@its_the_Dr
She probably learned some real science that day... concrete curing on bare skin absorbs a tremendous amount of water from your flesh, creating alkaline molecules which chemically burn and deteriorate skin tissue.
@RealCandaceO
You must feel a little gratified knowing that so many people are losing their collective minds over your strong patriotism and conservatism. You are a firmly grounded young lady with strength and perseverance that is inspiring... please don't change.
Rhode Island's Democratic Stockholm Syndrome 🧵
RI Democrats have controlled this state for over 80 years. Over that period of time the following has happened:
The industrial heritage of RI has died. Once a great manufacturing mecca, we are now a service-based economy.
(1/9)
We just celebrated my daughter's graduation from the University of Rhode Island's college of Nursing.
Congratulations Paige Chippendale
BSN, RN
Magna Cum Laude
URI Class of 2020
We love you, are extremely proud of you and can't wait to see how you shape your/the future!
It is 100% coincidental that all the whales and dolphins dying and beaching are in the areas where wind power exploration and development are also occurring. 100% coincidental. 100%. Just a coincidence.
#BREAKING
: The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the closure of the westbound Washington Bridge, according to Gov. Dan McKee's office.
More as this story develops:
Considering all these things, what solution to the Democrats of Rhode Island offer you?
"Keep voting Democrat - Republicans can't help."
Sincerely I ask you - how can it get worse than what it is now? Do you not see the Stockholm Syndrome?
Finitio.
When in Providence yesterday, I decided to go check out what $22mil worth of bridge looks like. Glad I did. I observed this Northern Diamondback Terrapin in the Providence River - the state's only reptile listed as "Endangered."
Governor
@GovDanMcKee
why did your staff insist to me that we are NOT a sanctuary state? Why haven't you answered our calls to clarify our status? There are 1 million RIers you are responsible for, and you are allowing rapists and murderers to be set free in RI.
ARE WE OR NOT?
I offer the opposite. RI has been controlled by Democrats for over 80 years. The Dems created this bridge disaster & the compelling argument is to keep voting for Democrats?
No, that's not the answer at all.
The RI Dems beam w pride over Sec Raimondo - where is she on this?
.
@JoeShekarchi
said he is concerned that;
Rebuilding the Washington Bridge could cost more than $300m estimate,
That plans to demolish the westbound span of the 195 will impact budget,
& federal funding could be affected by GOP victories in the November
BREAKING: Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters are wreaking havoc in New York City in what appears to be a war on Christmas.
Some chanted “Christmas is canceled here” as they reportedly threw fake blood on a nativity scene.
Others sparred with the NYPD which triggered a Level
I was so proud to stand up there with my Democratic colleagues who also received an award for their work to better the lives of disabled Rhode Islanders. This is an issue where partisanship should enjoy no quarter - this is people above politics.
The Rhode Island Governor’s Commission on Disabilities awarded Leader Michael Chippendale
@MikeWChip
with the 2023 John Fogarty Award, in honor of his strong advocacy within the General Assembly for rights for the disabled.
Congratulations Leader Chippendale.
Roads and Bridges - consistently & currently rated the worst in our nation.
Dems control DOT.
Dems control who the contracts go to.
When RI couldn't pay for it, the Dems created the tolls.
Dems lost the tolls in court.
Dems are responsible for your hell on the roads.
(3/9)
Pensions.
Dems wrote your contracts.
Dems failed to fund your pensions.
Dems created the "solution" in 2011 (Sec Raimondo)
Dems haven't given you a COLA or any consideration since then.
Dems don't have a solution to this and aren't looking for one.
(2/9)
1/
@MartyMakary
“after two years of accruing data, the superiority of natural immunity over vaccinated immunity is clear. By firing staff with natural immunity, employers got rid of those least likely to infect others. It's time to reinstate those employees with an apology”.
Energy Costs.
Dems have been pushing the Green Fantasy.
Dems passed the Act on Climate.
Dems benefit from the contractors installing wind/solar.
Dems caused your electricity rates to increase by 46% & climbing.
Dems don't care you can't afford to comply w Climate Act.
(8/9)
Education.
Dems have written the rules and contracts.
Dems have overseen the steady demise of quality in Ed.
Dems continually throw money at Education.
Dems don't want to try something different.
Dems are responsible for the high schools w 0% proficiency in Math.
(4/9)
Lordy... I'll tell you what, if you find yourself near North Smithfield with a hungry belly, the Lucky Dog Tavern is an amazing restaurant with an extensive menu and a home-town vibe. The chef/owner prepares big city dishes in a small town setting and nails it - check it out.
Healthcare.
Dems created the ACA.
Dems created the Exchange.
Dems wrote the regs and insurance reqmnts.
