{"id":9637,"date":"2025-12-18T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=9637"},"modified":"2025-12-18T20:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:08:01","slug":"pirate-news-2026-ballot-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/pirate-news-2026-ballot-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate News: 2026 Ballot Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steve and James discuss some of the ballot initiatives and Trump denying legal immigrants from becoming citizens if they were born in 19 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" 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href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2025\/12\/03\/lead-the-party\/\">Lead the Party!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/dizoglio-ballot-state-house-audit-public-records\/69430776\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/dizoglio-ballot-state-house-audit-public-records\/69430776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DiZoglio launches ballot push to put State House under Public Records Law<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yourarlington.com\/2025\/12\/rent-control-12052025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rent control could soon be in the hands of Massachusetts voters<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/local\/2025-12-05\/immigrants-kept-from-faneuil-hall-citizenship-ceremony-as-feds-crackdown-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Image 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