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RI Transit Riders Issue Statement On Dorrance Street Transit Center

From: RI Transit Riders RI Transit Riders is not yet able to endorse the Dorrance Street Transit Center plan presented at the public meeting last night (February 24) while it remains so uncertain, and we are not yet willing to take Kennedy Plaza off the table. Although bus riders, on[Read More…]

by February 28, 2022

Human Rights Watch: Russia On War Footing Crushing Independent Media

Authorities Threaten Independent Media Over War Reporting From Human Rights Watch: Russian authorities have threatened to fine or block 10 Russian independent media outlets if they do not delete publications about the war in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have interfered with access to Facebook and Twitter and[Read More…]

by February 28, 2022

CDC Audio Update: COVID-19 Levels & Tool To Help Communities Decide What Prevention Steps To Take

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention provided an update to media on new COVID-19 Community Levels, a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. A power point, loaded to the Coalition Radio Network, includes: What People Can Do to Protect[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022

Calenda Statement On Mootness – Southwell et. al vs. Daniel J. McKee

  Once again, in pure political fashion, the Attorney General has attempted to prevent Rhode Island courts from definitively deciding the issue of COVID-19 mandates via executive order by asking the Superior Court to dismiss the challenge to school mask mandates on the grounds that the challenge is now moot[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022

State Motions To Render Landmark Mask Mandate Case Southwell V. McKee Moot: Plaintiffs Say No Way!

    Never Mind. That’s what the State of Rhode Island would like you to believe, regarding the landmark case Southwell v. McKee. Having worked overtime to prevent a precedent setting decision … multiple delays of “Discovery” being the most egregious example … The State would have you believe that[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022

Citizen Activist Files Criminal Complaint In “Gender Queer” Child Pornography Controversy

Westerly Parents Rights/Education Activist Robert Chiaradio has taken the controversy surrounding allegations of child pornography at Westerly Schools to a new level, filing a criminal complaint with the Westerly, Rhode Island Police Department. The complaint is aimed squarely at School Committee Members, the Superintendent of Schools, and Library Staff. Per[Read More…]

by February 22, 2022

Magaziner Congressional Campaign, Citing Reported Russian Ties Of Convicted Fraudster Taub, Demands Return Of Taub Campaign Contributions To Prior Fung/Lancia Efforts

    The Magaziner Campaign has launched a salvo against the competing Congressional Campaigns of Robert Lancia & Alan Fung … reaching back to campaign contributions from convicted Fraudster/Rhody District 1 Congressional Candidate H. Russel Taub. From The Seth Magaziner Campaign: Congressional candidate Seth Magaziner today issued a statement calling[Read More…]

by February 21, 2022

Attorney General Candidate Calenda Issues Statement On Neronha Hospital Merger Ban (Decision Included)

As the only other candidate seeking to be elected Rhode Island Attorney General in 2022, members of the community have reach out to me for a reaction to the Attorney General’s decision to block the Lifespan/CNE merger. The Attorney General’s staff and outside counsel have just released a 150 page[Read More…]

by February 17, 2022

In This Weeks Smith Hill Edition Of Deep Political Philosophy, We End The Mask Incarceration! Get The University Vision Thing! Plus? Go Cups!

This Week In The Rhode Island General Assembly Assembly approves bills to boost RI’s restaurant industry The General Assembly approved and sent to the governor two bills to assist the restaurant industry. Legislation (2022-S 2153aa, 2022-H 7209A) sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Hanna M. Gallo (D-Dist. 27, Cranston, West Warwick)[Read More…]

by February 13, 2022

Activist Southwell To Representative Charlene Lima: No Thanks!

  Join The Twitter Conversation Here & Respond Directly To Representative Lima!   With a Parent’s Community already seething about Rhode Island State Representative Charlene Lima’s grotesque pandering to “The Moms” (and the Truck Drivers?), activist Rich Southwell, the named plaintiff in the landmark case “Southwell v McKee Et Al”,[Read More…]

by February 12, 2022