| | | | |  | | By Lisa Kashinsky and Kelly Garrity | | Presented by |  | | | MONEY, PLEASE — Maura Healey asked Bay State Democrats to “pull out all the stops” for Joe Biden as she introduced the president at his final fundraiser Tuesday night. They already have. The receptions Biden attended in Boston are expected to raise over $6 million for the Biden Victory Fund, his campaign’s joint fundraising operation, two people with knowledge of the fundraisers told Playbook. It’s a staggering sum in a state where Biden routinely flies in for fundraisers, showing depth to his support in this deep-blue bastion — financially and otherwise. And the show of force comes one day after new federal campaign finance filings showed Biden’s political operation trailing Trump’s in fundraising for the first time in this election cycle. Biden’s swing through Boston began with some tarmac conversation with Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. He was soon whisked away to an intimate Back Bay gathering organized by Audrey and Mark Schuster, the scion of a longtime Democratic family who has long backed Biden and who worked to recruit new donors for this event, and Lizbeth and George Krupp and Judith and Douglas Krupp, according to a person familiar with its planning.
|  Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu greeted President Joe Biden at Logan Airport and attended campaign fundraising events with him throughout the city on Tuesday. | Alex Brandon/AP | His evening ended at the Seaport Hotel, where Biden posed for photos with donors and famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed to a room of more than 300 people after the president’s speech. “I’m a Delaware guy,” Biden told supporters in Back Bay. “But there’s something special about this city.” In her Seaport speech, a highly enthusiastic Healey urged Democrats and donors to dig deeper — and not just into their bank accounts. She echoed Biden in imploring voters to view this election as a stark contrast between the president and his predecessor. And the governor, who is often reticent to share details of her personal life, recounted how she and her partner, Joanna Lydgate, “teared up” when they walked hand in hand into a White House dinner under a president who has taken significant steps to support the LGBTQ community. “In this moment, Massachusetts, I ask you to dig deep and think long and hard about everything you’ve grown up with and everything you’ve fought for, everything that maybe you took for granted when we pledged that allegiance,” implored Healey, who took the stage to a standing ovation. “Do you want your girls to grow up in a world with equal pay? … Do we want communities that ban books?” Healey was preaching to the choir. Outside of those friendly confines, Biden was facing some blowback. Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside South Station during Biden’s visit, jeering the president as his motorcade rolled by and, later, briefly blocking traffic. “He has abandoned the Palestinian people, he has abandoned humanity, he has abandoned his constituency,” Naphtali Crosby, an organizer with the Boston chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, yelled into a microphone. “And we’re abandoning you, Joe Biden.”
|  Pro-Palestinian protestors rallied outside Boston's South Station as President Joe Biden's motorcade drove by. | Kelly Garrity/POLITICO | GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. We’ve got more from Biden’s visit and fresh polling from New Hampshire down below. TODAY — Healey speaks at the South Shore Chamber of Commerce at 9 a.m. in Kingston. She and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll highlight the state’s mental health resources at 12:10 p.m. in New Bedford. Driscoll chairs a Governor's Council meeting at 9:30 a.m. and visits the Marion Maritime Center for a grant round opening announcement at 1 p.m. Rep. Ayanna Pressley holds a press conference to urge the Biden administration to terminate the government’s contract with federal student loan servicer MOHELA at 9 a.m. in D.C. Rep. Jake Auchincloss is on WBUR's "Radio Boston" at 11 a.m. Tips? Scoops? Birthdays? Email us: lkashinsky@politico.com and kgarrity@politico.com.
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| | YAHD SIGNS AND BUMPAH STICKAHS | | FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Former Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito is co-headlining a fundraiser for Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton on June 13, according to an invitation obtained by Playbook. Tickets range from $100 to $6,600, the federal limit, for the event at Piccolo’s in Worcester. Polito has been serving as an informal adviser to Deaton, a first-time candidate and newly minted Republican who moved to Massachusetts to try and take on Sen. Elizabeth Warren. BUILDING OUT THE BALLOT — Quincy City Council President Ian Cain is officially on the ballot for the GOP U.S. Senate primary, Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s office confirmed. Cain joins Deaton and conservative activist Robert Antonellis.
