So sad to tell you that my uncle, Mark Shields, died this morning. He was a special guy: full of heart and wisdom and love. Love of politics, sports, and so many people.β€οΈ
βI had a loving family. I had a great job at the newspaper. I met fascinating people, and I saw myriad worldwide wonders. Itβs been full of fun and laughter, too, a really good time.
I just wish I could stay a little longer.β
The largest population of Puerto Ricans in the United States, per capita, is in Holyoke, Massachusetts, comprising 44.8% of all residents in the 2010 Census.
Met the worldβs sweetest dog. She was training to be a guide dog for the blind but didnβt graduate (she was seen as βtoo contemplative.β) She has landed in a loving home on Long Island.
Ms. Jean-Pierre will be the first openly gay spokeswoman and the first Black woman in decades to address journalists on behalf of the president in the White House briefing room.
Caution: highly addictive. You can look up the town you grew up in, the block you live on now, every place you ever visited in New England, which towns went most heavily for Clinton on Cape Cod, the vast redness that is West Va, how Calif. is so unique etc
So reporter
@susannecraig
went to
@nytimes
printing plant last nite to see her massive Trump investigation come off the press. Many of the workers were reading it.
#printsnotdead
Yikes, things went badly when Andrew Yang tried to woo a key LGBQT political group by noting he has gay staff and talking excitedly about his wish to visit a lesbian bar, The Cubbyhole. One attendee likened Yangβs approach to Michael Scottβs of The Office.
From the Dominican Republic. Family moved to Lawrence, Mass. Did ROTC at Lawrence High. Joined the Marines. Died in Thursdayβs attack at Kabul airport. She was 25.
Amazing for anyone who has ever tried to write: Robert Caroβs calendar. He tried to write 1,000 words a day. On days he fails he includes his excuses in parentheses. (βlazyβ)
From
@wsj
Today
@nytimes
published a deeply reported story exploring the dual lives of Ed Koch, one of the most popular mayors in New York history and also a closeted gay man.
The transcripts show striking patterns and repetitions in the messages he has conveyed, revealing a display of presidential hubris and self-pity unlike anything historians say they have seen before.
Sound waves from NYSE trading post TVs resound in unison at higher than usual decibel levels as traders watched Christine Blasey Ford testify. Could decipher nearly every word of the hearing anywhere I walked, competing only with ringing phones at times.
#KavanaughHearings
On her first full day as Mayor...
@wutrain
commuted on the T this morning, then addressed reporters fluently in Mandarin, Spanish AND English. That's pretty impressive. It's in today's report from
@AlisonNBCBoston
.
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@pictureboston
Please follow my friend
@TankSchottle
. Heβs a Special Olympics Athlete who plays softball, volleyball, basketball, track, golf and bocce. He has a great heart. And he really wants to meet
@DollyParton
One migrant expressed gratitude for the warm reception that he had received in Marthaβs Vineyard. βTheyβre treating us super well,β he said.
βWeβre getting food, clothing, all our needs met. I love Massachusetts!β
"We get it, America, you want us to wrap up the count, and so do we β but we admire Gloria for working painstakingly to ensure a thorough and accurate count." Las Vegas Sun Defends Deliberate Process to Counting
βHe picked me up in a burgundy limousine and he was wearing a burgundy suit and burgundy patent leather boots...I just remember it being very slow going...and then I was home early.β -Candice Bergen on her one date with Donald Trump
Esias βIzzyβ Johnson, a Massachusetts native remembered by his parents as an intelligent, kindhearted young man, was found dead Sept. 7 after he spent an entire month trying unsuccessfully to get released on his $1 bail.
Yoshia Uomoto, 98, reacts as her son and niece surprise her with their first in-person visit in a year after visitation restrictions were lifted at Nikkei Manor, an assisted living facility primarily serving Japanese-American seniors, in Seattle.β β
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