John Marion
@johnmarion.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Cyclist. Luge aficionado. Election audit proselytizer. Coffee consumer. ED of Common Cause Rhode Island.
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The League of RI Businesses has an 'unprecedented’ 40 PAC strategy that lets business group skirt campaign finance donation limits. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/h...
How to win elections and influence the State House? The League of RI Businesses has a plan. • Rhode Island Current
New conservative-leaning business group, The League of RI Businesses, has opened 40 political action committees to skirt campaign donation limits and funnel large sums of money to its chosen candidate...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The League of RI Businesses has an 'unprecedented’ 40 PAC strategy that lets business group skirt campaign finance donation limits. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing.
ICYMI:
ICYMI:
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing.
ICYMI:
ICYMI:
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Superior Court intern mistakenly targeted by ICE in PVD today, per RI Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Suttell
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Superior Court intern mistakenly targeted by ICE in PVD today, per RI Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Suttell
Pawtucket's soccer stadium gets The New York Times treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/r...
Can Soccer Stadiums Revitalize American Cities?
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pawtucket's soccer stadium gets The New York Times treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/r...
The Rhode Island Board of Elections is using a new results reporting website. Curious what people think of it. results.enr.clarityelections.com/RI/Rhode_Isl...
Election Night Reporting
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November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Rhode Island Board of Elections is using a new results reporting website. Curious what people think of it. results.enr.clarityelections.com/RI/Rhode_Isl...
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RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
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Rhode Island has not sent a voter list maintenance mailing to all active registered voters in over 15 years. That changes as early as Monday, Nov 3. rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/all-r...
All registered R.I. voters to receive this notice in the mail as early as Monday • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island has not sent a voter list maintenance mailing to all active registered voters in over 15 years. That changes as early as Monday, Nov 3, when voters across the state should start receiving...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Rhode Island has not sent a voter list maintenance mailing to all active registered voters in over 15 years. That changes as early as Monday, Nov 3. rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/all-r...
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Governor Daniel J. McKee announced his appointment of Rebecca Partington and Ajie Saho to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. He also appointed David A. Holley to the JNC from a list of nominees submitted by the Senate Minority Leader.
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Governor Daniel J. McKee announced his appointment of Rebecca Partington and Ajie Saho to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. He also appointed David A. Holley to the JNC from a list of nominees submitted by the Senate Minority Leader.
I was today years old when I learned saying, "I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of that information" is called a Glomar response, named for a CIA ship used to recover a lost Soviet submarine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_...
Glomar response - Wikipedia
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October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was today years old when I learned saying, "I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of that information" is called a Glomar response, named for a CIA ship used to recover a lost Soviet submarine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_...
Things I forgot almost happened in Rhode Island
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Things I forgot almost happened in Rhode Island
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Behind every courtroom decision is a story about how judges get there. Don’t miss #Law401’s new episode, “Picking Judges: Who Really Gets to Sit on the Bench?”
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
October 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Behind every courtroom decision is a story about how judges get there. Don’t miss #Law401’s new episode, “Picking Judges: Who Really Gets to Sit on the Bench?”
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
🎧Tune in to learn how you can help make RI's judicial selection process fair and transparent.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Why do people keep subscribing me to their Substacks without my asking them to?
October 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Why do people keep subscribing me to their Substacks without my asking them to?
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We had another wonderful #OutRiding event to honor the memory of Erika Niedowski. Thank you to everyone who joined and also to those who have contributed to her scholarship fund. erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride/
October 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We had another wonderful #OutRiding event to honor the memory of Erika Niedowski. Thank you to everyone who joined and also to those who have contributed to her scholarship fund. erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride/
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Tomorrow, 9 am. Ride, run, walk. Your distance, your pace. No RSVP, just join us. Blackstone Valley Bike Path off Front St in Lincoln.
After, we'll go to Public House on Front St for coffee.
After, we'll go to Public House on Front St for coffee.
On Saturday, October 11, come out for Erika's Ride at 9:00 am in Lincoln. No RSVP needed, everyone's invited. Cyclists, walkers, runners all welcome.
More info: erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride/
More info: erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride/
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Tomorrow, 9 am. Ride, run, walk. Your distance, your pace. No RSVP, just join us. Blackstone Valley Bike Path off Front St in Lincoln.
After, we'll go to Public House on Front St for coffee.
After, we'll go to Public House on Front St for coffee.
I must have missed their call again this year...
NEW: Ieva Jusionyte, a Brown University professor, said she plans to use the award to fund research for her new book, which will focus on the practice of extraditing organized crime leaders from Mexico and other Latin American countries to the US.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/m...
Harvard mathematician among New Englanders awarded $800,000, no-strings-attached MacArthur ‘genius’ grants - The Boston Globe
Professor Lauren Williams was joined by a cultural anthropologist in Providence and a cartographer and basketmaker from Maine as the New Englanders named to this year's class of MacArthur fellows.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I must have missed their call again this year...
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It's a little rainy today but the weather for Saturday looks great! You're invited, join us! erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride
On Saturday, October 11, come out for Erika's Ride at 9:00 am in Lincoln. No RSVP needed, everyone's invited. Cyclists, walkers, runners all welcome.
More info: erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride/
More info: erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride/
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's a little rainy today but the weather for Saturday looks great! You're invited, join us! erikaniedowski.org/erikas-ride
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Earlier today, Rep. Cherie Cruz hosted a visit and legislative session for participants and staff of the Garden Time Green Reentry Program, which prepares incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals for the workforce.
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Earlier today, Rep. Cherie Cruz hosted a visit and legislative session for participants and staff of the Garden Time Green Reentry Program, which prepares incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals for the workforce.
@phileil.bsky.social not sure why this makes me think of you
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@phileil.bsky.social not sure why this makes me think of you
What I did this morning...
RI Ethics Commission closes lobbyist ‘loophole’ while raising limit on gifts to public officials to $50. @commoncauseri.bsky.social is disappointed in higher gift limit but hails “important step” stemming from controversy over McKee admin contract with ILO Group
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/m...
R.I. Ethics Commission closes lobbyist ‘loophole’ while raising limit on gifts to public officials to $50 - The Boston Globe
Common Cause RI is disappointed with the higher gift limit, but hails “important step” stemming from controversy over McKee administration contract with ILO Group.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What I did this morning...
6:42 pm on a Friday
NEW: A forensic audit the McKee administration has refused to release for more than a year shows state officials should have been aware of growing structural issues tied to the westbound Washington Bridge long before it abruptly closed in December 2023 www.wpri.com/target-12/fo...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
6:42 pm on a Friday
Maybe it’s just me, but they buried the lede. A new open government website!!
“Amore’s capital request attaches an additional ask for $800,000 to revamp the state’s OpenGov portal, which hosts state directories of public officials, open meetings, municipal and state boards and commission, and other civic and government information.” rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/25/a...
Amore pitches new $60M State Archives plan: A Providence museum and URI reading room • Rhode Island Current
After his $102 million plan for a new Rhode Island State Archives failed to win over lawmakers in 2024, Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore has downsized his proposal to about $60 million, spl...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Maybe it’s just me, but they buried the lede. A new open government website!!
“Amore’s capital request attaches an additional ask for $800,000 to revamp the state’s OpenGov portal, which hosts state directories of public officials, open meetings, municipal and state boards and commission, and other civic and government information.” rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/25/a...
Amore pitches new $60M State Archives plan: A Providence museum and URI reading room • Rhode Island Current
After his $102 million plan for a new Rhode Island State Archives failed to win over lawmakers in 2024, Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore has downsized his proposal to about $60 million, spl...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Amore’s capital request attaches an additional ask for $800,000 to revamp the state’s OpenGov portal, which hosts state directories of public officials, open meetings, municipal and state boards and commission, and other civic and government information.” rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/25/a...
Here's a niche request. I need access to a 3D printer to make a really simple part for my bike. Anyone know of a place in PVD that could help? www.thingiverse.com/thing:7119429
Shimano Di2-Button (Cover/Washer/...) by janm2000
Reverse-engineered version of the button-cover/washer/add-on/? you can order from China. They're to be put on top of the Di2-buttons of the current-gen R8100/R9200 Shimano STIs and sit right on the li...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here's a niche request. I need access to a 3D printer to make a really simple part for my bike. Anyone know of a place in PVD that could help? www.thingiverse.com/thing:7119429