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I’m a Marine. Trump is putting soldiers in an impossible position.
The president’s deployment of Marines to Los Angeles is not only unnecessary and illegal. It is also unfair to the Marines themselves. As a former captain who commanded infantry at Twentynine Palms, where these Marines are stationed, I empathize with their dilemma. The sergeants and corporals have to adopt tactics against their training. The lieutenants and captains have to wrestle with the lawfulness of this executive order. And esprit de corps for all the Marines must be suffering as they … Continue Reading
June 09, 2025
Representatives Auchincloss, Moulton, criticize Trump’s use of military troops in LA
Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Newton Democrat and Marine veteran, on Monday criticized President Trump’s decision to deploy 700 Marines to Los Angeles, where they joined National Guard troops responding to violent immigration protests. “The military should not be used as police. Deploying Marines to Los Angeles violates Posse Comitatus and does not support public safety,” Auchincloss said in a statement to the Globe. The Marines are being deployed to protect federal property and … Continue Reading
June 08, 2025
Vigil for Israeli hostages in Massachusetts features increased security after attack in Colorado
Standing solemnly in solidarity with the Jewish community, dozens gathered on the Newton Center Green in Massachusetts Sunday, one week after 12 people at a similar vigil were injured in an attack in Boulder, Colorado. Organizers said Sunday marks 611 days since the brutal massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7. Currently, there are 55 hostages remaining in captivity in Gaza. The vigil was put on by Run for Their Lives, the same organization that was targeted in Boulder when a … Continue Reading
June 06, 2025
Milford, Massachusetts teen returns home after being released from ICE custody
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, the Milford, Massachusetts teenager who was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice was released from custody after he was granted bond Thursday afternoon. "I'm extremely happy," Gomes da Silva told reporters. Gomes da Silva was being held at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Burlington since his arrest six days ago. At a hearing Thursday, a judge ruled Gomes da Silva could be released on $2,000 bond. His attorney said that was paid for by … Continue Reading
June 02, 2025
Gov. Healey demands answers after ICE arrests Milford high school student
Gov. Maura Healey is demanding answers and hundreds of locals are protesting after federal agents arrested a Milford High School student on his way to volleyball practice over the weekend. The governor said in a statement Sunday that she is “disturbed and outraged” by reports that an 18-year-old student was taken into custody by ICE agents on Saturday without so much as a warning or subsequent explanation provided to state officials. “Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been … Continue Reading
June 02, 2025
Milford High School students to hold walkout after classmate detained by ICE
Students at Milford High School are set to hold a walkout on Monday in support of one of their classmates who ICE agents detained over the weekend. Friends say Marcelo Gomes, 18, was off-campus and on his way to volleyball practice with his teammates when ICE pulled over and took him into custody. Classmates of Gomes say he was in the band and scheduled to perform at the high’s school’s graduation ceremony. Now the community is rallying behind him. he walkout, which is scheduled at 12:45 … Continue Reading
June 01, 2025
Harvard is not going to earn public trust by 'giving in to politics, right or left': Rep. Auchincloss
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., weighs in on the backlash against Harvard, the Trump administration's moves against the university as well as the U.S. seeking to revoke visas for Chinese … Continue Reading
May 29, 2025
GOP basks in Trump vs. Harvard battle
Republicans are reveling in President Trump’s fight with Harvard University, fulfilling the years-long itch to take on leftists in the Ivy League and “woke” ideology, all while boosting the populist narrative of fighting elites. Even as the escalating battle gets pushback from Democrats who warn about independence at Harvard and other educational institutions more broadly, Trump is far from crossing any lines for most conservatives. Trump’s fight against Harvard and other Ivy League … Continue Reading
May 20, 2025
Community Focus: Rep. Jake Auchincloss on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
After a 27-hour-long meeting in Washington, Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss joined 12 News at 4 to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill.” The sweeping proposal includes tax changes, spending cuts, and various reforms. Auchincloss warned it would significantly impact residents in Massachusetts and Rhode Island who rely on Medicaid for at-home care or receive health insurance through their employer. Auchincloss also touched on Somerset’s consideration … Continue Reading
May 02, 2025
House Democrat Argues on Fox News That Trump ‘Is More Interested’ in His Meme Coin Than the Economy
