The relentless legal pressure applied by attorney Gregory Piccirilli, representing dozens of Parents Union plaintiffs, is producing major dividends, despite efforts by the McKee administration and the RI Department of Health to quash their lawsuit actions. In the original Southwell v McKee school mask mandate lawsuit brought by the Parents Union plaintiffs, the State of […]
Lawsuit is not “moot”. Dr Stephen Skoly may have won a significant battle last week in his fight to continue providing critical surgical care to his patients, but the larger legal war is not over. Even though the RIDOH finally relented and removed its October 1 compliance order that banned him from seeing patients in […]
Watch Dr Skoly’s exclusive interview on In The Dugout, here State of R.I. relents, Dr. Stephen Skoly finally free to return to providing critical care for his patients. After five and a half months of not being allowed to work, Dr. Stephen Skoly has emerged victorious. The Ocean State Current has obtained a copy of […]
Ocean State motorists dodged a bullet last December when the TCI Gas Tax was defeated here and in 13 other northeast states. The “Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI)” would have artificially increased gasoline prices by up to 35 cents per gallon, while steadily reducing available fuel supplies, by ceding a major portion of our state’s […]
The rule changes proposed last week by the RI Department of Health (RIDOH) are nothing but a blatant power grab, even as state health officials hail it as a major step towards returning our state to normal. Technically, the recommended provisions would amend R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17 and § 23-17.7.1 to make permanent new […]
After last night’s impressive #ParentsUnitedRI turnout speaking out against the tyrannical state of emergency, now a MAJOR legal VICTORY for local parent & citizen groups! Guest Bob Chiaradio from Westerly explains! Plus, Dr. Andrew Bostom on more folly at The Rhode Island Department of Health. Tune in!
Why are Gov. Dan McKee and the media so compliant? On his first day as Director of Health, James McDonald LIES by stating blatant disinformation that naturally acquired immunity “doesn’t last as long as vaccine immunity.” During yesterday’s press conference, Pat Ford of The Coalition Radio Network asked a critical question. Watch the video now. Per Israeli study & Dr Andrew Bostom – the exact OPPOSITE IS TRUE!
Remake RI DOH Despite claims of her ‘resignation’, the more likely January firing of Nicole Alexander-Scott as Director of the RI Department of Health (RI DOH), quickly followed by the departure of her top capo, Thomas McCarthy, presents a major opportunity for Governor McKee to remake the crumbling health organization, which completely missed the target […]
In December 2021 Major League Baseball owners “locked out” current players, a pre-emptive move calculated to gain negotiating advantage in the pending negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. But did you know that elderly MLB retirees have been locked out for decades?
Case Number: PC-2021-05915 Filed in Providence/Bristol County Superior Court Plaintiff, Jonathan Barrett, is a resident of Glocester, Rhode Island. The reasons for his bringing this lawsuit are as follows: I have witnessed the deterioration and decline in my daughter’s interest in going to school and doing her best work while these mask mandates have been […]
Today LIVE at 4:00pm on the Ocean State Current- Click here to watch on The Ocean State Current! STEN & guests discuss: -#ParentsUnited file APPEAL to RI Supreme Court re school mask mandate -CT Gov says #NoTCItax on gas -NK “fat test” update -Hopkinton Town Council chickens out -RI Freedom Fighter targeted – Domestic Terrorist? […]
McKee administration losing BIG TIME in the #ParentsUnited lawsuit vs school mask mandates Watch LIVE NOW on TWITCH. Also at 5:00PM on #InTheDugout – latest on Doc Skoly + Ramona Bessinger & NK school committee updates And my stinging commentary today’s Covid press conference
Sten ON A TEAR 5PM #InTheDugout Watch LIVE ON TWITCH Topics: -settles BoSox ground-rule-double controversy -Guest, Nicole Solas, domestic terrorist, files POLICE REPORT, Jim Crow/DOJ – Westerly CRT on nat’l news -Doc Skoly & #ParentsUnited update -Economic & Health Dep’t malfeasance
Today, July 4th, our nation celebrates its independence, an independence that far too many do not appreciate.
In June, I attended a business conference in Idaho. On the jet ride out, from my window seat at 30,000 feet, I viewed the grandeur of America; the towering cities and great lakes I viewed from Providence to Chicago; the enormous great plains and farmlands of the midwest and of course the spectacular peaks of the seemingly endless ranges over the great mountain northwest.
As I absorbed the vastness and beauty of our country … its natural greatness … I also pondered its historical greatness. America has a proud heritage that every American should come to properly understand and defend, including its checkered periods and how we sought to overcome those adversities.
Today’s show is live at 5pm. Watch it then share it on social media! Defend our liberties this July 4th! Topics: – True Star Spangled Banner story & the left’s ignorance – Pay Equity bill takes a bite out of our liberty – CEO of Parents Defending Education – Dr. Andrew Bostom on RI’s absurd […]
Today’s show is live at 5pm. Watch it now then share it on social media! Topics: -CRT infecting our schools, we’re investigating. -Grover Norquist in a Liberty Byte -Mario Lopez of the Hispanic Leadership Fund & Eli Berkowitz on why the regressive RI “sugary drinks” tax especially hurts low-income families & small businesses struggling to […]
It would be cruel for lawmakers to impose this fuel tax, which will especially harm rural and low-income residents, just so the elite can receive a subsidy for their expensive electric vehicles.
