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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE Governor Charlie Baker will attend a Republican Governors Association meeting for four days in Aspen, Colo., a spokesman said Friday.  CAPITAL SOURCE Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday endorsed Michael Kelley in the District 2 City Council race.  CAPITAL SOURCE On Monday, almost a year to the day after he was offered the running-mate spot, Kaine was back at One Beacon Street.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump spent the first full day of his “working vacation” quietly on Saturday.  President Trump said the sanctions will have a “very big financial impact.”  Yvonne Abraham Many economists say drastically cutting immigration hurts the economy for everyone.  Fractures in the GOP from 2016 — largely papered over after Donald Trump’s surprising victory — are reopening.   The document request is the first known instance of special counsel Robert S.

Posted at 1:00 pm on July 24, 2016 by Jay Caruso There has been a lot of discussion in the last several months over whether not several conservative icons would be supporting Donald Trump for President. William F.  Buckley, the founder of National Review and host of Firing Line said during the 1964 GOP primary that his rule was to support the “most rightward viable candidate.” That has often been turned into “the most conservative, electable candidate.” Andrew Breitbart in 2011 said of Donald Trump, “Of course Donald Trump is not a conservative.

Posted at 8:09 pm on August 4, 2017 by streiff Yesterday, we learned that special counsel Robert Mueller has empaneled a grand jury in Washington, DC, to hear evidence in the probe into allegations of collusion between members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and representatives of the Russian government.

Posted at 8:33 pm on August 4, 2017 by streiff After seven years of watching Mitch McConnell stage matinee performances of Failure Theater on ObamaCare, and watching the RNC monetize the failures, a lot of us are feeling a little raw by the rogering we’ve taken.

Posted at 9:15 pm on August 4, 2017 by streiff On August 5, 2015, an EPA led project to remediate environmental damage caused by the abandoned (since 1923) Gold King mine went horribly wrong. It resulted in some three million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Animas River causing about $500 million in damages.

Posted at 11:48 pm on August 4, 2017 by Jim Jamitis It’s always fun to watch “journalists” expose themselves as juvenile know-nothings. Such is the case with today’s foolishness over Dana Loesch’s use of the word “fisking.” Apparently many professional reporters know more about kinky sex than they do about words that actually pertain to their chosen profession. They jumped to the conclusion that Dana and the NRA intended to “fist” the New York Times (because that makes perfect sense, right?).

President Trump on Friday touted newly unveiled GOP legislation aimed at curbing legal immigration as "historic," in an effort to promote the controversial measure. "Just this week, we announced a historic immigration bill to create a merit-based Green Card system that ends the abuse of our welfare system, stops chain migration, and protects our workers and our economy," the president said in his weekly address. Trump

Rep. MORE a happy birthday on Friday with a tweet implicitly criticizing his successor. "Happy Birthday @Barack Obama.