In Trump 2.0, An Administration Wide Embrace of Alternative Facts on Full Display

In Trump 2.0, An Administration Wide Embrace of Alternative Facts on Full Display

Rob Horowitz, MINDSETTER™

When media outlets noted the relatively sparse attendance at his first inauguration in 2017, a frustrated President Trump ordered his press secretary, Sean Spicer, to berate the assembled reporters and call it “the most watched ever.”  

U.S. Politics is All Over the Map —  “The Sunday Political Brunch” - January 25, 2026

U.S. Politics is All Over the Map  —  “The Sunday Political Brunch” - January 25, 2026

Mark Curtis, MINDSETTER™

From Greenland to Venezuela to Switzerland and back to Minnesota, American politics is having a global footprint this week.... Read More

Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not - January 23, 2026

Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not - January 23, 2026

Analysis

Every Friday, GoLocalProv takes a look at who is rising and who is falling in Rhode Island and national politics, business,... Read More

We have a Housing Emergency in Providence. Rent Stabilization Can Fix That - Morales

We have a Housing Emergency in Providence. Rent Stabilization Can Fix That - Morales

Rep. David Morales, Guest MINDSETTER™

Today, Providence is the least affordable city in America for renters. While the median annual income in our city is just... Read More

Smiley Issues Anti-ICE Edict, But Can’t Answer Basic Questions

Smiley Issues Anti-ICE Edict, But Can’t Answer Basic Questions

GoLocalProv News Team

In what looks to be a public relations stunt, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley issued an executive order banning federal... Read More

Flooding Minneapolis With ICE Agents Backfires - Rob Horowitz

Flooding Minneapolis With ICE Agents Backfires - Rob Horowitz

Rob Horowitz, MINDSETTER™

The Trump administration’s ill-advised decision to send 3,000 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to... Read More

RI State Rep. Sitting on $250K Jumps Into Attorney General’s Race

RI State Rep. Sitting on $250K Jumps Into Attorney General’s Race

GoLocalProv Political Team

Warwick State Representative Joe Solomon announced he is running for Rhode Island attorney general. The field already has a... Read More

Trump’s Cabinet Meeting - SNL

Trump’s Cabinet Meeting - SNL

GoLocalProv Political Team

President Trump (James Austin Johnson) addresses the nation about recent events with help from Marco Rubio (Marcello... Read More

Minnesota, Federal Reserve, Iran - Chaos Around the Globe

Minnesota, Federal Reserve, Iran - Chaos Around the Globe

Mark Curtis, MINDSETTER™

It has been a week of political chaos domestically and globally. The Trump administration has been at the center of much of... Read More

Battle Over Controlling Providence Rents Is Coming to a Head

Battle Over Controlling Providence Rents Is Coming to a Head

GoLocalProv News Team

Two weeks ago, the Providence Foundation, an organization dominated by developers, landlords, colleges, and architects,... Read More

Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not - January 16, 2026

Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not - January 16, 2026

Analysis

Every Friday, GoLocalProv takes a look at who is rising and who is falling in Rhode Island and national politics, business,... Read More