We get to write about David Segal even if RI’s second congressional district does not encompass the city of Providence, because Dave was one of the three founders of the Providence Daily Dose. [Correction: Part of Providence is within congressional district two. BC] He certainly reflects our political point of view and has already earned …
(2.27) Last Monday a group of fascist goons set upon the Red Ink Community Library. Bearing a Nazi flag and banging on the windows, they screamed hateful, bigoted threats at those peacefully reading inside. Black Lives Matter RI PAC reports: It was only after several brave community members started yelling at the neo-nazis to leave …
Last Labor Day a leftist library opened in the Mt. Hope neighborhood featuring a collection of historical pamphlets, journals, and modern zines. Last Monday, Red Ink Community Library — “a safe corner for radical thinkers to sojourn, learn, and network” — was holding a reading of The Communist Manifesto when about 15-20 cowards and bullies …
[Update: The honors have been revoked!] URI President Marc Parlange has sent a letter to the board of trustees asking that they revoke the honorary degrees awarded to Michael Flynn and Rudy Giuliani. The board will be voting tomorrow, Friday. (Come on people, this one is easy.) I had written about this issue last September, …
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We can all honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by contacting our congressional delegation today, and every day, until the cornerstone of our democracy has federal protection. There is really only one issue before Congress right now — election subversion. It appears from recent remarks that the President now understands this. And the …
“It’s time to choose: the filibuster or democracy.” Yes, it’s that simple. Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline has a great piece in today’s Providence Journal: “To ensure equality, Senate must end filibuster.” Finally. Listening to legislators discussing bridges and hearing aids is enough to drive a person insane. None of that will happen if we …
(10.2) Dear Mr. Colbert, remember your old show? Remember virtues? Eight years ago you interviewed Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse* about his new book, “On Virtues.” Unfortunately, Rhode Island has since lost its way. This Saturday you will be appearing at the University of Rhode Island for “a conversation” as part of URI Alumni Weekend. …
The Rhode Island State House will reopen to the public Tuesday, June 1st. House leadership has signed on, but — and this should come as a surprise to no one — Senate President Dominick Ruggerio prefers to work his magic behind closed doors, no matter the cost to taxpayers (ProJo 5.25.21). Senate leaders have opted …
What is the history of Presidents Day and where does the apostrophe go? From Mount Vernon: The road to what the majority of the public in the United States now recognizes as Presidents’ Day is a long and confusing one. After Washington died in 1799, his birthday was informally celebrated across the country. It wasn’t …
Well done Representative Cicilline. What a fine performance (I was particularly pleased that you mentioned the Capitol janitors and housekeeping crew). So now the whole world knows what Rhode Islanders have known for years: David Cicilline is really, really good at this. I once saw him arguing in front the R.I. Supreme Court and he …
We were given about one nanosecond for celebrating the critical November senate victory in Georgia before the terrible events of January 6th consumed the news and our attention. But we still want to celebrate and thank Stacey Abrams and all the other great people at Fair Fight for delivering this entire country from the intransigent, …
Pictured here is the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. No representatives from Rhode Island are depicted in the painting* as the state refused to send a delegation. Yup, that sounds about right. From the National Archives blog: In 1781, Rhode Island began acquiring nicknames. American newspapers called it “the perverse sister.” “An …
As much as I would love to see his primary opponent leave the city council, sending her to the general assembly is not the answer. Since being elected in 2018 Senator Sam Bell (Mt. Pleasant, Olneyville, Federal Hill, West End) has been a fierce and vocal advocate for honest, above-board governance, so obviously Senate President …
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The first Postmaster General of the United States was Benjamin Franklin. He had already served for several years as postmaster for Philadelphia when he was named deputy postmaster-general of the British Colonies. The final Postmaster General of the United States will be Louis DeJoy whose relevant experience is as follows: He has given more than …
Every so often we like to remind our readers that WJAR is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting whose mission is to funnel presidential lies and propaganda through the mouths of trusted local anchors. (Aaw . . . Patrice is so sweet.) Sinclair owns over 200 local stations across the country. We have written about this before …
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[Update from Common Cause: “We are changing our census event to an online live-stream event only! As COVID-19 (Coronavirus) spreads we are increasingly worried about the safety of our staff and community, therefore we have decided to live-stream our ‘Who’s Counting Anyway?: Understanding the Census.’”] They will live-stream from 10:30am to noon this Saturday on …