Amanda Milkovits
@amandamilkovits.bsky.social
Journalist in ⚓️ Rhode Island for
@bostonglobe Member of @FiveFreedoms
@IRE_NICAR
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@bostonglobe Member of @FiveFreedoms
@IRE_NICAR
Tips? Find me here: amanda.milkovits@globe.com or DM for Signal
Librarians not mincing words with this straightforward display of books about fascism.
February 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Librarians not mincing words with this straightforward display of books about fascism.
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The two people found dead in car outside a Providence hospital were homeless. A mother and her son were found in a vehicle outside The Miriam Hospital two weeks after a man was found dead on a sidewalk in downtown Providence amid severe cold weather.
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The two people found dead in car outside a Providence hospital were homeless - The Boston Globe
A mother and her son were found in a vehicle outside The Miriam Hospital two weeks after a man was found dead on a sidewalk in downtown Providence amid severe cold weather.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The two people found dead in car outside a Providence hospital were homeless. A mother and her son were found in a vehicle outside The Miriam Hospital two weeks after a man was found dead on a sidewalk in downtown Providence amid severe cold weather.
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Rhode Island man accused of animal cruelty after police find dying, emaciated dog and her starving puppies. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/m...
R.I. man accused of animal cruelty after police find dying dog and starving puppies - The Boston Globe
The small dog was skeletal, unable to stand, and bleeding from her rear end when someone left her at the Coventry Animal Pound in January, police said.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Rhode Island man accused of animal cruelty after police find dying, emaciated dog and her starving puppies. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/m...
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
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February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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A Rhode Island entrepreneur and former nonprofit fundraiser who laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars made by her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend – the nephew of the Providence Police chief – has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
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R.I. entrepreneur sentenced to federal prison for laundering fentanyl money made by Providence police chief’s nephew - The Boston Globe
Carolina Correa, a former nonprofit fundraiser, pleaded guilty last year to laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars through a Massachusetts marijuana dispensary for her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
A Rhode Island entrepreneur and former nonprofit fundraiser who laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars made by her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend – the nephew of the Providence Police chief – has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
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Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
RI Congressman @magaziner.house.gov tried to help, questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem about this & other cases.
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RI Congressman @magaziner.house.gov tried to help, questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem about this & other cases.
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She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
RI Congressman @magaziner.house.gov tried to help, questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem about this & other cases.
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RI Congressman @magaziner.house.gov tried to help, questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem about this & other cases.
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R.I. man found dead in the cold. RI State Council of Churches calls for better coordination to provide people with shelter in this winter’s frigid weather. “We need to become better prepared as a state,” Harrison Tuttle said.
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R.I. man found dead in the cold - The Boston Globe
R.I. State Council of Churches calls for better coordination to provide people with shelter in this winter’s frigid weather. “We need to become better prepared as a state,” Harrison Tuttle said.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
R.I. man found dead in the cold. RI State Council of Churches calls for better coordination to provide people with shelter in this winter’s frigid weather. “We need to become better prepared as a state,” Harrison Tuttle said.
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A Rhode Island man is facing charges in Florida, where prosecutors allege he exploited a young girl he met on the online video game Fortnite, and coerced her into “creating and sending hundreds of pornographic pictures and videos.”
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Florida prosecutors charge R.I. man, alleging he exploited a young girl he met on Fortnite - The Boston Globe
Justin Adkins, 29, allegedly coerced the girl into “creating and sending hundreds of pornographic pictures and videos,” prosecutors said.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
A Rhode Island man is facing charges in Florida, where prosecutors allege he exploited a young girl he met on the online video game Fortnite, and coerced her into “creating and sending hundreds of pornographic pictures and videos.”
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Newly released body-worn camera video from Brown University mass shooting shows how police responded. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
Video: Police release body camera footage from Brown University shooting - The Boston Globe
The heavily redacted video begins at 4:16 p.m. on Dec. 13, about 10 minutes after the first call came in. The 20 minutes that follow show police rushing to clear the building and get victims out.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Newly released body-worn camera video from Brown University mass shooting shows how police responded. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
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In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
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‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
Reposted by Amanda Milkovits
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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ICYMI: A 51-year-old man was allegedly murdered on the street in Providence by four children. His family wants answers.
From @camilo-fonseca.bsky.social:
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From @camilo-fonseca.bsky.social:
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A 51-year-old man was allegedly murdered on the street by four children. His family wants answers. - The Boston Globe
The image of Rony Alonso being beaten to death has played in his loved ones’ heads on a loop.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
ICYMI: A 51-year-old man was allegedly murdered on the street in Providence by four children. His family wants answers.
