of massachusetts.setts's governor beat her trump backed election denying opponent by nearly 30 points. democracy was on the ballot in massachusetts, one of the places where democracy was born in this country. and democracy won by 30 points. mauro healy was one of two democratic candidates who flipped a governorship from republican to democrat. massachusetts got a current governor is the moderate, anti trump republican charlie baker who has served two terms in maryland. westmore will be succeeding moderate governor larry hogan, who also served two terms. and joining us now is massachusetts attorney general, maura healey, who will soon be the 73rd governor of massachusetts. thank you very much for joining us tonight, we really appreciate you being here. >> it is great to be with you lawrence, thank you for having me. >> this never looked in doubt from the distance that i was watching. you maintained a strong lead throughout. what were the key differences, obviously you are running against a trump electio

elections at the local level in massachusetts and i love massachusetts i've lived there for most of my life. you know, i believe deeply in the people and the institutions of, the commonwealth. i went to played all this time in public life. if i didn't a typical municipal election, you might get if you have a great one, you get 30% turnout. okay. in a typical off year state election where you're electing members of congress, your state reps, state senators and, your statewide office holders like me, 50% is huge. okay. the only time you really get everybody to come to the table is in the on year election when the president up and then you get maybe 75 or 80% turnout and believe it or not, there's a big difference in who votes and what they think. if you get 20% the turnout or 25 or 50 or 75 and, you know, we've been banging the drum on this one hard and it is really to get people to understand why those local and state elections are important and and yet and yet that is a lot of things that will matter to you as young adults will happen and get done. it's not to say that there aren't hug

if you look at, election at the local level in massachusetts, and i love massachusetts. i have lived there for most of my life, you know. i believe deeply in the people and in the institutions of the commonwealth. i would not have played all this time in public life if i didn't. a typical municipal election you might get, if you have a great one, you might get 30% turnout, okay? and a typical off year state election where you are electing members of congress, your state reps, your state senators and your statewide officeholders, like me, 50% is huge. okay? the only time you really get everybody to come to the table is in the on your election when the president is up and then you get maybe 75 or 80% turnout. and leave it or not there's a big difference in who votes and what they think if you get 20% to turnout for 25 or 50 or 75. we've been banging the drum on this one hard and it is really tough to get people to understand why those local and state elections are important, and yet, and yet that is where a lot of things that will matter to you as young adults will happen

charlie baker and i also want the massachusetts town hall. and there are a lot of institutions representation tonight and thank you to the school public affairs for partnering with us in this conversation and always trying to bring you all new and insightful programming on so i think first so much you been an incredible partner and turn what your insights are so much appreciated your book certainly the culture that they're building here, "results - getting beyond politics to get important work done" and to encourage dialogued with the students in our faculty and staff and of course our alumni as we appreciate that as well and want to say special thank you to both of you for your public service pretty i think that should be applauded as well. [applause] [applause] >> and it's an honor and for people who decide to h go down this patent some we hope that many of our students here in this room the campus will consider as we allan try to convene is on consoling most of our challenging problems. >> and make one comment. it came from northeastern th

he's a member of the massachusetts of representatives. by the time he's 26 and in everyone's estimation, he is sort of the first man of boston. this clearly and titles will then tend to gravitate in his direction. he's a very distinguished looking man. he's six feet tall. he dresses beautifully, which we know because we have his letters to his tailor in london are extremely specific and he there's a great deal of resentment against him on which which he doesn't quite understand because of his very success, because of the fact that these this kind of constellation of titles attaches them attach themselves to him. the he does not claim for himself he distributes to family members and that the tight oligarchy, these sort of intermarried elite families is something that irritates samuel adams tremendously and actually john adams even more, or either john adams even more, or john adams is more eloquent about it. but the lines in both adams and samuel adams, well, at different junctures in their lives, right? these kind of indignant paragraphs

