@projomike.bsky.social
UConn Journalism professor
Former Providence Journal investigative reporter, Big East scribe & Boston Globe Spotlight Fellow.
Author The Prince of Providence & Unbeaten.
Rhode Island & Connecticut
Former Providence Journal investigative reporter, Big East scribe & Boston Globe Spotlight Fellow.
Author The Prince of Providence & Unbeaten.
Rhode Island & Connecticut
Who needs a functional Department of Labor Statistics when you can just order up a jobs report (with fries?) from DoorDash? 🍟📈
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Who needs a functional Department of Labor Statistics when you can just order up a jobs report (with fries?) from DoorDash? 🍟📈
Reposted
In October 2021, the convicted doctor I was reporting on (and later published a book about), Paul Volkman, tried to get me to help him to argue his way out of federal prison.
Here's what I wrote in response.
Here's what I wrote in response.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In October 2021, the convicted doctor I was reporting on (and later published a book about), Paul Volkman, tried to get me to help him to argue his way out of federal prison.
Here's what I wrote in response.
Here's what I wrote in response.
MAGA - Make Asbestos Great Again
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
MAGA - Make Asbestos Great Again
What party leadership?
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
What party leadership?
What kind of training do these guys have? They’re literally loose cannons.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
What kind of training do these guys have? They’re literally loose cannons.
“Able bodied”
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Able bodied”
Begging the question - how can senators strike a deal to make the House vote?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Begging the question - how can senators strike a deal to make the House vote?
Sports betting has changed since Steve O'Donnell worked undercover infiltrating Mafia bookmaking rings for the RI State Police & I wrote on Pete Rose's ties to a Patriarca family bookie for the @providencejournal.bsky.social. So it was fun to talk betting scandals now & then on @997wpro.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sports betting has changed since Steve O'Donnell worked undercover infiltrating Mafia bookmaking rings for the RI State Police & I wrote on Pete Rose's ties to a Patriarca family bookie for the @providencejournal.bsky.social. So it was fun to talk betting scandals now & then on @997wpro.bsky.social
Commanders-in-Cheat Stadium?
Fascist Bowl?
Tariff Park?
DOGE Dome?
Ozempic Arena?
So many possibilities…
Fascist Bowl?
Tariff Park?
DOGE Dome?
Ozempic Arena?
So many possibilities…
Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their planned $3.7 billion stadium after him, ESPN reports.
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Commanders-in-Cheat Stadium?
Fascist Bowl?
Tariff Park?
DOGE Dome?
Ozempic Arena?
So many possibilities…
Fascist Bowl?
Tariff Park?
DOGE Dome?
Ozempic Arena?
So many possibilities…
As the board president of @ecorinews.bsky.social I'm excited to announce that we're hiring a new reporter! Come work in Rhode Island's only environmental journalism newsroom ⚓
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ecoRI News is hiring! | Bonnie Phillips
ecoRI News is hiring! We're looking for an experienced reporter interested in covering the environment, climate change, environmental justice issues and more. Job posting is attached. Please email me ...
www.linkedin.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As the board president of @ecorinews.bsky.social I'm excited to announce that we're hiring a new reporter! Come work in Rhode Island's only environmental journalism newsroom ⚓
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Socialism > Anti-socialism
Antifa > Pro Fascist
Progressive > Regressive
Language matters.
Antifa > Pro Fascist
Progressive > Regressive
Language matters.
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Socialism > Anti-socialism
Antifa > Pro Fascist
Progressive > Regressive
Language matters.
Antifa > Pro Fascist
Progressive > Regressive
Language matters.
Trump’s decision to back away from the World Health Organization is unhealthy - literally.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be
America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump’s decision to back away from the World Health Organization is unhealthy - literally.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Duck duck, gone gone. 🐤
From Nextdoor in Warwick
From Nextdoor in Warwick
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Duck duck, gone gone. 🐤
From Nextdoor in Warwick
From Nextdoor in Warwick
Obamacare 🩺
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Obamacare 🩺
Will & Graceless
Another -- regrettable! -- Rhode Island Angle to Zohran's win is that Debra Messing grew up in East Greenwich.
Debra Messing Is Having a Meltdown About Zohran Mamdani
She has spent the past 48 hours posting Islamophobic content and misinformation on her Instagram Story.
www.thecut.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Will & Graceless
The White Washing continues…
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The White Washing continues…
Friar fans are getting Vaaksinated on opening night. Stefan Vaaks, the 6-7 freshman from Estonia, has 15 points at halftime vs. Holy Cross.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Friar fans are getting Vaaksinated on opening night. Stefan Vaaks, the 6-7 freshman from Estonia, has 15 points at halftime vs. Holy Cross.
Ciao konnichiwa!
This looks fabulous.
This looks fabulous.
November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ciao konnichiwa!
This looks fabulous.
This looks fabulous.
This is an important & troubling point. We need the press to hold power accountable or the whole country will become one vast news desert where corruption & oligarchs flourish & voters are brainwashed by propaganda.
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is an important & troubling point. We need the press to hold power accountable or the whole country will become one vast news desert where corruption & oligarchs flourish & voters are brainwashed by propaganda.
Edited by Bari Weiss?
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Edited by Bari Weiss?
I’ll take Lawlessness for $1,000
What an odd set of options offered in the CBS News Poll. DEI but nothing about democracy or rule of law.👀
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’ll take Lawlessness for $1,000
