-vaxxers to make her say she's sorry she asked Amazon to stop promoting it. Read more.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren today endorsed City Councilor Michelle Wu for mayor in the fall, and maybe also the spring, elections. Read more.
CNN reports. That leaves Bill Weld and Vermin Supreme as the only Massachusetts candidates still running for president.
In case you missed the news about Elizabeth Warren's announcement in Lawrence, NBC News has you covered.
WGBH:
It is no secret that the Boston Herald’s Howie Carr is one of the more conservative columnists in town. But as Carr covers the US Senate race between Democratic incumbent Elizabeth Warren and her Republican challenger, Geoff Diehl, he is pushing the boundaries of just how cozy a commentator and a candidate should be
One-time video-game magnate Curt Schilling yesterday signaled his intent to not run for Senate next year in favor of V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai:
As of today, from where I sit, you're my choice for Senator of the state of Mass. in 2018 and it's not even close.
He closed his tweet with the secret mating call of Massachusetts right wingers: #Fauxcahauntas.
V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai of Cambridge, who sues Web sites for disputing his claim that he invented e-mail as a 14-year-old, announced at a right-wing gathering in Washington yesterday that he will run against Elizabeth Warren for US Senate in 2018.
Ayyadurai (left in the photo) opened his campaign with an announcement at a party by a group called MAGA3X outside the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. Read more.
Here's the letter our senator was kept from reading on the floor of the Senate. At least treatment of Massachusetts senators has improved over the years.
From Beacon Street to Boylston Street, from Charles Street to well past the Frog Pond, tens of thousands of people filled Boston Common today for a protest against the new administration. From Mayor Marty Walsh and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to women, men and children in the crowd, people vowed to fight for health care for all, for immigrants, for LGBT rights - and for science. Read more.
Sen. Warren posted this photo last night:
There's a huge piece of equipment here in DC clearing the snow and shooting it into 18-wheelers to be hauled off – and it has Massachusetts plates! I don’t know if this snow-eating monster was your doing, Marty Walsh, but thanks!
Could be. Last we heard, our giant snow blowers were helping out in Baltimore.
Help keep Universal Hub going. If you like what we're up to and want to help out, please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution.
