Originally published by Christopher F Rufo, Dec 5, 2023 as: WILL IT BE RIOT SEASON AGAIN IN 2024? Conservatives must learn the lessons of 2020—and prepare Conservative leaders must prepare for that prospect. To prevent 2020 from repeating itself in 2024, conservatives need to consider what might spark a riot, how it can be prevented, […]
Following the passing of my father in November 2023, the passage below was sent to me by a writer who wishes to remain anonymous and who thought these words might be relevant and provide comfort. The passage is from an “automatic writing”, a form of channeling. Such writings result when a higher power is allowed […]
PUBLISHER’s NOTE: School choice and educational freedom for families is a political and electoral winner – especially among minority voters! Yet no lawmaker in the state of Rhode Island is willing to take a major stand, to stand up to special interest teacher unions, and to promote this much needed public policy … especially given […]
‘Shocking’ Fraud on Video Prompts Judge to Toss Election Outcome in Connecticut’s Largest City Originally published on The Daily Signal by Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / November 02, 2023 A surveillance camera in Bridgeport, Connecticut, showed individuals stuffing multiple absentee ballots into a ballot dropbox at night. (Photo illustration: Getty Images) Just days before a scheduled general election in Connecticut’s largest city, […]
This message is brought to you by the RI Chapter of the Independent Women’s Network. To learn more about becoming a local member, visit www.iwnetwork.com/chapter/providence-rhode-island-chapter/ This column has been modified from the original version written by Heather Madden, October 20, 2023 Our Most Vulnerable Need Education Freedom. What’s Standing In Their Way? Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) […]
In a scathing assessment of the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), a new report released today by the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity grades RIDE with an “F” for its many documented failures. The report, “Why Major Changes are Needed at the RI Department Of Education,” details the top-10 Failures of Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and RIDE, […]
Intersectionality Devolves Left-wing radicals have long supported the violent “decolonization” of Israel. by Christopher Rufo For years, left-wing intellectuals have treated “intersectionality” as an inevitability. The social theory, which holds that all oppressed peoples must join together to overthrow their common oppressor, has been an essential strategy of the Left. There is some truth to […]
The much anticipated 2023 RICAS test scores are out … with only minimal gains from 2022’s dismal results … leaving state education observers highly disappointed. The latest set of standardized test score – the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System – were released on Wednesday the 2022 – 2023 academic year. And while Angelica Infante-Green, commissioner […]
Father Whose Son Had Transgender Surgery Despite Court Order Issues Dire Warning About Parental Rights Tyler O’Neil / @Tyler2ONeil / October 16, 2023 on The Daily Signal California father Ted Hudacko says his ex-wife and the University of California, San Francisco violated a court order stipulating that his son would not undergo transgender surgery without his approval. He has […]
Niyoka Powell, candidate for Rhode Island State Senate District 1 in the November 7 special election, today called for the resignation of Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green. “Infante-Green deserves an ‘F’ on her Education Commissioner report card,” said Powell. “By every metric, her tenure has been an abject failure. Test scores, student absenteeism, teacher […]
This message is brought to you by the RI Chapter of the Independent Women’s Network. To learn more about becoming a local member, visit www.iwnetwork.com/chapter/providence-rhode-island-chapter/ Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten is lying again! She and her allies want you to believe that right wing extremists are banning books in our nation’s public schools, depriving bright […]
Flooding again at Dean Estates apartments … by Joanne Giannini Again, we hear of more flooding at the Dean Estates apartments. In 2013, my sister lived there on the first floor and her daughter and baby grandson lived on the 2nd floor above them. It was a holiday and raining when a thrust of water […]
Originally published as:” NEW STUDIES SUGGEST ‘GLOBAL WARMING’ IS MOSTLY AN URBAN PHENOMENON SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 on Electroverse.info by CAP ALLON A new PEER REVIWED study by 37 researchers from 18 countries has come to the conclusion that the global temperature record has been contaminated by urban warming biases. It also suggests that the most recent […]
The remaining members of the RI Fisherman’s Advisory Board (FAB) – after years of attempting to work with government officials in the approval process for offshore wind projects that must conform to federal guidelines and that would not harm the Ocean State’s vital fishing industry – yesterday threw up their arms in frustration and abruptly […]