From @camilo-fonseca.bsky.social:
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From @camilo-fonseca.bsky.social:
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Concentration camps:
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
Former ICE Facility Worker 'saw people laying in feces' at Baltimore Detention Center
Whistleblower provides internal documents alleging severe overcrowding, mistreatment months before viral video sparked national outrage
www.wusa9.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Concentration camps:
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
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Martin, an 18-year-old citizen, traveled with his Madison-area soccer team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament. He saved up money so his mom could take time off work to go with him. But while they were there, ICE took his mom, who has been detained ever since.
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Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling
Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.
www.jsonline.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Martin, an 18-year-old citizen, traveled with his Madison-area soccer team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament. He saved up money so his mom could take time off work to go with him. But while they were there, ICE took his mom, who has been detained ever since.
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"No single path to healing."
Brown University gathers to remember two students killed in December shooting
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Brown University gathers to remember two students killed in December shooting
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‘No single path to healing’: Brown University remembers 2 students killed in December shooting - The Boston Globe
“Our campus is hurting, our community is hurting, and it is right that we have come together to acknowledge that pain,” Patricia Poitevien, Brown’s vice president for campus life, said at the memorial...
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February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
"No single path to healing."
Brown University gathers to remember two students killed in December shooting
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Brown University gathers to remember two students killed in December shooting
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Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
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@riaclu.bsky.social asks Brown University and other colleges not to share video feeds with Providence police
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R.I. ACLU asks Brown University and other colleges not to share video feeds with Providence police - The Boston Globe
ACLU raises privacy concerns, citing the Trump administration’s crackdown on campus protests and attempts to revoke F-1 visas for foreign students.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
@riaclu.bsky.social asks Brown University and other colleges not to share video feeds with Providence police
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(gift substack) Jeffrey Epstein didn't want prostitutes. He wanted scared, vulnerable girls and young women he could control. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Understanding Epstein's Crimes
Sex trafficking isn't widely understood. Here is what Epstein did.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
(gift substack) Jeffrey Epstein didn't want prostitutes. He wanted scared, vulnerable girls and young women he could control. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Love this little Rhode Island promo that Providence's nail cooked up for @globeri.bsky.social, a la Super Bowl ads.
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Rhode Island - Summer is Coming — nail
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February 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Love this little Rhode Island promo that Providence's nail cooked up for @globeri.bsky.social, a la Super Bowl ads.
www.nail.cc/rhode-island...
www.nail.cc/rhode-island...
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Proud to have worked on this story (and many others) with @joemenn.bsky.social. He is a legend and it is so stupid that he was laid off. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Epstein’s network included Russian tech investors with past Kremlin ties
Documents released by the Justice Department show that Epstein had links with Russian tech investors who had drawn scrutiny from U.S. intelligence officials.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Proud to have worked on this story (and many others) with @joemenn.bsky.social. He is a legend and it is so stupid that he was laid off. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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UPDATED with comments from @mattlamountain.bsky.social,
@jakebissaillon.bsky.social and @dawneuer.bsky.social --
@risenate.bsky.social confirms former majority leader Michael J. McCaffrey as state judge
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@jakebissaillon.bsky.social and @dawneuer.bsky.social --
@risenate.bsky.social confirms former majority leader Michael J. McCaffrey as state judge
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R.I. Senate confirms former majority leader McCaffrey as state judge - The Boston Globe
The Senate voted 27 to 8 for McCaffrey, who faced opposition because of his voting record on abortion, same-sex marriage, and gun legislation/
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February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
UPDATED with comments from @mattlamountain.bsky.social,
@jakebissaillon.bsky.social and @dawneuer.bsky.social --
@risenate.bsky.social confirms former majority leader Michael J. McCaffrey as state judge
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/m...
@jakebissaillon.bsky.social and @dawneuer.bsky.social --
@risenate.bsky.social confirms former majority leader Michael J. McCaffrey as state judge
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Why do they all look the same?
Start pouring the wine (and the coffee milk). Bravo has announced the “Real Housewives of Rhode Island” will premiere on Thursday, April 2 at 9 p.m.
Mark your calendars: ‘The Real Housewives of Rhode Island’ debuts April 2 - The Boston Globe
The new series follows the women across the state to spots like a gilded mansion in Newport and Block Island.
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Why do they all look the same?