Joe Manchin is sort-of-okay on the spending bills, but he is still a Democrat

List of Crimes Rollins would not prosecute as DA Boston. Legalizing shoplifting, fencing stolen goods, and drug dealing are all popular with Democrats, but no arresting for making domestic violence threats? I’d have expected objections.

Rachel Rollins confirmed as Massachusetts U.S. Attorney by the narrowest of margins

Rollins will be the next U.S. attorney for Massachusetts after the Senate approved the progressive prosecutor by the narrowest of margins.

Rollins, the Suffolk County district attorney, was confirmed by a 51-50 count, with Vice President Kamala Harris stepping in to cast the tie-breaking vote.

The Senate had to go through the process twice on Wednesday, first voting on cloture and then the final tally, with each vote taking about an hour and both ending with the same count.

Republicans including Arkansas U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton tried to make an example out of the progressive Rollins, framing her as the avatar of what Cotton characterized as “pro-criminal Soros prosecutors” hell-bent on “destroying our legal system from the inside.” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, made similar arguments again on Wednesday.