Opens profile photo
Follow
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
RI State Senate (District 30 - Warwick). Co-chair
@ripolcoop
. RIDWC Exec Comm. Founder of RI for Bernie. she/her
Warwick, RIjeaninecalkin.comJoined March 2009
3,237 Following
3,450 Followers

Jeanine Calkin’s Tweets

Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Jennifer Stewart
@JenStewartRI
According to the the
@projo
median rents in #Pawtucket in the 02860 zip code rose from ~ $800 to ~ $1,600 in the past year...perhaps in anticipation of the new
@MBTA_CR
station... providencejournal.com/story/news/loc
Quote Tweet
Steve Ahlquist
@steveahlquist
Rhode Island is number 8 for states where residents pay a high percentage of income on rent. @RISpeaker @junespeakman @SenatorRuggerio @GovDanMcKee @UpriseRI
Image
1
17
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Devita Davison
@DevitaDavison
I wish restaurant guest knew that the federal minimum wage for restaurant servers is $2.13/hour, and the ⁦
@WeRRestaurants
⁩ aggressively lobbies to keep their wages low & expects them to survive on tips. No wonder they’re known as the “Other NRA”! 😒
foodandwine.com
What We Wish Restaurant Guests Knew About Tipping
After a disastrous year for restaurants, the industry is rethinking how it does business, and tipping is a crucial part of the discussion.
8
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Robert Reich
@RBReich
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 The result: It's now worth 41% less today than it was in *1968*.
4,197
32.2K
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
Less affordable housing available. Let’s hope the GA doesn’t make it worse by counting unaffordable homes toward the 10% requirement.
Quote Tweet
Tolly Taylor
@TollyTaylor
14 Rhode Island communities have seen their percentage of affordable housing decrease since 2012, moving farther away from the state's 10% low-and middle-income housing requirement. twitter.com/colleen_cronin…
1
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
In the 1950s, CEOs were paid 20x more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs were paid 59x more. In 2009, CEOs were paid 180x more. Today, CEOs are paid 399x more than the average worker. We must put an end to this rampant greed and inequality.
1,809
25.2K
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies
@weayonnoh
Please share with your networks. This is a great fellowship opportunity to work with the
@EconProgressRI
team on worker and tribal justice issues. Info session tomorrow. See⬇️⬇️⬇️
Quote Tweet
EconomicProgressRI
@EconProgressRI
Please share. @EconProgressRI is hiring a @CenterOnBudget State Policy Fellow who will focus on worker and tribal justice issues.  Info session 1/24, 1PM. Register here cbpp.zoom.us/webinar/regist To apply and learn more cbpp.org/fellowship/sta
Image
1
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
This did not have to happen. This is on the policies put in place by
@mayorLBH
. RIP Allen, this should not have happened to you - or anyone.
Quote Tweet
Steve Ahlquist
@steveahlquist
Allen Charette was found dead in Woonsocket’s Social Park this morning. Unhoused, Allen has dealt with substance use issues for years. He received treatment for exposure to his hands just last week. Last night he died on a bench, alone. @UpriseRI @mayorLBH @GovDanMcKee
Show this thread
Image
8
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Liz Gledhill
@LizGled
This is a direct result of
@mayorLBH
and her cruel and heartless approach to homelessness in her city. I'd like to think these deaths keep her up at night, but the only thing she's thinking about at night is when she can bulldoze the next encampment. Rest in peace, Allen.
Quote Tweet
Steve Ahlquist
@steveahlquist
Allen Charette was found dead in Woonsocket’s Social Park this morning. Unhoused, Allen has dealt with substance use issues for years. He received treatment for exposure to his hands just last week. Last night he died on a bench, alone. @UpriseRI @mayorLBH @GovDanMcKee
Show this thread
Image
13
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
My heart goes out to all the victims and their families. So sad to happen on Lunar New Year.
Quote Tweet
Ryan Bergara
@ryansbergara
Just horrific. In a community that my family is intimately familiar with on Lunar New Year. Gun violence is knocking on all of our doors. This has to stop. latimes.com/california/sto
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Warren Gunnels
@GunnelsWarren
If Bernie's Social Security bill was signed into law last year, Elon Musk would have paid $2.9 billion more in taxes, no one making $250,000 or less would've paid a penny more in taxes, benefits would have gone up by $2,400 a year & Social Security would be solvent for 75 years.
Quote Tweet
Igor Bobic
@igorbobic
Manchin on CNN says there should be no cuts to those now getting Social Security & Medicare, and rejects idea of raising the SS retirement age. He instead suggests raising the taxable wage cap for employees paying into the program.
Show this thread
183
19.5K
Show this thread
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
I will be re-introducing my bill to extend Social Security's solvency for the next 75 years & expand benefits by $2,400 a year. How? By scrapping the cap. Today, a billionaire pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $160,000 a year. Let's end that absurdity.
4,319
71.3K
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
That’s more than a lot of people make in a year. SMDH
Quote Tweet
katherine gregg
@kathyprojo
Meanwhille....For the second year in a row, the private company that manages operations for the heavily taxpayer-subsidized Rhode Island Convention Center Authority has awarded "retention bonuses" of up to $41,497 to top staff. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol
3
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Ted Nesi
@TedNesi
Not 1 but 2 former aides to Gov. Sundlun have now texted me to say DiPrete raised the sales tax to 7% in 1990, the year before the banking crisis McKee said in his speech it was done during the crisis, aka under Sundlun - Sundlun only redirected a portion of the revenue to DEPCO
4
12
Show this thread
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
If you made $10,000 a day for the last 2023 years - you’d have less than 4% of how much money Elon Musk has. You: $7.4B Elon: $190B The rich continue to make more and more, while many folks are one paycheck away from financial disaster. This is not sustainable.
Quote Tweet
Warren Gunnels
@GunnelsWarren
Two-thirds of wealth during the pandemic has gone to the top 1% The top 1% owns 45.6% of all wealth, the bottom 50% owns just 0.75% Last year, real wages for 1.7 billion workers went down, while the wealth of billionaires went up $2.7 billion a day since 2020 Tax the damn rich
5
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Martin Luther King III
@OfficialMLK3
I remember my father for the ideals that he held, and I know that if he were here today, he would be proud of our progress, but deeply disappointed by some of our failures. That is why we must continue to fight for peace, justice, and equity. Happy birthday, dad.
Image
267
15.2K
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
Given the price of eggs these days, now seems like a good time to remind folks of the wonderful local farms where you can get eggs - like Morris Farm in Warwick and Baffoni’s Poultry Farm in Johnston. 🥚🥚🥚
4
64
Jeanine Calkin Retweeted
Warren Gunnels
@GunnelsWarren
Attacking the “doubling of egg prices” as a right wing talking point, instead of demanding the producer of Egg-Land’s Best pay a windfall profits tax after posting record profits & zero positive cases of avian flu may make sense to corporate lobbyists. It makes zero sense to me.
48
1,599
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
Them: You can’t tell me to wear a mask! Also them: You must wear clothes that cover your shoulders. SMDH Guess what - clothes have no f*cking affect on how well you do your job!
Quote Tweet
NowThis
@nowthisnews
In today’s example of the GOP policing non-issues… Despite pushback from Missouri Democrats on Wednesday, Republicans in the state’s House of Representatives approved a new dress code for women lawmakers, requiring them to cover their shoulders
Embedded video
1:27
205.3K views
7
Jeanine Calkin
@jeaninecalkin
Well after 3 years, the vid finally got me (after a wedding this weekend). I’ve got all the boosters so hopefully symptoms will stay manageable.
9
24