Opinion

Future World: House minority leader Blake Filippi discusses where the RI GOP is headed

After a poor local showing in the recent midterms, with Rhode Islanders largely rejecting much of the national GOP platform and rhetoric from President Trump, I sat down with House Minority Leader Blake Filippi to discuss the future of Rhode Island’s Republican party. Rhode Island politics is full of anomalies, and one of the particular oddities […]

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Philippe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Elbow-rubbing with Evil: Czars to the left of him, despots to the right

Mass Murderers, Inc. Way back in our childhoods, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, P&J trusted our country to be moving forward evolutionary-wise. Not so much these days, with a racist, misogynist pig who, through some ungodly mistake, we made president. Always nice to know our commander-in-chief gets all his information from the despicable Fox News and […]

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AltFacts: Border Skirmishes: Lines drawn, walls built and minor gas launched at minors

EU Must Be Kidding As the United Kingdom continues its noble quest to defend the memory of Princess Diana from the ravages of the Evil Empire (EU), celebrated New York economist Donald J. Trump stepped in to provide his take on the deal that the British government struck to leave Europe. “It sounds like a […]

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AltFacts: Pardon Me, Ma’am!: Invasions from all sides, and free ammo with purchase

Let Me Acosta You! Trump Isn’t A Sex Pest … It’s ALL CNN GroßAmerikkkan Reichstag, Washington, DC – The left has been falsely accusing president Trump of sexual misconduct ever since he announced his candidacy for office. Aided by Al Qaeda double agent and former president Saddama Obama, liberals have paid false witnesses to bring […]

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Philippe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: But We Regress: The more things change, the more they stay the same

Benjamin Button at the State House Now that we have gotten over the joy of seeing the Dems take over the US House -­- with the exception being the incredibly off-putting and clapped-out speaker, Nancy Pelosi, ­still in charge — we are dismayed that our local Democrats have re-established “Thick Nick” Mattiello as our own House leader. […]

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Corruption Rules…Again in Rhode Island: State election results great for corruption fans, national not so much

Election time has come and gone. we can’t tell you how exciting it was this year – our first election since Corruption Rules went public. Elections always make us a bit nervous because things may not always go our way and they are often a referendum on how well we are doing. But this is […]

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Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: The Suspense Is … Nonexistent: Your superior correspondents make a few election predictions

Same Old, Same Old Unfortunately, Little Rhody’s election of statewide office holders on November 6 has less suspense than a Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew detective novel.  Thank all gods for term limits so we don’t have to stage this type of embarrassment in 2022. The state’s Republican Party has become the longest running joke in […]

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