John Marion
@johnmarion.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Cyclist. Luge aficionado. Election audit proselytizer. Coffee consumer. ED of Common Cause Rhode Island.
Last night the Judicial Nominating Commission submitted three names to Governor McKee for consideration as Presiding Justice of the Superior Court (a job that is about, among other things, the administration of courtrooms) and they did not ask any of the three applicants a single question.
Yesterday, ICE agents allegedly ran into the Garrahy courthouse with firearms and circumvented security.
This is yet another example of how ICE continues to terrorize Rhode Islanders who are simply, legally, going to court.
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This is yet another example of how ICE continues to terrorize Rhode Islanders who are simply, legally, going to court.
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'I was afraid I was going to get shot': ICE pursuit into RI courthouse causes chaos.
Witnesses say the agents ran past courthouse security and through the first floor of the building.
www.providencejournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Last night the Judicial Nominating Commission submitted three names to Governor McKee for consideration as Presiding Justice of the Superior Court (a job that is about, among other things, the administration of courtrooms) and they did not ask any of the three applicants a single question.
It’s @samghoward.riliberator.com day at the State House
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
It’s @samghoward.riliberator.com day at the State House
I just want you people to know I'm going to a luge race tomorrow.
December 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I just want you people to know I'm going to a luge race tomorrow.
Here's the source of the pdf. riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
December 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Here's the source of the pdf. riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Attorney General Neronha, law enforcement partners announce death of suspect in Brown University mass shooting:
www.riag.ri.gov/press-releases/attorney-general-neronha-law-enforcement-partners-announce-death-suspect-brown
www.riag.ri.gov/press-releases/attorney-general-neronha-law-enforcement-partners-announce-death-suspect-brown
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Attorney General Neronha, law enforcement partners announce death of suspect in Brown University mass shooting:
www.riag.ri.gov/press-releases/attorney-general-neronha-law-enforcement-partners-announce-death-suspect-brown
www.riag.ri.gov/press-releases/attorney-general-neronha-law-enforcement-partners-announce-death-suspect-brown
Rhode Island: where you know the two people behind you in the airport security line and one of them represents you in Congress
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Rhode Island: where you know the two people behind you in the airport security line and one of them represents you in Congress
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🚨BREAKING: We just filed to intervene in the Trump DOJ’s lawsuit against RI Secretary of State Gregg Amore. The Trump DOJ is seeking access to the sensitive personal information of Rhode Island voters - and we will NOT let that happen.
Support us at www.commoncause.org/rhode-island... ⬅️
Support us at www.commoncause.org/rhode-island... ⬅️
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🚨BREAKING: We just filed to intervene in the Trump DOJ’s lawsuit against RI Secretary of State Gregg Amore. The Trump DOJ is seeking access to the sensitive personal information of Rhode Island voters - and we will NOT let that happen.
Support us at www.commoncause.org/rhode-island... ⬅️
Support us at www.commoncause.org/rhode-island... ⬅️
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BREAKING: We’re representing Common Cause to intervene in the federal government’s attempt to obtain RI voters’ personal info.
This is a matter of protecting our data from potential misuse — like disenfranchising voters or making data more vulnerable to hackers. www.riaclu.org/news/common-...
This is a matter of protecting our data from potential misuse — like disenfranchising voters or making data more vulnerable to hackers. www.riaclu.org/news/common-...
Common Cause, ACLU Take on Trump Administration in Court to Protect Rhode Island Voters’ Data - ACLU of Rhode Island
Common Cause and some individual voters have today intervened in a recently filed lawsuit in order to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from obtaining sensitive, non-public information contained ...
www.riaclu.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
BREAKING: We’re representing Common Cause to intervene in the federal government’s attempt to obtain RI voters’ personal info.
This is a matter of protecting our data from potential misuse — like disenfranchising voters or making data more vulnerable to hackers. www.riaclu.org/news/common-...
This is a matter of protecting our data from potential misuse — like disenfranchising voters or making data more vulnerable to hackers. www.riaclu.org/news/common-...
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Reapportionment watch: It looks like the Census Bureau's annual population estimates for states (which normally come out in late December) will come out in January instead this time around.
www.census.gov/programs-sur...
www.census.gov/programs-sur...
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reapportionment watch: It looks like the Census Bureau's annual population estimates for states (which normally come out in late December) will come out in January instead this time around.
www.census.gov/programs-sur...
www.census.gov/programs-sur...
FYI, luge season has started, and it's an Olympic year! www.youtube.com/live/F1bq52U...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
FYI, luge season has started, and it's an Olympic year! www.youtube.com/live/F1bq52U...
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The League of RI Businesses has an 'unprecedented’ 40 PAC strategy that lets business group skirt campaign finance donation limits. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/h...
How to win elections and influence the State House? The League of RI Businesses has a plan. • Rhode Island Current
New conservative-leaning business group, The League of RI Businesses, has opened 40 political action committees to skirt campaign donation limits and funnel large sums of money to its chosen candidate...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The League of RI Businesses has an 'unprecedented’ 40 PAC strategy that lets business group skirt campaign finance donation limits. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing.
ICYMI:
ICYMI:
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing.
ICYMI:
ICYMI:
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Superior Court intern mistakenly targeted by ICE in PVD today, per RI Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Suttell
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Superior Court intern mistakenly targeted by ICE in PVD today, per RI Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Suttell
Pawtucket's soccer stadium gets The New York Times treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/r...
Can Soccer Stadiums Revitalize American Cities?
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pawtucket's soccer stadium gets The New York Times treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/r...
The Rhode Island Board of Elections is using a new results reporting website. Curious what people think of it. results.enr.clarityelections.com/RI/Rhode_Isl...
Election Night Reporting
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November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Rhode Island Board of Elections is using a new results reporting website. Curious what people think of it. results.enr.clarityelections.com/RI/Rhode_Isl...
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RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
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Rhode Island has not sent a voter list maintenance mailing to all active registered voters in over 15 years. That changes as early as Monday, Nov 3. rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/all-r...
All registered R.I. voters to receive this notice in the mail as early as Monday • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island has not sent a voter list maintenance mailing to all active registered voters in over 15 years. That changes as early as Monday, Nov 3, when voters across the state should start receiving...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Rhode Island has not sent a voter list maintenance mailing to all active registered voters in over 15 years. That changes as early as Monday, Nov 3. rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/all-r...
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Governor Daniel J. McKee announced his appointment of Rebecca Partington and Ajie Saho to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. He also appointed David A. Holley to the JNC from a list of nominees submitted by the Senate Minority Leader.
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Governor Daniel J. McKee announced his appointment of Rebecca Partington and Ajie Saho to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. He also appointed David A. Holley to the JNC from a list of nominees submitted by the Senate Minority Leader.
I was today years old when I learned saying, "I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of that information" is called a Glomar response, named for a CIA ship used to recover a lost Soviet submarine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_...
Glomar response - Wikipedia
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October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was today years old when I learned saying, "I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of that information" is called a Glomar response, named for a CIA ship used to recover a lost Soviet submarine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_...
Things I forgot almost happened in Rhode Island
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Things I forgot almost happened in Rhode Island
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Behind every courtroom decision is a story about how judges get there. Don’t miss #Law401’s new episode, “Picking Judges: Who Really Gets to Sit on the Bench?”
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
October 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Behind every courtroom decision is a story about how judges get there. Don’t miss #Law401’s new episode, “Picking Judges: Who Really Gets to Sit on the Bench?”
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...