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The narratives advancing global warming & climate change alarmism are quickly falling apart and are being exposed for their non-scientific conclusions and radical policy prescriptions. Yet Rhode Island lawmakers continue to push and pass legislation that does little-to-nothing to decrease carbon emissions, while imposing massive economic costs on residents as well as severe […]
For years, our organization has promoted the meme of the “Liberal Never Never Land of Make Believe”, where un-true narratives are advanced by the Left as gospel, and where once common-sense thinking people have devolved, for political reasons, into blindly believing almost anything their political leaders tell them to believe. Narratives that have been proven […]
EDITOR’S NOTE (Mike Stenhouse): One of the greatest privileges of my life was growing up in the Edgewood section of Cranston and getting to know, admire, compete against, and learn from three of the greatest sports and academic families in Rhode Island’s prolific history: the Bennett family, the Cavanagh family, and the Harrington family – […]
State Representative Stephen Casey, long heralded as a pro-life Democrat and who voted against RI’s landmark pro-abortion legislation in 2019, unable to withstand the pressure from the Left and the debate stage, suddenly reversed course at a recent debate and declared he supported a woman’s “right to choose”, even to the point of stating that […]
It is your patriotic duty to vote. Why not vote strategically? Why not fully make your voice count? Why not cross-over, vote early, and have your vote count twice? Early voting is underway for the primaries to replace David Cicilline in the US House of Representatives. Citizens have no greater muscle in our democracy than […]
The Ocean State Current has learned that Dr. Stephen Skoly has today filed an appeal in the US First Circuit Court, less than one month after Rhode Island’s Federal District Court Judge, Mary McElroy, issued a “bench ruling” granting the motion by the attorneys for the state to dismiss Skoly’s vaccine mandate lawsuit on the […]
Per a media release distributed today by Joshua Mello, the Cranston father whose life was forever altered following a string of events based on an inappropriate, if not illegal, school administrator action … Mello continues to seek to expose what he calls a “web of injustices”. The Ocean State Current has extensively covered the Mello […]
In the Ocean State, the new RI Democrat Socialists of America chapter announced this week that they are pushing for a $25 per hour state minimum wage. In Washington, DC, the national Democrat Socialists of America, are proposing a $17 federal minimum wage, per a proposal from its leader, Bernie Sanders. In both of these […]
From the Instagram post of Benny Johnson, widely regarded as the “Godfather of the Conservative Internet”. No woke Barbie movie garbage in the Johnson household. Instead of letting Hollywood or iPads raise my kids — I choose to be a present father. The world God created is better than any movie or video game. Go […]
In a ruling that completely stunned Dr. Stephen Skoly and his attorneys, Federal Court Judge, Mary McElroy, issued a “bench ruling” granting the motion by the attorneys for the state to dismiss Skoly’s vaccine mandate lawsuit on the basis that it was moot.
by Travis Rowley as published on his Good Men Podcast Democrats Say: No Social Contagion Whatsoever People familiar with Brown University already know that its campus earned a reputation for radical liberalism many-many years ago. One delightful college memoir from 20 years ago (Out of Ivy!) explained: “With the waning of the civil rights movement, […]
The founding of America – and its revolutionary concepts about human equality, self-reliance, and of a representative republic with limited government – was not just based upon a trust in the Almighty and an historical examination of monarchies and tyrannical regimes. Indeed, just as important as these, the Founders’ vision for America also was based […]
Modified from the original Declaration of Independence to reflect current and specific issues relevant to the people of Rhode Island, with as little alteration to the original text, spelling, and themes. R.I. Declaration of Independence IN Virtual CONGRESS, JULY 4, 2023 The unanimous Declaration of the People of the thirty-nine cities and towns of Rhode Island When […]
Originally published by Stephen Dinan in the Washington Times, June 29, 2023 Black justices battle over meaning of equality in affirmative action case Justice Clarence Thomas on Thursday offered a majestic view of America waiting to be unshackled from the evils of racial discrimination that began with slavery, persisted through segregation and most recently manifested […]
by Mike Stenhouse On the same day that the historic Gaspee Days parade proceeded in its annual march down Narragansett Parkway and Broad Street in Warwick and Cranston, the Providence Journal deigned to publish on Saturday a hit piece on the observance of an event that many Rhode Islanders believe was the “unofficial start of […]
RIDMV Provided No Info on Non-Citizen Only American Citizens are Legally Entitled to Vote RI Election Integrity Task Force Calls on RIDMV to Adopt Driver Privilege Card Voting Safeguards According to Sara Vieira, founder of Rhode Island Fair Elections & Education, the RI Division of Motor Vehicles will begin issuing Driver Privilege Cards to illegal immigrants […]