Jasper Goodman Kelly Garrity POLITICO Also donating to John E Deaton's GOP bid against Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Allies and supporters of former Gov. Charlie Baker politi.co/49uLbMx #mapoli

SCOOP: Crypto execs and boosters are donating to John Deaton's long shot GOP bid to oust the industry's chief critic in Congress, Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Winklevoss twins, Anthony Scaramucci among them.

#mapoli w/ Jasper Goodman Kelly Garrity POLITICO politi.co/4aTaOHY

ICYMI: Mass. House leaders filed a budget with a lower price tag than the gov’s for the 1st time since 2019 in a real-time reflection of the state’s growing fiscal strain. The Senate budget chief says his chamber could follow suit.
#mapoli w/Kelly Garrity politi.co/3xFuXmt

This week on The Horse Race, it's a polling all-star lineup, as Steve Koczela Jennifer Smith Lisa Kashinsky and Katie Lannan break down the new CommonWealth Beacon/GBH News poll

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.Smitty Pignatelli and his amendments will be missed

NEW POLLING: Audit-the-Legislature ballot effort sees slim majority support; large number hasn’t made up their mind on issue.

More on the latest CommonWealth Beacon/GBH News poll from Katie Lannan and Gintautas Dumcius. commonwealthbeacon.org/ballot-questio…

Morning, Mass. ☀️ What we're watching for in today's House budget release (including whether it's less than what Gov. Maura Healey proposed). Plus:
— Warren's latest salvo against her GOP rivals
— Cannabis commission saga continues #mapoli w/Kelly Garrity politi.co/3PZy4fE

Morning, Mass. ☀️ Jon Santiago’s mission was clear as the state’s first veterans secretary: restore trust. How he’s done that, one year in. Plus:
— House’s take on transpo $
— Wu’s Boston budget
— Dems hammer Trump on abortion #mapoli w/Kelly Garrity politi.co/49zlvhQ

Rep. Annie Kuster endorses her onetime campaign manager as her successor in #NH02

Gov. Maura Healey on CNN on Trump's abortion statement today: 'Donald Trump is a direct threat to women, and a direct threat to reproductive the freedom.... That's what he said today.'

Healey has 'no doubt whatsoever' that Trump would sign a national abortion ban if reelected.

Elizabeth Warren last week on Israel at the Islamic Center of Boston: “If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they’ll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so.”

A spokesperson for Warren told Kelly Garrity that she was speaking…

(almost) total eclipse (of the heart)

Morning, Mass. 😎 MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale consolidated power on the State Committee but lost a key ally in Ron Kaufman. Plus:
— Diverse coalition builds for Cartwright for Suffolk SJC clerk
— Rodrigues says budget woes not over #mapoli w/Kelly Garrity politi.co/3TPXoFR

Mass. Gov. Maura Healey responds to Trump saying abortion should be left to states: “Don’t let Donald Trump lie his way out of this – with today’s position he is supporting horrific abortion bans across the country that deny women access to basic health care and freedom” #mapoli

Donald Trump says tonight he will release a statement on abortion “tomorrow morning,” which he’s prefacing with this: