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Kuhner’s Corner: Did Baker Steal from MassGOP?
Theft of party’s database is a serious crime
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
Gov. Charlie Baker is part of a criminal enterprise against his own party. He is a crook, who has engaged in outright grand theft and broken numerous laws. He needs to be investigated—and most importantly, forced to resign.
The question, however, is: Does anybody care enough to hold the Massachusetts Republican accountable? So far, the sad answer is: No.
In a shocking letter to members of the MassGOP, Jim Lyons, the chairman of the state Republican Party, revealed that its massive database has been stolen. This is bad enough. But, according to the letter, the MassGOP’s data theft resulted in the violation of the privacy of its 14,000 members/donors. Their names, addresses, identities, hobbies—all kinds of personal information—that were supposed to be kept confidential have been breached.
The key figure involved in the stealing of the database is John Cook, a longtime Baker operative and money man. Prior to Lyons being elected to heading the MassGOP earlier this year, Cook and other Baker henchmen illegally pilfered the party’s membership/donor list. Remember: The database belongs exclusively to the MassGOP, which has paid for it since September 2015. Baker’s thugs had no right to use the list, never mind run off with it.
To make matters worse, once the database was stolen, the MassGOP has been unable to access it. In other words, the state party cannot raise any money; it cannot even retrieve such basic information as who its members are.
Sources close to the MassGOP say Baker’s objective is to undermine not only Lyons, but the state Republican Party itself. In fact, Baker has made no secret of his hatred for Lyons. The governor has called for Lyons to be defeated and replaced as state chairman. The reason: Lyons is a real Republican, who puts the interests of the GOP, especially its grassroots, above the narrow self-interest of Baker’s machine.
When Lyons first stepped into the physical office of the MassGOP after becoming chairman, he found it had been wiped clean; all of the party’s important files, documents, computers and database were gone. Baker’s thugs had stolen everything. It took the state party several months to even know how and to whom it was to pay its bills. That’s how bad and thorough the theft had been.
Baker crippled Lyons’ ability to do his job, especially fundraising, Baker is now engaging in a nasty whispering campaign. He says Lyons must go because the chairman isn’t raising enough money. Yet, Lyons isn’t raising enough money because Baker’s people have confiscated the party’s donor/membership list.
Moreover, sources close to the MassGOP say the list appears to have not only been used by Baker’s team. It has been sold to other outside parties—a major violation of Federal Election Commission laws. This is a serious crime. Hence, private, confidential information of Massachusetts Republicans was more than just compromised. It was used to create a secret slush fund to line the pockets of Baker’s (and Cook’s) cronies. MassGOP officials say the amount is in the millions of dollars.
Cook is Baker’s henchman. Sources say he doesn’t go to the bathroom without Charlie’s approval. The only reason Cook stole that database is if Baker ordered him to. The governor’s inner circle also were involved in the theft and sale of the list. Baker’s fingerprints are all over this scandal.
Yet, this is more than criminal, lawless behavior. A sitting Republican governor has been exposed in a plot to gut and destroy the state GOP. His illegal actions have made it impossible for MassGOP to raise any money, field viable Republican candidates against Democrats, mobilize and expand the grassroots, or build-up a functioning party infrastructure that can compete throughout the Commonwealth. In short, Baker is the Democrats’ secret weapon: a one-man wrecking crew hollowing out the Republican Party.
There are only two possible explanations for Baker’s political treason. He is either a self-absorbed narcissist, who wants to subjugate the entire state GOP to serve his shallow interests and overriding ambition—regardless of the consequences.
Or, there is the one that I believe: Baker is a Democratic mole. He is not a RINO Republican. For even a RINO would not systematically dismantle and betray his party the way Baker has since he assumed power. He has done everything to sabotage the state GOP—purge all conservatives from key positions within the party; consistently attack and obstruct President Trump; refuse to put up Republican candidates to run against Democrats in most of the state house and senate races, leaving them unopposed; repeatedly undermine Geoff Diehl in his campaign to defeat Sen. Elizabeth Warren; and now all but financially bankrupt and gut the party.
