Bid 2.0 came out yesterday, and it's filled with magic, lies, and bad ideas. Boston's Revised '24 Bid Criticized as Incomplete (NYT) State Leaders React Cautiously to Bid 2.0 (CommonWealth) Boston 2024 Promises a Lot at 'Minimal Risk' (CommonWealth) But even what they're promisng isn't good. See Which Real Estate Leaders Helped Boston 2024 Craft Its Financing Plan (BBJ) Boston 2024 Pressed for Details -- But Remain Vague -- on Insurance, Taxpayer Risks (BBJ) Here's What the B

Questions Remain About Boston 2024's Plans for Olympic Referendum (AP) Olympic Promises Fails as Fall in Sporting Activity Reveals a Divided Nation (Guardian) The Forgotten Cost of the "Miracle on Ice" (BostInno) For Some, Boston Olympics Opposition Unconditional (Boston.com) Here's How Boston's Olympic Bid Could Be Dropped (Boston.com) Keller @ Large: Lynch Disappointed in President over Trade Deal (CBS Local) Lynch expresed his opposition to the stadium in Widett Circle. Ou

USOC Hits Wall in Boston (Colorado Springs Independent) “If the U.S. Olympic Committee had an unofficial motto, it would be this: Quidam solvit. It’s austere, dignified and concise. Translated, it’s a little coarser: ‘Someone else pays.'” Rosenberg: No Tax Dollars on 2024 Olympics (Boston Herald) Statement from John Fish on Potential Olympic Projects (Boston Globe) Many loopholes in his statement, including no acknowledgement of post-Olympic construction in Widett Circle POV:

Boston 2024 Asks People to Get Inspired by a Nazi Propaganda Film (Bay State Examiner) MADLIMPICS: Salt Lake Cost Overrun Edition (Dig Boston) Maura Healey Backs Olympic Referendum (Boston Herald) But how would she vote? Rio Olympic Village to Become Luxury Apartments After the Games, Despite the City’s Affordable Housing Crisis (Washington Post) Walsh Machine to Push Olympic Bid (WGBH News) “Team Walsh” Recruited for Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Beacon Hill Leaders

Hamburg to Compete with Boston for 2024 Olympics (Boston.com) Letter: Boston Olympics is Bad for Western Ma. (Berkshire Eagle) Anti-Olympics Group Delivers Its Message (Worcester Business Journal) Editorial: Keep Off the Grass (Boston Herald) SXSports: Mega Events and the Damage Done (The Austin Chronicle) No Public Money on the Olympic? Falchuk Says Set It in Bronze (Sentinel & Enterprise) Olympic Consultants Help Bid Cities Make Their Case (Boston Globe) Legislature Hires O

Deval Patrick’s Involvement in Boston 2024 Olympics Bid ‘Disappoints’ Northampton Crowd: Evan Falchuk (MassLive) Councillor Calls for Hearings on Olympics’ Diversity, Sex Trafficking (Dorchester Reporter) A Letter to the Editor: Boston 2024 Community Meeting (Caught in Southie) Capuano Criticizes Olympic Effort to Mislead on Transportation; Wonders About Boston 2024 Payroll (WGBH News) Boston Being Played for a Fool in the Political, Olympic Game (Boston.com) Mayor Marty Wals

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 Mayor’s Early Lessons (Boston Globe) Op-ed from Scott Lehigh: “Walsh clearly got too close too quickly, with too little homework, to construction magnate John Fish’s vanity project.” City Council Forms Committee on Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Notably excludes Josh Zakim, who has been pushing for ballot questions and is far more engaged with the issue than his peers John Fish, the Olympics, and Troy from the ‘Goonies’ (Dig Boston) Boston Officials Can Woo IOC Voters But

Jondergate Boston 2024 Free Speech Kerfuffle: Walsh’s Explanation Worse Than Original Ban (WBUR) Mayor Walsh’s Letter to City Employees (Boston Globe) What bull. Walsh Tries to Clarify USOC Rule on Bid Talk (Boston Globe) “Walsh, however, has not said if he plans to change the agreement.” Spoiler: He has none. Boston’s Ban on Anti-Olympics Talk is Unproductive (Fortune) Lawyers: Boston “Has to Be Ready” for Lawsuits over Deal Requiring Employees to Support Olympics Bid (Massl