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Hillary and Tina cover former Massachusetts Senator, William Bulger.
Senator William Bulger enjoyed a distinguished career. BUT, as his brother, crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. went on the lam and hit the FBI's most wanted list, the family connection emerged, casting a shadow over his political legacy.
Sources
Hillary's Story
ABC News
Tale of Two Brothers: Whitey and Billy Bulger's Rise to Power in Crime and Politics (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/james-whitey-bulger-billy-bulger-powerful-brothers-powerful/story?id=13915585)--by ABC News
Boston Globe
Bowing to Bulger brothers tainted the Commonwealth (https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/11/05/bowing-bulger-brothers-tainted-commonwealth/7LOuGKdQeNeVZecccNxoyL/story.html)--by Joan Vennochi
How Spotlight revealed the secret deal between Whitey Bulger and the FBI (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/22/magazine/how-spotlight-revealed-secret-deal-between-whitey-bulger-fbi/)--by Annalisa Quinn
‘My Name Is Bulger’: A tale of two brothers (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/16/arts/my-name-is-bulger-two-brothers-one-documentary-an-only-in-boston-story/)--by Mark Feeney
Senate president: A mix of Southie, power (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/1988/09/18/senate-president-mix-family-southie-power/QvnOlhcwN6FghjjPUfteSP/story.html)--by Christine Chinlund
Massachusetts Legislature
Senator William M. Bulger (https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/WMB0/District)
The New York Times
Sticking by a Murderous Brother, and Paying for It Dearly (https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/us/sticking-by-a-murderous-brother-and-paying-for-it-dearly.html)--by Katharine Q. Seelye
Sixty Minutes (YouTube)
BILLY BULGER - MR PRESIDENT - 60 MINUTES (CBS; 11/1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k0_OAeFEBg)
Suffolk University
Oral history interview with William Bulger (OH-014) (https://dc.suffolk.edu/moh/15/)
Wikipedia
William Bulger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bulger)
Photos
William Bulger (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/1988/09/18/senate-president-mix-family-southie-power/QvnOlhcwN6FghjjPUfteSP/story.html)--via the Boston Globe
William Bulger and James Bulger as children (https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/06/17/my-name-is-bulger-doc-has-a-different-take-on-southie-brothers/)--via The Boston Herald
William Bulger Testifying at 2003 Congressional Hearing (https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/11/05/bowing-bulger-brothers-tainted-commonwealth/7LOuGKdQeNeVZecccNxoyL/story.html)--via The Boston Globe
James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. Mugshot (https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_1439,w_2560,x_0,y_0/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_908/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1492198539/articles/2014/06/27/whitey-bulgar-a-government-approved-maniac/140627-grover-bulger-tease_busti4)--from Magnolia Pictures via The Daily Beast