Department of Politics & International Relations at RWU

02/02/2025

from cars, car parts, whiskey, and avocados, to needing billions from the US Treasury to shore up our farmers who will be hit by tariffs on corn and soybean exports we send to Mexico, Canada, and China...justnotsaying

President Donald Trump signed an order to put tariffs on U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico, as well as China, starting Tuesday.

01/11/2025

interesting case (litigants are against covering PREP since it encourages homos*xual s*x), extending the logic of the litigants, would they also bar married men from obtaining (via a company paid healthcare plan/ACA/Obamacare) Vi**ra in order to have an affair with woman which according to scripture is also a sin?...justnotsaying

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of a key component of the Affordable Care Act that effectively gives a task force established under the landmark healthcare law known as Obamacare the ability to require that insurers cover preventive medical care services at no cost to....

01/07/2025

new year, new fabric...justnotsaying

10/15/2024

REMINDER: ZOOM Presidential Election 2024 Forecast going on NOW!!! email dave moskowitz for the zoom link, or find in on the top secret alum group page...justnotsaying

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10/15/2024

this...justnotsaying

American voters are divided in many ways – by gender, by race, by region – and any of these can be used to explain the current state of politics.

10/03/2024

The new video promoting the department, its two majors, and great students.

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09/11/2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kaitlan-collins-presses-jd-vance-on-cat-memes-comment-and-misinformation/vi-AA1qmqs8?ocid=socialshare
starting at 1:10, doubling down on a lie while expanding the anti-immigrant rhetoric...justnotsaying

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins interviewed Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance about encouraging his followers to continue posting “cat memes” after admitting the false claim that Haitian immigrants are abducting the pets of Springfield, Ohio, residents might not be true.

08/25/2024

DPIR Alumnus, Erlin Rogel, leading the Providence School Board to return it to local control.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence School Board has unanimously voted for local control of their schools. In 2019, the state took control over the district following a report that the Providence school district was one of the worst in the country. The report released last Friday included a r...

07/24/2024

dog whistles no more?... justnotsaying

Kamala Harris is the latest target of the weaponization of DEI, a term used against Black women in positions of power in politics and the workplace.

07/22/2024

check out the rules for the Democratic Presidential Nomination Process...justnotsaying

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06/22/2024

https://www.propublica.org/article/political-nonprofits-fundraising-ftc-irs-527s-pacs
Interesting read from ProPublica...follow the money...justnotsaying

ProPublica identified a group of connected political nonprofits — with names like American Breast Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than 90% of donations to fundraisers.

05/17/2024

Commencement 2024
is under way...justnotsaying