Take action with others across the country on June 6th to stop @citizensbank from financing ICE prisons companies. @de-icecitizensbank.org @boycottcitizens.org mobilize.us/deicecitizens

Join us June 6th (or close) to De-ICE Citizens Bank and stop the cash to CoreCivic and GEO. We’ll be at 100+ branches, and invite groups hosting a protest at a CoreCivic or GEO Group facility around then to register it with us at bit.ly/deicecitizens so we can amplify your work and Citizens’ role.

Oped: We are at Code Red for Democracy: The Voting Rights Act needs to be codified into RI State Law this year “Across the South, Black voters are being forced to refight battles their grandparents already won sixty years ago. That is not progress,” said Shahidah Ali. “That is a crisis.”

Oped: We are at Code Red for Democracy: The Voting Rights Act needs to be codified into RI State Law this year with all 10 amendments

“Across the South, Black voters are being forced to refight battles their grandparents already won sixty years ago. That is not progress,” said Shahidah Ali. “That is a crisis.”

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Gotta love the way New Englanders welcome the unwelcome when they visit! @mass50501.bsky.social @rinokings.bsky.social

Momentum is building and we're not stopping until Citizens Bank stops bankrolling for-profit ICE prisons! ORGANIZERS: Plan your action June 6 to join thousands of people across the country to tell Citizens Bank enough is enough. Host an action: bit.ly/deicecitizens

We are currently witnessing the dismantling of voting rights in this country. It is critical that Rhode Island pass the RI Voting Rights Act NOW! Join us at the State House on 5/21 @ 3pm. Visit for rivra.org for other ways to take action! @thewomxnproject.bsky.social @commoncauseri.bsky.social

Soundtrack for the weekend. Shout out to Woody Guthrie and his 'machine that kills fascists', AKA his guitar.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3mo ago

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance. You have to see this.

Powerful spoken work from poet laureate, @mileshardingwood at The People’s Shareholder Meeting to De-ICE Citizens Bank in Providence, RI. @de-icecitizensbank.org #citizensbank #de-icecitizensbank

"We represent hundreds of non-citizen workers on Brown's campus. We are not going to have it be the case that our members' dues could be used to help finance the camps that would detain them." - Michael Ziegler, RIFT-AFT Local 6516, announcing the union will no longer bank with Citizens

It’s ok to change your mind, Citizens Bank! In fact, we insist on it. Do the right thing! Stop financing ICE detentions now! @de-icecitizensbank.org @mass50501.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social

SHAME on Citizens Bank for harming our communities! Take action! www.de-icecitizensbank.org @de-icecitizensbank.org @50501movement.bsky.social @mass50501.bsky.social

Join us this Thursday, 4/23, for The People’s Shareholder Meeting to De-ICE Citizens Bank. mobilize.us/southcountyrisingri/event/929310 If you are able, please bring non-perishable food for donation to Progreso Latino’s CF Food Pantry. @de-icecitizensbank.org

These are sons & daughters, mothers & fathers, brothers & sisters, partners, & neighbors who came here to work hard for a better life. Say their names. Know their faces. Take action to stop this from happening to our communities. www.de-icecitizensbank.org @de-icecitizensbank.org

Thank you to @etchaskej for highlighting the story of Amalia and her family. Sign the MoveOn petition to demand an end to Citizens Bank financing ICE terror. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ci... Visit www.de-icecitizensbank.org for ways to take action. Links in bio. @de-icecitizensbank.org

Kids belong a lot of places. Prison isn't one of them. Join us THIS WEEK to tell Citizens Bank to stop financing the private prison companies profiting by harming kids: www.de-icecitizensbank.org/toolkit #deicecitizensbank

Montana does the math, stating the obvious. So should RI.

Matthew Segal@segalmr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.

🚨BREAKING: DOJ lost again Friday, as a federal judge dismissed its lawsuit to force Rhode Island to provide unfettered access to its voter registration rolls, bringing the agency’s record among active cases to 5 defeats, 0 wins and 25 cases still pending. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump DOJ loses again, now 0 for 5 on voter roll cases, as court rejects Rhode Island lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy, a Trump appointee, called the DOJ’s widespread voter roll demands a “fishing expedition.”

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Citizens Bank is the only major bank currently financing ICE detention centers. SHAME on Citizens Bank! Take action to convince Citizens Bank to stop this abhorrent business practice! Links in bio. @de-icecitizensbank.org

Thank you, @maddow.bsky.social for highlighting The People’s Shareholder Meeting to De-ICE Citizens Bank on April 23rd @ 8AM! mobilize.us/southcountyrisingri/event/929310 Join the @de-icecitizensbank.org movement! www.de-icecitizensbank.org

Join us 4/23 for The People’s Shareholder Meeting to De-ICE Citizens Bank! mobilize.us/southcountyrisingri/event/929310 Check out www.de-icecitizensbank.org for other ways to get involved in the De-ICE Citizens Bank movement. @de-icecitizensbank.org @rinokings.bsky.social @mass50501.bsky.social

If you’re in or near Providence, join us on 4/23 for The People’s Shareholder Meeting to De-ICE Citizens Bank! @de-icecitizensbank.org www.mobilize.us/southcountyr...

Clear reporting on social justice issues in RI, please support Steve Ahlquist. States his POV and usually films events and publishes film & transcript. Hyper transparent and oh, what a joy to have him in RI. Join us at his fundraiser, Muckraker-palooza: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-muckr...

2026 Muckraker-palooza

Come on, people. It's for Steve! We need him more than ever.

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🧊 Tormenting RI

Our dedicated friends in the India Point Park Bridge brigade are on the 195 pedestrian overpass at least twice a week with important messages for Rhode Islanders! Honk if you see them! @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rinokings.bsky.social

HoldSher@holdsher.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hi @lilrhodyvisbrigade.bsky.social! 😍 I hate cutting off words. They’re on the INDIA POINT PARK BRIDGE.

Please join us on April 23rd for the People’s Shareholder Meeting to De-ICE Citizens Bank at the Citizens Bank headquarters in Providence! Links to participate & volunteer are in bio.

NO KINGS EVER!!!

Our minds are seriously blown! Looks like Rhode Islanders aren’t putting up with any kings! #NoKings @indivisible.org @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social

Demonstrators rally across Rhode Island Saturday for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump administration, via Paul C. Kelly Campos www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/dem...

Demonstrators rally across Rhode Island for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump administration

Thousands of protesters gathered in Providence, part of a nationwide day of protests

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No Kings March 2026 from East Greenwich Rhode Island!

The third, and largest "No Kings" protest, draws thousands to the Rhode Island State House "It was Hope that brought me to you today, outside the State House, and I’m telling you here and now: I may not live to see it, but there will be a day when we are free."

The third, and largest "No Kings" protest draws thousands to the Rhode Island State House

"It was Hope that brought me to you today, outside the State House, and I’m telling you here and now: I may not live to see it, but there will be a day when we are free."

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