One of the many things I learned about on a quick trip to DC this week was about a new project by American Rights at Work. The project launches at 10 AM today: here are details and a link from The Hill:
Labor group launches 'Twitter flash mob' [...]One of the many things I learned about on a quick trip to DC this week was about a new project by American Rights at Work. The project launches at 10 AM today: here are details and a link from The Hill:
Labor group launches 'Twitter flash mob' [...]PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In a hand-written court filing, mobster Anthony M. "The Saint" St. Laurent Sr. has told the U.S. District Court in Providence that he's fired the lawyer who was defending St. Laurent against a charge that he tried to hire someone to kill a mob rival.

I’m not sure if everyone has seen the new online action by CREDO Mobile which will be sending coat hangers to the 20 pro-choice Democrats, all of which are men of course, who voted to pass the Stupak Amendment.
In case the symbolism escapes you, [...]
Channel 12 says that the center of gravity of the New England mob is about to shift back to Boston. The wonderfully sensationalistic video can be viewed here.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - We’ve learned a major shift in power is happening right now inside the Patriarca [...]

UPDATE: A huge thank you to everyone - attendees, panelists, organizers - who made this an engaging, fun, standing-room-only evening. Please stayed tuned for future RI Nexus events.
Where: RIEDC, 315 Iron Horse Way (ALCO), Suite 101, Providence Google Map
When: Thurs. Nov. 5, 4 [...]
By Donita Naylor and Thomas J. Morgan
Journal Staff Writers
WARWICK, R.I. -- A dozen protesters from Mobilization for Healthcare.org occupied the lobby of UnitedHealthcare of New England Wednesday, demanding to know whether the organization would cover the cost of a bone marrow transplant for Robert Darling, one of its [...]

There is a lot in play around health care reform right now, and if we want to keep the public option on the table, it's important to speak out.
MoveOn PAC is mobilizing Obama supporters to urge the President to continue to push for a robust public [...]

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The twelfth highest rate of single occupancy automobile commuters, doh!
According to a new Census Report more than 80% of Rhode Island workers commuted to work in single occupant vehicles (in 2007 and 2008). Chris O’Leary at [...]
Friday night is the perfect news lull to test out a new feature — if you're reading this on a BlackBerry®, iPhone®, or other mobile device, you should be seeing a lower-bandwidth version of the site. It's a first step in an ongoing redesign effort occupying my copious free time' [...]