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Desecration.

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?

Breaking Precedent, G.O.P. Changes Rules on Nominees

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...

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.

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...

This is the way to do it. Where is national news on it?

Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C.

#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...

This is so true!

Ghislane is a pedophile. But you know that.

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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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.

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.

Bezos. You are shameful. Take note.

Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos hyperallergic.com/1022317/veni...

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.

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...

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...

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?

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.”

Speaks for itself.

Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator Using disorder he had helped manufacture, the chancellor seized control of Bavaria.

Sorry everyone. You didn’t listen. I have been saying this for years. He’s followinf Hitler’s playbook. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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.

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...

Of course he won’t declassify the Epstein files.

It’s happening now. “Breaking News: Trump deploys Marines to Los Angeles.”

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.

@atlantic. This is where we’re headed. I say, martial law by any other name is still martial law.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

He’s creating a crisis so he can declare Marshall Law. It’s always been the plan.

Join me on June 14

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

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…

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...

And on the good news front:

Frontpage headlines yesterday. Fraud. Corruption. Cronyism.
You just wonder when people will wonder why they don't get to live like them. It's a rhetorical question, of course.

“It’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency,” she said.” Karoline Leavitt, press secretary.

And the sky is green.

Noem Incorrectly Defines Habeas Corpus as the President’s Right to Deport People

How can this be possible? An ignorant, arrogant person with this kind of power? Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...