Mike Stanton
@projomike
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@UConnJournalism prof. Ex-Boston Globe Spotlight Fellow. Bestselling author Prince of Providence & Unbeaten. Pulitzer. @projo , @NewhouseSU , @MedillSchool alum
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Take UNBEATEN to the beach & no one will ever kick sand in your face again. Thanks
@MensJournal
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Great White - Still killing people, 17 years later.
(R.I.P. the 100 victims of the Station Nightclub fire, Feb. 20, 2003,
West Warwick, R.I., after the band’s tour manager lit pyrotechnics during their act.)
GREAT WHITE Plays Concert In North Dakota With No Restrictions In Place: No Social Distancing, No Masks (Video)
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Some personal news: I'm very excited to be chosen as a
@BostonGlobe
Spotlight Fellow & have the opportunity to work on an investigative project with the
@GlobeSpotlight
Team.
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If you could give someone only one recommendation in Massachusetts for breakfast, where are you telling them to go?
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This video is unrealistic because it shows traffic moving.
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My dream is to own a newspaper that buys a hedge fund then lays everyone off because they don’t produce anything of value.
@projomike
Hedge funds do that to many businesses not just newspapers. And yes, it sucks every time.
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Roger Williams wrote in his 1655 Letter to Providence that religious liberty did not excuse citizens, like passengers on a ship at sea carrying Papists & Protestants, Jews & Turks, from obeying civil laws or being punished if they refused. The alternative was anarchy.
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I knew Buddy Cianci, and George Santos is no Buddy Cianci.
On CNN Tonight, the panel asked “wasn’t Buddy Cianci elected from jail” when comparing whether George Santos could win re-election in his district.
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@John_Fanta
Love this sequence coming out of a timeout as fans keep singing Taylor Swift while Friars D up on Nova then score.
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Rick Barnes told me for my RI Monthly profile of Kim English that his former assistant was the best recruiter he’s ever had. English has it going in Friartown.
💥Jamier Jones (Top 20 recruit 2025) has committed to
@PCFriarsmbb
. He chose Friartown over Kansas, Houston, Ohio State, LSU and South Carolina.
The future is bright for Kim English and his staff.
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So Kool. And check out Dionne Warwick in the front row!
43-years ago today Kool & The Gang released their 11th album 'Ladies' Night' (1979)
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This is North Weymouth, MA, short distance from a controversial natural gas compressor on the waterfront that I wrote about for the
@BostonGlobe
. Residents & opponents fear it will be susceptible to flooding in a warming climate.
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This is staggering. The Speaker of the Rhode Island House says he dislikes taking down monuments & respects history, but doesn’t know if there was “actual slavery” in Rhode Island.
(SPOILER ALERT: There was.)
"IF we did" have slavery in RI says
@RISpeaker
Mattiello on the Gene Valicenti show this morning, expressing doubts about the existence of slavery in Rhode Island. Valicenti suggests going to Newport to see the graves of enslaved people
@UpriseRI
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So cool. A
@UConn
professor just won a Grammy! Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊🍾
@KennethFuchs
!
Huge congratulations to
@UConnArts
music professor
@KennethFuchs
who took home a Grammy tonight in the prestigious “Best Classical Compendium” category!
@naxosrecords
@RecordingAcad
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Buddy Cianci's saga is coming to the stage.
I'm thrilled to announce that
@trinityrep
will adapt my bio
#PrinceofProvidence
Award-winning playwright
@GeorgeBrant3
(author of Into The Breeches!) will write the script.
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Only one movie they should be making in Rhode Island right now.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, and others from the cast of the movie “Ella McCay” are at the State House for a press conference announcing the movie which will be filmed here in the Ocean State!!
@wpri12
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No
@GovDanMcKee
, you’re out of line. If the people you’re talking to are pleased with what’s happening, you’re talking to the wrong people.
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Taylor Swift Time at the Amp as
@PCFriarsmbb
hold off DePaul. Noah Locke with a career high 29 points.