i got to know her when i was governor of massachusetts. we negotiated a five year five-r medicaid waiver with her and her team and i just want you all to know having spent 16 years of my life in government and as a cabinet official at the state level i know a great performer when i see one and you have a great performer your presence. that is my hope that she will take it easy on me for the rest of the evening. so the book was written with a friend of mine and colleague. i am a lifelong republican. i got to know him when i worked in the state government and he and i worked together on a ton of different projects. he voted in the democratic primary when i was running in 2014 in the republican primary and never really talked about thee general election but honestly he was the easy choice for me to be the first chief of staff in the administration. usually it's somebody that works on the campaign and it's the campaign manager or senior advisor or something like that and i think he was a provost at northeastern at that time. it was an unusual

it certainly did in massachusetts. and also people here in mav maa were really clear that so many are tired of the noise, tired of the vitriol, tired of the politicians trying to polarize and exploit and really tired of -- my opponent, look, the guy on the other side was -- he was trump's campaign chair here in massachusetts, and voters just rejected that. and so, you know, those are some of the things we saw, obviously a record of eight years here as attorney general and, you know, i think that it was a little bit of a referendum on that, i suppose, and the great work of my team and the attorney general's office. but it was an exciting night, i'll tell you, that we had in massachusetts, to see all these women elected up and down the ballot, something we just have not seen before in this state. >> governor-elect healey, great to have you on the show. mr. boston, mike barnicle, texted to say, don't forget, she was captain of her college basketball team. >> nice. >> a little school in cambridge some may have heard of. sh

the wampanoags in now what is southeastern massachusetts are the indians in this drama. they have long contended that this tale is not history, but a myth that sugarcoat the viciousness of colonialism for indigenous people. my book reckons with this uncomfortable assertion and its applications. you will have plenty of material after this talk today to ruin your families thanksgiving. i realize many of you are perfectly capable of ruining your families thanksgiving with no assistance from me, but all the same. in traditional accounts of thanksgiving, the pilgrims step onto plymouth rock and into a new world where wilderness -- a wilderness. in fact humans into civilization in the americas was every bit as rich and ancient as in europe. history did not begin for the wampanoag with the mayflower. they had a dynamic past countless generations old that shape to they are, what they did,. in other words, they inhabited an old world. the so-called wilderness in which the english arrived was full of villages, roads, cornfields, historic monuments, cemeteries, and forests cleared

part of western massachusetts.and right here in the first column, right there. and right here is cato gray. now, i don't know that his name survives on a powder horn, but no doubt that he served with pride and distinction in. the continental army finally, there is this horn. edward sherburne, portsmouth, new hampshire, carved by jacob gay. in 1766. it's inscribed edward sherburne, his horn. january 23rd, 1776. success to liberty made it cambridge obviously during the rate about the end of the siege of boston powerfully carved very graphic. there is a rendition of the royal coat of arms that george probably george washington in profile substituted with the word liberty above it that's ironic historic deerfield just acquired a letter written by edward sherburne three years before in 1773 in portsmouth to his well-to-do brother, samuel, basically begging his to give. £650 shirt a sterling for a lieutenant's commission. a lieutenant's commission in the british army in 1773 with the hope that he might stationed in quebe

furthermore, soon they had the support of the nick mocks, and what is now central massachusetts. that neera kansans from what is now rhode island, become talks and skokie is from the connecticut river valley. who colonist hunted enemies by violating their neutrality, such as attempting to confiscate their weapons. the warring indians took advantage of these colonial missteps to take the lives of upwards of 3000 englishman, destroy 16 colonial towns and slaughter 800 heads of cattle. eventually however, the resistance collapsed. largely, not entirely, but largely because other native people through in their lot with the english. here, i want you to focus on this part of the map, here around the modern-day border of massachusetts and new york. in february of 16 76, the mohawks, the easternmost nation of the five nations iroquois, or had no need people, as a gesture of aligns to the colony of new york, drove pumetacom winter camp away from dutch and french gun runners on the hudson river. and eastward, back into the teeth of colonial new england forces. so, they drive the winter cam

