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Resistance Rises Turns out Americans are paying attention Dan Rather  and  Team Steady Apr 1 Credit: Getty Images As someone who covered and vividly remembers the Vietnam War protests that consumed this country in the 1960s and ’70s, I can safely say that the anti-Musk and Trump demonstrations popping up around the country are small by comparison. But they’re growing … and quickly. For how long and to what end it’s too soon to know. But they are worth noting. Whoever thought Tesla dealerships and charging stations would be the epicenter of unrest? They are, by the hundreds. The actions of Trump and his unelected sidekick have gotten many Americans off their collective couches, which is saying a lot. The Republican Party has long claimed to be the party of free speech. If that claim was specious before, it is outright ridiculous now. Trump has suggested opposing him could land you in jail. He has threatened to pull funding from colleges and universities that allow illegal — hi...

  By  Kelly Garrity CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS —  Massachusetts is facing a fledgling constitutional crisis while the audit battle wages on. Months after voters backed a ballot question  giving the state auditor the authority to audit the Legislature, top Democratic legislative leaders are still moving slowly to comply with Diana DiZoglio’s attempt to crack open their books. They continue to warn it could violate the separation of powers laid out in the state’s constitution, while DiZoglio maintains they’re violating the voter-approved law. A big reason for the lack of clarity?   A quirk in the ballot petition process that allows the state attorney general to approve questions, but not weigh in on whether the policy — once passed — would be constitutional, Attorney General Andrea Campbell said during an interview on WCVB’s “On the Record” that aired Sunday. “The ballot question  — and this is just stupid by government from the past — we don't get to assess wh...