BREAKING: Man NOT WORRIED About Ebola!
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has the exclusive!Man not worried about Ebola after visiting same bridal shop as Amber Joy VinsonAKRON, Ohio -- Peter Pattakos spent 20 minutes Saturday in an Akron bridal...
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Ohio will send a message Oct. 18 "Black lives matter"
Justice for John Crawford, Ohio Student Association On Monday, in Ferguson and St. Louis, MO, organizers staged sit-ins and shut down three area Walmarts to show solidarity with the activists fighting...
View ArticleWhat are the odds I can pick all 16 of Ohio's congressional races?
What are the odds of picking the winners of 16 horse races in a row?Let’s assume there’s just two horses per race like a two-party political system. With two horses per race, the odds would be 2 to the...
View ArticleA Bombshell in the Ohio Governor's Race
Watergate on the Olentangy!The next time you're in a conversation about how worthless and biased most newspapers are and how we'd be better off without them (believe me, I have this conversation all...
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Republican presidential hopeful accidentally tells truth about Obamacare,...
Careful, there, Kasich. You're letting your sanity show. Republican Gov. John Kasich got a lot of attention on Monday for acknowledging reality when he said that Obamacare repeal is "not gonna happen."...
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Repeal Obamacare and 25 million people lose health insurance. Period.
From the beginning, the magnitude of Republicans' lies about Obamacare has been directly proportional to their fears it would succeed. First it was "death panels," which Politifact cited as its 2009...
View ArticleSorry Gov Walker, Wisconsin really is DEAD LAST for jobs under you
It wouldn’t be a monthly release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics'state-by-state jobs numbers without another taxpayer-funded cheerleading job from Gov Scott Walker’s Department of Workforce...
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Nina Turner fights for voter rights in Ohio as 2016 looms
Yesterday I had the honor and pleasure of talking to Ohio State Senator Nina Turner. She is one passionate and eloquent woman.Senator Nina Turner is running for Secretary of State. This position used...
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Ohio Guv Race: Weighing the Character Flaws and Measuring the Policy Gulf
The Ohio governor's race seems to have turned on a character flaw of the Democratic candidate, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald. The major news media have given wide and detailed coverage to...
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John Kasich dodges question on his rape crisis counselor gag rule, bratty kid...
Gov. John Kasich (R-OH)Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he believes abortion should be legal in cases of rape or incest, yet he signed a bill prohibiting rape crisis counselors from telling victims that...
View ArticleOne story of Voter ID
Despite my screen-name, I live in Ohio. It's a nice place, but the Voter ID Law is a huge pain in the ass. In particular it's impossible to vote with a passport because your ID has to have your address...
View ArticleOhio wants to get into the Voter Suppression Game -- Again
Like other GOP-led states, Ohio is wasting no time putting up hurdles and confusing roadblocks, to what used to be our customary and necessary duty. Ohio is building NEW roadblocks to Voting.You know...
View ArticleOhio Voting and ticking off Husted
Just a quick report on voting today. I showed up at 7:15, and about half of the machines were occupied. I checked in, no problems, and was issued the computer card to place into the machine. It...
View ArticleUS DOJ Monitoring for Election Fraud
From Gongwer News Service, www.gongwer-oh.com, November 3, 2014."U.S. Attorney Appoints Election Officers To Monitor Ohio Races Federal officials in Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton will oversee...
View ArticleEvery blue and purple state democratic minority leader needs an escape plan...
Everyone, please be kind; this pops my diary cherry...After the back alley ass kicking that democrats by and large suffered nationwide on election night, one thing should be unequivocally...
View ArticleThe Chicken Killin Dog revisited
So the election is over. Ten years ago the great Molly Ivins got it right and she is still right even though she is now gone. I'm reminded of a column Molly wrote the day after George Bush won in...
View ArticleUpdated BREAKING News: 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Marriage Equality...
As is generally the case with "breaking" stuff, this diary will be brief. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has just just released an opinion upholding marriage equality bans in four states: Michigan,...
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Supreme Court, here we come: 6th Circuit rules against marriage equality
April Deboer and Jayne Rowse, plaintiffs in the Michigan marriage equality case. Four federal appeals courts have ruled in favor of marriage equality since the Supreme Court struck down part of the...
View ArticleThursday Night FOOTBALL
Although I really don't care about Cleveland vs. Cincinnati (other than their relevance to my fantasy football players) I thought it would be nice to have a more light-hearted diary tonight so I put...
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Couples in 6th Circuit Loss Heading to the Supreme Court
Just in...Chris Geidner reporting from BuzzFeed News: Same-Sex Couples Heading To Supreme Court After Appeals Court Loss
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