There’s a guy here with a swastika tattoo and several people who are saying they’re from the “Nationalist Social Club.”
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- #Breaking: Former congressman Joe Kennedy III has rescinded his endorsement of Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo. Kennedy is the first major endorser to do so in the wake of the Globe’s report about past sexual misconduct allegations against Arroyo.
- Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara is under fire for an antisemitic tweet that played on Jewish stereotypes of money and power.
- Someone yelling about mind-control. Another person: “I’m so sick of liberals telling me who to hate.” And the argument, as all Boston arguments eventually do, has devolved into yelling about who actually lives in the city, what neighborhood they live in, and for how long.
- Crowd of thousands in downtown Boston is doing a sit in/die in near the Poe statue off Boylston in protest of Roe being overturned.
- Ruthzee Louijeune, an at-large city councilor who was the top vote-getter in this week’s municipal election, announced Thursday that she has enough support from her colleagues to become the body’s president in January.
- BREAKING: Boston City Council passes $3.4 million in grants for BRIC, a controversial police intelligence gathering operation. The 7-5 votes broke along racial lines. All the "yes" votes were white. All the "no" votes were councilors of color. Background:
- #Breaking: Am told both Massachusetts US senators -- Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren -- are rescinding their endorsement of Ricardo Arroyo in the Suffolk DA's race.
- After flat-footed response to a white supremacist march, questions about Boston police intelligence gathering bostonglobe.com/2022/08/20/met… via @BostonGlobe
- Just how racist is the distribution of liquor licenses in Boston? The city’s four neighborhoods with the highest number of white residents hold eight times as many liquor licenses per person as Boston’s four most diverse neighborhoods.
- Suffolk Superior Court judge has sided with Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, ordered city of Boston to provide him with the 2005 investigative file, with some redactions, by 2 p.m. tomorrow.
- Downtown is quiet right now. Men’s Wearhouse has been looted. Guys are trying on menswear across the street.
- In Suffolk DA's race, Kevin Hayden's campaign is declaring victory over Ricardo Arroyo. Source from the Hayden campaign says they have nearly 80 percent of the precincts in and are up 15 points.
