The RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity is consistently – and falsely – characterized by our left-wing critics as being funded by the Koch brothers. What is true, is that the “Galkin brothers” are two of our Center’s original major benefactors. The passing earlier this month or the elder brother, Robert Galkin, is a highly […]
Former Associate Justice of the RI Supreme Court, Robert Flanders, says that current RI Attorney General, Peter Neronha, is “whistling past the graveyard … ” with regard to the AG’s interpretation of the June 2022 Bruen concealed carry Second Amendment ruling by the United States Supreme Court Flanders, In a compelling Wednesday interview with Mike […]
OPINION: Within hours of issuing to Twitter a July 14 legal letter of intent to sue, Dr. Andrew Bostom and his legal team won a major victory, when the embattled social media giant reinstated Bostom’s personal Twitter account. “After further review, we have unsuspended your account as it does not appear to be in violation […]
It has been over four months since Dr. Stephen Skoly won a victory against the RI Department of Health, when a March 11 “Dismissal Stipulation” freed him to resume critical surgical care for his patients. This, after a RIDOH Compliance Order effectively shut down his practice on October 1 of 2021, when Skoly’s valid request […]
ALSO WATCH: Sten unloads on the RI Attorney General for his disdainful motion seeking to “quash” release of the embarrassing deposition by Dr. James McDonald in the Parents United RI school mask mandate lawsuit Below, lead plaintiff Rich Southwell, challenges the AG and citizens to take action to make the deposition public:
Democrats sentence black children to ‘Lord of the Flies’ existence By JASON WHITLOCK (compelling commentary The Current pulled from the Internet. Send your comments to OceanStateCurrent@RIFreedom.org ) Beelzebub killed James Lambert, a 73-year-old Philadelphia man. Beelzebub is one of the seven princes of hell. In biblical times, Beelzebub was a god worshiped in Ekron. He […]
Today’s shocking federal data showing a 9/1% year-over-year inflation rate should come as no surprise to anyone with a basic understanding of money-supply economics. The LESSON that all lawmakers – state and federal – should keep in mind is that indiscriminate or wasteful government spending leads to increases in the money supply and the velocity […]
Adjunct Scholar to the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity and frequent guest on the popular In The Dugout with Mike Stenhouse video podcast, Dr. An Andrew Bostom, a Brown University credentialed epidemiologist has taken initial steps to wage a legal fight against Twitter. (below is from a Just The News article) Andrew Bostom, a veteran […]
With the Major League Baseball All-Star Game coming up next week, I am reminded of my dad’s ignominious plight. Most baseball fans do not realize that there are 504 former players, including my dad, Cranston, Rhode Island’s Dave Stenhouse, who are being jipped out of well-deserved pensions by the league (MLB) and the players’ association […]
Yesterday, Dr. James McDonald, former RIDOH Interim Director and Medical Director, was deposed by attorney Gregory Piccirilli. According to sources who witnessed the deposition, McDonald, under oath, revealed what most close observers suspected all along; that most of the highly-restrictive pandemic measures recommended by RIDOH and adopted by the Raimondo and McKee administrations … were arbitrarily made, likely for political reasons to follow what we now know was a false government narrative, with little or no actual scientific or credible data basis.
As suggested weeks ago by Mike Stenhouse on his In The Dugout video podcast, it now appears that the RI State Police have finally shifted their attention away from the peace-keeping efforts of Providence police officer, Juann Lugo, and are now searching for the mysterious “man in the green jacket” who started the violence at […]
Do you want to stay up-to-date on the latest news and events happening in Rhode Island? If so, then this podcast is for you! We discuss current events that are affecting the Ocean State. We also give you interviews with local and national knowledge experts on the most important topics. Our goal is to make sure everyone has access to the information they need to be informed citizens. Tune into #InTheDugout every Monday through Thursday live at 4:00pm on the Ocean State Current for your weekly dose of news and views!
In Honor of July 4 Independence Day and the Upcoming 250th Anniversary of America’s Birthright of Freedom, the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity has joined the The Civics Alliance, a national coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving America’s civics education: The Civics Alliance’s model K-12 social studies standards, American Birthright, was launched yesterday, […]
STATEMENT on SCOTUS’s REPEAL OF ROE. Constitutional order restored to our republic. 6/24/22: Regardless of where one might stand on the abortion debate, the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity encourages all Rhode Islanders to appreciate that the U.S. Supreme Court acted under with full constitutional authority in its repeal today of the Roe v […]
from an email by Barth Bracy, Executive Director or RI Right to Life Breaking – Roe v Wade Overturned Just moments ago, the Supreme Court released its opinion in the Dobbs v Jackson abortion case from Mississippi and, as has been anticipated since the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion in May, they have overturned […]
On May 7, 2022, Councilman Jason Messier posted a TikTok video where he dressed as a rainbow colored unicorn on behalf of people suffering from Alzheimer’s. During the video, he gyrates and obscenely dances to Pony by Ginuwine. It has been viewed over 2500 times, and the minimum age for TikTok users is 13.