so while the original jeremy ender was created by the massachusetts state legislature, it was gary's name that became attached to it. so if there's one thing that i hope this book does, it's that ed, at least to some extent vindicates the historical of elbridge gary, who is remembered chiefly this even though he went to serve as vice president of, the united states under james madison, even though he was one of the massachusetts delegates to the constitutional in philadelphia and was extremely influential in the creation of, the bill of rights. gary, i think would made a great presidential candidate. well, if he were a younger and his age was, pretty much the only thing that prevented him being remembered as james successor as president rather than for this unseemly practice. gary passed away while he was serving as vice president under madison and the rest course is history. and so once i realized that everything we thought knew about the origins of jerry was pretty much wrong, i tried to find out what was the earliest historical example of gerrymandering occurring on american conti

i'm speaking to you from marblehead, massachusetts, which is my home. and i want to thank the national archives for inviting me to give this talk on rebels at sea privateering in the american. just a little more background on me. i've been a full time writer since about 2007. most of my books are in american history, usually have a maritime component. i've spoken at the archives a number of times in the past. of the books include the history of whaling in america for fortune, an empire, a history of fur, trade in america, black flags, blue waters, the epic history of america's notorious pirates and my last book, a furious scar on the history of american hurricanes. but today i am here to talk about privateering and american revolution. it was late the day on june 3rd, 1780, when salem captain jonathan harrod and his privateer, the pickering, were heading for the friendly port of bilbao, spain. the british achilles, however, stood in the way nobody would have faulted had he fled in the face of this superior foe. while the pickering had a crew of 38 men a

that is the gerrymander cartoon of the state senate district in essex county, massachusetts. what often gets left out of this story is that not only was gerrymandering happening long before elbridge gerry allegedly created this gerrymander in essex county, but gerry himself was not responsible for the plan that led to his everlasting historical infamy that led to his lasting legacy being the portmento of gerry and salamander, which the district was said to resemable, that became attached to this unseemly practice of manipulating districts for political gain. gerry had, if you believe his biographer and most of the contemporary historical accounts than i uncovered, all suggested that gerry himself was not especially keen on the plan. he thought that it was overly partisan. he thought that it was untoward and nefarious, but he kind of went along with it because more than that, he wanted to get the stuff done that he had been elected to do, and getting that done meant controlling the state legislature. so while the original gerrymander was created by the massachusetts state legi

to that office after running five times without success and after finally elected governor of massachusetts he found himself frustrated by divided government. in particular was a democratic republican, he aligned himself with the president's thomas jefferson and james madison but during his first term in office he found himself frustrated by divided government and he was elected with grandiose policy ideas, he was going to usher in democrat agenda in the state previously dominated by his federalist o opponents. the myth of the origin of gerrymandering is gary concocted a scheme to rig the results of the 1812 election and he did by drawing the senate district in no way even if they win the popular vote democratic reporting for capture majority of available s seats. similar in recent elections here in wisconsin so he set about drawing the district and one district in particular, state senate district is out of boston was misshaped, this serpentine its way that makes around the borders of the county acting together as many have in the idea wasic if you put all te federalists in one district th

that is the state senate district in massachusetts. but what often gets left out of the story is that not only was it happening long before creating this original in essex county but he himself wasn't responsible for the plan that led to his everlasting infamy that led to his most lasting that the district was said to resemble that became attached to this kind of unseemly practice of manipulating districts for political gain. gary had if you believe his biographer and most of the contemporary historical accounts that i uncovered suggested he wasn't especially keen on the plan. he thought that it was overly partisan and that it was nefarious but he kind of went along with it because more than that, he wanted to get the stuff done that he had been elected to do and getting that done meant controlling the state legislature. .. it is the historical legacy of remembered chiefly for this, even though he went on to serve as ama vice president of the united states under james mattis, even though he was one of the massachusetts delegates to the

