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[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

Rhode Island has a spending problem that a "Wealth Tax' cannot solve.
@JessicaforRI on RI's Tax policy - It's Not A Revenue Problem

[LoughlinRI1 @LoughlinRI1]

A clip from 10 News Conference with @GeneValicenti on why we should even have a Lieutenant Governor.

Transcript:
Gene Valicenti: Now you have some ideas from an office that some say we don't need altogether. Uh, the Cool Moose was famous for running and saying, first thing I'll do is get rid of it. It's a sleepy backwater waste of money. You say what?

John Loughlin: Well, if you look at the, uh, the potential for that office, that potential for, for actually affecting positive policy change for Rhode Island, and I'll give you two examples. I, I served in the house with a guy named Nick Gorham. Nick Gorham was a state rep from Foster Gloucester, because of the super majority blob never really passed any meaningful legislation, but he forcefully and articulated everywhere he went about this concept of separation of powers that legislators ought not to be serving on executive boards. It was an idea that was wildly unpopular, but he kept pushing that idea and he pushed it so hard that he actually got separation of powers passed.

Loughlin: And I'll give you another example.

Valicenti: Yeah. He, he was a legislator, right?

Loughlin: Private citizen. Yeah. From Barrington guy, the name of Ken Block. Right. Who wanted to eliminate the master lever. Uh, the chances of a private citizen actually affecting that change, probably nil. But he forcefully and articulately advocated for that done.

Valicenti: But he also became, he became a candidate for governor. Correct. And he founded a political party, but the Lieutenant Governor has no power. Now, if I go back in the archives and I do an exhaustive search of you on television and radio, will I find you agreeing with the moose? Yes. We ought to get rid of the, the office altogether. You won't, you won't. You never said that.

Loughlin: No.

Valicenti: Okay. I'm not gonna surprise you with a clip. I'm asking you No. An honest broker, right? Yeah. 'cause knowing your political philosophy, I would say, I bet Loughlin probably said that.

Loughlin: I mean, there's current configuration. If it's gonna be just another handmaiden and for the governor, then perhaps you should do away with it. But, but to have a forceful advocate for varying points of view that don't necessarily coincide with the super majority, I think is an, an incredibly valuable office for Rhode Island.

Valicenti: So you see it as a bully pulpit

Loughlin: A a mega bully pulpit.

[LoughlinRI1 @LoughlinRI1]

When I was in Iraq in 2011, I met a fellow Rhode Islander named Greg Moore — a government employee from Cumberland, RI, detailed over there. I’d brought a Rhode Island flag along, and we posed with it in the blistering Baghdad heat.This past Wednesday evening I ran into Greg at the 2A rally at the Statehouse. First time we’d seen each other since Iraq.First photo: us with the RI flag in Baghdad.
Second: us at the Statehouse this week.
Final: my daughter Victoria with the very same flag during her tour in Iraq in 2017.A flag with a story to tell! 🇷📷
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[Vic Mellor For Congress RI @VicMellorForRI]

Rhode Islanders: make your voice heard THIS MORNING.

Call your State Senator and State Representative and tell them to OPPOSE:

S2404
S2590
S2951
S3113
S3143

We need elections that are simple, secure, and trusted — not more confusion and political games.

Call now 🇺🇸

[Vic Mellor For Congress RI @VicMellorForRI]

🚨Rhode Island Democrats are quietly pushing five election bills that would fundamentally change how your vote works.

Here’s what they’re trying to do — right now — in Providence:

S2404 — Allow 16-year-olds to vote in school committee elections. Not citizens. Not adults. Sixteen-year-olds.

S2590 — Introduce Ranked Choice Voting into presidential primaries. The system so confusing that New York City had to scrap its results and start over.

S2951 — Sneak RCV into local elections through charter amendments — so voters never get a direct say on whether they want it at all.

S3113 — Extend the recount window and delay final election certification. Because apparently elections in Rhode Island don’t already take long enough to resolve.

