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Steve Ahlquist

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Reporter at steveahlquist.news covering Rhode Island Politics and Social Justice Proudly anti-fascist @♌︎✝︎⍗f△

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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 5h
The Westerly Town Council Candidate Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-wester...
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The Westerly Town Council Candidate Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 12h
First Circuit hears arguments in case challenging viewpoint-based penalties in federal funding for the arts “...If public funding can be conditioned on whether an organization’s work aligns with a particular ideological viewpoint, that has implications far beyond the arts...”
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First Circuit hears arguments in case challenging viewpoint-based penalties in federal funding for the arts
“...If public funding can be conditioned on whether an organization’s work aligns with a particular ideological viewpoint, that has implications far beyond the arts...”
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 12h
State Senate District 38 Candidate Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/state-sena...
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State Senate District 38 Candidate Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Warren Town Council Candidate Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-warren...
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The Warren Town Council Candidate Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Charlestown Town Council Candidate Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the South County Star... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-charle...
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The Charlestown Town Council Candidate Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the South County Star...
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Eileen @eileenleft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I know this isn't Woonsocket specific....but we still need so much more. A new building opened in EG within the past year, affordable, mixed w/ income particulars. Soria. I learned today that their waiting list is 63 people long. 😧 Rough guess of at least 3 years.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Woonsocket Task Force releases update on housing and homelessness “Two years ago, we laid out a plan,” said Margaux Morisseau. “Today, we can show that progress is possible when a community decides to work together, and why we cannot stop now.” steveahlquist.substack.com/p/woonsocket...
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Woonsocket Task Force releases update on housing and homelessness
“Two years ago, we laid out a plan,” said Margaux Morisseau, “Today, we can show that progress is possible when a community decides to work together, and why we cannot stop now.”
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Tom Ferrio @tferrio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Apple AirTags for all!!!! Stephen Miller would love it! No, I'm sure it's already in his plans. But how would he argue to exempt white male Republicans?
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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If we have nothing to hide, there's no reason we can't just all wear Meta glasses and make society safe for everyone.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Implanting UHF RFID microchips in every person could help law enforcement reduce crime and locate missing people. Do you want to outlaw the use of these chips and let a child abuser get away? See: deflock.org
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The East Providence Ward 4 City Council Candidate Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-east-p...
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The East Providence Ward 4 City Council Candidate Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group.
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The Womxn Project @thewomxnproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Coming from @steveahlquist.bsky.social, this is a humblng endorsement. No one in journalism does more than Steve to bring sunshine into local and state politics. If you like knowing someone is watching the powerful, support Steve. He is RI's Universal Witness.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Womxn Project rates candidates on issues of Bodily Freedom ahead of the 2026 Midterms “If you see candidates who have not been rated, it’s because they did not respond,” said TWP’s Jocelyn Foye. “You can demand that folx who want your vote complete the two questions in the BFFI.”
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The Womxn Project rates candidates on issues of Bodily Freedom ahead of the 2026 Midterms
“If you see candidates who have not been rated, it’s because they did not respond,” said TWP’s Jocelyn Foye. “You can demand that folx who want your vote complete the two questions in the BFFI.”
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RI Hospital doctors reject Brown Health’s latest offer; picket and protest with David Morales “We will not accept a contract that doesn’t offer us living wages. As frontline physicians, we deserve to pay bills and rent without struggling.” steveahlquist.substack.com/p/ri-hospita...
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RI Hospital doctors reject Brown Health’s latest offer; picket and protest with David Morales
“We will not accept a contract that doesn’t offer us living wages. As frontline physicians, we deserve to pay bills and rent without struggling.”
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lame-duck Smithfield School Committee takes a final stab at passing a potentially illegal trans student policy The new policy mandates informing parents when a student announces their intention to socially transition... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/lame-duck-...
