Entries by Current Staff

Rhode Islanders Suggest New Names for the Crumbling Washington Bridge

The Ocean State Current is asking readers to take part in our contest and submit a new name for the crumbling Washington Bridge, which has become a symbol of government incompetence and corruption in our state. A sampling of the contest entries received to date is below. You can enter our contest and submit your […]

DAILY SIGNAL: Big Questions Before Supreme Court in Trump’s Presidential Immunity Case

The nine Supreme Court justices have a major question before them. Is a current or former president immune from prosecution? Former President Donald Trump is facing prosecution for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump argues that his actions as president are protected from prosecution under presidential immunity. Trump lawyer John […]

Star Spangled Gamblers – April 25, 2024

Current StaffSupport local and honest journalism by becoming a charter member of the Ocean State Current. As our liberties are under constant attack – and the dishonest corporate media fails to hold public officials accountable – The Ocean State Current has become the choice of parents and citizens who value honest and fearless reporting. Why? […]

DAILY SIGNAL: New Athletic Clothing Brand Gets It: XX and XY—Vive La Difference!

Athletic clothing brands hold Women’s History Month promotional campaigns every March and claim to support women’s and girls sports, but haven’t spoken out against men competing as women—until now. “None of them is weighing in and taking a stand to protect female athletes and female sports and spaces from males entering into those spaces,” says […]

DAILY SIGNAL: Antisemitic Protests on College Campuses Represent ‘Anti-Western and Anti-American Movement,’ Professor Says

Pro-Palestine protests on the campuses of some of America’s most elite colleges have resulted in hundreds of arrests and led Columbia University in New York to move classes online for the remainder of the semester.  The pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, Yale, and New York University aren’t just representative of an “antisemitic movement,” but […]

Will McKee’s Budget Increase Smoking Deaths? #InTheDugout – April 24, 2024 … WATCH AFTER 4:00 PM

The vaping debate is heating up in Rhode Island sparked by Governor Dan McKee’s proposed 2025 budget, which includes an 80% tax on e-cigarettes. We examine the potential negative health and economic impacts of this controversial measure, from its effects on smoking cessation efforts to its implications for small businesses and the black market. Tune in for a discussion on how the left continues their assault on Rhode Island families. 

DAILY SIGNAL: Ohio Attorney General Breaks Down Leftist Legal ‘Trick’ to Block GOP Efforts to Protect Kids

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is not going to allow one lone judge to dictate whether the children of Ohio are protected from “transgender” surgeries and hormones, he shared in an interview with The Daily Signal. Yost asked the state’s Supreme Court to intervene after Judge Michael Holbrook issueda temporary restraining order for House Bill […]

MASSACHUSETTS TOLLS: The Tyranny of the Administrative State #InTheDugout – April 23, 2024 … WATCH AFTER 4:00 PM

Tryanny can simply be defined as a government that rules and implements policies that oppress the main populace, without the consent of that populace … whether in the hands of a single ruler, or a group of “political supremacists.”

DAILY SIGNAL: Why Speaker Johnson’s Job Is on the Line After House Votes $60 Billion for Ukraine

The House passed a four-bill $95 billion foreign aid package over the weekend that includes $60 billion in additional aid for Ukraine. The bill could cost House Speaker Mike Johnson his job.  The aid package passed in a 311-112 vote with the unanimous support of Democrats and 101 Republicans voting in favor of the bill. […]

DAILY SIGNAL: This Passover, as Tensions Rise in Middle East, Jews Remember ‘God Saves Us’

During the first night of Passover, Jewish homes gather around a Seder meal and remember how God delivered the Jewish people from Egypt, and that God has always rescued His people, author and lecturer Rabbi Pinchas Taylor explains.  “We say that we recognize that in every generation, there are nations that have come against us, […]

Who can you trust? #BoomerZoomers

Introducing the Boomer Zoomers Podcast, your ultimate destination for insightful discussions on current events both in the Ocean State and across the nation. Join us for an engaging journey where we delve deep into the pressing issues shaping our world today.

Star Spangled Gamblers – April 2024

Current StaffSupport local and honest journalism by becoming a charter member of the Ocean State Current. As our liberties are under constant attack – and the dishonest corporate media fails to hold public officials accountable – The Ocean State Current has become the choice of parents and citizens who value honest and fearless reporting. Why? […]

Now California Seeks to Eliminate all US Locomotives!

PUBLISHER’S NOTE (Mike Stenhouse): The RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity has agreed to co-sign the national coalition letter to the EPA (see below). For years, the Center has raised awareness about the folly of the Electric Vehicle mandates proposed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which, by law, our Ocean State must adhere […]

Biden’s Political Suicide? Women’s Sports Ruined as ‘Gender Identity’ Inserted into Title IX

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Left’s assault on American families continues. During this Presidential election year, it is vital that common-sense, biology-believing Rhode Islanders speak out and put all elected officials and candidates on record as to whether or not they will work to repeal this bogus destruction of Title IX at the national, state, or local […]

DAILY SIGNAL: Want a Faith-Filled Nation Back? Build the Family

There’s a direct link between being raised in a family with a mom and dad present and a commitment to faith, according to the president and founder of Communio, a nonprofit that equips churches to work for the renewal of healthy relationships, marriages, and the family. “Many pastors don’t know that 80% of everybody sitting […]