S3143 — Create a new Rhode Island Voting Rights Act that opens the door to endless litigation and lets courts — not voters — decide election outcomes.

Read that again.

Five bills. All moving in the same direction. All making elections harder to understand, easier to manipulate, and slower to resolve.

Rhode Island doesn’t need more confusion.

Rhode Island doesn’t need more lawyers in the voting booth.

Rhode Island doesn’t need politicians “reforming” a system they’re counting on to keep them in power.

Elections should be three things:

Easy to vote in.
Hard to cheat in.
Simple to understand.

That’s the whole standard. These five bills fail all three.

Pick up the phone.
Call your Rhode Island State Senator and State Representative today.

Tell them: OPPOSE S2404. S2590. S2951. S3113. S3143.

If we stay silent, they pass.
If we speak up, we stop them.

[RI Gun Rights @RhodyGunRights]

Rally at the State House! April 8th, details on the RIGR website:

https://t.co/Yy88eNEiVO

[Lisadaft @Lisadaft2]

@OliverCabell I waited three mos for these sneakers , they were a Xmas present for my son . I open them just to find silver sharpie marks all over them . Ridiculous!

[Lisadaft @Lisadaft2]

@Lee_Health I can’t say enough about the care my dad received during his stay. Amazing team and shoutout to his nurse Julia ! She was fantastic! Highly recommend this facility to anyone in Southwest FL!

[Lisadaft @Lisadaft2]

@BreezeAirways You’re system for changing flights impacted by a winter storm get you an F. This was my first time choosing to fly with you and I will never do so again.

[Jody Baldwin Stone @TheStonesEG]

@AlwaysOnEnergy @TheRightAOC It is 19 degrees in New England we have 3 ft of snow on the ground. Here is the 50 billions dollar wind farm they swindled from taxpayers w/o a vote....Notice anything? @VineyardWindUS @ChalkeMary40147

[William A. Jacobson @wajacobson]

Fighting DEI discrimination school by school, program by program - @ProtectionEqual

[Rep Mike Chippendale @MikeWChip]

President Trump just created more RI jobs than any Democrat in the state.

[Jody Baldwin Stone @TheStonesEG]

EB President Mark Rayha stated that 3,500 new jobs will be awarded at Quonset Point @GDElectricBoat @SecWar #RhodeIsland Not one elected official in sight. #Bums

[LoughlinRI1 @LoughlinRI1]

Hey, Rhode Island, paying too much for electricity each month? Here's how we could cut electric bills by up to 35% - today! From WPRI Newsmakers.

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

Powerful Super Bowl Ad:

SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS!!

Keep Men Out!!

[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

What's contributing to high housing costs in RI? Senator Gordon Rogers addresses the mandates of the Act On Climate that drive costs up at yesterday's Commission meeting.
Full meeting can be streamed here:
https://t.co/3cKIKCy9LL

[Lisadaft @Lisadaft2]

@kathleenlala @RhodeIslandGOP So you think it’s ok that electronic voters get to cast their vote up to 7 days after the polls have closed? Because Absentee ballot recipients who vote electronically are able to do so in RI.

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

This Tuesday, I hope you'll join me at my winter fundraiser.

I would be honored to spend the evening with you as we continue the work of fighting for affordability, accountability, and balance in Rhode Island government.

📅 February 3rd
⌚️ 6 - 8 pm
📍 477 Broadway | Providence, RI 02909

🎟 RSVP at: https://t.co/Tn2vg54aVI

[Jody Baldwin Stone @TheStonesEG]

Everyone in New England should be following @MassFiscal

[Lisadaft @Lisadaft2]

@KenBlockRI I can tell you from our second home in NH where I pay at least 15% less just due to no renewable mandates. At the energy meetings last year it became clear that deep blue New England states oppose allowing new gas pipelines in to help with supply or looking into new fusion units