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Lame-duck Smithfield School Committee takes a final stab at passing a potentially illegal trans student policy
The new policy mandates informing parents when a student announces their intention to socially transition...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happening in 30 minutes…
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Representative Magaziner releases plan to lower energy costs for Rhode Islanders “When Democrats are in the majority,” said Rep. Magaziner, “we must come out of the gate fast with real plans to lower costs, and that is exactly what this agenda is about.” steveahlquist.substack.com/p/representa...
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Representative Magaziner releases plan to lower energy costs for Rhode Islanders
“When Democrats are in the majority,” said Rep. Magaziner, “we must come out of the gate fast with real plans to lower costs, and that is exactly what this agenda is about.”
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Just Mel (under your bed) @melthemartian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To anyone wondering how to get elected: fix this.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Economic Progress Institute: Nearly 40 percent of Rhode Island households cannot afford basic needs “These numbers tell us something important about the choices before Rhode Island,” said Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies, EPI’s Executive Director. “Need cannot be our standard. Prosperity has to be.”
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Economic Progress Institute: Nearly 40 percent of Rhode Island households cannot afford basic needs
“These numbers tell us something important about the choices before Rhode Island,” said Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies, EPI’s Executive Director. “Need cannot be our standard. Prosperity has to be.”
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The South Kingstown School Committee General Election Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-south-...
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The South Kingstown School Committee General Election Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Narragansett School Committee General Election Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and moderated by Alex Nunes, publisher of the South County Star. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-narrag...
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The Narragansett School Committee General Election Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and moderated by Alex Nunes, publisher of the South County Star.
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Eileen @eileenleft.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks for this. I am a Narragansett res and I don't like the crew trying to oust the current council. Their NIMBY tendencies are subdued here, mostly. But they're just nasty people. A couple threw in little digs, but mostly kept it civil.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Narragansett Town Council General Election Forum Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and moderated by Alex Nunes, publisher of the South County Star. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-narrag...
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The Narragansett Town Council General Election Forum
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and moderated by Alex Nunes, publisher of the South County Star.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The House District 67 General Election Forum The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group sponsored the forum... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-house-...
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The House District 67 General Election Forum
The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 2026 Barrington Town Council Forum The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-2026-b...
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The 2026 Barrington Town Council Forum
The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The 2026 Bristol/Warren Regional School Committee Forum The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-2026-b...
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The 2026 Bristol/Warren Regional School Committee Forum
The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I literally co-created the concept, and then TWO of my stories were rejected from the anthology! I thought this story and the other were pretty great and stretched the series concept. Just to be clear, everything is reset, and the kids are fine.
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David Lee Ingersoll @skook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A two page Strange Eggs adventure. Story by @steveahlquist.bsky.social . I think this was done for a Strange Eggs anthology. I don't believe it saw print. #comics #horror #monsters #strangeeggs
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 2026 Bristol Town Council candidate forum The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group... steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-2026-b...
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The 2026 Bristol Town Council candidate forum
The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Far-right legal group lodges federal complaint against North and South Kingstown’s transgender student policies “They’re going after trans students in Rhode Island, and while it’s a small population in our state, it is one of many groups being targeted and continuing to be severely harassed.”
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Far-right legal group lodges federal complaint against North and South Kingstown’s transgender student policies
“They’re going after trans students in Rhode Island, and while it’s a small population in our state, it is one of many groups being targeted and continuing to be severely harassed.”
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mayoral candidate David Morales hears from those experiencing homelessness about the need for policy change “Let’s be real,” said David Morales, “Addressing homelessness takes resources, money, and coordination, and a lot of that has not been happening...”
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Mayoral candidate David Morales hears from those experiencing homelessness about the need for policy change
“Let’s be real,” said David Morales, “Addressing homelessness takes resources, money, and coordination, and a lot of that has not been happening...”
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Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks for bringing it back to Jamal Khashoggi
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Jill Poisson @jillpoisson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This. Being Trump’s pied piper isn’t beneficial anymore… To news conglomerates’ bottom line. It was never beneficial for the US or humanity in whole.