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Social distance yourself from Fox News. It can save lives.
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C’mon,
@NBC10
, do your homework! This isn’t just a “local mom.” Nicole Solas is a Fox News darling who held an anti transgender event at a Cranston library & attacked her local South Kingstown school board over its teaching of race & gender.
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Meet the real Rosa Parks. There’s a lot more to her story, as this long overdue documentary tells.
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Providence needs a Buddy Cianci statue like this.
The 5th tallest statue in the world, Sendai Daikannon in Japan. The city of Sendai (pop. 1 million) in the Töhoku region of Japan has an instantly recognizable skyline, thanks to the massive Sendai Daikannon statue that stands on a hill to the north of the city center. Daikannon
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@ndrew_lawrence
Trump saw his shadow in Texas, so it’s six more weeks of “Lock her up!” & other golden oldies.
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As a former
@PCFriarsmbb
beat writer who covered their 1987 Final 4 run, it's sad to see
@projo
not send writer to D.C. for yesterday's 20th win. But unparalleled hoops scribe
@KevinMcNamara33
- who long covered PC before greedy
@Gannett
laid him off - was there. Read him here:
The Friars needed a jolt vs. Georgetown and got that and more from
@JBDimes3
in his Homecoming game. Video and more from D.C.
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The "lamestream" media is on the front lines covering this story - being arrested, gassed, shot and, in the case of one freelance photographer, permanently blinded in one eye after being hit with a rubber bullet that made her eyeball explode.
The Lamestream Media is doing everything within their power to foment hatred and anarchy. As long as everybody understands what they are doing, that they are FAKE NEWS and truly bad people with a sick agenda, we can easily work through them to GREATNESS!
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Can someone
@projo
explain why you couldn’t get a 2 p.m. Saturday
@PCFriarsmbb
game in the Sunday paper? Astounding!
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He hit a car with a baby inside. Witnesses said he appeared intoxicated. He fled home & wouldn’t answer his door to the cops - maybe to duck a breathalyzer?
@RIPTA_RI
directors need to send Avedisian packing.
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Curt's more of a "My loan, your responsibility" guy. Right, Rhode Island?
My body my choice? Your loan my responsibility? This isn’t loan forgiveness, it’s a generation of lazy unaccountable uneducated children being covered by hard working debt paying Americans.
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This was beautiful then & even more so now.
This was amazing.
@chadwickboseman
surprises
#BlackPanther
fans while they say what the movie means to them.
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“Please plan your commute accordingly.” 🏊♂️
ALERT: The Washington Bridge on 195 Westbound will remained closed to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors until critical repairs are complete. Please plan your commute accordingly.
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I’m gonna need to inspect that picnic basket, ma’am.
Wow!!! This bear opened this woman’s car door in Narragansett RI! She had to fight to keep it closed! This is near Camp Varnum. Woman is safe. Photo courtesy: Narragansett Animal Control
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The Red Sox played a DAY game Saturday & the
@projo
couldn’t get it in Sunday’s paper. What bothers me as a former Sox writer there about the paper’s abdication of Sox coverage - aside from being a slap to readers- is that it’s something that made us a big league paper.
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Buddy's coming to the stage! The Prince of Providence will kick off
@trinityrep
's new season this fall. This saga of power & corruption is more relevant than ever in the Age of Trump.
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Over the past year as a
@GlobeSpotlight
fellow, I've followed the fight over construction of a natural gas compressor in Weymouth - and what it means in the fight over energy, pipelines & climate change.
My
@BostonGlobe
story. via
@BostonGlobe
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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The true patriots.
Brave healthcare workers counter protesting the “Reopen RI Rally.” Just over 50 people here.
@UpriseRI
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@seanspicer
@JohnDePetroshow
@nbcsnl
It was tasteless but THIS is what outrages Spicey? Something tells me it’s not even the biggest reason he has it in for
@SNL
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Michael Flynn has nothing to do with peace or rationality. I wouldn’t touch the RI Heritage Hall of Fame with a 10-foot pole as long as Pat Conley & his fellow wing nuts are associated.
