Dear @apnews.com The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once. Fix your headline.

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

"In the United States, racism has always gone hand in hand with the concentration of wealth among the very richest people." - Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social No one uses current event details and historical facts to indict Trump better Richardson. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Just showed this to my 10-year old and his response was, “So true.” And I guess our parenting has been a huge success!

There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.

RI AG Neronha targets 6/10 Connector contamination settlement money toward child dental care “This should be the beginning of an acknowledgement by government that we have failed the people of Rhode Island regarding dental and healthcare, and committing ourselves to fix it," said AG Neronha.

Today, the Senate recognized Eliza Reid, a best-selling author and former First Lady of Iceland, and adopted Senate President Valarie Lawson's resolution welcoming her to the State House. Senator @bridgetvalverde.bsky.social introduced the resolution: webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/Bil...

The Senate has approved Sen. @bridgetvalverde.bsky.social's bill to protect a critical discount pharmaceutical program that enables safety-net hospitals, clinics and other health care agencies to provide care to the most vulnerable Rhode Islanders. Learn more: www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease...

Thousands of transgender troops who have served our nation honorably will soon be purged from the military because of their identity. It is shameful that the Supreme Court’s majority won’t even explain why it greenlit this mass act of unconstitutional discrimination. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Emily Feiner, a retired social worker and mother of two, posed no threat whatsoever. Ms. Feiner politely asked her congressman — Rep. Mike Lawler — what his red line was to finally, vocally oppose the lawless Trump regime. Lawler refused to answer the question. When Ms. Feiner called out for him…

Congrats on doing the right thing for yourselves and the world, Canada!

This is what courage looks like. Kudos to the team at 60 Minutes.

Yes! This former food bank fundraiser concurs!

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.

FDA’s director for the center for biological evaluation and research: “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Republicans in the Senate voted tonight while no one is watching to fatten Wall Street profits by jacking up overdraft fees on you. So much for lowering costs.

17 states have Democratic governors and Democratic majorities in their state legislatures. Our lowest-ranked state, Rhode Island, has one of the broadest Democratic majorities in the country yet refuses to join other blue states in passing basic protections and economic security for its citizens.

NEWS: Donald Trump wants to, and is working to, destroy the rule of law. Attn, BigLaw: There will be no law firm business to save if Trump succeeds. Tonight, at Law Dork —>

I continue to speak out against every bill that attempts to remove trans people from public life. And I will continue to do so for as long as I draw breath. I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.

I’m hosting a virtual assembly tonight at 8 p.m. to answer Rhode Islanders’ questions about what’s happening in DC. Join our livestream on YouTube to follow along. www.youtube.com/@SenatorWhit...

OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

This. This is what overthrew the elite enslavers in the 1859s and the robber barons in the 1890s. We need these new papers everywhere.

Hard pass on this one, please, @whitehouse.senate.gov

Reed: "You are the ninth nominee for secretary of defense that I have had the honor to consider. I have voted in favor of all your predecessors, including those in the first Trump administration. Unfortunately, you lack the character, composure, & competence to hold the position"

Senate President Ruggerio told @fitzprov.bsky.social he failed to vote for himself in error earlier tonight. He won the presidency back, but has lost the support of a third of the Democratic caucus www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/07/m...

"At the end of the day, democracy often depends upon whether the military will open fire on their own people." 🧵🚨👇🏼

Let’s talk about Direct File. It’s a free, easy way for people to file their taxes directly online with IRS. You keep your tax refund — rather than paying $150 to a sleazy tax prep company. It’s more efficient! But these Republicans want you to keep wasting money on TurboTax.

I think murdering people on the street is always bad, actually, and I don't think any additional commentary on that is necessary.

See you tomorrow

From ashes to ales: Crafted Hope brewery opens in Rhode Island after fire setback My latest, via @bostonglobe.com / @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/02/m...

Andor is a superb series and this write up is *chef’s kiss*

“ProfSteve Fletcher, from the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth, said recently there was now compelling evidence that only a reduction in primary plastic polymer production, or virgin plastic, would deliver a substantive cut in plastic pollution.”

Cannot make this shit up

Make America Healthy Again lasted less than a Scaramucci

once again we have people lying about the campaign we all witnessed

Welcomed the next generation of women leaders to the RI State House today. Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout!

Written 54 years ago in response to a child’s letter about what makes a good citizen, and still right on the money.