Here’s a sample and you can find the entirety of Governor Maura Healey, Mushroom Farmer on my Substack. Governor Maura Healey’s dark money operation One Commonwealth, which pushes her housing policies, is treating Massachusetts voters like mushrooms: keep them in the dark and toss some compost over them.
Month: March 2026
Anatomy of Stupid in a Trump Truth Social Post
Who else but Donald Trump, the Sun Tzu of the nuclear age, could express his foreign policy using the structure of teh toddler’s ditty “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly“? I explain in Anatomy of Stupid in a Trump Truth Social Post. Link here.
Will the Bay State’s Century-Old Direct Democracy Mechanism Help “Post-Truth” Politics Gain a Foothold in the Commonwealth?
“To be sure, the top-down control of the General Court by its leaders has frustrated political activists right and left seemingly forever. DiZoglio’s narrative is in service of her effort to compel greater legislative responsiveness to anti-establishment activists. In essence, she has turned the Office of the State Auditor—an office that literally was created and…
Democrats for Education Reform Builds Up the Oligarch Party
My new Substack post Democrats for Education Reform Builds Up the Oligarch Party is up. Just click on the link. Here’s a sample: In welcoming billionaire Reed Hastings to its board this week, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) reminds us that the political problem we face in this country today is not the Democratic Party…
The GOP Is Now the “3GOP”: Grifters, Groypers, and Groomers
I posted a new Substack, The GOP Is Now the “3GOP”: Grifters, Groypers, and Groomers. Why not highlight how Trump enriched himself between $1.4 to $4 billion in 2025, the party Neo-Nazi ties, or the crimes and sexual weirdness of the Republican Party’s Leading lights. Just follow the link.
Professor Duquette’s Testimony on Proposed Public Records Law Ballot Initiative
WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF PROFESSOR JEROLD J. DUQUETTE, M.P.A, Ph.D. THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON INITIATIVE PETITIONS THE 194TH GENERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MARCH 3, 2025 I would like to begin by thanking the committee for the opportunity to testify about this important issue and lest folks are wondering why a professor from…