and that took me back almost a century from 1812 massachusetts. it's to the 1730 is in the colony north carolina and it turns out that the inventor of american gerrymandering was even an american himself like me and if you've detected the hint of an accent, i was in fact born in great britain. i emigrated to the united states to study for my ph.d. in american government and actually this year i became, a fully naturalized u.s. citizen. so having torts and researched american elections for almost two decades now, this will be the first time that i actually have an opportunity to vote in one last election i voted in was actually the 2016 brexit referendum and. as if you've checked in with uk politics recently, that one didn't go terribly well for us us. the individual who i make the case in the book should remembered as the creator of american gerrymandering is a british colonial governor by the name of george barrington or barrington to give his name the standard british pronunciation. unfortunately, there are no known likenesses. george barrington

our renewable portfolio standards are at 28, massachusetts is at 20. germany is higher than us a letter to, and they are invoking all sorts of solar, and it is going very well for them. the governor will tell you otherwise. we know that rhode island right now, because they have procurement, it has been able to drop the purchase of their power to 7.9 cents per kilowatt hour. the governor has blocked that. we can do so much better, unless you believe that the ratepayers are hurt, and they are not. there's no data for that. gov. sununu: the ratepayers are hurting. the site evaluation committee killed it, and if you remember, i inherited all of those members from now senator hassan, when she was governor hassan. absolutely, that is who killed the project. the 7.9 cents, the average wholesale rate in 2020 was 3.5. you are bragging about twice the wholesale. chris: we are talking right now, governor. gov. sununu: the average in 2020, your wholesale rate was 3.5 cents across new england, and he is bragging that 7.9 cents is a great solution, that we lock and

, massachusetts, which was a town next to where i grew. his neighborhood was right next where i took lessons. apparently, his son and i have mutual friends and it was such a nice interview and such a far cry from all my hedge fund interviews and all these horrific other interviews that i was like, wow. like, if he runs this place the way he runs this interview, that would be a -- good place to work. and to my surprise, about three days later, i was at the dollar tree is talking about potato chips, which sounds really sad and it is pretty sad, but they had the best potato like anyone ever tried. zfs voodoo chips? yes. oh, where are you from? okay, so whenever i discovered them in new and apparently wah wah and a couple of others around here, those abs chips. but they also had them at the dollar. so anyway, triceps. but i'm like cradling all potato chips as i'm wandering out of the dollar tree. my phone rings and i pick it up and like hello and it's paul. i'm like, oh, so i throw the potato chips in the ground. i kind of stand right because

so for i'd say, and gave it was on those in worcester, massachusetts with gun ne, in fans in the us. look at us. oh, mr. massachusetts, this town, only $200000.00 people, but it's got the most guardians per capita of any city in america. 40000 roughly here of gunny and immigrants here in this city. wooster, massachusetts were at this restaurant a note she chrome of fame has gone in restaurant here. the food is great. i can confirm that because a lunch year yesterday, i'm now going to talk to, to george dark. well, you were watching the game here. you're from here. you're originally from, from gonna. i'm originally from gonna yes. what do you think of the game? all this will also mirror sites and fill in, you know, definitely we need it that way. you know, dad, that his thing, the face off was great. the boys really executed day, the game girl. and finally, they gave us a when, you know, so we, it's a site that is really exciting. feel like the game started. 8 am here local time on monday. so people are taking off work a few people to come watch the game. i mean, it was pretty, there'

oh, mr. massachusetts. this town only $200000.00 people, but it's got the most guardians per capita of any city in america. 40000 roughly here of ghani and immigrants here in this city. worcester, massachusetts were at this restaurant a note she, chrome of fame has gone ian restaurant here. the food is great. i can confirm that cuz i had lunch here yesterday. i'm now going to talk to, to george dark. well, you were watching the game here. you're from here, you're originally from, from gonna, i'm originally from gonna yes. what do you think of the game? all they will awesome. we're a site. i'm filling it out. definitely. we need that are when you know, dad, that, that is thing. the face off was great. the boys really executed day, the game girl. and i finally, they gave us a women, you know, so we, it's a site that is really exciting. feel like the game started. 8 am here local time on monday. so people are taking off work a few people to come watch the game. i mean, it was pretty just not the ideal time to

