Sheriffs used to be able to call federal authorities to have violent criminals in their custody removed. Now they can’t, and if they do, they could be personally liable and sued. 12 of Massachusetts’ 14 sheriffs, Democrats and Republicans, have warned that the PROTECT Act could mean people with histories of violent crimes are released without notice to federal law enforcement. Violent criminals should not be protected. Sheriffs should not be sued for getting violent criminals out of our state. This isn’t about party politics. It’s about common sense.

82 ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED IN SANCTUARY MASSACHUSETTS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, BATTERY ON A CHILD AND CSAM AND MORE DURING 3-DAY OPERATION Arrested aliens’ criminal histories also include current charges and previous convictions for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, indecent assault, extortion by threat of injury, strangulation or suffocation, driving under the influence and larceny. Here are just a few: • Robson Martins Da Silva, a criminal illegal alien from Brazil who was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Da Silva has also been arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon and assault on a family or household member. • Ronan Rodrigues Dos Santos, a criminal illegal alien from Brazil who was arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct, threat to commit a crime, and disturbing the peace. • Raphael De Oliveira Batista, a previously removed criminal illegal alien from Brazil who was arrested for assault and battery on a family or household member, threat to commit a crime, and strangulation or suffocation. • Cristopher Paul Auqui Cajas, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador who was convicted of assault and battery. He was also arrested for two counts of assault, disorderly conduct, leaving the scene of property damage, and indecent exposure. • Marlon Alexis Portillo-Garcia, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras who was convicted of driving under the influence. • Ricardo Faustin, a criminal illegal alien from Haiti who was arrested for five counts of extortion by threat of injury, six counts of larceny over $1,200 by false pretense, larceny under $1,200, larceny by single scheme, and conspiracy.

Fall River's Jennifer Gonzalez was captured on video addmitting that Massachusetts is the best place to commit fraud because it's a sanctuary for immigrants. For more than a decade, her and four others from Fall River were charged with conducteding hundreds of sham marriages arranged in Massachusetts to fraudulently obtain U.S. citizenship. "We stopped doing weddings at the end of 2024 when Trump was becoming President." @POTUS @realDonaldTrump

BREAKING 🚨 U.S. Attorney Leah Foley to hold press conference TODAY at 11 am at Moakley courthouse to announce the dismantling of an alleged marriage fraud ring that arranged hundreds of sham marriages in Massachusetts designed to obtain unlawful immigration benefits and generating more than $6 million in profits. The alleged conduct spanned more than a decade. WATCH LIVE @ 11 AM: facebook.com/usaoma @HSINewEngland @USCISMediaNorth

BREAKING: A proposed break at the pump for Massachusetts drivers has been stripped from a $2.35 billion spending bill as lawmakers prepare for a key vote.

#NEW: Following her final debate against #Republican Mike Minogue @mikeminoguema, #Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey @MassGovernor refused to honestly answer whether she knew about her disgraced former aide LaMar Cook’s violent criminal history, including 2001 driven shooting charges, before hiring him. We reported at the Herald @bostonherald in December that a public records request proved Mass. State Police informed her of this. I asked Healey about this clearly and directly several times, to which she kept falling back on “firing him before he was even arraigned” on his serious state drug and gun charges in October 2025. Cook was arrested yesterday on federal #SNAP and wire fraud charges. #Massachusetts #Healey #Minogue #LaMarCook #politics #debate #mapoli

🚨 BREAKING: Former Massachusetts state official, Lamar Cook, charged w/ SNAP fraud.   “The alleged conduct is simply egregious…I find it disturbing that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts could not prevent this from happening” – US Attorney Foley   Defendant, who was on pretrial release for state drug and gun charges, allegedly lied to obtain over $540 per month in SNAP benefits. 🔗 Read more: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/forme…

Now we know why Ed Markey Didn't want to Debate John Deaton Governor Charlie Baker Jan 2015 - Jan 2023 President Trump (1) Jan 2017 - Jan 2021 #mapoli

Campaign finance records show Eversource employees, including CEO Joe Nolan, the CFO, multiple VPs, government affairs and community relations staff, an attorney, and others, have given nearly $50,000 over time to Gov. Maura Healey’s re-election committee. Fourteen of those donations arrived since September 10, including the legal maximum $1,000 from Nolan on September 21. Matching amounts went to Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll the same days. The timing lines up with Healey’s push for faster federal review of a gas pipeline expansion Eversource supports. Nolan has said he recently had a friendly chat with Healey and Driscoll. At an industry conference he told the room her criticism of utility “greed” and profits is just election-year noise. He said they have good relations, the knocks are “nothing personal,” and after the election “the volume is going to go right down.” He has given the annual maximum to her in most recent years. Nothing here is illegal. These are personal checks from employees, not company money, and the individual limit is $1,000 a year. Still, Massachusetts ratepayers face some of the highest electric bills in the country. The governor appoints the DPU commissioners who approve Eversource’s rate cases, and the company keeps reporting strong profits and large executive pay packages. Nolan’s own words point to a simple preference: a known regulator and quieter criticism once the campaign ends. Any particular reason the people running the utility that keeps sending you those bills would rather she stay in office?