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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. TGIF!
TRUMP: "YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO VOTE FOR ME" — Even as markets show signs of a coming recession, President Donald Trump told New Hampshire voters that they had to support his re-election campaign or suffer the economic consequences.
"I won the election, the markets went up thousands of points, things started happening," Trump said at a rally last night. "If, for some reason, I were not to have won the election, these markets would have crashed. That will happen even more so in 2020. You have no choice but to vote for me, because your 401(k), everything is going to be down the tubes."
"Whether you love me or hate me, you have got to vote for me," he added.
Trump, appearing at his first campaign stop in New Hampshire this year, delivered a wide-ranging speech lasting more than 90 minutes that addressed Hillary Clinton's emails, eradicating the AIDS epidemic and the prospects of the nearly two dozen Democrats running for president against him.
Trump went after Sen. Elizabeth Warren three times last night. The president made note of her standing in the 2020 contest and twice referenced his derogatory nickname for her, which is based on her past claims of Native American heritage.
"Elizabeth Warren — I did the Pocahontas thing, I hit her really hard and it looked like she was down and out, but that was too long ago, I should've waited. But don't worry, we will revive it," Trump said last night.
If a recession does strike before November 2020, Trump voters hit by economic hardship could gravitate toward another candidate by the time they head to the polls. Further, the top four Democrats all beat Trump in a theoretical match-up right now, according to a recent Fox News poll.
New Hampshire is a key state for any presidential primary campaign, but it carries extra significance for Trump and Warren. New Hampshire delivered Trump's first major win of the 2016 Republican primary, and Warren's performance in the Granite State will be under added scrutiny because it is so close to her home turf. Where Trump stood in Manchester last night, he was about an hour 'sdrive from Warren's campaign headquarters in Charlestown.
On top of that, the Trump campaign views New Hampshire as a battleground state in the 2020 general election. Clinton won New Hampshire in 2016, and the president is making a play to turn it red in the next election.
"New Hampshire, you have a reputation. Very, very elegant state. You're not acting it tonight, and that's a good thing," Trump said to the enthusiastic crowd. "New Hampshire was taken away from us [in 2016] but we did great in New Hampshire. We should've won in New Hampshire."
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TODAY — MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak attends the reopening of Wollaston Station. Rep. Seth Moulton campaigns in Iowa. Former Gov. Michael Dukakis, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennetand Boston Mayor Marty Walsh are guests on Boston Public Radio.
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— "Mass. State Senate Staff Mulls Move To Unionize," by Mike Deehan, WGBH News: "Some state Senate staffers are considering organizing a labor union to resolve long-standing conflicts around salaries, job descriptions and hiring decisions. For the most part, Democrats on Beacon Hill are strong supporters of workers' right to organize, especially when it comes to public sector unions. As an institution, the Legislature is resistant to oversight and protects its prerogatives. Neither House nor Senate staff can bargain collectively. And in the Senate, there is a growing frustration about how staff says they are treated by leadership. Several senior Senate staff members tell WGBH News they have serious concerns over how Senate President Karen Spilka has communicated implementation of the state's new wage equity law and Spilka's clamp down on Senators' discretion to alter salaries for their own staff through a salary freeze for existing workers."
— "Sorry, Charlie! Ongoing spat between Baker, state GOP leaves governor's political operation locked out," by Joshua Miller, Boston Globe: "You call this a party? The ongoing spat between the political committee of Governor Charlie Baker, a moderate Republican, and the conservative state GOP has left Baker's team locked out of fund-raising databases for a month, while the party has now regained access after threatening legal action. A letter dated Wednesday from a MassGOP lawyer obtained by The Boston Globe said the party has recovered access to the databases kept by software giant Salesforce.com. Evan Lips, a party spokesman, confirmed the MassGOP is back online. Jim Conroy, a top Baker political aide, said the governor's political committee remains locked out of Salesforce."
