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Joe Battenfeld
Joe Battenfeld is a veteran Herald political columnist and multimedia reporter.
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Battenfeld: Healey faces more national heat over her treatment of Massachusetts veterans
While hundreds of veterans in Massachusetts struggle with homelessness, Healey picked the soldiers’ home property – which is deeded for use by veterans – for the latest shelter for the...
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Battenfeld: Mayor Michelle Wu’s ‘Wutopia’ has no cars, empty skyscrapers
Mayor Wu is overseeing a commercial decline unlike any the city has seen in recent memory, with over a billion dollar hole in the budget due to declining tax revenues....
Battenfeld: Democrats could hit fail safe button to keep Trump from taking office
Any attempt to invoke the 14th Amendment would likely trigger an outcry from voters who backed Trump, plunging the country into political turmoil.
Battenfeld: Ronna McDaniel flap the latest example of liberal media cancel culture
Democrats and Joe Biden and the media carrying their water are once again trying to silence a voice they don’t agree with by bouncing the former Republican National Committee chair...
Battenfeld: Michelle Wu, Ed Flynn both aiming to appeal to new Boston residents
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and City Councilor Ed Flynn are employing similar political strategies to appeal to new Boston residents who may be unhappy with the boozy St. Patrick’s Day...
Battenfeld: Healey travel flap a non-issue
While the Boston Globe and Mass GOP are making a big deal about Healey being out of state for four days and not saying where she went, the vast majority...
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Battenfeld: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strikes fear in heart of Biden campaign
The only thing that strikes more fear in the White House than Donald Trump these days is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. How else to explain the political photo op President...
Battenfeld: Maura Healey should take accountability in rape of 15-year-old girl in migrant shelter
If the Democratic governor can’t keep safe the thousands of migrant families she’s placing in these shelters, she needs to step aside.
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Battenfeld: Healey administration plays politics over public health concerns in chickenpox outbreak
The Healey and Wu administrations finally were forced to acknowledge highly infectious chickenpox cases at a migrant shelter in Roxbury this week but deliberately downplayed the outbreak for political reasons...
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Battenfeld: Democrats promote desperate recasting of Joe Biden as new Comeback Kid
Democrats are trying to recast the race as a battle between an over the hill Trump against a newly energized president who knocked it out of the park in his...