Jamie Bova

Jamie Bova

@jamiebova.bsky.social

Former Newport, RI Mayor and City Council At-Large | yelling at clouds | bad at summarizing myself | opinions are my own She/Her

177 Followers 125 Following 61 Posts Joined Nov 2024
5 days ago

Yeah, it also helps that she is cool as hell.

1 0 1 0
5 days ago

Dawn is the most inspirational person I know - she always speaks truth to power

1 0 1 0
1 week ago

basically what's happened is that i have interacted very slightly with our healthcare infrastructure this week and it has made me a quantifiably worse person

86 1 0 0
3 weeks ago

Wow, I'm honestly shocked at this. Disgusting to see so many people and organizations be complicit with this "administration"

0 0 0 0
1 month ago

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

11,586 7,432 201 829
1 month ago

For Rhode Island political twitter refugees, @wjdennen.dev has recreated his RI Government Bot and I couldn’t be happier.

14 2 2 0
1 month ago

Senator @dawneuer.bsky.social cast the lone vote against the nomination of former Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey for a seat on the state District Court.

10 5 1 1
1 month ago
Preview
FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...

NEW: The FBI’s search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, GA, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.

1,066 502 98 57
1 month ago

Reposting with alt text! This is from the photojournalist who was violently tackled and detained by ICE earlier today.

439 213 3 2
1 month ago

I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.

17,775 6,343 52 327
1 month ago
Preview
Website that leaked info about ICE agents is down after ‘cyberattack,’ founder says Founder of ICE List believes the ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack could have originated in Russia

The Russian intelligence services intervene aggressively to attack a website that leaked the names of new ICE hires, proving that Kristi Noem was aggressively recruiting and deploying Jan 6 rioters, including the head of the Proud Boys, a violent white supremacist group.

407 256 9 39
1 month ago

Emily is out here doing the Lord's work! Her threads are always worth reading. We appreciate your service to Newport! ❤️

2 0 1 0
1 month ago

There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.

5,682 2,938 163 123
2 months ago
Poster that reads: 

NEWPORT STANDS WITH MINNEAPOLIS
STOP ICE
Thursday 1/8 5:30pm Newport City Hall

with a melting ice drawing the the right

Newport: see you out there ✊

15 6 1 1
2 months ago

Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit

10,870 2,166 81 75
3 months ago

@emzconk.bsky.social shared our friendship origin story. The moral of which is that you meet cool people when you're involved in your community and local government.

2 0 1 0
3 months ago

I was so excited when I realized that it was you!

1 0 1 0
3 months ago

What a great concept! Engagement is key to building and sustaining trust in government and this is such a cool way to do it.

I'd love to see this in RI, I think it could potentially work at the state level.

1 0 0 0
3 months ago
Video thumbnail

#voter list maintenance is happening now in #RI! Make sure your info is correct and that you’re registered to vote. Go to vote.ri.gov to check your voter record. Thanks to RI Secretary of State @Gregg Amore for his efforts and for NOT doing this during an election year! #PSA #CapCut

4 2 0 1
3 months ago
Video thumbnail

Ready for Sunday’s opener, @PWHL_Boston 🙌

21 3 1 2
4 months ago
Preview
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets

www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...

1,174 807 79 136
4 months ago

70% of working age SNAP recipients work full time. The companies should pay them a living wage! SNAP is corporate welfare.

4,270 1,148 137 35
6 months ago

This behavior is indistinguishable from the worst secret polices of fascist regimes of the 20th century.

2,548 966 102 36
6 months ago

Also yes. But structure! I love structure. Predictability and order are tools that help get things done

1 0 1 0
6 months ago

PREACH

1 0 1 0
6 months ago

He's right!!

1 0 1 0
6 months ago

We love rules (sometimes).

1 0 1 0
6 months ago

I find it rich that Councilor Carlin has no capacity to find the money for our schools or our infrastructure or sustainability improvements or general betterment for many of quality of life issues, but can do so for the cops. (18/?)

4 1 1 0
7 months ago
Post image

@queenpep43.bsky.social reminding us we won the battle but not the war! "Use this moment to organize instead of resting!"

3 0 0 0