Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin.bsky.social
Former RI State Senator, 2016 DNC Delegate for Bernie Sanders, Founder RI For Bernie. Policy/Strategy advisor. ♿️
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Expected this once Shekarchi decided not to run for governor. Did McKee secretly promise to appoint him to the bench to remove a political rival?
#BREAKING: State Rep. Joe Shekarchi will step down from his position as Speaker of the House as he pursues nomination to the R.I. Supreme Court.
May 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Expected this once Shekarchi decided not to run for governor. Did McKee secretly promise to appoint him to the bench to remove a political rival?
Aww man. RIP
James Van Der Beek, who rose to fame playing Dawson Leery on the 1990s-era hit teen drama “Dawson’s Creek,” has died. He was 48. https://cnn.it/3ZwnNfk
February 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Aww man. RIP
The one day I have to go over the bridge. 😩
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The one day I have to go over the bridge. 😩
😢 RIP
Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy-winning actor who starred in "Schitt's Creek" and "Home Alone," has died at the age of 71. More: https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/catherine-ohara-emmy-winning-comedian-of-schitts-creek-and-sctv-fame-dies-at-71/
January 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
😢 RIP
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Large and growing ICE Out protest shutting down the street in front of the State House right now. Heavy chants of “Abolish ICE”
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Large and growing ICE Out protest shutting down the street in front of the State House right now. Heavy chants of “Abolish ICE”
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Brown University and some high school students are arriving at the Rhode State House for the ICE protest.
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Brown University and some high school students are arriving at the Rhode State House for the ICE protest.
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The President does not have power to wage war. He was already guilty of child sexual abuse & ripping the Constitution to shreds, & now, he’s a mass murderer.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
Per reporting- US officials confirm that the United States launched military strikes on Venezuela, these bombings serving as a hideous extension of the regime’s illegal murders at sea.
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The President does not have power to wage war. He was already guilty of child sexual abuse & ripping the Constitution to shreds, & now, he’s a mass murderer.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
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Providence Police have identified Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old native of Portugal, as the man they believe killed two people and injured nine more in a mass shooting inside a Brown University classroom Saturday, they announced Thursday night.
What we know about suspected Brown University shooter Claudio Manuel Neves Valente - The Boston Globe
The 48-year-old native of Portugal was found dead in New Hampshire Thursday night.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Providence Police have identified Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old native of Portugal, as the man they believe killed two people and injured nine more in a mass shooting inside a Brown University classroom Saturday, they announced Thursday night.
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Here's the source of the pdf. riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
December 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Here's the source of the pdf. riag.ri.gov/press-releas...
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Authorities said they’re probing a potential connection between the Brown attack and the homicide of an acclaimed professor at MIT who was fatally shot at his Brookline home Monday night, according to officials close to the investigation.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/m...
Authorities investigating potential connection between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, sources say - The Boston Globe
Federal authorities previously said there was no reason to believe they were connected.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Authorities said they’re probing a potential connection between the Brown attack and the homicide of an acclaimed professor at MIT who was fatally shot at his Brookline home Monday night, according to officials close to the investigation.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/m...
Reed and Whitehouse on the list
Jon Ossoff (GA), Gary Peters (MI), Jack Reed (RI), Jacky Rosen (NV), Chuck Schumer (NY), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Elissa Slotkin (MI), Mark Warner (VA), Raphael Warnock (GA), & Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Reed and Whitehouse on the list
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
Aww man 😢
Breaking News: The actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, have died. The police are investigating what they called an apparent homicide at their home. Follow live updates.
Rob Reiner, Hollywood Director, Is Found Dead With His Wife: Live Updates
Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles confirmed their deaths. The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating “an apparent homicide” at the Reiners’ home.
nyti.ms
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Aww man 😢
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"He had big dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon and helping people."
Gofundme for MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, one of the two Brown University students whose lives were taken yesterday: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
Donate to In Memory of MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, organized by Samira Umurzokova
On December 13, MukhammadAziz Umurzokov was tragically taken from us in the Br… Samira Umurzokova needs your support for In Memory of MukhammadAziz Umurzokov
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December 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"He had big dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon and helping people."
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“I kind of knew what happened, you know,” Zoe Weissman said in an interview with the Globe on Sunday. “It’s infuriating. I just can’t believe that there’s going to be kids in the US who have to go through this not once, but twice.”
‘It’s infuriating’: At least two Brown University students have survived school shootings before - The Boston Globe
Brown University student Zoe Weissman, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, relives the horror as a shooting occurred on campus and calls for gun reform.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“I kind of knew what happened, you know,” Zoe Weissman said in an interview with the Globe on Sunday. “It’s infuriating. I just can’t believe that there’s going to be kids in the US who have to go through this not once, but twice.”
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Following last night’s tragedy in our city, the RI Blood Center is in urgent need of donors.
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Following last night’s tragedy in our city, the RI Blood Center is in urgent need of donors.
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
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VIDEO: Here are some of the scenes photographer Ryan Welch captured a short time ago when we noticed that investigators were focusing on a window on the first floor of the hotel here in Coventry.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
VIDEO: Here are some of the scenes photographer Ryan Welch captured a short time ago when we noticed that investigators were focusing on a window on the first floor of the hotel here in Coventry.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @wpri12.bsky.social
www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @wpri12.bsky.social
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9 PM: Anyone with information about the shooting is being asked to call the Providence police tipline at 401-272-1111. https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/brown-university-reports-active-shooter/
December 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
9 PM: Anyone with information about the shooting is being asked to call the Providence police tipline at 401-272-1111. https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/brown-university-reports-active-shooter/
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Providence Police Commander Timothy O’Hara urges residents who live in the vicinity of the shooting to check their home security cameras for any footage that could help the investigation.
If you see something suspicious - please immediately call 911.
If you see something suspicious - please immediately call 911.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Providence Police Commander Timothy O’Hara urges residents who live in the vicinity of the shooting to check their home security cameras for any footage that could help the investigation.
If you see something suspicious - please immediately call 911.
If you see something suspicious - please immediately call 911.
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Police share that suspect is male & dressed in black
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Police share that suspect is male & dressed in black
Very sad to jump on and see what happened at Brown. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Awful to see such gun violence.
A large law-enforcement presence at Thayer and Waterman Street in Providence following a shooting at Brown University.
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Very sad to jump on and see what happened at Brown. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Awful to see such gun violence.
So are they against libraries, social (it has the word right in it) security, Medicare and other public services? Make it make sense.
Not two weeks after a democratic socialist is elected mayor of New York City, 86 Democratic House members vote to 'condemn socialism.'
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So are they against libraries, social (it has the word right in it) security, Medicare and other public services? Make it make sense.
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Fucking hell, @amo.house.gov & @magaziner.house.gov are Yeas of course. Why can't we ever have good things?
Not two weeks after a democratic socialist is elected mayor of New York City, 86 Democratic House members vote to 'condemn socialism.'
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Fucking hell, @amo.house.gov & @magaziner.house.gov are Yeas of course. Why can't we ever have good things?