- "More Licenses Suspended As RMV Backtracking Continues," by Chris Lisinski, State House News Service: "The Registry of Motor Vehicles suspended the licenses of more than 800 additional drivers in its ongoing review of potential missed violations, with thousands more requiring additional examination, officials said in a status update Thursday. More than 2,400 Massachusetts residents have now had their permission to drive revoked in the past six weeks based on out-of-state violations that the RMV, spurred into action in the wake of a fatal crash, previously failed to handle. The latest batch, as detailed in the fifth interim report RMV officials have issued since the scandal became clear, came from what officials called an `unprecedented' effort to compare records of all 5.2 million drivers across the state with a national database that tracks violations and infractions."
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— "Can we get there from here? Here's what business leaders say about the transportation crisis, Boston Business Journal:"Longtime Boston residents may remember the Running of the Brides, an annual stampede at Filene's Basement brought on by marked-down wedding dresses. Now there's the Running of the Commuters: MBTA customers dashing through parking lots, and up and down stairs, in the hopes of catching the train. As Gov. Charlie Baker seeks an acceleration of repairs to the ancient MBTA system, Beacon Hill policymakers are considering adding tolls and upping the gas tax, among other potential ideas, in a bid to fund public transit improvements and ease the clogged roadways. The Business Journal reached out to leaders in the fields of finance, tech, biotech, education and real estate, among others, to get their thoughts on the state of transportation in Massachusetts."
— "From Massachusetts, a key player in suffrage fight," by Felice Belman, Boston Globe: "On the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, here's a quick primer on Lucy Stone, a Massachusetts native and one of the pivotal figures in the US women's movement of the 19th century. Though she helped lay the groundwork for the constitutional amendment that finally gave American women the right to vote, she died a quarter century before the 1919 congressional vote and 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution."
— "Advocates decry new immigration rules," by Sarah Betancourt, CommonWealth Magazine: "Advocates for immigrants on Thursday cast proposed new federal immigration rules as a cruel move that will keep low-income families from seeking medical care or other important services. US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Monday that immigrants receiving an expanded list of public benefits will have that aid considered when the government determines whether anyone can enter or obtain permanent resident status in the US.The purpose of the change, the agency says, is to clarify a law referred as 'public charge,' which evaluates an immigrant's ability to be financially independent and not rely on governmental assistance. But a panel of attorneys and immigrant advocates, speaking a briefing at the Boston office of the nonprofit Health for All, said the rule-change will have devastating consequences for the state's immigrant population."
— "At Encore Boston Harbor, gamblers are all-in on table games," by Joshua Miller, Boston Globe: "The hoots and hollers at the craps table, the groans as blackjack players fly past 21, the chatter at the pai gow table — it's all the sound of money for Encore Boston Harbor, which has raked in the majority of its gambling revenue in its first 39 days from table games. That's a surprising marker in the casino industry, which typically relies on slot machines for most of its cash. Some industry experts said the early success of Encore's table games suggests the company's emphasis on high-end amenities, such as fancy restaurants and blue chip art, is bringing in the big-spending gamblers that casinos covet."
— "Madoff whistleblower claims GE misrepresents its finances," by Beth Healy, WBUR: "Harry Markopolos, the whistleblower in the Bernard Madoff fraud, is taking aim at a new target: General Electric. In a 175-page report obtained by WBUR Thursday morning, Markopolos and a group of forensic accountants alleged that the Boston-based company is hiding financial trouble at its long-term care insurance operation and in its stake in Baker Hughes, an oil and gas business. GE needs $18.5 billion more in reserves for its insurance group, the report alleged, and it is underreporting losses on its Baker Hughes investment."
— "Despite TD Garden investigation, Jackson Square youth won't be able to fund their rec center," by Alyssa Vaughn, Boston Magazine: "Two years ago, a group of teenagers working with the Hyde Square Youth Task force made headlines with a major discovery—the company that owns TD Garden failed for decades to comply with a 1993 law compelling the Garden to host fundraisers to support neighborhood recreational centers, thus owing the youth of Boston a serious chunk of change. However, while the Garden's operators did eventually cough up some of the funds the teens asked for, it now looks like the rec center they hoped to build in Jackson Square will not happen. Urban Edge, a nonprofit that develops Roxbury and Jamaica Plain properties, has announced that it will not move forward with the Jackson Square Recreation Center project, citing financial difficulties."