Dems are responsible for medical staff fleeing our state.
Dems are responsible for you spending 600% more time in the ER waiting room.
Dems created this failed system.
(5/9)
Yes, it's all levity for this governor. So out of touch as hundreds of thousands of RIers' lives are upended, or totally destroyed by his administration's incompetence. But hey - a "big Blue celebrity was in town" so let's all mug up for a photo op.
A moment of levity before
@SecretaryPete
Buttigieg toured the Washington Bridge as he told Governor McKee about his breakfast in East Providence: "The chilaquiles are sticking to my insides"
Pool video via
@CoreyWelch
Economy/Business Climate.
RI has one of the worst business climates in the country.
Dems have over regulated business.
Dems have punished success through taxation.
Dems view industrialists/Biz owners as "the Evil Rich."
Dems continue to hammer businesses with burden.
(7/9)
Taxes.
Dems created the 2nd highest tax burden per citizen in US.
Dems' only solution is to throw money at every problem, thus increasing taxes.
Dems create unfunded mandates for our towns.
Dems are directly responsible for your homeowners taxes.
(6/9)
Clearly the same type of "scientists" that guided the world through COVID with such amazing guidance that at this point has all been deemed an unnecessary failure. But hey, "Science."
If at the end of my days, these two precious children are all I've brought to the world, I am one of the most accomplished human beings in the world....
Parents, students and concerned RIers who've engaged in an impassioned email campaign on this issue; If McKee has a rare moment of clarity and follows our neighboring states on school masking - please know that this victory belongs to YOU!
Massachusetts is lifting statewide school mask mandate as of Feb 28.
Announcement from RI
@GovDanMcKee
coming this afternoon, expected to follow what other states are now doing.
To those who believe that the internet has "replaced" the library, don't be fooled by this false narrative. Physical libraries, with actual books are the "Freedom Centers" of every single community in our nation, because knowledge truly is power.
#ILoveLibraries
My grandfather carried this pouch - sewn closed with 2 coins in it, across the battlefields of France during his service in WWI. Today, I remember my grandfather and all other service men and women who've given their lives to our nation.
God bless America.
@dmcclintock4117
@GovMikeHuckabee
So it's your contention that ALL people who need scooters or wheelchairs are A) Completely unable to walk or stand, and B) On Social Security?
@GovMikeHuckabee
- I'm surprised by this post... you should reflect upon this and current assertions made about your family members...
More people need to adopt this approach. Do what is best for your particular health situation in whatever setting you place yourself - but don't demand that everyone around you complies with farcical mandates just to give you a false sense of safety.
As
@GovDanMcKee
is struggling with announcing another INDOOR mask mandate, there’s this. 👀👀👀
YOUR thoughts? Hypocritical? OR...the right thing to be doing? (Getting "back to normal"?) Talking about this now on
@wpro
#438
-9776
Radical Extremist Democrats like Healy are destroying this nation and spitting in the faces of the honorable men and women who served our country. If you wore the uniform and still support Extremist Democrats' radical candidates - you're enabling your own demise.
Opinion | While hundreds of veterans in Massachusetts struggle with homelessness, Healey picked the soldiers’ home property – which is deeded for use by veterans – for the latest shelter for the thousands of migrant families pouring into the state.
Current CEO of NPR Katherine Maher in 2021, back when she worked for Wikipedia, literally talking about rewriting history because it currently favors white people.
I am high right now. The server at the restaurant at which I'm dining, just told me she saw me on the news and I made her question the way state government is run.
If it hasn't already, it will set in when someone you "know" tests positive (friend of a friend). Then someone in your immediate family will be confirmed positive, and you will understand the gravity of the situation in which we find ourselves. (1/2)
As I prepare to head back into the state house to finish the budget, the one thing weighing on me most is the incontrovertible truth that the House is more willing to address animal abuse than child endangerment...
Allow me to translate: "If the feds don't bail us out, the damage from the past 80 years of democratic fiscal mismanagement in RI will NEVER be eradicated."
The "Defund the Police" crowd, after the effects of their policies and catch phrases destroy civil society, are now deploying the National Guard... you reap what you sow.
JUST IN: Violent crime is getting so bad in New York City subways that Gov. Kathy Hochul is deploying 1,000 total National Guardsmen, state police & MTA police to patrol them.
Liberal policies have consequences.
750 members of the National Guard and 250 state troopers will now
21 years ago today, the good Lord blessed Sherri and I with a daughter. Everything changed, and our lives became so rich with love and purpose...
Happy Birthday Paigey girl....
@peachypaige1998
Every foreigner on a student visa involved in these protests should be deported. You are our guest. You are not a citizen. You don’t get to come to our country, use or education system, and be a radical in your spare time.
