About 200 Roslindale residents gathered in a blustery wind at Adams Park this afternoon to comfort each other and begin to figure out what comes next after this month's election.
Rabbi Matt Soffer of Temple Israel - and a Roslindale resident - cited the story of Abraham, who, on seeing strangers outside his tent, rushed to bring them in and comfort them, in calling on residents to protect each other. Read more.
The Boston Business Journal reports: State won't have time to stem concerns before recreational weed is legal.
AmyG forwards this photo from a friend who was driving into Boston today when she noticed this woman next to her waving that sign at her: Read more.
The MetroWest Daily News reports on the rally in Natick Center last night, in response to last week's post-election death threat to a local resident.
Amid the toll of church bells and the honking of car horns, people held signs proclaiming "Spread Love," "Honk for Love," and "Hate has No Home in Natick."
If you donate to the Environmental League of Massachusetts, they'll send you one of these bumper stickers.
City Councilor Tito Jackson (Roxbury) ended today's council meeting by quoting Martin Niemoller's famous poem - and vowing to fight for Boston immigrants. Read more.
Because it seems his constituent-services phone numbers, the ones people have been calling since Monday to ask him to say something, anything about how he's going to protect vulnerable populations in Massachusetts, are now out of order.
UPDATE: At a press conference, Baker said the lines are back up. Also, while he wouldn't call Massachusetts a sanctuary state, saying sanctuary stuff is up to cities and towns, he said, "People need to feel welcome here. ... We will not tolerate acts of violence against anyone."
A group of Roslindale residents are organizing a unity gathering in Adams Park on Sunday.
Join with neighbors to gather in peace and solidarity, and to stand up and speak out against violence and hate across the city, state, and country.
We are a diverse, connected community - this is a concrete way to show that we will support and care for each other in the face of fear and anger.
Starts at 4 p.m.
The Swellesley Report reports students from the two schools will march to a park about midway between each tomorrow to try to make up over that post-election frat-boy thing.
Attorney General Maura Healey announced a new hotline for reporting "bias-motivated threats, harassment, and violence ... following reports of harassment and intimidation of racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women, LGBTQ individuals and immigrants since Election Day."
Call 800-994-3228, but the AG's office adds, call 911 first if you feel under immediate threat.
People who really are opposed to the Trump presidency are warning other people away from an alleged anti-Trump rally Friday night on the Common. No, don't show up at the Common prepared for "an intimidating show of force" in which to "smash the fascists."
UPDATE: Now the page is for a neo-Nazi pep rally.
LiberalBadIdeas spotted this on the Red Line.
Meanwhile, in Cambridge, Harmann Singh, a student at Harvard Law School, reports tonight: Read more.
Here is a working list of Massachusetts organizations that you should consider donating to when making any gifts post-election or for the holidays. More than just PP and ACLU need our love and I say that as a employee at one of these larger organizations.
Let's #DiversifyOurDonations!
Highest #YesOn2MA vote: W5,P5: one of wealthiest zips. Highest #NoOn2: poor comms of color. pic.twitter.com/lX4i0PR9xX
— Heshan is #NoOn2 (@wheresmyporsche) November 13, 2016
The Herald reports on the boos Wanda Sykes got at last night's Comics Come Home cancer benefit at the Garden when she started insulting our impending commander in chief.
The Herald doesn't report on the walkouts that happened after she was followed by our own Triumph the Insult Human, Nick DiPaolo: Read more.
UPDATE: Students exonerated.
One of the Babson dudes who drove around Wellesley College to taunt students there after the election apologized today for being a jerk. No word if his apology is enough to get him back into his frat, which kicked him out.
The Walpole guy who posed in front of a local Mexican restaurant with a large Trump banner, then posted on Facebook that the owners would be paying for the wall, apologized - by way of a full-page ad in the Walpole Times. He says he meant no offense, he was just in a joking kind of mood and besides, it was only that he's a Facebook dunce that he made the post public.
Somerville residents are organizing a Love Trumps Hate vigil between 2 and 5 p.m. at Powderhouse Park: Read more.
When Venita Subramanian heard about some artists in New York who put out markers and sticky notes so subway riders could write up inspirational messages on a station wall, she thought Boston should do the same thing. Read more.
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