BlueSkies1111
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Passionate about freedom and democracy.
Hey Rhode Islanders.
The Republican administration just shut down the Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Program at the US Department of Education. At least 18% of school children in RI need this care & receive special ed services.
Who pays for the consequences?
The Republican administration just shut down the Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Program at the US Department of Education. At least 18% of school children in RI need this care & receive special ed services.
Who pays for the consequences?
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hey Rhode Islanders.
The Republican administration just shut down the Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Program at the US Department of Education. At least 18% of school children in RI need this care & receive special ed services.
Who pays for the consequences?
The Republican administration just shut down the Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Program at the US Department of Education. At least 18% of school children in RI need this care & receive special ed services.
Who pays for the consequences?
Not a peep from the Democrats about this. No question. He's taken over.
"Senate Republicans bulldozed past Senate precedents...changed the rules in an extraordinary move that is likely to undercut Congress’s future role in vetting executive branch officials."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
"Senate Republicans bulldozed past Senate precedents...changed the rules in an extraordinary move that is likely to undercut Congress’s future role in vetting executive branch officials."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
Breaking Precedent, G.O.P. Changes Rules on Nominees
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Not a peep from the Democrats about this. No question. He's taken over.
"Senate Republicans bulldozed past Senate precedents...changed the rules in an extraordinary move that is likely to undercut Congress’s future role in vetting executive branch officials."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
"Senate Republicans bulldozed past Senate precedents...changed the rules in an extraordinary move that is likely to undercut Congress’s future role in vetting executive branch officials."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
Joe Gebbia is the government's "Chief Design Officer." A graduate of RISD, he leaves many of us, fellow alumni scratching our heads. But one thing is clear, as @Ashleigh Axios, Obama's Chief Design Officer, says, "Design should clarify truth, not decorate lies."
www.printmag.com/industry-per...
www.printmag.com/industry-per...
Not Just Another Chess Set: What the U.S. Chief Design Officer Must Deliver – PRINT Magazine
Civic design leader Ashleigh Axios on the appointment of Joe Gebbia to this new post, why this role matters, and the risks and opportunities ahead.
www.printmag.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Joe Gebbia is the government's "Chief Design Officer." A graduate of RISD, he leaves many of us, fellow alumni scratching our heads. But one thing is clear, as @Ashleigh Axios, Obama's Chief Design Officer, says, "Design should clarify truth, not decorate lies."
www.printmag.com/industry-per...
www.printmag.com/industry-per...
This is the way to do it. Where is national news on it?
Ohio managed to get thousands of people to hold hands and link arms in a human chain that stretched 8 miles to stand against ICE.
8 miles of humans linked together.
8 miles of humans linked together.
August 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is the way to do it. Where is national news on it?
#Martiallaw begins. Let’s see what happens in the midterms.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#Martiallaw begins. Let’s see what happens in the midterms.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
This is so true!
August 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is so true!
Ghislane is a pedophile. But you know that.
August 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ghislane is a pedophile. But you know that.
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Today's News: Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report open.substack.com/pub/newsiepr...
Today's News: Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report open.substack.com/pub/newsiepr...
Today's News: Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report
Trump, without providing evidence, accused McEntarfer of manipulating the data for political purposes. This unprecedented move sparked widespread concern.
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August 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Today's News: Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report open.substack.com/pub/newsiepr...
Today's News: Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report open.substack.com/pub/newsiepr...
Dystopian? We're in sci-fi land. One more "legally risky" move.
@politico.com
The EPA proposed repealing the federal government’s bedrock scientific declaration on the dangers of greenhouse gases, a legally risky move by President Donald Trump’s administration to undo regulations on fossil fuels.
@politico.com
The EPA proposed repealing the federal government’s bedrock scientific declaration on the dangers of greenhouse gases, a legally risky move by President Donald Trump’s administration to undo regulations on fossil fuels.
July 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Dystopian? We're in sci-fi land. One more "legally risky" move.
@politico.com
The EPA proposed repealing the federal government’s bedrock scientific declaration on the dangers of greenhouse gases, a legally risky move by President Donald Trump’s administration to undo regulations on fossil fuels.
@politico.com
The EPA proposed repealing the federal government’s bedrock scientific declaration on the dangers of greenhouse gases, a legally risky move by President Donald Trump’s administration to undo regulations on fossil fuels.
Bezos. You are shameful. Take note.
Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos hyperallergic.com/1022317/veni...
Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos hyperallergic.com/1022317/veni...
Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos
A massive banner unfurled by Greenpeace takes aim at the Amazon billionaire’s lavish wedding plans in the historic city.
hyperallergic.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bezos. You are shameful. Take note.
Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos hyperallergic.com/1022317/veni...
Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos hyperallergic.com/1022317/veni...
We’re getting louder and louder! Our local newspaper is covering up our protests but we’ll see if broadcast dies the same. www.providencejournal.com/live-story/n...
Live updates: 'No Kings Day' protests draw thousands to RI State House, India Point Park
Reporters and photographers from the Providence Journal will cover the "No Kings Day" protests throughout the state all day on June 14.
www.providencejournal.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We’re getting louder and louder! Our local newspaper is covering up our protests but we’ll see if broadcast dies the same. www.providencejournal.com/live-story/n...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Providence” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Providence · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
June 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Providence” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
BTW. Our taxes. Remember?
June 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
BTW. Our taxes. Remember?
When satire become reality. Someone help!!
From @andy borowitz.
“I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.”
From @andy borowitz.
“I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.”
June 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When satire become reality. Someone help!!
From @andy borowitz.
“I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.”
From @andy borowitz.
“I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.”
Speaks for itself.
“No Kings” protests: Millions of Americans are expected to head to the streets on June 14 to oppose Trump’s “dictator-style birthday parade."
'No Kings': Millions to Protest Trump's 'Dictator-Style Birthday Parade'
Millions to attend nonviolent protests against Donald Trump, his military birthday parade, and the crackdown on dissent in Los Angeles.
www.rollingstone.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Speaks for itself.
Sorry everyone. You didn’t listen. I have been saying this for years. He’s followinf Hitler’s playbook. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator
Using disorder he had helped manufacture, the chancellor seized control of Bavaria.
www.theatlantic.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Sorry everyone. You didn’t listen. I have been saying this for years. He’s followinf Hitler’s playbook. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A teacher breaks down after ICE causes multiple schools to lockdown during graduation ceremonies and parents to flee for their lives.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
June 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A teacher breaks down after ICE causes multiple schools to lockdown during graduation ceremonies and parents to flee for their lives.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
Are you fucking kidding me? The "Brown Shirts" are on their way.
AG Neronha and 15 other AG's will sue the administration. But...
riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
AG Neronha and 15 other AG's will sue the administration. But...
riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General Neronha joins coalition to prevent Trump Administration efforts to distribute thousands of machine gun devices across country | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
riag.ri.gov
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Are you fucking kidding me? The "Brown Shirts" are on their way.
AG Neronha and 15 other AG's will sue the administration. But...
riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
AG Neronha and 15 other AG's will sue the administration. But...
riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
Of course he won’t declassify the Epstein files.
FOX: Would you declassify the 9/11 files?
TRUMP: Yes.
FOX: Would you declassify the JFK files?
TRUMP: Yes.
FOX: Would you declassify all the Epstein files?
TRUMP: Well... uh... I don't know about the Epstein files as much...
Why won't Trump's DOJ release the Epstein files now? 🤔
TRUMP: Yes.
FOX: Would you declassify the JFK files?
TRUMP: Yes.
FOX: Would you declassify all the Epstein files?
TRUMP: Well... uh... I don't know about the Epstein files as much...
Why won't Trump's DOJ release the Epstein files now? 🤔
June 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Of course he won’t declassify the Epstein files.
It’s happening now. “Breaking News: Trump deploys Marines to Los Angeles.”
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It’s happening now. “Breaking News: Trump deploys Marines to Los Angeles.”
@atlantic. This is where we’re headed. I say, martial law by any other name is still martial law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal
Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@atlantic. This is where we’re headed. I say, martial law by any other name is still martial law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
He’s creating a crisis so he can declare Marshall Law. It’s always been the plan.
June 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
He’s creating a crisis so he can declare Marshall Law. It’s always been the plan.
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Providence to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/j9raE12o
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
May 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Providence to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/j9raE12o
Foundry. $113 million/contracts. “The Trump administration has already sought access to hundreds of data points on citizens and others through government databases, including their bank account numbers, the amount of their student debt, their medical claims and any disability status.” @nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Foundry. $113 million/contracts. “The Trump administration has already sought access to hundreds of data points on citizens and others through government databases, including their bank account numbers, the amount of their student debt, their medical claims and any disability status.” @nytimes.com
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has listed Providence and Central Falls, RI as “sanctuary jurisdictions defying federal immigration law.” Expect to be under attack soon.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
Trump administration names Rhode Island, 2 cities as ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’
Rhode Island, Central Falls and Providence were listed as deliberately “obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws and endangering American citizens,” according to the Trum…
www.wpri.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has listed Providence and Central Falls, RI as “sanctuary jurisdictions defying federal immigration law.” Expect to be under attack soon.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...