#ColumbiaUniversity
Mount Aso, Japan: The natural beauty of mountains and forests―and the plant and animal habitats that reside within them―is bulldozed to make way for 200,000 hideous solar panels, as a sacrificial offering to the "climate change" gods by the Net Zero cult.
My daughter has long held the belief that she's much smarter than I... now she's just showing off.. 5 for 5 on the Dean's List...
#ProudDaddy
Paige Chippendale of Foster named to The University of Rhode Island Dean's List
The fact that the Speaker, Senate President and Governor are "taking a pass" on dealing with our state's financial crisis until the elections are over is the height of negligence...
#BringTheLegislatureBackNow
Measles in the entire state of Illinois:
2020: 0 cases
2021: 0 cases
2022: 0 cases
2023: 5 cases
2024: 31 and climbing
More measles infections in the past few weeks than the past 8 years combined.
But you didn't hear about this rapidly growing outbreak because it all comes
So, you're throwing a tantrum over the end result of one of your biggest initiatives? I loudly expressed on the House floor that THIS is what happens when minimum wage is artificially increased by misguided politicians. You must have missed it...
Where exactly was this "incredible progress?" Was it in the DHS lines while people were unable to get benefits, or shut-down nursing homes through your UHIP catastrophe? Or maybe the children being prostituted and killed in DCYF care? Perhaps at the Veteran's home?
Over the past few years, we've made incredible progress in supporting RI's most vulnerable, but we have more to do. Today, I was proud to join the
@RIinterfaithCo
to reaffirm our vision for an RI where no one is burdened by poverty.
@GovRaimondo
What should those w health conditions disqualifying the mask reqmt do when confronted by a "citizen hero" who feels they've been deputized by the "see something say something" advice from political "leaders"? You realize there are people being attacked over this issue right now?
While
@GovRaimondo
is dislocating her shoulder patting herself on the back for doing a great job, Johns Hopkins ranks RI with the 5th highest number of COVID deaths per capita in the nation (up to 80% of which are in our nursing homes.)
I am honored to come back to this building to serve the good people of foster-glocester and Western Coventry. I consider myself blessed to be able to come here and fight for what my constituents believe in
@Lindafblue
@NRA
The number of gun club members that you know, and the anecdotes you cite are statistically insignificant in the context of your assertion.
There are a lot of amazing capitol buildings in this country, but none more amazing than RI's... It is a working museum with such amazing craftsmanship and symbolism of how great we can be.
Visit the RI State House! Free tours of this historic building are available weekdays at 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Visitors can go on a self-guided tour by scanning the QR codes located throughout the building or arrange a guided tour by filling out an online form
The Wreaths Across America ceremony is in its 14th year at Ponaganset High School, and the school, community and Veterans always come through when they "Remember, Honor and Teach" about our beloved veterans.
#RememberHonorTeach
#ChieftainPride
3 years after the "Act on Climate" in RI and it appears our emissions are increasing... the dreams of radical leftists never seem to align with reality.
Heroes are around us every day. Just regular folks who, when faced with tremendous tragedy will sacrifice themselves to help someone in need.
This is most Americans. Not the most vocal or opinionated who get all the attention - but most Americans indeed.
NEW: A group of Good Samaritans save a driver in Minnesota from his burning car after he got in a crash on the I-94 highway.
The driver was stuck in the burning vehicle and couldn't get out.
The group who pulled him out said they were getting hit in the face by the scorching
The whole tax return thing is silly. It's an attempt to gin up "wealth envy."
I would much rather have a governor who came from humble beginnings and built her wealth through hard works and persistence. RI needs a leader who knows how to create prosperity like
@AshleyKalus
When will u open a MABs clinic in the Conv. Cntr or elsewhere to treat positive patients and keep them out of the hospital in the first place? That's how you reduce stress on hospitals BTW - by stopping the virus from causing the need for hospitalization. This is on YOU McKee.
ICYMI: Alongside members of my whole of government COVID response team, I announced several new initiatives to address staffing capacity issues facing many of our state’s health care facilities.
Learn more:
ACTUAL FACTS:
- Legislators like me are STILL assisting constituents w UHIP failures every week.
- The ONLY nursing home in Foster closed bcuz UHIP isn't properly paying homes.
- The Process is still using costly "work arounds."
I'll win this match all day Mike..
@MayorFung
FACTS:
UHIP is turning the corner
✅ More applications processed on time.
✅ RI is making payments faster than neighboring states.
✅ System errors declining.
✅ Gina's recovered $86 million from Deloitte
✅ No payments to Deloitte for over a year and half
@Lindafblue
@NYGovCuomo
@NRA
Linda, where do you come up with this foolishness? You know nothing about our community, what we want, what we do or how we feel... please cite something to substantiate this claim...
