Ruth O'Meara-Costello

how about driving four hours and still being in the same little city?

This action by the US government to subpoena reporters for reporting legitimate news on security concerns about Air Force 1 should alarm every American. “The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects,” said David McCraw, The Times’s top newsroom lawyer, in a statement on Friday evening.

The piece nails the actual failure here. Not the Democratic establishment, not Israel, not oligarchs. Three self-styled recruiters found a guy living off government benefits, told him he was "the one," and built a Senate campaign on a video about oysters. People close to him were reportedly warning that pushing him into a national race, while he was still working through PTSD from two combat tours, risked wrecking the actual life he'd built. That warning lost to three men who needed a working class avatar for their theory of politics. That's not a party establishment problem. That's operatives treating a human being's mental health as an acceptable cost of doing business, and then disappearing into "the uniparty" talking points the second the bill came due.

may the odds be ever in your favor

@dilanesper Speaking as someone who grew up in Vermont, my observation is that rural areas have a small and not very appealing dating pool. That said, for me personally the moustache alone would be disqualifying.

Yeah. What is it that women saw in Graham Platner?!?

Absolutely awful news. My condolences to everyone who knew and loved Louisa Gag. May her memory be a blessing.

Has this aspect of Platner's recruitment been reported before? They couldn't find a single lobsterman who donated to Bernie, so they settled on a guy who sells oysters to his mom?

@ArunaNambiar The Family Fang!

People, I desperately need to read a seriously funny novel. Your top recommendations please, preferably contemporary ones.

@chellivia Yes! and strawberries were only accessible to the likes of Oofy Prosser at the time.

@CostelloRuth The Knightly Quest of Mervyn!

"Once upon a time, there was only one way to get your hands on a ripe strawberry in winter: be a member of the French royal court." Now they're a year-round staple in preschoolers' lunchboxes.

Sen. Ed Markey turns 80 this weekend. Is that too old to run for another six-year Senate term? 80-year-old Massachusetts voters weigh in: bostonglobe.com/2026/07/08/met… #mapoli

@pebonilla My daughter and her classmates did algebra and the previous 8th grade math curriculum simultaneously this year, really not ideal. I'm not sure all 8th graders are ready for algebra but this cohort were especially unprepared.

@pebonilla They also switched from not offering it at all in 8th grade--something I thought could be clearer in the article--to mandating for all on short notice. So kids didn't have a math program preparing them for it in prior years.

I follow the middle school algebra wars, so I'm surprised I didn't know about what Cambridge was doing right in my backyard: making all eighth graders take it--the direct opposite of some other districts. I applaud the spirit, but I'm not surprised it didn't go great.

The legal system, very intentionally, demands proof beyond on a reasonable doubt and puts the burden on prosecutors. When someone seeks to hold a high office, the burden is appropriately on them to show that they merit it.

.@JerusalemDemsas probably has the most level-headed and constructive argument coming out of the Platner fiasco: That judgment matters. And when someone might become one of the 100 most important people in America, we should take very signs of poor judgment very seriously.

@shannonrwatts Arguably women, period.

This seems like a good development! We loved the Fleet game we went to and will go to a lot more if they are in Boston.

This is literally saying "ignore rape because everyone does it" Hell of a view

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@thehandsomezach She comes out of this looking good. A lot of other people, not so much.

I remember very smart people on this app telling me it wasn’t a red flag that his campaign manager quit before the primary.