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Ayanna Pressley

 
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Massachusetts's 7th District
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2025
2026
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1700 Dorchester Ave
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Boston MA, 02122-1373
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Hyde Park MA, 02136
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News
02/05/2025 --foxnews
Democrat lawmakers were ripped by conservatives over an anti-DOGE rally held outside the Treasury Department on Tuesday night, where Elon Musk was called a "Nazi."
02/05/2025 --foxnews
Rep. Ayanna Pressley trashed business tycoon Elon Musk, calling him a "Nazi nepo baby," and a "godless, lawless billionaire."
02/05/2025 --theepochtimes
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and others rallied with lawmakers as speakers floated strategies to stop Trump.
01/20/2025 --necn
President Donald Trump on Monday signed several executive orders on immigration, some new, others that bring back policy from his first term stem the flow of immigrants crossing the border illegally.The policies come amid reports of mass deportations set for this week in several cities across the country, possibly including Boston.“I will declare a national emergency at our southern border,” Trump said during his inaugural address.Among the executive orders are: ending birthright citizenship (which is protected under the Constitution), ending the “catch and release” of migrants at the border, designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, resuming construction of the border wall and reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy that forces asylum seekers to petition from the other side of the border.In Massachusetts, advocates and leaders are bracing for the sudden change in federal immigration policy.“A lot of people are seeking advice for the first time in decades,” said immigration attorney Janeth Moreno, who worked with migrants who were shipped from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard by orders of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022.She and others have been preparing their clients for these policies and the impact it may have their lives and their loved ones, including anticipated Immigration and Customs Enforcement roundups for the mass deportations that Trump campaigned on.“Some of the new questions that we never, never experience before here are U.S. citizens asking, ‘Am I going to be okay?'” Moreno said.Trump’s immigration agenda was met with outcry from pro-immigrant groups in Boston, who rallied outside of City Hall Monday.“Immediately, we have to take a stand and say we oppose his agenda. We’re going to build a mass movement in the streets,” rallygoer Elan Axel Bank said.Democratic officials in Massachusetts were regrouping.“Dr. King did tell us that organizing is our most powerful weapon,” said U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley at her own rally in Roxbury — she opted not to attend the inauguration.Asked how she is preparing for potential federal immigration operations, Gov. Maura Healey said, “There’s been a lot of talk about a lot of different things happening. We just have to wait and see.” Healey said she will work with the new administration in going after violent immigrant criminals, but also drew a line.“The targeting of individuals who have lived peacefully here, working here, paying taxes here, raising their families here, you know, is just something that I think is really wrong and ill-advised,” she said.More immigration newsTrump administration12 hours agoTrump prepares a slew of Day 1 orders on immigration, gender and moreImmigration12 hours agoPope Francis calls Trump's plans of mass deportation of immigrants ‘a disgrace'Saturday Night LiveJan 19Immigrant dads hilariously bond over the challenge in raising their sons in ‘SNL' sketchAt the rally in Boston Monday, resident Pilar Galvez shared why she was taking part. “I am here to walk with my community because the migrants work hard for the economy of the United States,” said she said. “There are small businesses, big businesses. The migrants are the labor that help America to be better.”Jon Fetherston, who ran the migrant shelter in Marlborough for nine months, said he agrees with the Trump policy of removing serious criminals through deportation “100%.”“Ensuring the safety and well-being of our community should be the top priority of any elected officials and also members of our community.” he said, adding he expects a federal operation “within days if not hours.”
01/16/2025 --dailykos
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her spokesperson confirmed to Daily Kos. Pelosi is the second big-name Democrat to announce that they won’t attend. Earlier this week, former first lady Michelle Obama said she also plans to skip the event, which will take place on Monday. Other Democratic lawmakers who will play hooky that day include Reps. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.News of Pelosi’s pending absence was first reported by ABC News. Pelosi’s spokesperson didn’t elaborate on why she won’t make the pilgrimage to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., this go-around. Her absence may be because Pelosi is still recovering from hip surgery she underwent in Germany following a fall in December. It’s also possible that, like most Democrats, she just hates Trump. No one would blame her if that were the case. The two have long had a tumultuous professional relationship. Since Trump’s first administration, their disdain for one another has seemingly only increased. Pelosi famously spent the final days of Trump’s first term trying to oust him from the Oval Office after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Trump, for his part, spent much of his first term avoiding Pelosi, even as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged states and lawmakers attempted to work together to deliver aid.Since then, Trump has called Pelosi “crazy,” “crooked,” “evil,” and “sick,” among other abhorrent things. In November, he nearly called her a bitch during a campaign rally, though he stopped himself from saying the word outright. Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on July 29, 2023, in Erie, Pennsylvania.“She’s a bad person, evil. She’s an evil, sick, crazy—” Trump said at a rally in Michigan amid his 2024 campaign, sounding out the letter “B” but stopping just short of uttering the obscenity. “It starts with a ‘B,’ but I won’t say it. I wanna say it.”Pelosi’s inauguration absence marks a break in tradition for the octogenarian. In addition to attending Trump’s first inauguration, in 2017, ABC News reports that Pelosi has gone to 11 presidential inaugural events.Senior leaders of both parties typically attend presidential inaugurations, regardless of the incoming president’s party. But Trump has no room to complain about Pelosi’s absence: He famously skipped President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021.In reality, Trump probably won’t notice that Pelosi’s gone. He’ll be too busy trying to impress his trio of tech-bro sugar daddies—Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg—who have been rewarded with plum seats at the inauguration. (All three men also donated at least $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund.)Meanwhile, while they will attend Monday’s inauguration, former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama will skip Trump’s inaugural luncheon. According to NBC News, both Obama and Clinton were invited but declined. Bush’s office told the outlet that he never received an invite.Campaign Action
12/24/2024 --theintercept
Biden’s commutations for 37 of 40 people on death row brought relief for the men and their loved ones that the president made good on his word.The post “And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree appeared first on The Intercept.