RI Heritage Hall of Fame pumps brakes on honoring Michael Flynn, issues rambling statement that it will “defer Flynn’s induction to a more peaceful and rational time." via
@BostonGlobe
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There’s more truth to that statement than you may realize.
OK if we blame Curt Schilling for Pawtucket Red Sox move to Worcester?
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Couldn’t that $400,000 be better spent directly helping suffering businesses rather than give it to a politically connected PR firm like RDW to tell us the obvious?
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A tremendous loss, great friend, generous colleague & institution in Rhode Island & beyond. You will be missed.
Farewell, Shooter.
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Not the only thing that needs a complete rebuild. Time to blow up the
@RIDOTNews
, starting at the top.
RIDOT on Washington Bridge repair: "It could be a complete rebuild of the entire bridge."
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Traitor, grifter, racist - Michael Flynn has no bottom. What an embarrassment to Rhode Island.
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Imagine if the Super Bowl was in East Providence.
On the eve of the
#SuperBowl
, it takes one hour to drive exactly one mile down the Vegas Strip.
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You’d think the Q is the one letter they’d remember.
OAN with the high quality assurance standards we have come to expect.
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Class act.
Curse breaker.
Hall of Famer.
This is a tear-jerker. Terry Francona did not want a retirement tour because he’s always been about everybody else. He is selfless. A dream of a players coach. Good to see this ovation for the best Cleveland baseball manager of all time.
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Responses like this are insulting to all Rhode Islanders.
@GovDanMcKee
doesn’t get it. Being a leader is answering tough questions & being accountable. Time & again, he’s failed this test.
Wow. When
@nbc10_brian
asked
@GovDanMcKee
if there would be a change in RIDOT leadership as a result of bridge debacle, McKee said the question was inappropriate & beyond the pale: “I’m not going to answer those questions… that’s out of line.”
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It’s a lousy business when a hedge fund can squeeze the life out of a vital community institution & bloodlessly cast aside journalists doing the public’s business so some Wall Street asshole can eat another steak.
Sad news: layoffs at
@projo
- longtime reporter
@asmith651
, deputy editorial page editor
@RandyEdgar1
+ online producer Stephen Ide.
@AlanRosenbergPJ
cites difficult business conditions + says paper will use staff/freelance to focus on RI's most important stories
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Summer drought has muted fall foliage, but this tree in Roger Williams Park didn’t get the memo.
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Changing of the Guard: Joy Fox has bought Beacon Communications, owner of the Warwick Beacon, Cranston Herald & Johnston SunRise, and will succeed the legendary John Howell as publisher. Good to see these community newspapers remain in local hands.
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@washingtonpost
@jkbjournalist
Is Justice the bald eagle missing?
Or on a secret mission for Mueller? 🦅
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The Bible will help us understand U.S. history - like when Jesus walked across the Delaware.
What exactly did the Bible say about the United States?
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If I hit Powerball, I'd buy the Superman Building & the ProJo, move the paper there & rename it The Daily Planet.
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Susan Collins is going for the jugular. Accuses her opponent Sara Gideon of being from - GASP - Rhode Island!
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Reporters are not enemies of the people. We ARE the people.
"Reporters are human beings, reporting on other human beings, that care deeply about their communities."
@projomike
commends Maryland paper for publishing despite tragedy.
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Larry Lucchino is the ultimate carpetbagger. Sells out Rhode Island, fleeces Mass taxpayers & now cashing out.
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I'm grateful to work
@UConn
, a school with a suitable mascot for helping me get to work on a snowy day.
#blizzard2015
http://t.co/eGESE9w7Cb
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Naming schools after politicians - always a great idea. 💡
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STOP THE PRESSES!!!
