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  Any Lucía López Belloza is a 19-year-old college student who grew up in Austin. Before Thanksgiving, she planned a trip home to surprise her family — but instead of making her way to Austin, she was shackled and detained at the airport. Within just two days, Any was deported to Honduras, despite a judge ruling that she should have been allowed to stay in the United States for her due process. She spoke out about the injustice, and on Sunday, an unmarked vehicle with ICE agents showed up at Any’s family’s home in Austin — to threaten and intimidate them for speaking out. They even attempted to enter their home through the back door. This was retaliation, plain and simple. Every single person in this country has the First Amendment right to speak out about their government. No one should be punished for it. But the Trump administration has other plans. They are targeting a college student’s family because she told the truth about how she was mistreated by her own government. So I’v...

By  Kelly Garrity HUH? ANOTHER WEALTHY CLOWN? VOTERS NEED TO BE SKEPTICAL - WHAT ARE THEY OFFERING? WE KNOW WHAT MAYOR WU HAS ACCOMPLISHED TO MAKE BOSTON A GREAT CITY EVEN CONFRONTED WITH GREAT OBSTACLES!  THESE WEALTHY CLOWNS CAN ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL BY REMAINING IN PRIVATE PRACTICE....DO VOTERS WANT TO RISK ELECTING WEALTHY WANNABEES? NOT A SINGLE ONE IS CONDEMNING TRUMP'S FUNDING SLASHES, EMPLOYEES CUTS, RESEARCH CUTS!  THREE’S A CROWD —  Tom O’Brien, a prominent Boston-based developer, is planning to jump into the city’s mayoral race and is eyeing next week for an official announcement, four people familiar with his plans told Playbook. O’Brien, the CEO and founding partner of HYM Investment Group , would be the second high-profile challenger  to wade into the race against mayor Michelle Wu, joining Josh Kraft, the son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft who launched his campaign in February. An announcement next week  would come just as Wu is...