Just came outside for the 1st time today. The weather is the same as 25 years ago today, pristine blue sky, the feel of early fall in the air. #neverforget
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DC -> PVD ⚓️ #FREEDC #DCStatehood F*CK ICE Photo: Hope St. PVD
May his many victims find some peace & closure with his death.
Amanda Milkovits@amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 2d agoA once-prominent RI town official who was accused of sexual abuse of boys over decades has died by suicide. David Barboza was the subject of a @bostonglobe.com investigation in 2019. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/09/m...
VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer Capital. “We must understand that it is no longer a financial machine that is used to fund startups, but a political and social machine focused on dismantling democracy and civil society.” [anildash.com]
VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital
We really, really need to talk about venture capital. Because it’s not “venture capital” anymore.
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Canadians have renamed "President Trump” by a citizen’s executive order. In Canada, he is now known as "Pedophile Trump” henceforward.🇨🇦 True North strong & free.
New "every vote matters" example just dropped
Alexandra Leslie@alexandraleslie.bsky.social · yesterdayAccording to the latest numbers from RI BOE, Providence City Council's Ward 9 Democratic nominee could be decided by just TWO votes! In all races, RI BOE is still tabulating remaining drop box votes, overseas/military ballots, and provisional ballots. Very fluid. @wpri12.bsky.social
Helena Foulkes on Providence's mayoral primary: "David Morales ran a great campaign, and I think that people are ready for change in this city. And I'm looking forward to working with him....Of course, we'll have differences, but these are things that I think will be on the edges."
David Morales sails to victory in Providence Democratic Primary “We won because every person in this space and the hundreds of volunteers across Providence chose to believe. We chose hope over fear.” steveahlquist.substack.com/p/david-mora...
David Morales sails to victory in Providence Democratic Primary
“We won because every person in this space and the hundreds of volunteers across Providence chose to believe. We chose hope over fear.”
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RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley. Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.
This is bizarre, I hope they figure out WHY so many poll workers didn't show up this morning.
Rhode Island Current@rhodeislandcurrent.com · 2d agoProvidence offers $175 to $250 for the day, less than the $300 maximum offered in Portsmouth, but far above the $0 for greeters in Bristol, Hopkinton and Middletown (although greeters do get meal stipends in these locations.) By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/09/09/s...
I just bought a subscription to the @washingtonsun.bsky.social. I'm thrilled that so many excellent former WaPo reporters landed there, and I'm very much looking forward to both their national and local DC coverage. washingtonsun.com
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The Washington Sun covers politics and policy and the people who shape life in Washington — not just at the White House and in Congress, but at the Wilson Building, at Northwest Stadium and in the nei...
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We did crack 50,000! Question is whether we’ll get to 51K or 52K as the mail comes in! ri-voter-turnout-tracker-ridos.hub.arcgis.com
Sam G. Howard@samghoward.riliberator.com · 3d agoIt's done, officially the highest number of votes ever cast before primary day, by about more than 3,000 and likely more once the final mail ballots arrive. Potential to break 50,000. More than 8,500 people voted early today. ri-voter-turnout-tracker-ridos.hub.arcgis.com
NEWS, as they say: @notus.com is no longer; say hello to The Washington Sun! 🌞 Oh, and: We’ve struck a deal to carry daily weather reports from @capitalweather.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...
Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun
A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.
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I hesitated, but I'm glad I watched "Top of the World" as we approach the 25th anniversary of 911. It was also Windows 25th anniversary which I did mot know. @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social and Betsey West are so good at telling important stories, thank you. It's streaming on CNN.
Regina Waynes Joseph@rjcaliente.bsky.social · 3d ago
"Kennedy's department cited seven articles, two of which were apparently made up entirely and three of which did not exist in the journals to which they were attributed..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Judge slams HHS for referencing fake studies generated by misuse of AI
The Department of Health and Human Services has suffered more than its share of AI-related humiliations. The list, alas, is still growing.
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“Make no mistake: The communications environment around this fall is going to be horrific. There will be vast quantities of noise, just garbage nonsense coming out of the federal government.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Trump administration gives DOJ civil rights unit a new focus: Voter fraud
Federal election monitors traditionally focused on protecting the voting rights of marginalized groups are getting additional marching orders for the midterms.
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Days after Donald Trump claimed his botched Reflecting Pool makeover, which has cost American taxpayers nearly $20 million, was "almost fixed," recent powerful storms in DC have left it disheveled with fallen fencing and trees, dirty rainwater, and debris.
Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.
Martin Greenfield sewed his first stitches at the Auschwitz concentration camp. He moved to New York after World War II and made suits for celebrities, pro athletes and U.S. presidents.
The remarkable story of the Holocaust survivor who made Barack Obama’s tan suit
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The fact that the website for the upcoming RNC convention in Dallas redirects to the Trump DOJ's Epstein Files website is...AMAZING.
Providence's early in-person vote turnout right now stands at 170% of the 2022 mayoral primary. In 2022, Republican early/mail voting in Providence was negligible, around or less than 50 votes. Link to the SoS tracker: ri-voter-turnout-tracker-ridos.hub.arcgis.com
RI Voter Turnout Tracker
Discover, analyze and download data from RI Voter Turnout Tracker. Download in CSV, KML, Zip, GeoJSON, GeoTIFF or PNG. Find API links for GeoServices, WMS, and WFS. Analyze with charts and thematic ma...
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Fascinating to see this Clancy trial drama this morning. Judge called mistrial, atty for Clancy has an HOUR to appeal it with the MA supreme judicial court. 🤯
A piece I've been reporting for more than twenty years, I guess: www.thecut.com/article/glor...
Gloria Steinem Loved Women
The feminist icon, who has died at the age of 92, epitomized the contradictions and hopes of the women’s liberation movement.
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That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