All the
@hartfordcourant
partisans claiming they’re the oldest paper in America are overlooking the word “daily.” Mo is correct.
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Excited for the start of rehearsals for The Prince of Providence
@trinityrep
Great cast & crew committed to telling a classic Rhode Island & American political saga.
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My father-in-law died this week. His life, and death, offers a lesson in what we as a society lose when our elderly leave us.
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Kudos to
@DavidBegnaud
for a beautiful postcard from Rhode Island, showing this truly is a theme park for journalists.
Amazing Race of Storytelling: The challenge from my producers was: Fly to Providence R.I. and find a story in 48 hours!
Here’s who I met, and what we found.
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NOT Michael Flynn!!!
Who would you say is the “Rhode Island Person of the Year”?
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Yes, Rhode Island had plantations with enslaved Africans. And yes, it’s time to let go of the name. My
@BostonGlobe
op-ed about a part of our forgotten history.
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Vermont's only black lawmaker resigns, citing racial harassment & a "stunning" lack of response from local law enforcement. via
@WBUR
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Kim English fires a warning shot for
@PCFriarsmbb
Remember, Providence is where they burned the Gaspee for tampering.
Type shii… To all the tampering Head Coaches and Assistant coaches and flunkies… just call me and lmk if you want to recruit our players. Leave them and their families alone. Call me. I’ll see if they want to play for your programs. Yall have my number.
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Mobsters & Lobsters
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What’s the point of a PRESS conference if you don’t take questions from the PRESS?
DOT Director Alviti would not take Qs at this press conference today about the Washington Bridge
We’ve also made several requests to interview him since the DOT emails came out last Tuesday, to no avail
Full story coming on what the federal highway administrator had to say
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Feds have halted this week's start-up of controversial Weymouth gas compressor, the focus of
@BostonGlobe
@GlobeSpotlight
story.
@FRRACS_MA
just learned from Cong. Lynch the owner must finish safety review of Sept emergency shutdown
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“Hi- Neighbor!” is the motto for Narragansett - the beer, not the town.
Narragansett is looking to ban duplexes after 2023 housing legislation made undersized lots maybe? buildable.
The reason?
An extra unit will be too much density!
In the same meeting, they continued to bemoan . . . A lack of housing!
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Strange but good feeling to be back
@UConn
after 4 months, prepping for the fall semester. The world may have changed, but the
@UConnDairyBar
is still dishing up summer. 🌞🍦🐎
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They really need to give the moderator the power to cut off the candidate’s microphone.
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Hey,
#RhodeIsland
Twitter, who needs a blue check mark when you can be verified by the Big Blue Bug?
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Mitch McConnell’s alternate history. Good job by a prepared journalist challenging his inaccurate statements.
What it looks like when a reporter isn’t just asking questions, but is holding an interviewee accountable with the facts. This occurs far too infrequently.
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Cut
@DanMcKeeRI
some slack - he meant 10-15 minutes in dog years.
🐶 🚗
VIDEO:
@GovDanMcKee
said yesterday that the Washington Bridge issues are only adding 10-15 minutes of extra commute time for drivers.
@NewsProvidence
pressed him on that today. What are you experiencing behind the wheel?
@wpri12
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Sounds like
@PVDMayor
is using the Washington Bridge as an excuse to get rid of a bike lane he never liked.
Now more than ever, we will continue to fight for safe and data-driven infrastructure, public engagement, and streets that meet the needs of all road users.
Our statement below in response to Mayor Smiley’s announcement this morning.👇
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Henry Kissinger has suddenly become a litmus test for the foreign policy views of
@HillaryClinton
&
@SenSanders
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Bill’s last book - a collection of his
@projo
columns - was just published. It’s a treasure chest of his writing about figures large & small, from Marvin Barnes & Rick Pitino to a Central HS player who used basketball to turn his life around - Ed Cooley.
A tremendous loss, great friend, generous colleague & institution in Rhode Island & beyond. You will be missed.
Farewell, Shooter.
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