(2.9) If football is not your thing, this might be a good weekend for getting out of the house. Playing now at the Avon, “Women Talking” follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men. Based …
That’s all I have to say right now. Join the Womyn Project for a rally at the Statehouse tonight at 8pm (Facebook event link)
Outgoing URI President David Dooley has decided to allow convicted felon and treasonous QAnon supporter Michael Flynn to retain the honorary degree the university bestowed upon him in 2014 (ProJo 6.24.21) forever tarnishing the school’s reputation in the eyes of the world. The seditious campaign of this retired army general and former national security advisor …
More glory for the Rhode Island Republican party. State Rep. Justin Price took part in the violent insurrection that took place in Washington D.C. on January 6th. Edward Fitzpatrick writes in the Boston Globe: In a series of tweets, Representative Justin Price, a Richmond Republican, said that he “marched to the Capitol” with “peaceful patriots,” …
Don’t pop the champagne just yet. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has indicated that he will suspend his dismantling operation . . . for now. According to Politico; In his statement, DeJoy asserted that “mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will remain where they are” and that “overtime has, and will continue to be, approved …
Specifically, the Aldermen Chambers in Providence City Hall with its undisputed primo portrait real estate. Why has pride of place been given to the image of a corrupt, twice-convicted felon, who spent over four years in federal prison? This portrait should have been relocated years ago. Now we have Sheila Bentley, Buddy Cianci’s ex-wife, sharing …
In a week where it was revealed that the Democratic Speaker of the House, Nicholas Mattiello, wears Trump ties, it should come as no shock that he and the other conservative cigar-chompers running the Rhode Island Democratic Party (RIDP) have decided that Rhode Island women are getting way too pushy, so let’s change the rules. …
This is for everybody living anywhere in Rhode Island! Senator Sam Bell (D-Prov) has just posted this on Facebook. The Senate President has just announced that he will be introducing legislation to ram through the Fane Tower even if the lawsuit succeeds (as it likely will). What this bill does is take away the right …
Ruggerio Cancels Democracy — Call Your Senators! Read More »
Last month we urged you to call your state senators, ask them to support some proposed rules changes, and “Stop the Ruggerio Power Grab.” But unless you are represented by Senator Sam Bell (D-Dist 5) or Senator Donna Nesselbush (D-Dist 15) they did not listen. Or rather, your voice was drowned out by senate leadership …
They’re baaaack. The PawSox ownership team still thinks we should pay for their new stadium and they have arranged with the Senate Finance Committee to hold six public hearings around the state. (The hearings have a website.) This plan may sound like a good-faith effort to get out and “speak to the people.” On the …
House Speaker Paul Ryan recently made it clear that women should not be wearing sleeveless dresses in the House Chamber. Oh, and no toe cleavage! Just another occasion for sin. Meanwhile, our sexually repressed vice-president can’t allow himself to be left alone in a room with any woman not his wife (who he calls ‘Mother’ …
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(3.2) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is coming to town Thursday. His exact plans and itinerary are not known at this time. According to the ProJo, The reason for the Wisconsin Republican’s visit to the Ocean State — and the timing of his anticipated arrival — have not been publicly disclosed. State GOP Chairman …