Rebecca Kislak
@rebeccakislak.bsky.social
RI mom, lawyer and state representative.
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. We had fun at the State House today. @meghankallman.bsky.social and Rep Jennifer Stewart
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. We had fun at the State House today. @meghankallman.bsky.social and Rep Jennifer Stewart
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‘Candy election’ at Statehouse tomorrow to demo ranked-choice voting
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
‘Candy election’ at Statehouse tomorrow to demo ranked-choice voting
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An Irishman living in the U.S. for over 20 years who has been detained by ICE since last September describes the experience as “torture.”
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’
Seamus Culleton from Kilkenny has been in Texas Ice facility for nearly five months despite holding valid work permit
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
An Irishman living in the U.S. for over 20 years who has been detained by ICE since last September describes the experience as “torture.”
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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When COVID suspended Medicare's longtime 3-day rule, it allowed for a natural experiment: Does the rule cause unnecessary hospital days? And what are its health impacts?
Learn at the link how many thousands of additional hospital days researchers found just one month after the rule's reinstatement.
Learn at the link how many thousands of additional hospital days researchers found just one month after the rule's reinstatement.
Study finds outdated Medicare rule delays nursing care, wastes hospital resources
A new study by Brown University researchers found that Medicare's “three-day rule” keeps patients in the hospital longer than needed without improving health outcomes or lowering Medicare costs.
www.brown.edu
February 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
When COVID suspended Medicare's longtime 3-day rule, it allowed for a natural experiment: Does the rule cause unnecessary hospital days? And what are its health impacts?
Learn at the link how many thousands of additional hospital days researchers found just one month after the rule's reinstatement.
Learn at the link how many thousands of additional hospital days researchers found just one month after the rule's reinstatement.
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Officials in a small Georgia city east of Atlanta say Immigration and Customs Enforcement has finalized the purchase of an industrial warehouse with plans to turn it into a sprawling detention facility, where as many as 10,000 immigrants could be held.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Officials in a small Georgia city east of Atlanta say Immigration and Customs Enforcement has finalized the purchase of an industrial warehouse with plans to turn it into a sprawling detention facility, where as many as 10,000 immigrants could be held.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
I'm on a train so I have some time. Will write a thread about this moment in time. I'm thinking a lot about this newsletter I wrote in December 2024: mailchi.mp/3842e98a0f47... 1/
mailchi.mp
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I'm on a train so I have some time. Will write a thread about this moment in time. I'm thinking a lot about this newsletter I wrote in December 2024: mailchi.mp/3842e98a0f47... 1/
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Energy efficiency is cost-effective & helps ratepayers manage their usage & bills. I’m glad Toray was able to use these programs - but also other RI residents and businesses should be able to access these same tools Toray used a decade ago.
These programs work for RIers. Cutting them doesn’t.
These programs work for RIers. Cutting them doesn’t.
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Energy efficiency is cost-effective & helps ratepayers manage their usage & bills. I’m glad Toray was able to use these programs - but also other RI residents and businesses should be able to access these same tools Toray used a decade ago.
These programs work for RIers. Cutting them doesn’t.
These programs work for RIers. Cutting them doesn’t.
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The governor is holding a presser today to bolster his proposal to slash energy efficiency & clean energy.
Toray Plastics, speaking at the presser, ironically has received large investments from these programs to help lower their energy usage and stabilize bills:
ripuc.ri.gov/sites/g/file...
Toray Plastics, speaking at the presser, ironically has received large investments from these programs to help lower their energy usage and stabilize bills:
ripuc.ri.gov/sites/g/file...
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The governor is holding a presser today to bolster his proposal to slash energy efficiency & clean energy.
Toray Plastics, speaking at the presser, ironically has received large investments from these programs to help lower their energy usage and stabilize bills:
ripuc.ri.gov/sites/g/file...
Toray Plastics, speaking at the presser, ironically has received large investments from these programs to help lower their energy usage and stabilize bills:
ripuc.ri.gov/sites/g/file...
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 10. In person voting @ State House on Feb. 10 3-4:30 p.m. @oceanstatercv.bsky.social
RCV123 - Ballot
RCV123 - Ranked Choice Voting Online
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February 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 10. In person voting @ State House on Feb. 10 3-4:30 p.m. @oceanstatercv.bsky.social
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Rhode Islanders want more a more meaningful voice in elections. I filed a bill for Ranked Choice Voting in the 2028 presidential primary & I am co-hosting a demo election with @oceanstatercv.bsky.social @meghankallman.bsky.social @rebeccakislak.bsky.social &
@samzurier.bsky.social — buff.ly/ykAnuj6
@samzurier.bsky.social — buff.ly/ykAnuj6
February 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Rhode Islanders want more a more meaningful voice in elections. I filed a bill for Ranked Choice Voting in the 2028 presidential primary & I am co-hosting a demo election with @oceanstatercv.bsky.social @meghankallman.bsky.social @rebeccakislak.bsky.social &
@samzurier.bsky.social — buff.ly/ykAnuj6
@samzurier.bsky.social — buff.ly/ykAnuj6
Here's my newsletter, full of events and also information about the Valentine's Day Candy Ranked Choice Voting election. If you'd like this in your in-box, click "subscribe" in the top left corner. mailchi.mp/444a4e6196cb...
RCV Candy Election - Please vote! And other news...
mailchi.mp
February 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Here's my newsletter, full of events and also information about the Valentine's Day Candy Ranked Choice Voting election. If you'd like this in your in-box, click "subscribe" in the top left corner. mailchi.mp/444a4e6196cb...
Reposted by Rebecca Kislak
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 10. In person voting @ State House on Feb. 10 3-4:30 p.m. @oceanstatercv.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 10. In person voting @ State House on Feb. 10 3-4:30 p.m. @oceanstatercv.bsky.social
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 10. In person voting @ State House on Feb. 10 3-4:30 p.m. @oceanstatercv.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Let's try out Ranked Choice Voting and have some fun this week! The Candydates this year are a great mix of Valentine's candy. Check it out and vote here: buff.ly/ykAnuj6 Voting is open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 10. In person voting @ State House on Feb. 10 3-4:30 p.m. @oceanstatercv.bsky.social
Watching the Olympics opening ceremony. Public transportation was featured, and the President of Italy was on the tram with athletes and children. ❤️
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Watching the Olympics opening ceremony. Public transportation was featured, and the President of Italy was on the tram with athletes and children. ❤️
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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...
www.lhughescpr.org
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
mailchi.mp
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