Middleboro Review and so on

  ‘Kristi Noem 2.0’: Two Democrats Join Republicans in Confirming Mullin to Lead DHS March 24, 2026 The US Senate voted mostly along party lines on Monday to confirm former Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security amid a partial shutdown at the agency that led President Donald Trump to deploy immigration enforcement agents to chaos-ridden airports.   Two Democrats, Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, joined every Republican except for Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky in voting to confirm Mullin, who will succeed scandal-plagued Kristi Noem at DHS—a sprawling agency that oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). READ THE FULL STORY Read all the latest news from Common Dreams   Share this email with a friend Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(...

  ❤️  Donate Tuesday, March 24, 2026 🌤️  Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Good Morning Boston, The Red Sox play their final spring training game today before the MLB regular season begins Thursday. Coincidentally, if you donate to WBUR today for our spring fundraiser, you can get  this WBUR baseball hat . Now, to the news: Into the darkness:   The number of so-called dark money groups trying to influence elections and policy in Massachusetts is growing,  according to a new WBUR investigation  . Officially known as 501(c)(4)s, these nonprofit groups can raise unlimited money from undisclosed donors and use it to produce ads or donate it to other groups (though they cannot donate the money directly to candidates). One Commonwealth, a 501(c)(4) group launched by Gov. Maura Healey's allies in 2024 to support her housing agenda, raised $748,000 in its first year. The group declined to disclose its donors. WBUR's Patrick Madden was able to identify two of...