Today’s show is live at 5pm. Watch it now then share it on social media! Topics: Sten in “fire-alarm orange”, rips GA & Governor for supporting of anti-jobs $15 MIN WAGE HIKE and the TCI GAS TAX NFIB guest Dr. Andrew Bostom calls-out DOH director’s FALSE statements; also religious & medical exemption forms
Today’s show is live at 5pm. Watch it now then share it on social media! Topics: I ripped into the continued failure of government during the pandemic; calls for end to RI state of emergency Also Rep David Place on his NO V @ X DISCRIMINATION bill And RI Coalition For Israel board member on […]
Today’s show is live at 4pm. Watch it now then share it on social media! Topics: -Gayle Corrigan on the East Greenwich roots of Warwick union overtime scandal -Dr. Andrew Bostom on why the data does NOT support claims by RIDO H on 12-15 yr olds
Three big guests: -Ken Block on breaking news of OUTRAGEOUS FIREFIGHTER OVERTIME ABUSE in Warwick – Pollster discusses RIers views on the TCI Gas Tax #NoTCItax – Exec VP of the WooSox on yesterday’s home opener
Topics: -Sue Cienki on McKee’s “deplorable” insult – Worldwide Freedom Rally 2.0 event in RI -Canadian Arrests -Last week’s show
Topics: – The insanity of the push for high school and other public vaccination clinics! – Is there such a thing a vaccine “shedding”? – Stenhouse statement on TCI.
-Will the Cancel Culture Cancel Caitlyn? -CATHOLIC ALERT: Tyler Rowley on why fathers should take their families to Mass -Update on the SK school bond -Special guest expert: the ABC’s of cryptocurrency and block-chain technology
Also: More Woke Left Madness What is going on in South Kingstown? Unions mailing their propaganda to kids?
Coerced student vaccinations without parental consent coming soon to a school near you? Testing passports mandated for high school sports participation? Student athletes shouldn’t be forced to take experimental test for Covid in order to compete! The Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity has joined with parents from RISE UP RI to petition state […]
The old saying goes, “there’s no such thing as a free lunch,” but advocates of the left-wing’s modern monetary theory (MMT) want you to think there is. Read about the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s suggestions for use of federal COVID-19 aid.
Take action now! Add your voice to the many thousands who have asked Governor Dan McKee to live up to his promises as an advocate for the small business community, to take decisive action to relieve businesses of excessive green mandates and to ensure our state’s long-term viability by VETOING Rhode Island’s Green New Deal.
A full on assault against the average Rhode Island family is rocketing through the General Assembly. The Ocean State is quickly moving to put our own version of the Green New Deal into law. We need you to take action immediately to voice your opposition to it, before it is too late. Click here now to say NO to this far-left radical scheme from the land of make-believe.
This, along with the TCI Gas Tax, will paralyze our state. As we struggle to recover from the pandemic, it should be inconceivable that state lawmakers would choose NOW to consider an additional 30-40 cents per gallon gas tax increase or impose a radical, prohibitively expensive energy scheme.
Yet, the price of gasoline could soon rise (even more than it already has) if a new stealth carbon-tax scheme – the TCI Gas Tax – is implemented … a move that would necessarily increase costs on families and business, driving more people out of our state. The House of Representatives will vote on House Bill 5445 this Tuesday. This version of the state’s green new deal has already passed the RI Senate.
Even if you have contacted lawmakers already, we need you to take action again to oppose RI’s Green New Deal: Click here to contact lawmakers to say NO to the TCI Gas Tax and H5445, Rhode Island’s Green New Deal!
The simple form, once completed, will automatically send an email to the Governor and to legislative leaders telling them to reject the regional gasoline cap-and-trade scheme and RI’s Green New Deal.
Tell them today that you stand against these radical energy schemes. Thank you for taking action, and remember that your voice counts.
The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity calls on the newly sworn-in Governor of Rhode Island, Daniel McKee, to officially withdraw the Ocean State from the regional gasoline cap-and-trade scheme, known as the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI).
“For years as Lieutenant Governor, Dan McKee expressed verbal support for the small business community. Now is the time for the Governor to take action and to separate himself from his predecessor’s anti-business policies. The Governor should immediately put to rest any notion that his administration will impose a job-killing, budget-destroying gasoline tax on businesses and families who are struggling to recover from the pandemic,” commented Mike Stenhouse, the Center’s CEO. “Today, our Center calls on the Governor to take executive action to formally withdraw Rhode Island from the TCI compact.”
In December, former Governor Gina Raimondo signed-on Rhode Island, just one of three states to do so, to the TCI Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU). Implementation of TCI would lead to a significant increase in automobile and diesel gasoline prices, while also systematically limiting regional supplies of vehicle fuel.
In calling on Governor McKee to eschew the costly TCI gas tax, the Center points to research and polling that shows why TCI is poor public policy:
Later this week, the Center will announce a public campaign to petition the Governor and state legislative leaders to reject the TCI compact.
More information about the proposed TCI gas tax can be found on the Center’s TCI webpage: RIFreedom.org/NoTCItax. The Center is one of over two-dozen organizations in the northeast working cooperatively to defeat TCI in their respective states.
[This is a public statement released by the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity today.]