Jennifer Boylan
@jenniferboylanri.bsky.social
Representative for RI House of Representatives District 66 Riverside/Barrington. Democrat. Moms Demand exCL. Feminist. Pro-choice. REFUSE Reduce Reuse Recycle. Protect mother earth.
HAPPENING NOW: attending the 25th Celebration of Children's Health & Well-Being with @rikidscount.bsky.social ! #RightCareWorks
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
HAPPENING NOW: attending the 25th Celebration of Children's Health & Well-Being with @rikidscount.bsky.social ! #RightCareWorks
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Trump is creating a secret police force to deploy into and terrorize American cities as he pleases.
I introduced an amendment to defund it in our annual defense spending bill, and Republicans wouldn't even put it up for a vote. They are complicit in this assault on our freedoms.
I introduced an amendment to defund it in our annual defense spending bill, and Republicans wouldn't even put it up for a vote. They are complicit in this assault on our freedoms.
The Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to create “quick reaction” forces in every state and territory by January that are trained and equipped to respond to riots and civil unrest within the U.S.
Pentagon Orders National Guard to Establish Quick Reaction Forces for Civil Unrest, Riots
The riot control units are a major shift, underscoring the Trump administration’s push to directly involve the military in responding to demonstrations and other domestic missions.
on.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump is creating a secret police force to deploy into and terrorize American cities as he pleases.
I introduced an amendment to defund it in our annual defense spending bill, and Republicans wouldn't even put it up for a vote. They are complicit in this assault on our freedoms.
I introduced an amendment to defund it in our annual defense spending bill, and Republicans wouldn't even put it up for a vote. They are complicit in this assault on our freedoms.
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Oh, please, lectures about how “no one should aspire for large segments of the population to depend on government handouts,” when billionaires get the biggest government handouts of all?
Opinion | What the SNAP fight is really about
Food stamps are a way to feed hungry kids, not a political bargaining chip or an engine for growth.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oh, please, lectures about how “no one should aspire for large segments of the population to depend on government handouts,” when billionaires get the biggest government handouts of all?
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most of the time I think he’s at least really committed to fascism. but there’s just a lot of evidence he’s bored as fuck and they keep coming up with these little projects for him. I mean it’s important for elderly people to stay active.
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
most of the time I think he’s at least really committed to fascism. but there’s just a lot of evidence he’s bored as fuck and they keep coming up with these little projects for him. I mean it’s important for elderly people to stay active.
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Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.
Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Climate #Disaster #Weather #Data #Nonprofit
Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Climate #Disaster #Weather #Data #Nonprofit
Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.
Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.
grist.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.
Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Climate #Disaster #Weather #Data #Nonprofit
Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Climate #Disaster #Weather #Data #Nonprofit
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Federal judge in R.I. blocks Trump administration from halting SNAP payments
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/n...
Federal judge in R.I. blocks Trump administration from halting SNAP payments - The Boston Globe
Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered the government to tap $6 billion in contingency funds to make the SNAP payments, rejecting the argument that the money should be saved for other emergencies.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Federal judge in R.I. blocks Trump administration from halting SNAP payments
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/n...
A tragic logical consequence.
societal suicide www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A tragic logical consequence.
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societal suicide www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
societal suicide www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Research suggests climate change played a significant role in Hurricane Melissa’s path of destruction.
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely, Study Suggests - Inside Climate News
Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.
insideclimatenews.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Research suggests climate change played a significant role in Hurricane Melissa’s path of destruction.
Happening now: attending the Stand Against Hate at a Community Press Conference in Smithfield RI following the deeply disturbing antisemitic hazing incident at Smithfield High School. We need accountability and transparency.
October 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happening now: attending the Stand Against Hate at a Community Press Conference in Smithfield RI following the deeply disturbing antisemitic hazing incident at Smithfield High School. We need accountability and transparency.
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
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Two years ago, my hometown of Lewiston was forever changed when a mass shooter killed 18 people across the city.
We can’t pretend it won’t happen again.
I’m urging Maine to vote YES on Question 2: a common sense red-flag law. #mesen
We can’t pretend it won’t happen again.
I’m urging Maine to vote YES on Question 2: a common sense red-flag law. #mesen
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Two years ago, my hometown of Lewiston was forever changed when a mass shooter killed 18 people across the city.
We can’t pretend it won’t happen again.
I’m urging Maine to vote YES on Question 2: a common sense red-flag law. #mesen
We can’t pretend it won’t happen again.
I’m urging Maine to vote YES on Question 2: a common sense red-flag law. #mesen
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I joined @lindaujifusa.bsky.social
& @samuelwbell.bsky.social
& @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social to advocate for an improved Medicare single payer program, instead of Medicare dis-Advantage plans that take advantage of the most vulnerable www.providencejournal.com/story/opinio...
& @samuelwbell.bsky.social
& @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social to advocate for an improved Medicare single payer program, instead of Medicare dis-Advantage plans that take advantage of the most vulnerable www.providencejournal.com/story/opinio...
October 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I joined @lindaujifusa.bsky.social
& @samuelwbell.bsky.social
& @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social to advocate for an improved Medicare single payer program, instead of Medicare dis-Advantage plans that take advantage of the most vulnerable www.providencejournal.com/story/opinio...
& @samuelwbell.bsky.social
& @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social to advocate for an improved Medicare single payer program, instead of Medicare dis-Advantage plans that take advantage of the most vulnerable www.providencejournal.com/story/opinio...
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Heather Cox Richardson asks -what are we doing here- and really, what’s happening here is a lack of compassion & total insanity. Sickening @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Heather Cox Richardson asks -what are we doing here- and really, what’s happening here is a lack of compassion & total insanity. Sickening @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
We love America.
We reject kings.
We reject kings.
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We love America.
We reject kings.
We reject kings.
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No Kings PVD. Crowd marching through downtown now
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
No Kings PVD. Crowd marching through downtown now
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the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history
Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history
👏👏 applause, applause.
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
👏👏 applause, applause.
An ambulance driver threatened by ICE while trying to do his job.
ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
An ambulance driver threatened by ICE while trying to do his job.
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Four people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Leland, Mississippi, officials said.
4 dead, 12 injured in Mississippi shooting, officials say
The shooting happened on a main street while people were in the area for a high school homecoming game, the town's mayor said.
cbsn.ws
October 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Four people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Leland, Mississippi, officials said.
Sickening.
Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck
October 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sickening.
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ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.