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Politics This Week: The Bitter and the Comfortable

By Justin Katz | March 4, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review the latest political news in RI.

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Alzate is too dangerous to be a legislator.

By Justin Katz | March 3, 2025 |

Rhode Islanders should take legislation like this much more seriously than they do, because it exposes how little Democrat legislators respect our rights, understand the workings of those rights, and/or are willing to place our rights above their political ideology and interest groups: State Rep. Karen Alzate isn’t waiting for federal immigration raids in Rhode…

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Politics This Week: Not What Things Seem to Be

By Justin Katz | February 18, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz reveal the hidden realities of RI politics.

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Think about the effect of having elected officials like Sam Bell in the General Assembly.

By Justin Katz | January 30, 2025 |

Here is Senator Bell’s response, back in November, to the CEO of Box.com, who offered a mild, moderate suggestion for Democrats after the election: Bell exposes two important things, with this Tweet.  First, a significant portion of Rhode Island’s Democrat power elite are happy to ride the state into utter, Venezuelan devastation for the sake…

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Politics This Week: RI Pols, the Saviors at Every Funeral

By Justin Katz | January 14, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz talk about RI politicians’ attempts to spin reality.

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Politics This Week: RI’s Political Ice Age

By Justin Katz | January 12, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz talk about the gap between RI’s ruling Democrat elite and the people of the state.

Truck Tolls or Any Tolls – Ever More Revenue Still Ain’t the Fix

By Monique Chartier | December 15, 2024 |

They’re ba-a-a-a-a-ack. Well, strong possibility. Truck-only tolls, that is. To clarify, Rhode Island’s only-in-the-nation, truck-only toll law is not just discriminatory – it applies only to a certain type of vehicle, trucks – but it is actually doubly discriminatory – it applies only to CERTAIN trucks (Class 8 and above). But the federal appeals court…

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Politics This Week: RI Left Behind

By Justin Katz | November 12, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the prospects for the Ocean State after a full Republican sweep in D.C.

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Politics This Week: Nothing a Little Genuine Competition Couldn’t Fix

By Justin Katz | October 21, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz follow local stories’ thread of RI’s obvious need for political competition.

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Politics This Week: Corruption Without Competition

By Justin Katz | October 15, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss ways in which corruption thrives without competitive elections.