I can only imagine what Fox would say if Obama opened a Muslim air base in our country. @jvl.bsky.social @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Yes, it was stupid of Ukraine to try to invade Russia amd march to Moscow three years ago.

"Ukraine's gonna get a lot of land," said as if it's a gift

My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good

ICE agents are concealing their identities as they detain people in Massachusetts. Can they do that? - The Boston Globe Scott Shuchart, a former senior ICE official during the Biden administration, said the increase in law enforcement wearing masks is “striking and unnerving.”

ICE agents are concealing their identities as they detain people. Can they do that? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/18/m...

HEGSETH: The mission in Los Angeles is about maintaining law and order

REED: Excuse me. Law and order is a civil function under the Constitution of the United States

Washington Bridge: Did Rhode Island miss critical warning signs ahead of the 2023 crisis? - TPR: The Public's Radio When the westbound Washington Bridge was suddenly shut down in December 2023, never to re-open, many wondered if the crisis could have been prevented. An investigation by Rhode Island PBS and The Publ...

thepublicsradio.org/local/washin... Concerns about the post-tensioning system in the Washington Bridge were first brought to the state's attention in '92, but went unaddressed for years Excellent reporting by @MichelleSMNews and @JeremyBernfeld

Harvard Is Fighting for Much More Than Foreign Students If the president succeeds in defeating the most powerful nongovernmental institution to stand up to him, he’ll be able to take down any university he goes after.

"If Trump can impose his will on Harvard, the most important nongovernmental institution to stand up to him, he will be one step closer to his dream of forcing his version of reality on American society." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

It’s like Trump used the dinner fork instead of the salad fork.

Opinion | As the world goes to hell, Trump is living his best life The president has no permanent alliances, only personal financial interests.

As the world goes to hell, Trump is living his best life. My latest @postopinions.bsky.social column, on how Trump and his family are pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars while he talks about rationing dolls and pencils. Gift link.
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Vance Threatens U.S. Will ‘Walk Away’ Unless Trump’s Ukraine Deal Is Agreed Vice President JD Vance made the comments while traveling in India, hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulled out of planned cease-fire talks in London on Wednesday.

The official position of the US government is now that countries invading other countries should be rewarded for their effort with any territory they can occupy.

Let that sink in.

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White House Takes Highly Unusual Step of Directly Firing Line Prosecutors Two prosecutors were dismissed out of the blue, notified by a terse one-sentence email stating no reason for the move other than that it was on behalf of the president himself.

“Highly unusual”? The lawless White House is systematically destroying every component of the rule of law.

Goldberg on Waltz: "This isn't The Matrix. Phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones. I don't know what he's talking about ... my phone number was in his phone because my phone number was in his phone. He's telling everyone that he's never met me or spoken to me. That's simply not true."

Even by President Donald Trump-standards for erratic behavior and policies, today is a remarkable news day. He is breaking his own curve.

So I guess if Putin prayed for President Trump, Trump must have prayed for Vice President Pence on January 6th.

Going to be hard for Rhode Island (or any state) and its hospitals/universities to encourage doctors to practice here if they have to worry about when leave and return they won’t have court oversight if necessary to address any problems with their visas or passports.

The deportation of Dr. Alawieh is a shocking and disgraceful violation of due process and the rule of law. The Trump administration’s lawless targeting of people with legal immigration status warrants the strongest possible condemnation.

Still processing the fact that Zelensky asked Vance “Have you ever actually been to Ukraine?” and his response was that he’s watched and seen some videos.

Watching the entire press availability, it's amazing to watch how positive it was at first, and how it went downhill when Zelensky insisted that Putin couldn't be trusted. Trump seemed to take that personally.

The convenient thing about a $5 million gold citizenship card is it will give the Trump family a list of Russian oligarchs and others who will be encouraged to buy a Trump condo or membership at Mar-a-Lago.

The members don’t seem to grasp that parents are paying attention and each year more of them are applying to send their children to charter schools.

Adjusted for population, Rhode Island and Tennessee were the two states that received the most funding from NIH last year.

This is a good example of the type of decisions Trump and/or Musk are making to unilaterally undo spending authorized by Congress (and now being litigated). Republicans in Congress unable to get the votes to eliminate programs using DOGE instead.

State approves $75 million contract for firms to manage Key Bridge reconstruction - Maryland Matters The Board of Public Works approved a $75 million contract Wednesday to hire three firms that will oversee construction management services on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, as the replacement project g...

The Board of Public Works approved a $75 million contract Wednesday for companies that will oversee Francis Scott Key Bridge construction management services, as the replacement project gets under way in earnest this spring.
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Governor Sundlun had to fight hard to convince people RI needed a new airport and that it would be successful. After the Jamestown Bridge fiasco, they didn’t trust the State to build anything.

On the Washington Bridge closure anniversary, I would rank it second only to the RISDIC crisis for its substantial impact on the state’s budget, followed by the Jamestown Bridge and 38 Studios.

From 2018 to 2023, enrollment in Providence public schools declined by about 3,000 students, but I have not heard if this trend is continuing this school year.

It’s not the category 5 hurricane that Mayor Taveras inherited, but Providence’s school settlement amount could easily be the start of another hurricane as pension, OPEB, school and debt service costs rise each year.