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Movement conservatives in Massachusetts and elsewhere are mourning the death of John O’Mara who led the Northborough Tea Party. He died one month shy of his 80th birthday according to reports.  A regular Friday Morning Meeting attendee, John, a conviction conservative, will certainly be missed. Details will be forthcoming but email communication among John’s friends and fellow activists suggests John’s…

This is important so a reproduction of the entire press release is appropriate! Exxon Pushes Texas Court To Shut Down Mass. AG Probe By Jess Davis Law360, Dallas (August 25, 2016, 2:13 PM ET) — Exxon Mobil Corp. told a Texas federal court Wednesday that Massachusetts’ attorney general can’t dispel First Amendment concerns related to its climate change investigation…

Plymouth Norfolk results. #mapoli pic.twitter.com/XJ8wtHM8wk — Bob Hedlund (@SenBobHedlund) May 11, 2016 Weymouth Patch has a brief story.…

The news came in this morning from CLT in a press release: Taxpayer champion Barbara Anderson dies at 73 Citizens for Limited Taxation announces with deep sadness the passing of Barbara C. Anderson on April 8, 2016.  Barbara was 73 and had been battling leukemia for several months. For the past forty years Barbara Anderson was a relentless advocate for…

Credit the Boston Herald with having the gumption to rib Trumprumpshwab Howie Carr. Not long after the bloviating billionaire announced his candidacy the once respectable talk show host has engaged in serial night-walking for Trump. The level has now reached nauseating. No-shame Howie does his best to run interference for the iconic “anti-establishment” real estate developer. He excuses his many…

The great Republican crack-up continues with neo-conservatives thinking that Hillary is a safer option than you-know-who. Hillary and the Obamacons torched Northern Africa, failed to reset with Russia and have made a mess of Syria. The American brand is tarnished beyond the Bush years and into the Obama ones.  But have a candidate like Trump back off the mindless interventionism…

Donald Trump barged into the middle of the living room of the conservative movement with the angry grassroots. Depending on one’s point of view, he has become a monumental problem. There are many pieces these days on who created Donald Trump. The ridiculous ones imply that it’s all Obama’s fault. The Democrats’ analysis is even less appealing. Donald Devine,…

If the Trumpanistas can’t see this then we are all in trouble. …. troubling is his idea of the presidency—his promise that he’s the guy, the man on a white horse, who can ride into Washington, fire the stupid people, hire the best people, and fix everything. He doesn’t talk about policy or working with Congress. He’s effectively vowing to…

Apparently,  Paul Krugman does not think there is a wide diversity of thought in the Republican Party.  Oddly the Democratic Party is far more rigid in my opinion on matters of orthodoxy.  (What has happened to the conservative Democrat anyway?) I would venture to say that the class divisions (Democrats  working class; Republicans capitalist class) no longer hold.  All the…

Not a bad night for the Baker-Polito slate for State Committee at least in the Worcester area. Former State Rep. Reed V. Hillman’s return to politics was a romp as he swept to an easy victory to claim a seat on the Republican State Committee. Hillman defeated incumbent William Gillmeister, unofficial results show. Hillman, who formerly served as commander…