OH-Sen: Ted Strickland (D) Starts Fundraising For Potential U.S. Senate Run
Here's some more big news in terms of the U.S. Senate: http://www.cleveland.com/... Ted Strickland turns on fundraising machine: The clearest sign yet that the Democratic former governor will run for...
View ArticleJohn Kasich state of the state: To cut taxes we must raise taxes!
John Kasich, Ohio's governor, delivered his state of the state speech this week.To his credit, Kasich recognizes that cutting taxes for the wealthy doesn't pay for itself. Unlike Scott Walker, he's not...
View ArticleSecularists of Ohio Unite!
The only thing secularists in Ohio have to lose is their isolation...I'm writing this from the particularly conservative/christian suburbs that surround Cincinnati. It can be a lonely place for someone...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Ted Strickland (D) Gets Behind $15 Minimum Wage Plan For Home Care...
Loving this: http://www.cleveland.com/... Cleveland is one of 20 cities where home care workers are holding town hall meetings with this message for public officials, policy makers and community...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Jennifer Brunner Mends Fences With Strickland (D), Signals Support...
There have been some here who have been worried about former Governor Ted Strickland's (D. OH) U.S. Senate run and how he might have baggage with certain Ohio Democrats. Well this should alleviate...
View ArticleMichigan, Ohio Democratic Parties file joint SCOTUS brief for marriage equality
The Democratic Parties in both the Wolverine and Buckeye States have come together to file a joint amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court on the marriage equality case.“Elected officials from across...
View ArticleHellraisers Journal: Exposed! Industrial/Community Control Service of...
You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes. -Mother Jones```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Sunday March 7,...
View ArticleNazis to Return to Toledo 10 Years After They Incited Civil Unrest - Don't...
You can say this about American Nazis, they are persistent. Nearly ten years ago, a group calling itself the National Socialist Movement (NSM) planned a march through a predominately African-American...
View ArticleCourt decides parent's refusal to vaccinate is not “free exercise of religion”
The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has ruled (pdf) that a parent’s refusal to vaccinate her children against diseases is not a “free exercise” of religion, and is tantamount to...
View ArticleJust when you thought it was safe to park your car where the rubber meets the...
There is a Specter Haunting Akron, and too late for Drew Carey to do a joke about him on the Late Late Show. This coprophilic vandal seems to have been on the loose(sic) for two years but now a...
View ArticleGov. Kasich Cuts Breast & Cervical Cancer Treatment Program From FY 2016 Budget
After spending much of his 2014 re-election campaign running tv ads showing his support of breast cancer screening for uninsured women, Gov. John Kasich has completely eliminated Ohio's Breast &...
View ArticleTom Cotton's open letter to Iran hounds the GOP's most vulnerable senators...
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte having second thoughts. Four of the Republican's most vulnerable senators who decided to follow Sen. Tom Cotton into battle against the White House by addressing a...
View Article10 tax cuts and who they benefit
It’s tax season once again and I’d like to address a question that I rarely see addressed: Who do tax cuts benefit?To start, let’s make a list of the major tax categories:Sales taxesFees, tolls, and...
View ArticleTop Comments: Ohio Unseals Adoption Records
Starting March 20, anyone adopted in Ohio between 1964 and 1996 can request their adoption file and original birth certificate. Birth parents were given the option to have their names redacted, and out...
View ArticleOhio lawmaker's personal story of rape and abortion interrupted by male...
This is real courage. Ohio state Rep. Teresa Fedor took the microphone as lawmakers were debating a bill that would ban abortions if there is a detectable heartbeat—as early as six weeks of...
View ArticleBakken bomb trains are targeting Ohio and the Midwest
this week we have some definitive information on where and how many Bakken bomb trains are moving through Ohio daily, and by extension through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Ted Strickland (D), "The TPP Fails America"
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Ted Strickland (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign: What if I told you that NAFTA devastated the Ohio economy and cost our state hundreds of thousands of jobs?...
View ArticleIL, MO & OH-Sen: Franken (D. MN) Helps Duckworth (D), Kander (D) & Strickland...
Wanted to pass this e-mail along from one of my favorite U.S. Senators in support of these three great candidates: Our Midwest Values PAC supports candidates who will work for a stronger middle class...
View ArticleWhy Ohio's Unions Are Better Off Than Wisconsin's
Both Ohio and Wisconsin have Republican governors who were elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Both governors tried in their first year in office to damage public employee unions. Walker with his...
View ArticleThe path for a Democratic victory in 2016
In this diary I will explain how I see the political situation and what would be for me the path for a Democratic victory in the Presidential election of 2016. The diary will include also some note...
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