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Over again, Trump’s cases go to smithereens.
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A lotta my stuff in here — the bombs, the zettajoules — but they torched me on graphics. Bravo, NatGeo!!
link:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/graphics/ocean-temperature-changes
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There’s a good and just fight to be had — and we better have it now, while there’s still time.
link:https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/06/16/climate-change-global-warming-democratic-party-trump-sheldon-whitehouse
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I was glad to join @wrwcri.bsky.social at today’s Woonasquatucket River Greenway ribbon cutting! Urban green infrastructure projects like these connect neighborhoods while strengthening our local economies and environment.
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If they’re spinning the Iran deal without showing any text, pretty good sign it’s worse than Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal.
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We’re all paying for climate change.
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Wow. Giving Trump credit for Ukraine’s victories after all he did for Putin. That’s some serious FOXing up.
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Now allegations of gross mismanagement and financial malfeasance at the Kennedy Center, on top of the failures of due diligence by the Center's Trump board already found in court. When does it stop?
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And yes, the spoilsports put up tarps to ruin the fun for everyone of seeing the name come down. Orange Snowflake needed protecting.
link:https://ew.com/donald-trump-name-removed-kennedy-center-livestream-11997461
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Bye-bye coal — solar tops coal in U.S., and more to come. Clean costs less.
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As America celebrates 250, we’re marking 254 years since bold RI colonists burned the dreaded HMS Gaspee and sparked America’s path to independence. Happy celebrating, RI!
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Bye-Bye 👋🏼
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Yesterday went by, and the MAGA DOJ/IRS filed nothing to defend the Trump slush fund/tax amnesty “settlement” in the Trump versus Trump case, hiding behind Trump lawyers’ bare-bones denial. Now on to further proceedings. Next filing in a week by the retired judges.
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Stay also denied by DC Circuit. Name comes off tonight. Watch here:
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We have a President who is petrified of the truth getting out about his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Many questions remain. 🧵
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html
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Countdown: Today’s the day! Let’s see what the corrupt and misbehaving MAGA DOJ has to say under oath about its “fraud on the court.” Who will sign the pleadings? What will they say? Will the investigation continue? We’ll keep watch.
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Rhode Islanders know the therapeutic feeling of being out on the water. Great to see Gnome Surf Therapy helping more people experience that for themselves. Bravo!
link:https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/10/31/surf-therapy-mental-health-gnome-surf-sara-shukla
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When Trump thug lawyer Emil Bove joined the MAGA Justice Department, he quickly became involved in three instances of likely prosecutorial misconduct. One of them caught the attention of a federal judge as potential contempt of court. 🧵
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This is the pickle a stubborn, erratic and corrupt president creates for Republicans.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/11/house-vote-fails-extend-controversial-wiretapping-law/
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Climate change used to be a bipartisan issue. There’s some Rhode Island history here. I’m headed to the Senate floor to give my 308th Time to Wake Up speech.
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Hormuz problem predicted by U.S. intelligence for years; but POTUS evidently did not have the intelligence to process the intelligence. Says a lot also about his circle of suck-ups ignoring the intel to please the boss.
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/riUq9FTShZk?si=vkBCF14ykK1PKyJQ
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Countdown: MAGA DOJ has three days left to respond to “fraud on the court” charge. If they did that, there can be sanctions in the case, bar discipline, even criminal referrals for perjury, fraud, obstruction. They’ll need to step carefully!
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If the President prefers a corrupt and wildly partisan incompetent running DNI to having 702 authorities extended, that is 100% on him. There is no honest argument for this appointment.
link:https://www.semafor.com/article/06/08/2026/surveillance-tools-expiration-bears-down-on-senate
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Countdown: this Friday, the MAGA DOJ has to respond under oath to a federal court concern that DOJ slush fund lawyers committed a “fraud on the court.” I’ve never heard of senior DOJ folks ever accused of such a thing. Four days left!
