Wendy D. Wakeman

Writer. Reader. Country house keeper.

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

@massgop Has the auditor changed her party registration? That’d be great news.

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

Fire the felon in a public kerfluffle, then try to quietly sneak her back into the fold. A racketeering tactic from way back.

[Boston Herald @bostonherald]

Boston’s LGBTQ+ deputy director is back on the city payroll after being placed on unpaid leave following her felony assault arrest last year, Mayor Michelle Wu’s office has confirmed. https://t.co/1bmGeTAGHB

[Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance @MassFiscal]

There is a reason the fight over the audit law has dragged on for over a year, despite being approved by 72% of voters.

The original ballot question was clear and it passed overwhelmingly.

Massachusetts voters did not ask for a negotiated audit, a limited review, or for the Legislature to define its own terms.

The people approved an independent audit of the Legislature.

Now, the response from Beacon Hill is a bill that:

• Narrows the scope of what can be examined
• Allows the Legislature to decide what records will be provided
• Prevents courts from stepping in when disputes arise

Who has ever heard of an independent audit where the entity being audited gets to decide what can be investigated?

At the same time, lawmakers are presenting this as a “transparency package.”

But even they acknowledge that many of the “new” public records provisions simply codify documents that are already available today.

So what is actually changing? The audit.

And that is exactly where the restrictions are being added.

As Auditor @DianaDiZoglio warns in this clip, this is not an expansion of transparency. It is a restructuring of a voter mandate into something Beacon Hill can define, limit, and control.

For the people of our state, the core question is straightforward:

Should the Legislature be able to redefine a law that 72% of voters already passed when it becomes inconvenient?

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

President Donald J. Trump announces the next step in the administration’s successful war on crime: the Department of Justice’s Model Cities Initiative, designed to slash violent crime and RESTORE LAW AND ORDER in major cities across America. 🇺🇸

[Boston Herald @bostonherald]

Opinion | The shooting in Cambridge last month is a reminder of a painful lesson: Gun Control isn’t about safety, it is about control. https://t.co/q6ha2k37ye

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

@Bobburgersfan1 Give it time….

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

Nudge nudge wink wink. The House has a plan to gaslight the voters

[Boston 25 News @boston25]

Mass. transparency bill sparks outrage as state auditor blasts proposal ahead of House vote https://t.co/sDKtscGKMp

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

@Tweetorelli Fake news

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

A core value for Maura Healey is wiping out Republicans. Even centrist Republicans, and even if the Dem she must support is a former nazi guy with a track record of misogyny and shaded by pedophiliac tendencies. Again. Not hyperbole

[Boston Herald @bostonherald]

Gov. Healey is endorsing controversial Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner in a November general election matchup against Sen. Susan Collins as the Democrat remains entangled in controversy. https://t.co/RGIibwsRNd

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Lucas Di Benedetto was just arrested by ICE in Massachusetts.

He was arrested by local police last week after he CRASHED into a police car while drunk, sending a cop to the hospital.

Sanctuary MA then immediately RELEASED him on $500 bail.

Today he showed up for a court hearing and ICE was waiting for him.

Thank you ICE!

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

MassDems operates as a street gang—and they no longer hide it.

[JohnFGately @johnfgately]

HEALEY ENDORSES SEXTING NAZI Today on GBH @maura_healey said she was "disgusted" by Platner, but still will support him in general election, she previously endorsed the now suspended campaign of Gov Mills. FYI @TheMaineWire

[TheStormHasArrived @TheStormRedux]

John Solomon is reporting that EPA Chief Lee Zeldin revealed to him in an interview today that he has made “several criminal referrals” to the DOJ after discovering that Obama & Biden officials were moving money ($29 billion in green energy grants 🙄) around to former cabinet secretaries, donors and political activists.

“He told me today that he has found a major self-dealing scandal… Obama and Biden administration officials were moving money around to former cabinet secretaries, to donors, to political activists - Stacy Abrams, one of them… and that he’s now made several criminal referrals.”

They were stealing YOUR hard earned money and giving it to all their elitist buddies.

WHY DOES ANYONE STILL PAY TAXES?

@jsolomonReports @JustTheNews

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

The law removed the choice to purchase appliances that perform better. Ed Markey values presentation over performance

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

We passed a law giving cash rebates to install electric and more-efficient appliances. As electricity and fuel prices go up thanks to Trump's policies, this should be a win-win. Trump is trying to illegally kill this program, breaking the law and leaving you with the bill.

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

@Mark_Philias And to save America, we need to step up our game, bigly!

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, folks are keen on cookouts, beach umbrellas, cocktails on the lawn, and Friday OOO. Voters are particularly unreceptive to political pitches. This year, the primary falls before Labor Day…

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

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[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Please don't use the hurtful term "rape." It marginalizes the rapist community. Consider using Undocumented Love Makers. Let's be linguistically empathetic to Noble Altruistic Sperm Donors.

[Mark Hemingway @Heminator]

This is insane. You can’t serve if you have a nut allergy, but taking large amounts of mood altering exogenous cross-sex hormones around heavy weaponry is OK?

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

Wisdom!

[Jeff Hunt @jeffhunt]

A state that feeds its children is a failed state. Colorado oddly brags that it provides food for every kid at school. That's the consequence of parents both failing to provide and not having enough wealth to do so. A successful state would have children bring a healthy lunch to school, provided by two parents, a mom and a dad, who love the child. A state providing gulag gruel is a failure.

[Wendy D. Wakeman @WDWakeman]

Happy June!