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I miss the days when Thaddeus McCotter was a U.S. Congressman. Here, in a too-true-to-be-the-parody-he-intends essay he warns about the growing power of pro-government extremists: Though alarming and depressing, we can no longer avoid recognizing that America’s greatest domestic threat is from pro-government extremists. We rue that pro-government extremists caused immense destruction during their less-than-“peaceful…
Matt Margolis has some fresh details: Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) revealed on Tuesday that in November, Capitol Police entered his office without his knowledge or consent, photographed confidential legislative documents, and later returned dressed as construction workers and questioned a member of his staff.
I have to chuckle when I see a progressive like Steve Ahlquist pen an article with a headline like, “A corrupt process from the core, Rhode Island redistricting wraps up.” I mean, a corrupt redistricting process is about as surprising as a hangover after a long night of drinking without water breaks, and progressives are…
Don’t get me wrong. RI House Minority Leader Blake Filippi is right to be pursuing his lawsuit against the Joint Committee of Legislative Services, which is undoubtedly a central hub of our legislature’s corruption. But the judiciary isn’t where these disputes should have to be resolved. Think about it: Filippi, the top Republican in the…
Recently, Rhode Island Twitter has become a display of people who seem deranged with fear about the end of mask mandates. It’s a curious puzzle. Some of the known progressives are probably responding to the movement’s understanding that keeping people depressed and isolated is in their ideological and political interests, and that surely filters out…
Having grown up in the New York City tri-state area, I’ve been aware of Al Sharpton for a long, long time. This may be the first time I’ve ever been aware of agreeing with him: “… you cannot normalize what they are doing in China. And to go there and act like all is well…
Erika Sanzi shared a post on Parents Defending Education about a school assignment to teach kids about sexual consent. Working in groups, students design a pizza that their partners will like by communicating with non-verbal cues. Everybody likes cheese, but not everybody will want olives. Here’s step number two: “Now mirror these preferences in relation…
Often, public corruption is simply a matter of special interests waiting out public attention. Voters don’t want to subsidize a non-viable bit of real estate in Providence? Just wait them out. They’ll forget or some money will come along: It’s been nine years since Bank of America moved out of the 26-story skyscraper known as…
That’s the question I have reading this: “The impact of COVID-19 indeed goes far beyond the disease itself. Cancer touches all our lives, either directly or through its effect on family and loved ones. 1 in 4 people in Europe and Central Asia will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. It is one of…
Online and in testimony, enough people spoke out against legislation that would mandate the sexual grooming of school children that legislators clearly felt the heat. To my experience, they often sign onto these bills with next-to-no thought — like people signing a meaningless petition on their way into the local pharmacy. “What’s this do? OK,…