Baker is not only a crook. He’s a Benedict Arnold, who must be stopped before his destruction of the MassGOP is complete. The last man standing against him is Jim Lyons. If he’s overthrown, nothing will stand in Baker’s way. He will then put the final nail into the Republican Party’s coffin. And the Democrats will be dancing on the GOP’s grave.
-Jeffrey T. Kuhner is host of “The Kuhner Report” on WRKO AM-680 in Boston. His daily show airs 6:00-10:00 am EST. He can be reached at:jeffreykuhner@iheartmedia.comsalesforceDemandFinal7.30 (002)
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Under his watch we have the Mass State Police overtime scandal. Our Children’s Services Dept. is the worst in the nation. The MBTA is at its poorest performance level ever. It’s a mystery as to why his son never appeared in court after being accused of a crime last year. Even the creepy Kennedy’s had to appear in court when accused of wrongdoing. Under Baker’s rule, it’s rare to see traffic enforcement on our major state highways as is common in other states. Baker’s #1 duty is to himself and playing along with the Democrats on the state legislature. His Lt. Governor is busy getting her friends state jobs. On the Democratic side we have Maura Healey who wants to be governor. She has the worst record of any state attorney general in modern state history for consumer rights or prosecuting public corruption. Voter apathy and a lack of bright people wanting to run for office, has brought Massachusetts politics to an all time low.
Charlie Faker is a D with an R next to his name. A D come 2020 is a radical socialist. Mass. ranks last for patriotism; we’re essentially a foreign country. Karyn Polito is the state spokesmodel, who’s also pro-abortion, pro-LGBT, pro-illegal, etc. But unfortunately, if we did a petition drive to Speaker Bob DeLeo to begin impeachment proceedings against Baker & Polito, he won’t bother because in Mass., the Speaker and the Senate Pres. (Karen Spilka, the supporter of Gender X) are the real governors. His Excellency, the Governor, who sits in the Corner Office, is only a figurehead. It doesn’t help the Mass. doesn’t have a Governor’s Mansion. This is Whiggism 101.
40 years ago, the Governor was a pro-life Catholic and Reagan Democrat named Ed King. He was ousted by Billy Bulger (via Mike Dukakis’ 2nd stint) after he line-item vetoed riders to protect Whitey. Gov. King was more conservative than the Rockefeller Republicans that have always dominated the MassGOP in anyone’s living memory. He’s the REAL guy behind the “Massachusetts Miracle”!
Jeff, I got an email from Jim Lyons with an invite to a fund raiser in Gloucester. In the email, Jim refers to his “great friend” Charlie Baker. So…is Jim Lyons still OK?
Despite being the headliner for the event, Baker blew it off.
I had a short stint with the MBTA. They treated me badly. Maybe some of the details would interest you?
Massachusetts has a swamp
Amy Carnevale’s Clowns – Mass GOP Chair Seeks To Muzzle & Censor Me
Posted on March 4, 2024 AuthorLonnie BrennanComment(0)
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Amy Carnevale’s Clowns
Mar 4, 2024
Mass GOP Chair seeks to muzzle & censor me
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnevale is gunning for me. She has written a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) demanding that I be censored for exposing the venal GOP establishment.
My alleged sin? In her FCC letter, the Republican state chair claims that comments I made on my Friday, March 1st show “exhibit gross offensiveness.” In particular, she was referencing my calling Carnevale and her fellow band of RINOs “whores.”
To understand the context of my using that term, I was discussing the 1987 film, “Wall Street.” There is a dramatic scene, in which the character played by Martin Sheen warns his stockbroker son about the perils of getting in financial bed with corporate tycoon, Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas). Sheen tells his son: “I don’t go to sleep with no whore; I don’t wake up with no whore.”
It is a brilliant line—one of my all-time favorites. Why? Because the working-class father is telling his son that money and greed are corrosive. It is about the danger of being for sale, abandoning one’s core beliefs, values and integrity in pursuit of money and power. In particular, this is the fatal flaw of the RINOs—especially, in corrupt Massachusetts. It is why they repeatedly betray conservatives, Trump supporters and even their own voters. On a national scale, think Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney or Nikki Haley. You get the picture.
On the state level, as my monologue on Friday made perfectly clear, I was referencing prominent Massachusetts RINO leaders and candidates, such as Bill Weld, Mitt Romney, Charlie Baker and Chris Doughty (among others). Notice: They’re all men. Yet, they didn’t write letters to the FCC and demand that I be silenced or fired as Carnevale has. In fact, I have called Doughty, Baker, Weld and Romney much worse.
