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OH-Sen: Rob Portman (R), "Paul Ryan would be great president"
Oh really? http://thehill.com/... Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a possible presidential contender, said Friday that he thinks Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would be a "great" president. Appearing on CNN,...
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OH-Sen: Rob "I Support Marriage Equality" Portman (R) Agrees With Judge Who...
This guy is just such a weasel: http://www.cleveland.com/... The appeals court judges who refused Thursday to strike down anti-gay marriage bans in Ohio and three other states share a common view –...
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Now that the elections are over our state can continue it's fight against...
Our current extremely low state standards in Ohio state that for every 1,000 elementary students, schools must have in place five of the following eight specialists: art, music, counselor, school...
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This Week In Marriage Equality -- Tipping Point
This week there was one favorable marriage equality ruling. A federal judge in South Carolina ruled in favor of marriage equality. The injunction is stayed until November 20. The state defendants have...
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OH-Sen: NOM Hell-Bent On Defeating Rob Portman (R)
Maybe this will make Senator Rob Portman (R. OH) re-think that whole Presidential run: http://www.advocate.com/... The National Organization for Marriage plans to target Republican U.S. senator Rob...
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The battle for equality
In times of trouble federally and at the state level, the battle for equal treatment and access moves to the local level.In recent times I have written about current attempts to move us forward in...
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Surveillance video released of Cleveland police shooting 12-year-old Tamir...
Police arriving on the scene and acting immediately. On Saturday, November 22, a 911 caller alerted police that a young man outside a recreation center appeared to have a gun. Although the caller twice...
View Article5 Things in very Short Supply in the Tamir Rice Shooting
Item number 1 that the offending cops apparently ran out of: Time.Tamir Rice shooting tragedy: Editorial cartoonby Jeff Darcy, Northeast Ohio Media Group; cleveland.com -- Nov 29, 2014CLEVELAND, Ohio...
View ArticleOhio Republicans Aiming For Total Secrecy In Executions
Ohio Republicans push law to keep all details of executions secretRepublican lawmakers in Ohio are rushing through the most extreme secrecy bill yet attempted by a death penalty state, which would...
View ArticleDOJ Report Calls Cleveland PD "Reckless"&"Poorly Trained"
Yowch. From AP via The Grio:CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland, Ohio police officers use excessive and unnecessary force far too often, are poorly trained in tactics and firearm use and endanger the public and...
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Ohio lawmaker uses stealth tactic to move measure banning abortion at six weeks
Conservative Ohio lawmakers attempted to amend a bill that aims to reduce infant mortality with an unrelated measure that would ban abortions at six weeks. Why? Because the abortion measure is so...
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John Crawford III's family file lawsuit against Walmart and police
John Crawford III with his newborn baby. In early August 2014, John Crawford III was fatally shot by Beavercreek, Ohio police as he walked around a Walmart with an air rifle that he'd picked up from a...
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25 homes evacuate an unstoppable gas leak in another Ohio fracking 'incident'
Another day, another toxic spill thanks to fracking:About 25 families in eastern Ohio have been unable to live in their houses for the past three days because of a natural-gas leak at a fracking well...
View ArticleGo Midwest, Young Man.
Let’s just say it one last time: 2014 was a rough year for Democrats. We had our asses handed to us, and with the exception of a few Democrats winning big races, it’s abundantly clear that somewhere...
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Ohio Cop: "These people should be exterminated."
In America today, you'd think that it would be a challenge to further damage the relationship between African-Americans and law enforcement. We live in a country in which the present rate at which...
View ArticleCitizen audit of Ohio wells: Doing the regulators' jobs for them
An activist group has gone through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' well information database to see how the vigilant the agency has been. The results aren't encouraging.Cross posted from...
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Wish: "One day transgender people aren't treated the way I was"
Sunday morning, 17 year old Josh Alcorn, also known as Leelah Alcorn, was struck by a tractor trailer and killed on I-71 in Kings Mills, OH near where I graduated from high school.Our local television...
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When 'It Gets Better' Isn't Enough: Leelah Alcorn & The Struggles of...
Adolescence is a wretched place—a charnel house chock full of freshly formed skeletons waiting to be shoved into closets and strange erogenous urgings that spring up at the most inappropriate moments....
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Ending the year sadly
In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 28, Leelah Alcorn, 17, slipped out of her parents' home in Kings Mill, Ohio (northeast of Cincinnati) and walked to the southbound side of I-71. after...
View ArticleSen. Sherrod Brown on Recharging Progressivism
We're proud that progressive champion Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has been a two time guest on The Zero Hour. In his most recent appearance, Sen. Brown spoke with RJ Eskow about the midterms, Social...
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