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thegoodlife.bsky.social @thegoodlife.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's pretty fucking gross that they've proven they care more about other (white) journalists than they do about brown children being torn from their families and Americans being murdered in the streets.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s like they’re finally realizing the meaning of Niemoller’s regret…
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Maybe if they were quicker to point out the clear injustices committed by the Trump Administration against a group of people who are not news agencies, and taken a hard stand against ICE or MAGA or any of the other clear and present signs of Christian Nationalist Fascism, we wouldn’t be here now.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Suddenly, being fastidiously neutral or objective isn’t serving the news media as they push back against Trump limiting access at the White House. They found a line in the sand that some couldn’t define when reporter Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and his killer welcomed by elites.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ward 9 is shaping up to be the most interesting Providence City Council race Independent candidate Diego Tomas Arene-Morley is challenging incumbent Democrat Juan Pichardo, and they differ on rent stabilization and surveillance. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/ward-9-is-...
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Ward 9 is shaping up to be the most interesting Providence City Council race
Independent candidate Diego Tomas Arene-Morley is challenging incumbent Democrat Juan Pichardo, and they have interesting differences on rent stabilization and surveillance.
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Agapetheist🌈🫧🌲 @christopretensism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Agapetheist🌈🫧🌲 @christopretensism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We're anti christopretendocracy and christopretensism.
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Mo ⚓ 🧶☘️ @maurscode.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Democratic voters in PVD made a decision about Democratic Socialists and Smiley still can’t get over it.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Got where these politicians stand from personal experience and from the @thewomxnproject.bsky.social excellent Bodily Freedom Forever Project: thewomxnproject.org/bffi-municip...
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BFFI Municipality list
Bodily Freedom Forever Index  RESULTS Informed Voting for All Rhode Islanders Now, let's explore! The Bodily Freedom Forever Index (BFFI) is a voting transparency tool designed to provide a simple rec...
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No decisions are required for these Democrats. They only threaten the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people. We only make decisions on Democratic Socialists, because they threaten the fortunes of millionaires. There’s a reason “decisions” are needed on one group, but not the other: $$$
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
…or Rep Gregory Costantino (District 44), Senator Louis DiPalma (District 12), Senator David Tikoian (District 12), Rep Raymond Hull (District 5), Rep William O’Brien (District 54) and Rep Arthur Corvese (District 55).
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
… before changing his position ahead of running for Attorney General. Or Senator Walter to (District 10). Or Senator Raptakis (District 33), Rep Charlene Lima (District 14), Rep Robert Phillips (District 51), Rep Brian Patrick Kennedy (District 38), Rep Ramona Perez (District 13)…
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PVD Mayor Brett Smiley says the Democratic Party needs to make a “decision” about Democratic Socialists. You know what the Dem Party doesn’t have to make a decision about? Anti-abortion, anti-trans members of the Rhode Island General Assembly, like Joe Solomon Jr, who voted against abortion rights…
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He bet that vetoing rent stabilization and bullying the homeless were at least 51% popular with voters. He bet that even if he lost, sticking to these concepts would ensure another job where he could serve and exercise power. He will land on his feet, serving the Empire that ALWAYS strikes back.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Those saying he will not endorse Morales over Republican Talan because he is a sore loser may be right, but I think it likely he’s also saying what he thinks the establishment wants to hear. He’s looking for his next job, no longer the one in power but serving power, as he did under Gov. Raimondo.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
His words are not those of a person who will soon be seeking elected office again. They are the words of someone looking to move into a behind the scenes role. His ideas, not popular enough to win a majority of voters (he has never garner over 50% of the vote) are aligned with the Dem Party machine.
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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Brett Smiley says that “Democrats” need to make a decision on Democratic Socialists, he’s talking about Democratic Party leadership, not the electorate. (The electorate spoke)His idea of the Democratic Party as a non-democratic organization is revealing. It’s about Party control, not democracy.
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