In RI, a misguided law was passed changing possession of 10g of Fentanyl from felony, to misdemeanor. 2mg can kill an adult. That's 5,000 adults that could die from 10g of Fentanyl, & the punishment is up to 1yr in jail, and up to $1K.
This needs to be taken far more seriously.
Joe Biden claims 20,000 lbs of fentanyl is "enough to kill as many as 1,000 people in this country."
20,000 lbs of fentanyl would kill 4.5 billion people.
Goes in for the kill to grab the huge RI vote... but inadvertently loses the RI vote by drinking Del's with a straw... and not to mention losing the California vote for even POSSESSING a straw...
#OneSwingTwoStrikes
Some say this glass is half full....
Some say this glass is half empty....
We Irish say, "Hey, are you gonna drink that?"
Happy Saint Paddy's Day everyone!
Found old Leika wandering around my hood.. poor girl was lost, tired and thirsty. We got her hydrated and I tracked down her mom in CT... a short drive later and I had her reunited with her family...
I think I have the weather forecast figured out. Based on local broadcasts we should expect snow that will start in the next 20 minutes to 20 hours, and it will accumulate from a dusting, to 8 feet.... depending on where you live.
The Washington Bridge demolition and replacement cost estimate has gone up, and Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee will pursue a federal 'Mega Grant' to fund the project.
I was proud to stand behind these strong, dedicated republican ladies who are candidates fighting to better our state, one legislative district at a time...
Great morning with a group of amazing and inspiring Republican women candidates who will not be ignored in the state of Rhode Island! Nice place up here on Smith Hill, I think they’ll stay!
#LeadRight
Imagine that... I wonder why none of the three witnesses recognized that document when I held it up in the hearing last night and asked them if they had seen it before... actually, I don't wonder that.
The Rhode Island DOT knew that the I-195 Westbound Washington bridge had a diminished load capacity before 2023. I have a PowerPoint slide deck dated February 2023 that discusses engineering considerations for an RFP (Request for Proposals) issued by the DOT that “requires that
This has, and will continue to expand as more foolish politicians embrace unrealistic "climate goals" to reduce CO2. Goals cannot be met without this fossil ramp-up. I hate to be crass, but we're all "peeing in the same swimming pool" and climate efforts are erased by idiocy.
China is planning on building 655 new coal fired power plants, while Americans are cutting back on the thickness of their plastic bags by a few microns. 🤡
#ClimateScam
Don't be "a little disappointed" Breanna, that - along with humiliation, is for your parents and family. Just feel good knowing that your massive sacrifice was worth it because your actions freed Palestine from the river to the sea. Great job!
WATCH: We spoke with ASU senior Breanna Brocker outside the courthouse, who said she will not be able to graduate because the suspension will cause her to miss her final exam
Literally a stunt. A) there's no "loophole", B) the "binding directive" has no force of law, C) This doesn't ban "guns in schools", D) Bad Guys STILL don't care about the laws and "directives", and yes "ELECTIONS MATTER" - which is why she pulled this stunt 2 weeks b4 the primary
With his new, high-profile Democrat position in Congress, David Cicilline is serving Rhode Island by focusing on using cash, and obsessively tweeting about the president.
Our state is dying on the vine Rep...
.
@DavidCicilline
not on board with an increasingly cashless society. He just introduced the Cash Always Should be Honored (CASH) Act "to require retailers to accept cash payments."
Cicilline notes that 25% of Americans don't use credit cards.
This genius believes disallowing the people of CO to make a democratic decision in a voting booth is defending democracy?
This is your Democratic Party today folks.
2022 - "Democracy is on the ballot!!"
2024 - "We must prevent democracy in order to save democracy."
Democrat Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says her reaction to the Supreme Court's unanimous decision is "disappointment."
"It will be up to the American voters to save our democracy in November."
I'll tell you what... if you enjoy great food, amazing staff and service, outstanding entertainment all in a great setting - then you really need to check out Centerdale Revival on the corner of Smith and Mineral Spring in North Providence.
To all the brave men and women in law enforcement who put their lives on the line every day working to ensure public safety - you ARE appreciated and your sacrifices and that of your families do not go unnoticed... THANK YOU.
#NationalLawEnforcementAppreciationDay
It's St. Joseph's Day!! Let's celebrate and have some Zeppole... it's not like there's something else going on like a bridge about to fall into the ocean...
It’s St. Joseph’s Day, which means that
@SecretaryPete
chose an excellent day to visit Rhode Island.
It was a pleasure to welcome him with a box of zeppole from Scialo’s on Federal Hill. 🇮🇹