12/23/2024 --foxnews
House Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley is among the left-wing lawmakers praising President Biden's decision to commute 37 federal death row inmates' sentences.
12/16/2024 --theepochtimes
The amendment, which provides protections on the basis of gender preference, exists in a legal gray area and would be extensively litigated.
12/12/2024 --bostonherald
Liz Warren now raises big bucks off the “anger” Americans feel about their lousy health care. Wait, hasn’t she been one of the leading proponents of Obamacare?
12/12/2024 --kron4
President Biden pardoned 39 people and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others on Thursday, a sweeping move that comes after pressure from criminal justice advocates over the surprise pardon of his son Hunter Biden. The White House billed it as setting a new single-day record for the number of people impacted. They include those [...]
12/12/2024 --lowellsun
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley's home was targeted by a bomb threat this week.
12/11/2024 --dailykos
As President Joe Biden’s term nears its end, Democratic lawmakers are intensifying calls for him to make one final push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment—a constitutional amendment that would enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and outgoing Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri are at the forefront of this movement, and have urged Biden multiple times over several years to act before the clock runs out on his presidency.According to a report by The Hill, Bush spoke passionately about the issue on Tuesday from outside the Capitol.“The publication of the Equal Rights Amendment may be long overdue, but the stakes for gender equality have never been higher,” said Bush, cofounder with Rep. Ayanna Pressley, of the Congressional ERA Caucus. “Our bodies, our rights, our lives are on the line.”
12/04/2024 --axios
President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter has opened the floodgates to a battery of requests from members of Congress in both parties for additional pardons.Why it matters: Biden has received more than 10,500 pardon requests over his four years in office but has only issued 25, a historically low number even for single presidential terms, according to the Justice Department.Now Biden's controversial act has unleashed a wave of pleas on behalf of people convicted or accused of various crimes, including figures such as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.Zoom in: Several lawmakers have specific pardons or commutations in mind that they would like to see Biden issue.Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) is enlisting colleagues on behalf of Steven Donzinger, an environmental lawyer accused of using fraudulent evidence to win a lawsuit against Chevron, according to a draft letter first obtained by Axios.McGovern also is urging Biden in a separate letter to posthumously exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, citing "significant evidence" that she did not engage in the Soviet spying for which she was executed in 1953.Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who has urged Biden to pardon Assange, also told Axios he also wants pardons for Snowden and drug trafficker Ross Ulbricht — seen by libertarians such as Massie as anti-government crusaders.Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) cited Billie Allen, a death row inmate who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder, as well as Michelle West and Ismael Lira, who are serving life sentences for drug-related offenses.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants a pardon for indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents.Several lawmakers have urged Biden to pardon President-elect Trump for his actions related to Jan. 6 and his handling of classified documents. Zoom out: Some lawmakers want Biden to go far bigger than just a few high-profile pardons, with progressives planning a wide-ranging push for Biden to issue sweeping pardons for certain non-violet or low-level offenders.Progressives want pardons for "those that are elderly, those that are ill, those that are non-violent offenders, those who have been incarcerated because of cannabis convictions," said Pressley, who is leading the effort."I had a lot of members stopping me in the halls today about it," she added in an interview with Axios.The plan was in the works even before the Hunter Biden pardon, according to Progressive Caucus chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who told Axios she "spoke to the White House right before Thanksgiving about our asks about clemency."The intrigue: It's not just Democrats seeking categorical pardons.Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) told Axios that "everyone who was released under the CARES Act during COVID that hasn't reoffended should at least be granted clemency."Right-wing Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said Biden should pardon those convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — though Trump has already signaled plans to do just that.Between the lines: Many progressive activists have seen Biden as woefully lacking when it comes to clemency and had been urging him to ramp up pardons in his last few weeks on the job, according to the nonprofit news outlet NOTUS.Biden couching his son's pardon as a response to a "miscarriage of justice" against has kicked that dynamic into overdrive."I hope he can look a little wider and understand there are a lot of people who have committed crimes less serious who need a little compassion," McGovern said of Biden.Even House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) urged Biden on Tuesday to "exercise the high level of compassion he has consistently demonstrated ... including toward his son" by pardoning "working-class Americans" who were subject to "unjustly aggressive prosecutions."The bottom line: "I would hate see President Biden leaving office with less commutations and clemency issuances than even President Trump," Ocasio-Cortez said.