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Nice to see the realization spread that Ukraine is actually winning. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/05/u...
link:https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/05/ukraine-russia-war-putin-zelensky-winning-drones-front-battlefield-peace/
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This is how he compensates his gang of thugs for disrupting the elections this coming November. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-jan-6-rioters-attacked-police-payouts-anti-weaponization-fund-rcna348457
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Senate Republicans to Trump: “Don’t worry, we’ll protect your filthy slush fund, with just enough ‘hall pass’ votes not to make a difference.”
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Bad enough to say “pretexts are fine as long as you’re going after black voters”; worse when the pretext is exploded, and the Court still blocks. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-alabama-voting-rights_n_6a22b848e4b0a18aef0b7ba7?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
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Only after complaints from big corporations roll in does this administration begin to reconsider stupidity. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/05/how-big-business-tech-ai-softened-trump-new-green-card-policy/
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Genius move by Trump calling Thom Tillis a “loser” while he needs his vote. Maybe some choice words for Cornyn too? newrepublic.com/post/211450/...
link:https://newrepublic.com/post/211450/trump-tillis-todd-blanche-ultimatum
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Do understand the concept of the “hall pass.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...
link:https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5910606-gop-senators-trump-white-house-ballroom-amendment/
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I will not concede that Ukraine should give up ANY territory to Russian invaders, particularly when Ukraine is so obviously winning, and Russia is reduced to terror attacks that murder civilians. Remember the punditocracy on Ukraine having “weeks” to survive? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/05/ukraine-recent-wins-give-trump-chance-make-putin-end-war/
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Punchline from UK: “climate change-driven flooding … has the potential to trigger a destructive shock to the housing market that could ripple across the wider economy.” Time to wake up?
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Even with their own corrupt fossil fuel stooges in key Trump positions, the market just doesn’t support this rotten program. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/06/05/trump-holds-oil-lease-auction-alaska-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/
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The unthinkable has happened. DOJ lawyers in RI are under federal judicial scrutiny for misconduct, and the longstanding “presumption of regularity” is lost. www.cbsnews.com/news/rhode-i...
link:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rhode-island-judge-justice-department-transgender-care-investigation/
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Pulte has no business at DNI, interim, temporary, part-time or otherwise. Period. Bad enough to weaponize Americans’ banking data; give him intelligence data and the damage to our Intelligence Community’s reputation will be profound. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
link:https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5911508-six-republicans-vote-no-on-fisa-extension/
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Then get him out. apnews.com/article/trum...
link:https://apnews.com/article/trump-pulte-director-of-national-intelligence-5dc0e7f60641968692d2f7f05cbda005
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Punchline: “Every ground line of communication leading into Crimea, or going west into western Zaporizhzhia Oblast and occupied Kherson Oblast, is under Ukrainian fire control.”
link:https://bobhomans.substack.com/p/russias-special-military-operation
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Todd Blanche was behind the Epstein Files cover-up, the rotten cop-beaters slush fund, and a sleazy tax fraud amnesty for the Trump family and businesses; all while causing an unprecedented "fraud on the court" investigation of the Department... 🧵
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On behalf of every family touched by pancreatic cancer, I am thrilled. My Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act years ago laid a foundation for this breakthrough. As a result, patients today have new hope.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/31/hotly-anticipated-pancreatic-cancer-drug-results-open-new-era-lethal-cancer/
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Even when the fact-finding court made the exact finding that the Supreme Court said would toss a district map, the Supreme Court reversed, applying its highest principle: “whatever helps Republicans win is what we do.” They are now shameless.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/03/supreme-court-allows-alabama-use-voting-map-favoring-gop/
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Even if the Trumpsters dumpster their cop-beater slush fund, that’s not the end of this saga.
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Are Republicans going to defend this free pass on corruption for Trump and all his shady businesses? And why do the Trumps think they need this kind of amnesty anyhow??
link:https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/trump-to-get-audit-immunity-even-as-1-8-billion-fund-in-doubt
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Even if crooked Trumpsters try to weasel their way back out of their rotten ‘cop-beaters slush fund’ deal, they still have to deal with the equally rotten Trump family business-and-personal tax/crimes amnesty. This ain’t over until ALL of it goes away. But wait, there’s more!
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Guilty as charged :-)
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