Rhode Island Politics

John DePetro on the Ukraine-Poland border

Does the RI media know DePetro’s providing international journalism?

By Justin Katz | March 15, 2022 |

Just as he was out and about regularly reporting on Antifa/BLM protests in the Providence area, just as he was covering large protests against Governor Dan McKee’s vaccine mandate for health care worker, John DePetro has travelled to Poland and the Ukraine border to provide live, on-the-scene reportage. So many young children from Ukraine being…

Crazy Eggs

Politics This Week with John DePetro: Politics Gone Mad

By Justin Katz | March 14, 2022 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz talk local politics from around the world.

A communist monument

Politics This Week with John DePetro: The Corruption and Politics Stew

By Justin Katz | March 7, 2022 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz lift the curtain on messaging and posturing in RI politics.

Jose Clemente Orozco, The Clowns of War Arguing in Hell

Politics This Week with John DePetro: Let’s Pretend Politics

By Justin Katz | February 28, 2022 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss some of the more mystifying realities on the RI news landscape.

Sue Cienki with Richard August on State of the State

State of the State: Election Year 2022

By Richard August | February 27, 2022 |

Rhode Island GOP Chairperson Sue Cienki discusses with host Richard August a variety of issues and concerns from her political party’s perspective.

Zakary Pereira

Should we question whether Zakary Pereira can tolerate students and constituents?

By Justin Katz | February 24, 2022 |

Imagine a young Christian Rhode Islander running for office with a team of Republican candidates of the Make America Great Again mold taking to Twitter to say: The LGBTQs are coming for the Christian community. Who will look out for our best interests, if not ourselves? Run for office.  Support local Christian candidates.  Fight back.…

Richard August and Charles Calenda on State of the State

State of the State: The Republican Candidate for Attorney General

By Richard August | February 20, 2022 |

Host Richard August speaks with attorney Charles Calenda, who is seeking election to the AG’s office out of concern for how the office has been run under incumbent Peter Neronha.

RI House Redistricting Plan D

Redistricting can be a tool of inheritance, at least in one district.

By Justin Katz | February 15, 2022 |

General Assembly politics are a mystery to most Rhode Islanders.  They don’t really understand why anybody wants the job, figuring that some people are just into that sort of thing.  Yes, some people are really, really into it. John G. Edwards, the Fourth, has been the Democrat representative from district 70 since 2008, having previously…

A door open on a red room

Politics This Week with John DePetro: Political Emergencies and Emergences

By Justin Katz | February 14, 2022 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz go over some of the revelations and unknowns of Rhode Island politics.

Allan Fung’s set himself up for his Congressional run in an interesting way.

By Justin Katz | February 11, 2022 |

The headline of this post is genuinely meant.  I’m entirely withholding judgement and am mainly curious what now-candidate Fung is planning. You may have heard that Allan Fung has entered the race for Rhode Island’s second district seat in Congress with this tweet: It’s a great logo that will look cool on t-shirts and other…