Major New Study Supports Center’s Green Energy Skepticism

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Ocean State Current and our RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity have published dozens of reports, columns, and interviews on the subject of energy policy for our Ocean State. A major new study by the Mackinac Center clearly supports our claims and recommendations over the past dozen years that wind and solar […]

DAILY SIGNAL: What’s Riding on a Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Case Before Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court will determine the fate of a major Jan. 6 Capitol riot-related case. The ruling could affect hundreds of people who were in the Capitol that day in 2021, and at the center of the case is the applicability of a federal statute.  The Justice Department has been using a statute enacted in […]

DAILY SIGNAL: 3 Levels of Response: How Israel May Strike Back at Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will make its own decision on how to respond to Iran’s missile and drone attack last weekend. Leaders from the U.K., Germany, France, and America have urged Israel to practice “restraint” in considering a response to the 300 drones and missiles fired by Iran. During a Cabinet meeting […]

PROTECT OUR OCEAN WITH LISA QUATTROCKI KNIGHT #InTheDugout – April 17, 2024 … Watch after 4:00 PM

The inconvenient truths that the Left, Big Wind, and government alarmists DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW about the proposed offshore wind farms for Rhode Island. Today, my deep-dive interview with the President of Green Oceans, Dr. Lisa Quattrocki Knight … and their state and federal lawsuits against these harmful and wasteful green energy boondoggles.

DAILY SIGNAL: Bill Aims to Stop Illegal Aliens From Squatting in US Homes

A new bill in Congress would stop illegal aliens from squatting in U.S. homes. “We’re trying to get out in front of it to protect American homeowners,” Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., says. Leonel Moreno, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, recently went viral on social media after a video post explaining how to take advantage of […]

WHO ARE THE “ELITES”? BATYA UNGAR-SARGON ON #InTheDugout – April 16, 2024

Has the lunatic Left and the political elite betrayed America’s working men and women and destroyed the American Dream? We’ll find out what our guest writes about this topic in her new book and a special mini-documentary produced by our own Adam Carbone.

Israel And The Reality Of Sexual Violence In War

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of the Israel Law Center (Shurat HaDin) and Susan Seely of NA’AMAT-USA bring the facts to bear and webinar speakers lay out a plan of action to pursue and prosecute those responsible for the sexual atrocities carried out by Hamas on and following October 7th.

DAILY SIGNAL: Is War Imminent? How Should Israel Respond to Iranian Attack?

Israeli leaders say the nation will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but what that response will entail remains unclear. “I can see a number of scenarios in which this does escalate to a regional and potentially even a global conflict,” says a former member of the National Security Council, Robert Greenway, adding,“I can see fewer […]

DAILY SIGNAL: ‘Hush Money’ Criminal Case Against Trump Is ‘Bogus.’ Legal Expert Explains Why.

Among all the legal charges facing former President Donald Trump, the criminal case out of New York City that begins Monday “is the most bogus,” according to legal expert Hans von Spakovsky. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump in 2023 with 34 counts of falsifying business records supposedly to cover up “hush money” payments […]

DAILY SIGNAL: Exposing Corruption at FBI: Whistleblowers Share Their Stories

Garret O’Boyle and Stephen Friend dedicated years of their lives to serving their country in the FBI. But when they began to question some of the decisions being made within the bureau, they were suspended. After joining the FBI, O’Boyle says he “immediately saw that other agents [and] supervisors didn’t have a solid grasp of […]

DAILY SIGNAL: Weaponization of Federal Government Is Growing, This Congressman Warns

The list of alleged instances of a weaponized federal government is getting longer, Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., says. “The problem of the federal government being weaponized against the American people’s fundamental constitutional rights is pervasive and it seems, although I think we’ve done some things good to uncover and deter it, it is a constant […]

DAILY SIGNAL: Miami Beach Broke Up With Spring Break, and It Worked

Miami Beach is a leading destination for college students during spring break, but for years, the tourism brought violent crime with it. Videos of street mobs jumping on cars, various assaults, and two deadly shootings during last year’s spring break proved to be the final straw.  Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner, a self-described independent, announced […]

The Washington Bridge Debacle Exposed #InTheDugout – April 10, 2024 … WATCH AFTER 6:00 PM

How much longer do Rhode Islanders put up with the incompetence, lies, and corruption in our state government? The SMOKING GUN on the Washington Bridge debacle exposed in full for us today by our guest … Ken Block.

DAILY SIGNAL: Senator Vows to Go Down ‘Screaming and Fighting’ in Mayorkas Impeachment Battle

Two months ago, the House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Next week, the Senate will receive the two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is expected to dismiss the charges just as quickly as he receives them. “Schumer is going to table it,” Sen. Roger Marshall, […]

DAILY SIGNAL: Calling the Pro-Life Movement to Foster and Adopt

The pro-life community can be the answer for thousands of children in need of loving foster parents or adoptive families, according to Prestonwood Baptist Church Associate Pastor Jeremiah Johnston. “We have 400,000 children in foster care nationally,” Johnston says, adding that “about 100,000 of those 400,000 are available for adoption and just waiting for a […]

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