The point of my monologue is an obvious one: Establishment Republicans sell out to the donor class. They abandon key Republican principles—on the border, illegal immigration, welfare to illegals, sanctuary cities, crime, DEI, ESG corporate governance, civil liberties, abortion, the Green agenda, trade, and strong opposition to Democrats—because of the corrosive influence of Big Money, Big Business, lobbyists, special interests and corporate power. In short, they are for sale. They are political opportunists and cynical careerists who are obsessed with money and power.
Anyone with half a brain knows I do not literally mean they are prostitutes or street walkers, who will have sex in exchange for cash. It is a metaphor, a turn of phrase, a figure of speech. That’s why no one has ever complained when I’ve used the term before—until now.
“Referring to prominent political figures, particularly women, as ‘whores’ not only fails to support communities but actively undermines them,” she said in her FCC complaint. “Such language is demeaning and can dissuade women from pursuing prominent roles within communities.”
Carnevale adds that “Jeff Kuhner’s ongoing dissemination of disinformation” about RINO and GOP establishment corruption and lies are a threat to women, blacks, minorities, “communities” of every kind in Massachusetts, as well as to the entire public.
Remarkably, she calls on the FCC and my employer iHeartMedia, to censor me and take me off the air. She demands they start “ceasing Jeff Kuhner’s inappropriate and misogynistic language and halting his disinformation campaign concerning ‘pay to play’ politics.”
Carnevale is a RINO clown. Her pathetic attempts to smear me as some kind of a misogynistic, sexist pig is beyond laughable. This is manufactured, fake outrage. She is desperately trying to deflect from (and cover-up) her disastrous, failed and sleazy tenure as Massachusetts Republican Party chair.
Carnevale is a RINO clown. Her pathetic attempts to smear me as some misogynistic, sexist pig are beyond laughable. This is manufactured fake outrage. She is desperately trying to deflect from (and cover up) her disastrous, failed, and sleazy tenure as Massachusetts Republican Party chair. air. fatal flaw of the RINOs—especially, in corrupt Massachusetts. It is why they repeatedly betray conservatives, Trump supporters, and even their voters. On a national scale, think Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, or Nikki Haley. You get the picture.re.e..
Moreover, K&L pushes a radical Green agenda, ESG corporate governance, DEI and other neo-Marxist, leftist policies. She refused to sign a 2022 ballot petition opposing driver’s licenses for illegal aliens.
Yet, her media allies at the Boston Herald (a RINO rag) now insist she is a Trump-loving MAGA Republican. Their evidence: Carnevale took several pictures with Trump in the Oval Office (by this measure, Nikki Haley and Mike Pence are Trump’s staunchest supporters).
She has, however, personally hosted Massachusetts GOP events promoting rabid anti-Trumpers, such as Chris Christie, Chris Sununu and his father, John Sununu. She believes these treacherous RINOs are the model for Republican governance in Massachusetts.
Carnevale openly supported liberal Chris Doughty against Trump-backed MAGA conservative Geoff Diehl in the 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary (Chris Sununu also publicly endorsed Doughty). Doughty voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. This is the RINO vision for Massachusetts—a GOP that is nothing more than Democrat-lite.
No wonder the far-leftists at the Boston Globe are promoting Carnevale, urging Republican voters to support her slate of candidates on Super Tuesday. Since when is the Globe interested in advancing the interests of the conservative GOP? Never.
Yet, the Globe backs her now for the same reason the GOP establishment does: She is a female version of Charlie Baker—albeit much less intelligent, effective and charismatic. In other words, she’s a closet Democrat who will do nothing to challenge the state’s liberal regime.
Carnevale is a RINO clown. Her pathetic attempts to smear me as some misogynistic, sexist pig are beyond laughable. This is manufactured fake outrage. She is desperately trying to deflect from (and cover up) her disastrous, failed, and sleazy tenure as Massachusetts Republican Party chair.air. fatal flaw of the RINOs—especially, in corrupt Massachusetts. It is why they repeatedly betray conservatives, Trump supporters, and even their voters.