Michael J. Simpson
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Michael J. Simpson
@HiddenHistoryRI
Recovering academic, farmer, also @OTDRhodeIsland


Asked if he'd vote to authorize war with Iran, Democratic Senator Jack Reed says no, "except for activities defending the state of Israel."

Asked if he'd vote to authorize war with Iran, Democratic Senator Jack Reed says no, "except for activities defending the state of Israel."


haitithenandnow.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/hai… I am pleased to announce that my interview with the prominent historian of Haitian and American Revolutions, Professor Ronald Angelo Johnson, has been published on the website of Haiti Then and Now. @RonAJohnson 1/2





FEBRUARY 26 1802: Esek Hopkins, slave ship captain, & 1st Commodore of @USNavy, died in Providence. Hopkins captained the Brown brother's vessel Sally in 1765 that resulted in the death of 109 of 196 enslaved Africans. In 1772, he was tried for torturing British prisoners. #OTD

86% of Cape Cod is now without power.




Rough fundraising quarter for Governor McKee. Raised less in Q4 than in Q3. Helena Foulkes raised twice as much in Q4. Still, McKee campaign maintains it is outpacing his 2022 campaign. He's got $1.1 million cash on hand.

RI projected to lose a congressional seat in this 2030 census forecast



part of the problem with the united states right now is like 30% of the population genuinely believes that having to show vaccination records at a cheesecake factory to eat inside is literally the exact same as being killed by state police on the street for no reason

So then what, exactly, what this?