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) criticized President Donald Trump for prioritizing his meme cryptocurrency over addressing key economic issues facing the country on Friday. The Massachusetts Democrat joined Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum when the host asked if Democrats were hoping for a recession to bolster their midterm election chances. “No, I represent 800,000 people worried about how badly the economy is managed,” Auchincloss replied. “Every local chamber of commerce, every … Continue Reading
April 25, 2025
Pentagon fixates on ‘totally fake’ makeup room report amid department turmoil
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the story “totally fake,” and his top spokesperson, Sean Parnell, said it’s “100% Fake News.” The department’s new Rapid Response account posted about it all afternoon. The repeated rebuttals were not about the news that Hegseth shared details of an impending military operation in a group chat with his wife and brother on an unsecured platform. Nor was it about the ongoing campaign in Yemen, military recruitment, or the campaign to root out DEI from the … Continue Reading
April 25, 2025
Politicians don’t get to be ‘judge and jury,’ argues Democratic rep
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., makes his case for how America should proceed with handling alleged illegal migrant criminals before deportation on ‘The Will Cain … Continue Reading
April 20, 2025
Putin ‘can smell’ Trump admin’s ‘defeatism’ over stalled Ukraine peace talks: Rep. Auchincloss
Ukrainian officials claim Russia violated an Easter truce multiple times Sunday, despite Russian President Putin suspending military operations in Ukraine over the weekend. Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) joins Christina Ruffini to discuss the Trump administration’s peace negotiations between the two nations, cuts to Social Security, and … Continue Reading
April 18, 2025
Auchincloss says Medicaid cuts will raise costs for all insurance
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Newton, held a virtual town hall on Wednesday to discuss a host of issues, from the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs to immigration and frozen federal grants. And what he had to say about health insurance may raise alarms. “The bad news is there are going to be Medicaid cuts, I think, ultimately—not a guarantee, but there will be some,” Auchincloss said. “I believe those Medicaid cuts will ultimately raise commercial health insurance rates, because … Continue Reading
April 17, 2025
Auchincloss takes aim at Republicans on economy
FALL RIVER — US Representative Jake Auchincloss on Thursday said Republicans are at once tanking the economy and attempting to undo America’s social safety net. Auchincloss told the Globe in a brief interview that President Trump’s tariffs could tip the country into a recession. “They are attacking the tenants of Americans’ financial freedom right now,” he said by a local Social Security office. “So, at the same time as they are taking a good economy and shoving it over a cliff, they are … Continue Reading
April 17, 2025
Auchincloss highlights importance of Fall River's Social Security office
FALL RIVER — In a brief yet impassioned speech outside of the Social Security building at 400 N. Main St., Congressman Jake Auchincloss took aim at Trump administration cuts to Social Security Administration . President Donald J. Trump’s initiatives to cut administrative costs by closing a list of “non-core” locations of government buildings now includes the regional office on North Main Street where retirees and people with disabilities receive aid, said Auchincloss. Social Security he said, … Continue Reading
April 17, 2025
Auchincloss shares concerns about potential social security cuts
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — Rep. Jake Auchincloss was in Fall River Thursday and said he’s concerned about potential cuts to Social Security and the potential shuttering of the building where city residents go to get their benefits. Auchincloss said, as he saw it, Republicans are engaged in a three-part attack on the Social Security Administration. “First they tried to degrade the quality and the service of social security,” he said. “They’re doing that by cutting off phone service for … Continue Reading
April 15, 2025
Did Harvard just grow the backbone we’ve been waiting for?
That collective sigh of relief you heard around Greater Boston on Monday afternoon? That was all of us exhaling after Harvard finally did the right thing, refusing to comply with demands of the Trump administration that would have threatened the academic freedom of universities everywhere. In other words, Harvard grew a backbone. And not a moment too soon. “The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” president Alan Garber wrote in a message … Continue Reading
April 13, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: From Social MEDIA to Social SECURITY with Rep. Jake Auchincloss
In this fiery and thought-provoking episode of The Dangerous Ones, we sit down with Democratic rising star Congressman Jake Auchincloss for a brutally honest conversation about corruption, chaos, and the creeping authoritarianism of Trump’s second term. From the crumbling of America’s global standing to the unraveling of vital institutions like Social Security, the VA, and the FDA, Auchincloss brings insider knowledge, historical clarity, and a call to arms for Democrats to reclaim their … Continue Reading
April 13, 2025
Rep. Jake Auchincloss on the alternative to Trump’s trade wars, measles outbreaks, ICE deportations.
Massachusetts Representative Jake Auchincloss joins Anthony Davis to discuss how the U.S. navigates through Trump’s trade wars, the Texas measles outbreak, the SAVE Act, ICE deportations - only on The Weekend … Continue Reading