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— "Poll: Warren jumps over Sanders for second place behind Biden," by Caitlin Oprysko, POLITICO: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren has leapfrogged Sen. Bernie Sanders for second place nationally in the Democratic presidential primary, according to a new poll out Thursday. The new Fox News poll of registered voters who say they plan to participate in the Democratic primary or caucus in their state shows that although Warren still trails former Vice President Joe Biden, pulling in 20 percentage points to his 31, she posted an 8-point gain over the previous survey conducted last month. Sanders dropped 5 points in the poll, good for third place with 10 percent support."
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— "Why is Seth Moulton still running for president?" by Hunter Walker, Yahoo News: "Seth Moulton may be polling at zero percent, but the unlikely contender for the Democratic nomination isn't giving up. The Massachusetts congressman didn't qualify for either of the first two debates, is getting teased in the Onion and is fending off rumors that he's losing staff. But at the American Legion post on Capitol Hill one night late last month, Moulton appeared to be recognized the moment he came through the door. Moulton drew a crowd in the backroom bar of the veterans' club as he grabbed a beer. A small group rushed up to chat and asked for pictures as he sipped a Shiner Bock and a country cover band played in the background. After meeting Moulton, a pair of women confessed they weren't sure who they'd just posed with. They just knew Moulton was in politics. He has that look: thick hair, square jaw, fixed gaze."
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— "Majority of Mass. members of Congress backing Ed Markey's reelection bid," by Joshua Miller, Boston Globe: "Already facing two challengers with the Democratic primary more than a year away, Senator Edward J. Markey is lining up support among the state congressional delegation, with a couple of prominent holdouts. Six of Markey's Massachusetts colleagues in Congress have endorsed his 2020 bid for another six-year term. The Globe polled the state's nine representatives and its other senator, Elizabeth Warren, this week after Politico reported that Joe Kennedy III, the grandson of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, is the subject of an effort to draft him to run for Senate in 2020. All are Democrats. Warren, and Representatives Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Stephen Lynch, Bill Keating, and Lori Trahan endorsed Markey's bid for the party's Senate nomination, spokespeople said."
— "'Bigoted, short sighted, and cruel': Pressley blasts Israel's decision to bar Omar, Tlaib," by Christina Prignano, Boston Globe: "Representative Ayanna Pressley is blasting Israel's decision to bar two Democratic congresswomen from visiting the country as "bigoted, short sighted and cruel." Pressley tweeted shortly after Israel said it would not allow Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to enter the country, citing their support for a boycott of Israel in protest of its policies toward Palestinians. In a statement Thursday, Pressley said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "stoking division and punishing dissent." "Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib are my dear friends, my sisters in service and hardworking Americans who have been subject to some of the most vile and vicious attacks simply for being who they are," Pressley wrote."
— "Ayanna Pressley says 'the Squad' is 'not a monolith,'" by Nik DeCosta-Klipa, Boston.com: "Rep. Ayanna Pressley often gets grouped together with three fellow progressive freshman congresswomen of color. But that was never the plan. According to the Massachusetts Democrat, the nickname 'the Squad' —now popularly used to refer to her, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib — originated almost out of happenstance. Having come together for a joint interview during the House's freshman orientation last November, the four newly elected lawmakers were asked to take a photo together."
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— "Can Robert Kennedy's Campaign Be Recreated For 2020?" by Hannah Uebele, WGBH News: "In 1968, John F. Kennedy's brother, Robert F. Kennedy, announced his campaign for the presidency. 'By the time he was assassinated in early June, Robert Kennedy seemed to be on a huge winning trajectory with a very strong likelihood that he would win the White House,' Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn told Boston Public Radio on Wednesday. Kennedy's campaign was based entirely on the bedrock of unity, Koehn said. She believes 2020 Democratic presidential candidates should take a tip from Kennedy's 1968 playbook."
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— "A new standard shapes commuter rail in Boston," by Mischa Wanek-Libman, Mass Transit: "Keolis Commuter Services (KCS), a unit of Keolis North America, has been responsible for the management, operation and maintenance of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) commuter rail service since July 2014. While statistics support the network's overall improvement during the past five years in everything from ridership to on-time performance, KCS tempers discussion of its work in Boston with a sentiment rooted in its commitment to continue the improvement efforts: Progress has been made, but there remains work to do."
