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  By  Kelly Garrity Presented by  PICKING A FIGHT —  As Democrats debate how to turn the page on their party’s losses last fall, Gov. Maura Healey is picking her battles strategically. Healey hasn’t called any emergency legislative sessions  like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, nor did she join the “ Governors Safeguarding Democracy   ” initiative led by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. But in an in-depth  New York Times interview   over the weekend,  Healey questioned the party’s response to Trump’s efforts to roll back DEI initiatives (“When there was all this talk and denigration of D.E.I., I don’t know why the response wasn’t: You know what? It’s actually good to have women and people of color in the military.”) She opined on Democrats’ “brand problem,” one of the issues she said led to their electoral struggles last cycle. And she called for “aggressive” and “proactive” leadership  from Congress, urging Democr...

  The Week Ahead March 2, 2025 Joyce Vance Mar 3   On Tuesday, Trump gives his first State of the Union address for his second term in office. He will assume the podium in front of a joint session of Congress with no credibility whatsoever. People who are being honest—that includes Republicans in the House and the Senate—understand how horribly he undermined the world order last week. He abandoned longtime allies in the process, not only Ukraine but NATO allies who now face an unpredictable future. Trump will offer his comments Tuesday after confirming the view of those who believed him to be Putin’s toady. Trump’s speech should have been one about making good on promises, like the one to bring down prices on day one of his administration. But he cannot do that. Instead, we will have tariffs this week. Tariffs, just a reminder, are simply taxes—taxes imposed on the American public. Trump has   promised   25% tariffs on our allies, Canada and Mexico, and an additional...