Hey Rhode Islanders. The Republican administration just shut down the Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Program at the US Department of Education. At least 18% of school children in RI need this care & receive special ed services. Who pays for the consequences?

Not a peep from the Democrats about this. No question. He's taken over. "Senate Republicans bulldozed past Senate precedents...changed the rules in an extraordinary move that is likely to undercut Congress’s future role in vetting executive branch officials." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Joe Gebbia is the government's "Chief Design Officer." A graduate of RISD, he leaves many of us, fellow alumni scratching our heads. But one thing is clear, as @Ashleigh Axios, Obama's Chief Design Officer, says, "Design should clarify truth, not decorate lies." www.printmag.com/industry-per...

This is the way to do it. Where is national news on it?

#Martiallaw begins. Let’s see what happens in the midterms. Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

This is so true!

Ghislane is a pedophile. But you know that.

Recommending this interesting news source that aggregates the top story from the major American news outlets.. Try the newsletter. Today's News: Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report open.substack.com/pub/newsiepr...

Dystopian? We're in sci-fi land. One more "legally risky" move. @politico.com The EPA proposed repealing the federal government’s bedrock scientific declaration on the dangers of greenhouse gases, a legally risky move by President Donald Trump’s administration to undo regulations on fossil fuels.

Bezos. You are shameful. Take note. Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos hyperallergic.com/1022317/veni...

We’re getting louder and louder! Our local newspaper is covering up our protests but we’ll see if broadcast dies the same. www.providencejournal.com/live-story/n...

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BTW. Our taxes. Remember?

When satire become reality. Someone help!! From @andy borowitz. “I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.”

Speaks for itself.

Sorry everyone. You didn’t listen. I have been saying this for years. He’s followinf Hitler’s playbook. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A teacher breaks down after ICE causes multiple schools to lockdown during graduation ceremonies and parents to flee for their lives. Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.

Are you fucking kidding me? The "Brown Shirts" are on their way. AG Neronha and 15 other AG's will sue the administration. But... riag.ri.gov/press-releas...

Of course he won’t declassify the Epstein files.

It’s happening now. “Breaking News: Trump deploys Marines to Los Angeles.”

@atlantic. This is where we’re headed. I say, martial law by any other name is still martial law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

He’s creating a crisis so he can declare Marshall Law. It’s always been the plan.

I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Providence to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/j9raE12o

Foundry. $113 million/contracts. “The Trump administration has already sought access to hundreds of data points on citizens and others through government databases, including their bank account numbers, the amount of their student debt, their medical claims and any disability status.” @nytimes.com

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has listed Providence and Central Falls, RI as “sanctuary jurisdictions defying federal immigration law.” Expect to be under attack soon. www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

And on the good news front:

Frontpage headlines yesterday. Fraud. Corruption. Cronyism. You just wonder when people will wonder why they don't get to live like them. It's a rhetorical question, of course.

“It’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency,” she said.” Karoline Leavitt, press secretary. And the sky is green.

How can this be possible? An ignorant, arrogant person with this kind of power? Shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

ICE/Geo. Paid brownshirts. Masked, armed. This cannot continue. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

If you plan to travel abroad, this advice might be useful. Aargh. Explore this gift article from #TheNewYorkTimes. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/t...

From #Axios today. Not necessarily the news...it's around the corner. "... Trump's team (is planning) to send a U.S. citizen(s) to a foreign prison, then claim that person couldn't be returned. www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

A fitting, beautiful tribute to the immensely talented and dear, good friend, Gretchen Dow Simpson. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/a...

@maddow.msnbc.com Why is there so little coverage of the protests in Hungary and Serbia on the mainstream media right now? Seems related to Trump/Musk billionaire liberation movement and growing Authoritarianism.

Can't they just ship off to Mars already???

Blatant racist policies are soon to eliminate humanitarian efforts by the U.S. We have to resist. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Yes! The people are pissed!! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...

Be prepared for the real life #Handmaid'sTale. Natal Conference was started by a conservative who came up with the idea after watching a Tucker Carlson documentary about falling testosterone levels. "Women need to stay at home and have babies." Look at her hat! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/s...

...and here's another major step in the erosion of our Constitution. No privacy. Sanctioned discrimination against non-Christians is sure to follow. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

On the fast track to fascism. A grave understatement. "DHS can legally request return information relating to individuals under criminal investigation, and the IRS must provide it," according to the document.

Yes! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...

$40 Million to jail immigrants at Guantanamo? While millions are hungry in the US and USAID funds have been cut from people who are in dire need of medical supplies and products? I keep wondering how this happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...

This is another very disturbing sign that the threats are enforcing their agenda. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

youtu.be/BNc88X469fk On April 4th let’s follow the example being set in Serbia. Get out those kazoos and make a huge, peaceful but loud scene. Corruption needs to go. Fight this coup.

As predicted, this fascist wants to control what art is. Just like the Third Reich's boss. Here goes. @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/998035/trump...

Attorney General Peter Neronha is asking Governor McKee to help him in his fight against the Trump Administration. McKee refuses. open.substack.com/pub/steveahl...

He doesn't like it. 🥲 www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Corruption on the highest level. This fascististic administration is blatant. It IS HAPPENING HERE. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...

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These ridiculous looking trucks should stay off the road. Send them to his garage for good. www.wired.com/story/tesla-...