As of the posting of this updated story (June 21, 2022), the Cranston school committee has not indicated whether or not it will investigate how a father and legal guardian of one if its students may have been improperly or even illegally removed from an authorized list to care for his own child. SEE JOSH’S […]
by J. William Middendorf / originally published on June 16, 2022 on The Daily Signal The RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity has over the years selected a number of winners for its J. William Middendorf Pillar of Freedom Award, named in honor of Ambassador J. William Middendorf, former Secretary of the Navy and current Heritage […]
ELECTION WAVES is a series of interviews with candidates running for office in Rhode Island. In this edition, Ron St. Pierre interviews Lt. Governor candidate Deborah Ruggiero (D). Ruggiero discusses her experience as a state representative, her plans for the Lt. Governor’s office, and her thoughts on the current state of Rhode Island politics. She also addresses some of the challenges she would face as Lt. Governor. She has served the residents of Jamestown and Middletown in District 74 since first being elected in November 2008. She is the chair of the House Innovation, Internet and Technology Committee; she has been a member of the House Finance Committee for 8 years framing the state budget. Her ELECTION WAVES interview is well worth a listen today at 5:00pm or on demand after!
VIDEO: Gregory Blasbalg, Chairman for the North Kingstown, RI school committee, gives lip service to the 146 page report filed by Judge Susan McGuirl. In his statement, Blasbalg completely ignores the failures of the School Committee to act, early on, after details of the Aaron Thomas abuse came to light.
by Polly Hopkins This week (June 13), the Chariho School District faced a student planned walk out. Here’s the story… At Chariho High School, a teacher hung a PRIDE flag in her classroom. In the corner of the classroom, our American flag was rolled up as pictured in photos that students took. Those photos were […]
The political supremacists are back: Opportunists and self-anointed elitists, who know best of course, and who exploit almost every tragedy to impose their values on the rest of us. What George Orwell described as “doublespeak” by the Party (Big Brother), the pattern is the same when it comes to the most high profile issues of […]
Most don’t realize that Rhode Island is facing a potential energy crisis: Our state does not have the energy infrastructure needed to meet demand. As a result, we have among the highest average retail prices for energy as compared with other states. In fact, this is a New England-wide problem. As E&E News put it, […]
Updated June 8, 2022, 11:20 AM EST It appears as if Rhode Island’s General Assembly has finally been convinced to take action of the the “Protect Our Kids” legislation. Under intense pressure from the ParentsUnitedRI.com coalition, House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi has now allowed H8230 to have a hearing in the Judiciary Committee at the Rise […]
In a time not so long ago, Americans use to share a commonality of values. Those values being rugged individualism, freedom, hard work, but here in the summer of 2022 things look remarkably different. Those values appear to have been destroyed. There is more than a growing undercurrent of violence, apathy, entitlement and selfishness. It […]
Team Southwell is on a roll and parents across the state are celebrating. The over three dozen parent plaintiffs and their attorney have been racking up recent victories in Rhode Island’s Superior Court in the Southwell v McKee lawsuit against K-12 school mask mandates. Yesterday (June 6), Judge Lanphear ruled against the State’s motion to […]
As a Harvard graduate myself, it is encouraging to see that apparently not all students and staff at woke institutions like Harvard University have been indoctrinated by anti-American propaganda.
I got my first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shot on February 25th 2021. The next week I went out to run in my neighborhood but just couldn’t find my breathing rhythm. The following day while my wife and I were walking our dog I couldn’t catch my breath and cut the walk short. When we got […]
Developing … In yet another victory for the Parents United plaintiffs against school mask mandates, Providence School swill go back to mask optional next Tuesday, May 31. Public documents include: Superior Court Stipulation School Department letter to parents The stipulation appears to represent a compromise, where both the RIDOH (one of the plaintiffs) and the […]
We are being told mental health is a crisis among students in our country. School children have been under stress from lockdowns, isolation, and now they are hearing about the tragic school shooting in Texas. The globalists of the world tell us we will never go back to normal, and we must accept a new […]