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Time to teach a fun fact!
Up until 2020, the official name of Rhode Island was State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence and surrounding towns on the mainland were the “Providence Plantations”, and Newport and Portsmouth, on the island also known as Aquidneck Island, were the Rhode Island part of the equation.
In case you’re not aware, 538 was acquired by Disney/ABC, and he’s no longer involved with them.
So yeah, he’s just a pundit now, and his punditry was never that great to begin with. The Model is what made him good