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Tucked into the State Budget, which our beautiful legislators are about to pass momentarily, is a provision that would ban public records requests for communications between legislators or between legislators and their staffers. Section 101.3 for those scoring at home.

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He’s not even trying to hide his racism. #Juneteenth

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🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did 🚨🚨🚨

submitted 22 days ago • 69 comments

The Great American Tariff Scam: What Trump is doing with his tariffs is enriching steel barons, asset strippers, and vulture investors — not giving a damn what actually happens on the shop floor. What he’s doing is an American tragedy, and it’s a con job. youtu.be/SEsDG-LOeRE

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

Marcelo Gomes was supposed to play in the band at his high school's graduation ceremony yesterday. He was in ICE custody instead.

submitted 27 days ago • 30 comments

Man, Rep. Munira Abdullahi is such a beast. Drove down to Butler County to personally ascertain information about a constituent abducted by ICE during a traffic stop in Westerville.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Our reviewer said that in 15 years of testing tech, this pellet-firing, story-telling, pretend-urinating robot attack dog called Clippy was easily the strangest thing they’ve ever assessed.

submitted 28 days ago • 11 comments

Basically.

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submitted 30 days ago • 13 comments

Ohio Republicans want to slash over $90 million in funding for our public libraries. This isn’t only about books. It’s about gutting internet access, job training, and community resources. A decrease in funding this drastic will hurt Ohioans everywhere. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/05/06/o...

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Two down, two to go. State & local governments have an outsized impact on the shape of American democracy. They are the ones who run U.S. elections, not Congress or the White House. On Day 3, we turn to Allegheny and Erie. #VerifyTheVote #SecureTheMidterms #Pennsylvania

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments

A Black 18-year-old college student was lynched on a playground 95 years ago. His nephew just accepted his posthumous degree: cnn.it/4k5wFB7

submitted 35 days ago • 12 comments

⚡️ BREAKING: Ukraine brings home 307 captives in 2nd phase of prisoner swap with Russia, Kyiv confirms. Ukraine has secured the release of 307 Ukrainian soldiers from Russian captivity in the second phase of its largest prisoner exchange with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

NEWS Mahmoud Khalil must be allowed to meet with his wife and counsel before his upcoming immigration hearing tomorrow, a federal judge ruled. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Background www.allrisenews.com/p/rising-mah...

submitted 38 days ago • 23 comments

📣 Take action: Ohio's Safe at Home program lets survivors of domestic violence, stalking, & trafficking keep their addresses private when registering to vote. 👉 Tell the Ohio Senate: Protect survivors. Fund Safe at Home. lwvohio.salsalabs.org/fundohiossaf...

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

This is an incredible initiative! Does anyone in the Pittsburgh area want to work on this with me?

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

⚡️ Thousands protest in Hungary against Russia-style bill targeting media, NGOs. Protesters packed Kossuth Square outside Hungary's parliament, denouncing the bill as an attack on civil society and democratic freedoms.

submitted 41 days ago • 8 comments

Russia launches record 273-drone attack on Ukraine ahead of planned Trump-Putin call; Trump to talk to Putin on May 19 in push to end Ukraine war 'bloodbath'; and more.

submitted 41 days ago • 13 comments

President Biden is a man of deep faith and extraordinary resilience. Chasten and I are keeping him, and the entire Biden family, in our prayers for strength and healing.

submitted 41 days ago • 205 comments

A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

submitted 42 days ago • 469 comments

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

submitted 42 days ago • 285 comments

⚡️ Russia plans 'training' launch of Yars intercontinental ballistic missile, HUR claims. It has a claimed range of 11,000 kilometers and an explosive power equivalent to a million tons of trinitrotoluene (TNT).

submitted 42 days ago • 18 comments

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submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

University of Washington Leading the Way! Who’s streets? Sure ain’t the popo’s.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

⚡️ Russian attacks kill 3, injure 15 in Ukraine over past day. A drone attack against Odesa and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Odesa Oblast injured three people, one of whom is in a critical condition, Governor Oleh Kiper reported.

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

⚡️Ukrainian delegates reportedly meet Kellogg, French, German, UK advisors before Istanbul talks.

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

Uh-huh! How's that stupid Godwin's Law blame game bandwagon working now?

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Here is a photo from March's meet-up. Thanks to everyone who attended!

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Come check us out!

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

First take out of court: Although several justices are skeptical of nationwide injunctions, S.G. John Sauer failed at offering up alternatives, a fact that was especially relevant in a case where many justices were questioning the underlying validity of Trump's EO to end birthright citizenship.

submitted 44 days ago • 11 comments

Just sold this video to Fox News. #artofthedeal #businessman

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.

submitted 48 days ago • 317 comments

As mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka has a responsibility to ensure that facilities operating in the city are adhering to laws that protect the safety and wellbeing of occupants and residents.

submitted 50 days ago • 644 comments

Local news outlet GBH News confirms Schmidt's release: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

submitted 51 days ago • 14 comments

Also overheard an amazing quote from one committee member: “The Catholic Church elected the most un-American American pope possible.”

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Disappearing an elected official.

submitted 50 days ago • 100 comments

Civil disobedience by an elected official defending his constituents is something we should applaud. This is bringing the fight… www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2025/05/09/n...

submitted 50 days ago • 494 comments