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Massachusetts

Editorial: State aid to municipalities should be distributed rationally

Boston Globe

National

A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy

New York Times

Today on Beacon Hill

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House Informal Session

House Chamber
11:00am

Senate Informal Session

Senate Chamber
1:30pm

Senate Art Committee

Virtual Hearing
7:30pm

Progressive Mass. Virtual Festivus

Via Zoom

Quote of the Day

“Worst of Law Firms: It’s hard to remember back to March, but one of the country’s most progressive minded law firms, Paul Weiss, was among the first to cave to Trump’s bullying by executive order. Agreeing to do Trump’s work pro bono and reject DEI principles, it abandoned the principles that had long guided the firm, horrifying its founder’s family. Worse, it set the example for a slew of other firms to roll over. There was a silver lining: it lost clients and attorneys who prioritized integrity. It might have been a tad embarrassed when other firms chose to fight back rather than cave—or when the D.C. bar recently suggested that the sort of deal it struck raised legal ethics concerns.”
The Contrarian's Jennifer Rubin
Rubin criticizes Paul Weiss, a major progressive law firm, for complying with a Trump executive order—agreeing to pro bono work and scaling back DEI. Critics say it abandoned its values, set a weak precedent, and lost talent and clients.

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