12/04/2024 --foxnews
President Biden pardoned son Hunter Biden this week, sparking renewed interest about who else the 46th president may pardon before his exit from the White House next month.
12/03/2024 --register_herald
President Joe Biden has ducked questions on his decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter, ignoring calls for him to explain his reversal as he was making his first presidential trip to Angola. Dismissing shouted questions Tuesday...
12/03/2024 --foxnews
Tribalism is fundamentally anti-American. Too many people have responded to tribalism with tribalism and that leads only to more factionalism.
11/18/2024 --foxnews
Jack Brewer led several other charity heads in condemning the lack of action from the Biden administration against U.S. planes shot in Port-au-Prince.
11/17/2024 --bismarcktribune
Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering and often misleading GOP attacks on the issue.
11/14/2024 --gvwire
ATLANTA — After losing the White House and both houses of Congress, Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering and often misleading GOP attacks on the issue. There is plenty of second-guessing after President-elect Donald Trump anchored his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris with [...]The post Trump Hammered Democrats on Transgender Issues. Now the Party Is at Odds on a Response appeared first on GV Wire.
11/14/2024 --register_herald
Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering and often misleading GOP attacks on the issue. There's plenty of second-guessing after President-elect Donald Trump anchored his victory with grandiose promises on...
11/06/2024 --foxnews
The House members of the "Squad" and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are some of the prominent figures who have been re-elected to office.
10/25/2024 --dailykos
Quelle horreur—Barack Obama is wrong about something Donald Trump did! At a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris this week, the former president criticized Trump for signing the pandemic-era stimulus checks that went out to Americans. xPresident Obama: I hear some folks say, ‘Well Donald Trump sent me a check during the pandemic.’ Joe Biden sent you a check during the pandemic just like I gave people relief during the Great Recession. The thing is we didn't put our name on it because it wasn't about feeding our... pic.twitter.com/UQ9AjihdhE— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 24, 2024The thing is: Trump was right to sign those checks, and Obama and President Joe Biden were wrong.
10/21/2024 --foxnews
Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for "radically" changing the Supreme Court. She advocates policies such as increasing the number of justices on the bench.
10/17/2024 --lowellsun
When Steward Health announced a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of the health insurance company UnitedHealth Group, Massachusetts residents waited to see what would happen to Steward’s nine healthcare facilities in the state. However, last month, the two organizations announced the deal was off. The potential purchase of hospitals [...]
08/22/2024 --signalscv
By Arjun Singh, Jackson Richman, Nathan Worcester, Samantha Flom, Stacy Robinson Contributing Writers CHICAGO — Intraparty conflicts, protests and the attempted assassination of a former president have ratcheted up political tensions [...]The post At DNC, delegates weigh in on bridging the political divide appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
08/21/2024 --theepochtimes
Convention attendees had mixed feelings on whether common ground could or should be found.
08/13/2024 --mercurynews
Two of the progressive House members who call themselves the 'Squad' have already lost their primaries.
08/09/2024 --huffpost
The new rule will set specific standards for accessible diagnostic equipment used for health care services provided by state and local governments.
08/09/2024 --abcnews
After a tough summer of primaries, the progressive House members who call themselves “the Squad” are facing their final challenge next week
07/23/2024 --bismarcktribune
The DEI attack has been brewing since the Trump assassination attempt, where several female agents were among those protecting the former president and several conservatives questioned their fitness to serve.
07/22/2024 --pilotonline
By CLAIRE SAVAGE As Congressional members on both sides of the aisle grilled U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Monday on how a gunman was able to fire shots at former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt, several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and the agency’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as among the [...]
07/22/2024 --abc7
Who has endorsed Kamala Harris for president now that Joe Biden has dropped out? Here is a list of the current Democrats who support her, and a few notable figures who haven't yet.
07/22/2024 --benzinga
Director of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Kimberly Cheatle appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Monday following a nationwide call for answers following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13.Hearing Takeaways: Cheatle offered vague commentary on the implications of the attempt. The director said that the USSS “will move heaven and earth” to make sure that an event like the one on July 13 would not happen again.“We failed,” Cheatle said in her opening statement. During an aggressive line of questioning by Nancy Mace (R-SC), Cheatle agreed that the attempt was “preventable.”Several representatives — including committee chair James Comer (R-KY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and others — called on Cheatle to resign her post.“I think I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time," Cheatle said under questioning by Virginia Foxx (R-VA).Cheatle repeatedly insisted that she would not comment on ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
07/22/2024 --kron4
A number of Democratic lawmakers, governors and past leaders were quick to rally behind Vice President Harris as she pursues the Democratic Party's presidential nomination following President Biden's withdrawal from the race. Shortly after dropping out of the presidential race, Biden endorsed Harris as his successor, stating it is "time to come together and beat" [...]
07/21/2024 --foxnews
What effect will President Biden's departure have on down-ballot races.
 
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