
A 33-year-old convicted cocaine dealer collecting a monthly SSI handout used his state EBT welfare card to rent a bank safety-deposit box in which police have found $560,050 in cash – the latest in a series of busts in New England involving massive welfare fraud, often committed by drug dealers or recent immigrants.
by Howie Carr6 Oct 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Following the revelation from The Boston Herald that former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration secretly transferred nearly $27 million in public money to off-budget accounts funding a $1.35 million trade junket tab, the Herald has now revealed that Patrick and his wife used lavish amounts of funds for their trips around the world and his own trade missions.
by William Bigelow16 Jul 2015, 5:13 PM PST0

In a glowing tribute to outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan claims the state of Massachusetts has led the nation in education under the direction of Common Core champion Patrick, who will turn the reins over to a new Governor, Charlie Baker (R), on Thursday.
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Jan 2015, 9:13 PM PST0

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) said that protesters over the Ferguson and Eric Garner cases in Boston “weren’t interested in engagement” and that this forced him to ask “what is it we’re trying to accomplish beyond disruption?” on Sunday’s “State
by Breitbart TV14 Dec 2014, 7:36 AM PST0

Mark Wahlberg, who recently filed a request with the Massachusetts Parole Board to have a 1988 felony assault conviction expunged from his record, is under fire from Asian activist group 18 Million Rising, who have launched a petition to attempt
by Daniel Nussbaum11 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

On Sunday, Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) added his voice to the criticism over the Ferguson grand jury decision not to incident a city police officer for the August shooting of a local teenager. Without having any facts of the case
by Warner Todd Huston30 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) said Tuesday he was “not surprised, but still disappointed” by the grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, a black 18 year-old man, in Ferguson, Missouri.
by Dr. Susan Berry25 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Republican Massachusetts Governor-elect Charlie Baker said he would oppose current Democrat Governor Deval Patrick’s proposal to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. “I don’t support issuing driver’s licenses to people who are undocumented,” Baker reportedly said on the Boston Herald’s
by Tony Lee9 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0
When contemplating the failure of the War on Poverty after 50 years and $22 trillion spent, I mentioned the outrageous government overhead, waste, and fraud that makes up a big part of that figure. It’s both absurd and immoral to
by John Hayward26 Sep 2014, 11:30 AM PST0

“It was the worst abuse I’ve ever seen in state or city government since I took over as Inspector General,” observes Gregory Sullivan, the Massachusetts taxpayer’s watchdog under governors Mitt Romney and Deval Patrick. Last season, in the hours after
by Daniel J. Flynn23 Sep 2014, 12:01 AM PST0
In 2008, when then candidate Barack Obama was caught up in a plagiarism scandal for using the words of Deval Patrick, his opponent Hillary Clinton’s chief criticism of him at the time was that he was “just words.” His critics,
by Dan Riehl7 Sep 2014, 9:30 AM PST0

After Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) announced on Friday that the state was willing to house illegal immigrant children at two military bases, communities throughout the region raised concerns about the potential strain on their already strapped budgets. Commanders on
by Tony Lee19 Jul 2014, 11:13 AM PST0

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) said that the Obama administration asked whether his state had facilities to house up to 1,000 illegal immigrant children at military bases or unused shopping malls. On Friday, Patrick announced that he proposed two military
by Tony Lee19 Jul 2014, 10:30 AM PST0

Wednesday, Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) told local reporters he was looking into ways to help the Obama administration deal with the ten of thousands of illegal immigrant children flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. He said “My inclination is to remember
by Breitbart TV16 Jul 2014, 2:51 PM PST0

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law that restricted protesters to a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics, ruling that the law violates the First Amendment rights of protesters. Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and state
by Dr. Susan Berry6 Jul 2014, 6:15 AM PST0

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) discussed a potential Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential run. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
by Breitbart TV18 May 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

BOSTON (AP) — A large police presence greeted runners and spectators filtering in Monday morning for the Boston Marathon, a year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line killed three people and wounded more than 260
by Breitbart News21 Apr 2014, 6:18 AM PST0

The Peabody School Committee has called for the investigation of a Massachusetts education commissioner who simultaneously serves as national chair of PARCC, one of the Common Core testing consortia. The committee calls the dual role a conflict of interest. Mitchell
by Dr. Susan Berry12 Apr 2014, 2:16 PM PST0

Common Core expert Dr. Sandra Stotsky told Connecticut grassroots activists against the Common Core standards that the latest “tactic” of their state legislature was to suppress debate about the standards by refusing to hear any bills whatsoever on Common Core.
by Dr. Susan Berry23 Feb 2014, 12:56 PM PST0

More than a million homes and businesses were left in darkness and cold Wednesday after snow, sleet and freezing rain moved into the Northeast. The region’s second winter storm of the week canceled classes, closed government and business offices and
by Breitbart News5 Feb 2014, 11:57 PM PST0

Channeling Hillary Clinton’s philosophy of “It takes a village to raise a child,” a panelist at a Center for American Progress (CAP) forum on the Common Core standards said their critics were a “tiny minority” whose lack of support for
by Dr. Susan Berry3 Feb 2014, 11:47 PM PST0

After a nor’easter that killed at least 13 people and brought up to two feet of snow on the East Coast Thursday evening and Friday morning, the Midwest is bracing for some potentially dangerous weather of its own. The region
by Tony Lee4 Jan 2014, 11:53 AM PST0

Barack Obama, who admitted in his autobiography, Dreams From My Father, that he had used marijuana and cocaine (“maybe a little blow”), found room in his heart on Thursday to commute the prison sentences for eight people convicted of crack
by William Bigelow20 Dec 2013, 10:00 AM PST0

(AP) Boston unveils statue of NBA great Bill RussellBOSTONIt’s a day to honor another of Boston’s greatest sports champions. Former Celtics star Bill Russell watched the unveiling of his statue Friday at City Hall Plaza. Team owners, NBA Commissioner David
by Breitbart News1 Nov 2013, 8:19 PM PST0

Tired of your neighbors slamming President Obama? Sick of that darn Fox News? Well, all new for 2013, Team Obama has launched yet another site where you can “fight back”: behold, “The Truth Team.” If this seems a bit familiar,
by Warner Todd Huston2 Aug 2013, 3:30 PM PST0