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— "Western Mass. delegation says it works as one voice for constituents," by Anita Fritz, Greenfield Recorder: "They say they work well together, get along, respect each other, genuinely have a good time together and are on the same page when it comes to the issues facing Western Massachusetts. Democratic state senators Adam Hinds and Jo Comerford, along with Democratic state representatives Paul Mark and Natalie Blais and Independent Susannah Whipps are the legislators that make up the Western Massachusetts delegation, and when asked, all of them say they are 'a cohesive, dedicated team' leading the way to give their constituents the strongest voice possible in Boston."
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— "Columbia Gas: Restoration of customer heating equipment 'substantially complete,'" by Stefan Geller, Boston Herald:"Columbia Gas declared Thursday it has 'substantially' completed Phase II of restoration of homes and businesses after the September gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley, a milestone that was welcomed, with some wariness, by local officials. Columbia said it has fulfilled its commitment to replace the appliances and equipment of about 10,000 customers that were damaged by the explosions. 'While today's announcement marks an important step in the restoration of these communities, we know there is still work to be done to regain our customers' trust and our entire Columbia Gas team remains committed to helping the community heal and restoring the faith of our customers across the state of Massachusetts,' Columbia Gas president Mark Kempic said in a statement."
— "Jeffrey Epstein associate's link to Manchester-by-the-Sea shocks residents," by Frances Stead Sellers, Boston.com: "The people of Hickory Hill Road didn't know what to make of the man who sat in his car, day in and day out, even when the weather was sweltering, looking across Summer Street at the driveway into the Sharksmouth Estate. Eventually, one resident asked him what he was up to. He was a reporter, the man said, working on a story related to the convicted pedophile and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Yeah, right, the Hickory Hill neighbors thought."
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— "Harvard Business Review reaches record circulation number," by Erica Thompson, Talking Biz News: "The Harvard Business Review posted a 6.3 percent gain in terms of overall paid circulation, according to a recently released report from the Alliance for Audited Media. Harvard Business Review is now reaching 339,190 subscribers, a significant increase from last year's 319,631 subscribers. The magazine is wholly owned by Harvard University. The magazine has gained traction in various ways. Its Instagram reach rose exponentially last year, and the brand also made its debut on Snapchat. In addition, Harvard Business Review introduced HBR Presents, a series of business podcasts."
— "Calif. man apologizes for threatening to kill Globe employees last year," by Danny McDonald, Boston Globe: "The California man who pleaded guilty in May to federal charges he threatened to kill employees of the Globe has apologized for his actions. In a Wednesday letter addressed 'To those I have harmed,' Robert Chain said he could not believe he 'said those hateful and disgusting things.' "To the young people I harmed, I can only say, I am sorry,' Chain said in the letter. 'I am sorry. I am sorry.' Chain said that as odious as his words were, he never intended to harm Globe employees or anyone else."
— "After 37 years, Mike Lynch is signing off at Channel 5," by Chad Finn, Boston Globe: "For someone so used to saying hello, it's not easy saying goodbye. Mike Lynch, the gracious and good-humored Channel 5 sports anchor known as 'Lynchie' to just about anyone familiar with the Boston sports scene over the last thirty-something years, will anchor his final sportscast on the 11 p.m. news Thursday before transitioning into a correspondent role. Lynch and the station announced the move in May. But now that the day is here, it's not easy to follow through."
TRANSITIONS — State Rep. Maria Robinson has been invited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to serve as a member on the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee through August 2020.
FOR YOUR COMMUTE: "To the Window, to the Walsh." This week's Horse Race podcast breaks down the group drafting Rep. Joe Kennedy III for senate and a standoff between Gov. Charlie Baker and the MassGOP. The Boston Globe's Milton Valencia talks Boston Mayor Marty Walsh now that there's a verdict in the Boston Calling case, and Jeff Gross, formerly of the MIRA Coalition, talks about a new commission that will study challenges foreign-trained medical professionals face in Massachusetts.
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