Never say that the elite Democrats of our former Boston suburb fail to do anything concrete or significant to advance the causes that they advocate, e.g., slow down climate change, which they post signs about, by moving to a 2BR apartment after the kids are grown up rather than staying and heating a 6,000-square-foot house with obsolete insulation.
Here’s a mailing list message from January 25, 2026, a day after Alex Pretti was tragically gunned down by DHS thugs before he could draw and use the 9mm pistol and 52 rounds of ammunition that he was carrying (see The genius of Johnny Cash and the death of a progressive in Minneapolis):
Following our recent vigil in front of town offices, Lincoln Witness would like to continue to light a path forward. We invite everyone who wishes to honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and others who have died at the hands of ICE, to set two candles in their windows. These candles symbolize sparks of hope, cries of lament, and messages of solidarity for the people in Minneapolis who are out in sub-zero temperatures trying to shine a light for a brighter future. We encourage you to join us.
(The message may be inaccurate in that Alex Pretti was reportedly killed by Border Patrol agents, not ICE.)
If it is calm in Minneapolis today we can only presume that either decision-makers in DC or the ICE/CBP thugs in Minneapolis somehow drove through Lincoln, Massachusetts and saw the two candles in every window. #DoingTheWork
Here’s the web site for the group, based in a town where migrants who can afford a 2-acre lot ($1+ million) to meet the zoning minimum are welcome:
The righteous blame “politicians” rather than “Deplorables”:
Politicians have used immigration as a wedge issue that divides Americans.
If not for being misled by politicians, the working class would see that open borders keep their wages high and their apartment rents low.
Also from the town mailing list, regarding KBED:
Library talk Sunday Concord re: Hanscom expansion/author Chuck Collins– Burned by Billionaires
In Conversation with Chuck Collins about Burned by Billionaires
Sunday, February 22 2:00—4:00 PM
Goodwin Forum Main Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742
Join us In Conversation with Chuck Collins about how billionaires are burning up the planet and undermining democracy & how this informs our fight to stop the proposed private jet expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere (Hanscom is mentioned on pages 68-70). Interview by Diane Proctor, President of League of Women Voters Concord-Carlisle. Q&A to follow the interview.
(The typical recipient of this message, as noted above, is heating a massive suburban house all through the Maskachusetts winter, usually 2,000+ square feet per person, and driving a pavement-melting SUV for every errand (since the town isn’t walkable and the weather is seldom conducive to biking, which is also unsafe due to narrow roads and no bike lanes).)