Joe Markman

Former reporter, always a writer, currently communications for @MassNurses. Tweets are my own. You can't have them.

[Todd Wallack @TWallack]

Government agencies in Massachusetts have long flouted the public records law. Now it's costing them thousands of dollars each to settle lawsuits. https://t.co/CIZfySk2DE

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

Context matters for comparing state budgets.

Globe reports Georgia had big surplus. Georgia has cut costs on the backs of Georgian residents.

The state government has recently made cutbacks to funding for public colleges, state employee health insurance, Medicaid, food stamps.

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Massachusetts had a $600 million tax shortfall last fiscal year, likely budget gap, officials say https://t.co/UObd1wEuWT

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

Full of quotes from real estate developers and business lobbyists.

Not a single quote from any of the constituencies @wutrain is seeking to support with her policies.

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

As Wu policies alarm the real estate industry, business leaders turn to Healey https://t.co/IH1Ukb6hlS

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

Support Greater Boston and Worcester @SBWorkersUnited Starbucks workers on strike for fair labor conditions and better compensation!

https://t.co/rcWc0eeoAL

@BostonSBWU @GBLCBoston #solidarity #UnionStrong

[Mike Connolly @MikeConnollyMA]

The Massachusetts legislature just pulled out all the stops, suspended several rules, and pulled an epic all-nighter to legalize sports betting.

And yet, rent control, right to counsel, transfer fees, tenant opportunity to purchase, and eviction sealing were all left for dead.

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

Dark money allows secretive groups to have undue influence on our elections and hold up progress on everything from climate action to gun safety reform—and so much more.

We need to pass the DISCLOSE Act—dark money cannot be allowed to influence our elections from the shadows!

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

“A child that experiences toxic stress from ACEs exhibits a fight, flee or freeze response. Ongoing toxic stress damages kids’ developing brains, and leads to them to exhibit coping behaviors, such as engaging in violence.”

https://t.co/FU3qOg6gTl

#Uvalde #UvaldeschoolMassacre

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

"...just as a bullet rips through flesh and bone, a child experiencing ongoing encounters that cause toxic stress, without positive intervention to help the child, will suffer damage to the structure and function of their brain."

https://t.co/Jw1lSJSfE0

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

Totally agree with this. When I was 20 years old I was committed for 10 days to a hospital for a bipolar manic episode. I received help and support from friends and family.

I cannot imagine how being imprisoned would have felt and how negatively it would have impacted my life.

[Ruth B. Balser @RepRuthBalser]

@GBHNews reports on my efforts to #DecriminalizeAddiction @PLSMA @MentalHealth_MA @GraykenBMC https://t.co/vzkyeWbi9S

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

Excellent reporting on the continued secrecy of a key aspect of our Mass court system.

[New Bedford Light @NewBedfordLight]

Weeks after the Southcoast Health board of trustees announced the removal of Keith A. Hovan as president and CEO, key questions remain unanswered about his employment status and the Rochester Police Department’s application for a felony charge against him. https://t.co/kSBrGahtAR

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

The reason I rarely read my local paper is because of the lack of local reporting. Don’t see why even less local reporting will make that better.

Sad for everyone except maybe Gannett executives. CEO Michael Reed reportedly made $20M last year: https://t.co/s1QezbQWdF

[Dan Kennedy @dankennedy_nu]

New at Media Nation: Gannett's Mass. weeklies to replace much of their local news with regional coverage. https://t.co/xqwtKYZuF8

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

@BOSBIZJess Congrats!

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Rich countries can sue poor countries for violating pharma patents, but poor countries cannot sue rich countries for restricting their access to life-saving medicines, which is *clearly* the more egregious transgression.

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

@ggreenwald

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

Governor @CharlieBakerMA really understands and empathizes with people, part 0 of 0.

“It’s a party down there,” he said of Mass and Cass.

https://t.co/BtVh6whaCA

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

@ggreenwald @NICKIMINAJ @JoyAnnReid

[stephen fowler @stphnfwlr]

You could fully fund $100k/year salaries for a 6-reporter statehouse bureau in all 50 states for that much money.

jussayin...

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

@joieprout I believe (from personal experience and copious reading) that mental illness is often less an “illness” than a completely (biologically, sequential brain, disregulation) understandable and unresolved trauma reaction. Key insights have come from Dr. Bruce Perry and Peter Levine.

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

“...even normal wasn’t great, pre-pandemic. So I think it’s so important for this to come out during Pride Month as we’re in reopening, getting back to some semblance of normal, but just knowing that things are still very much broken.” https://t.co/3IRy3EhRm4

[Joe Markman @JMMarkman]

Why would @MassGovernor scale back on easy public access to his decisions and remarks?

[7News Boston WHDH @7News]

Baker scaling back press conference livestreams https://t.co/DvEznjKG4w #7News