Deval, Mitt, Marty, and More: the Politics of the Boston Olympics Bid (Boston.com) Comparing the New Videos from Boston 2024 & No Boston Olympics (BostInno) Mayor Walsh’s Office Turn Public Records Requests about the Olympics into PR (Pioneer Institute) Boston, Bay State Don’t Need the Olympics (BusinessWest) Will Boston City Council Shield Us from the Olympics? (DigBoston) No. Olympics Funding Has Big Dig Ring (Boston Globe) Olympic Records (Dig Boston) Beacon Hill’s Top 3 S

Boston 2024 Bid Book Meets Reality (Boston Globe) Walsh, Boston 2024 Too Close for Comfort (Boston Globe) Excellent op-ed by Yvonne Abraham Carr: Deval’s Gang Back in Place for 2024 Hackarama (Boston Herald) Boston Olympic Bid May Pick Patrick vs. Baker (Boston Herald) Organizers Elusive about Pay for Former Bay State Gov (Boston Herald) Evan Falchuk, Smith College Prof. Andrew Zimbalist Leading Forum on Massachusetts’ 2024 Olympic Bid in Northampton Sunday (MassLive) Holmes:

Some more coverage of that WBUR poll from yesterday: In Gloomy Time, Poll Finds Drop in Games Support (Boston Globe) Bad Weather Leads to Opposition Growing to Boston 2024 Olympic Bid, Poll Finds (Inside the Games) New Boston Olympics Poll Shows Opposition (Boston.com) WBUR/MassINC Poll Shows Dwindling Support for Olympics; Undercuts Key Claim in Bid Documents (Blue Mass Group) And in other news… Elizabeth Warren Has Olympic Questions (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 to Hold Public

Boston 2024 Team Begins D.C. Push for Political Support (Boston Globe) Boston Olympics is Bad News for Massachusetts Governor (The Conversation) Many Doubt Benefits of 2024 Olympics (Somerville Community Access Television) Boston 2024: Olympics Plans Include Volleyball in Holyoke, Basketball in Springfield, Whitewater on Deerfield River (MassLive) Walkable, eh? Boston, for the Gold? (BostInno) For Walsh’s Chief of Staff, a Super Birthday Gift (Boston Globe) Marty’s CoS is dat

How London’s Olympics Went Way Over Budget (Boston.com) Boston 2024 Organizers to Meet with Mass. Congressional Delegation (Boston Globe) Because they want some federal $$s Legislators File Bill to Make Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid More Transparent (WBUR) Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Files for Olympics Transparency, Airbnb Rules, and Restaurant Incentives (North End Waterfront) Gold-Level Accounting (Worcester Telegram) Meeting Aims at Transparent Olympic Process (The Huntington News)

Transit, Olympic Boards ‘Coordinating’ on Plans (Boston Herald) “Officials crafting Boston’s new long-term transportation plan say they are coordinating with the group pushing to bring the 2024 Summer Games to the Hub but deny the Olympic bid is controlling transit strategy — despite close ties between the two boards.” Does anyone really believe that? Residents Slam 2024 Bid over Transportation Woes (Boston Herald) “Why should hosting the Olympics hold our city’s transportati

The two biggest stories from yesterday were Marty Walsh’s gag order on city employees and Boston 2024’s partial release of the bid to the public. Joindergate Walsh OK’d Ban on Criticism of Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Not only does the document he signed ban city employees from criticizing the Olympics, the IOC, or the USOC, but it also requires them to actively promote the bid. The authoritarianism of the Olympics on clear display. Walsh, Olympic Committee Must Drop Ban on Cr

‘This Will Unite Left and Right': The Bostonians Who Want to Bring Down the Olympics (Guardian) Olympics Bid Will Be a Political Campaign Like No Other (Boston Globe) Poll Finds Lukewarm Support in Boston for Summer Olympics Bid (NYT) Always pay attention to the cross-tabs. Although support was greater than opposition (50% to 33%), 44% said that they would be less likely to support the bid if public funding were used, and 75% want to have a vote on it. Also note that people h

We’re going to be featuring a daily news roundup on the site now to help you stay up-to-date about all things NoBoston2024 and anti-Olympics more broadly, as well as to give you the facts needed to explain to your friends and neighbors why they should oppose Boston 2024 as well. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well. ** Get Ready for Olympic-sized Protests (Boston Globe) “Protests are one of our birthrights.” Olympic Decision in the Kingdom of Boston (Bost