thank you. >>> a terrifying scene in massachusetts. one person is dead after an suv came crashing through the front window of an apple store. errol barnett has the details. >> reporter: a fast moving suv left this jagged gaping hole in a wall of glass along with at least one fatality and multiple injuries inside this apple store in the small town of hingham. >> i just heard like glass shatter and then everyone ran to the window because they thought it was a smash and grab. >> reporter: emergency crews raced to the wounded, some victims were treated by first responders on the sidewalk. others were trapped. >> there was people covered in blood. >> reporter: authorities say it appears the five passenger vehicle only stopped once it hit the back of the store. >> multiple locations injured out in front of the store and in the store including a few patients that were pinned against the wall by the vehicle. >> reporter: south shore hospital says it received 17 patients in 45 minutes. >> some pretty serious head trauma. >> multiple patients wi

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states like massachusetts and illinois.e know that we can raise effective revenue by doing it well. we have good templates to build out on. that would allow us to move forward even in a recession. >> do you agree with him in regard to legalizing cannabis? >> if the answer is we are going to solve our budget problem by selling drugs, no. i think ultimately, this could become legalize. i think we have been very smart saying, now is not the time. when you have an opioid crisis that is increasing, we have new doorway system, i broke down and rebuilt the entire system. recovery friendly workplaces. we are not doing it just in manchester. in all the rural parts of the state, as well. that system has to be in place and successful before we start legalizing more drugs. >> 30 seconds on his statement of legalizing drugs being problematic. >> we are not legalizing drugs, we are legalizing adult use cannabis. other states have done it successfully. look at what has happened in new hampshire on drugs since the governor has been in offi

okay, here's a marriage restriction from massachusetts in 1824. according to this act courts can and really should annull marriages if one of the parties experienced idiot see or a sand insanity at the time of the contract so intellectual incapacity invalidated a marriage contract leading to it's annulment. again, massachusetts is not unique here marriage restrictions based on intellectual and capacity date all the way back to roman law and they were implemented in early modern england and nearly all american colonies and states. it will also note that there's a long history of marriage restrictions based on physical capacity capacity for sexual intercourse for both men and women and these were all so enforced in colonial and early national law. again, it's important to think intersectionally. so this law doesn't mention it. but who else was excluded from marriage in the colonies? miners men and women under the age of consent also enslaved people were prohibited from marriage, right? so we're seeing the ways that disability to category disability

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stu: now this, voters in massachusetts just approved the millionaire tax. ouch. you're a millionaire in massachusetts, tell me more. >> a 4% tax above and beyond the 5% they have as a flat fee for anyone making more than $1 million and all of massachusetts and now california talked about turning down a similar measure and talked about it and in talking about it, the results were they lost oracle volunteer and hewlett packard playing out in massachusetts and he moved out from california as well as drew houston and drop box and the tax they've proposed here and see what happens. stu: rich people move if they can. next thing, cnn, they're going to report accusing, accusing the lottery system of systemic racism. ashley, will you sort this out for us? ashley: i will do my best, stu. the cnn says lottery is a form of racism because it targets poor black and brown communities across america. researchers said despite the extremely low chance of winning, state lottery still aggressively market the lottery and sell tickets to low income communities at higher rates. mislead

really kicked him out and he's on his own, had to go wherever he had a scholarship, holy cross, massachusetts and there he continues to start the black student union, engages in a walkout and you may remember this period and the next period of his life is working through that and coming back to his grandfather's values, that is one of the key moments, going to an antiwar demonstration in cambridge, massachusetts and it turns into a riot and he gets swept up in the riot, gets liquor from a liquor store and gets caught up in mob mentality and he hates what he has become and even though he's gone away from the church, when he gets back in the middle of the night, he is in front of the chapel and says if god will take anger out of my heart i will change. that is the beginning of his coming back, his grandfather and how he sees them, in law school, early years, attorney general danforth, working for reagan, in the book and in the film. and then becomes a conservative black man attacked by media and has battles with the left and that reaches a peek, and today on the floor. and the story in the book