Rebecca Kislak
@rebeccakislak.bsky.social
RI mom, lawyer and state representative.
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Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.
Not great. Really not great.
h/t Sahil Kapur
Not great. Really not great.
h/t Sahil Kapur
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.
Not great. Really not great.
h/t Sahil Kapur
Not great. Really not great.
h/t Sahil Kapur
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
I'm looking forward to the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading, here on Zoom now :) www.lhughescpr.org
Langston Hughes Poetry | Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading
In Rhode Island, the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading has Langston Hughes's poems, dating from the Harlem Renaissance through the 1960's, are read aloud by members of the community with musica...
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February 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I'm looking forward to the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading, here on Zoom now :) www.lhughescpr.org
Here's my newsletter from today! mailchi.mp/af54c251d442...
Let's Listen to the Kids
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February 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Here's my newsletter from today! mailchi.mp/af54c251d442...
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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R.I. advocates backing separate bill to make crash data public. The Department of Transportation refuses to release traffic accident data, but the Providence Streets Coalition says 42 other states make such information public.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
R.I. advocates backing separate bill to make crash data public - The Boston Globe
The Department of Transportation refuses to release traffic accident data, but the Providence Streets Coalition says 42 other states make such information public.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 PM
R.I. advocates backing separate bill to make crash data public. The Department of Transportation refuses to release traffic accident data, but the Providence Streets Coalition says 42 other states make such information public.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
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This 🧵 👇YES! Keep pushing.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 AM
This 🧵 👇YES! Keep pushing.
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Just remember: Trump CUT $1 trillion from Americans' health care…
...and ADDED $75 billion to his authoritarian, masked ICE agent fund in his Big, Ugly Law.
We are demanding accountability. No more taxpayer funds for ICE to terrorize our communities.
#FundHealthcareStopICE
...and ADDED $75 billion to his authoritarian, masked ICE agent fund in his Big, Ugly Law.
We are demanding accountability. No more taxpayer funds for ICE to terrorize our communities.
#FundHealthcareStopICE
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Just remember: Trump CUT $1 trillion from Americans' health care…
...and ADDED $75 billion to his authoritarian, masked ICE agent fund in his Big, Ugly Law.
We are demanding accountability. No more taxpayer funds for ICE to terrorize our communities.
#FundHealthcareStopICE
...and ADDED $75 billion to his authoritarian, masked ICE agent fund in his Big, Ugly Law.
We are demanding accountability. No more taxpayer funds for ICE to terrorize our communities.
#FundHealthcareStopICE
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No school, Providence Public School District, on Tuesday
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
No school, Providence Public School District, on Tuesday
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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We stand with Minneosta ✊🏾
Today, a new video features 36 lawmakers from 11 states standing with Minnesota and calling for accountability.
State Futures is proud to help bring this coordinated effort to life, as state policymakers come together to defend democratic values.
State Futures is proud to help bring this coordinated effort to life, as state policymakers come together to defend democratic values.
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
We stand with Minneosta ✊🏾
Standing with Minnesota. My newsletter (and please subscribe by clicking on the button at the top left corner if you'd like to get these in your in-box). buff.ly/oFtMJH0]
Standing with Minnesota
Dear friends, I hope you are warm and cozy this snowy night. School and most things have been cancelled for tomorrow; those of us who work from home will probably have pretty regular days, with some...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Standing with Minnesota. My newsletter (and please subscribe by clicking on the button at the top left corner if you'd like to get these in your in-box). buff.ly/oFtMJH0]
I care about healthcare and RIPTA and child care and that's why I care about the #FairShareAgenda. Rhode Island needs to be ready to step in where the federal government is stepping back. Those who can pay a little more, on income over $640,000/year, can help us invest in our amazing state.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I care about healthcare and RIPTA and child care and that's why I care about the #FairShareAgenda. Rhode Island needs to be ready to step in where the federal government is stepping back. Those who can pay a little more, on income over $640,000/year, can help us invest in our amazing state.
I introduced legislation for Providence to create the Crook Street Bridge Authority. Channel 10 has the story:
Future of Crook Point Bridge uncertain as ownership talks with state continue
The Crook Point Bridge remains over the Seekonk River untouched a year after Providence Mayor Brett Smiley expressed interest.
buff.ly
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I introduced legislation for Providence to create the Crook Street Bridge Authority. Channel 10 has the story:
Rhode Island stands with Minnesota, and I stand with Minnesota.
Today, a new video features 36 lawmakers from 11 states standing with Minnesota and calling for accountability.
State Futures is proud to help bring this coordinated effort to life, as state policymakers come together to defend democratic values.