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| | | MIGRANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS | | | — “Cape Cod shelter proposal leaves residents in the dust amid Massachusetts migrant crisis,” by Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald: “A proposed family homeless shelter on Cape Cod that would be funded through the state’s emergency housing assistance program has hit a roadblock after officials and residents raised sharp concerns. The Dennis Planning Board is appealing the project which looks to convert a former nursing home into a ‘family transitional shelter’ that would house up to 79 homeless families, mostly single mothers with infants and young children.”
| | | | A message from NextEra Energy:   | | | | | FROM THE HUB | | TAX TALK — Some of Boston’s business leaders are meeting this morning to talk “alternative solutions” to the possible budget problems the city could see from declining commercial property values. The home-rule petition Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is pushing that would let the city shift more of the tax burden onto commercial properties to avoid a spike in residential property tax has been met with some raised eyebrows. Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s Marty Walz and Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce CEO Jim Rooney, who have both expressed concern about the proposal, are on the panel (organized by the commercial real estate association NAIOP) this morning, as is Daniel Swift of the tax consulting firm Ryan, who recently put out a report warning the petition would “increase the already exorbitant tax burden” on the city’s commercial sector. — “Boston Public Schools makes uneven progress under 2-year-old state improvement plan,” by James Vaznis, The Boston Globe: “Two years after acceding to a state-imposed improvement plan, Boston Public Schools has made progress in some areas but fallen short in others, including overhauling transportation, facilities and programs for students with disabilities and English learners, local and state education leaders said Tuesday. … Acting Education Commissioner Russell Johnston, who has played a critical role in overseeing the Boston improvement plan over the last two years, said the state and the district have formed a strong partnership and meet frequently.” — “‘This is a marathon, not a sprint’: For Boston reparations task force, redress is a work in progress,” by Tiana Woodard, The Boston Globe. — “Mayor Wu kicks off city's plan to mitigate community violence this summer,” by Katie Cole and Stevee Chapman, WBUR. — “Is Josh Kraft mulling a run for mayor? Many Boston political insiders seem to think so,” by Nikki Griswold, The Boston Globe.
| | ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR | | — “Wellfleet voters approve support for Gaza ceasefire, pesticide reduction,” by Denise Coffey, Cape Cod Times: “Wellfleet resident Farrukh Najmi made a motion to support an enduring ceasefire in Gaza at Monday's town meeting. His granddaughter was born around the time Hamas militants stormed into nearby Israeli towns on Oct. 7. He said he's been on pins and needles since then, watching the news and reading about the suffering in Gaza. … The article passed. A copy of the resolution will be sent to federal legislators and President Biden urging them to use their position to enact a sustained ceasefire.” — “Protesters at rally at Baystate hospital highlight plight of health care in Gaza, call out Neal, American Medical Association,” by James Pentland, Daily Hampshire Gazette.
| | PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES | | — “MeVa to expand services with $1.9M grant,” by Mike LaBella, The Eagle-Tribune: “A state grant of $1.9 million will enable the Merrimack Valley Transit (MeVa) to expand two routes that will open the door to job opportunities and training and help workers retain jobs they already have. … The money comes from $37 million in grant funding to support regional public transportation announced last week by the Healey-Driscoll Administration.”
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| | | THE LOCAL ANGLE | | | — “Turf war erupts between elected Quincy officials,” by Peter Blandino, The Patriot Ledger: “A rift between the city council and school committee has opened over a measure to close Quincy's public schools for Lunar New Year, a holiday widely celebrated among the two-fifths of district students who identify as Asian. They are the largest single ethnic group within the student body.” — “Female inmates sue over jail relocations,” by Christian M. Wade, The Eagle-Tribune. — “‘A huge loss for the town’: For first time in two decades, no women are on Brookline’s Select Board,” by Sam Mintz, Brookline News.
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