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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 The former US senator — who will soon be in New Zealand — is inserting himself in the Massachusetts Senate race.   Capital Source Jay Gonzalez has criticized the Baker administration. But in ’09, as a Deval Patrick staffer, he was caught up in a hiring scandal.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories “We fired him because he said something to the vice president that was not so,” President Trump said of Michael Flynn.  Piece by piece, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe undermined recent White House explanations about the firing of FBI Director James Comey.  President Trump’s official account retweeted O’Donnell’s December comment and stated, “We finally agree on something Rosie.”   The long-awaited panel follows Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations that millions of people voted

Posted at 3:07 pm on May 2, 2017 by Seton Motley I loathe thieves.  You want something – you pay for it.  It really is just that simple.  So when it comes to wanton thievery of the magnitude that follows – I get more than a little perturbed. Computer giant Apple is currently in a huge intellectual property dispute with tech innovation giant Qualcomm.  I’m no lawyer (which perhaps affords me some additional clarity of thought which law school eradicates) – but this is pretty cut-and-dry, massive scale theft. Here’s the deal: Qualcomm has some patented items which App

Posted at 8:43 pm on May 10, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Beleaguered F.B.I. Director James Comey was unceremoniously fired Tuesday by President Trump. On Wednesday, his farewell letter to the agency he for all intents and purposes tried to protect was obtained by CNN:

Posted at 9:00 pm on May 10, 2017 by streiff Yesterday, amidst the genuflecting in the direction of Sally Yates there was an exchange in which Yates, not to put too fine a point on it, simply lied to the U.S. Senate. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy was engaging Yates on her thought process in refusing to defend President Trump’s first travel ban executive order (yes, I know it wasn’t a travel ban, but I’m using the phrase as shorthand).

Posted at 9:14 pm on May 10, 2017 by streiff Via NBC News: This is great theater but I’d be shocked if it goes anywhere. Flynn has already been served with a subpoena from the federal grand jury investigating the Russian election interference case… this would be the investigation that everyone claims James Comey was leading in person.

Posted at 10:00 pm on May 10, 2017 by streiff There has been some commentary about Donald Trump falling out of love with National Security Adviser, LTG H. R. McMaster. This is the “Q Source” for the whole thing: There are a lot of moving parts here. This report is by Eli Lake who is as solid a reporter as you will find on national security. The nexus of the issue is that the Bannon-ites are trying to force McMaster out. Their go-to guy is Mike Cernovich who has become a one-man McMaster hating machine.

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