State Futures is proud to help bring this coordinated effort to life, as state policymakers come together to defend democratic values.
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Rhode Island stands with Minnesota, and I stand with Minnesota.
Ugh my excitement is over. I may never see the inside of this building, and will continue to wait for the train outside in the super cold icyness of winter mornings on the platform.
Really very excited that this building is open, but the operating hours are bad. 8am-4:30pm for a facility that has buses and trains running from 5am past midnight. Among all the other things we need to fund, station hours that match service hours needs to be on the list.
RIPTA said the facility provides “over 500 trips” per day, and there were 241,000 total boardings last year.
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Ugh my excitement is over. I may never see the inside of this building, and will continue to wait for the train outside in the super cold icyness of winter mornings on the platform.
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Really very excited that this building is open, but the operating hours are bad. 8am-4:30pm for a facility that has buses and trains running from 5am past midnight. Among all the other things we need to fund, station hours that match service hours needs to be on the list.
RIPTA said the facility provides “over 500 trips” per day, and there were 241,000 total boardings last year.
New RIPTA passenger facility opens in Pawtucket
The building is located at the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center on Pine Street.
www.wpri.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Really very excited that this building is open, but the operating hours are bad. 8am-4:30pm for a facility that has buses and trains running from 5am past midnight. Among all the other things we need to fund, station hours that match service hours needs to be on the list.
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Detaining a five-year-old child to use as bait to lure his family members out of hiding is sick and morally corrupt.
This is evil behavior.
ICE is out of control and should not get one more penny to support their brutal actions.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This is evil behavior.
ICE is out of control and should not get one more penny to support their brutal actions.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family m...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Detaining a five-year-old child to use as bait to lure his family members out of hiding is sick and morally corrupt.
This is evil behavior.
ICE is out of control and should not get one more penny to support their brutal actions.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This is evil behavior.
ICE is out of control and should not get one more penny to support their brutal actions.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This is great! And there should be even more. Let’s invest in our infrastructure and give Rhode Islanders real options for getting around our beautiful state (and, as I do from time to time for work, to Boston, too)
RIPTA said the facility provides “over 500 trips” per day, and there were 241,000 total boardings last year.
New RIPTA passenger facility opens in Pawtucket
The building is located at the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center on Pine Street.
www.wpri.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
This is great! And there should be even more. Let’s invest in our infrastructure and give Rhode Islanders real options for getting around our beautiful state (and, as I do from time to time for work, to Boston, too)
This morning’s newsletter. With lots of pics, from vacation and the statehouse. mailchi.mp/c354f039cce2...
January News
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January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
This morning’s newsletter. With lots of pics, from vacation and the statehouse. mailchi.mp/c354f039cce2...
Wondering how to support Minnesota? Here is a list/website with info: www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Wondering how to support Minnesota? Here is a list/website with info: www.standwithminnesota.com
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The House Finance Committee dedicated a 2¢ per gallon increase in the gas tax to RIPTA last year. Gov. McKee plans to fill RIPTA’s $14M budget gap for FY27, but that amount assumed the extra gas tax revenue.
Tagging my state legislators: @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @meghankallman.bsky.social
Tagging my state legislators: @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @meghankallman.bsky.social
@govdanmckee.bsky.social: "My budget will fully close RIPTA’s remaining $14M deficit..."
Also McKee: "My budget will roll back last year's gas tax increase..."
The gas tax increase is helping to fund RIPTA though! RIPTA receives 11.75 cents in tax revenue on every gallon of gas! 🚌
Also McKee: "My budget will roll back last year's gas tax increase..."
The gas tax increase is helping to fund RIPTA though! RIPTA receives 11.75 cents in tax revenue on every gallon of gas! 🚌
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The House Finance Committee dedicated a 2¢ per gallon increase in the gas tax to RIPTA last year. Gov. McKee plans to fill RIPTA’s $14M budget gap for FY27, but that amount assumed the extra gas tax revenue.
Tagging my state legislators: @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @meghankallman.bsky.social
Tagging my state legislators: @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @meghankallman.bsky.social
The #RIHouse is getting ready to welcome the Gov for his State of the State address. I will be listening for his plan to make sure we take care of RIers, even with cuts from the fed govt. If we all pay our #FairShare we can fill some gaps in healthcare, food, and child care that RIers depend on.
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The #RIHouse is getting ready to welcome the Gov for his State of the State address. I will be listening for his plan to make sure we take care of RIers, even with cuts from the fed govt. If we all pay our #FairShare we can fill some gaps in healthcare, food, and child care that RIers depend on.