I am a liberal Republican. Not liberal in the progressive illiberal, statist sense. But liberal in the classical, enlightenment sense as embodied by Fredrick Douglas, Thomas Jefferson and Hayek.

Rep. @DavidPlace01 hosted third-graders from Steere Farm Elementary School at the State House today. The students participated in a mock legislative session led by Rep. Place, where they debated several bills.

What happened? Our state was once among America’s most prosperous. Today, the grand State House stands as a reminder of that lost golden age, while scrap yards along Allens Avenue export our remaining wealth as scrap metal—one of Rhode Island’s largest exports. Instead of opportunity and growth, Rhode Island now ranks near the bottom in economic performance, while sitting among the highest in cost of living and reliance on social services. What happened? In 1958, Democrats gained full control of the Rhode Island General Assembly. Since then, they have held uninterrupted dominance. With good intentions, they passed wave after wave of laws and regulations aimed at “helping people.” In practice, those policies suffocated business, raised costs, and drove away jobs and investment. As the economy weakened, demand for social services exploded. Rather than reforming the burdensome rules choking growth, they doubled down—still convinced they were helping. Now they want to repeat the same mistake with a millionaire tax: a massive hike that would push Rhode Island’s top income tax rate to 8.99% on earnings over $1 million. ripec.org This isn’t “fair share.” It’s more of the same failed thinking. High earners and job creators already shoulder a disproportionate share of our income taxes. Raising rates on them will accelerate the exodus of talent, capital, and businesses to lower-tax states—just as we’ve seen elsewhere. The result? Less revenue than projected, fewer jobs, and even greater pressure on working families. Rhode Island doesn’t need another tax on success. We need bold reform: cut the regulations that are killing growth, streamline government, and make our state competitive again. Stop the madness. Stop the race to the bottom. Credit @IanDonnis @IanDon and @BostonGlobe for some of the pictures.

This is how East Side Progressives see the Western part of the state.

The Congressman should fire his SM intern. Does he think we’re so backwards in the Western part of the state we don’t have paved roads? Maybe if he was in his district more he would know.

The only thing that stops violent men from raping you and your society are other men who are equally willing to be violent in stopping the rapists. The West has decided that the highest virtue is to quietly comply with the destruction of your civilization because to do otherwise is bigoted toward the rapists. It really is that simple.

News flash!!! Government funded program results in high cost for each output!!!! Surprising no one who understands economics and Government interference in markets.

We shouldn’t destroy our society over lies. It’s not “Climate Change” that is denied, it’s the lies Democratic politicians say about it that are denied.

Memorial Day isn’t a day of celebration but a day of commemoration. We call out the name of those we remember so they will never be forgotten. It becomes difficult to fully encompass all those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice when so many succumb to their wounds, physical and emotional, years and decades later. I know of two names who should be engraved here but are not because they were taken well after the rest of us came home. Not all who fell, fell on the field. Montoya, Anthony, Until we drink again on Fiddlers Green.

Rep. @DavidPlace01 hosted a group of students from Burrillville High School at the Rhode Island State House today. The students participated in a mock legislative session led by Rep. Place, where they debated and voted on several pieces of legislation.

Jeff Bezos: "If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger than the good that I do with my charitable giving."

The courts didn’t nullify an election—they upheld Virginia’s Constitution. Democrats in the legislature broke the law. In a republic no one is above the law, not even a Governor or a slim majority on a rushed ballot question. This is exactly how a constitutional republic works: laws and constitutions bind everyone, or they mean nothing. Fair process > raw power grabs.

This is a joke. right?

Cutting front line positions before strictly administrative or bureaucratic ones is a symptom of disfunction.

“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.” — Thomas Sowell

I swear to Christ the Democratic Party’s message at this point is “all of the most progressive places are unaffordable shitholes where nobody can afford an apartment, therefore you should vote for us”

Republicans in the former Confederate states keep nominating black candidates who the white Democrats keep voting against. The racism is not on the GOP side.

Ranked choice is so popular in the D party why not? If it’s good enough to compel me its good enough for thee.

Just because your internals say your TDS has put our districts seat into play, don’t all of a sudden bece a fiscal hawk.

Seems a good time for our RI press to ask our congressmen and senators about this guy;